Xeris woke up feeling different.
Even her clothes were different.
Last night she had a dream she was carried out of her bed on a cloud. Once she ascended, she was greeted by Dioscuri. He gave her some wine and a robe. She was horrified by this gesture and insisted she wouldn't wear it. But with a twinkle of an eye, she found herself wearing it. She was laid to bed next to Dioscuri by unseen hands. She tried to struggle but she couldn't really move. He hugged her and they both fell asleep.
Turns out that robe he gave her in her dream was exactly the one she was wearing now.
Wait for it.…..
And she screams.
"WHAT THE FUCKING HELL?" Xeris cried.
This is not funny, she thought. She didn't know who to blame.
There was a knock on the door.
"Hello? Why were you screaming such obscenities?" Said some guy.
"Go away!" Xeris shouted. She couldn't be seen like this.
"It's me, Chiron." Chiron dude said
"What is it?" By now Xeris had wrapped herself in a blanket.
"Your shouting drew my attention. It's six in the morning. You've woken all the campers up."
Xeris checked to make sure the blanket worked as a toga. Then she opened the door.
"Could you please explain why you shouted so loudly?" Chiron said
The guy really was a centaur. He was also ridiculously tall.
So for fear of getting stomped, she told the truth."I woke up wearing different clothes."
"Really? Are you sure you didn't change them yourself and forgot about it?" Horse asked
"I don't own what I'm wearing," says Xeris
"What are you wearing?"
"Sorry, horse man, I can't tell you."
"Could you show me then?"
"Ugh. I guess so. But if you make ANY comments, I will strike you with lightning bolts!"
Xeris weaved a thick blindfold from clouds, gave it to Chiron, and took off the blanket
"You can look now, but remember…"
Chiron looked. And saw what she meant. Somehow, he knew that Dionysus did this.
"I see your point. Did you, perchance, dream you were ascending the sky?" Was his first question
"Yes." Xeris answered
"Who did you see first?"
"Dioscuri,"
"Styx. You have got to be kidding me,"
"What's the problem? Is it a bad thing?" Xeris was waiting for it to come from the horse's mouth. Something like "you've got cancer and have nine seconds to live"
Chiron tried to relax. "As you remember, this Dioscuri person is favored by Dionysus?"
"Yes?"
"The only reasonable explanation to why this happened is that a god was able to bring you to Olympus and take you to Dioscuri. That person may have changed your clothes, gave you to him, and brought you back without changing them. Did Dioscuri do anything to you in the dream?"
Xeris related what happened; how she was laid next to Dioscuri, how he hugged her and stroked her hair, how he kissed (there. I said it) her face, and they went to sleep.
GROSS!, Chiron thought."Ok. This makes sense. I'll be back soon. I need to talk to this Dioscuri. In the meantime, get some clothes from Aphrodite cabin."
