Prologue
I was there, in the middle of the chaos I had just caused. I didn't know how, it was impossible. Surely my powers weren't that strong. I was only the minor daughter of a minor god, that wasn't even born immortal. And yet, I was surrounded by fallen bodies, and I had done that on my own. They didn't even have the time to come towards me. The fifty of them were around me in some kind of circle. The nearest was maybe a meter away. And just like that, just by striking my staff on the ground, they had all fallen on the ground, as if the wave that had scattered the earth had also scattered their bodies. I was surrounded by a wasteland, with no man standing, when a second ago I was sure to be overwhelmed.
Some of the men down started moving. Soon they'll get up and start asking questions. A few meters away, one of them put his head up. At first I thought he would throw his spear at me. I was still dazed, incapable of reacting. But he just stared at me. But what I saw in his eyes – in her eyes, I realised – wasn't anger, it was awe.
I knew better than to stick around. Soon all these people would wake. I waved my staff around my hand to put it back in its ring form and ran away.
It took me some time to realise where I was, and what had just happened. I really took training too seriously. I got out of the arena, walking on the lower parts of Olympus. Unconsciously, I called for my pegasus. I sensed him arriving him rather than saw him. He landed in front of me, putting his golden wing down so I could jump on him. Just in time, he took a single canter stride and started flying off just as I heard Steven calling my name. Slowly, Silver rose into the air, and soon, I was flying over Manhattan in the sunlight. There, a few hundred kilometres in the air, my mind started clearing, and details came back to me. Fifty-two immortals exactly, sons and daughters of the gods – that's how much people there was in this arena, how much people had suddenly surged towards me in a single wave for no reason, and how much people, in one simple strike, I had defeated.
Zeus was there, watching from his throne. He was always there, these days.
I have decided to write all what's happening before that rather than explaining it quickly here. So that story will not be updated for a while, as I like to concentrate on 1 thing only. But once I've finished with the prequel, I will come back to this and I will finish it!
It will take the form of a series, with The Rise of the Earth being Book II
So check out the Book I: A New Order !