"You eat so small." Lyra heard Medusa told her as the two of them sat face to face, Medusa had prepared plenty of food for her, she even cooked a sheep ribs for her... She never knew that a sheep's ribs could taste so good.
"I'm used to eating only a few, what the servants gave me will be not question and I will have to eat it." She explained, Medusa's eyes squinted at her and she sighed, she then put another handful of meat and mashed potatoes on Lyra's plate.
" Eat more... You're so skinny, how em I supposed to eat a skinny food?" She murmured putting her hand beneath her chin to watch her eat, It seems that even though she is a princess she's been treated unfairly by her father, was it because she's a girl?
" Do you have any sisters?" Lyra suddenly looks at her and she nods her head.
" Yes, I do have three older sisters. I'm the youngest." She then took a bite of the mashed potato that she seems to love more than the meat.
" Then are they treated badly like you?" She shakes her, she sets down the fork she's holding and drink the water that sits beside her.
" Father favors them more than me. Two of my sister is beautiful, one is married to his friend, and one works in the temple of Hera, Alexandra my closest sister is his best warrior... So I'm the only useless Daughter." Medusa gaze flick towards her, it seems she wanted to turn someone into stone, her teeths are aching in rage, who would do that to a sweet soul like Lyra? That is so unfair, she would have to make that man suffer once she had the chance.
"I'm so full, I really can't have anymore." Lyra said pushing her plate back, the only thing she manage to eat is the mashed potato, but the meat, she only manage to take three more bites.
"What do you want to do today? Do you want to eat..." She stops eating and the snake in her head stood in alert, she could feel some powerful presence standing in the border of her forest... She grits her teeth recognizing that presence, what do they want from her?
"Medusa? Is everything alright?" Lyra asked her, Medusa shakes her head and she looks back at Lyra.
"Come, let's take a walk together." She held Lyra's hand and pull her with her, together they walk outside the cabin. She still could feel the presence lingering in the border... Her forest is protected by a powerful magic thanks to Aphrodite, she and the Goddess are the only one who can enter that place. So they could try all they want but it would be useless.
"Where are we going?" She asked Medusa as the two of them steps out of the Cabin.
"We're going to the cliff edge, you haven't been there and I wanted to watch the sunset there." She said holding Lyra's hand, she guided her through the forest they manage to pass by another fall, then they pass by A water fall in which Lyra wanted to take a rest first, then after Lyra had manage to rest they begin to walk again. The two started sharing stories about themselves and Lyra is very interested in Medusa's story.
I'm the youngest, I have two older sister and I'm sure you've already knew about them." She said while guiding Lyra.
" Tell me about your sisters. I wanted to know more about them." Medusa hesitated to tell the story about her sister, since she knows of there nature, but she couldn't resist the smile of Lyra's face.
"My sisters is Euryale and Stheno, unlike me, they are born a gorgon, they roam cities and villages turning every single living creatures into stone, no one manage to survive them that's why the myth surrounding them isn't well known... No one is speared to tell of there stories and the terror they did... When people found the villages and cities in which they visited the blame always falls on me." She said bitterly, Lyra felt her bitterness but she didn't know what to say.
" But as time pass by, I grew up to accept it. I mean hating them won't do any good to me, and they're the only once that is left to me." Medusa stops walking and so does Lyra, the wind have became strong and the she could waves as it hit the rock from below, it seems that they have reached the cliff.
" Come here and sit with me." Medusa sat down on a fallen log, she was expecting Lyra to sit beside her but she didn't, instead she enjoys the strong wind, it's refreshing and cold, the sound of the ocean waves is soothing to her. Medusa watched her as the bleeding sun kissed Lyra's skin, as, she's so surreal, she's like a painting she wished to see all day or a sculpture made by Pygmalion and himself alone, she's perfect.
" I... I never been on top of a cliff before. I never seen the sun falling from these view... I wished I could see it." Medusa looked at the setting sun the is slowly moving down, then she pulled Lyra to sit at her feet before she whispered to her ears. "
The sky is covered in a red and orange hue, and the ocean reflected it's colors, it's majestic beauty is something that can be compared to the Goddess of Beauty... It's rays of yellowish and orange light will make your skin warm." Soon the sun slowly disappeared letting the curtains of night fall and cover it. Lyra smile and leaned against Medusa's knee and she closed her eyes
" Thank you very much." She said enjoying the remnants of the sun's heat.
OLYMPUS
Hera returned to her chamber with disappointment, she can't enter the forest, it was too difficult to open and pass through, it's like a thick blanket covering the whole place .
Who could make such a barrier that even she, The mighty Hera has a hard time passing through. How did Medusa got a hold of such power? Who is helping her? Just who?
YOU ARE READING
The Lover of Medusa
FantasíaNo stone can change her love for her, and no Angry Goddess can come in between to a love that was written in stone. This is the Tale of Medusa and her Lover, unbeknownst to man. A love that was burried deep within.
