Gasp! I forgot to say who my inspiration was! smacks self over head SumiFritzN. Go to her fanfiction page. Her "roadtrip" story inspired me to write this. Yes that's right- SumiFritzN. GO. After you're done reading mine…
Update: Everything in italics is thought.
As the cloud was speeding off, Hera was busy lecturing Zeus. None of the girls could really hear what she was saying, as the wind was whipping past them so fast, but the names "Hercules" and "Io" came up, as did "Dionysus. " and "Leto". They could only assume that Hera was busy telling Zeus about all the woman he had slept with, and what had happened. Fortunately the cloud ride wasn't very long, as Zeus was getting a bit agitated. They came to a stop in front of a huge cloud mass, just as Hera was finishing her sentence. "And you expect every mortal female to bow down as soon as you start to glow and yell at them. Women are not your servants you know, and one day we will-" but that was as far as she got before serenely gliding off the cloud and walking onto the stopping location. The teenagers looked at each other. Well, this is rather awkward, they all thought, suddenly surprised that they could hear each other's thoughts.What the hell just happened? thought Megan. Everyone else just shrugged, confused.
I don't know, but it's kinda cool! replied a smiling Nicole.
The other eight suddenly grabbed their ears, mentally howling in pain. Nicole looked confused.
What?
Lindsay cringed. Aghh- You've got Hillary Duff songs running through your head! she moaned.
Nicole laughed out loud, receiving strange glances from Hera and Zeus. "It seems the transformation has already begun my dear." Said Zeus.
"Don't call me dear. Yes I believe it has." Replied Hera. " Come girls, you must get inside before anything else happens."
Katie raised an eyebrow. "Anything else?" she said, "What's happening to us? What do you mean, transformation?" Hera just sighed.
"Follow me" she said stiffly, and she walked right through the towering cloud in front of them all.
All nine girls looked at each other, then at a rather impatient looking Zeus behind them. Sonomi shrugged, and stepped through the cloud first. Everyone looked at her in astonishment. Then Lauren went through, followed by Liz, Katie, Nicole, Lindsay, Aubrey, Megan, and Colleen. Once inside the cloud, they were instructed to close their eyes until told otherwise. Lindsay, Nicole, Liz and Sonomi all felt a hand grasp them, pulling them along. Aubrey, Lauren, Katie, Megan and Colleen felt the same, although the occasional butt slapping and pinching by the invisible hands was a bit more apparent in that group. Finally, the teens were stopped, and made to stand still. Then they heard. "Open your eyes."
Everyone tentatively opened an eye, then another in amazement. They were in a great hall that seemed to have no ceiling. The walls were of pure gold, and the floor was a vast mosaic of emerald, diamonds, sapphires, and other precious gems. A soft "ahem" was heard and all nine turned their goggling eyes to the scene in front of them. Sitting on pure silver thrones sat beings. They looked like humans, but one could instantly tell that they were of a higher species. Eleven of these beings, five girls, six guys, were seated, while another male with wings stood, and a woman bent over a fire burning in the middle of the room. All thirteen watched the band of astonished girls, eyes disapproving, waiting. It was Katie who spoke first. "Ya know, those silver chairs with these walls look really tacky."
"Katie! You fool!" cried Liz, as she dashed over and clamped a hand over Katie's mouth.
"Mhpth!" wailed the poor blonde. Liz, what the hell are you doing?! What did I do?!
Liz shook her head and sighed. You don't insult gods Katie! They'll smite you or something! Katie rolled her eyes.
This isn't real she thought stubbornly. It's just a hallucination brought on by too much pizza and candy
"They can do that to you?" asked Megan.
The rest of the group was wondering as well. Did too much junk food really cause one to hallucinate that she was in the great hall of the gods, Mount Olympus? The question required some thinking. Before any of them could dwell on it much longer, and impatient Katie pulled Liz's hand away from her mouth.
"Look, I'll show you." she said, exasperated. "This is an illusion, like a dream, so I can do basically what ever I want. I'm going to fly now. Watch me." And with that she started running around the hall, randomly flapping her arms and squawking like a diseased parakeet. The others just looked at her in astonishment. The crazy child stopped for a second, looked at their faces, nearly fell to the floor laughing, then resumed her sporadic dancing.
Wow thought Lauren Even I'm not this crazy
Yes Lauren, you are came the chorus of voices in her head.
"Shut up!" she said out loud.
