Eli: Okay, you know that poem at the beginning of the story? It's about to
go into place. Oh, and I don't think Eli as a sweet girl but as a tough
cookie. But she can be sweet.
"So this is your choice for a girlfriend? I am quite surprised." Actually he was astonished. They stood next to each other in the middle of the room and made it easier for him to compare the two. They seemed total opposites.
His grandson had thin, white blond hair that stopped just above his chin. He had Christoph's ice blue eyes. His black tank top and sweatpants made his skin look even paler than it was. He was almost too thin for a boy his age, but at least showed he was slightly built.
This girl was different story. She had thick, dark masses of brown hair that went pass her shoulders. Her brown eyes followed him as he studied the two. They showed no fear. She was slightly darker than Blake was and was wearing grey a tank top and sweatpants. She wasn't lanky like his grandson, but showed she actually had meat on her bones.
Eli was starting to get angry, she didn't like to be stared at and studied. Finally, she broke the silence. "Is there a reason you wanted us here? If there isn't, then I would like to go get dressed." "She's a fiery thing, isn't she Blake?" Irons' began to walk towards her. She glared at him and he began to feel fear. He stopped walking towards her, confused by his emotions. Then he just shook his head and continued to walk towards her. But with each step, the fear grew. "What the hell is going on?" He thought to himself. "How am I feeling fear towards this child?" He made sure to keep the emotion off his face.
Finally, he was right in front of her. "Well, I must say, she is a fine looking young woman." He put his hand up to stroke her face, but half way there he got another dose of fear, so he put his hand back down. He turned around and walked away from them. "But she is nothing more than commoner off the streets. She has no class and carries with her no grace. I disapprove of your choice, Blake, and am ashamed by you."
"What would you know about class, you bastard!? Oh, and I don't happen to give a damn what you think about her. I know what she really is, and your judgments of her are far from the truth. So if you're done trying to make my girlfriend sound like the hoe she isn't, we'll be leaving."
"Stay where you are! I am not done." He turned back to see them both glaring at him. Then he felt the fear go down to his stomach. It made him cringe. "What the hell are you doing to me?"
"What are you talking about, grandfather?" Blake almost sounded innocent. Irons pointed at Eli. "You. I sense this coming from you!"
"I don't know what you're talking about. You must be mad."
"I am not mad! Stop it!" He lunged at Eli, only to find her move out of the way and then deliver a kick to his stomach. "If class includes men trying to attack unsuspecting girls, then I'm glad I don't have any of it." He felt the pain in his stomach increase more than it should have. He regained his posture and turned to look at Eli. He was staring at her in awe.
"What? Why are you looking at me like that?" She then looked down and found the problem: The necklace she had on under her tank was now in plain view. She quickly placed it under her tank again. Irons' began to smirk. "I know what has happened now."
"Nothing happened, Grandfather. What are you talking about?"
"I was confused for a minute, but I see now what you're little girlfriend was doing."
"We don't know what you're talking about."
"Oh, but you do. Have either of you heard the Greek myth about Arrodite and Rion?"
"Yes, but it was a long time ago."
"Have you heard it, young lady?"
"Story same as Blake's. I don't remember it."
"Then let me refresh your memory. It started when two cousins, followers of the goddess Artemis, betrayed her by secretly taking lovers. When Artemis found out what they had done, she made them leave their lovers and forbade them to leave her camp. It wasn't long before the cousins began to sneak out at night to meet with their lovers. They soon became pregnant. Angered by their second betrayal, Artemis made them leave her clan, never to return. But her revenge didn't stop there. Soon the cousins gave birth. The first woman gave birth to a baby girl she named Arrodite. The second woman gave birth to a boy she named Rion.
One night, Artemis disguised herself as a bard and came upon the two women and their children. She asked them for shelter for the night, which the women agreed to give her. In the morning, she said she would repay their kindness by bestowing gifts to the children. She went to Arrodite and put a necklace with a powerful black amulet around her neck and told the women that it would grant her the power to feel other's emotions. She then put a matching necklace with a grey amulet on it around Rion's neck and said it would give him the power to be invincible. She then left the cousins with her supposed blessing."
