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Post by Mika on Feb 20, 2011 19:38:32 GMT -5
Chapter 1: I Chase a Random Guy into the Sea
There it was again. That feeling that a big storm was coming. Mika Porter sat up in her bed in the middle of the night. She shook her head and looked around her room at the Porter's house. Lightning flashed outside her window and then thunder roared. Mika got out of bed and went towards the window. She opened it and climbed out onto the tree branch beside it. She sat there and watched the clouds role in. Her family lived near the beach so she jumped out of the pine tree and went down to the sea. She stood there and let the waves lap on her feet. She felt some one watchin her and whirled around and saw a man. He had black hair and deep green eyes. He was wearing flip flops and a Hawaiian shirt with Bermuda shorts. He just stood there and looked at her.
"What are you doing here mister?" she said.
He just started to walk towards the sea.
"Sir? Are you ok?"
He just kept walking farther into the pounding waves. Mika dashed after him. Suddenly, a large wave slammed into her and she fell backwards into the water. The man kept going deeper and deeper. I wonder if hes had one drink too many... i got to save him She started to swim towards him.
"sir you need to get out of the water."
But the wind was too loud and carried her words away. The man stopped walking and began swimming into the deeper water.
"SIR... YOU HAVE GOT TO COME BACK!!!" Mika cried.
The man turned and started to rise on a wave. He began walking towards her. Now Mika had seen a lot of weird things in her life but this was new. "Oh my word..."
The man grabbed her out of the water and then started towards the deeper sea once again.
"LEMME GO!!! SOME ONE HELP!!!"
"Please be quiet... I'm not going to hurt you."
"HOW CAN I BELIEVE THAT WHEN YOUR CARRYING ME ON THE WATER OUT TO SEA!!! WOW!!! I MIGHT BE STUPID... BUT NOT THAT STUPID!!!"
"Just be quiet"
oh man ive got to do something' Mika thought. But before she could, light flashed and she was dropped onto a stone walkway.
"ow... i think i need a ice pack..."
she rolled over and looked up at the sky. Or what should have been the sky. Clouds covered it from as far as the eye could see. She looked around and saw an edge on the path. She crawled towards it and looked down. It was New York City. With the Empire State building right beneath her. She got dizzy and had to sit back.
"Seems like you made it here ok."
She whirled around and saw the guy who had brought her here.
"Wha... what happened?"
The guy just laughed.
"Your at Mt. Olympus."
"i thought that that was a story made up by some random dudes dressed in togas to explain why the earth did things it did."
The guy rolled his eyes and turned towards a mountain in the distance. He started walking.
"Wait up!" Mika said, and ran to catch up to him.
"The first thing i need to do is talk to your father about letting you do a quest for me and then having some minor gods train you and... here we are"
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Post by Mika on Feb 21, 2011 18:49:16 GMT -5
Chapter 2: I Meet the Guy of My Dreams
Mika just stared at the beautiful columns and Greek architecture.
"Uh... why are the guys wearing dresses?"
"How many times do I have to explain that it is a toga... not a dress."
"sooo if Mt. Olympus is real... then..."
"Yes the gods are real... I'm Poseidon pleased to meet you."
"It wasnt my choice, but ditto."
There were people dancing in the square to ancient musical instruments and there was laughing every where. The market was full of food from all over the world. Spices, veggies, meat, and delicious desserts.
"What's that?" Mika pointed towards a small thing of meat in the stall.
"Oh... thats guinea pig... its really quite delicious once you get used to the taste."
"GROSS!!!"
They kept walking towards the biggest building. It was at the top of the mountain. It was the most beautiful thing she had ever seen. Little rivers ran through the palace on the marble, going down the stairs and making waterfalls. It sounded like music. Plants grew every where and and birds called out to each other in the trees. People walked through gardens of flowers and laughed. The she saw the throne room. Twelve thrones were in a circle. Each throne was designated to one of the major gods or goddesses. Poseidon went over and sat in a fishing chair. Another man was sitting in his chair. He smelled of ozone and sat in a gold throne.
"Poseidon, i hope you have a good reason for meeting me."
"Yes, I do brother."
"What is that girl doing here?"
"She is a demigod sir. Your child actually."
"WHAT!!!" cried Mika. "MY DAD IS A NORMAL GUY WITH A NORMAL JOB!!! This is a terrible dream i wanna go home."
"Why did you bring my daughter here?!?!?! Poseidon... you have some explaining to do."
"Hold on... I was getting there. I need your daughter to go on a quest for me."
"Why not get one of your kids?"
"Welll... that's the difficulty. It needs to be one of your kids."
"Why?"
