A New Friend: Chapter 5

Josh's P.O.V

After I told them my story, they seemed to understand. I cried less now, since the now understand.

"Now, where to?" I asked.

"Let's go back to Mount Othyrs." Mary suggested. "I want to talk to my father."

"Okay then." Hippolyta said, and she held both me and Mary and melted through the earth.

We shot up the earth and we were back on Mount Othyrs, except that we were beside Atlas's burden.

Atlas saw Mary. "Hey daughter, coming to train?"

"Yes." Mary said. I noticed that Mary didn't kneel on one knee when she bear the burden. Mary just bear the Titan's curse with ease. She didn't even tremble or make stuttered speech.

Mary's P.O.V

I was used to it. I remembered the longest time I held the sky was 10 months. I was aiming for one year, but I was on the verge of having one of my muscles melt from the immense weight.

I wondered how long Hippolyta or Josh can hold the sky, but it's obvious that Josh cannot hold it for more than a few days since he is such a short little boy.

I looked down at the little Josh. "Josh? You want to hold it?"

"Umm... no thanks." Josh said. "It's too heavy for me."

Yeah right... I thought. He can even hold the moon, which was a million times heavier than this, but he cannot even hold the sky.

"Oh, okay." I told him.

I pushed the sky up and down, like when I was lifting a set of weights.

Hippolyta and Josh stared at me with shock as to how I made the Titan's Curse like a toy.

"It's..." I waited for a while. "Nothing."

Josh gaped at me. "You're not serious, are you?" Josh asked. "The weight of the sky? Meant nothing to you???"

"Yes, Josh." I told him. "Now are you going to take the weight, Josh? Or are you too weak and small?"

That triggered Josh's emotion. Josh stood in front of me and said. "I am not a weakling, Mary."

"Prove it." I told him.

Josh stood under the weight, and I wasted no time to bring the weight onto his shoulders. He immediately knelt to one knee and his face a little bit cringed.

"Now, I know that you're not such a weakling after all." I mocked Josh. "Now let's take a trip down to... Canada."

"NOO!!!" Josh screamed. "You tricked me!!!"