Aphrodite and Athena Kingdom.
Taken away from their home at a young age and having to live a life or lies.
Aphrodite determined to protect her sister makes some questionable decisions and it causes a rift between those close to her.
How could som...
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It had only been about an hour before the silence was interrupted by the intercom on the wall.
"Dinner is ready!"
I stood debating about if I should go downstairs or not.
I don't know if Lorenzo would taste my food again without it being weird.
With my mind going back and forth with me I decided I would head downstairs anyways.
Even if I don't end up eating I can make myself something while I'm down there if anything.
I drag myself down the stairs seeing everyone is waiting on me and hurry my exhausted body over to my chair. Everything just felt so heavy and all I wanted to do was sleep.
It was a nightmare staying with them the things they did to me and the things they had me do just makes my skin crawl if I even think about it.
I watch around me and see everyone serving themselves food and I can't even muster up the energy to try getting any food. My body is just so exhausted.
My eyes stay unfocused as I run my eyes over the house trying to get myself to focus. I feel a tiny poke in my arm and look over to see Damon looking up at me pouting. A tired smile runs across my features as I look down at him.
"Hi baby. What can I do for you?" His bottom lip juts out more as he looks up at me with his baby blue eyes. Sticking his finger out towards my lap I get what he's trying to ask me.
"You want to sit with me?" I can already feel my arms shaking at the thought of picking him up with the state i'm in.
"Alright come here." I pick him up swiftly ignoring the shaking in my bones and sit him in my lap. Even after picking him up I can feel my arms still shaking as I hold onto him.
I look forward and see everyone looking at us. I can see the concern in their gazes that I purposely ignore. I see a plate placed in front of me and look back around the room to see if I can find who put it there.
Lorenzo catches my eyes as he sends a nod in my direction.
I look back to Damon and my heart almost leaps out me chest.
He's eating the food! What if it's tainted?!
He's fine. Lorenzo put the plate here. We can trust him.
What if he gets sick?
He's ok. Just take a bite so you can see it's safe. It's okay.
It's okay
It's okay
It's okay
I can feel my heart calm down as I build up the courage to take a bite. I go to pick up the spoon and see Damon holding up a spoonful for me to eat.
I open my mouth and he feeds me the spoonful. I can feel tears well up in my eyes as I hug him tighter to my chest.
As dinner progresses Damon continues to shovel food into his mouth and feeding me.
Dinner soon passed and I was walking towards my room. Today has weighed down on me heavily and I needed it to be over.
My thoughts were racing in my mind as I tried shutting them up. The past couple of days seem to be weighing heavily on me. It's possible that all this change is causing my thoughts and emotions to spiral.
This is a totally new enviroment with people that know us while we have no clue who they are. This is a lot to take in and I don't think I've fully processed the situation yet.
I had only been in my room for 10 minutes when a knock came to my door.
My body tensed up and my breath hitched inside my throat before I calmed myself down.
"Come in." My voice was hoarse and raspy from the nonexistent use of it. Donatello peeked his head inside first before following through.
"Hey. The test results came in." He indicated to the tablet he had in his hand and I couldn't stop my heart from speeding up.
What if I failed.
Then you can just relearn it.
I failed it didn't I? Athena is going to hate me. She's going to think I'm stupid. She'll be so disappointed in me.
No. It's not you're fault even if you failed. You tried your best that's all you can do.
Coming back to my senses when I remember Donatello was here in my room with me. Noticing he still stood by the door I gestured for him to take a seat at the chair in front of the desk.
He left the door open before walking over to chair which I very much appreciated.
He held the tablet towards me and with steady hands and a frantic mind I take it and look at the screen.
All I had to do was click the email and i'll know. Why was I scared?
I've been through worst what's so bad about a test result.
With the little self confidence I had I click open the file and read ahead.
I skip ahead not having the patience to read everything until I settle upon my grade.
The results show a skill level of junior level classes. I do reccommend for a revision on some subjects I'll list below but other than that she seems to be in her correct grade. She is behind with a few of her subjects but I do think with a little patience and time she'll be able to pass this grade along with her soon to be classmates.
I stopped reading as a huge boulder seemed to be lifted off my shoulders. My entire body relaxed and a huge breath of relief left my mouth.
I didn't even realize how anxious I was about those test results.
"I'm guessing you did a good job then?" He teases softly.
I give him a stiff nod I'm return.
"Good job Aphrodite. I'm so proud of you. You did a really good job." Donatello said to me and I had noticeably tensed up. I've never heard that before. It felt so good to hear I had to stop myself from tearing up. I turned my head away from him as I hurridly blinked the tears out of my eyes.
"Thank you." My voice cracked before I cleared my throat raising my hand to scratch at my neck slighly in embarrasment.
