EDIT: I HATE Autocorrect… -.- Okay, hopefully now there aren't any random words thrown in and I've fixed them all… I don't know how I didn't notice them before –,-
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Something soft and wispy bats me on the nose, pulling an annoyed groan out of me in response. I'm hit in the face again with the feathery thing, and then it clicks.
Feathers.
"Nyx," I sigh, getting whacked in the face yet again and almost getting a mouthful of feathers. I turn my head into my pillow and sneeze, turning back to glare at my reptilian companion.
"Good morning to you too you giant winged worm," Another whack to the face.
I yawn and set her next to me on the bed so I can get up, grabbing a plain lilac dress off the back of a chair on my way to the bathroom.
"Nyx, you wouldn't happen to know why my laurel wreath is in the sink would you?" I say, turning the golden headpiece over with my fingertips. She hisses in response.
I toss the dress over the towel rack and set the wreath gently on the countertop.
I find my thoughts drifting to the past couple of hours as I stand under the warm stream of water. Though no matter how long I ponder over it, I come up blank, as though I'm missing the last eight hours of my life.
I realize I don't even remember how I got home. What the hell happened to me?
Various scenarios run through my head; had I been drugged? Had I taken on an opponent way out of my league? Did they plant something on me? Steal my memories?
I sigh, letting out a shaky laugh. I'm being silly, I'm letting my paranoia get the best of me again.
I cut the water and wrap up in a fluffy purple towel.
Once I dry off and brush my long, light blonde hair I slip on the dress and walk back into my room to find Nyx asleep on my bed.
"Oh, so you get to sleep in but I don't?" I say, forcing a sigh. Her wings flutter before resting at her sides again and I smirk. "Nice,"
I pull a set of undergarments on under my dress and slip into my light gray flats. "Guess I'll have to eat breakfast by myself, I was thinking I'd go have some eggs and ham at Marty's, I'm not even sure I'll be able to finish it by myself. Oh well,"
I peak over my shoulder to see Nyx spreading her wings, her eyes meeting mine with perfect clarity, unclouded by sleep.
"So you've changed your mind, good, come on then," I say, holding out my hand to her. "And lose the wings," I add as she wraps around my forearm, her scales morphing, changing their color to represent the finest quality of gold; looking much like she belongs on the arm of a Pharaoh rather than a Greek Deity.
WWWWWWWW
"Lilah!"
I stop and turn on the sidewalk, facing many irritated faces of people making their way to work and school, some shoving me to the side as I wait patiently for the owner of the voice to find me.
A moment later I feel someone's arms around me and see trails of long auburn hair falling over my shoulder, mixing with my blonde strands.
"I've missed you sister," She says, moving her chin off of my shoulder as I turn around in her arms. "And you too Nyx," She whispers to the glittering gold snake on my arm.
"It's been a while Eris, what brings you to the mortal realm this time?" I ask as she releases me.
"What? Can't I ever just drop by for a visit to see my best friend?" She sees the look on my face and pouts. "No?"
"Eris, whenever you drop by for a visit it's either to cause mayhem or deliver some less than favorable news from Olympus,"
Her pout turns into a full blown frown and she pulls me across the street to a small, neglected park and sets me down on a rickety park bench.
She takes a seat next to me and Nyx curls up on top of my head, focused on Eris.
"Look, you already know Erebus doesn't like you being here,"
"This again?" I sigh. "Father can't tell me what to do anymore Eris, I can make decisions on my own."
"Well he doesn't seem to think so," At my glare she holds up a hand and I bite my tongue and let her continue. "I'm not agreeing with him, this is just what he said. He thinks you coming here was a mistake. He doesn't think it's safe for you to be here, he doesn't think you can handle yourself here alone,"
"I'm not alone, I have Nyx; and I can handle myself just fine." I protest. She looks back at me, her eyes filled with not pity, but sympathy.
"He wants you to come back to Olympus."
"What? That's insane. I refuse!" By this point I am on my feet, fists clenched and shaking with rage. "I can handle myself just fine."
"After last night he doesn't believe it." She murmurs.
"Last night? What happened last night?" I ask, retaking my seat as I begin to calm down.
She looks at me strangely for a moment. "You fought a man made of liquid metal, Lilah, you saved-" Her sentence cuts off in a gasp when her gaze meets mine. "Oh Zeus no, Lilah you didn't."
A strangled gasp of air passes my lips as my fingers dig into my knees painfully.
In my head I see flashes of a monstrous metal figure, his gaze locked on mine as his arm extends toward me, wait, no, goes through me.
My whole body feels like someone's poured acid over it.
My breath somas in short painful gasps and I'm just barely aware or Eris's hands gripping my shoulders as her concerned gaze meets mine.
WWWWWWWW
I sit up, groggy, disoriented, finding my lower half covered in blankets. As my vision clears I realize I'm back in my room, the clock on the wall reads 11:00 am.
From her perch on my arm Nyx raises up, rubbing her face against my cheek.
"What happened?" I ask, petting the little snake on the head. I bow my head in my hands for a moment as a wave of dizziness overcomes me.
"Oh thank Zeus you're awake," Eris sighs, stepping into the room with two glasses of water.
"What happened?" I ask, repeating my earlier quarry.
"Oh, well I think you must've been overworking yourself lately, perhaps when I told you of Erebus's news the stress of it all made you reach your limit and you, passed out." She says, setting the glasses on the bedside table. I notice her hands trembling slightly as she explains, almost tipping over a glass.
"You say it like I had a mental breakdown or something Eri," I joke, carefully reaching for one of the glasses. I'm not so sure I believe the bit about passing out due to stress either, it just doesn't seem like me; I've been doing this for centuries and I know how to handle the strain of the job.
I sigh and set the glass back down. "Well, no matter what caused it, I'm not going back," I say, my voice taking on a darker tone.
Eris seems to relax somewhat and takes a seat in the desk chair next to the bed, leaning over it with her elbows over the back. "Well I'm not here to make you do anything, I'm just the messenger, so you can relax,"
"About that, isn't that Hermes's job?" I ask.
"Busy,"
"Hmm, are you sure it's not because Erebus thought I'd be more likely to comply and less likely to cause injury if it was you who told me?" I ask, placing a finger to my chin in mock contemplation.
"Possibly," She says with a grin.
"So I take it you're going to be staying for a while," I say with a knowing glance at the Chaos Goddess. She'd yet to make a hasty retreat as was routine even though her message had been delivered. Being the Martin of Mayhem she had a lot of places to be all at once.
"Yup," She replies.
"So I'm safe in assuming Erebus has sent you as my chaperone until I comply with his wishes?" I add.
"You hit the Cyclops right in the eye,"
I grin at the strange Olympian joke, it'd been a while since I'd heard such expressions.
"You can take the guest room down the hall,"
"Thanks Lili!" She says hugging me before running out of the room, probably to go redecorate.
I sigh, I couldn't be mad at Eris, really it was my father who I was mad at. "You may be waiting quite a few decades before I forgive you for this one Dad," I sigh.
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