Fiction: Group 3
The Greeks’ Interference
Yan Oi Tong Tin Ka Ping Secondary School, Lui, Jackie - 14, Fiction: Group 3
still don’t get it.” Anya was careful to keep her face neutral. She had no idea what was going on.
One minute she and Sapphyre were cornered by a silver-eyed girl and her band of girls in all
sizes wearing a silver hunter’s uniform at the Victoria Harbour, and the next they were sitting on
a bench outside the South China Shopping Mall. Her geography wasn’t good, but she was pretty sure that
the world’s largest shopping mall was
miles
away from Hong Kong.
This was harder than Sapphyre thought. “Okay. I will explain again, and
listen carefully.
“I’m immortal. Greek mythology is real. The other myths aren’t, but Greek mythology is. That silver-eyed
girl was Artemis, the virgin goddess of the moon, the hunt, childbirth and archery.
“She’s one of the Olympians. Olympia existed a millennium ago. I was born there, made from the essence
of the fourteen gods themselves, twelve of them being Olympians: Zeus, Poseidon, Hades, Apollo, Hermes,
Ares, Hestia, Artemis, Aphrodite etc. But I wasn’t alone; I had a sister; a twin. We worked together to
protect Olympus.
“One day, the gods—mainly Zeus--deemed us too powerful. He tried to kill us, but he only got my sister.
I was lucky enough to escape in one piece. I saved her essence and released it into the mortal world, so she
could be born as a mortal one day, and when the time is right, I would be able to change her back into an
immortal. Each time she was turned into a mortal, I saw her and visited her.
“And now Olympus is doomed. You remember Ashton, the guy who flirted with you at the café?”
Anya was so busy absorbing the information that she didn’t realize she was talking to her until Sapphyre
gave her a poke. “Yeah.”
“He’s dangerous,” Sapphyre threw this out matter-of-factly. “He’s got the weapon to bring down
Olympus, and in fact, he’s heading there right now to carry it out.”
“Carry it out…” Anya was processing it as quickly as possible. “You want to go after him? Why are you
telling me this?”
Sapphyre looked pleased that she grasped the point so quickly. But then her expression turned blank. “No.
We
are going to go after him and stop him before it’s too late.”
“But…why me? Why are we even doing this?”
“
Because
, Anya. You’re the sister.
My
sister. I’ve been your best friend for so long, why would it surprise
you that I’m your actual, full-blooded sister? We’re doing this because even though the Olympians are a
pain, they will be better rulers than that arrogant imbecile.”
There was silence between them for a moment.
Anya didn’t know how to feel. Overjoyed? Shocked?
What she was feeling, she realized, was…nothing. In fact, she mentally berated herself for not seeing it
sooner. All those
signs
of Greek monsters and the familiarity with Sapphyre when they first met. She
should’ve
known
.
Finally, she felt her lips curl upwards. “Where are the Olympians now? Greece?”
“No. The entrance to the city of Olympia, also known as Olympus, is in Hong Kong’s Big Buddha.”
“
What?!
” Anya yelped. She’d been living on Lantau Island
all her life.
She suddenly felt like an idiot.
Sapphyre smirked at her reaction. ”Don’t worry. Mortals and magical beings alike have trouble finding it.”
“That made me feel so much better,” Anya replied sarcastically.
“Come on,” Sapphyre jumped up and offered Anya her hand. “If we leave now, we can make it to the
Buddha before Ashy does.”
Anya glanced at Sapphyre’s hand warily. “What’s with…that?”
“Teleportation,” she explained. “It’ll be over in a second, but we’ll be at the right foot of the Buddha.”
Anya didn’t really have much of a choice. She took Sapphyre’s hand, and suddenly, she was standing in front
of an enormous gleaming golden statue.
Sapphyre cocked an eyebrow at her. “Now, do you know how to use your powers?”
“Powers?” Anya felt stupid.
“Powers,” Sapphyre confirmed. “I suppose I should give you a short lesson.”
“That would be a good idea.”
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