"As the children grew, the amulets turned out to be curse on them. When Arrodite went around people, she could feel all their pain and hate. It hurt her so much she refused to leave the house. And Rion could feel nothing. He could break a child's arm and feel no remorse. His life was empty. The cousins tried to remove the amulets, but they would not leave the children's necks. The cousins soon realized that the goddess was punishing them for their betrayal. They then went to her temple and begged for forgiveness. Artemis felt sympathy towards her former followers and decided to help them. She told them that the powers could never be stripped away, but could be controlled. She told the cousins to bring her the children and she would instruct the children on how to control there powers. They did as she bade them to. The children stayed with Artemis for two months, and then were sent home. They were both happy and in control of their powers and could even use them for good. But the strange thing was that now the children refused to be parted. As soon as they were apart, they seemed to lose control over the powers. Curiosity was driving the cousins mad, so they decided to visit the Oracle of Delphi. They asked her what would happen if the children were parted. She gave them the warning that if they were separated, they would cause the destruction of the world. The cousins returned home and told the children of the warning. The two stayed together through the years, but Rion soon began to despise Arrodite, since he could never be close to anyone else with out her being there. Arrodite didn't mind the lack of privacy due to the fact she was in love with Rion. She didn't mind his resentment as long as she could before she began to despise him as well. Then one night, they got into an argument that lasted for days. When it ended, Rion left Arrodite and told her not to follow.
He lost all control over his power and became heartless. All he could feel was rage from not feeling anything. He began to take on whole armies to let out aggression, and his invincibility let him do so. He won over many armies, but felt nothing as soon as he beat them. So he brutally traveled through out the land destroying all he found. Meanwhile Arrodite, broken- hearted and miserable, went throughout the land; putting her emotions to everyone she met. She made people feel her pain from miles. The whole world was now covered in Rion and Arrodite's hate. The gods in Olympus had had enough. So they made it so that Rion and Arrodite crossed paths one last time. When Rion saw Arrodite, all his heartlessness faded away and for the first time in months, he smiled. When Arrodite saw him smile, all her original feelings resurfaced. With full control of her powers, she sent him all the love she had for him. With the sudden rush of emotions, he could only feel love and compassion towards her. He came to her and begged her for forgiveness of his abandonment. She forgave him and they soon got married. They then traveled around undoing what they had caused.
When they died, their amulets disappeared from their necks and were found attached to the necks of two children. The children gained Arrodite and Rion's abilities. The amulets have supposedly traveled from one pair of people to another through out history. I have never found any evidence that they ever really existed and every account of them as been labeled as myth."
"That was an extremely long story, so you better have a good point."
"My point, grandson, is that I have just felt first hand the affects of the amulets. Arrodite's amulet is hanging around the neck of your girlfriend there. You were right, she isn't just a commoner." Irons stood in front of Blake and put a hand on his shoulder. "She has the amulet and the power. And since you are her boyfriend, I am guessing you also." He moved his hand to Blake's neck and pulled on a matching necklace so that it was above his tank top. "Have the amulet and the power." Blake pulled away from him and placed the amulet back underneath his tank top. Irons smiled. "My own grandson, a wielder of an ancient power. What you can do with your power...."
"Is my choice. If you think for a minute that either Eli or I would allow you to direct us, you are mistaken."
"Correct. I know in full what our powers can do and would never bow down to some rich bastard's needs,"
"I see you are both against me. But think of this: You would never have to be apart. You both know that Eli will have to return to her family. Just fulfill a couple of requests of mine and I will make sure she can stay with you. What about now? This is beneficial to both parties."
"Except the party you would put us against. You wouldn't use our powers to do some great deed like you sound like you would. Anything we do for you would end up in misery for others. So if you're done trying to corrupt us, we're leaving."
"You have not yet heard the other side of my deal. If you refuse to help me, I will make it so that you will never see each other again. You have till tonight to answer me."
"Go to hell."
"I'll give you time to think about it. Ian, escort them back to Blake's room and make sure they don't leave."
"Yes, sir."
"You have no dominion over us."
"Nor will you."
"Weak words with no support. Take them away."
Ian took them back to their room. "I'm going to go get you guys some food and then we're going to have a talk." Eli nodded her head and sat down on the bed. Blake put his hands on her shoulders. "Don't waste time trying to convince us to serve him. We're not going to change our minds."
"I wouldn't try to convince you. We need to discuss how I'm going to get you out of here."
"What?"
"He is going to try to kill you if you don't agree to serve him. I'll be back in a minute."
He closed the door behind him. Eli turned to Blake. "At least you have someone here who isn't all jacked up."
"Yeah."
"Will he really be able to get us out?"
"Yeah, you can trust him. I do." Ian soon returned. "Let's have a talk, shall we?"
