Hey. So I'm back. The next one is really short, but I'm in need of ideas! I have a loose storyline but that's about it. So if you want anything specific to happen, or any characters, or whatever else, please let me know. Now, onward!
He looked at me strangely, his expression guarded. He took a few moments before asking coldly, "What do you mean?"
"What are you?" I restated, slightly irritated that he was acting clueless. It's not like I was asking him what the newly invented color was. I sighed, deciding to elaborate. If he thinks I'm crazy then oh well. "You're not a god or a monster. You don't seem to be a demigod, though if you are there's something different about you. So what are you?"
He was surprised to say the least, his eyes widened and his whole body went stiff. He started to say something, but then stopped, reaching for his pocket. Shit! He has a weapon. I immediately started for the house, trying to get there for a weapon before he could catch me. I heard him shouting (that's weird), so much I almost stopped; I didn't though, I kept going. "Please Meloni, STOP!"
I reached my room and grabbed my special paintbrush, rubbing the bristles twice with my hand to make it a small sword. On the way back to the living room (where there would be the most room to fight) I felt him rush past me, only to skid to a halt and turn around. "Meloni stop!"
I was forcefully turned around; my shoulder felt like it was being pulled out of its socket. As soon as he saw the sword he took two steps back, holding his hands in the air like he was going to be arrested. Meloni calm down. The voice in my head wasn't mine. It held power, wisdom. Lower your sword.
I found myself dropping the tip ever so slightly. No! My subconscious shot back, trying to defend myself. I spoke out loud next. "Empty your pockets, please."
He took a deep breath, and then pulled out a drachma, headphones, a pen and a phone (I'm assuming it's his). I could feel the magic properties of the pen, and snatched it up quickly, trying to figure out how to activate it. Printed on the side was something in Greek; unfortunately I couldn't read all of it, but I made out rip. Well isn't that just lovely. Now that I had his weapon it was safe to continue with questions. "What were you going to do before I ran?"
"I was getting my phone." He flinched at my glare, adding, "Please believe me, I didn't intend to hurt you." I lowered my sword enough so it wasn't threatening, but it could be if needed. Before I could respond another voice yelled, "Derek! Where'd you go?"
I tossed him his stuff back and then shrunk my sword back down to the paintbrush. Ben came around the corner from the kitchen. "Maia! I found them! They're in here!"
Only moments later did Maia round to corner Ben had just come from. She gave us an odd look; after looking directly at her brother for what was realistically 10 seconds she pulled Ben out of the room, exclaiming "Come on Ben! We have to find out what happened to the princess!"
I let out a sigh, sharing a look with Derek conveyed 'kids'. My tone was surprisingly casual when I stated "Well, now that that's over with, seriously, what are you?"
"I'm a demigod, but you were right when you said there's something different about me. I just don't know how much I'm aloud to say. What are you?" He stated simply, as if he gives this kind of information all the time. Well then, I guess I'll be stating simple things too, for example, "It's complicated."
"You don't say. At this point I think it's obvious that you're not a monster." He sighed, shifting his weight like he was making a tough decision. He finally asked, "You aren't going to do any harm to those kids are you? Cause if you are I might have to kill you."
"I'm not going to hurt them. I don't think it's possible, they're too adorable." I'm sure I looked like an idiot, holding a paintbrush, gazing at the door as if I could see through it. All he said to my statement was, "Good."
"Now what?" I asked, trying to change the subject. There wasn't a lot you could casually talk about when you just threatened someone's life. He sighed. "I don't know. I guess I'll go call my mom. She'll probably want to hear from me anyways."
He walked out of the room, back into the kitchen. I just went outside, figuring there wasn't much harm he could do to the house when it was mostly empty. Sitting back under the tree I waited. I just waited for everything, for Derek to come out of the house, for the kids to get curious and come, for my mom to get home, for the moving truck⦠OH MY GODS! Where is the moving truck?
I ran back inside, to the kitchen (the stove had a clock). It was one-thirty. It had been an hour and a half since the moving van was supposed to get here. I immediately pulled out my phone, only to find that it wasn't in my pocket. I must have dropped it while I ran. After 3 minutes of searching I found it on my bedroom floor, and immediately called my mom.
As I waited for her to pick up I went back to the front room, sitting on the floor next to the fireplace. After two and half rings she picked up, sounding confused "Hello?"
"Hey mom, it's me. I just wanted to let you know that the moving people still haven't come. Oh, and I have some people over, I met them yesterday while you were out. I-"
"People? What kind of people? Have checked to make sure they aren't monsters? Are they just mortals? Meloni?" she went off on the rant of a lifetime. I tried to get some words in but every time I did I was cut off. "Mom- Mom- Mom CALM DOWN!" I finally took the simple way out and yelled. Taking a deep breath I continued, "They are demigods, there's a six year old, a ten year old and a fifteen year old, though they might be sixteen. They're fine, I promise. Now, the moving truck still isn't here, and neither are you. Where are you anyway?"
"I'm on my way home actually. If fact, I just pulled into the driveway." Uh-oh. At that moment Derek walked out of the kitchen, apparently done with his phone call. I got up, Going outside to find the mother that was surely going to yell at me in moments. Perfect.
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