Omg thank so very much for your reviews, they motivated me to write much faster lol. So anyways this is the next chapter and I hope you like it. Don't forget to let me know what ye think.
Dreamsafantasy: I def want to go for a happy ending, but sometimes the story writes itself, you just sit down and start typing and do something way diff from what you expected. But I will make it work lol ; )
Eleine: Give it a try doll, that's excatly what I used to do, all reading and no writing. If you like writing I recommend that u give it a shot, theres nothing like getting reviews of ppl who like wat I write : )
Hermes left me a few leagues away from Trabzon. He had a saddened look upon his golden face as I dismounted the horse that had gotten us here. In the pit of my stomach I had a feeling that the sad look was not sadness but pity for me.
I looked up to him on his horse, his curls and eyes seemed paler bathed in the light of the moon. He turned his horse and prepared for leave.
"Are you well?" He asked me.
"Yes. I get to see my home again." I replied not truly understanding the significance in is words. Later on I would wish that simple moment of ignorance could last for all time.
"This world…It is filled with sorrow and evil. But there are also beautiful things. You must remember that." His horse broke into a furious gallop and he was gone.
I walked leagues to my home, my feet tired in the inadequate sandals I wore and the cold seeped through my toga. I walked until the sky had began to lighten and the sun began to rise. I walked a road that I had walked many times before, a road of trees and dirt that rose with each step. But unlike so many times before, my home was not what awaited me.
When I finally reached Trabzon I found the most devastating truths of all. The sun had risen over the horizon casting gentle pale light upon my city. The sky was the most beautiful blue and the air was cool, giving way to winter. But The sky was the only thing that appeared familiar of my home.
The tall walls that surrounded my city had gaps here and there, obvious attack points. I stood in front of the opened doors that kept my city guarded from the outside world. My heart tightened when I did not hear a guardswomen ask "What business have you with in Trabzon?" And when my ears strained to hear sounds from the once busy city that use to echoed outside its walls and I heard naught but the mournful song of the wind.
When I stepped inside I felt like weeping at the sight of what was left of my home. For the busy city that was once proud and beautiful now stood in ruins. Some buildings were burned, some had walls smashed and some barely stood at all. In desperation to find signs of life I walked through the city but everywhere I searched the answer proved the same. No one was there. My steps began quickening, as I desperately searched for a live sister. My quickened steps then became a sprint, searching for any sign of life. But walking through the city was like walking through a ghost town. Sounds were scarce, there were no voices of women and girls going to and fro, only the lonely sound of my sandals against the coble stones and the terrifying sounds of the howling wind.
I did not wish to accept that this was what was left of the place I had once called home. But the proof before my eyes forced me to do so. I became tired of running, of searching. I came the highest building in the city. The structure in the town square. The temple of Athena.
The temple too was desecrated. A sob escaped my lips, and salty tears ran down my face. Sobs raked through my body, my legs would no longer hold me. I fell to the ground on my hands and knees, tears blurred my vision and my sobs were the only sound in the streets.
When I managed to gain the strength to rise from my knees the sun was straight above me, burning brighter in this time. I furiously wiped my tears from my face and made my way inside the temple.
Though outside the temple stood despite the desecration the inside was much different. Blood stained the once beautiful marble floors. And there were bodies too. Priestess laid here and there like broken toys that a child had done with. The smell of rotting corpse was prominent in the air.
How could Athena only watch as this happened? Ares had intervene in the affairs of mortal, I fail to comprehend why could she not, even to save her beloved daughters.
My grief was replaced with anger. An anger so devastating I wished to hurt someone, anything even myself. In my rage a wilderness took over me. One that only wanted to destroy. I looked upon the nearly untouched shrine and though I am devastated to say so, I shattered everything upon it, I threw it to the ground, broke it into a thousand pieces until the vases we had baked ourselves, the flowers I had picked and the offerings we had placed laid upon the floor as scattered and as broken as my sisters.
When there was nothing to devastate, nothing more left to defile, I looked up to the ceiling, and spoke. My voice had never held such anger and venom as it held that very moment.
"How dare you, How dare you not lift one single finger while this happened! I believed in you, and you did nothing to save them!… Answer me!"
There was no answer to my questions, only the silence of the dead and my words that echoed back to me.
"I do not blame Ares for this. I blame you. Strike me down, for I have nothing to live for. I cannot worship you any longer. I can-not." When the anger seeped out of my voice I was left only with the grief for my fallen people. There was nothing to live for. No hope.
In the days that followed I burned the bodies I found, Gave them proper rest. I threw their ashes into the blue sea. I did not say the prayer for the dead. For I no longer believed Athena was our goddess. Instead I raised my arms towards the sun and sang a song I had learned as a child. I sand as tears cascaded down my face and my neck. I sang until the sun had sunken over the horizon. I sang these words.
Shinin' sun
Over horizon sunk
It shines no more
Upon yer armor
I'll wait for ye upon the river
Don't go without me
To lands unknown
I'll wait for ye upon the river….
Well this is it for now. I already started the next chapter and I am currently editing and reviewing, so hopefully I don't take forever to post it. So little green button below. let me know what you think : )