Suddenly there was a mighty bolt of lighting that sent all the girls, even Katie, to the floor screaming. When they looked up, they were met with an extremely mad looking Zeus, but the rest of the gods seemed to have found the teens amusing. Zeus took a few deep breaths, then began speaking.
"This is not an illusion, o scary chicken one, we have summoned you all here. The reason being is because we have been watching you for some time and have decided that you all have passed the test to become new goddesses." Everyone was shocked into silence. Goddesses?! Suddenly a voice spoke from the back.
"Whaddaya mean watching us, ya perverts?" At Megan's accusation, a few of the gods shifted uncomfortably. The teens all turned a shade of pink. "Ok then" Lindsay said, trying to break the awkwardness. "What do we get to do as goddesses?" Zeus smiled.
"You each get to choose what your reign over. Who would like to choose first?"
Aubrey, who hadn't said anything yet, ran forward and struck a pose. "I'm going to be the goddess of peasant blouses." Then she frowned. "No wait, flared jeans." All the gods looked at her blankly. "Holey shorts!" she squealed, getting excited.
Aubrey
"Patched pants!"
Aubrey!
" Pumps!"
"Or PLATFORMS!"
"AUBREY!!!!"
"What?" she said innocently, turning around.
Nicole giggled. "How about just clothes?" she suggested. Aubrey's face lit up in a smile.
"Hold on- Ensembles in general. Yea that's it. Fo sho. Oh and gansta lingo!" But before she could say anymore, the excited girl was pounced on by the other members of the nine. Zeus, seeing that Aubrey's random fit was over, cautiously motioned one of the goddesses seated behind him to forward. This goddess had red hair that fell to her shoulders in cascading curls. She wore a metallic dress of gold, and a decorative helmet covered in pieces of ruby. A great horned owl was perched on her right hand. As Aubrey stood up, the goddess turned her steel gray eyes to the girl.
"I am Athena, the goddess of craft, including weaving, war, and wisdom, which includes language." the stern red-head said. "Since the areas that you have decided to reign over are within my field of expertise, I will be your mentor. Come with me." Aubrey nodded, and went to go sit beside Athena at her throne.
"Next" called Zeus.
Lauren walked forward, but nearly fell over because she was laughing so hard. When everyone looked at her, she just laughed hysterically, nearly falling over. Finally she caught her breath. "I'll be the goddess of wishes!" With that she fell to the floor, laughing again. The teens just shook their heads, while the gods looked very confused. Finally, Lindsay went and helped her to her feet.
"Lauren, that's not funny."
The blonde giggled.
"I know."
Lindsay just rolled her eyes and went to rejoin the rest of the group. "OK fine, I'll be the goddess of dateless girls and hot guys." Lauren consented. "HOT guys." She emphasized. Almost immediately another goddess came down from her throne. She was a blonde, with wavy hair pulled elegantly into an intricate bun on the top of her head. She wore a dress of the sheerest and palest pink, with a chemise under it to cover, ahem, parts of her. Draped around her thin arms was a gauzy scarf of shimmering purple. "cough slut cough" whispered Megan as the goddess approached. The blonde shot her a dirty look, then turned her sea blue eyes to Lauren.
"I am Aphrodite, goddess of love and beauty. I will be your mentor, teaching you the skills you need."
" Gee, I wonder what." Murmured Megan, but she received another glare from the two blondes, so she shut up. Aphrodite glided back to her seat, Lauren in tow.
As soon as the love goddess sat down, Megan pushed her way through and stood in front of Zeus. "I'm going to be the goddess of punishing stupid guys." She said , unfazed, to his face.
"I'm in."
Two voices, along with their owners, immediately desended from the throng of immortals. Hera nearly ran down to Megan, tiara askew on dark brown hair, followed by another goddess. This one wore a short sensible dress of pure white, with a deer hide strung to her waist. A quiver of silver arrows swung at her back, and she held a gleaming bow. Her raven black hair was tied up on her head, set in place by a blue crown in with a diamond crescent moon on top. She beat Hera to Megan, and stood in front of the brunette, apparently guarding her with her life. "I am Artemis, goddess of the hunt, the moon, and archery."
Hera butted in then. "I am Hera, goddess of marriage, and married woman." Both stood with anticipation, seeing who would get the privilege of smacking down guys with the excuse of being a "teacher".
Megan grinned evilly. "OK, looks like I've got two mentors! All the better for keeping those male pigs in line."
Zeus growled. "Wait a minute, you can't have 2 teachers." Hera , Artemis and Megan glared at him in unison. Zeus sighed and shook his head as the terrible three went and gleefully sat down.
