AN: this is quite long. I just decided to sit down and write, and suddenly it was 4 pages long. I don't own the Greek Gods, or Titans (i'd really like to meet the person that did. I think.)
As always, please review, and let me know about any mistakes I make. Thank you, enjoy :)
Chapter 6 Travling
"Hera! Hera, wake up!" Selene shakes me awake.
"We leaving?" I ask her, blinking the sleep out of my eyes.
"In a few minutes. Pack your things" she tells me then leaves, probally to do the same thing.
We'd been travling for 3 days now, about to start the 4th. It had been uneventful. Well, we weren't attacked. Selene and Helios had been teaching me sword fighting. (that's what the long daggars are, swords). Also, they have been helping me with my 'abilitys.' I can now Mind Talk, Glide, Fire Whiled, and Energy Seek, and i'm learning to Relationship See. Then i'll work on others, but I need to master my 'naturals' before I move on. I roll up my fur skin blanket, and shove it in my pack. I grab all my weapons off the ground, and shoulder my pack.
Katsika mitera.
I wonder what it'll be like. Helios and Selene have described it to me, as well as Agonistes tie eleftherias, where they used to live. I'm so excited. It'll be really difficult, I know that, how could I not? It'll be more battles, more blood, more suffering. But i'll also be able to get revenge on my father for swollowing me. And that'll be worth any price.
"Selene, Hera, hurry up!" Helios tells us.
"Coming" I say, and hurry off.
"Don't boss me around! I'll come when I'm ready." Selene yells at him.
I smile, Selene and Helios were always yelling at each other and arguing. If I didn't know better, i'd say they hated each other, but I knew better. Even though they'd never admit it, they really cared for each other. It reminded me of my siblings. I try not to think about them to much, it still makes my eyes water.
"What has she got to do?" Helios asks me as I come round the corner.
"I dunno." I shrug.
"Well she'd better hurry." He says, grumpily.
"Did you not have a good sleep?" I ask him.
"No. this bird was chirping the hole night long, and I couldn't get to sleep. It just would not shut up"
"Well maybe we'll be staying with Katsika mitera tonight, so it wont be a problem."
"Yeah, maybe." he mutters.
"What are you two waiting for?" Selene asks, as she skips round the corner, a massive grin on her face. "We should really get outta here, you know." she skips off, her black her flowing behind her.
I glance at Helios, and he looks really mad.
"Well, lets get going" I say, and rush off after Selene.
"Hey" Selene says as I catch up to her.
"Hey, you know you just made Helios really angry." I tell her.
"He'll just be a little ticked." She assures me.
"No, he's really mad. You should've seen how red his face went." I tell her. She laughs.
"Did I really make him that mad?" she laughs. I nod. "Were his eyes all narrowed?" she asks, and I nod, again, smiling. "And his face, was it like...this red?" she holds up a red rose. It was a little darker then blood red. "alittle lighter, but yeah." I say, grining. She laughs again, and chucks the rose over her shoulder.
"Come on" she says, grining, and starts runing, I chase after her, laughing.
"Can't catch me!" I hear her shout, which is a game where you chase the person who challenges you, till you catch them, or your out of breath, and give up. I pick up the pace and run after her.
Selene was the winner at the moment, after she beat Helios when he triped on a root. She dodged in and out of trees, changed direction constantly, and mainly just gunned it. I followed. I'd never won one before, I always gave up. They were really fast. I know i'm fast, I always won against my brothers and sisters, so I thoght I was pretty fast. I had long since had a wake up call.
BAM!
My bum hit the ground, and I was suddenly sliding along a steep bank, mud spraying everywhere. Thankfully the trees had thinned, and I had a clear path to the river. Where Selene was standing, laughing her head off. Probally at me.
SPLASH!
I was in the river and soaking. I stand.
"It's cold!" I shriek. And it was. Freezing cold. This just made Selene laugh more.
"You such a whimp" she teased. I kick my foot out of the water, spraying her legs.
"OH MY GOSH! It's cold!" she yells.
