Pandora's Heir

by SWQuinn

In Ancient Greece there once stood a box that housed some of the most terrible and terrifying demons of the world. In order to see they Pandora was Cursed with curiosity she did not heed the words of her creator and opened the box, she and her family line were then cursed with the task to imprison the demons again, so no pressure right?

1. Chapter 1

Ok so this might not be the grandest tale of all time but it is a hell of a story. When the world first started the time of man was at its highest in fact it was even called the Golden Age of Men. I take you to Greece where under the rule of the Olympians life was grand and right and wonderful. That is of course until my ancestor, Pandora, happened to open a very dangerous box: a box she was warned, mind you, not to open. For inside this box lay demons of old: strife, sickness, toil and a myriad other ills. All but one demon was unleashed onto the world and caused the downfall of men. Because of her defiance, Pandora and her bloodline were condemned to hold the curse of the box until all demons were captured and put to rest. For over 5000 years, heirs have endeavoured to right this wrong, but most have failed.

On the year 2015 a young girl happened to be celebrating her 21st birthday. This girl was the last remaining descendant of Pandora; her name was Torrance, or Tori for short. Up until now Tori's life has always been a series of misfortune and distraught. An orphan at a young age with foster families as dull as can be can leave a girl with a bit of a loner complex. Luckily her parents left an inheritance grand enough to help her afford a fine apartment on the not too bad side of the city as well as a pass for college, Tori was content to be alone for as long as she possibly could and with no ambition to do anything spectacular with her life; apart from going to college and holding down a job at the same time, Tori dwindled through life at the steady pace of a regular run of the mill human. Little did she know the Gods had a different plan instore for her and her destiny.

You see at this stage of human evolution, brilliant minds brought about technology, it had taken over everything we once believed about magic, in fact it became all but myths and legends. We soon came to worship electricity and machines instead of the Earth that houses us. In doing so the very magic created for us believers has all but diminished. The little amount left has been harvested by the Olympians to give to the saviour of mankind. They have let the humans stew in the demon's self-loathing for too long that to look upon the Earth now grieves them. In order to restore all they once cared for means they must help the heir of the one who betrayed their trust. The Gods must help Torrance overcome her exuberance for normality and save the people of Earth.

So, you can imagine my surprise when half way through my birthday celebrations I was plucked from my little city flat to the white heavens of Olympus only to be told that I must enslave all the demons that escaped from that damned cursed box!