Chapter 1- Idris
My name is Idris and I have been chosen to compete in the Medusa Games as the hero of Zeus. I can win. No, I WILL win. That's my promise. And I never break promises.
The whistle blew. A figure rushed past me, like a jet plane, sprinting down the hill with her hair flying everywhere. I'm not good at running. CORRECTION: I am horrible and always will be for running. It's not that I'm fat; I just can't. I can see a red flag in the distance on top of the next hill with a bunch of girls fighting over it. Oh man, I'm last AGAIN! How am I going to win when I can't even a beat a 9 near old with a bad ankle at sprinting? The flag is closer now and I can clearly see who is on the top of the hill. A tall girl with huge muscles and biceps hung on to the flag pulling it towards her. I knew her name was Avril and a hero of Ares. On the other side Eline, the smart one, hugs the pole of the flag. Even if she is only 9, she is smarter than all of us added together. No wonder she's the representative of Athena. Thea of Apollo waited at the bottom of the hill, grinning at me.
"How slow can a person get?" Thea smirked.
I puffed at her. She, in return of my wonderful puffing gift, pulls me up the second hill by my left arm which got scarred by Luna of Artemis with her arrow. I groaned. Thea immediately drops my arm, making it feel like it weighed a ton. Not surprisingly, I toppled over, landing heavily on the bruised arm with Thea laughing at me. What a generous friend. I managed to get to the top of the hill without another accident. Avril sneered at me.
"How could the mighty Zeus pick a stupid clumsy fool. He's more idiotic then I thought," She prodded the flag in my ribs.
I didn't answer her. Instead I made myself useful by helping Eline up. In her attempt to snatch the flag, Avril had kicked, bit, scratched and punched her. Plus her bandage from yesterday's practice fight got shredded into tiny pieces with her cut bleeding again. I ripped a strip of clothing off my uniform and fashioned a simple bandage. Eline smiled her thanks at me. Thea, in full fighting spirit, starts yelling at Avril, occasionally taking little breathes in between. Ah...it's good having a friend to help you up in this stupid idiotic pointless game.
Maybe I should start at the beginning. I am 13 in May and I am in the Medusa Games. I must fight to survive. I must kill the others to survive. I must be the last one standing out of the 14 competitors to survive. I must live to survive. And I am but a mere 12 years old girl . Yet I could die tomorrow. The Medusa Games is a deadly game. You die, you lose. You kill others, you've eliminated a chance of dying. You are the last one and the only one breathing, you win. Harsh right? I didn't want to be in this game, i mean who wants to die? But here I am on the 5th last day of training, losing a race, ending up last. Guess I'll be dead by the first night of the actual game.
Another ear-wrenching blast of that dumb whistle surrounded me. If I could, I'll make some Idris-style-adjustment with Avril's boar axe to the whistle. LITERALLY! Mitch our trainer starts announcing something. That was our last training session outside of the HQ before the actual thing. My stomach drops to the floor. I'm not ready,heck I'm NOWHERE near being close to ready. He then gabbles on about how well we all did today with his eyes stared straight to me. My heart sinks. I knew that look. Mitch wants me to stay after everyone goes for some 'prep talk'. Yeah, like it really is prep talk. Mitch finally let's everyone go. He raises his eyebrows in my direction. I kept my gaze on my foot, avoiding his laser beams from his eyes. I seriously think he can kill someone with those wary eyes.
"You have improved but you have a long way to go. Meet me at the lower quad everyday at 5am exact, understand Idris? At your pace you won't even make it pass of the starting block," Mitch gabbles some more. I nodded. Why? WHY me? Why do I have to wake up at 5 for some MORE stupid training? WHY? He place his middle and index finger to his forhead and saluts me goodbye. I shuffled towards the canteen area. Mitch starts yelling at me again. Does he hate me THAT much... wait, he's saying something important...
"Wait, Idris. I have something for you. It's a dagger with the blade in the shape of a lightning bolt. Keep it and make it and myself proud for when you step out, you step out alone, Idris of Zeus," Mitch shouted back andthrew the dagger at me.
A black shape heads towards me. I step back absent-mindedly and watches the shape as it lands at my feet. The object felt light yet it felt strong. It had a black, lined with navy blue rhinestones sheath. The blade wasn't straight. It curved around and around like a lightning bolt. The blade was silver with specks of gold in the middle, spelling out an 'I'. I could see my reflection in the blade and only me. I placed it in my belt next to a capsicum spray. The smell of pancakes drifted under my nose, tempting me. I hadn't ate them in ages. I let the smell pull me inside the warm building yet I couldn't think straight. Mitch's words start clouding my brain.
"...for when you step out, you step out alone..."
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I am Rosemary or otherwise Romy. Remember my name. Remember my face but most important remember my story for I will be the person on everyone's mind when I win the Medusa Games. Remember me and I will remember you.
