How to Find the Wish Seed (Sequel to "The Goddess of Bad Luck")

Ghost in a Mirror

(Of course, I had to do Aphrodite's party dress! It's perfectly on the theme of childhood, with witting paper lines for the skirt and building blocks and pasafires on the ruffles. The color scheme is the primary colors in lighter shades and pastels. And don't forget the iconic necklace and bunny slippers!!! DO NOT STEAL!!!)

     Simply walking down the hall caused my to stress at the sound of Oliver's yell of pain and the sound of something crash following close after. I could only assume that the two events were related. "Are you ok, Oliver?!"

      I turned the corner to see the boy covering his face with his hands and Blue walking away like he had won a debate. After seeing a little of Carl's never ending chases after Blue, led me to think that maybe it was less of a debate and more survival of the fastest.

     That aside, I passed Blue who had something in his mouth and continued to help Oliver. "Atë, he scratched me."

     Oliver started to cry, despite looking my age, crying obviously wasn't looked down upon by Pandora. "Here, let's get you to a bed."

     I helped him up cross a few corridors before reaching a random guestroom. He groaned as I helped him onto the bed. "Gee, Blue has sharp claws."

     "I'm so sorry. He never does this! Um, where do you keep medical supplies?" I apologized in a panic upon seeing his bleeding face. Those scars weren't leaving anytime soon. The bedroom we were in happened to have a bathroom branching off of it, so I grabbed a few towels and told the boy to press it against his face.

     "There is some in the infirmary-" he stopped himself.

     "Oliver?!" he had passed out in the middle of giving me directions. I was then faced with the challenge of finding this kid 20 rolls of bandages and 30 ice packs. 

     The gashes in his face were going to need all the help they could get. I raced down the hall, peaking in every door and examining every hallway. By the time I actually found the entrance hall, it had felt like twenty minutes at least. Maybe Pandora made the castle more chaotic than I originally thought. 'Of course, it would take me this long to catch onto her schemes!'

     Without thinking about where I was going, I just aimlessly continued to walk, wrapped up in my thoughts. 'What if Oliver dies while I'm gone?! I don't even know how long I have been gone. Oh my gosh, he's gonna bleed to death because I can't find the stupid infirmary! And what happened to Blue, because I haven't seen him since he hurt Oliver. More importantly, what was in Blue's mouth. It looked pink and large, but I didn't get a very good look at it. Oh my gosh! I hope that wasn't some expensive cloth that belonged to Pandora. Otherwise, I'm going to be haunted by the ghost until the day I die. I guess it doesn't really matter. Most souls go to the underworld, so it can't really get any worse.'

     'I have never seen another human worry about so many things in under 60 seconds in my life,' a random voice echoed. Although, it didn't vibrate though the halls and bounce off the tile floor. It was contained in my head, as if trapped in my memories. For all I knew, it probably was. To my dismay, there was no mistaking that iconic tone and sarcasm where I really didn't ask for it.

     Pandora had always been the voice in my head.

     "Get out," I stopped in my tracks, letting my command fill the empty corridors around me. That's all I had to say, and she didn't seem to respond. It was safe to say that I was shaken, for I had always been scared of it, haunting my every step as a kid. I continued to walk though, Oliver's life depended on it. With the hope of keeping him alive, my feet sped up, and my heart started to pound as I checked every signal room in hopes that it would look like a hospital room.