I made the journey home on foot and alone with a cloak wrapped around my newfound hair. When I had made my way out of the temple, Athena, Perseus and Aspasia were nowhere to be found. All that was there was a cloak and note that read:
Until we meet again
It could've been from any of them, but I tucked the note into the cloak and made my journey home, shushing the serpents along the way.
The snakes weren't the only thing about me that changed. My skin got paler, almost pearl like, my eyes turned an emerald green and my lips looked like they had spilled blood on them, for they were so red. I admitted to myself that I didn't look quite as fearsome as Athena intended but more beautiful.
As I walked up the long path to the front door of my home, I prepared myself for an explanation I knew Stheno would need. I already pictured Euryale crying and feeling the same betrayal I did from Athena. But when I opened the door, nothing could mask my shock.
My sisters shared the same snake like hair, but when my eyes were a vibrant green Stheno's were a deep scarlet and Euryale's were a vibrant violet. Upon looking at me, they jumped to their feet and embraced me.
"Sister." Stheno cried, "I can't believe this has happened to us."
I looked around the room and I noticed that my sisters had boarded up every single window. The room was as dark as a cave. I hugged my sisters tightly.
"What are we going to do?" Euryale asked.
What were we going to do? Athena had cursed not only me but also my sisters. After I explained what befell on my journey, I saw the same anger that I had mirrored on my sisters.
"How could she do that?" Euryale asked.
"She's one of Zeus's servants now." was all I could say.
We sat there, we sisters three, in silence for some time. I had lost friends, my love and my virtue and within the span of a week. And now, Athena made me into a monster.
But what she didn't intend for what that I could become a beautiful monster. She was the one who turned me into a Gorgon, a name that will strike fear into people. If that's what she wanted me to be, that's who I would become.
I would become a rose dipped in poison for mortal men, for now I had the power over them. I would have complete control until my last breath.
I would become the Gorgon Queen.
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The Gorgon Queen
Fantasy"I hate snakes. "I know that's hard to believe considering how my story ends. But it's true, I hate them." Before she became a legend, she was only a girl who wanted her life to have meaning. When 18 year old Medusa promises her Mother to find three...
