Charmed Ever After
Chapter One High Level Meeting
One little girl who appeared to be about five years old, with long brunette hair sat playing in the sandbox. She was filling up small pie tins with sand and patting them down to perfection. Another was playing on the swings shouting, "Look at me, look how high I can go. I bet I can swing higher than anybody ever. I'm the best." "Yeah but I bet you can't bake a cake as good as me," the sandbox girl replied.
"I bet that I can swing higher and bake a cake even better than either of you," a third little girl said, as she suddenly appeared right next to the sandbox. She also had long dark hair; only hers was full of curls. The newest arrival looked about four years old. On the Olympian astral plane you could be any age you wanted just like in the rest of the planes. "What are your names?" she asked the other two.
"My name is Palladia Noreen Grant. Dee for short although my daddy is going to be calling me his best Pal," the girl on the swing said. "My first name comes from my Mommy's guardian goddess, Palisades Athena, and my middle name came from my Daddy's mommy, if it is any of your business short stuff," she continued. "Don't call me names, I'm tougher than I look," the newest arrival said proudly.
"Would you two quit all your yelling? You're going to make my pie collapse," the girl in the sandbox interrupted. "By the way my name is Patience Hestia Wyatt. It's easy to remember because of that saying, "Patience is a virtue." I've watched the screens where we can see what it is going to be like after we are hatched just like she has," she said motioning to the girl on the swings, "and I hear my Daddy reminding my Mamma of that all the time when I've done something naughty. "Patience is a virtue, Piper," he says clear as day. What's your name?"
"Victoria Melinda Turner! Tory for short," the youngest said proudly. "Hey you are going to be our cousin," Patience said. She climbed out of the sandbox wiped off her hands on her jumper and offered her hand. "Pleased to meet you." Tory took her hand and shook it. A big beam lit up her face.
Dee executed a perfect jump off the swing. "Don't mind her. She likes to show off and she's kind of bossy but she's really pretty nice once you get to know her," Patience told Tory. "Hey how come your name doesn't start with a P like ours?" Dee asked as she came to stand next to them.
"I've used those screens too and I heard my mommy telling everybody it was because it was about time the men in the family got some credit, whatever that means. All I know is it sure made grandpa smile when my mommy said what my name was going to be. My Daddy is going to call me his little princess though so that can count for my P." "Why am I not surprised," Dee said shaking her head.
"So do you have any sisters or brothers?" Patience asked Tory. "I myself have two really nice sisters but they are still babies up here and one yucky brother. He's always running around sticking his tongue out at me. He chose to be eight because he thinks he can be my boss. Just wait till we get down to Olympus though and I'm the real older one. I'm going to kick his butt."
"I have two sisters and twin brothers. They are all younger than me. My sisters are okay too but my brothers drive me nuts. They are always breaking my dollies and stuff," Tory answered. Patience put an arm around a frustrated Tory. "That's okay when we get down to Olympus I will heal the dollies for you. It is a talent I will get from my Papa."
"Yeah and I will help protect you from your twin terrors squirt," Dee promised. "I've got two snotty younger twin brothers too and two younger sisters. I sure wish my daddy didn't get that twinkle in his eye so much when he looks at my Mommy. That's what Great Grandpa Zeus says causes babies. I think they should have stopped at me."
"Oh no!" Tory cried out loud as she put both hands on her head. "What?" the other two asked worriedly. "If that is true, I'm going get stuck with tons more baby brothers. Whenever I've watched my Mommy and Daddy on the screens, his eyes are always twinkling at her. And I told you not to call me squirt," Tory reminded Dee. "Sorry," Dee answered. "Looks like we are going to have to stick together then," she said gravely. Here and then we get down there to Olympus. Let's shake on it. The three put there hands on top of one another and bounced them up and down.
They kept their promise and met everyday on the playground. Dee pushed Patience and Tory on the swings and taught them her cool jumping trick. Patience gave the best tea parties, and Tory kept them all laughing and cheering with her stories. She made up the best ones.
Then came a day that made the three of them kind of happy but kind of sad too. It was Dee's hatching day. She told them that she would be waiting for them on Olympus and she would make sure everything would be a okay for them by the time it was their turn to arrive. The remaining two knew they would miss her but they hoped it wouldn't be too long before their own hatching day and then they could all have a happy reunion. Besides they still had each other and they continued to keep each other company in the park.
When it came time for Patience to go six months later there was a lot more sadness. She didn't want to leave Tory behind and Tory didn't want her to go but it was out of their hands. They hugged tightly and then Patience disappeared. Once she was gone Tory's tears fell like rain. For while Daddy's eyes did indeed twinkle at Mommy all the time as she had told Patience and Dee, the special twinkle that was Tory hadn't appeared in them yet.
Tory tried to stop crying and be brave like she had promised Dee and Patience she would be. She turned on the future screens hoping she would see something that would help make her feel better. Instead what she saw made her cry even harder. There was her Mommy holding Patience and her daddy giving Dee piggyback rides, on Dee's first birthday. Tory herself was nowhere in sight.
No offense to her cousin but Tory didn't believe that patience was a virtue at all. She was tired of waiting. Enough was enough. She was going to take matters into her own hands. She'd seen Great Grandpa Zeus talk to some of the other gods down on Olympus by using the screens on the times he and Great Grandma Hera had been to visit her here. She was pretty sure she could remember how to do it. It was past time to give her Daddy a wake up call.
