Thank you Aqua and The Earth Elemental for your reviews! Here is the next chapter for all of you who have reviewed. Sorry I haven't updated for a looong while. I am probably the most unmotivated person I know. If you really want a new chapter and feel like I haven't updated in a while just message me. I need a solid kick in the rear sometimes. I hope the story keeps your interest;)
The Mount was a grand plaza that was supposedly salvaged from the ruins of the great Mount Olympus after the fall of the Gods. It floated just separate from the earthly realm and had once stretched out for miles on end when the Gods had first created it.
I never really believed that the "big secret meeting place" of the spirits was truly in the ruins of a gigantic floating castle created by gods, but then I had never really believed that spirits could have become so powerful that they had achieved godhood, or if they had that they could have just disappeared.
Looking at the Mount now though, all doubts fled my mind. Before me stretched out a grand open plaza made of pure white stone, Greek style columns rose from the ground and were decorated with fine gold swirls and hieroglyphics. You could clearly see the beautiful Greek architecture in all the structures, but to my surprise there also seemed to be heavy Egyptian, Roman, and even Mayan influences intertwined within the decoration and architecture. Not that I know much about any of those ancient cultures, especially Egypt, but I had seen posters and caused some museums to suffer from a case of an "overactive air-conditioners".
As I gazed toward the edges of this giant polished courtyard, I noticed that the marble became cracked and beyond that, past the very edges of the meeting site, a jungle of crumbling stone and decimated remains of once towering structures stretched on as far as the eye could see. It looked as if the sky had split open and rained meteors upon everything except the courtyard in which we now stood.
I didn't realize that I was standing frozen until I was jarred back to like by on earth shattering pat on the back from North.
"Is pretty nice, eh?" North proclaimed with his signature jolly chuckle.
"Yeah… this place is amazing!" I exclaimed. "How is this even possible? Was this really the city of the gods?"
At the question a dark expression flashed across his face, but vanished as soon as it came. "Perhaps once, yes, but now it is used by us! Father Time was good enough to patch up this courtyard as a neutral meeting place for all the greater spirits of earth, and has also made it that no time in the earth realm is lost during these get-together, this is so the busier spirits can still attend!" North let out another deep chuckle at the look of wonder still on my face as he herded me down the stairs. "Come now Jack. There are many who will with to meet the newest Guardian!"
Are there any spirits you think should be in attendance? Please give as many recommendations as possible! And yes…I'm planning to introduce the Groundhog;)