"Yes it is" I say, and push her in. She falls backwards, into the deep part. She swam back to the shallow bank, where I was. I hold out my hand to pull her up. She takes it, but pulls me in.
I struggle to the surface, and grab a lung full of air.
"I win, by the way" I tell her, as she climbs out the river.
"No way, you fell. I win" Selene argues.
"No" I argue back. "I win, I didn't give up"
Selene folds her arms and glares at me.
"Fine" she eventually sighs. "You win" she smiles, and pushes me back in the river.
"Why did you to run off like that?" Helios growls at us.
"We were playing 'can't catch me' and Hera fell in the river" Selene told him.
"If Hera fell in, why are you wet?" Helios asks.
"Because I pushed her in" I tell him, as I climb out the river, for hopefully the last time today.
"So now we need to push you in" Selene smiles, and pushes him in.
"Why'd you do that?" He yells at Selene.
"Because you need a bath, you stink" she tells him.
"You got my cloths all wet" he complained. "And my pack, and all the food. You are such an idiot, Selene"
"Me? Atleast I know how to have fun. Get a grip" she argues right back. "it's just water. It wont hurt you"
"I know it wont hurt me, i'm not stupid"
"Couod've fooled me"
"Guys, cut it out!" I shout to be heard over there bickering. I was used to their pretend fights, but this was something else. It was crule. It was mean. It was...real. "Let's just get going" I say, and walk off.
"fine"
"fine" I hear them say behind me, and eventually I also hear their foot steps crunch on the dry leaves.
It was pretty miserable after that, we walked in silence, ignoring each other. The only thing that would make it worse was if it started raining, but then again, we were already soaked, so what difference dose it make? Besides, the lovly sunshine seemed to be mocking our bad mood.
"Stupid sunshine" I mutter.
"What?" Selene asks.
"Nothing" I tell her.
"No, what did you say? I'm curiouse now" she says
"It's nothing" I tell her.
"Hera, just tell her, she wont leave you alone till you do" Helios tells me.
"I said 'stupid sunshine'" I tell Selene.
"Why? What's wrong with some sunshine?" Helios asks.
"It's to bright." I explain. "And i'm so grumpy. So it's stupid."
"Because your grumpy?" Selene asks, with a smile in her tone. I turn to look at her, and see her smiling.
"Yes" I say. "And why are you smiling?"
"Because your so funny" she says, with a giggle.
"How is that funny?" I ask.
"How is it not!" Helios exclaims. "Would you like some more sunshine?"
"NO!" I shout, but to late, suddenly the forest is so much lighter.
"Did you do that?" I ask in shook.
"Yeah" Helios said.
"How?" I ask. We walked for alittle longer as a waited for an answer. But it soon became obviouse I wasn't getting one. Why not? Is this a touchy subject? Because I think it's awesome to be able to do something like that.
"Helios?" I ask, after another couple of minutes of silence.
"Yes" Helios said it hesitantly, and if I had been able to see his face, I imagine it would be closed, shut down. Hiden. But also a little curiouse.
"Can all Imortals do that?" I ask, treading carefully, as I know this is a touchy subject. At first I thouht he wasn't going to answer, and I was about to drop the subject when he did.
"No" Helios tells me. "just me"
"Oh, um, why?" I ask. "Why just you?"
"Because our father is Hyperion" Selene answers for him.
Hyperion? Titan of light? Brother of my father. The one father yelled at for not doing anything. The one that rides the sun across the sky? Hyperion, husband of Thea? I didn't know their parents were Titans. So they, to, were fighting their family. Kinda. Hyperion was determaned not to get involved. That was what he told father, anyway.
"Hyperion? Titan of light?" I ask.
"Yes" Helios says. He said it as though it were terrible.
"Well, that's cool, I think" I say, unsure what to say.