I always felt like a fish out of the water. Being next to a billion deadly weapons all in one room makes me more anxious. How did i ever get myself into this position? Oh yeah, I remember. From being the 'hero' of Poseidon. Haha. Funny because i've never felt like a hero in my life. Being next to 13 very good heroes doesn't make me feel amy better. Tomas opens the cabinet full of axes and hammers. Avril's eyes lit up as if a gourmet dish of her favourite meat just arrived. Tomas was our instructor with weapon training. He's a pro, an expert, a with-your-eyes-closed-and-still-can-kill-someone-expert. Plus he's only 16. Makes me look like a complete bassoon, not that i can sing better than i can aim. What was I thinking? That being able to survive yr 8 camp means that I'm deffinately going to beat a black belt karate dude? Yes,totally(rolling my eyes). Tomas picks a sharp double axe of the top shelf and hands it to Avril. She's grinning like mad. Wow, never seen her so happy before, not even this happy when she kicked Mitch's butt at wrestling. I shivered. I wanted to shout out that giving her that... that THING was complete suicide for the rest of us. Luckily I couldn't get a sound out. Tomas then looks at me with those mysterious eyes and winked. My heart just skipped a beat. I'm going to die! My hearts in my throat! I AM dying... from Tomas's wink? Never knew I was much of an Aphrodite's kid.
Tomas reaches in and fumbles around with his hand a bit, like his trying to find the special weapon just for me. Is it an axe? Is it a dagger or a sword or maybe a LOVE sword? AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! WHY AM I THINKING THAT! Instead he pulls out a... trident? WHAT? Why do I have to have a stupid retarded TRIDENT while Avril gets a nice looking axe that can actually kill someone? I tried smiling but it must of looked like a mix of a smirk and a frown because Tomas frowned himself. He puts his hands on my shoulder and leans forward. I start turning red. OMG! HE"S GOING TO KISS ME! I closed my eyes and lean in and... hear laughter? I peaked through close eyelids and see everyone laughing at me and worst of all...Tomas laughing at me. I bet i looked like a tomato. Tom pats me on the shoulder and says out loud, better luck next time. Oh gee thanks. He then continues on handing out all the weapons to everyone. Well, everyone but Idris.
" Idris of Zeus, I believe your weapon has been delivered personally," Tomas said.
OK,sure so let Idris get the special treatment. It's not she's mean or anything but she's always the one who gets this and everyone gets that and obviously what she gets is better than what everyone else gets. Tomas rounds us up and put us into pairs. I have to go with Idris. Oh great. I walk towards the other end of the stadium and Idris walks calmly to the other. I have a trident in one hand and a shield in the other. Idris holds nothing. She opens her arms and shouts to do my best and have a go at her. Ok. Sure. She's going to try to humiliate me some more. Fine. I'm going to show her Poseidon is better than Zues. I run pointing my trident straight for her ribs. She steps out to the side and sticks her foot out. Whoops. Before i know it Idris's foot is on my back with my trident in her hands.
Tomas jogs over and help me up. He leans in again, this time I didn't do anything stupid. He whispers in my right ear,you'll do great. Just concentrate Rosemary of Poseidon. Don't control the trident let it control you. The same with the sea. You can't control the sea. You are the hero of Poseidon.
Right. Breathe. Get up. Hold the trident up. Attack. .punch. Duck. punch. ... I'm getting good at this. This is easy. I kept Tom's words in my head. He was right about one thing. I AM the hero of Poseidon. I control the sea and nobody can control me. This time I will win something. For once, i'll win an important event. And it starts with beating Idris.
this is only my first ever fanfic ,so don't lay it on thick with the critics ok?
Btw: if you didn't get the story so far. It's kind of like hunger games and percy jackson mixed together. SO basically 14 competitors must compete in the Medusa Games, each one standing for the twelve olympians (Greek mythology, people!) and Hades and Hestia/Dionysus. That means:
Zeus: Idris Capello (the girl in the first part that was narrating and the girl Romy doesn't like)
Poseidon: Romy/Rosemary ( the girl in the second part)
Hades:Kismet
Apollo:Thea (Idris's friend)
Ares: Avril (Idris's enemy)
Dionysus: Zdena-pronounced as DIN-NA)
Hermes:UNKNOWN (something prank-ish)
Aphrodite:UNKNOWN (like Poppy or something?)
Hephaestus:Maj/Magnolia
Hera:Calla
Athena:Eline/Eleanor (Idris's friend)
Hestia: Blaise
Demeter: Sage
Artemis: Luna
HELP ME! I need good names for Aphrodite and Hermes. They need to be realistic-ish but relating to Aphro./Hermes! Review the names or PM me. Thanks!