Echo: The Girl That Time Forgot

The King of Drama

I wake again to Ayana shaking me (I really don't get what her deal is, like has she sworn to make my life miserable by being my official alarm clock).

I groan and sit up, my head is throbbing and the amount of positivity that the sun is giving off is annoying me.

"Ugh. What could you possibly need that was so important that you had to wake up my exhausted self?"

"Well it's your day off today, and me, you and Aika are going to go do something together. Aika's off making a list of activities."

I groan again. "What are you, my mom? Oooh, oooh, I have a really good idea! You could let me sleep! Isn't that just brilliant! How come you didn't think of that?"

Ayana rolled her eyes at me. "You are not getting out of this day of bestie bonding."

"I beg to differ."

She's not listening to me, instead she's skipping off to go get me breakfast and then she's going to drag me off to do something....dare I even say the a-word. Gulp, active.

I cannot tell you how much it kills to sleep in a meadow sometimes, like yeah sure it's nice a lot of the time. But when you're incredibly hungover and all you want is darkness for your throbbing head, not to mention your overly optimistic friend is trying to make you get up, you will wish you were in a bedroom with a door that locks.

Eventually though, I manage to drag myself to my feet and stagger off to find Aika and Ayana (I guess she wasn't going to get me breakfast).

I stumble into the pavilion where all the nymphs are having breakfast. Somehow I manage to make it to the bench where Aika and Ayana are, and collapse into the seat.

"Ahhh, and how is miss bleary eyes doing this morning?" Aika asked in a snarky voice.

Ayana looks at me sympathetically, "How's the headache?"

I groan, "Don't remind me."

"Well anyways," Aika said, "Here are some options for today, Apollo has a new album out, so karaoke. I have been dying to try Aphrodite's newest perfume, olive no.5, so makeovers. Also they set the archery range up again, I was worried they wouldn't be able to after the Eros incident. So we could brush up on our archery."

"That all sounds fun," Ayana said. "But I think we're going to have to let Echo take an hour long nap in the olive spring before she does anything with us."

"Yes," I say, nodding enthusiastically. "Let me sleep."

Ayana shares a look with Aika before saying, "Isn't it weird that normal Echo likes sunshine and frolicking in meadows and vibing with her inner peace, but tired Echo hates everything and everyone?"

Aika shrugged, "Maybe the happier you are normally, the angrier you are when you're tired."

"Oh snap!" Ayana said. "I think we just cracked the Da Vince code."

"Ok, are you guys done talking about me like I'm not here? Because I'm going to go get some sleep."

I make it to the olive springs. I sigh softly and slowly lower myself into the water. My eyelids droop and sleep comes swiftly.

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I am ninety nine percent sure that Ayana has sworn a secret oath to make my life miserable, because she is waking me up again.

I climb out of the spring, my energy is renewed. "So, what's the plan for today?" I ask excitedly.

Ayana sighs, "Turns out we can't have a girls day, Zeus wants us to come to the mortal realm with him. He says he's so close to getting Europa and that if he waits another day the chance will be gone."