Eli: Sorry if the myth bored you. How shall they leave the dragon?
"So this is your choice for a girlfriend? I am quite surprised." Actually he was astonished. They stood next to each other in the middle of the room and made it easier for him to compare the two. They seemed total opposites.
His grandson had thin, white blond hair that stopped just above his chin. He had Christoph's ice blue eyes. His black tank top and sweatpants made his skin look even paler than it was. He was almost too thin for a boy his age, but at least showed he was slightly built.
This girl was different story. She had thick, dark masses of brown hair that went pass her shoulders. Her brown eyes followed him as he studied the two. They showed no fear. She was slightly darker than Blake was and was wearing grey a tank top and sweatpants. She wasn't lanky like his grandson, but showed she actually had meat on her bones.
Eli was starting to get angry, she didn't like to be stared at and studied. Finally, she broke the silence. "Is there a reason you wanted us here? If there isn't, then I would like to go get dressed." "She's a fiery thing, isn't she Blake?" Irons' began to walk towards her. She glared at him and he began to feel fear. He stopped walking towards her, confused by his emotions. Then he just shook his head and continued to walk towards her. But with each step, the fear grew. "What the hell is going on?" He thought to himself. "How am I feeling fear towards this child?" He made sure to keep the emotion off his face.
Finally, he was right in front of her. "Well, I must say, she is a fine looking young woman." He put his hand up to stroke her face, but half way there he got another dose of fear, so he put his hand back down. He turned around and walked away from them. "But she is nothing more than commoner off the streets. She has no class and carries with her no grace. I disapprove of your choice, Blake, and am ashamed by you."
"What would you know about class, you bastard!? Oh, and I don't happen to give a damn what you think about her. I know what she really is, and your judgments of her are far from the truth. So if you're done trying to make my girlfriend sound like the hoe she isn't, we'll be leaving."
"Stay where you are! I am not done." He turned back to see them both glaring at him. Then he felt the fear go down to his stomach. It made him cringe. "What the hell are you doing to me?"
"What are you talking about, grandfather?" Blake almost sounded innocent. Irons pointed at Eli. "You. I sense this coming from you!"
"I don't know what you're talking about. You must be mad."
"I am not mad! Stop it!" He lunged at Eli, only to find her move out of the way and then deliver a kick to his stomach. "If class includes men trying to attack unsuspecting girls, then I'm glad I don't have any of it." He felt the pain in his stomach increase more than it should have. He regained his posture and turned to look at Eli. He was staring at her in awe.
"What? Why are you looking at me like that?" She then looked down and found the problem: The necklace she had on under her tank was now in plain view. She quickly placed it under her tank again. Irons' began to smirk. "I know what has happened now."
"Nothing happened, Grandfather. What are you talking about?"
"I was confused for a minute, but I see now what you're little girlfriend was doing."
"We don't know what you're talking about."
"Oh, but you do. Have either of you heard the Greek myth about Arrodite and Rion?"
"Yes, but it was a long time ago."
"Have you heard it, young lady?"
"Story same as Blake's. I don't remember it."
"Then let me refresh your memory. It started when two cousins, followers of the goddess Artemis, betrayed her by secretly taking lovers. When Artemis found out what they had done, she made them leave their lovers and forbade them to leave her camp. It wasn't long before the cousins began to sneak out at night to meet with their lovers. They soon became pregnant. Angered by their second betrayal, Artemis made them leave her clan, never to return. But her revenge didn't stop there. Soon the cousins gave birth. The first woman gave birth to a baby girl she named Arrodite. The second woman gave birth to a boy she named Rion.
One night, Artemis disguised herself as a bard and came upon the two women and their children. She asked them for shelter for the night, which the women agreed to give her. In the morning, she said she would repay their kindness by bestowing gifts to the children. She went to Arrodite and put a necklace with a powerful black amulet around her neck and told the women that it would grant her the power to feel other's emotions. She then put a matching necklace with a grey amulet on it around Rion's neck and said it would give him the power to be invincible. She then left the cousins with her supposed blessing."
