Author's Note:
So here's chapter number ten! Wow, it really has been fun. There will probably be only two more chapters. I hope everyone likes the end chapters.
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Chapter #10:
That night Odysseus set all of the soldiers to work breaking apart the boats. This news distressed me.
"If we break the boats," I tried to reason with him, "then we won't be able to go home."
"We need the wood to build a giant horse," Odysseus explained.
"But Odysseus," I said in a slow voice so that he would understand, "horses cannot walk on water. Besides, if it is made of wood then even though it looks like a horse it still won't be able to move on it's own." Odysseus turned and stared at me as if I was the idiot in the conversation. Can you believe it?
"We're not going to use the giant horse to go home," he told me, "we're going to give it to the Trojans."
"But I want to go home!" I whined in a loud, annoying voice that caused a lot of people to turn and stare.
"We're not destroying all of the boats," he explained rolling his eyes, "just some. Once we've won the war then we can take some of the Trojans boats for everyone whose boat was used to make the giant horse."
"Well I'd love to help you out," I lied, "but Achilles hasn't said that we could be part of the army again." Truthfully I didn't think he'd care but I just didn't want to do the work. I left Odysseus and found Eudorus. I plopped down next to him in the sand.
"You know," I told him smugly, "I helped Odysseus come up with his big plan."
"No you didn't," he scoffed, "he tested his theory out on you." This was basically the truth but my way sounded better. Just then Achilles came over. Eudorus went to stand up but Achilles grabbed his shoulder to keep him sitting down. Then he sat down next to us.
"Forgive me Eudorus," he said, "I should never have struck you. You've been a loyal friend all your life."
"I hope I never disappoint you again," Eudorus said to Achilles.
"It's I who have been the disappointment," he assured Eudorus.
"What about me?" I asked. Achilles looked over at me for a second.
"Umm," he said uncertainly, "once in a while you really tried out there."
"Is that the best you can do?" I asked insulted.
"It's not like you ever did anything daring or bold to prove that you were actually a warrior." I was very insulted. I mean really, didn't I get points for showing up at this stupid war? And I fought in two of the battles and I only got captured once. It really wasn't that bad of a record, I hadn't even died!
I was so incredibly insulted in fact that I walked away without hearing what else Achilles said. Instead I wandered over to Achilles' tent and raided his food and wine supply. Then I took them back to my tent in order to relax after a trying couple of days.
I slept in late the next day. I had finally gotten a good night's sleep, with the help of the excellent food and wine I had snitched from Achilles.
It wasn't until close to midday when the slight hangover ended and I decided to take a nice walk on the beach. Construction on Odysseus' giant horse was going right on schedule. The sun was shining and the seagulls were calling merrily. All in all it was a beautiful day. Then I saw Achilles. He openly stared at me in shock.
"What are you doing here?" he asked loudly.
"Well," I said slowly not quite sure how to reply, "I was brought here to fight a war but I'm pretty sure you knew that. If you're talking philosophically then the answer is a little more complicated-"
"No you idiot!" he yelled interrupting me. "That not what I mean at all! I just sent Eudorus and the rest of the Myrmidons home last night! You were supposed to go with them!"
I felt a sinking feeling in my stomach and the beautiful sunny beach began to sway. The next thing I knew everything was tilting sideways and I had fainted. The last thing I heard was the sound of the stupid seagulls cawing with laughter.
Forget whatever nice things I said about them, they were evil creatures.
