Gardening with Gods

Lily Perspective - Chapter One
The day was hot, the sun in the sky was bright and burning. I could tell Lord Apollo was gleeful about something as I had never seen the sun brighter. Well, I had, but you get the point. The rest of the sky was cloudless, with a sense of great weather coming to me. Around me, the meadow of daisies were beautiful, as if blessed. In a way, they were. I brushed one of them off my face as I stood and walked slowly back to the waterfall cave where me and my cousins had been dwelling for the past few weeks.

When I got back to the cave, I could see my cousins bathing in the waterfall. Rose's blonde hair looked beautiful in the light, as it always did. Violet and I would often say Rose was blessed by the light, ever since she and Apollo had errr a relationship. Of course, that had been many years ago, around fifty to be exact. But I knew Rose still hadn't gotten over Apollo, and stilled loved him, even if she hid it.

Violet was in the water behind Rose, washing her hair. She pushed Rose's head under water gently and rinsed out the natural shampoo Persephone had gave us. Rose saw me as she came back up, and waved to me. I smiled gently in response and walked into the water slowly, making little ripples. Violet then saw me too, and grinned cheekily and splashed some water in my direction. I giggled and swam beside them.

"Lily, you look as beautiful as ever!" Giggled Violet to me.

"As do you, Violet. Do we have any plans tonight, cousins?" I said calmly in reply.

Violet looked at the sky and ducked under water, while Rose just stared up at the sun. I was suprised her eyes hadn't been damaged, yet I knew that was probably Apollo's little gift. Even after they had separated, he had had a soft spot for her. When Violet came up again, I was splashed out of my thoughts.

"Nope!" Violet said cheerfully. "Not a thing! We should have a party! Oooohhhh or go to town! Find some mortals for the night!" She winked at me.

Rose and I rolled our eyes in unison, and Violet just grinned in response. We started swimming to behind the waterfall, and climbed up the rock wall to the cave at the very top, just a few meters below where the waterfall came from. My hands hurt from the climb, but I was used to it by now. Inside our cave was our home, for now.

It went deep into the rocks, with enough space for all three of us to have our own part. Furthest back was my part. There was a mat of weaved ferns which I sleeped on, and a light cotten blanket made by myself. Beside my mat was a little shoulder bag weaved by myself again, which helds all my belongings. In the middle, was Violet's part. Her mat was the same ferns as mine, but with a human blanket weaved from bright wool. She had a human handbag, with all her belongings. Rose hated her human belongings, but Violet kept them anyway. Then, closest to the rushing waterfall was Rose's area. Her mat was two centimeters away from the edge, and it was a shock she hadn't fallen off yet. She was a light sleeper, and did not sleep with a blanket. Maybe because she woke up earliest, and watched the sunrise. Who knows...

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