Chapter 4
Authors Note: Just One! Ok when I was trying to find a name for Psyche's home kingdom, I looked through all of my mythology books and couldn't find one name. So I invented a name for her hometown. Pariah (pronounced like Mariah) Enjoy!!!!
Chapter 4
When Psyche started to go down to earth, she had originally planned to just appear in her family's castle announcing her presence that way, but changed her mind as she was making her way there. She thought maybe it would be too much of a shock for Pleasure and herself to just appear in front of her parents. Instead she appeared right outside of the city by the entrance gate. When Psyche finally go to the gate, she at first kept Pleasure and herself invisible thinking maybe she would explore her home without anyone seeing them. But then changed her mind and took off her invisibility and started to walk through the gate. As she walked through the street, she saw all the familiar people and shops she had known since her childhood. She couldn't help but smile when she saw old Taman the cobbler, who had always been a reliable businessman with the royal family. He had always provided Psyche's parents and sisters with the best shoes and an update about the kingdom. She started to walk over to his shop when she realized that all the action around her had stopped, and people were staring at her.
"Look, it's Princess Psyche."
"It can't be, she was killed by a monster over a year ago." Psyche heard two men say to each other. She turned around to see who it was and was greeted with a sharp intake of breath when the crowd saw Pleasure. The crowd was staring at Pleasure's wings and had a look of fear in their eyes.
Psyche looked from the crowd to Pleasure and decided that maybe her daughter was too much for the mortals of the city to handle. "Pleasure sweetie, could you please do Mommy a favor. Would you please make yourself invisible to the mortals, I think they are a little afraid of you."
"But Mommy, why are they afraid of me? They are being silly."
"Well to them we are special sweetie. Let's try to be nice to them. I'll tell you what, as long as you stay invisible and behave, you may fly above me to the castle." Psyche said in reply to Pleasure's statement. "But listen to me, as soon you do something I think you shouldn't, I will bind your wings and call your father. All right?"
"Yes, Mommy," Pleasure answered with a huge smile, and a shake of her small white wings. As Pleasure rose above Psyche, she made herself invisible to everyone except for her mother and gleefully flew around the mortals' heads.
Psyche smiled as her daughter made the familiar tinkling sound that signaled an action by a god. She also saw the gold sparks that emitted from Pleasure's body and knew now that the mortals of her village could no longer see her daughter. Perhaps it is better that way. Psyche thought as she looked at the crowd staring at her. She turned to look back at Taman's shop hoping to find an ally, but was greeted wit the sight of two of the palace guards. They were just as she remembered them, tall and frightening. The two that approached her now did not have familiar faces, but she could see the markings on their clothes, which indicated they were the King and Queens personal guards.
"Mommy, who are they?" Pleasure asked flying close to Psyche's shoulder. "They're scary."
"It's all right darling." Psyche said trying to reassure her daughter. "You know how Uncle Ares likes to fight and act tough? Well these men are like him. They are called soldiers, and protect your Grandma and Grandpa." Psyche turned her head to look at the two men again and saw they were looking at her curiously. "Pleasure sweetie, I need to talk to the two men. You may go explore, but stay where I can see you."
"Ok." Pleasure simply replied.
Psyche watched her daughter fly off, and turned around to face the two men that were staring at her. "Do I assume correctly that you two are persona guards for the King and Queen?"
"Yes miss. The crowd says that you are the Princess Psyche, but you can't be because the princess was devoured by a monster quite a long time ago." One of the soldiers said in reply.
"Actually it was only about 16 months, and as you can see I wasn't devoured by a monster. I have come back to Pariah to see my family. Will you be escorting us to the palace?"
The two guards just looked at each other and silently tried to find out whether the other thought that Psyche was an imposter or maybe a crazy person. When they both looked back to her, it was clear to Psyche that they were far from believing who she was. "All right miss, we will take you to see the King and Queen."
