BLACKOUT

I DO NOT OWN ANY HISTORICAL CHARACTERS, IF YOU RECOGNISE ANY THEY ARE PROBABLY FROM BOOK ABOUT THE TROJAN WAR OR FROM THE MOVIE, TROY BUT I DO NOT OWN ANY!

I only own my OC's!

Hello and thank you so much for reading this! I was so surprised by the support the story already has (My face- O.O ) and yes, I am continuing it. Actually, guess what? I am going to make LONG chapters heheheeheh (evil laugh insert). But please note that I am actually writing two more main stories as well, so yeah, patience young (old) ones.

This story is based a couple of years before the war started and is my version of WHY it started.

CHAPTER TWO:

Chariots of War

The first thing Asha noticed was that the people in this land barely wore any clothing. Or maybe they did, but she closed her eyes tightly when a woman came near her, wearing a strange gown that exposed her stomach, her legs, and most of her upper torso.

The second thing she noticed was that Hector was gone. He had dumped her in a strange place, it resembled a temple in some sense. The pillars holding it up were made of marble and the roof was tall. Asha was about to look around more when the woman smiled, revealing teeth that were rotten and said, "Hello, dear I see you have awoken."

"Er, yes. But where am I? And where did Hector go?" Asha asked, staring rudely at the woman's face, how could so many teeth be so rotten?

The woman herself would have been considered pretty if not for the dishevelled hair, and dirt covering most of her body. Asha wished for a bath she felt so dirty sitting next to her. But the woman had many a nice features to her too, like her aqua blue eyes that gazed intelligently into Asha, and her high cheekbones.

"That's Prince Hector to you, young girl. You are in the Temple of Apollo, close by where the Prince found you. My name is Adrina, I am a Priestess of Apollo." The woman answered.

"Apollo? Isn't he the Sun God?" Asha asked, "Oh, and my name is Asha, it's nice to meet you." She then thrust out her hand to shake Adrina's.

But the Priestess stared at it oddly, "What strange custom's you have, Asha of..."

Asha waited for her next words, staring at her, "Of?"
"You have no title?" Adrina asked, shocked, her eyes wide.

"No, should I?" Asha asked, she grinned and almost shrieked in horror as Adrina grabbed her face and stared at her teeth.

"So white." She said then seemed to realise what she was doing and dropped Asha's face, "I am sorry, Asha," Then she nodded to Asha's clothing, "What are you wearing?"

"A beach dress." Asha replied, then gestured to Adrina, "And you?"

"Robes of the Priestess of Apollo." Adrina answered, then she smiled again and reached out a hand, "Come, I will show you around."

Asha nodded, standing up then clutching her head in pain as a headache attacked her, "Urgh."

Adrina stared at her in confusion, "What is wrong?"
"Nothing, just a headache from getting up too fast. Don't worry." Asha quickly answered and searched for her backpack, "Where is my bag?"

Adrina smiled and walked over to a corner of the temple grabbing her bag like it was some poisonous object, "This thing?"

Asha went over and grabbed the bag off of Adrina, looking into it and sighing happily, her phone was in there. She grabbed it out and unlocked it, looking up to find that there was no signal. She sighed in defeat. Up until now she had thought that this whole scenario was some messed up movie set, but now she knew for certain.

She had been sent back in time.

"What is that thing?" Adrina asked curious.

Asha raised her eyebrows, "It's an iPhone." Then she showed Adrina the screen.

Her reaction was priceless, she screamed in horror, "What is that foul thing!"

"It's a picture of my dog." Asha answered grinning at Adrina, who just shook her head and started to laugh.

"I have no idea what you are talking of. But none of that matters, I take it you are well enough to look around the temple and be on your way, yes?" Adrina asked, walking through a door.

Asha followed closely, "Yes. But I would like to ask some questions before I leave, if I -" She stopped mid-sentence her eyes glued upon the massive golden statue of Apollo. He shone brightly in the sun his arm curved elegantly as he pulled the string on a long golden bow. But it wasn't the gold that made her stumble.

Asha remembered a part from a movie, a part where a certain warrior slices off the statue's head, "That's an amazing statue."

