DoMSoM ch1

Another normal day at Aunty Em's Garden Gnome Emporium. I was sitting in a small Pavilion learning for an up coming test after finishing working on my contacts. I wondered why mom… Sigh I am sad again. It was some time ago this fucker Percy fucking Jackson son of this fucktard of an abomination called god Poseidon, who raped my mother 2000 years ago, decided it was a great idea to come with a dumb half goat called Grover and this Annabeth Chase daughter of this monster called Athena who he fucking called motherfucking friends and decapitated my mother. If someone would ask me: I get your point but Percy did a deed for the rest of us by killing your mom, didn't he? Then let me ask you this: What makes my mother the monster and this watery shitnuget the hero. My mother wore sunglasses most of the time and didn't run around turning people left and right into stone. Instead she simply run her small store where I currently was and did nothing to the average human. Most of the statues were made in self-defence by us. Except the small girl that was an accident by me when I was younger. We played, my sunglasses slipped off and we had another statue not that great of an experience if you ask me. Especially, if you were just a kid and turned a good friend into stone. Nevertheless, my mother was a sweet, kind and loving person and raised me alone. And your so-called hero caused trouble all over the United States while he was on a quest. Given it was his first but he still caused way more chaos than necessary. But before I break out into an even greater rant about this subject with myself, I should really get back to learning. Gods why was chemistry so boring in class and so annoying to learn. I know I could potentially learn in my apartment in New York but I preferred to be on weekends here in New Jersey and run the shop in memory of my mother. Not that a lot of customers come regularly though. Sadly, weekends seemed to be the favourite hunting season for Demigods, so I have to deal with them now too. At first your nervous you might get killed but after the 20th time one of them appeared it gets a bit boring and you ask yourself why did they need so direly Gorgon heads. Interestingly, most of the Roman Demigods seemed to understand my point and didn't try to kill me after explaining my situation. This might be related that I still believe in their parents and sacrifice Mars often too. It was since my mother reappeared from the underworld and hid in Italia where she was accepted there by both gods and men. Grateful for the acceptance she received she maintained this believe all these years and raised me in such.

Well what little concentration I had before was completely gone now. So, I got up from my tail and slithered to the office of the small shop. It felt more natural to be in my Lamia form somehow although I won't deny the uses of having two legs, especially in a building with only stairs. I noticed how the sun glistered on my black and golden scales warming my back and tail up quite nicely. My hair hissed in my ears talking about how nice the wind felt on it and a million other things. As I got into the office and behind the office desk, I activated the coffee machine standing on a shelve nearby. I made myself comfortable on my tail sipping on my mug of coffee and picked up Ovid's Metamorphoseon libri. It was a book I wanted to read for a while but seemingly never got the time to do so. One of the main reasons for this was that he was a good friend of my mom. Afterall he told in it the truth of my mother's fate.

In nova fert animus mutatas dicere formas corpora; …

But before I could read on a siren blared from the surveillance system I had installed. This was not only because I wanted to protect the store from theft but also because I wanted to be alarmed if a human or demigod appeared on my doorstep and I was still in my Lamia form. And apparently, another Demigod wanted to hunt me down. Oh, the joy!

She wanted to prove she wasn't afraid of anything. Her friends had told her she would find a monster here to slay and prove herself. Even if her mother had said she shouldn't go she just ignored her. She was the daughter of Mars; her father be damned. And what was she going to up against? A Mintaurus? A Hydra? No merely a Gorgon so not a too hard battle. However, as she stood here before Aunty Em's Garden Gnome Emporium she was disappointed by the look of this half snakes supposed lair. Sure, the gate and the garden behind it was a bit run down nevertheless it seemed so … normal almost peaceful. She sighed and opened the gate and strolled through it. Against her prior opinion of the garden it was quite lovely but still a bit too wild to call it beautiful. She was surprised to see so many life-like statues then again it was the lair of a monster turning its foes into stone. She made her way to the main building without encountering anything alive. She entered expected to see the visage of a monster. Instead a handsome young man stood before her in the slightly dusty store. He was dressed in a yellow shirt and black jeans. His short hair was golden with a hint of green in it. His golden eyes appeared friendly although a bit warry. Two things put her off: the first being his green hair colour almost appeared natural. The second that his eyes almost appeared to have slit pupils. What shocked her more was that she knew this guy. His friendly expression didn't seem to waver at her confused one. "Hello what can we here at Aunty Em's Garden Gnome Emporium do for…"

"…you?" I asked her. The scales fell from my eyes (no pun intended) as I recognized her. She was Felicia Hardy. We went on the same school although we had not much to do with each other. She was more into track and fields and social life even if her temper was legendary throughout the school while I concentrated on science and swimming. "Hello Felicia what are you doing out here? Trying to buy a Garden Gnome for your apartment in New York?" I joked.

Felicia curled her silver hair around her finger. She didn't know how to answer this question for she had not expected to explain herself to another person on this hunt. And she couldn't explain the real reason foe her being her to a mere human. Even if this human was charming and smart. If she remembered correctly, he had defeated Yancy Academy team on his own in a quiz since the rest of the team became ill. She didn't know he had a weekend job especially out here.