Zeus watched them go, a glint of fear in his eyes. "Anyone else?" he asked timidly.
Nicole hopped forward, ready to talk. Suddenly her eyes lit up and she grinned. Omygod! Good song in my head! she said, once again forgetting that everyone could hear her thoughts as well. Fortunately the song, something about a Stacey's mom, wasn't as offending as the Hillary Duff songs, but the gods seemed a bit impatient. When Nicole started to dance around in a circle, they looked down right scared. Some one make it stop! wailed Colleen, who obviously didn't like the song. Lindsay narrowed her eyes. Suddenly Nicole's song was overpowered by "Rubber Ducky, you're the one", causing Nicole to stop dancing, trip, and fall over. With an indignant huff, she got to her feet again. "What should I be the goddess of ? I can't decide."
"How about crazy dancing to invisible music?" joked Liz.
Nicole let out a delighted squeal. "YES! That's perfect!" with that, she started dancing around again.
I would have thought crazy happiness whispered Sonomi. Nicole let out another squeal and lunged at Sonomi. She engulfed the poor girl in a hug, then turned to face a disturbed Zeus.
" I am Nicole, goddess of crazy insane dancing to invisible music, and extreme happiness!" She yelled gleefully. Then she collapsed on the floor, breathing hard.
Zeus blinked. "Apollo, I think she's yours." An almost blinding golden light descended from a throne and walked over to Nicole.
The light faded, and standing in front of Nicole was one of the hottest guys she had ever seen. He wore a gold toga that glittered when he walked, It went down below his knees, but it conveniently showed much of his well toned and muscular chest. His sandy blonde hair curled ever so slightly next to his ears, framing his tan face and baby blue eyes. He winked at Nicole as she blushed. "I am Apollo." The god said smoothly. "I am the god of the sun, music, and healing. Looks like I'll be your teacher."
Cool! I get a hot god! Nicole said
Shut up! came the reply.
Nicole just shrugged and place her hand on Apollo's outstretched arm, letting herself be led back to his throne. Megan let out a small grunt, but stopped, remembering that Artemis and Apollo were twins, so she better not insult him now.
Once Nicole was comfortably settled on the sun god's lap, Lindsay stepped forward. "Well?" She asked her friends. The replied came immediately.
"Crazy Socks!"
"Devils!"
"GLITTER"
At the last comment, Lindsay turned to face the grinning Colleen. "Shut UP Eep, just no. No."
"But why not?" Megan yelled from where she was sitting. "You know you should be one of those. They fit you SO Well."
Lindsay glared at the offending monkey, then cleared her throat. "I, Lindsay, will be the goddess of Hermits." Her decision sent Megan nearly running down after her.
"NO FAIR!" she squawked. "I SHOULD BE THAT!!!"
Lindsay just looked disgustedly at Megan. "You get to smite guys. Don't complain."
"Oh fine." Megan huffed, settling back into her seat. Hera and Artemis consoled her, assuring her that smiting guys would be much more fun than being a hermit.
Lindsay looked expectantly at Zeus. "Well, ok. I believe then that Demeter shall be your mentor." He said uncertainly. Demeter descended the stairs to stand next to Lindsay. She was slightly plump, in a motherly way. Her green dress shimmered in the light, decorated by a belt of leaves. Her wavy brown hair went down to her waist. With in it were leaves and flowers intricately braided in. She said not a word, just led a rather confused Lindsay back up to her throne.
A confused Sonomi was ushered up next from the slowly diminishing group of non-goddesses. She furrowed her brow in concentration. All the gods looked on in curiosity. Finally Zeus lost his patience. "MAKE UP YOUR MIND!" he yelled at Sonomi.
The girl gave a surprised squeak, then turned, offended, to the throng of gods. "I'll be the goddess of stuffed animals." At this, all of the gods started laughing. Even the silent Demeter shook from a chuckle. Sonomi just stared at the group. What was wrong with them? The rest of the modern teens were thinking the same thing.
Zeus wiped a tear of mirth out of his eye. "Why would you want to stuff animals?" he chuckled.
Sonomi let out an exasperated sigh. "No, not real animals. Like dolls. Teddy bears." The gods looked confused, but then Athena jumped up.
"I know what you're talking about!" she said excitedly. Then, realizing that everyone was looking at her, she slumped down, face as red as her hair.
