Hey everyone. I'm really sorry for the wait, I started school about a month ago (FRESHMANNN) and got a mass overload of tests and assignments. So here's chapter 2, ENJOY!
No flames please.
I do not own PJO or HoO.
Flashback :
"Kids stop running around, Mommy can't make dinner if she's concentrating on you instead of the pasta. Go watch a movie" demands a woman in her late twenties/ early thirties.
"Okay" a little boy says. "What do you want to watch?" He giggles in a baby voice. He looks about my age (which is about three) and has short, messy, black hair and green eyes (also like me).
"Let's watch the Wiggles" I say happily. "wiggles, wiggles, wiggles!" we both chant.
"Alrighty then, Wiggles it is" the woman says and puts the tape in the VCR. When the "mash potatoes" song comes on, I jump up from the couch and start dancing along with the video. The boy joins along while the mysterious lady is laughing in the kitchen.
I look at this boy and smile and have a strange feeling deep down that nothing could ever separate us from one another.
Flashback over:
My eyes slowly open. Just another morning under water, trapped in my father's palace. I sit up in my bed which is suspended from the glass ceiling by some sort of super-strong under water moss. My room itself is made entirely of glass, permitting me to see the animated sea all around me. Pastel colored coral in various sizes decorate the ocean floor while colorful sea creatures and friendly mer- people swim around.
My bed is in the center of my room surrounded by a dark brown dresser, mirror and sea green dressing shade to block me while I'm changing my clothes (what, you'd think I'd change out in the open?). Surrounding this is somewhat of an underwater garden. Soft green moss covers the floor and various sea flowers adorn the floor. Scattered in various places around the room are beautiful willow trees that add some coziness to the room. A trail of light gray rocks leads to an area hidden to everyone's eyes. Various willow trees and boulders surround a crystal blue lake that can turn into a hot spring in my command.
Being trapped under water is hard. My father Poseidon brought me down here to keep me safe. He says I'm much too dangerous and still need to work on controlling my powers. You'd think fourteen years of practice is enough but it never is. I haven't been above water since I was three; in fact, I rarely ever leave my room. So many people (and Cyclopes) wander around my father's palace. Plus there's Poseidon's devil of a wife and son. They sure enjoy making my life a living Hades.
I get up from bed and go to my dresser. I pick a simple, turquoise dress from a flowing cotton-like material that is twisted in a rope pattern in the back. I comb my hair and neatly braid it, occasionally weaving in a fresh sea flower. Finally I put on a long, silver heart necklace that I've had ever since I can remember.
I look out the glass walls to see many mer-men, mer-women and mer-children swimming around. It must be rush hour. A large tiger shark swims by and I wave.
"Good morning Reynold" I say to the tiger shark. He's been my close companion for some years now. He took me on my first trip around the bottom of the Pacific Ocean right off the coast of New Jersey.
"What a fine day it is, Marina" he replies and keeps swimming.
As I keep looking out the window I think of the memory I had just before I woke up. The boy I was thinking of looks so familiar and the woman does too. They look so familiar to the point when I think about them I instantly become happy. Something about them gives me a splendid feeling of home and family. As I look at the ocean I catch my reflection and the glass. For a second I seem to see an older version of the little boy and I finally notice why he looks familiar. He looks like me.
I faint tickling sensation builds up on the skin above my ribs and I look down to see my necklace shimmering. I place it in the palm of my hand and lift it up to see words starting to form.
" Through the places you'll go, and people you might see, of you I beg…"
Hi guys I hope you like this chapter. I promise I will make another one a.s.a.p.
In regard to the quote, I made it up my self (with a little inspiration from Dr. Seuss).
By the way… this isn't the end of the quote….