"Ummm... let's just say it needs your touch..."
"Poseidon... there is something your not telling me."
"It needs lightning and the child of the offspring of the king of the gods..."
"EXCUSE ME!?!?!?!" Mika shouted. "I AINT GIVING MY LIFE TO NO ONE!!! WHY DO YOU NEED MY LIFE?!?!?!?!"
"Hush child!" said Zeus.
"IF YOUR MY DAD, WHY WOULD YOU LET SOME ONE KILL YOUR KID?!?!?!"
"I only need a promise... not to kill you. I want your daughter, so in return, ill give you my word that i will not rebel during the time of her life." said Poseidon quickly.
"Request granted." Zeus said.
"OK SO NO ONE ASKS ME WHAT I WANT?! YOUR KIDDING RIGHT?! WOW! WHAT A GREAT DAD!"
Zeus turned around with stormy eyes towards her, but there was also hurt in them.
"Do what ever you want with her..." he said.
Poseidon smiled. "first i need you to swear on the river styx"
Zeus rolled his eyes. "i swear on the river styx that you may have my daughter.. Now its your turn."
"i swear on the river styx that i will not attack zeus during his daughters lifetime."
he took mikas arm.
"now that thats settled... time to go..."
"Wait... you look familiar... you the guy whos in my dreams all the time!" said Mika, turning to zeus
Zeus just turned away and disappeared into a flash of light.
"WAIT!!! THE LEAST YOU CAN DO IS EXPLAIN THIS TO ME!!!"
"Since he doesn't feel like it i guess i have to." said Poseidon.
"You know in the old stories when we were always having kids? Well that hasnt stopped just because weve moved around alot. We stay with the western civilization. We move were the highest power is. That is currently America. So Zeus apparently fathered you and then left. Are you adopted? Because the father you have isnt your real one."
"I dont know... I just dont know."
"well sorry about that but i have an issue in my kingdom that needs help. There is a minor goddess that is attacking my palace in the sea. Her name is Eris, goddess of discord and chaos. Shes causing quite a fuss."
"wo wo wo... u want me to take on a GODDESS?! A REAL LIVE BREATHING GODDESS WHO COULD TURN ME INTO AN ARTICHOKE?! nuh uh, i aint doin that"
"no and yes... it would have been better for Zeus or some other gods or goddess to help me but due to some... technical issues.. he probably wouldnt care to help me... so i got the next best thing... a child of Zeus..."
"Great... i get kidnapped and told to defeat a goddess quite good at her profession of causing a disaster because shes had thousands of years of practice... swell..."
"I wouldnt put it that way. Since i cant try to defeat her out right... i need to use a demigod to god to do it."
"if i do this... can i go back home?"
"maybe... it all depends..."
"Fine... ill do it... What do you want me to do..."
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Post by Mika on Feb 23, 2011 16:41:35 GMT -5
Chapter Three: I Almost Cut off a god's Head
"Eris is causing trouble at my palace... like i said earlier. She is mad at me because of a little disagreement. so i need your help on persuading her to stop."
"Persuading?"
"Welllll... not exactly persuading if you know what i mean. More like... forcing her to stop."
"oh" said Mika. "So you want me, to fight a full blown goddess and try and stop her from destroying your precious palace?"
Poseidon gave Mika a hard look and looked into her eyes.
"yep... thats pretty much it. Any questions?"
"just one..."
"what?"
"when do we get started?"
Poseidon smiled. He was starting to like this kid.
"well i was going to get Ares to help teach you but hes away on business and Apollo is probably with his current girl friend, so I was going to get Artemis to help you."
"Cool..."
"she should be right around this corner some where"
they turned the corner and Mika saw a huge archery rink, where gods and goddesses where testing their skills against one another.
"wow" said Mika.
A twelve year old looking girl came up to Poseidon and hugged him. She was wearing a glowing white hoodie and jeans. She had a bow and arrows on her back. She turned around and looked at Mika.
"Hi" she said. "im artemis."
Mika just stared at her in disbelief. you gotta say something... say something.
"Aren't you the goddess of child-birth?" ugh wrong thing to say. Mika thought.
Artemis laughed and took Mika's arm.
"yes... i am.. and Poseidon apparently wanted me to show you some battling skills. The only reason I'm doing that is well because your a girl and i have nothing else to do."
"is that supposed to make me feel better?"
"No" said Artemis, "but i was just telling you i wouldnt have done it for any one else."
"ok..."
"Why dont you show me some of your fighting skills?"
"But..."
"Just show me what yah got."
