Jay: (oooooohhhh man I hate my job I sit and sell clothes to assholes all day and the only hot girls who come in are usually accompanied by there roided out boyfriend or are to busy sending emojis to there bestie to even notice me trying to help them)
Jay: hey how are you welcome to thorium how can I help you
Medusa: oh my god I love this store everything is so pretty !!!
Jay: thanks this place is a locally owned store my father and his friend own it.
Medusa: can I talk to him
Jay: sure (anything to get me away from this counter)
Out comes store owner (joe)
Joe: hey how's it going
Medusa: I absolutely love this store it's so nice
Joe: thanks this store is.....
Medusas hair shakes a little joes face freezes and a quiet hiss can be heard
Jay: yo dad you ok
Medusa goes back to browsing
Jay: dad...
Medusa: he's fine he's just under my spell
Jay: what the hell do you mean spell
Medusa : look it's no big deal I just used my power to make him a slave to my beauty
Jay: what do you mean no big deal! That's my dad.
Medusa: he'll be fine he just won't tell me no any more
Jay tries in vain to wake his dad up
Jay: wait what how can you manage this
Medusa: duh don't you know who I am
Jay: no you.. you just showed up asked to talk to my dad and then froze him
Medusa: oh darn I always do that well watch this I can show you who I am
Her eyes start to change to that of a snake and her hair starts to twist and morph into scales to form snakes coming from her head
Medusa: I'm the legendary medusa
Jay: wait medusa like THE medusa
Medusa: yuppers medusa stone
Jay: well can you unfreeze my dad
Medusa: I can you just have to do one thing for me.
Jay: what's that
Medusa: be my champion.
Jay: Your what?
Medusa:my champion.
Jay: what the hell is that?
Medusa: are you stupid? a champion is a human who helps a legend.
Jay: ok what ever just let my dad go.
Medusa: of course.
Her hair shakes again and joe unfreezes
And continues the last statement
Joe: a place where local artists can make their start and hopefully make it big
Medusa: oh cool well I'll definitely be back see ya jay
Medusa leaves the store
Joe: ooh jay you're killing it with the ladies how did you get a cute girl like that to like you
Jay: I have no idea
Jay: what ever dad isn't there work to do
Joe : yeah I guess
Now jay is in the food court in line
Jay:(hmm I wonder what I'm gonna get a taco or burrito)
Medusa runs up to jay and hugs his arm
Jay:(oh god not this girl again)what do you want lady
Medusa: call me Mimi that's what my friends call me
Jay: you mean a girl like you has friends
Mimi: you meany what did I do to you
Jay: let's see you came out of nowhere froze my dad and then to unfreeze him I am now your champion
Mimi: well he's not frozen anymore why are you still mad
While she is waiting for an answer jay orders
Jay: can I get Three beef tacos with black beans and cheese(jay turns to medusa ) look lady
Medusa interrupts
Mimi: it's Mimi!!!
Jay: alright don't get pissed look Mimi what do you want
Mimi: I need to officially make you my champion but I can't do it here silly give me your number so I can call you later
Jay: not going to happen
Mimi: but you have to I said so
Medusas hair begins to shake but Jay seems to be fine
Jay: wait did you just try to do your spell thing on me I saw your hair move when you did it to my dad
Mimi: wait why aren't you my slave
Jay: guess your power doesn't work on me
Mimi: no fair
Jay: How is that not fair if you ask me that's about the only fair thing about this situation
Worker: here you go sir that'll be 5.98
Jay pays for food and sits down at a near table to eat Mimi follows
Mimi: ooh I love tacos
Jay: no you can't have any
Mimi: come on let me have a bite
Jay: No
Mimi: please..please.....PWEAAAAASSSEEEE!!!!!!!!!!
Jay: quite down lady you're making a scene
Mimi: I want fwood and didn't I say to call me Mimi
Jay: ok.ok.ok.