"Thank you. Let me get my daughter before we go." Psyche said as she turned to see where Pleasure had gone off to. "Pleasure. Please come down here, we are going to go see Grandma and Grandpa now." Psyche watched as Pleasure came out from behind a house and flew down to where she was standing. "I want you to stay with me now. The soldiers are going to take us up to the palace and I don't want you to get lost in the palace's hallways."
"Ok." Pleasure said as she drifted down into Psyche's arms. Pleasure was looking at the people in the crowd when she saw the two soldiers staring at Psyche. "Mommy, the scary men are staring at you."
"That's because they cannot see you. They think I am talking to myself. It's all right soon everyone will know about you." Then turning to the two soldiers she simply said, "shall we?" and started to walk toward the castle with the two guards trailing behind her. As Psyche walked up the long path to the path to the castle, the crowd parted and stared wondering if she was their beloved who had left them. When she had left, she was said to be the most beautiful woman in the world. It was also believed by many that she was Aphrodite come down to the earth. But the people could see that there was a different beauty to her now. She still looked like the youthful women who had so often had been worshiped, but yet she seemed different.
Psyche was watching the people as she walked up to the people as she walked up to the castle. She knew it looked strange to the crowd to see her walking down the street carrying something they could not see. She would have loved to see herself the way they were seeing her, but knew now that she was a god she was always going to be able to see things that as a mortal she would not have. Psyche was climbing the final stairs to the entrance of the palace when the familiar feeling of dread started to make it's way into her stomach. She clutched Pleasure closer to her body and cautiously walked to the doors that lead into the main hall. "Well, here goes nothing." She said under here breath and walked through the doors that the palace guards held open for her. As she walked over the threshold and saw two familiar faces sitting at the head of the hall, she knew that there was no turning back.
*Cliffhanger! Dun, Dun, Dun!!!!! Ok, I finally have updated. Sorry about it taking so long for another chapter to be uploaded. Please keep reviewing it really helps me improve my writing and it gives me motivation to continue the story. Thanks!!!!
Authors Note: Just One! Ok when I was trying to find a name for Psyche's home kingdom, I looked through all of my mythology books and couldn't find one name. So I invented a name for her hometown. Pariah (pronounced like Mariah) Enjoy!!!!
Chapter 4
When Psyche started to go down to earth, she had originally planned to just appear in her family's castle announcing her presence that way, but changed her mind as she was making her way there. She thought maybe it would be too much of a shock for Pleasure and herself to just appear in front of her parents. Instead she appeared right outside of the city by the entrance gate. When Psyche finally go to the gate, she at first kept Pleasure and herself invisible thinking maybe she would explore her home without anyone seeing them. But then changed her mind and took off her invisibility and started to walk through the gate. As she walked through the street, she saw all the familiar people and shops she had known since her childhood. She couldn't help but smile when she saw old Taman the cobbler, who had always been a reliable businessman with the royal family. He had always provided Psyche's parents and sisters with the best shoes and an update about the kingdom. She started to walk over to his shop when she realized that all the action around her had stopped, and people were staring at her.
"Look, it's Princess Psyche."
"It can't be, she was killed by a monster over a year ago." Psyche heard two men say to each other. She turned around to see who it was and was greeted with a sharp intake of breath when the crowd saw Pleasure. The crowd was staring at Pleasure's wings and had a look of fear in their eyes.
Psyche looked from the crowd to Pleasure and decided that maybe her daughter was too much for the mortals of the city to handle. "Pleasure sweetie, could you please do Mommy a favor. Would you please make yourself invisible to the mortals, I think they are a little afraid of you."
"But Mommy, why are they afraid of me? They are being silly."
"Well to them we are special sweetie. Let's try to be nice to them. I'll tell you what, as long as you stay invisible and behave, you may fly above me to the castle." Psyche said in reply to Pleasure's statement. "But listen to me, as soon you do something I think you shouldn't, I will bind your wings and call your father. All right?"
