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I couldn't help but think I had made a huge mistake as I fell backwards into darkness. Then my back hit water. It was cold and dark. I swam towards the surface, thanking god for the swimming lessons I took as a child. The stars shone brightly in the sky as I tread water. In front of me there was nothing but open ocean. I turned around and I could see some faint lights in the distance. I'm guessing that lights are a city on land. It looked far away though. I had quite the swim ahead of me.

I began swimming towards the lights. The water is so cold, and I had to fight off the urge to shiver. I quietly cursed Zeus for not at least putting me on land. It seemed like hours, but the lights slowly got bigger and bigger. I finally was able to see land. My limbs were tired and I just wanted to give up, but I kept swimming. Finally the waves swept me away and brought me up onto the beach. I crawled on my belly exhausted. When I was away from the water I looked up and I couldn't believe my eyes.

There was the great walls of Troy in perfect condition. I was really back in time. Too exhausted to do anything else, I lay my head down on the sand and curled into a ball to protect myself from the winds. I closed my eyes and exhaustion finally took me.

Sydney's POV

I was enjoying this vacation very much. It sure as hell beats sitting around at home with my parents. I almost couldn't go. Rachel had to beg our parents, and finally they said yes. They trust Rachel, she's a good big sister. She's the best kind of sister. She's the kind of sister that would do anything, give anything for the people she loves. I know she'd do anything for me, if I asked.

The main reason my parents didn't want me to go was Alexandria was going too. Alex is also my sister, but she's nothing like Rachel. If you asked my parents how many children they had, they would say only two. They have completely disowned Alex. Which if you ask me is very surprising. Alex is the rebel and has always fought our parents. She smoked, drunk alcohol, slept around , and kept the wrong company, but that was nothing compared to her getting pregnant. Mom and Dad were furious, heck they even threw her out of the house. Which I thought was cruel but hey she brought it down on herself. Rachel took her in. She even gave up a full ride to NYU to work and support Alex. Like I said Rachel is the best kind of big sister.

Alex foolishly believed that the father of the baby would step up and support her. Which he didn't, a big shock to her yet no one else seemed to be surprised. When Scarlet was born I went to go see her. She was adorable, and I immediately fell in love with the little girl. She had Rachel wrapped around her little finger the moment she opened those blue eyes of hers. Mom and Dad refused to see her or Alexandria. Rachel pleaded for them to make up, but they wouldn't listen. Alex isn't even invited to Christmas or thanksgiving. I didn't feel bad for Alex, I feel bad for Scarlet who will never know her family because of her mothers stupid mistakes.

I love Alexandria I do, I just hate the way she acts towards Rachel. Rachel has done everything for her, and she still treats her like crap. The worst part is Rachel puts up with it! Every time I asked her why she would ignore me. Like when we were walking to the city and Alex called her a nerd. Not a very good insult but still and insult. Little incidents like that one irked me, but every time I try and defend her she shushes me. Rachel says that Alex has been through a lot and needed time to heal. I say she's had more than enough time, but that's Rachel for you.

Speaking of Rachel, where did she go? Our guide has just led us into the royal dining hall, but I haven't seen Rachel since we left King Priam's room. I thought she had wondered up to front with Alexandria, but now that I look up there, she was no where to be seen. I can see Alex and Scarlet but no Rachel. I started to panic a little. I pushed through the crowd and grabbed Alexandria's arm. She spun around to face me.

"What?" She spat out with a scowl on her pretty face. Scarlet reached for me. I took her and settled her on my hip before talking.

"Do you know where Rachel is?" I asked shakily. Her expression softened a bit.

"I thought she was with you." She told me. I shook my head. "Well maybe she was taking pictures or something. Let go back to the bedrooms. She's probably there." She said with a hint of worry. I nodded. We turned back and walked back down to the bed rooms. We searched but there was no Rachel. I started to panic. Alex seemed worried too. As I passed by this one room and something caught my eye. It was Rachel's bag.