"Cool? Cool? It's aweful!" Selene yelled. "He's not doing anything! He just sits on his lazy bum all day long. He doesn't give a damn about the war. Even mother was doing something to help. We had it and ran away when we found out he planed on just sitting their and letting the war go on. How can he not do anything when that monster Cronos has eaten his children. Can you imagine being stuck in their. And father wont do anything! Atleast your father is on the right side. Ours isn't on a side"
"I wouldn't call the side my father is on the 'right' side. Espeacially when i'm on the other" I mutter.
"What?" Helios asks. "I didn't hear you"
"He's on the other side? With Cronos? How aweful!" Selene said.
"Not with Cronos exactly." I begin, but Selene interupts.
"How can you be on opposite sides if your father isn't with Cronos?" Selene asks. "Unless you're with Cronos!" she gasped
"NO!" I shout. "Of coures i'm not. My father isn't exactly on Cronoses side, because he is Cronos. So I supose he is on his side, well, he has to be..."
"You father is Cronos?" Selene said. "Oh my." she grabed my shoulder and spun me around. Well, tried to. Instead of turning me around, I sliped an some rocks, and fell.
"Opps, sorry" Selene squels.
"It's fine" I tell her as I pick myself up. As soon as i'm up, Selene's hugging me.
"I'm so sorry. That's so aweful. I can't imagine what it's like, having your father like that. It's so aweful! It's extra aweful, even"
"Whoa, Selene, did you just say 'extra aweful'? Whoa, Hera, that means this is some seriously aweful." Helios said, earning him a punch from Selene. But it made me smile.
"I thought he ate you?" said Helios. "all his children, I mean."
"Yeah, he did. But this guy saved us. As I told you before, we were traped, but then he rescued us, me and my siblings, and, well, you know the rest" I say, eyes leaking again.
"i'm still really sorry" Selene tells me, releasing me from her sqeezing hug "It really is aweful"
"Extra aweful" Helios smiles, giving me a hug. Thankfully, his weren't as tight as Selene's.
"l-let's go." I stummer, and Selene takes the lead. I end my hug with Helios, but he keeps a hold of my hand.
We were silent for a while, but it was a nice silence, unlike before. And every-now-and-then, Helios would give my hand a sqeeze. I liked it. The silence, well, we were in the forest, so it's never really silent. It felt good. Walking hand-and-hand with Helios. It felt right. Helios gave my hand another sqeeze, I smiled, and gave this hand a slight sqeeze back.
A few leaves russled, and I froze instantly. It's the forest, leaves russle a lot, but at the moment, I can't feel any breeze, and i've been having this feeling that we've been watched for the past few minutes.
"What's wrong?"Helios asked. I glance around, and see a slight movement behind a oak tree a few feet ahead. A movment a person would make, as they moved to hide behind the trunk.
"We're being watched" I whisper to them, and I see them both freeze.
"Where?" Selene whispers, just as quitely.
"Behind that oak tree" I point to the tree, and Selene unsheaths her sword.
"Erchomaste eirinika katsika mitera?" Helios said.
"Nai, poios eisai esy?" a mans voice came from behind the tree.
"Filoi, aggonistes tis eleftherias. Selene, Hera kai eimai Helios."
"Gia Gaia" the man said.
"Kata Cronos" Helios answered, and the man jumped down from the tree.
"Welcome to Katsika mitera, Selene abd Helios. Long time no see" the man told us.
He looked around 20, had light brown hair, and green eyes. "
"Epimeteus" Selene squealed, and ran and gave him a hug.
"Hey, Selene, still the same as always. Are you being followed or tracked?" Epimetheus asks.
"Not that we know of." Selene said.
"Then follow me. You're expected." and with that Epimetheus walked off, expecting us to follow.
"We made it!" Selene smiled, and followed Epimetheus, and me and Helios followed behind her.
"We're at Katsika mitera. We did it"
"Yes, Selene, we made it." Helios told her as we emerged into a clearing, with the most beautiful lake, and a water fall over to one side.
Like in the picture.
I take out the picture Muscle man gave me, yes, it's the same place.
'when all else fails, go swimming.'
Epimeteus dived into the water