Unlikely Ch. 3
Yes! Yes! Yes! I'm a daughter of Aphrodite! Woot! I could get up and dance. Well actually, I will.
My half-siblings are throwing me a welcome party tonight, says my half-sister, Sara. We all walked into the cabin. There were polished marble floors, white pillars which had carvings of Aphrodite on them, and some comfortable chairs and sofas marked the main entrance.
"Amazing, isn't it?" beamed Sara, tossing her auburn hair in delight.
I nodded, smiling widely. Just then, Rikki walked in, her blonde hair swaying as she walked.
"Anthea! How good to see you in the Aphrodite cabin! I knew you had my mother's blood. And beauty, of course." She winked.
"Thanks, Rikki. It's great to see you too. This place is great. Much better than that ratty old cabin I was staying in before." I complained.
Sara and Rikki nodded sympathetically, their eyes seemed to be far off in horrifying memories of the Hermes cabin. I loved this place already.
"Well come on. Let's show you to your bed." Sara said, placing a jewel encrusted shoe on the marble staircase. Rikki followed her, so I did too.
At the top of the stair case were two white doors. The one on the left said girls in hot pink, and the one on the right said boys in baby blue.
Sara swung the girl's door open to reveal a gorgeous room. There were polished wood single beds with lavish silk covers in various colours. Beside each bed lay a mirror with a drawer that had to be filled with makeup, and a polished wood stool. On the other side was a huge wardrobe for each of us. Wow.
"Nice, huh? Here's your bed." Rikki pointed to bed with silk lavender covers embroidered with white flowers.
"That," I started, "is much better than a sleeping bag on a rickety wooden floor."
Rikki and Sara chuckled softly. I noticed my things were already on the bed.
"Well, we'll leave you to unpack. We'll probably be upstairs here to get ready for the party." Sara told me.
"Hey, thanks you guys. You've been good to me; things have been a bit weird today." I smiled.
"Don't mention it." They said together. Rikki waved her hand in dismissal, and walked swiftly down the stairs, followed by Sara.
So that's when I was left in the lavish room to think about today's events.
What the hell happened today that was remotely normal? I thought to myself. Nothing really. I got off the bed to look in my mirror. I still looked the same, with the blue eye shadow and dark pink lip gloss. That's when I heard a voice.
"You're gorgeous!" It said.
I jumped, startled. Where did that come from? I looked around the room, but no one was there but me. I went in front of the mirror again. The lights around it twinkled as I heard,
"Someone looks good!"
The mirror. The freaking mirror can talk. AWESOME!
I walked over to my bulging Gucci suitcase, and opened it carefully. Thank the gods, it didn't burst. For what seemed like an hour, I put my designer clothes on hangers, and my shoes in another compartment in the wardrobe, followed by my other stuff, which each got organized compartments.
When I was finally done, I collapsed on my bed and wiped sweat from my brow. The stuff seemed like it wouldn't fit, but the wardrobe seemed to grow when it overflowed. Yet when you looked on the outside, it was exactly the same size as it was without clothes in it. This place just got better and better.
That's when I heard the door creak open, and about ten girls including Sara and Rikki, came in.
"Time to get ready for the party, girls!" Rikki announced, everyone opened their wardrobes, looking for a party dress. I followed their actions, walking over to my wardrobe. I swung the doors open, and observed my clothes. That's when I saw it. The perfect dress.
It was top-of-the-knee-length, not to tight, black spaghetti strap, black empire waist with a black bow on the side, v-neck, and hot pink with black butterflies. I grabbed it hastily, eyes wide, mouth open. I quickly put it on and looked in the mirror. Everyone turned to look at me.
I heard a chorus of, "Oh, Anthea, it looks gorgeous on you!" and "You must wear it to the party!" The mirror wolf-whistled.
I took my hair out of the pony tail and it fell gracefully. I began to brush it, and it shone. I grabbed a pair of black hoop earrings and put them in, and removed all my makeup. I grabbed some mascara and eyeliner, and applied it carefully. After that, I whipped out some light pink lip gloss, and put it on. Finally, I looked in my wardrobe for some shoes. Bingo. A pair of black pumps caught my eye. I tried them on, and they looked perfect with the ensemble. I felt great.
That's when Rikki and Sara approached me.
Rikki wore a tight red satin one-shoulder party dress with gold heels, and gold droop earrings. Sara had chosen a royal blue ruffle party dress, with silver heels and diamond earrings. Basically, we all looked like a million bucks.
"Ready to go, Anthea?" Sara asked.
"Yeah, this is going to be great!" I said confidently.
Little did I know, going down to that party would mean meeting someone that would change my life.