Jay hands her a taco
Jay: so this whole making me a champion thing what's it all about
Mimi: I can't tell you here silly to many people around. Give me your number and I can tell you later.
Jay: ok geez
Jay hands her a piece of paper with his number on it
Mimi: oooooohhhh yay now the fun can begin
Jay: Mimi I have to go back to work but I get off at 9:30 so just give me a call them
Mimi: ok Jay you're going to have so much fun
Jay: some how I really doubt that
Later around 8:40 jay gets a call from who he expects to be Mimi
Jay: Mimi I'm still at work
Mimi: why though you said you get off at 9:30 and its 8:40 why can't you get off now
Jay: cause I'll get fired
Mimi: annnnnd you are about to be my champion what do you think that entails
Jay: well I haven't given that much thought actually
Joe yells from the front of the store
Joe: jay what are you doing up there
Jay yells to joe
Jay: going to the bathroom
Joe: hurry up we got customers
Jay: Mimi I have to go
Mimi: but I haven't-
Jay hangs up the phone and returns to work
About an hour later Jay gets a text from Mimi
Jay: hmmm just an address oh god what does this girl think she's doing
About an hour later jay arrives at the address an abandoned house in the middle of a field
Jay: well definitely looks like an evil creatures hideout
Jay walks up to the door and knocks the door swings open out the corner of his eye jay sees Mimi hiding behind the steps very poorly. jay walks over and she's not there.
Jay: hmm could have sworn I saw her
Inside his head jay hears Mimi's voice
Mimi: almost found me I'm downstairs
Jay turns the corner to see two sets of stairs the ones he passed on the way in and beside them a pair headed for the basement
Jay: I hope I don't get murdered down here
Jay proceeds to the basement where he sees what looks like a couch but is actually medusa long black tail laid out across the dimly lit room
Jay: well Mimi I guess I'll just sit over here
As Jay walks in the room mimi bites his neck
Jay: what the hell
As jay reaches for his neck the floor of the room falls away into darkness and jay begins to fall as well
Mimi's voice takes a serious tone she sounds almost like she aged 20 years
Mimi: jay you have been marked by me. I have chosen you but not out of random coincidence,Yet destiny. you were destined to be my champion since you were born. In the mall I was looking for you I could feel you In the store. I found out who you were by using my power on you. when it didn't work. I knew I had found you now you must choose your weapon to help me with what is to come.
Jay: what weapon all I see is darkness
In that moment a samurai sword and a pair of sleek form-fitting armor materialize before him
Mimi: so you have chosen. adorn your armor and weapon and You shall awaken
Jay puts on the armor and grabs his weapon as soon as he dose he is immediately pulled into the darkness and awakens in a much more familiar place
Jay: oh thank god just a dream ughhhh my head and my neck are killing me though what a dream
Jay puts his hand up in the air above him like he's holding a sword
Jay: (sigh) that was a cool sword though
Mimi: I told you we couldn't do that in public
Jay: oh god how did you get in my house
Mimi: wasn't hard I just used my power
Jay:(so that wasn't a dream figures)
Jay: damn it Mimi
Mimi: what
Jay: what do you mean what. you can't use your powers on my family like that.
Mimi sounding a little dejected : well I wanted you to be comfortable so I brought you home and I didn't want them to see you like that so I put them to sleep. They're safe just sleeping
Jay trying to cheer up Mimi: ok ok sorry. look thanks for that now that you say it out loud it would be weird if you showed up carrying me
Mimi: yay does that mean we're still friends
Jay: I wouldn't go that far
Mimi: you're so mean
Jay: so what happened last night
Mimi: you silly man. Why I made you my champion of course
Jay: that's what that was
Mimi: yup and might I say nice choice you made with the weapon and armor
Jay: come on I didn't choose anything
Mimi: well yes and no
Jay: what do you mean that stuff just showed up
Mimi: cause you wanted it to. Usually armor doesn't come with it you must be strong
Jay: oh god I'm so confused
Mimi :let me explain in the darkness I kinda was and wasn't talking to you. You see in the darkness I was talking to a specific part of you, your heart.