Chapter One High Level Meeting
One little girl who appeared to be about five years old, with long brunette hair sat playing in the sandbox. She was filling up small pie tins with sand and patting them down to perfection. Another was playing on the swings shouting, "Look at me, look how high I can go. I bet I can swing higher than anybody ever. I'm the best." "Yeah but I bet you can't bake a cake as good as me," the sandbox girl replied.
"I bet that I can swing higher and bake a cake even better than either of you," a third little girl said, as she suddenly appeared right next to the sandbox. She also had long dark hair; only hers was full of curls. The newest arrival looked about four years old. On the Olympian astral plane you could be any age you wanted just like in the rest of the planes. "What are your names?" she asked the other two.
"My name is Palladia Noreen Grant. Dee for short although my daddy is going to be calling me his best Pal," the girl on the swing said. "My first name comes from my Mommy's guardian goddess, Palisades Athena, and my middle name came from my Daddy's mommy, if it is any of your business short stuff," she continued. "Don't call me names, I'm tougher than I look," the newest arrival said proudly.
"Would you two quit all your yelling? You're going to make my pie collapse," the girl in the sandbox interrupted. "By the way my name is Patience Hestia Wyatt. It's easy to remember because of that saying, "Patience is a virtue." I've watched the screens where we can see what it is going to be like after we are hatched just like she has," she said motioning to the girl on the swings, "and I hear my Daddy reminding my Mamma of that all the time when I've done something naughty. "Patience is a virtue, Piper," he says clear as day. What's your name?"
"Victoria Melinda Turner! Tory for short," the youngest said proudly. "Hey you are going to be our cousin," Patience said. She climbed out of the sandbox wiped off her hands on her jumper and offered her hand. "Pleased to meet you." Tory took her hand and shook it. A big beam lit up her face.
Dee executed a perfect jump off the swing. "Don't mind her. She likes to show off and she's kind of bossy but she's really pretty nice once you get to know her," Patience told Tory. "Hey how come your name doesn't start with a P like ours?" Dee asked as she came to stand next to them.
"I've used those screens too and I heard my mommy telling everybody it was because it was about time the men in the family got some credit, whatever that means. All I know is it sure made grandpa smile when my mommy said what my name was going to be. My Daddy is going to call me his little princess though so that can count for my P." "Why am I not surprised," Dee said shaking her head.
"So do you have any sisters or brothers?" Patience asked Tory. "I myself have two really nice sisters but they are still babies up here and one yucky brother. He's always running around sticking his tongue out at me. He chose to be eight because he thinks he can be my boss. Just wait till we get down to Olympus though and I'm the real older one. I'm going to kick his butt."
"I have two sisters and twin brothers. They are all younger than me. My sisters are okay too but my brothers drive me nuts. They are always breaking my dollies and stuff," Tory answered. Patience put an arm around a frustrated Tory. "That's okay when we get down to Olympus I will heal the dollies for you. It is a talent I will get from my Papa."
"Yeah and I will help protect you from your twin terrors squirt," Dee promised. "I've got two snotty younger twin brothers too and two younger sisters. I sure wish my daddy didn't get that twinkle in his eye so much when he looks at my Mommy. That's what Great Grandpa Zeus says causes babies. I think they should have stopped at me."
"Oh no!" Tory cried out loud as she put both hands on her head. "What?" the other two asked worriedly. "If that is true, I'm going get stuck with tons more baby brothers. Whenever I've watched my Mommy and Daddy on the screens, his eyes are always twinkling at her. And I told you not to call me squirt," Tory reminded Dee. "Sorry," Dee answered. "Looks like we are going to have to stick together then," she said gravely. Here and then we get down there to Olympus. Let's shake on it. The three put there hands on top of one another and bounced them up and down.
They kept their promise and met everyday on the playground. Dee pushed Patience and Tory on the swings and taught them her cool jumping trick. Patience gave the best tea parties, and Tory kept them all laughing and cheering with her stories. She made up the best ones.
Then came a day that made the three of them kind of happy but kind of sad too. It was Dee's hatching day. She told them that she would be waiting for them on Olympus and she would make sure everything would be a okay for them by the time it was their turn to arrive. The remaining two knew they would miss her but they hoped it wouldn't be too long before their own hatching day and then they could all have a happy reunion. Besides they still had each other and they continued to keep each other company in the park.
When it came time for Patience to go six months later there was a lot more sadness. She didn't want to leave Tory behind and Tory didn't want her to go but it was out of their hands. They hugged tightly and then Patience disappeared. Once she was gone Tory's tears fell like rain. For while Daddy's eyes did indeed twinkle at Mommy all the time as she had told Patience and Dee, the special twinkle that was Tory hadn't appeared in them yet.
Tory tried to stop crying and be brave like she had promised Dee and Patience she would be. She turned on the future screens hoping she would see something that would help make her feel better. Instead what she saw made her cry even harder. There was her Mommy holding Patience and her daddy giving Dee piggyback rides, on Dee's first birthday. Tory herself was nowhere in sight.
No offense to her cousin but Tory didn't believe that patience was a virtue at all. She was tired of waiting. Enough was enough. She was going to take matters into her own hands. She'd seen Great Grandpa Zeus talk to some of the other gods down on Olympus by using the screens on the times he and Great Grandma Hera had been to visit her here. She was pretty sure she could remember how to do it. It was past time to give her Daddy a wake up call.