Artemis handed Mika a sword and took her moon white one out of her sheath. She swung the blade and Mika blocked. She felt a weird sensation, like blood coursing through her veins. She had felt that before, when she was ten and some random guy with one eye had been chasing her. She felt electricity and she started to glow. She faked and swung harder towards the goddess' middle. Artemis blocked it but barely. Her eyes narrowed and she started to push Mika harder. Mika spun around and used her momentum to slice at Artemis' legs. She jumped and while she did that, Mika shot up and went in for the kill. Lighting came zipping down and she felt suddenly weaker. Her sword went clean through... moonlight. She had sliced where Artemis had been a second to late. She looked around, suddenly bone tired. Artemis appeared behind her with her sword in her sheath. Her arms were crossed and she was frowning.
"lesson number one... dont try and cut off your sword masters head. Ok? that wouldnt go down too well."
Mika just stared at Artemis with a blank expression. Poseidon frowned. Artemis spoke again.
"can you show me that wee trick that you did with the lighting?"
Mika nodded and concentrated. She felt the electricity in her and lighting flashed above them. Thunder rolled and winds howled. She was in the center of her own storm. She laughed. She turned towards Artemis. She looked like she was trying to say say something, but Mika couldnt hear her. Then Mika fell onto the stone.
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Post by Areelah Gregorie on Feb 26, 2011 18:20:25 GMT -5
hey mika!! i like your story so far!!!
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Post by Grace Westly on Feb 27, 2011 22:05:54 GMT -5
((wheres chapter 4?!?!?!?!?))
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Post by Grace Westly on Feb 28, 2011 20:08:25 GMT -5
((well hurry))
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Post by Areelah Gregorie on Feb 28, 2011 20:27:35 GMT -5
yeah seriously mika!!! i'm dying 4 more!!!
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Post by Grace Westly on Feb 28, 2011 20:39:50 GMT -5
((grrrrr...... rawr))
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Post by Mika on Mar 3, 2011 16:32:12 GMT -5
Chapter 4: A Couple gods act like two year olds...
Mika woke up. She sat up and stared at the ceiling. when did we repaint my ceiling? then she remembered. She groaned and plopped back onto the bed and put her face in her pillow.
"rule number two..."
Mika whirled around at the voice.
"is never go beyond your power ability."
Artemis was standing in the doorway, leaning against the door post. She smiled and walked up to the bed.
"How you doin sweetie? those nymphs been takin care of yah?''
Mika just looked at the goddess.
"so nymphs are real too?" she asked.
"They most certainly are."
Artemis said as she sat down beside Mika. She sighed and looked out the window. Mika followed her gaze and saw a garden full of laughing children and satyrs chasing tree nymphs. She gasped when one of the nymphs turned into a tree and the satyr ran into her and got knocked out cold. Artemis laughed.
"can you get up?"
"ill try."
Mika swung her legs over the side of the bed and stood. She would have collapsed if Artemis hadnt been there to catch her.
"well ill get you some more nectar and ambrosia."
She walked towards the shelf next to the door and opened it. She pulled out some squares and a medicine looking like thingy. She puled a spoon out and gave Mika a teaspoon. Mika shook her head.
"come on... itll make you feel better. and sides it aint real medicine."
Mika took a tentative sip. She tasted choclate and vanilla. She turned a surprised glance towards Artemis. Artemis smiled.
"yah feelin better?"
"yep a lot better."
"try standing up."
Mika swung her legs over hte side of the bed and stood up. This time she was fine. Artemis looked around, as if making sure no one was there.
"Mika... has Poseidon said anything to about what you are going to do for him?"
"No.. just that he wants me to get Eris out of his palace... he said hed fill me in on details later."
"oh ok... because i make it my business to know whats going on."
"oh."
"now why dont we make some sword practice?"
"sure!"
after Mika dressed into a t-shirt and some basketball short, they headed towards the arena. There where tons more people there than there had been yesterday.
"They heard about what happened yesterday and wanted to test their skills with you." whispered Artemis.
"great... its officially beat up the little kid day isnt it?"
Artemis smiled. A big muscular man saw them and started to walk towards them.
"thats ares. He wants to challenge you."
Mika took a long look at him.
"Artemis?"
"yes?"
"can you promise me something?"
"Sure."
"When i die... can you scrape all of me off the ground and give me a proper burial?"
Artemis looked at Mika.
"plenty of my hunters have fought against him and they all survived. And i wouldnt let him hurt you, because Poseidon would have my hide."
"oh thats a nice thought."
Ares walked up and Artemis ran foward and gave him a hug. He stood there awkwardly. She backed off and Ares looked at Mika.
"You sure shes the one who almost cut off yo head?"
"yes... yes she is."
"cuz she a little pipsqueak. I guessin that you know who i am and i know who you are... so lets get this show on the road."
