Invenio For Who?

Medora (Chapter 1)

Medora isn't any ordinary teenager. Well, who is? Who names their kid Medora anyway... she thought as she bounced her knee up and down sitting on a cool steel bench. Oh that's right, my horrible birth parents did!

She was trying to enjoy the last scrap of home before leaving for boarding school. Home was a loose term, more like prison. The gated lot, security cameras, and security guards were preventing her to be free. It was early July, of course stupid boarding schools start orientation this early. Of course they're going to send me off to Europe. 'It'll be fun' they said. Well, the boarding school will be more like a mental institute.

Medora looked up from the ground to observe the garden. The really large garden that screams money. Fountains spewing  every ten feet. Just beyond that was the in-ground heated pool with some hot tubs around it. Not just one, but four. She's got money.

Medora hated the humid heat of Florida but she dreaded going inside. Inside meant interaction with one's parents. That involved awkward conversations. No... Medora was not going through that again. Instead, she walked to a smaller section of the garden closer to the gates. 

It was only four by six feet. Tomatoes, peppers, basil, and all sorts of herbs and vegetables were growing larger by the day. She'd hate to leave her precious garden behind for a year in the care of one of the gardeners. They only ever took care of flowers, not something that us humans would use or consume. 

She sighed, there was nothing she could do about it. Medora started walking towards one of the balconies twenty feet high up at the back of the mansion. She pulled out a ladder that was hidden in the bushes and started climbing. There really was no point in hiding the ladder since her parents most likely already knew she did this to avoid them. 

Medora walked into her oversized bedroom. She flopped onto her dark purple bed. Something soft and black jumped onto her stomach. 

"Hi you! What are you doing? What are you doing?" she said as she scratched the small dog. Something else she has to part with.  

She picked the dog and moved towards her small couch. She put on her favourite show, Charmed. Medora watched as the trio of sister witches battled yet another demon. Demon after demon, they stuck together. Immediately, her mood darkened. It brought back unpleasant thoughts that always came to mind. Her parents. Her real  parents. Sticking together is one thing they did not do. Her parents abandoned her, left her wondering where her mommy and daddy went at the mere age of four. She remembered everything that happened like she does for the pilot episode of Charmed. How could she forget? She's dreamt about it all the time.

"Medora, are you ready to go?" said a beautiful woman with long black cascading hair. Next to her stood a man with glasses. They didn't hide his charming features; the woman must have obviously recognized them when she met him.

"I'm coming!" a little girl came bounding from a nearby hallway. She had the woman's same shiny black hair along with her father's cunning smile. She grabbed her parents' hands and pulled them out of the hotel room. 

The scene flashed to an empty snowy park.

"Do you guys want some hot cocoa? I saw a coffee shop not too far away." said the mother looking at her family. 

"Yes please!" said the child excitedly. 

The man with the glasses gave a soft laugh. Puffs of warm breath captured the girl's attention. She started huffing out air and watched it cloud away. "Medora?"

"Yes?" the child was still distracted by her breath.

"C'mon Medora, let's go get some hot cocoa."the man said as he grabbed his daughter's hand.

The girl pulled her hand out of his grasp. "Can't I stay? Let Mommy go get it. I wanna stay outside. I like what happens." 

"Um, well-" the man mumbled and looked at the woman who was still standing waiting.

"That's okay Honey. I'll go. It won't take me long." she smiled and squeezed the man's shoulder and walked away. He didn't looked reassured, more worried if anything.

The young child continued to play in the snow and observed everything. She turned to the older man. "Daddy, how does this happen?" she let out a slow breath and watched it turn to a cloudy mist.

The man smiled, his lips nearly disappeared as he did so. "Magic sweatheart." he said.

"Magic? How does it work?"

"No one really knows. It just happens. It's magic!" the little girl smiled and continued to play. The man glanced at his watch and scowled.

"It's been twenty minutes. Where is she?" he mumbled under his breath. He turned to his daughter, "Medora sweety, let's go see what's taking Mommy so long."

"Five more minutes Daddy!" the girl pleaded.

The man didn't want to leave his daughter isolated in a park, but it may be faster if he went alone. "All right. Just please stay here. Wait for Mommy and Daddy." he kissed the girl's forehead and started a light jog towards the coffee shop.

That's exactly what she did. She waited. The sun slowly went down. The girl was oblivious to the world around her, she didn't even hear the man talking to her.

"Little girl?"  he repeated. The child looked up and saw a man in a blue formal uniform with a badge. "Are you alone?"

"No. My mommy and daddy went to get me hot chocolate." 

The man took her hand and said, "Let's wait at the police station. You'll be much warmer there."

With that, the two walked towards the white police car and drove away.

A/N 

So what did you think? Please comment and let me know! It will take a chapter or two until The Heroes of Olympus characters come. I just need to establish some backstory and plot! 

Also, some things may have been left out on purpose. Ie: what she looks like now, who her parents are, etc. I read through this and had to think alot on how I would reveal information later on.

I found that picture and thought it was super cute! It was like a mini comic that was funny and I love it! It's by Kitt2506, you can find her on devianart.com as well. 

 How do you like the length of the chapter? I'm going to aim for over 900 words every time.

Cover art is by jadeariel (jadeariel.deviantart.com) THANKS!

-IZZY