The Lyre of Orpheus: Chapter Two

''Chapter two! Yay!''

Chapter Two
That night I had these awful nightmares. It was about the blind-folded lady. She was begging for forgiveness to a man. The man had graying black hair and electric blue eyes. He looked enraged, but I swore I could see a bit of fear in his eyes.

''"Zeus...Please! I couldn't let that happen to her!" ''The lady pleaded. I always thought to myself that name Zeus sounded familiar.

But the man only talked to three hooded figures in the background. He would say, "Fates, do you accpet this?"

Right when one hooded figure came up and was about to speak, I woke up, in cold sweat. Those dreams were just so creepy! That wasn't the worst part though.

I still had them. For another two years. I tried to make them go away but they never did. They always stopped with the hooded figure which I guessed was "Fate".

I told my dad about the dreams but he told me they were justy nightmares. Pfft, I wasn't that naive! I just knew there was something about them. I was right...only a bit late on that.

It was when I was in 7th Grade when I had the most vivid of them. It was like I was there. I could even see a mole on the blind-folded lady's shoulder! That night the dream went on though the hooded figure finally said something! She opened her mouth in a raspy reply, "Yes...But with a price. The girl will have The Hero's Fate. When her hour of death arrives, you," the hooded figure gave a glare at the blind-folded lady, "must be away from her. For if you do might come and aid her, well, we won't be as forgiving."

The blind-folded lady choked out a sob. The Zeus guy just frowned and watched the lady cry. Finally I woke up to find myself strangely crying as well.

The morning started out very normal. My father had gotten married to my step-mother a year ago so the kitchen was quite crammed with my three step-siblings. As usual, my cheerful step-sister Nancy greeted me first. A grunt came from my step-brother Richard while he pigged in his breakfast. Mimi, my youngest step-sibling gave me a good morning hug.

My step-mother, Sydney came in the kitchen, looking quite puzzled and said, "Avery, pack your suitcase."

"Huh?" Was my reply.

"Pack your suitcase, darling. You are going somewhere."

Richard looked up from his bacon and eggs. "Where is she going? Are we going too?" He asked his mother with his brown eyes filled with confusion.

Sydney frowned. "I don't know...Tim just asked me if I could tell Avery to pack her suitcase," she said. Then she turned to me. "You wouldn't know what thi sis about, would you?" She asked, clearly concerned.

I shrugged and answered,"I dunno."

"Hmm...Maybe you guys are going to go on a family bonding trip! Mom and I always go," Nancy suggested happily, her blonde curls bobbed up as she spoke.

Sydney sighed and ran her hand through her thin blonde hair. "Avery, just pack your bags," she said.

I nodded and started to pack my bags. ''Why would Dad want me to pack my bags? ''I thought as I folded some t-shirts and jeans.

''Err I have to go now. will finish this chapter soon.''