Just as Ares drew his sword, a wall of water burst in between them. Mika stumbled back and looked into the water. Poseidon glared back at her. He let the water collapse and he stepped up to his nephew.
"and what do you think your doing?"
"just having a little fun."
"well its fun your going to have to live with out. Every body out!"
There were groans across the arena.
"Poseidon?" said Artemis.
"yes?"
"i was wondering... what exactly are you planning to have Mika do?"
Poseidon looked at artemis. he grabbed Mika's wrist.
"come on mika... we have other things to do."
"wait! its my right to know..." said Artemis before a roar of water drowned out her voice.
Just as suddenly as the water had errupted, it was blown down by a strong gale. A man walked out of the wind.
"what are you going to do with my daughter Poseidon? its a question we all want answered."
"you gave her to me and you dont need to know."
"as her father... i have every right to know." wow... thats a change Mika thought.
"Come on Mika were leaving." Zeus grabbed Mikas wrist and glared at Poseidon.
"Shes my daughter and i need her."
"well you gave her to me!''
"Well shes mine!" Zeus said as he pulled Mika to him
"no shes mine!" said Poseidon., as he tried to pull her back.
"no shes mine!"
"no! Mine!"
"MINE!"
"NO MINE!!!"
''ow ow ow ow ow ow ow ow ow'' said Mika. ''this has got to stop.''
She yanked away and glared at the two gods in front of her... knowing full well that what she was about to say could get her blasted to pieces.
"yall are a bunch of two year olds fighting over a poor kid! look at you! Im a real person and im no ones! im sick and tired of this! im going home!" and then she walked off.
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Post by Areelah Gregorie on Mar 3, 2011 16:45:27 GMT -5
nice mika. you knocked yourself out? hahahaha!!!! luv ya!
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Post by Areelah Gregorie on Mar 3, 2011 19:59:45 GMT -5
i wasn't even online! how was i supposed to copy you? luv ya!
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Post by Mika on Mar 7, 2011 17:51:27 GMT -5
Chapter 4: Back Home... For A little While...
Mika lay in her bed. Had it all been a dream? She didnt think so. She had found herself in the middle of New York and had to come back. She had been gone for days. The police had been looking for her and her parents were frantic. She said she had gotten lost. She said that there was nothing they could do to help her... unless they gave her a map. They had asked her why she was lost in the middle of the night. She had shrugged and said she sleep walked. She had to explain to them over and over that she hadnt been hurt in any way. They didnt even think to ask her where she had been after she woke up. Stupid police. She rolled and looked at the clock. She sighed and got up. Her mom had told her that she didnt have to go to school, but Mika wanted to feel normal... and pretend it had been a dream. She got dressed and went down stairs. She grabbed her breakfast and five bucks from her mom's purse. She wrote a note and left it on the counter. She snuck out the door and ate her breakfast on the way to school. She was walking and minding her own business, when two tall guys came out of no where. Literally... they came out of thin air. uh oh... that can only mean one thing... dad. She raced down the street. They followed her. In truth... she knew New york like the back of her hand. She ran through alleys and through stores. She eventually found the drain. She crawled into it and waited. The guys came and seemed to be listening for something. She was panting but stifled it. Then she remembered her heart was really loud. One guy swooped down and grabbed her. She screamed, but the other guy slammed his hand over her mouth. They began to rise. She kicked and did everything she could to get down. She bit the guy holding her and he let go of her. 500 feet in the air. She dropped and then she started to scream. 400 feet. She shut her eyes and saw her life pass in front of her. 350 feet. She felt the wind whistling around her and wondered if it would be the last thing she felt. 300 feet. Nope... it would be the pavement. 250 feet. She suddenly felt electricity running through her. 200 feet. She gritted her teeth and remembered her dad was the god of the sky. 200 feet. Wait.. he was also the god of the winds. 150 feet. She thought hard about a wind coming and saving her. 100 feet. The pavement was moving closer. 50 feet. good bye world she thought. 10 feet. She saw a flash of light, a felt a gale, and then felt the cold ground beneath her. She was alive. She looked up and saw leaves swirling above her. Her dad's face came to mind. She smiled. i need to learn about my powers she thought. With that... she went to school.
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Post by Areelah Gregorie on Mar 9, 2011 16:05:57 GMT -5
what do all these gods want with your character!? it's somewhat scary!
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Post by Areelah Gregorie on Mar 9, 2011 16:48:52 GMT -5
I WANT TO KNOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Post by Areelah Gregorie on Mar 9, 2011 16:57:13 GMT -5
You exasperate me. You're making my patience run thin!!
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