All That Glitters

by Starr Williams

Now that everyone knows who they're dealing with, the question is... how does one help an ancient Grecian woman clear her name? Especially one as infamous as Pandora? The clan is going to give it a shot, but first they have to find the legendary box. With the help of a few new friends, and some older ones they haven't seen in a while, will they be able to find it in time?

1. Chapter 1

"Appearances are often deceiving" - Aesop

"Put yourself in Pandora's shoes. She's given a gift - a wondrous box filled with things she never knew existed - of course she opened it. Wouldn't you?" - Meredith Grey

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She sat in her townhouse, surrounded by her collected treasures. Golds, silvers, and jewels caught the sunlight, throwing spots of brightness and colors on the plain colored walls. She had been gathering these precious items, hoping each time to find the single enchanted one that she longed to find.

The thrill of the hunt used to excite her, but now she no longer had the benefit of time.

She got to her feet, running her hands along the tops of the boxes she had acquired. Some begotten legally, purchased with money, but most of them she had stolen from unsuspecting collectors and vendors.

Those who could hold the item she sought, and probably wouldn't know what they had.

Stupid humans. If it didn't affect them, they didn't care. If it was a historical artifact, if it wasn't worth money, it meant nothing to them.

And if it affected the world? They'd trample each other to get out of the path of destruction.

She sighed. She'd been living among them for some time now during the days, but it was the night times where she was able to do her best work.

If only she knew what the box looked like. It had been forged with steel and fire from an ancient God's furnace, and any who had laid eye upon it were long gone. As such, she was floundering a little in that department, so for now, she'd continue to gather all that she could find from that time period.

There was a new exhibit coming to Manhattan, she smiled grimly. A travelling exhibit of recently uncovered items from another part of the world, including several boxes.

It wouldn't be the first time she'd hit the museum, stolen what she wanted. She didn't like it, but it was doable. It would be so much easier with a distraction for the guards, but she had no problem knocking them unconscious if needed to give her the time to gather the items.

Security alarms and cameras be damned, she thought. She was after a prize, and once it was in her possession, nothing in this world or the next would stop her.