Disclaimer: I only own Aria, the Greek gods belong to the ancient Greeks. :)
Chapter 1
"Why can't I go into town mama?" I looked up at the beautiful woman who was weaving on her loom and pouted as I knew the answer I was going to recieve to this often asked question.
"Because my little Aria, you are very special and the people of the town do not know how to compose themselves in front of someone such as you."
She smiled sweetly and gestured for me to come closer. I quickly walked over and crawled up and onto her lap and leaned against her chest. She wrapped her arms around me and started to pet my head, running her fingers through my shoulder length hair. My ears flattened against my head in a relaxed gesture as my tail slowly swished back and forth, I looked up at my mother with the most innocent eyes I could manage.
"Please mama! At least let me go outside and play in the meadow! I promise I won't go into the woods this time!" I asked clutching her blouse and nuzzling my head against her to soften her up.
"Oh can those blue eyes get any bigger?" she laughed "okay but stay out where I can see you and be in before supper okay?"
I squealed in delight and squeezed her waist in a hug before jumping down and racing out of the house and outside to freedom.
"I promise! Thank you mama I love you!" I called over my shoulder as I raced out the door and leapt into the soft grass. I felt it tickle my toes and the dirt felt cool and smelled rich in my nose as the breeze lifted and swirled around the fields. I started skipping and twirling through the meadow, not caring if I got dirty, but just loving the feel of being around nature.
Being the daughter of a water nymph and god of the wind has that effect on me. I guess it's just part of my godly inheritance. What my parents didn't expect me to inherit were the traits of a cat. Yep I was born with the ears, eyes, fangs, claws, and tail of a cat. I have other characteristics too like sense of smell and balance, plus a love of cream and fish, but other than that I'm perfectly normal, in a goddess in the making sort of way.
My parents still are not sure why I was born this way, but they love me unconditionally anyway. My mama is Neda, goddess and nymph to the river named after her in Arcadia and my papa is Eurus god of the eastern wind. So there really isn't a clear reason as to why I'm like this but other than being part cat I'm perfectly healthy and happy with my mama and papa here in the hills of Arcadia. My name, if you didn't catch it, is Aria, it means lioness in Greek, and I just turned eight last month.
Without realizing it my twirling lead me close to the edge of the meadow and near the line of trees that marked the start of the forest. I stopped and peered into the trees. Mama had always told me never to go into the forest without her or papa, but I never understood why. As a being of nature I felt so at home in it whether it be in fields and meadows, or forests and woods, that I didn't understand what there was to be afraid of.
I peeked over my shoulder to our villa to see if mama was watching me. My gaze drifted over the villa and when I saw no sign of mama I smiled and bounded into the tree line eager to explore this new terrain.
End of Chapter 1! I know a little short but this is my first story it will pick up I promise! Please rate and Message and tell me what you think so I know whether to continue or not!