Sophie woke up in an old, dirty street near a big rubbish bin. She was thinking about what had happened before she was sent down here and why she is here. She tried to get up but her head was hurting so much that she couldn’t. She sat there a while and then, suddenly another girl showed up. This girl was literally shining with a purple light or was Sophie dreaming? She had really long wavy hair and big eyes. She was so beautiful and looked like she was blessed by the Gods. Sophie thought that she is a demi-god because humans won’t look like this. Also because she hadn’t seen any humans before she wasn’t absolutely sure. The girl came through her while Sophie was having these thoughts.
She introduced herself “ Hello, my name is Luna. Are you going to get up or should I carry you?” Sophie came to her senses again and said “ Hi, my name is Sophie. I guess I fell here and hit my head so, not carrying but a little help would be great.” with a crackled voice. Luna helped Sophie to get up and told her to follow. Sophie stopped a minute and spoke to herself, "What if she is a bad person?” But because she was moving too fast Sophie pushed these thoughts aside and started following her.
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Hephaistos was watching them really closely to see what “the great, fairy, princess Sophie” will do. He was happy to see her like this and planning to make things worse. He laughed to himself with a sneaky pleasure about the plans and their possible consequences.
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“ I don’t know what to do with her but she looked like a harmless mother. What is your suggestion, what should I do with her?”
“ Think smart, my child. If she was going to hurt you, you would feel. Unfortunately I haven’t seen her anywhere around before; so, also be careful about it. Trust your inner senses, I will guide you whenever you need help.”
“Thanks mother.”
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Luna decided to take Sophie to her cave where she lives. It will take a little time to go there because she was living a bit far away from here, at the foot of the mountain. They didn’t talk much while moving. Maybe that was because Sophie was tired and Luna was thinking so much. Sophie started to talk upon herself like she always did. She didn't have any friends in the Gods realm so she solved this by talking to herself. Sophie was actually amusing and energetic, she also loved reading books. She read all kinds of books and always dreamed about having an adventurous life like that. She had such a perfect life that it was boring. She always had so many fake scenarios in her head and tried to act like she was in some different situations. Sometimes the fairies who saw her thought she was mad. She was enjoying herself while dreaming but when the dreams came true she understood that they were not that good. She was hurt and confused right now and the only thing she could do was to follow a girl that she met a few moments ago and that way is maybe a way to her death. She tried to look on the positive side, she was really having an adventure even though the end is unknown. She tried to remember what really happened before she woke up in the old street. Unluckily the only thing she remembered was the little fight between Zeus and Hera, Hera begging him to not do something he was about to. She couldn’t hear that part because she lost herself and fell to the ground.
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“Please listen to me, my child.” Sophie heard a voice like that but thought she was dreaming because she hit her head while falling. “Don’t ignore me!” the voice said again. Suddenly Sophie started having a really bad headache that she couldn’t walk.
“There you go, I said listen but you didn’t listen so I had to do this.” said the owner of the voice. Sophie tried to look at her but couldn’t see anything except a bright light. “Do not try to look at me or you could lose your senses such as your sight. I am in my true form as a Goddess so it won’t be good. Oh I must have forgotten to introduce myself, my bad.
I am the Goddess of wisdom Athena and I’m Zeus’s daughter, in case you need it. My dad has sent you here because you caught him cheating Hera ,again, and told her. He might take you back but you’ll need to complete a quest. I’m here to help you because he has been so unfair to you. Your quest will be about a forgotten God. Of course I am not going to tell you the whole story. This God is forgotten because of a curse made by another Goddess. You will solve this situation and set the forgotten God free. Before that you must go to camp half-blood and learn the prophecy about it. I suggest you to talk about this with your friend Luna. Also don’t forget to mention me too. You won’t be alone, I will always be watching your steps and help in need. It’s time to wake up for you little angel, good luck” then, Sophie woke up in a cave. Luna was making her something and that was smelling so bad she thought she might have woken up because of that. Trying to sit was a bad idea because of her unbearable headache so she just lay there with her eyes open and tried to figure out where she was and what had happened. “I carried you all the way here Sophie. Thank Gods you are not heavy. Are you even eating anything at all? Also I gave you some nectar too because I think you are a demi-god too. Luckily I wasn’t wrong. Also I am the reason that you are living, your welcome little princess.” Sophie groaned after hearing Luna. “I hope not all humans are like that.” she thought. She asked Luna what had happened to her before coming here. “You were screaming before I saw you laying on the ground so I thought you fainted because you had hit your head before and maybe you had seen a scary bug. Then I tried to get you up but unfortunately you were in a trance and I couldn’t get you off from the ground. I waited for you like 10 minutes then you actually fainted. I carried you from there to here. You're welcome again.” Sophie remembered her talk with Athena and her suggestion of telling Luna about it. So she told her everything about the talk with the Goddess. Luna looked at Sophie absentmindedly. “Who are you Sophie? I don’t mean what your name is, I am asking who you really are.” said Luna after a few minutes. Sophie told her about the affair she had with Zeus and his punishment for Sophie. Luna was really shocked about it because she didn’t expect Sophie to have such a story like that, she thought Sophie was just a beautiful, self-centered demi-god. “I am wondering something too Luna, Why did you help me when we were in the old street? Also I’d like to ask who you really are.” Sophie asked sincerely. An unexpected angry response from Luna echoed in the cave “I just wanted to help, don’t think of an emotional reason behind it. Also I’m the daughter of Hecate so watch your back little so-called angel!” They didn’t talk much after this conversation. They ate some fruit, this was the only thing they had since they came from the forest, and Luna gave Sophie ambrosia to make her heal fast. Before they slept Luna just said “Be ready for tomorrow. We are going to camp half-blood, the devil’s place.” in a disgusted voice.