Zeus shook his head in amazement. "Well then, I guess we found your tutor." Sonomi smiled and happily skipped over to an awaiting Athena and Aubrey.
Colleen came forward next, but she tripped and let out a nearly ear piercing "EEP!" All the teens laughed, but were suddenly hushed by the presence they saw next to Colleen. There stood a god, tan, tall, with rich brown hair that stood spiked on his head. He was an extremely good-looking god, but he seemed extremely arrogant. Or maybe it was the 'I'm better than you" written across his dark black toga. Everyone but Colleen suppressed a shiver as they saw him. She just frowned at him. "What do YOU want?" she scowled. The god said nothing, just reached out and poked her. Colleen let out another eep, then another as the god gleefully poked her again and again. At last she cried out "Mneih!" and smacked him. It wasn't a hard smack, but it was enough to make the god stop and stare. A "Yea! You go girl!" was heard from Megan, but everyone else remained silent. Finally the god spoke.
"I'm Ares, god of good old fashioned bloody war." Colleen glared at him.
"Grrness upon you."
The excited god actually clapped his hands. "Grrness! I love it! I will be your teacher, and you will be the goddess of tortured sounds. Come on!" With a protesting Colleen in tow, he made his way back to his throne and sat down, pulling an annoyed Colleen onto his lap, randomly poking her again, delighting in her reaction.
Zeus scowled at Ares, who stuck his tongue out and poked Colleen in response.
Poor Colleen sighed Nicole.
Why poor Colleen? It's funny! laughed Megan. "Ok Katie, you're up next!" Katie just blinked a couple of times, then walked forward.
"Hmm… I want a serious power. How about rain?"
Boring! came the response.
Honestly Katie, think of something creative. murmured Liz.
Katie growled. "Fine, I'll be the goddess of dancing in the rain."
ok, better.
"O wait, how about corny jokes too."
even better!
"When ever Katie tells a corny joke, the whole earth cries" Lindsay called down.
SHUT UP Katie yelled back, laughing as Lindsay cowered in pain at the mental blast she just received. Katie then turned to Zeus. "Who is my teacher? Anyone hot?"
Zeus rolled his eyes. "Hermes for the corny joke bit, and Dionysus for the rain part because it deals with nature." At that Hermes and Dionysus started towards her.
"Aww their not hot!" yelled Katie. "Geesh, I get stuck with the dorks."
I dunno about you Katie whispered Aubrey but that Hermes guy is sizzling!
Speak for yourself said Colleen That Dionysus, he's-EEP!
"Ares!"
"Hehehehehehee"
Hermes came over first, oblivious to Katie's outburst. He was tall, young, and he had an uncanny resemblance to Shane West. With out the beard. He wore what looked like almost a short and shirt combo of white and glittering silver that showed off quite a bit of him, but nothing scandalous. On his feet where the legendary winged sandals, only they looked a bit more like tennis shoes. "I am Hermes, god of crooks, mathematicians, and the messenger god." He said coyly. Dionysus had a sweeter face, his dark brown hair cut short and spiked slightly. Contrary to popular belief, he was not fat, or drunk. He wore a dark purple toga with green trim, and wore a grape vine as a sash. "I, Dionysus, am the god of wine, and nature." He said, while kissing her hand. Katie rolled her eyes. "Take me away nerds." She said under her breath. And that's exactly what they did.
Once Katie was situated, Liz came up. She cleared her throat, and stated her idea. "I am going to be the goddess of random pranks on mortals, and there's nothing you can do to stop me!"
Hermes grinned and flew down next to her. "I'll be your mentor!" he said excitedly, before Zeus could say anything.
Liz grinned. "Hell yea! We are so gonna rule." She declared, high-fiving Hermes.
"What kind of pranks were you thinking of?" Hermes asked tentatively.
"Like, suddenly someone has a chicken on their head, and no one can explain it at all." Liz said gleefully. Hermes let out a war whoop.
"Yes! I love that kind of creativity." He exclaimed. Then they went back to their seats.
Zeus rubbed his temple. "Here Zeus." Lauren yelled, and tossed the bottle of Advil that she always carried down to him. Zeus jumped back as if it were going to burn him. Then he began speaking, eyeing the bottle for any signs of movement. "All right, you all are now going to become goddesses. You will have a training session with your teacher, then a break, then another training session, and finally a meditation session with Hestia." He nodded towards the woman tending the fire. She nodded back in recognition. "You will all be goddesses before the next full moon in two weeks. But first, the most important thing. Clothing."