Achilles' POV

As the beach of Troy drew nearer and nearer, I wondered about mother's prophecy. 'A golden sign' what could that possibly mean? I was thinking about it, but then it was time to ready the men for battle. "Take up your positions!"

Eudorus, second in command of the Myrmidons, looked a little worried, which he should not have been. "My Lord, should we wait for the others?"

"They brought us here for war." I said, annoyed.

He still seemed worried. "Yes, but Agamemnon's orders…"

I sighed. "You fight for me, Eudorus, or Agamemnon?"

"For you, My Lord."

I looked straight at him. "Then fight for me. And let the servants of Agamemnon fight for him."

I saw Patroclus taking a spear and I called him over. "Patroclus! Put down your spear."

Patroclus' eyes looked confused and a little angry. "But I'm fighting the Trojans, Cousin."

"Not today," I said, looking him in the eyes.

"I'm ready. You taught me how to fight!" His voice started breaking; a sign of weakness, I could not have weakness.

"And you are a good student, but you are not a Myrmidon yet. Look at these men," I said and turned Patroclus to look at the Myrmidons on the ship. "They are the fiercest soldiers in all of Greece. Each of them has bled for me. Guard the ship."

He was angry. "But this is a war!"

He pushed me too far. "Cousin, I cannot fight the Trojans if I am concerned for you. Guard the ship."

Patroclus stormed off to the back of the ship and dropped his spear; he took the news better than I expected. As my ship was in two hundred yards of the shore I spoke. 'I would rather fight with you than any army of thousands…we are lions…immortality…' Yes, I made them Proud to be Myrmidons.

I placed my helmet on my head and had my spear in my hand, and waited for the boat to ram into the shore of Troy.

I jumped off the front of the ship when we hit sand. Arrows were falling all around me and two of my Myrmidons were already dead after the first wave of them. I kneeled down in the sand and the Myrmidons crowded around me, forming a shield wall. We slowly moved together to where the Trojans were defending and when we were close enough I ordered the men to break off. I began tearing through man after man; slaughtering at least fifty men in only a few minutes. More Greeks began to arrive on the shore and help kill the Trojans.

It only took twenty minutes to kill all the Trojans on the beach, and then the Myrmidons and I reached the Temple of Apollo. "Take whatever treasure you can find," I said, and this seemed to make the men happy so they scrambled up the steps and into the temple.

Only Eudorus stayed behind with me outside the temple. "Apollo sees everything; perhaps it is not wise to offend him."

I was so tired of this nonsense, so I turned back to face the temple and then with one strong swing I cut off the statue of Apollo's head. His reaction was priceless.

I turned my head to see more Trojans arriving, but they would not be enough for the Greeks on the beach now. "Go warn the men," I started, but then I wanted to give them a warning. "Wait."

I motioned for Eudorus to give me his spear. Once I had the spear in my hand, I took aim and threw it with all my might. The spear knocked some unlucky soldier clean through the chest. Eudorus went into the temple to warn the men. The leader of the army, I assumed, stopped his horse and stared at me in disbelief. He motioned his company forward, after me.

I went into the temple and I climbed behind a statue and waited for the soldiers to come in. They came and the Myrmidons annihilated almost all of them except for two, who had slipped away from the crowd, coming after me.

I went into the temple and I climbed behind a statue and waited for the two soldiers to follow me in. After around thirty seconds of waiting I heard footsteps and voices.

"No, they are going to kill us all. Go back home, soldier!" A strong, male voice whispered loudly. I guessed right, he was the leader of the army…he was Prince Hector, but who was the other man?

Hector and the other soldier came into view and I could see that the Prince was trying to be rid of his companion. I was a little intrigued when this unknown soldier did not speak, but just shook his head in reply to Hector's question.

"Go back now, Soldier!" Hector shouted again.

"It is a little late for going back now. You both are a little foolish coming after me like this," I could not help but say, and the two Trojans looked up at me.

Hector rushed forward at me and the other soldier followed closely behind, but both brandishing their swords at the same time. "Fight me!" Hector screamed.

I jumped down off the statue and began walking out to the side entrance of the temple. "I think it is a little too early to be killing Princes of Troy," I said, and saw Hector and his soldier following me outside…how predictable.

Once I was out of the entrance, I turned round to face Hector and his mute soldier. As soon as the Prince and the soldier were close enough to me, I motioned for the Myrmidons to surround them.