Jay: haha ok what ever Mimi
Mimi: no really it's true and all you have to do is call out to it and it will appear
Jay: like with my heart.
Mimi:yeah dummy exactly what I'm saying your not very smart for a champion
Jay: what. This is to much.
Mimi: how so.
Jay : um I don't know maybe the part about you being actual medusa or the part about me being in the middle of nowhere one second then I awake in my bed the next. with medusa in my room telling me that my heart is my weapon and if I just call to it will appear.
Mimi:how is that to much you pretty much got it
Jay: I guess
Mimi: are you going to call to it
Jay: yeah if I knew how
Mimi: just find it inside your heart and see it in your hand
Jay: ok
Jay tries to do just that and feel the blade in his heart and see the blade in his hand and to his surprise it comes to be in his hand before him
Jay: oh my god what the hell oh my god what the hell.
Mimi: see I told you but don't look in the mirror
Jay:what do you mean don't look in the mirror
Jay quickly runs to the bathroom to check his face in the mirror, and his face is covered in dark shadowy scales that look as if they contain swirling darkness, and his eyes a deep red color with slender dagger-like pupils that seemed almost bottomless at a glance. Not only was Jay's face changed but his body was also covered in the same scales as his face.
Jay: Mimi?
Mimi standing outside the bathroom: yes??
Jay:you can see these too right
Mimi:yes
Jay:so I'm not just dreaming right
Mimi:right look I'm-
Jay:this is soooo cool I look like I could do some serious damage
Mimi : really you're not mad that you look like a monster.
Jay: ha I look better than you that's for damn sure
Mimi: hey!!Why you got to be so rude
Jay opens the door and Mimi immediately hugs him
Jay:what are you doing
Mimi:you're perfect
Jay:for what exactly
Mimi:me
Jay:what
Mimi:you're the best champion ever
Jay:oh?
Mimi : what did you think I meant silly
Jay:haha never mind but I should change back right
Mimi: yeah
Jay: how?
Mimi: Just picture what you looked like before you changed geez you're so needy always needing me to tell you how to do these things and what not
Jay: Mimi shut up.
Jay visualizes his human form and the scales dissipate
Mimi: ooooo feisty.
Jay: so why do I need this form.
Mimi: to be a champion duh.
Jay: yes Mimi but what does the role of champion pertain to like will I slay mythical Beast oh oh oh or find crazy cool treasure or even fight the gods.
As jay finishes his statement Mimi snaps at him
Mimi:woah!!! What are you doing
Jay: what!
Mimi: what do you mean what? the gods don't like it when champions challenge them and besides there champions would slaughter us
Jay: what about my cool armor
Mimi:the gods are on a whole nother level I'm just a creature of legend their power is far greater than mine
Jay: but how does it compare to mine
Jay changes back to his scaled body
Jay: hey does this have a name
Mimi: what
Jay: this form
Mimi: noooo what is this some sort of manga
Jays voice gets really serious and shadows seep from his skin
Jay: never ever insult manga like that again
Mimi: oh my god you are a dweeb you totally watch that nerdy stuff
The room is now complete darkness no trace of jay can be seen but jay is standing in the same spot as he was when he started to darken the room jay can see straight through this darkness so can Mimi
Mimi oh looks like i hit a nerve cool you make the room dark one of your powers has manifested it hasn't even been a day yet ooooohhhhhh you're so awesome maybe you can stand a chance haha
Lightning strikes outside. the darkness clears and Mimi's hair turns to snakes and starts to hiss
Mimi: oh gods
Jay: what
Mimi: This is why we don't talk about them
A tall man enters the room his face emotionless and plain
???: So you think your power is as great as mine
Jay: oh shit
Mimi: jay don't move
???: oh be quiet
The man snaps his fingers and Mimi is teleported outside
Jay: where is she?