"Alex!" I called to my sister, before rushing into the room. I set Scarlet on her feet and picked up the bag. It was in the middle of the room and there was no sign of Rachel. That's when Alexandria rushed in the room. She stopped dead in her tracks when she saw what was in my hands. Her eyes widened and her mouth formed the shape of an Oh.

"Well well, the saviors sisters." A deep voice said from behind me. I turned around to see a tall man in a black suit standing there. Alexandria quickly picked up Scarlet and stood beside me.

"Where's Rachel?" Alexandria found her voice first. He smiled at Scarlet who clapped her hands together and smiled back.

"Don't worry about Rachel, she's fine, but she needs your help." He told us. Anger coursed through my veins.

"What did you do to her!" I yelled angrily. Alexandria gripped my arm. The man laughed.

"I didn't do anything to her ,but guide her to her destiny. Now you three have a lot of work to do. If you want to help your sister out." He said calmly.

"What do you mean?" Alexandria choked out, clutching Scarlet tighter to her. The man smirked again, and I resisted the urge to smack it off.

"Your sister is the savior of Troy, and that's all you need to know. My name is Zeus and you three are about to go on a vacation of a life time. Sydney I understand that your quite good in history, and that's good. Alexandria I hear you've watched the movie about this city, and that's even better. Now the rules are simple. Succeed and come back home. Fail you stay there forever." Zeus told us in a rush. I had so many questions for him, but I never got a chance to ask any of them, because we were suddenly thrown back into darkness. I could hear Alex scream ,and that was the last thing I heard before fainting.

Meanwhile with Rachel...

I was dreaming, I knew that, but it felt so real. I was standing in the middle of two armies. Trojans one one side and what I guessed were Greeks on the other side. The weird thing was no one was looking at me. It's like I'm invisible. Beside me were two men fighting. One looked really young, and the other was older. The younger man looked like he was loosing. The fight progressed and finally the older man cut the younger man in the leg. The younger man tried to fight back ,but the older man had the upper hand and was about to cut his neck open, when the younger man ducked out and ran back to another man. He looked older and the man held onto his leg. The older man didn't look to happy about that and started to yell, but I couldn't hear him. Then the man plunged his sword into the Greek, and he fell dead. Suddenly the Greek army started to run toward me and the Trojans. My mind screamed at my body to run, but I couldn't move. My feet were stuck right were I was standing. The Greeks came closer and closer. They were about five feet from me when I closed my eyes and braced myself for impact.

I shot up and gasped for air, as I awoke from my dream. It took me a few minutes but I finally took in my surroundings. I was no longer on the beach, but in a bed. The walls were stone and there was a fire in the middle of the room. To my right there was a balcony and to my left were the doors. I could see out of the balcony that it was daytime. I looked down at myself and I'm wearing some kind of a nightie. That's when the doors opened up and a girl came in. She looked about 17, with brown hair and green eyes. When she saw me she smiled.

"I'm glad your alright my lady. I'm Priska and I'm your servant." She told me as she came closer to the bed. I was a little stunned. I don't know if it was the servant part or the my lady part.

"Umm Hi Priska.. I'm Rachel its nice to meet you ,and you really don't have to call me lady. Just call me Rachel." I said when I finally found my voice. Priska gave me a funny look, before nodding. "Umm Priska, where am I, and how did I get here." I asked a little confused.

"You're at the Palace of course. I'm not sure if its true, but I heard that the Prince was out riding at found you. He brought you here, he even carried you." She said in a gossiping tone. I mentally laughed, even in ancient times they gossiped about silly things.

"The prince. You mean Paris?" I asked. She shook her head.

"No Prince Hector." Priska said with a smile. I smiled and nodded. "Well, my lady.. I mean Rachel. King Priam has requested your presence." She added on, and gestured for me to get out of the bed. Which I did. Then she proceeded to strip me.

"You know Priska, I'm quite capable of undressing myself." I said after she was done. She only nodded then she proceeded to dress me. While I could undress my self, I probably couldn't dress my self. She wrapped me up with length of cloth, and when she was done it turned out to be a dress. It was white and it fell to the floor. The dress had a plunging neck line and gold clasps at my shoulders that held the dress on my body. She then wrapped another piece of cloth that went around my right shoulder and across my chest, then around my back. This cloth was blue, the same color blue as my ring.

