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As I lay in the darkness, I cherished the peace. The empty numbness that came with being unaware. There was no pain. Just me and just the darkness.
"Ahhh, Athena, I have been waiting for you!" Said a deep voice. I sat up and looked around me. Pain shot through my chest as I stood and I groaned against it. I could find no source for the voice and it confused me.
"You will see me when I allow it. For now, just know that I am Death." The voice said. I frowned and tried to find him again. "Am I dead?" I asked. Silence answered me and it angered me. "Am I dead?!" I shouted toward the emptiness. "No sister, you are
/simply in between." He answered. So many questions formed on my lips but only one found its voice.
"Sister?" I asked confused. Then, as suddenly as the darkness had surrounded me, light appeared and revealed a man about my age. "I am your brother. I am Death and you dear sister, you are Life." He said. It was said as if I should know and understand
/what that meant. "Excuse me?" I asked. He rolled his eyes, the same color as mine, in exasperation.
"Must we do this every time?" He asked. His annoyance with me made me angry for I did not know what he was speaking of. "Do what?" I asked. "This happens every life time. You are gravely hurt during the no memory stage of our life and I have to remindyou
of what you really are." He said. "And what am I?" I asked.
He shook his head and stared at me as if I should know. "You are Life. You must think Athena. You must remember!" He commanded. "Remember what?!" I asked but he had already turned his back to me and was walking away. The darkness began to swallow me againand
the pain in my chest grew.
"Athena! Wake up! Get up now!"Poseidon was yelling. I open my eyes and glared at my brother and my mate. "Get this damn sword out of my chest!" I commanded. I was still pinned to the ground by it.
"Athena, it is dangerous! It could kill you!" Ares said. "I'm not going anywhere! Now remove the sword Ares, or I'll do it myself!" I said. He looked torn before taking a step forward to pull the sword out. He removed it in one smooth motion and I screamed
out in pain. "I'm going to kill both of you!" I promised before I blacked out again.