???: I'm Zeus the god of lightning
Arcs of lightning shoot between his fingers and out from his eyes
Zeus: you belie...
The room instantly goes black jays blade moves silently through the darkness but as his sword is about to make contact Zeus tuns his head and looks at jay and grabs his sword
Zeus: how bold
Jay: bold indeed you prick
The jay Zeus grabbed dissipates into shadow and jay descends from the ceiling
Zeus dodges out of the way but suffers a small graze in the process Zeus pulses and the darkness clears jay hits the ground from a punch that was thrown by Zeus faster than his eyes could see Zeus standing there with a big smile on his face jays armor now has a hole where jay was punched jay spits up blood
Zeus: sooooooo someone of your level has done even the slightest of damage to me I guess you do have some power you will be forced to fight through the gauntlet if you lose you die if you win you fight me you either accept and live another day or die your choice
Jay: ha you think I give in
Jay coughs up more blood then passes out
Zeus: this one has promise
He snaps his fingers and medusa pops up back in the room
Zeus: now listen he's not going to die I can tell he has agreed to participate in this coming gauntlet you will train him to use his abilities to their full potential if he dies I'll kill you do you understand you weak coward can't even displace yourself I'm sure he's the strongest champion in recent years
In a flash of light Zeus vanishes Mimi rushes to jays side
Mimi: sleep we will start training in three days
Jay passes out on the floor
About a day passes and jay wakes up in his bed in his room like nothing ever happened he felt completely fine
Mom: jay get up are you ready for your trip
Jay quietly says
Jay:what trip
Mom: get your lazy but up Mimi's here
Jay: oh god it wasn't a dream
Mimi screams from downstairs
Mimi: so you just gonna sleep the day away you lazy bum get up we have to get going or we won't make it in time
Jay sits up and at the edge of his bed are to fully packed suit cases
Jay: geez how long am I going to be away for I guess this is what happens when a god gets pissed off at you
Jay stretches and yawns throws on his favorite hoodie that is orange with a Japanese symbol inside of a white circle
With blue sleeves grabs his bags and heads out of his room towards the stairs
Mimi: come on slow poke
Jay gets to the bottom of the stairs and sees his parents at the table eating with Mimi
Mimi: come eat and then we'll leave
Jay takes a seat awkwardly and eats the food on the table and there's a lot of food mimi made pancakes bacon sausage home made bread French toast
Jay: wow this is great
Mimi: welp lets get going
Jay stuffs one more bite in his mouth and gets up
Jay:well if it's time then I guess we have to go bye guys see you when I get back
Jays thoughts: I will make it back Zeus will be defeated by me
He picks up his bags and lifts them over his head and walks out to the car. He puts the bags in the car and pulls out the keys
Mimi: I'm driving
She Snatches the keys
Jay: what why
Mimi: do you know where you are going
Jay:uhhhh
Mimi:didn't think so just enjoy the ride
Jay:you are right where are we going any way
Mimi:you see I guarantee you'll love it
Jay: something doesn't feel right I feel light-headed
Mimi: yeah that's the poison
Jay:what!!!!
Mimi: it's so you can sleep and heal that punch from Zeus should have killed you you're lucky he didn't use his thunder with it
Jay: whaaaa....
