Chapter 4: The Annual Party
"Storm love, get up. The tanji drums are sounding," Lunesta warm voice awoke Storm from his dream he was having.
"Lunesta can you help me interpret this dream I had?" asked Storm who was still lying on his bed.
"Sure, what is this dream that you need an interpretation for?" Lunesta asked a she sat at the foot of Storm's bed.
"There were seven kids, three boys and four girls. One of the boys had red hair the other one had brown hair. The last boy he looked like an older version of me with black hair that fell to his shoulders and his eyes even though I couldn't really see them had something special about them. I can't really explain it. With the girls one had red hair, another had bushy brown hair, there was also this girl with pure-black hair and another had light brown skin and hair. I couldn't really see their faces it was all blurry. They were talking about something but the voices were all muddled and I could only here a few words," Storm said with a bemused expression on his face, "What do you think it means?"
"I don't know Storm. If you want I could tell the Royal Court tomorrow and see what they say about it?" Lunesta asked a worried expression on her face.
"No it okay, but thanks for asking Lunesta."
"All right love. But you need to get up the song is almost over," with that Lunesta walked out of the room to start making breakfast.
Storm's bedroom was a royal blue with a bed sheet that had a thundercloud and lighting bolts on it. The bedpost was made out of pine and different weather patters and signs on it. Storm walked over the bureau, which also had the same design as the bed and opened a drawer. Storm got out a T-shirt that had a storm cloud with a lighting coming out of it. He also picked out a pair of black jeans that had the family crest on its pocket. Storm walked into his bathroom quickly washed up put on his clothes and walked out of his room.
In all of his life, he had never been as happy as he was here on Risa. Lunesta had taken him down to the sea, forest, fields, plains, desert, and mountains. Storm was also now reading the book The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Rings by himself. He could write, as well. Back on Earth, it might have taken Storm a year or more to learn what he had learned in a week and a half. But there was still one thing he was missing. He just couldn't remember it.
"Hello Lunesta," Storm said once he got into the kitchen/dinning room.
"Right today we have the Annual Party to go to," Lunesta said feigning delight terribly.
"You need better acting skills. You don't want to go but you have to. Why do you not want to go? Grandma Hera said you used to love going to the Annual Party. What happened?" Storm asked as he put a grape in his mouth.
"Give me a reason why I should tell you," Lunesta said as she put some pancakes, scrambled eggs and hash browns on Storms plate.
"You are very easy to read and if you're not happy then I am not happy. So tell me what is troubling you." Storm said as he put some scrambled eggs into his mouth.
"Lets just say there is a person there that I am not very fond of. And now that you have come, he will be more annoying then ever," Lunesta spat out.
"Let me guess this guy named Osiris wants to marry you but you want nothing to do with him," Storm raised an eyebrow at the end and took a gulp of apple juice.
"What makes you say that? Who told you that," Lunesta asked as she sipped her coffee.
"Grandma Hera told me. She said that when this person named Osiris started to ask you to marry him and you said no. He persisted so you stop coming to the party where you knew he will be for sure," Storm finished his meal and walked his dish over to the tub where they did their dishes.
"My mom is right. I would go all the time if Osiris will stop asking me. I don't even like him and he knows it to. He just isn't the person I want to spend my life with that's all," Lunesta looked down and felt a small hand squeeze her shoulder she looked up to see Storms emerald eyes looking at her.
"If you need any help in getting rid of him. I'll be glad to help. I don't want my guardian to be sad at the party." Storm said with a sincere face.
"Thanks for the offer, Storm. We better get going otherwise my mom will have a fit," Lunesta said while getting up putting the mug in the tub. She walked over touched Storms shoulder and with a pop disappeared.
They rematerlized at a glen that was protected by trees of every kind, There were people everywhere setting up for the Annual Party. Games, food, and entertainment everything you could think of was there. Lunesta and Storm soon found Grandma Hera and Grandpa Jupiter.
"There you are," cried Grandma Hera and wrapped both Lunesta and Storm in a bone-crushing hug. Well it would crush a few bones if you were human and not from the planet Risa.
"Now Hera, give them sometime to breathe," chuckled Grandpa Jupiter. "I'm glad you could make it."
"I told you Dad I would be here, didn't I," Lunesta said with a sly smile and then gave the man a hug. "So who else will be here?"
"Well obviously family, your friends Aphro and Hep and their son Apollo. Osiris, sorry dear but I have to invite him. The Royal Court will also be here, so be on your best behavior. Everyone in Ganee and a few other people in Selena Lake and Windrow Mountain. I think that's it. Have I missed anyone Jupiter," Grandma Hera asked her husband.
"No I don't think so Hera," Grandpa Jupiter replied smoothly.
"Lunesta," said a deep voice that sounded very familiar to Storm.
"Hey, Hep, Aphro, how are you doing? Why Apollo you've grown since the last time I saw you."
"Yes he sure has, Lunesta. Whose your friend?" asked Aphrodite.
"You remember him. Hephaestus, do you recognize him?" Lunesta raised an eyebrow at Hephaestus. Hephaestus looked at Storm and walked around him.
After a moment, his eyes lit up, "Why Harry, what is your new name and element?"
"Storm, I have the element of weather," Storm said with a broad smile on his face.
"Well Storm meets my son, Apollo. Element of healing, prophecies and most of the arts," Aphrodite said with a smile.
"Hello Storm," Apollo said quietly. He had brown skin with dark hair but a very handsome face for five years old.
"Hello Apollo," Storm said as they shook hands. "Want to go try out the games, Apollo?"
