Last chapter,
"Look Skyler, we need you."
“What? Why?”
“Okay. Let me introduce myself. Hi. I’m Clarissa, the Goddess of Love. I was sent to bring you here, As we gods are in grave danger. The god world works like an empire. But the difference is that if the King of all Gods die, our empire will collapse. Now, the King of all Gods, Hugo, was caught by the Goddess of Evil, Dorothy. He was captured and locked in the Underworld. He is tied and tortured for weeks now, and we fear that his life would end. The reason we brought you here is that, well, only mortals can save the king from the underworld. Us immortals are banned from there and can only enter if were given the permission. We need you to help us save Hugo, or we will all be gone forever.” Clarissa brushed away a tear as she told me their story.
“Oh,” I was filled with deep sympathy. I was actually adopted when I was a kid, I know how it feels like to lose somebody so important. “But why did you bring me but not other mortals? Why do you have to feel my heartbeat?"
“Well, after a long deliberation, we came to the decision of finding you because, you are partially one of us.”
“What?”
“Yes, that’s a long story. I shall explain after your voyage. It’s not important for now. “
“Wha-at? Can’t you explain now? This is so confusing.”
“You’ll find out sooner or later. Only time will tell. Well, back to your mission. We have decided to put you to the task. But help is needed. We will give you the choice to choose one male, among your class, to join your journey. Choose wisely, darling, don’t regret.”
I thought deeply. The part of the Gods thing was already driving me insane. And now I have to pick a person to go to a death-threatening journey with me? I calmed myself down and washed everything else out of my mind. I gave myself the question. Who can I trust to go to such an important mission with me, be handy, but also caring and loyal? A name popped up in my head
Ayden! Yes, Ayden. That’s it!
Ayden is kinda charming in a way. Not that I like him, but we’re still in the friend zone. He always has his sunglasses on, and his favourite outfit is the t-shirt and shorts. Typical. Ayden is that one guy in class that doesn’t stand out much, but not in the bottom of the class reputation. He doesn’t like attention and handles pressure really well. He is a really good friend of mine and he is trustworthy. You knew you could trust him if you needed to. He always seems to have the noodles to figure out a solution for any problem. His grades are okay, but it doesn’t mean that he is not smart enough to tackle with real life. He is also very caring. He somehow can squeeze time is his life to write a card to every person that was sick and absent in our class. He has incredible memory, and remembers every birthday of every person he knows. I sometimes wonder why can’t he use his memory on studies and get better grades than what he’s getting. I chose his not because I have a crush on him, its because he is strong, responsible and really reliable.
“Ayden Daniel Boltz it is!” Clarissa declared, snapping her fingers then twirling it in circles. Right after she snapped her fingers the second time, Ayden appeared right beside me. The only thing between us is the dancing baboon.
Ayden starred at the lady in awe, and turned his head to look at me. He was trembling like me when I was first whisked here, but I gave him a look that said “its okay”. He gave me the “what the hell” look back. The lady explained the whole story one more time and Ayden was shocked to hear the terrifying news.
“Now, I officially announce that Skyler Kennedy Johansson and Ayden Daniel Boltz ‘the Guardians of the Gods’. And I ,Clarissa, the Goddess of Love, grant them the all mighty magical powers that they could forever hold and use.” Her voice was so strong, so steady, so stern, but within it I could just hear a faint tune of care, and love throughout her tone.
At that moment, I felt a new serge of energy rushing through my body, though every vain and vessel of it. In front of us, appeared a bag, the white one for me and the blue one for Ayden. “Let me introduce you to your new weapons.” Clarissa smiled.
