"Come on, Penelope, please get up?" Archie was begging.1
I opened one eye and grunted in a very un-lady like way.2
Archie handed me some jeans and a white t-shirt.3
"What about my sword, arch?" I complained.4
Silently, Archie handed me my blade.5
The metal was green, and it sparkled in tthe morning light like emeralds. There were emeralds welded into the heavy, golden hilt.6
I pushed back a strand of loose hair. i just wanted to cut it, but mom wouldn't let me do anything but get a sword for my eighteenth birthday. even though girs had certain limits in Greece, I was pretty sure I could find and kill at least one legendary monster, like my big brother, Perseus. Oh, yeah, my brother, Theseus. And my father, Odysseus. Yeah, yeah. Lots of 'seus'.7
Did I mention my aunt was Artemis?8
Or my cousin, Jason?9
I had to live up to the family name. The only one who hadn't done anything was archie, who was six. Well, he did kill a rat once. 10
OK, fine, he stepped on it and squished it's brains out.11
I sighed and strapped on my gridle. Desnivel, my new blade, swung from my waist. Archie cheered.12
"Penny's out of bed!" He called down the stairs.13
A cheer went up. I froze. My uncle, Apollo was lounging against the door, this big, happy grin on his face, like the ones you see on the people who've planned a surprise party for you.14
I groaned.15
"SURPRISE PARTY!?!" I yelled. "What the heck made you think I wanted a surprise party??"16
Apollo glared at me. I shrank back. He suddenly looked denagerous. The usual glad smile on his face had been wiped away and replace with a dangerous-looking frown.17
"Um...Thanks?" I asked, quizical about his behavior.18
When I got downstaris, i saw why.19
My uncle had gone out of his wits to create a party for me. every god on Olympus was there, even the ones who I wanted to very seriously strangle because they were always talking about love. they didn't look very happy, though.20
My uncle had created the best party on the planet in nine hours.
A contest entry
- o_O Supernatural O_o by Storms.
115 points, ended November 25, 2008, 19 entries
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to be continued...
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Again with the brains...I am slightly disturbed.
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continue! penelope! wierd..uh..creepy..uh..brothers...uh..who..uh..squish out...ew...rat's brains? OK...
greek heoines! uncle! Wait a minute...
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Thank you for entering, but I am sorry to say that this wasn't exactly what I was looking for. It is a very good story and I think your wording is nice, but I'm not quite seeing how it fits into the 'supernatural' column.... I see how you might have thought that, but I'm sorry that it's not what 'supernatural' applies to. -
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It's OK if you DQ me. I was going to write about a female heroine who battles the Chimara in ancient greece, but It doesn't really seem like it at first. I was going to continue.
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