Jay passes out in his seat as the poison takes effect
Mimi: oh is he going to hate this
Mimi drives for two days using her power of seduction to get gas as she has never worked a day in her life
Jay wakes up naked and in the dark covered in a thin white sheet
Jay: uggggghh how long have I been... wait am I blind why can't I see any thing
Mimi laughs from the darkness
Jay feels a sharp slice across his side
Jay: ahhh what's going on
Mimi: why don't you find out weakling
Jay dons his armor the hole from Zeus still remains jays sense of smell and sight increase as he changes he sees Mimi coming straight for him with a dagger in hand she's in her full form jay goes to dodge but the shade dissipates and he gets struck in the back
Jay:ahhhh damn it
Mimi: use your skills you hurt Zeus you should have no problem dodging my attacks
Jay:why are we fighting again
Another strike from jays blind side comes this time the jay dissipates
Mimi: ahh there we go but it won't be enough for the other champions you'll lose to your first fight if you can't master you powers in a week
Jay gets stabbed again and the room lights up there's a straw bed and a pool of water with. no visible way out Jay now down to one knee spit up blood and passes out
Mimi: the poison should last the night his current level is way beyond the other champion his heart is strong but his mind weak he didn't even notice that we aren't in a cave
???: the boy has promise he dodged you once usually your cowardly attacks would break most defenses especially untrained champions
Mimi: Yeah that's why I chose him his heart and mind are strong I tried to use my powers on him when we met and nothing happened I wasn't surprised he attained armor I was surprised he wasn't fully doned like....
???:we do not speak of her she was my greatest pupil but was swayed by power
Mimi: you're right I'm sorry miss
???: now as soon as he get a grip on his power I will try to break his heart you know how ruthless the gauntlet is
Mimi:yes mam but do you really have to break his heart
???: hopefully he won't break and if he does then he's worthless anyway
Mimi: you're so mean Athena
Athena: war is never nice Medusa you know this
Mimi: I know madam Athena
Jay wakes up on the straw mat this time the room is lit and Mimi sits spinning her knife on the ground with the point in the stone floor
Mimi:so your skill level is pretty low continue to get stronger or you will die in the gauntlet
Jay: I cut Zeus I'm stronger than you think
Mimi: wraps her snake like body around him from the ceiling you may have strength on your side but you pay no attention you should have smelled me up here the whole time.
The Medusa across the room vanishes and jay vanishes from Medusa's grip
Jay: I did I just like conversation sitting where the shade was jaylen fully doned in his armor and transformed state asks how strong do you think I am
Mimi:predictable
her tail snaps over into the only dark corner of the room and strikes jay he manages to pull his sword up in time to not take the full brunt of the attack he gets knocked up against the wall his armor starts to fade
Mimi(silently ): his heart is fragile he'll never make it through athena
Jay: yeah ok you got me but can you keep up with me
Darkness fills a small area like 10 ft a crossed apposed to its full size of 60 ft across
Jay:what's happening
Mimi:you're losing heart when that happens your armor breaks and your sword dulls to nothing more than that of a wooden kendo sword
Jay:I'm not losing heart you must have poisoned me
Mimi wipes away the darkness with one motion jays armor now falling apart Mimi stands tall and in her regular form
Mimi: strike me boy
Jay put all he's got into his swing his blade clashes against her olive toned skin and barley makes a cut
Mimi:it's over you have lost you have not the heart to battle
Jay: I do have the heart. I am strong enough who cares about heart anyway I'll win no matter what.
At that moment jay disappears he is enveloped by darkness
???:do you have the heart to fight a god
Jay: I have the heart to take on any and the will to sharpen my blade when my heart waivers
???:hmmmmm maybe you do have promise
His katana dissipates his armor shatters he lays naked in the void he thinks of Mimi
Jay(thought):I won't let you down I'll fight Zeus if it takes all I have and I'll win
At that moment a golden hilt emerges from his chest as he pulls on it a black blade with an army of snakes that run up the length of the blade emerges from his chest
???:your heart is stronger than any I've ever met but your will is stronger than any gods will you will be known as king of gods
Jay:king of gods? Isn't Zeus king
In front of him a full set of Japanese leather armor floats in front of him golden and adorned in snakes wrapping up the arms coming to gloves where each finger is a snakes head bearing fangs the legs scaled and tough as stone boots of pure darkness that seem to disappear and reappear jay reaches for the armor it melds to his body and soul jay opens his eyes Mimi and Athena stand in front of him mimi runs and hugs him
Mimi: I knew you where the strongest !!! I knew it!!
Athena: no there is no way you found a human stronger than even the weakest god this kid could take on even ares
Mimi: told you to have faith in him theny
Athena(shyly):don't call me that in front of people
Jay: i....