"Yeah, something like that. How do you get this job, if you don't mind me asking? It isn't a job for most teens, is it?" She asked. She noticed how his expression changed from friendly to sad.

"Well." He chuckled melancholy. "I inherited this shop from my mother. May Pluto guard her soul." He spoke. This interested her. She didn't know he was worshipping the Pantheon of her father. He must have picked up her curious look since he explained: "It's a family thing. My mother raised me with the old roman believe. Pluto is the god." "The god of the underworld, I know. My family believes in them too." Technically this was true since her birth proved the existing of them. She noticed he didn't look too surprised. It was almost as if he expected it.

She decided to press for more information of how much was real in the world. "Do you believe in monsters such as a Gorgon? I do and I heard from friends a Gorgon was hiding here so I came here to check it out." Gods it sounded like she was out of a bad horror movie. "Gorgons? Here? Sorry we don't have any mythological monsters here. The closest thing we have here would be a statue of a Satyr." He laughed nervously. She just looked inquisitive at him. He sighed and stopped. "But in all seriousness, we don't have any monsters here. How much have you learned for test on Tuesday?" He asked trying to change the subject. Nevertheless, something seemed fishy to her. She had a feeling he knew more then he told her. "Enough. Say how did you get these statues? They look almost life-like."

"Most of them made my mother only a handful were made by me." "Wait these were hand maid?" She asked marvelling at the hopefully masterful craftmanship and not the conformation of her suspicions. "Yeah something like that." He stated a sour expression on his face. "Why did it sound like you don't like them?" She asked. "Most of them remind me of lost persons, some even friends." He sighed and looked at her. "So, Felicia what was the real reason for your visit here because you aren't the type for this whole dare crap you told me." He told her all friendliness suddenly disappeared from his voice. "Well, you wouldn't believe me if I told you my real father was Mars and I found out a Gorgon was hiding here, would you?" Wow did she really just told him the real reason for her being here. 'Smooth, gal, real smooth.' She thought to herself. And instead of the disbelieving look she expected from him she merely got the same expression than before a blank knowing look. "Yes. And I think you found this Gorgon you were looking for." He said. She looked shocked at him as his body form began to change. His hair rose and appeared to be snakes now. His legs melted into one long muscular tail. His clothes turned into scales on his body making it appeared as if he still wore clothes while still maintaining their black and golden colour although his tail was now the same colour. Now it made sense why his eyes appeared slit. "Well Felicia what are you going to do?"

I asked her raising an eyebrow. She seemed so irritated she stared at me without being able to say a word or do a thing. As soon as she got a bearing of her surroundings again, she turned her gaze away from me. I chuckled and ordered my hair to return to its former state as I said: "You know you would be turned to stone as soon as I laid eyes upon you, right? Even in my human form that is." She didn't know how to respond to this apparently since she still maintained her silence only interrupted by a muttered: "If this is true then why am I still human and not a stone statue?" "Well I said we had no monsters here, didn't I? Why should I turn you into stone for no reason?" I asked her. She seemed to think about it for awhile before shouting: "Because you're a fucking Gorgon! That's what you supposed to do normally!" I had to held back a laughter at her hypocorism. You see she once said she didn't believe in racial differences. Now, since she said this, I will make sure to tease her with this later. "I can assure you I won't turn you into stone if you behave meaning you won't try to kill me first chance you got. Now as for your question I invented contacts to contain my 'captive' stare. I am not a monster and neither was my mother for that matter. Now why don't we go sit in my office and talk things through with a mug of coffee for each of us, hmm?" I used my tail as another appendage touching her shoulder with my last words. She shivered under my tail but still nodded. So I dropped my tail and led her to my office and got another mug of coffee for her. I offered her a chair while I pulled one for myself since I changed back into my human form for her sake. Once I had done this, she obvious was more relaxed but still was a bit wary.

"So, what are your questions?" He asked her. She honestly didn't know what to ask first. She had so many questions swarming her mind she didn't know what to ask first. So, she just started with first although slightly silly question that came to her mind. "Have you poison like a normal snake?" He chuckled in response. He then reared back his face turned into that of a snake and spit something at a mirror. She was shocked to see something like ice forming on the mirror. "Does this answer your question?" She nodded and prepared her next question.

A.N. Hello again. Sorry for the inactivity but school and other stuff came up. Furthermore, there was and still is a bit of a writer's block. Anyway, to the story! Yeah, another story with Felicia as the main love interest but hey what can you do? She is an interesting character with a lot of potential most authors don't use. This story was somehow inspired by Clash of Titans and a following search for Medusa fanfics where I found the one called Inverted. Nice story btw. As for the universe it is movie verse with a lot of AU in it as you might have guessed. I might include content from the books since I haven't read them yet but will do in the near future. If you have any suggestions for this story (Characters (both Oc and from other universes), Story ideas or anything didn't mention) please tell them me. An editor for this story and other stories would help as well both in the quality and quantity of uploads. Until next time =)