Into the woods
"Clio sister, what brings dear Apollo so late to our clearing?" asked Euterpe in a sing-song voice.
" I don't know" sighed Clio. "I am the muse of history not of the future" she grumbled.
"He will be here in no time", assured Erato. " he is always a bit late, he thinks it makes him fancier" she declared while winking. "personally I don't think it works, but then again, we should let him believe what he wants".
Actually, Apollo was only a little while away, stalking through the woods in anger, he had just had ANOTHER run in with Ares. Gosh Ares needs some light in his life, he's always such an old worry-wart, Apollo thought.
Whipping around, he scanned the bushes, for he had just heard something moving around. Perhaps it was Thalia, playing a joke on him like she always does.
A little ways off, Eros (Cupid), cursed silently. Stepping on twigs, very nice I should be more careful…I feel in the mood for playing some tricks on Apollo, he's always so fun to test my arrows on. Stringing an arrow onto his bow, he turned invisible and walked closer to Apollo, who was tamping through the woods like a hippo. Releasing his bow, he silently enjoyed when the arrows hit his victims, enjoying their reaction. OH SCORE FOR ME I hit him in the buttocks! YEAH. He exclaimed while prancing around like he was a child.
Rubbing his buttocks, Apollo looked around in confusion. Must've been a bee or some other gun-fuddled creature in these woods. Oh wow I feel strange…. Hearing beautiful voices in the distance, Apollo hurried through the bushes and trees, desperate to reach his goal.
Reaching a small clearing in the woods, Apollo halted.
"APOLLO" cried all the beautiful maidens. " You have come at last! What took you so long?" they greeted the handsome golden-haired god with joy.
Ignoring their voices, he focused on their faces, falling in love with each of them in turn. (usually Eros's arrows make you fall in love with the first person you see, but since the Muses were goddesses, he fell in love with all of them because they looked so much alike).
Advancing on the women slowly, he turned into a beam of blinding light. The Muses screamed and tried to hide, confused because Apollo did not seem to recognize them!