Jay passes out he hit the ground and is thrust into a dream him baked by a girl with a bow facing down Zeus. Zeus let's out a lighnnigbolt Aimed for jay the girl shoots an arrow and appears in front of the bolt and is killed by it jay disappears and covers the entirety of Olympus in darkness and Zeus is struck by an army of jays. Jay wakes In a fright can barely recall the dream
Jay:Lilith no!!!
Athena: who is Lilith?
Jay:I don't know but I felt like I needed to help her
Mimi: get up we only have a day left sleepy head
Mimi:today you'll fight Athena
Jay: what Athena like the goddess of wisdom and strategy
Athena walks in dressed in full plate mail holding a long sword her armor shining bright and radiant her sword has a gold hilt with a long silver blade
Athena:raise your blade boy
Jays sword comes forth and his armor glows brighter than Athena's his sword sharper than hers
Jay: you ready for this cause I sure ain't
Athena rushes in and before she can even start her swing jay disappears completely Athena closes her eyes she hears the slightest movement holds her sword to the left she blocks jays attack with ease
Athena you'll have to try harder than that boy
She grabs jays head and flips him on to the ground his armor takes most of the force but what's left over makes jay vomit.
Athena: I am the goddess of wisdom and strategy boy you will not win against me
Jay:starts laughing you have no idea who I am I am the next king of the gods
Jays body turns to snakes and his blade slides into Athena's side she turns around and is standing ready to fight but there is no one behind he her vision gets hazy and she drops to one knee and proclaims
Athena: boy you think a little poison is enough to beat me
She swings her blade and strikes jay cutting clean through his armor
Mimi: don't kill him please
Athena strikes again and her blade goes directly through jays heart
Mimi: Noooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!
Mimi starts to cry and in all out rage transforms into her battle self without her noticing jay appears at her side jay claps his hands
Jay:well done miss Athena for a second I thought my poison trance Mist wasn't working you almost grabbed me but I stepped back and put a shade there I feel bad for the guy you really beat the shit out of him and probably killed a few snakes in the process but I've been up here next to Mimi the whole time practically just watching how you move and fight my shades aren't even close to my strength but you put up a good fight nice show shall we eat
Mimi: jay what how when even I.
Athena: well played boy I mean jay the next king of gods I knew something was off but couldn't place it but now I know when I was stuck it didn't feel like a full power strike from you now I know why you're ready for the gauntlet
Mimi hugs Jay as hard as she can
Mimi: ohhh I thought she killed you I was so scared(she slaps him ) don't ever scare me like that
Jay: ouch that stings you know you're in battle mode I kinda can't breath
She sheds here form and Athena displaces to beside jay and extend a hand
Athena: well done bo.... king of gods you really are worth all the fates gave you
Jay goes to shake Athena's hand and she tries to throw him into the wall but he dosen't budge
Athena: you truly could have killed down there couldn't you
Jay: I get the feeling I could have with ease no disrespect
Athena: none taken
She kneels down on one knee and grants him a boon of clarity
Jay: what was tha....
Mimi: hey what's the big idea you trying to steal my champion
Athena:no just giving him some wisdom
They head for the dining hall Mimi clasped tight around jays arm the table is fill with a full Roman war feast pigs fruit wine assorted cattle meats all marinated in the finest of wines they start eating Jay starts shoveling food in his mouth
Athen:eat up boy this meal will be the last one catered to you after today starts the gauntlet
Jay(mouth full of food): sho wats da bg teal about the gauntlet
Athena: boy show some respect you are eating with a god but the gauntlet is a challenge for those who have been invited it test skills and strength and weaknesses if you aren't worthy you die and from your scream the other day I would find this Lilith and protect her if the fates made you feel like she was important you should find her and find out why she was important
Jay: who
Mimi: no! You are mine and mine alone love
Jay: I know Mimi.
They finished dinner and rested they had no idea that the queen would soon come