Chapter two
Far across the world, in a secret place few knew about, another daughter was disgusted at her parents. Artemis's father, Zeus, had, yet again, managed to wreck the joint. He had declared a new law that said everyone must give half of every harvest to him. Everyone meaning the humans that lived around Olympus, that is. Well, Artemis wasn't going to tolerate her father treating the housewives that bad. She was going to straight to him and tell him to. What? What could she tell him that would change his mind? Well, she had to try. She was their protector and all. So she stomped up to his temple, banged the door open and started right in on the accusations.
"How could you take away the very food that you gave them? How do you expect them to survive? Why can't you simply conjure up your food by yourself, as you often do? Why, Father, why?"
"Now Artemis, I know you are upset, but this is all for the good of the people. I know you don't understand now, but you will." Zeus, of course, remained calm through almost anything. "Now, if you would excuse me, I must take care of some important issues."
As her father got off his throne and walked out the door, Artemis felt the anger that had built up inside of her come surging out.
"No, I will not excuse you! You kill your own people, you are an inconsiderate fool. All you care about is yourself, you selfish baboon! You are worse than Hades himself! I hate you!" She hadn't meant to say all that, but as she did, she realized that that was what she really felt. She ran past him and out the door, down the street, and didn't stop until she got to the ocean. She took a boat to America, and traveled by foot to the city of Washington. As she stepped onto the curb on 67th avenue, she heard the yell of an adolescent girl come through one of the upper windows of an apartment building.
"I'll never date again!"
It sounded as if she had come to the right place.
((A/N: hi! U like it so far? I hope so! I do! But I'm not gonna put anymore up till I get some reviews!))
Far across the world, in a secret place few knew about, another daughter was disgusted at her parents. Artemis's father, Zeus, had, yet again, managed to wreck the joint. He had declared a new law that said everyone must give half of every harvest to him. Everyone meaning the humans that lived around Olympus, that is. Well, Artemis wasn't going to tolerate her father treating the housewives that bad. She was going to straight to him and tell him to. What? What could she tell him that would change his mind? Well, she had to try. She was their protector and all. So she stomped up to his temple, banged the door open and started right in on the accusations.
"How could you take away the very food that you gave them? How do you expect them to survive? Why can't you simply conjure up your food by yourself, as you often do? Why, Father, why?"
"Now Artemis, I know you are upset, but this is all for the good of the people. I know you don't understand now, but you will." Zeus, of course, remained calm through almost anything. "Now, if you would excuse me, I must take care of some important issues."
As her father got off his throne and walked out the door, Artemis felt the anger that had built up inside of her come surging out.
"No, I will not excuse you! You kill your own people, you are an inconsiderate fool. All you care about is yourself, you selfish baboon! You are worse than Hades himself! I hate you!" She hadn't meant to say all that, but as she did, she realized that that was what she really felt. She ran past him and out the door, down the street, and didn't stop until she got to the ocean. She took a boat to America, and traveled by foot to the city of Washington. As she stepped onto the curb on 67th avenue, she heard the yell of an adolescent girl come through one of the upper windows of an apartment building.
"I'll never date again!"
It sounded as if she had come to the right place.
((A/N: hi! U like it so far? I hope so! I do! But I'm not gonna put anymore up till I get some reviews!))