Enchanted

chapther four

Manhattan, New York city

Mother of the sun.
Oceans of the sea.
Zeus thou art good,
Hera thou art evil.
If thou are nice,save us from your spells. -poems of the Greek gods

Linda POV
Two centuries ago in Atlantis....
Linda in her quarters,she stood beside the window gazing at the expanse land the island had,from the chamber ,due to it's high structure, this was her favorite place standing beside the window. it made her feel alive. The joy of breathing in and feeling the warmth of the the sun on the you, the way the trees wave to the beat of the air. masses dancing to the ritual ,maiden swinging to the tunes of the trye and flute,the moonlights stories where families gathered in front of their crofts to tell stories,old men even partake by telling young ones stories through parable..what a life,what a peace.
Not here stuck in a big palace filled with serious old men,even the young men are very much stuck with acting stiff and too respective, who cares if am greeted in my native language or through gestures!!, really just act like you use to when you are with your family.. At least I won't mind.. At least I won't feel this way..sometime wishing upon the ocean or on sun feels too unreal, wonder if those gods exist..
Am sure they don't, mama just made those up,
She walked to her cradle lay on it,today was of those days I loathe, the virginity rite day, her family with their sermons of the purity of her virginity.
Mateo does the whole job. he is the eyes and ears of the gods, Zeus is the God,Hera the mother of beauty while lesser gods are believed to be sons and daughters of the true gods, jeez,gods, oracles,really how is it my problem, I just want to be free,happy and alive,with my hablie(my soulmate),to maybe have my own croft beside the sea,build it with love and maybe two kids.,.I loves girls, so a girl and a boy would be divine, at least the boy would be for my husband.

The moment the door in her chamber swing open, Linda knew who it was ,the stench of royalty told her everything she needed to know.
"Mama"she quickly stood on her feet and bowed and was rewarded with a smile.
"Darling, why are you here,the elders are waiting,tell me you are ready"her queen smoked as she straighten her hair backward.
"Mama of course"
"Come here dear,sit"
Linda groaned, the beat of her heart told her it was dooms day.
"An elder was just rushed to the herb clinic" the edge to her mother voice was real, her mother was sad.
"Really ma".
"But that too late, he cannot survive the attack"
Linda shook her head, she knew where the conversation was going to,her mama and her Greek gods.
"I saw his soul next to his body,before he collapse"
"Really now mama".
jeez, now the queen of Atlantis is seeing souls.
"Mama,where would his soul go to"
Her mother had this faraway look,probably deep in thought.
"Ma,say something..."
"The good shall go to the golden cave of heroes for upholding their purity,they shall have their palace built in gold"
"And the bad?
" darling dear"her mother held her wrist,I wonder what's wrong
" the bad dear,would be cast in the dark abyss of hell, there hades and his fallen angels shall take their part in torturing them,Hera shall use them as slaves"
Probably for some few years or maybe some moons(month),who knows mama may be wrong.
"Some are kept till eternity but there are second chances for those who were compel through sorcery to do bad things,they become spirit warriors in afterlife,their mission is to heed the command of Zeus for a greater deed.
Jeez,spirit warriors...all this sound strange. Really now am confused. She gripped her hair more tightly.
"mama,how do you know all this" probably through Mateo,but why would he leak tales of things sacred to another other than a messenger like him,according to Atlantis oaths and laws,it is a taboo.
"Darling, Atlanta has magic,it is in us. every royals are born with it. it is our essence,it keep us safe,the island and masses.
What is mama trying to prove,really magic is no new news.
" I know things before it happens but...not you.. The queen smiled, love shown on her face as she hugged her.
"Ma,am confused"
"You are distinct child,I cannot read you or what may happen to you in future,darling that is why I keep you safe,I love you dear. I do.
"mama a hug please"
Her mother grab her shoulder so tight,jeez!!,too tight mama, too tight.

Present day.....
Mama....
Linda opened her eyes, probably Hera heard her prayer and had probably sent me back to my chamber.
Her feet was wobbly. The truth was that everything that made her a princess of Atlanta was gone.
This tall building that reach heavens. And she was lying on her back in a strange land. This place look different. Things speed on the land, it was of different style and colour. Some had two wheel and another four wheels. In Atlanta, the brilliant masses among them would spend time creating weird things. One of those things were wheels which was attached to several sticks. It was used to transport chickens for sale at the market place.   Great Zeus!!now the land lack sand like Atlantis.. My Atlanta. Instead my feet walk on something hard.
Oh Zeus!! forgive this strange people, for they have defiled their purity. girls her age are almost naked!!,oh Hera, don't they know your laws. Your great mighty laws that order women to never show a skin, all this girls here are disobedient, instead they expose their legs and breast like Mateo would say"like fresh water for free"and wait a minute what is this cloth they all wear, men, old and young and even women, this clothe in their legs(trouser).
Oh Apollo!!, this people defile your laws, your law that all people are different. What a strange land.
Linda felt a lil bit nostalgic, but several things got her attention, at one spot, old,young and small gathered around a man and a woman. It reminded her of her home, of the nights the masses gathered around a fire, the old and the young having fun.
Excited and feeling more at home she ran, with hope to feel alive. But a four leg grown animal(car) moved past her. but like an animal it was she glared hard at it, well it made some strange sound, like a gong or something. But what kind of animal carries four people at a time, it even have it four holes at its side. I wish I was back in Atlanta at lest there I know my place.
On a closer look, the man and the girl who we're surrounded, were doing some kind of ritual dance, really tell me then what kind of dance is this, banging foot on the ground and also clapping their hands together. What kind of dance is this anyway?, people were happy and banging their feet as well.
Craziness. Something Got her attention, it was a white substance falling from the sky and it even convered small buildings, it scared her but this strange people ran around it, they were having fun, nice. They look happy.
This is life, if this was Hera's plan, then I really have to offer a ritual to her, wonder where to find an oath man. Hera,mother of the maiden can you hear me, pls tell me this strange place is within an outskirts of Atlantis, I really would appreciate.
She grab the hem of her gown with several questions in her head, like why this people looked different, their hair has several shades, some girls had red hair, black, brown and golden but back home, shades of hair were blue, yellow, green,purple, grey and while hers was white. All royalty had white hair, it was a symbol of their eternity,it tells the masses that they were older than they look. legend says, Zeus caused it for sleeping with eglantine, mother of Atlanta and Gaea,it was a battle that lasted millennium, so one day Hera sent her punishment on all royals of Atlantis, ever since then the royals were out into eternal damnation of watching masses grow beautiful colourful hair. Oh mother! wished u were here to hold me.
A small girl with brown shade of hair waved at her, small teeth expressed her joy, it was innocent and real. She was sitting in the four leg animal and was looking at her through the open space, it had been long Linda saw someone look at her with such admiration. Atlanta was a place of pretence. The masses pretends to love and respect,though there was no problem on her part but she knew they showed love to her not out of love but just to stay on the safer side. But this girl with the shade of brown had a genuine smile on her face. Hera!! what a planet.
"Wait" she waved at the small girl, but the stubborn animal of four leg went against her will. What insolent!!, what kind of place is this anyways, Hera please have mercy!!!.
Linda gripped the hem of her gown, I don't belong here!!,I wanna go home. Probably home is some where close,with high spirit she made up her mind to look for her home maybe some one here would be of help.
But unknown to her,a car was just at her back,probably the driver was driving drunk or maybe saw something that took him off track but who knows, probably something very unexpected caused the driver to lose hand on the wheel and in a flash, Linda felt a strong hit to her back and fell down on the floor.