Then Priska led me to a seat, and helped me put on gold sandals. She left my hair down, and put a gold clip in it. She put on a gold necklace and matching earrings. She put this coal stuff around my eyes, and told me I was ready. I nodded, and tried to calm my racing heart. She led me out of the room and I followed her through the labyrinth of halls. Some of it was familiar, from the tour, but it was different. Here the palace seemed more alive, not just with activity but the overall spirit. It was amazing. We passed several people on the way there, and they all gave me curious glances. I just looked ahead shyly. Then we stopped in front of two doors, with guards on either side. I sucked in my breath.

"I'll see you when you get done Rachel." Priska said. I jerked my head to look at her.

"Your not coming in with me?" I asked pitifully, eyes wide. She looked at me and smiled.

"You'll be fine. You can do this." She told me encouragingly. I smiled weakly as the guards opened the doors. The smiled slid off of my face when I stepped inside the room, and the door shut behind me. It was a huge room, the ceiling was so high. The room was filled with people on both sides of me. In front of me a straight path to a slightly raised throne. King Priam was in the highest throne, Queen Hecuba sat beside him. On the other side of Priam was the man that killed the Greek in my dream. He had dark brown hair, and a beard. His eyes were dark and striking. Beside this man was a women. She's very pretty, with brown hair and tan skin. On the other side of Hecuba was another man, but he looked younger, and less strong than the other man. This man was also in my dream, he was the one fighting ,but lost. He had the same brown hair as the other man, and the same eyes, but that's about the only thing the two men shared. To this mans left there was another women. She had dark hair, almost black, and green eyes. Her gaze ripped through me, and it made me uncomfortable.

I began walking towards the thrones, every ones eyes were on me. The room got significantly quieter. I stopped in front of the thrones and was unsure on what to do. Should I bow? Curtsy? I've never met royalty before. I decided on curtsying and I did it as gracefully as I could. When I finished my curtsey the King smiled at me.

"Thank the Gods your alright child. Welcome to Troy. I'm King Priam and this is my wife Hecuba. This is our son, Prince Hector and his wife Andromache." He told me indicating the man and women to his right. I nodded to both of them. "This is my other son Prince Paris, and my daughter Cassandra." He introduced me to the other two people. "What your name child?" He asked. I smiled back.

"My name is Rachel, and I would like to say thank you for your hospitality." I told Priam before turning to Hector. "I heard that you were the one that found me, and brought me here. If that's true then, thank you very much. I owe you one." I told him.

"It was I that found you, and I was only doing my duty." Hector told me, I nodded.

"Rachel is a very unusual name, and I don't recognize your accent. Where are you from?" Cassandra asked me, practically glaring at me. I was at a lost. I mean what do I say? Well, I didn't have to worry about it because Hecuba came to my rescue.

"Cassandra, Rachel is clearly shocked by her predicament and probably needs more rest. She doesn't need to be bombarded by questions." The Queen told her daughter, then she turned to me with a brilliant smile. "Why don't you join us for dinner? Then you can retell your whole tale over dinner." She said happily.

"That's an excellent idea my dear!" Priam told his wife. "Go get some more rest Rachel, and we'll see you at dinner." He said dismissing me. I nodded and turned around and walked out. I felt some ones eyes burn into my back, I turn thinking it would be Cassandra but it was Prince Hector. Our eyes locked and I had to tear my eyes away from his. Something about his eyes haunted me. I shook my head. Priska led me back down the maze of hallways, but I wasn't really paying attention. One question preoccupied my mind.

What in the hell am I going to tell these people?

A.N- So there's chapter two. How did you like it? Rachel is the main character in this story, but Sydney and Alexandria are big players in this too, so yeahh.. The chapters will get longer. Its just school back in session and I'm just trying to get back into the swing of things. Hey did anyone feel that earthquake on the east coast? I live in North Carolina and it shook the building I was in pretty good.. lol.. Well thanks for reading and be sure to review :D