(I had this cute little daydream in english class and couldn't stop thinking about it which is why I never ever have a clue what my math or english hw is about orz)
Athena was at a local supermarket store trying to coax a stubborn old coiled Chinese dragon off the stores lamppost. After 5 minutes of shoppers going around her the dragon finally slithered down and she gave a grateful sigh, until she felt a cart slam into her back and calf. Her grey eyes narrowed dangerously but she softened them up knowing how uncomfortable they made mortals. She turned around to stare at a beautiful, tall, blond woman who could be compared to a model, tapping her foot impatiently.
"You're in the middle of the way!" she growled out and Athena couldn't stop her eyebrow from twitching.
"My bad." She really was in the middle of the way. Behind her the dragon grunted getting her attention. A small young child with dark black hair was climbing the dragon using his green scales to get up. She giggled happily once she was seated on top and the dragon gave Athena a look that said get this tiny human off of me.
"hey, hey kid you can't" she was interrupted by the woman's hand gripping her shoulder and Athena's body became rigid, left hand clenching.
"That's my daughter! If she wants to ride the machine she can." The mist had a way at disorienting things making mortals blind to the truth. Athena bit her bottom lip remembering to be understanding at their disability.
"Look I'm trying to be nice but if you don't let go." She stopped herself inspecting the girl with the familiar bright blue eyes closer. She stared at the grinning toddler then at the mom then back at the toddler. An imaginary white bunny popped above her head walking, dots trailing behind it.
"Wait a minute I know you." Her eyes widened when she saw Thalia shove a quarter down the dragons' ear.
"No!" she yelled as the dragon roared, rising on its short hind legs like a horse and Thalia gripped his hair trying not to fall. She leapt towards them arms catching nothing but air and her body landing on hard cement. Thalia screamed, hundreds of feet in the sky. She got up and shot to the sky in the form of lightning. She was about to catch them when Thalia pulled hard on its hair like a reindeer. They spiraled down the dragon roaring in pain. Athena back into herself suspended in the sky where they had been, cursed and turned back into red lightning going quickly down. They landed in the parking lot at the same time Athena crouched like a ninja. They dragon started to slam into old cars trying to shake the wailing girl off, Athena running behind them.
"Thalia let go!" Athena shouted running over several cars. Thalia either couldn't hear her over the wind, the sound of breaking metal, the growling of the dragon, or because Thalia was paralyzed with fear unable to do nothing but to cling to life. They were nearing the lake next to the store and the dragon was starting to rise toward the sky again. Athena using a car for leverage jumped on its back just as Thalia lost her hold and slipped falling. But Athena got her, the momentum to strong, all she could do was arch in a way that didn't hurt Thalia once they hit the water. They came up coughing out water, Thalia disoriented and crying.
"Water. Why is it always water." Athena said annoyed and was about to scold Thalia when she gave her this terrified face latching her arms around Athena's neck afraid to drown and began sniffing.
"Hey calm down. Its alright now." she said softly trying to calm her young half-sister. She swam back to the ground with a bit of difficulty because Thalia refused to shift from her place. She was relieved when her feet touched sand and rose, waist down still underwater. Thalia gave a sharp cry and Athena looked back to see the Chinese dragon looking at them expectantly, shaking its head in discomfort. Athena moved Thalia to her hip and managed to get the quarter out of its ear. Thalia was pale staring at the dragon like it was a rabid dog about to pounce and bite.
"Thalia you stuck a quarter in its ear. He's waiting for you to apologize because that bothered him." Athena said patiently. The dragon gave its most injured look and Thalia looked at him before guilty muttering "sorry." He snorted accepting it and just for good measure Athena patted the dragon to show how harmless he was. Once they were on land Athena summoned a towel, setting Thalia down and wrapped it around the shivering child. The dragon the size of a refrigerator shrunk to the size of a small snake and went up, wrapping itself to Athena's neck like a scarf. Lifting Thalia up again she walked back to the front doors of the store to the frozen gaping mother.
"Now who's blocking the way?" Athena said teasingly, trying to snap the mother back. Thalia opened her arms to her mom seeking comfort but the women didn't move.
" Who are you?" she whispered eyes wide then excitedly added " are you like Zeus?"
" Athena his daughter." she answered and took a step closer to signal that Thalia was still waiting for her mother to carry her. Beryl did but she did it without any grace like she wasn't used to carrying Thalia.
"He sent you didn't he? To tell me he's going to leave Hera and finally be with me." she said gleefully almost jumping in her heels.
" You misunderstood I'm just here to get my friend's pet dragon. The fact that we both met here is mere coincidence." she didn't apologize when Beryl's face fell, she didn't want the mortal to live disillusioned at the prospect of Zeus ever divorcing Hera. Even if he did, staying loyal to one woman wasn't Zeus' style. No point in giving the woman false hope.
"You'll tell him won't you about how I'm still waiting for him and how Thalia wants to see him again." Beryl said, her blue eyes desperate. Athena felt pity never liking how women always desired the love of a man to feel complete in their lives and how her father always abandoned the women he slept with. She kept her mouth shut and decided it was time to go when the mortals started to give them dirty glares. The disguised dragon stretched licking Thalia on the cheek much to Beryls bewilderment.
"He saying goodbye." Athena told Thalia who only waved back.
"Look after her." Athena reminded her; the life of a child of Zeus was definitely not an easy one. She walked away and disappeared in a puff of smoke.