"Yes, Mommy," Pleasure answered with a huge smile, and a shake of her small white wings. As Pleasure rose above Psyche, she made herself invisible to everyone except for her mother and gleefully flew around the mortals' heads.
Psyche smiled as her daughter made the familiar tinkling sound that signaled an action by a god. She also saw the gold sparks that emitted from Pleasure's body and knew now that the mortals of her village could no longer see her daughter. Perhaps it is better that way. Psyche thought as she looked at the crowd staring at her. She turned to look back at Taman's shop hoping to find an ally, but was greeted wit the sight of two of the palace guards. They were just as she remembered them, tall and frightening. The two that approached her now did not have familiar faces, but she could see the markings on their clothes, which indicated they were the King and Queens personal guards.
"Mommy, who are they?" Pleasure asked flying close to Psyche's shoulder. "They're scary."
"It's all right darling." Psyche said trying to reassure her daughter. "You know how Uncle Ares likes to fight and act tough? Well these men are like him. They are called soldiers, and protect your Grandma and Grandpa." Psyche turned her head to look at the two men again and saw they were looking at her curiously. "Pleasure sweetie, I need to talk to the two men. You may go explore, but stay where I can see you."
"Ok." Pleasure simply replied.
Psyche watched her daughter fly off, and turned around to face the two men that were staring at her. "Do I assume correctly that you two are persona guards for the King and Queen?"
"Yes miss. The crowd says that you are the Princess Psyche, but you can't be because the princess was devoured by a monster quite a long time ago." One of the soldiers said in reply.
"Actually it was only about 16 months, and as you can see I wasn't devoured by a monster. I have come back to Pariah to see my family. Will you be escorting us to the palace?"
The two guards just looked at each other and silently tried to find out whether the other thought that Psyche was an imposter or maybe a crazy person. When they both looked back to her, it was clear to Psyche that they were far from believing who she was. "All right miss, we will take you to see the King and Queen."
"Thank you. Let me get my daughter before we go." Psyche said as she turned to see where Pleasure had gone off to. "Pleasure. Please come down here, we are going to go see Grandma and Grandpa now." Psyche watched as Pleasure came out from behind a house and flew down to where she was standing. "I want you to stay with me now. The soldiers are going to take us up to the palace and I don't want you to get lost in the palace's hallways."
"Ok." Pleasure said as she drifted down into Psyche's arms. Pleasure was looking at the people in the crowd when she saw the two soldiers staring at Psyche. "Mommy, the scary men are staring at you."
"That's because they cannot see you. They think I am talking to myself. It's all right soon everyone will know about you." Then turning to the two soldiers she simply said, "shall we?" and started to walk toward the castle with the two guards trailing behind her. As Psyche walked up the long path to the path to the castle, the crowd parted and stared wondering if she was their beloved who had left them. When she had left, she was said to be the most beautiful woman in the world. It was also believed by many that she was Aphrodite come down to the earth. But the people could see that there was a different beauty to her now. She still looked like the youthful women who had so often had been worshiped, but yet she seemed different.
Psyche was watching the people as she walked up to the people as she walked up to the castle. She knew it looked strange to the crowd to see her walking down the street carrying something they could not see. She would have loved to see herself the way they were seeing her, but knew now that she was a god she was always going to be able to see things that as a mortal she would not have. Psyche was climbing the final stairs to the entrance of the palace when the familiar feeling of dread started to make it's way into her stomach. She clutched Pleasure closer to her body and cautiously walked to the doors that lead into the main hall. "Well, here goes nothing." She said under here breath and walked through the doors that the palace guards held open for her. As she walked over the threshold and saw two familiar faces sitting at the head of the hall, she knew that there was no turning back.
*Cliffhanger! Dun, Dun, Dun!!!!! Ok, I finally have updated. Sorry about it taking so long for another chapter to be uploaded. Please keep reviewing it really helps me improve my writing and it gives me motivation to continue the story. Thanks!!!!