"Yes, it is indeed. It is of our patron god, Apollo." Adrina curated for her.

Asha waved a hand at her, "Yeah I already knew that."

"Fine. Now, those questions?" Adrina asked abruptly.

"What about the tour?" Asha asked, almost whining. She had no idea what to do, she had no money, no home or family.

"We cannot do that. It is almost time for the ceremony to begin." Adrina stated simply.

"Ok. Questions. Urgh, well, do you know where I can get a job?" Asha asked. She had almost asked if Adrina knew how she would get back home, to the future.

Adrina raised her eyebrows, "You have none? Are you not married?"

Asha laughed loudly, "Me married? And no, I have no job."

"Your not married? But how old are you? You must be at least 16." Adrina asked shocked.

"Exactly. I am much too young."

"Too young?!" Adrina's eyes were wide, "Your almost too old! I was given the choice of joining the temple or getting married at the age of nine."

"That's, highly disturbing." Asha mumbled, "Where I come from women do not get married until they are at least 18. Most get married when they are 25." She shook her head, her hair getting in her eyes, "I have no idea how you could get married at the age of nine, your not even grown then!"

"The moment a woman has her first blood is the moment she is ready to be married. It is an honour for the family to be married young." Adrina explained, "You must come from a far away land to have such, traditions."

"Yes I do." Asha nodded, "But I have no idea how to get back. So I am stuck here."

"Then you should marry as quickly as you can." Adrina stated, "Or join a temple."

Asha shook her head, holding her hands up, "No, no and no. That is never happening. I would rather fight men then marry them." She then smiled at an ingenious idea that sprung to her mind, she went through her bag, trying to find anything that she could sell off and her hands grabbed a necklace. It had been a birthday present from her mother, the chain was pure gold and extremely fine, the ruby that sat in it glistened, "How much is this worth?" Asha asked, showing it to Adrina.

She gasped gazing at it, "How is that chain so, thin? That ruby is magnificent as well. I would say that this is worth at least 7 mina's."

"A what?" Asha asked confused thoroughly.

"A mina is a hundred drachma's." Adrina explained her eyes glued to the necklace.

"And what can that buy me?" Asha asked. Adrina looked at her oddly.

"That can buy you a house, horses and a ship. And perhaps a months worth of food. But I am sure you could get even more mina if you saw the right person. But you should know this at least. Athenian coin is used everywhere, even very far away." Adrina stated.

"Nope. We do dollars and cents. See these." Asha grabbed out her coins and showed Adrina who stared at them.

"They aren't gold, or real silver?" Adrina questioned.

"No. They arent worth much either," Asha grabbed out a fifty dollar note, "These are."

"But, they are made out of parchment!" Adrina was shocked.

Asha shrugged, "I know. But anyway. Thank you so much for helping me out. Do you know where I can sell the necklace?"

"Yes, in the main city. Troy. Over there." The priestess pointed to east.

Asha looked up, gazing over a glistening sea of blue and to a desert with large dunes, across the desert was a huge city its walls seemed to shine gold and a huge gate stared out over the land. Asha could see people milling about near the entrance. She couldn't see beyond the walls, but knew that the roves of the houses would be covered in bronze, to make them shine brightly, "The Golden City." Asha murmured.

Adrina smiled, "Yes, and if you go there follow the merchants and you will reach the trading area. Look for a man named Glycon of Troy, he is a famous jewelry merchant." She then cocked her head listening as people shouted out some words, "I must go. It was, interesting meeting you Asha of No-name."

Asha laughed, "Stormgrey, if you must. It is my fathers last name. It was amazing to meet you Adrina, and thank you for all the help."

"Good luck, Asha Stormgrey." Adrina smiled, waving after the strange girl.

Asha walked onto the sand, her feet burning from the heat since she had no shoes on, "Ouch!" She jumped from foot to foot, but soon found that the heat didn't bother her so much. She placed her necklace into the front pocket of her backpack where a zipper was and slung it back over her shoulders.

