Pandora's box

This is a collaboration with tig3rs12 hope u enjoy

-imsofabulous ;)

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"Mommy, Daddy, look at me!" I cried, kart wheeling across the field. My dark hair was dangling in my face and my dress was getting dirty but I didn't care, I was so happy, and when I finally stopped kart wheeling I flopped to the ground, my head was spinning and my vision was wonky from the dizziness of all the spinning. As soon as my vision was back to normal and I could walk, I got the sudden urge to explore the forest, so I took off running into the woods.

"Pandora, come back!" My mom cried bounding after me, dad on her tail, but I didn't stop I just kept running. Then I noticed something shining in the sunlight, I jogged over to the object and found it was a box. It was beautifully crafted, it was a midnight black with golden lining, there was a beautiful gem in the centre of the lid, and a golden snake circled the gem as if guarding it. I touched my finger to the gem and it lit up with brilliant blue light that momentarily blinded me. When the spots cleared from my eyes, I took another look at the box it looked exactly the same as before, except now the gem was glowing and pulsating as if the box had a heartbeat.

"There you are!" Cried my mom wrapping her arms around me. "Never run away again...What's that?" She asked noticing the box in my hands.

"It's a pretty box, look at the jewel mommy, it's glowing" I said still looking at the box. My dad emerged from the trees beside me and quickly surveyed the scene, first he looked at me, then my mom, and then the box.

"What's that!" He exclaimed pointing at the box.

"It's just a box Alver, calm down" my mother said.

"Laura, the lid! Its... Its the serpent" he said his eyes widened in horror. My mother looked at the box and studied it more closely, she let out a stifled scream.

"What's wrong mommy?" I asked perplexed to why they were so afraid. I went to open the box when my mother pulled me away and my dad ripped the box from my grip.

"No! It's mine!" I screamed writhing in my mothers grip, suddenly I got a burst of strength, I writhed once more and managed to free myself, I leapt for the box and snatched it from my dad. Then I sprinted away hugging the box to my chest, my parents were screaming behind me to stop and give them the box, but I didn't streaming through all of the rips and tears. I peeked out of one of the rips and looked over town square, it was empty.

"thank you god" I walked back over to the bed and lifted the hay stacked pillows I grabbed the little amount of coins I had and stuffed them into my pocket. I walked to the mirror and I swiped my hand across it, I removed just enough dust to see myself; My face was covered in dirt and grime, my dark hair was a ratty mess, and my dress was torn. Back when I was in the orphanage, people said I was beautiful, but looking at me now... I could almost laugh. I ran outside to the stream behind the house, and had a quick bath, I washed most of the dirt off my body and I managed to make my hair look presentable. Which left me with only one more problem; my torn dress. I checked my closet for an extra one but I came up empty, I cursed, that left me with one option, my mothers dress. My eyes moved towards the wardrobe where I kept it, I threw a sheet over it to protect it from the dust and dirt, I really didn't want to wear it, it's the only thing I have left if her, I don't want to tear it like my current one. How had I ripped my dress, anyway. Suddenly I heard laughter come from the market, I ran to the window and cursed again, the morning rush swarmed in the market, it went from empty to bustling in half an hour. I hurried and put on my mothers dress, grabbed my cloak, grabbed my merchandise bag and went.

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I made my way to town square, I had to shove my way through the mob of people, as I found my way to my stall. I quickly set up and in no time my stall was ready, I opened up and got a customer immediately, an elderly man with a woman who i assumed was his wife.

"Hello, do you need any assistance?" I asked using my merchant voice

"Yes, see we're new in town and we were wondering if you could tell us what all this is about?" He said motioning to the crowd.

"Oh, this is the market of Tritton, the biggest in Stonesridge, all the stalls sell different things, for example, I sell charms that bring luck and ward off evil, but other people sell things like blankets, baskets, food, stuff like that" I said pointing to different stalls. It wasn't my greatest idea to sell "magic" charms but I couldn't think of anything else that I could make, plus the whole town already thinks I'm a witch so I figured they might think that my charms really are magical.

"Why thank you, ma'am, here" said the man reaching into his pocket, he took out 3 gold coins and placed them on the table.

"Oh, no, no, I can't take these for doing something as simple as explaining the market, here, take these charms" I said, picking up two charms,one was blue with a "magic" symbol in the centre, the symbol was simple, a white lines with three lines crossing it, the symbol meant comfort, the charm was supposedly supposed to bring comfort everywhere, well that's what I told my customers. The second one was the symbol for good weather, it was painted grey with half a sun in the centre, it was supposed to ward off bad weather.

"Why thank you... uh, what was your name?" The man asked.

"Pandora" I replied.

I handed him the charms and they walked off, I had two more customers after that, one bought a charm to scare away bad luck, and the other being a farmer, bought a charm for good harvest. After that I packed it up and walked over to the bread stall.

"hello m'lady what can I get you today" the merchant asked me, giving me a fake smile.

"One loaf of bread" I said, he handed me the bag and I gave him the coins, I gave him a little nod And turned to head home.

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A/N I know this chapter is a little short but they will get longer.

-tig3rs12 :-D -imsofabulous ;)