Empathy- The Diaries of Olympus #1

Five; A New Light

Five; A New light

Light, I knew, was the opposite of darkness.

But I guess anyone could tell you that. The first light that I saw was the pure rays of sun that spilled from Helios' sun chariot, through my blinds and into my massive room as he whiz see by. I didn't have an alarm clock. I didn't need one. Whenever first light showed its face I knew that it was time to get up. I wondered if this light was bright enough to light up true darkness. The kind of darkness that everyone possessed.

I lay in bed thinking for a minutes. I wasn't sure exactly what my brain was mulling over. All I knew was that it jumped from one thing to the next and back again. If you asked me what I was thinking about I couldn't tell you. I was simply recounting memories.

I was five again and snooping around. Back then I called it innocent exploring, much to my mothers amusement. I skipped through the halls and my footfalls were nearly impossible to hear. I heard shouting in a room nearby. I stopped and wondered if I should listen in. I knew that if I was caught, by daddy especially, I would be in big trouble. But, if I wasn't on the other hand... The possibilities were unlimited. So I did what any little kid would in this kind of situation. I carefully pressed my small ear to the door, hoping that I might be able to hear what was going on.

The voices on the other side of the door were as clear as day. For a moment I felt as if I was in the room with them.

"That man is no good," I hear Gran daddy saying. His voice is deep and booming, often it scared me when he crept up behind me and said something in his unique voice. But I also knew that voice to be a voice of reason, a soothing voice. I loved that voice almost as much as I loved Gran daddy.

"How can you say that?!" Mommy sounds agitated. Mommy was almost never mad. It would have to be something big, something personal to get her mad. I wondered silently who they were talking about.

"Because it's the truth," Gran daddy pauses," One day Kronos will betray you and your sons."

Kronos was daddy's first name. Why was Gran daddy talking about daddy like that? He may be strict and scary at times but I still loved him. And so did my brothers, Zeus and Hades as well as mother.

"I love him. I'll never regret marrying him."

"You will, in time. Don't say I didn't warn you."

At the time I didn't know how right he was.

I didn't know how much time had passed as I lay there thinking . I checked my clock. I only had fifteen minutes to shower, get dressed and be out the door otherwise I'd be late to school.

I jumped out of bed, racing towards the bathroom. I flung open the door and slammed it shut behind me so hard that the ground shook. Mortals on earth didn't call me the earth shaker for nothing. I was the god of earthquakes just as much as I was the god of the sea, although gods and goddesses on Olympus constantly forgot that.

I brushed my teeth with haste and washed my mouth. When I glanced up at my huge mirror the sight I saw made me stifle a scream. I looked so different. My hair was neat for once in my immortal life. It was combed back, with a curl or two falling onto my face and was actually shining. My skin was bronzed so much that I was almost caramel and my nails were cut short, clean and clear. My biceps, triceps, and quads were more muscular and my eight pack was more intense. I was taller too, shooting up from 6 1" to 6 3". I was only two inches shorter than Hades was. But it was my eyes that had undergone the most change. They were so green and so light, so much that they were turquoise now, with its previous deep sea green swirling around at the edges. If only mother and Grandfather could see me now. I wondered what their reaction would be. As I showered I wondered why I had woken up handsome. I thought back to some of my immortal health classes in lightning junior high. I was having my God Spurt! It was kind of like puberty but minus the pimples, the cracking voices, gross sweating and growing hair in places that you shouldn't grow hair. Instead I became handsomer and more powerful. Overnight I transformed into the man, into the allpowerful god that I would be for all of eternity. I smiled bitterly at my reflection. If only mother and Grandfather could see me now.

I jumped into the shower, commanding the water to flow onto my body washing away my dirt and hopefully, washing away my pain. No such luck. Mother was still missing and Grandfather was still dead. I could hear Grandfathers voice in my head,"don't dwell on the past but instead plan for the future." And that was exactly what I would do.

I blinked. Suddenly I could see every individual droplet, every molecule, every atom and within those each proton, neutron and electron. I blinked. Then I was looking at it, normal running water like I had before. I blinked again. It's back to creepy super vision. I shake my head making water fly everywhere. I command the water to stop for a moment so I can scrub myself down before commanding it to turn on again. What it Tartarus was I supposed to about mother? My mind was a blank piece of paper. It always turned blank when I needed it most.

I would figure something out eventually. I absentmindedly created a small whirlpool of water around me. Then I suddenly remembered, Ice was having breakfast with Zeus and I this morning! I better hurry up, I didn't want to keep her waiting. I hurriedly finished showering and dressed in a white t shirt that clearly displayed my even more intense eight pack abs and biceps. I buttoned and zipped up my loose faded blue jeans, slipped on my black and white. Jordans and threw on my black leather jacket. I grabbed my bag and shades, hooking them onto my shirt. I raced downstairs, startling a few maids and servants in the process. I burst into the dining hall, interrupting Ice's and Zeus' conversation. I began to walk closer to them as servants and maids busied themselves, grabbing my bag from my grasp, taking my leather jacket and pulling out a chair situated directly beside Ice. Zeus sat across from her and he looked mildly annoyed at my presence.

"Good morning Poseidon," Ice greets me with a warm smile.

I slip into my seat next to her,"Morning."

Zeus idly nods my but doesn't say anything. Good times, good times.

I look to Ice, taking a bite of my chocolate chip pancake drenched in nectar," Are you nervous for your first day at high school?"

She stares at me open mouthed.

"What? Is there something on my face?"

Ice blushes best red,"No."

"Then what is it?"

She bites her lip in embarrassment, looking downwards," I always knew that you were handsome but now..."

I lean closer, closing with my now turquoise, for the most part anyway, eyes,"But what?"

"Now your beyond perfect."

I smile, knowing that she's melting, that she's all mine now,"Your beyond beautiful."

She leaning in, coming impossibly closer. I'm staring at her lips and she's staring at mine. Our lips are about to touch...but then Zeus interrupts us.

"Guys we've got to go otherwise we'll be late for school."

I sent him an annoyed heated glare but one quick glance at the clock told me that he was right.

I grabbed Ice's hand and we all raced out to the chariot that would take us to school today. I knew something at this point though: I was really loving my God Spurt.