She walked on, feeling the sun bearing down on her painfully and watching as Troy came closer and closer. The movie Troy did not emphasise how truly massive the city was. The walls were at least 30 metres high and Asha watched people walk on top of them, no rail or barrier to stop them from falling. Towers littered across the span of the walls.

As she finally reached the entrance to the mighty city Asha watched curiously as people exited and entered the gate casually, calling out greetings and smiling at each other. Merchants carried bags full of items or drove wagons with slaves trailing behind them.

Asha stared at a gate guard as he joked with his comrades, taking in the intricate bronze armour that he wore. It was exactly like in the movie's.

One of his friends noticed her watching him and elbowed him gesturing to her. Asha quickly changed her gaze, squaring her shoulders and joining the throng of people, cursing as people almost stood on her bare feet. She wished that she hadn't been on a beach when this all happened.

Asha followed closely behind a merchant, carefully dodging people, weaving in and out. They barely noticed her and she became one with the crowd. She gazed in wonder at the two story high houses made out of stone and marble. Their roves clothed in bronze and shining like gold.

As she reached the merchant area the noisy city became even more so as barterers called out their wares and specials.

Asha walked over to a jewelry merchant, whose necklaces looked quaint next to hers, the chains thick and burly, the gems cut unsmothly.

"How may I help a beautiful lady?" The smooth talking merchant asked, he was a thin man with greedy eyes.

"I am looking for a Glycon of Troy." Asha asked, cocking her head and smiling nicely. As with Adrina the mans eyes were glued to her teeth.

"Such white teeth." She heard him murmur, "Er yes, Glycon is right over there mi'lady." He pointed over to a extravegent stall where people were bustling around staring at fine jewelry.

"Thank's! Have a nice day!" Asha grinned and walked off to the stall, smiling at the man who greeted her there. She wasn't used to such, bustleness and almost slammed into someone, "Hello, you must be Glycon!"
"Aye that is me." The man answered, he was huge, muscular arms and a huge black mustach. He was bald and his eyes shined almost as much as his head did, "How may I help you?"

"I was wondering if we could talk in private about some, business." Asha asked, "I may have something you might be interested in."

Glycon nodded, geturing to a back door and following her in it.

Asha looked around, finding no one around and turned to find Glycon staring at her with curious eyes.

"So what would a young lady like yourself have that could interest me?" He asked, leaning against a bench.

Asha smiled, "My name is Asha, and a friend recommended your services to me. I have something to sell to you. Something you have never seen before."

Glycon nodded, "You have my curiosity Asha."
She smiled, un zipping her backpack to find Glycon's grunt of surprise.

"What is that device? I would buy that for many drachma's." He stated, staring at her baby blue backpack.

Asha shook her head, "This is priceless to me. And not what I am selling," She grasped her necklace and took it out, "This is what I am selling." She showed it to the man.

His eyes nearly popped out of his head, "That chain is impossible. And that gem? Did you steal this from the gods?"

"No, it was a gift from my mother." Asha stated, "It is real as real can be."

"Unbelieveable," He held out a hand, "May I?"

Asha nodded, oddly she trusted this man. He gently took it from her hands staring at the chain, "It is very strong too. I can pull on it and it won't brake."

"There is one flaw to it. How would one put it on?" Glycon asked.

Asha bent over carefully unclipping the latch, showing the man how to do so, "There's a latch."

Glycon nodded, then he handed the necklace back, staring at it in wonder, "I will give you a price. And it will be my only one for I cannot go any higher. I do not have the money."

Asha nodded, "Understandable."

Glycon smiled, "13 Mina."

Asha grinned widely, "Done deal."

He stared at her, "Are you sure? It is not the highest that you could get for it."

"No, probably not. But," Asha paused, "You could have gotten it for nothing by killing me. And I need the money anyway. The necklace is worthless to me. I am not into shiny things that arent a tool."

Glycon chuckled, "You are an odd girl. But thank you. For trusting me."

"No, thank you." Asha smiled, "Now, do you know where I can buy weaponry?"

CHAPTER TWO END!
Thank you, thank you and thank you for reading this fanficiton! :-) Next chapter will be coming soon! So don't worry!

I have plenty of idea's for this story and hopefully you all will like them!

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