Hey! I'm really sorry I haven't posted earlier, I've been really busy, and kind of uninspired. Really sorry, I promise to actually update at least once a week from now on.
Anyway, this isn't my best work. I've been out of practice, not to mention that I didn't have anyone read it over (I still need a Beta) and it might suck. I know it's short, I really didn't have time for this today, but I felt inspired so I wrote anyway. Please, some feed back would be great!
Among the Wild People
There was a moment of silence before the camp erupted into chaos. They all stared at me for a second before the females grabbed the screaming children and shuffled them into the caves while the males moved for their spears. One young male, probably a couple years older me, who I assume was startled by my sudden appearance and reacted instinctually, throw a spear at me. I dogged it easily, but I got in a ready position in case of more attacks. None came. The other males approached me wearily, crouching slightly, obviously finding me unthreatening because of my youth and Zeus's presence, though careful, in case I knew how to use my spear.
I crouched back down to the ground, carefully placing the spear on the ground, though I stepped on it to keep them from stealing it, and I lifted up my free hand to show that I meant no harm. They approached closer, and one male, who walked ahead of the others, tried to communicate with me with those strange grunts of theirs.
I shook my head, "I'm sorry, I don't understand, I-. "
The second I spoke, they jumped back in panic, raising their spears at me, and grunting fearfully, their children screaming.
I cursed, which only seemed to cause more chaos. Deciding that silence may work to my advantage this time, just as it does when hunting, I simply took Zeus in both hands and presented him to the cave people. While doing so, I did my best to look small and innocent: most creatures, or at least as I had observed, seemed to find the youngest the least threatening. Until they reached a fighting age, at which point they are one of the most threatening. I prayed to the Fates that ten years old was not yet a fighting age to these mortals.
The men with the spears backed away a bit. They looked at Zeus quizzically, then back at me. Obviously showing them a baby was not a threat. Taking Zeus back into my left arm, I pointed to one of the females with a baby suckling its breast. I slowly moved toward her until the males once more attempted to prod me with their spears. One male, the one who had spoken to me in grunts, seemed to understand. I hugged Zeus closer and bent to the ground to reach for my spear. The entire camp stiffened at the action, but I only rolled it to the one who understood.
He picked up the spear. He examined it, looking at its wood work, at its mighty head. Dropping his own spear to the ground, he bounced mine in his hand a bit. He grunted to the men around him, who seemed fascinated by the spear, and pointed to a nearby tree. He took aim and lobed the spear straight into the trunk of the tree. The males, and the females who dared watch, were completely thrilled by the spear. They ran to it, trying to grab it, but the male who threw it first forced his way to the front and grabbed the spear. None of the other males argued, though they seemed quite disappointed.
He glanced at me, than turned his head to look at the other males. He grunted a few times before the men backed off and went back to whatever they had been doing earlier. Though they did cast quite a few glances my way, and to the spear, and they did not seem to speak to one another. Obviously they were not used to random gods walking into their camp, asking to suckle on a female's breast, or wonderfully crafted spears that fly straight.
The male with my spear, who I have decided to call Boss Man because of his obvious dominance over the other humans, walked over to me. He smiled, which I dearly hoped meant that we had a deal and not "Now that I have your weapon, I can kill you!" That may have caused trouble, as then I would have to use my powers and kill the whole camp. And then I would not only be lacking food for Zeus but also would have been discovered by the Titans.
Luckily, he only grabbed my shoulder and led me to the females in the cave. He brought me to a female with quiet a few children around her, maybe four or five, one of which was a baby maybe a few months older then Zeus. Boss Man grunted to her, most likely explaining the deal, and she looked at me with a combination of surprise and a motherly worry. She immediately grabbed Zeus from my grasp and took him to her breast. Zeus cried out in joy and grabbed for the breast and started suckling happily, slowly shutting his eyes in content.
I sat, on the ground next to the female and her children, who had now started to stare at me. I was relieved that Zeus would starve, but now it dawned on me that I would have to come back here everyday to feed Zeus. Not to mention, I would need to find something more to trade for next time. And that would be problematic, since if the Titans saw us here, or even some of the things we traded, it would mean that we were discovered and would then experience the same fate as our siblings. Which would be bad.
I sighed. Stupid Zeus. Was there a way he could just grow up in a day?
I noticed a young female, one around my age, approaching. She sat down across from me, staring intently into my eyes like no one had ever done before. Obviously, the female was confused over something.
Grunting, she pointed to Zeus in Boss Man's women's arms. I shook my head "I'm sorry, I really don't understand you." The female frowned. She pointed at my loins. It took me a second to understand what she was asking. And then I burst out laughing.
"No, no! I'm his brother. If I was his father, well, this would be a very different situation." The female still looked confused. I thought for a second, looking around the camp, until I saw two children holding on to the same female's legs. I pointed the older one, then to me, then to the younger one, then to Zeus. To that she laughed and nodded her understanding. She stood and stuck out her hand for me to take, pointing the whole time with her body to the other humans all in a group together, laughing and working at the same time. I took her hand and let her lead me to them, enjoying the opportunity to spend time with people other then my mother, my grandmother, or wailing Zeus. Even it was a group of mortals.