THE ROYAL NECKLACE

I get blamed by a lizard!

After having dreams about deadly vultures going to kill me, I thought my day is going to be wonderful! Well at least I didn't dream about drakons the size of mountains grilling me. Vultures at least were kind they talked to me, their leader told me to surrender after which they'll have a wonderful feast.

I woke up with screaming voices from outside and I had to go down with my celestial bronze sword, I don't exactly know why it only affects and sends monsters to dust and doesn't harm mortals. Well no time for that, as I rushed down I saw snake women with two tails or you might say snake ends, yuck their skin was green. I rushed with my sword and leaped at one of them who held a farmer by his throat. After I cooked her into dust I saw my big brother Leon and my best friend Sophia fighting a giant with fiery balls in his hands, Laistrygonians I guessed. After I made the other dracaena taste dust I went to help my friends, Leon was almost at ground but Sophia didn't give up, her dress was shattered and burnt. I sneaked behind the fruit cart and stabbed the giant on his back, this was the hardest work done by me ever, he was stinking so worse looked like he ate thousands of dead rotten rats yuck.

Did I mention the people looking at me like I was the main culprit of the damage done and oh really I felt relieved. Then a man came forward from the crowd, it was that man with the dracaena on his throat, was that him? That old brute, what was his name, lizard? Oh sorry Lysandros. He I think thought himself as the king of Athens, and sorry because I did forgot to mention myself, I am Alethia the eldest daughter of the king of Athens Alexis. Well I am 18 now and the year now is 3200 B.C. No guesses to be made I am fathers favorite. Back on the track where was I? yeah he thinks he is the king of this holy city but did I tell you he is complete insane.

"No guess to the point she is the culprit for all". He said and I did miss the point that he hates me after the fire I caused in his pajamas when I was six. It was quite fun, my intentions weren't that bad, I just wanted to show him, how the flame how fire turned blue, if I blew it with monster dust, and suddenly I saw a beetle and of fear, I threw the stick with fire in it which accidentally fell on that lizard man and ignited him. Sorry losing the track. You know I'm best in changing any topic. Mom used to say. Where were we?

"What did you say"? I asked totally of disgust "Better happening if I left you in the hands of that dracaena".

"Not to mind if they came here because of you". He yelled and just then my dad and my mom came to the market where the monsters had setup party mess.

"Holy Zeus"! My mom Queen Aelia screamed and ran after us and later did I realize it was Leon; he was unconscious covered under monster dust with cuts and burns all along his body. Mom knelt beside him and healed him, well being a daughter of Aphrodite she had charm powers which could even heal person just by telling him to heal himself and yeah my dad was a son of the great goddess Athena. They were demigods and they were pretty much strong with amazing powers.

"Oh at least the culprits family arrives". He looked at father and pointed his eyes on me tagging me the words CULPRIT.

"Don't dare accuse her Lysandros she is not guilty".

"And so were these demons partying here my lord? This puny demigod is responsible for that prophecy of hers".

"Lysandros dare your tongue".

"Why do you even care she isn't your own daughter just a trouble sent from above". Thunder crackled above in the sky so high it made Leon wake. I just didn't understand what that old lizard was talking.

"I order leave, the ones hurt shall be treated in the royal infirmary and compensation of losses will be handed over". Said father, "I promise the safety of each particular Athenian, no one will be hurt and I suppose sacrifices to the gods tonight at the royal orchard. A bull will be sacrificed", everyone nodded in agreement and went towards their homes happily, though Lysandros was happy, he gave me one of his dirty cockroach looks, sorry lizard look and glanced at his broken fruit shop.

Mom told a guard to carry Leon till the royal house. And as I guessed, my lazy brother Cadmus showed up last half in sleep, "What happened?"

"Nothing, you're dreaming dumbo", said Phoebe my younger sister.

Well our family is quite huge Leon is eldest, I am the second one, after me is Cadmus and Phoebe, both are twins and the youngest one is Heron, he is just seven and the cutest one in the family and yes I almost forgot to mention that I was the brilliant one.

After we went to the palace I was totally confused of the conversation between dad and that lizard man, Besides Leon, Sophia had been healed properly too.

"Daddy", I said "What was Lysandros talking about? That you are not the father and the prophecy, was something related to me? I promise, I did nothing, I just tried to save them."

"No it is obviously not your mistake my dear", said mom in her nervous tone, which made me deadly comfortable.

Daddy looked towards mom and she nodded like its time, "See my princess, I love you, and I am like your father and Aelia is like your mother. Whatever may come, we always will be with you. But don't be discouraged by this, brace yourself, we are just like your parents, but your birth parent is a god. We just reared you up, you are a demigod, just like me, but the thing is that your godly parent is the almighty lord Zeus; you were as you know born on the summer solstice. Gods are powerful on this time of the year and by mistake, Zeus hurt himself and from his blood which is Ichor, were you born. As soon as he realized it, he suddenly came to us and gave you to us and told us to take care of you, because he loved you and didn't want you to see you perish from the hands of Hera, in her rage of jealousness."

A tight whack on my face would've given less shock than this. Sophia, Leon, Cadmus, Phoebe all looked stunned as well.

"What do you mean", I won't like to admit it but I was in tears. Imagine your father telling you he isn't exactly your father that though in front of the whole family.

"Dear, understand we are not your parents but just like them". Mom said.

"You are a demigod, you are the most brave I've seen before, your essence is quite high now. If we would've told you all if this before, monsters would have been hunting you when you were younger. So we decided to to hide it from you." said dad.

I knew about this business, whenever a demigod knew who actually he or she is, its demigod essence gets more nasty, which means that monsters smell us and come for a feast

"So why tell me now," I said in total anger and I ran towards my room.