"As the children grew, the amulets turned out to be curse on them. When Arrodite went around people, she could feel all their pain and hate. It hurt her so much she refused to leave the house. And Rion could feel nothing. He could break a child's arm and feel no remorse. His life was empty. The cousins tried to remove the amulets, but they would not leave the children's necks. The cousins soon realized that the goddess was punishing them for their betrayal. They then went to her temple and begged for forgiveness. Artemis felt sympathy towards her former followers and decided to help them. She told them that the powers could never be stripped away, but could be controlled. She told the cousins to bring her the children and she would instruct the children on how to control there powers. They did as she bade them to. The children stayed with Artemis for two months, and then were sent home. They were both happy and in control of their powers and could even use them for good. But the strange thing was that now the children refused to be parted. As soon as they were apart, they seemed to lose control over the powers. Curiosity was driving the cousins mad, so they decided to visit the Oracle of Delphi. They asked her what would happen if the children were parted. She gave them the warning that if they were separated, they would cause the destruction of the world. The cousins returned home and told the children of the warning. The two stayed together through the years, but Rion soon began to despise Arrodite, since he could never be close to anyone else with out her being there. Arrodite didn't mind the lack of privacy due to the fact she was in love with Rion. She didn't mind his resentment as long as she could before she began to despise him as well. Then one night, they got into an argument that lasted for days. When it ended, Rion left Arrodite and told her not to follow.
He lost all control over his power and became heartless. All he could feel was rage from not feeling anything. He began to take on whole armies to let out aggression, and his invincibility let him do so. He won over many armies, but felt nothing as soon as he beat them. So he brutally traveled through out the land destroying all he found. Meanwhile Arrodite, broken- hearted and miserable, went throughout the land; putting her emotions to everyone she met. She made people feel her pain from miles. The whole world was now covered in Rion and Arrodite's hate. The gods in Olympus had had enough. So they made it so that Rion and Arrodite crossed paths one last time. When Rion saw Arrodite, all his heartlessness faded away and for the first time in months, he smiled. When Arrodite saw him smile, all her original feelings resurfaced. With full control of her powers, she sent him all the love she had for him. With the sudden rush of emotions, he could only feel love and compassion towards her. He came to her and begged her for forgiveness of his abandonment. She forgave him and they soon got married. They then traveled around undoing what they had caused.
When they died, their amulets disappeared from their necks and were found attached to the necks of two children. The children gained Arrodite and Rion's abilities. The amulets have supposedly traveled from one pair of people to another through out history. I have never found any evidence that they ever really existed and every account of them as been labeled as myth."
"That was an extremely long story, so you better have a good point."
"My point, grandson, is that I have just felt first hand the affects of the amulets. Arrodite's amulet is hanging around the neck of your girlfriend there. You were right, she isn't just a commoner." Irons stood in front of Blake and put a hand on his shoulder. "She has the amulet and the power. And since you are her boyfriend, I am guessing you also." He moved his hand to Blake's neck and pulled on a matching necklace so that it was above his tank top. "Have the amulet and the power." Blake pulled away from him and placed the amulet back underneath his tank top. Irons smiled. "My own grandson, a wielder of an ancient power. What you can do with your power...."
"Is my choice. If you think for a minute that either Eli or I would allow you to direct us, you are mistaken."
"Correct. I know in full what our powers can do and would never bow down to some rich bastard's needs,"
"I see you are both against me. But think of this: You would never have to be apart. You both know that Eli will have to return to her family. Just fulfill a couple of requests of mine and I will make sure she can stay with you. What about now? This is beneficial to both parties."
"Except the party you would put us against. You wouldn't use our powers to do some great deed like you sound like you would. Anything we do for you would end up in misery for others. So if you're done trying to corrupt us, we're leaving."
"You have not yet heard the other side of my deal. If you refuse to help me, I will make it so that you will never see each other again. You have till tonight to answer me."
"Go to hell."
"I'll give you time to think about it. Ian, escort them back to Blake's room and make sure they don't leave."
"Yes, sir."
"You have no dominion over us."
"Nor will you."
"Weak words with no support. Take them away."
Ian took them back to their room. "I'm going to go get you guys some food and then we're going to have a talk." Eli nodded her head and sat down on the bed. Blake put his hands on her shoulders. "Don't waste time trying to convince us to serve him. We're not going to change our minds."
"I wouldn't try to convince you. We need to discuss how I'm going to get you out of here."
"What?"
"He is going to try to kill you if you don't agree to serve him. I'll be back in a minute."
He closed the door behind him. Eli turned to Blake. "At least you have someone here who isn't all jacked up."
"Yeah."
"Will he really be able to get us out?"
"Yeah, you can trust him. I do." Ian soon returned. "Let's have a talk, shall we?"
Eli: Sorry if the myth bored you. How shall they leave the dragon?