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Evandro's POV
As soon as I got outside my head felt clearer. Birdie, Alex's bird, flew to us. "Twit twit, twitter, chirp!" it whistled.
"Oh no! We have to warn her!" Alex said after listening intently.
"Um... mind telling me what's going on?" I asked. I still hadn't gotten used to him talking to animals. I mean let's face it, it's just weird!
"Palace of colours! Venus is in sooooo much trouble! She musn't fall asleep! Bird said something terrible will happen! And that we only have 1 minute when in the hotel to warn her before we forget! Come on!"
"Ok, but the bird's coming with us." I said. The bird twittered indignantly at being precede by an article, but it settled itself on Alex's shoulder.
We entered the hotel and ran upstairs as fast as we could. When we looked in the room Venus was not there... oh for Hades's sake! She couldn't of just disappeared!
"It looks like she's just vanished!" said Alex.
"And were would she go? Back in time?" I asked sarcastically. "She's probably been took by a monster. I'll bet it's the owner of this place." I took out my celestial bronze sword and headed for the door.
"Um, you know if they took her, wherever Venus is Amber is as well, right? And they took Amber hours ago. And also, as soon as you step out of here you'll forget this. Bird can protect us, but only if we're close."
"Oh great" I thought "My life now depends on a bird, as do my friends."
Out loud I said "Ok, let's go have a have a chat with Mrs Blaine shall we?"
"Oooh, great! What are we going to chat to her about? I've never talked to anybody about bananas. They're weird and they look like phones or moons, but only half crescent, and they have a weird peel which is very resistant and-" Alex seemed very interested in bananas. I just rolled my eyes.
"Come on, let's go"
"Where are they?" I said as I burst into the office.
"Ah, son of Hades. I have been excpecting you. And the other one emanates an unpleasant smell as well, but I can't quite identify him..."
"Where. Are. My. Friends? You'd better not have eaten them or something!" I said
"Oh, they're perfectly fine! We just get rid of heroes, we don't eat them. They're back in time, but there's no way to get them back. Our alliance with Kronos was very... useful. If they are brave enough to get out of a trap, we may even let them go! But it is impossible of course. There is only one way to, and nobody has managed it since Uranus and Gaia!"
"Who are you?" I asked fearfully, already knowing the answer.
"We are chaos!" said a thousand voices, as old as the universe. "And we will destroy you."
The chaos sounded really angry. Collecting frustration for a few billion years must make you really grumpy!"
"Um, Evandro, I don't think that Mrs Chaos wants to talk about bananas after all, maybe we should go. Like now." said Alex.
"I don't think so either. Maybe we should try pineapples. Or, we could evacuate this place."
"I like the second option. Sorry to have bothered you Miss, we'll just be off now. Bye!" said Alex, bolting out of the room. I followed him.
"We flew down the stairs (or at least, bird did, we just slid down on some expensive looking porcelain plates.) and ran out of the door.
When we looked back we saw the chaos was still on the doorstep. It was becoming a black wave of darkness, and even the mere sight of it made my blood run cold with terror.
I heard a scream and realized it was my own.
Suddenly a thundering voice said: "This is neither the time or place for this! Leave them alone chaos!"
"Zeus! Curse you. But they will return of their own free will, for I have the others!"
I knew chaos was right. I could never leave Amber in the hands of such an awful creature! Or Venus of course.
Zeus materialized in front of us. "Iris will lead you to a safe place, where you must wait for Amber and Venus to make it out of the time trap. I have faith in them. Beware the chaos!" and with that he disappeared, and a beautiful young looking godess appeared. She looked a lot like Amber, except her hair was long and tied up in multicolour braids. She smiled at us and in a musical voice she said: "Let's go, Father can't keep a forcefield around the Chaos forever."
We got to the hideout the hard way, AKA walking. She could of just snapped her fingers, but there you go. All through the journey she asked us about Amber. After about 5 hours of walking, she seemed to see how tired we were, so she made a picnic table covered in food appear.
While I was eating my 5th tomato and mozzarella sandwich (hey, don't judge me, I didn't get lunch. Or breakfast.), she said: "You know, if you're really that desperate to know, I could ask Aphrodite", making me blush 'til the roots of my hair.
"Um, no thanks that's ok." I said, glancing at Alex. I immediatly wished I hadn't. His face was covered in mayo. It made me feel slightly sick. I guess when you live on your own in the forest you have no need to learn table manners. Or picnic manners, I guess.
I went back to thinking about Amber.
(A.N. I think this is the perfect moment to break into a random song, so here goes, Vanilla Twilight:
The stars lean down to kiss you, And I lie awake I miss you, Pour me a heavy dose of atmosphere. Cause I'll doze off safe and soundly, But I'll miss your arms around me I'll send a postcard to you dear, Cause I wish you were here. I watch the night turn light blue, But it's not the same without you, Because it takes two to whisper quietly, The silence isn't so bad, Till I look at my hands and feel sad, Cause the spaces between my fingers Are right where yours fit perfectly. I'll find repose in new ways, Though I haven't slept in two days, Cause cold nostalgia chills me to the bone. But drenched in Vanilla twilight, I'll sit on the front porch all night, Waist deep in thought because when I think of you. I don't feel so alone. I don't feel so alone. I don't feel so alone. As many times as I blink I'll think of you... tonight. I'll think of you tonight. When violet eyes get brighter, And heavy wings grow lighter, I'll taste the sky and feel alive again. And I'll forget the world that I knew, But I swear I won't forget you, Oh if my voice could reach back through the past, I'd whisper in your ear, Oh darling I wish you were here.
Ok, I'm done. Back to the story!)
"Well, it's late, you should both rest." said Iris.
Ok, that's about it. I thank some delicious, juicy strawberries for the inspiration. Review! Wow, 4 hours passed? My pizza!
