6/9/13

I will be going to Canada and going to a mission and Minnesota soon. I won't be updating that much… I will try to find wifi zones though and update.

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The translucent gang led Ponyboy and Ivan to a door. The door was large and made up of steel. Iron skulls decorated the door, their empty sockets stared strait ahead, looking out to nowhere. There were three women guarding the doors. Each one of them was the ugliest thing that Ponyboy had ever laid eyes on in his 414 years of life.

They looked exactly the same, the three of them. Each had their own set of leathery wings and long claws. What the heck are they? Glory, they were ugly.

"Those are furies…" Johnny answered him as if he could read Ponyboy's mind.

"Furies?" Ponyboy took out his monster guide and scanned the leathery woman.

"Those are Furies. Three goddesses of vengeance: Tisiphone (avenger of murder), Megaera (the jealous) and Alecto (constant anger). They were also called the Daughters of the Night, but were actually the daughters of Uranus and Gaea. Another name for them is the Erinyes.

"Without mercy, the Furies would punish all crime including the breaking of rules considering all aspects of society. They would strike the offenders with madness and never stopped following criminals. The worst of all crimes were patricide or matricide, and first and foremost, the Furies would punish this kind of crime.

"They would also be the guardians of the law when the state had not yet intervened or did not exist, or when the crime was a crime of ethics and not actual law. For example, they would protect beggars and strangers, punish those who stole the birds' young and even look out for the dogs.

"Horrible to look at, the Furies had snakes for hair and blood dripping from their eyes. They changed into the Eumenides, protectors of the suppliant, after Athena had made them merciful sparing Orestes, whom they had stalked for a long time after the murder of his mother and her lover.

"From these beings we have the words "furious"and "infuriated"." The voice explained and shut off. He looked back at them with disgust in his eyes and Ivan hiding behind him. They glared back at him.

"What is your purpose of being here?" One asked with a hiss.

"I came on request of the lord here." Ponyboy stated.

"Oh? Our lord told us that a vampire would be coming here. My name is Trisiphone. The one that just spoke was Alecto. The one that has not spoken yet is Megaera." The Eriny spoke with amusement in her eyes. "Remember it well! You seem worthy of knowing our names. You may enter, but any funny business and we will kill you and the boy. Your little friends may not enter because they are not invited."

Ponyboy nodded, but he did not want to leave his friends behind. He had just reunited with them and did not want to leave them.

The huge doors swung open with a large 'bang'. The furies smiled at him deviously as they stepped aside. The gang looked at Ponyboy sadly and said their goodbyes as they also stepped back.

It was time to meet him…