"Sure."
"They seem to be getting on fine," Hephaestus remarked as the three friends watch the boys doing the different games.
"I'm going to go and get something to drink," Lunesta walked away from her friends and walked over to the tables with different drinks on it. Lunesta choose a drink that was a honey-brown and took a sip.
"Why hello, Lunesta," said a cool voice. Lunesta just ignored the voice and took another sip. "You know you want me Lunesta. So please marry me," a man asked with gold blond hair and amber eyes.
"I'm telling you this once and for all. I do not like you, and I will not marry you ever, Osiris," Lunesta spat at Osiris turned on her heel to locate Storm.
"Hey, Lunesta are you all right," Aphrodite, asked. Lunesta felt slender arms and knew them to be Aphrodite.
"Why can't he just leave me alone?"
"Because he grew getting everything he wanted at that minute." Aphrodite said a small voice knowing that is the best way to cool down Lunesta, when she got like this.
"I've said no to him a thousand times. Why can't he just listen to me? If he wants to make me happy he would leave me alone."
"Yeah, well most boys and men are pretty thick when it comes to love," Aphrodite hugged Lunesta. "Don't worry he'll give up or I could use some of my power, to manipulate him to like someone else if you want?"
"No, don't I'm just going to have to deal with it."
"Well I'm here for you if you need it," Aphrodite said and gave her childhood friend a hug. Suddenly a silvery white Golden retriever (a/n think patronus) ran over to the two friends.
Aphrodite and Lunesta parted, the dog faced Lunesta and said, "The Royal Family calls for a meeting right now. They are by the tanji drums," and with that the dog disappeared.
"Well I better see what's going on. I'll meet up with you later." With that, Lunesta left to go over to the drums. Lunesta quickly found the Royal Court. She curtsied to them and then said in a polite tone, "You called me."
"Yes, we did Lunesta. There has been a change in the prophecy were going to have one extra person coming over not just the three kids," Queen Luna said as she fanned herself.
"The newcomer is someone Storm trust and is an adult. You will be getting him next year, around the time when you picked up Storm." The Queen did an odd motion with her hands and huge stack of papers came flying over to Lunesta.
"That is his biography," the King Helios replied.
"How has the prophecy changed," Lunesta asked politely.
Storm and Apollo came running over to Lunesta, who was looking threw some pages and was nodding her head every so often.
"Lunesta," the two boys said at the same time breaking Lunesta of her concentration.
She looked around then she looked down rolled her eyes and smiled, "What do you two need?"
"We just wanted to see what you were doing that's all," Storm replied as he an Apollo got on the bench. Lunesta didn't bother to hid the papers like usual. Storm looked at the papers and saw boring adult stuff.
"Well I'm not dong anything of interest. So you two run along, wreck havoc, set a few things on fire. The usual boys get in trouble stuff," Lunesta said with a smile and started to get up.
"Hey sis," a male voice said. Lunesta spun around and triped over the bench, she then landed in the arms of a male with auburn hair and chocolate eyes.
"Ares," Lunesta said as the man got her up right again.
Apollo was looking at the girl behind him. She had the deepest black hair he had ever seen with a pale creamy colored skin. Her eyes were also very dark that you couldn't see the iris. She was beautiful but girls had cooties so Apollo pushed it to the back of his mind.
Storm, looked at the man and Lunesta and figuring that the two were siblings. One, the man called her sis. Two, Storm knew that Lunesta had a brother named Ares. Three, there was some family resemblance. But who the girl was Storm had no idea maybe the daughter.
The man and Lunesta broke apart. "Lunesta, you remember my daughter Layla. Element darkness, and very useful night vision," the man said.
"Isn't the name Layla, Hebrew for night?" Lunesta asked the man. The man looked over at the girl, Layla.
Layla drew in a breath and said, "Yes ma'am. It is and I though it was very pretty."
"Layla that is a pretty name. Just don't call me ma'am. Call me Aunt Lunesta dear," Lunesta said with a smile. Layla nodded and also put on a smile.
"Hey, Layla my name is Storm. This is my new friend Apollo," Storm said.
"Whose he," the man asked quietly.
"I'm his guardian. Also one of the people in the you-know-what," Lunesta said just as quietly.
"Oh, well my name is Ares, brother to this lady over here who refuse to marry."
"Well sorry if I haven't found the right guy yet. I don't want to live the rest of my life with a slob," Lunesta retorted.
"Not all men are slobs," Ares said.
"No, just you," a women said with silver hair and silver eyes with a moon necklace. "Hey, Lunesta how are you?"
"Doing good and you, Artemis?"
"All right. Or at least as good as it can get with your brother as my lame excuse for a husband," Artemis teased.
"I'm standing right here people. So do not pretend I'm not here," Ares said and he put his hands on his hips.
"All right, all right. I'll stop teasing you for now," Artemis said.
"Mom," Layla moaned.
"Storm this Artemis, my brothers wife. Layla's mom," Lunesta said.
"Hello, Storm," Artemis said.
"May I ask what your element is?" Storm asked.
"Of course, my element is hunting and archery as well as being a pain to men. Ares element is savage war, vengeance, and anger. How I fell in love with him. I have no idea." Storm nodded his head in understanding.
Soon the party started to disappear. That night when Storm went to bed, he knew that his life would never be like those that were born in this wonderful world.
A/N I'm finally done with this chapter. Those of you, who can figure out who the people are in Storm's dream and get it right, get a strawberry mochi. Strawberry rice ice cream really good, I'm not kidding. Please review. Next chapter Lunesta is going to pick up the new person.