FAY
Erica's little fox form started to twirl around my leg like a cat trying to grab my attention. I smile taking her up towards my arms as she stuck out her tongue giving me a lopsided look. She is too cute. I couldn't resist touching her head and patting her there. I always wanted a dog but I couldn't since my family couldn't afford it.
I know it's bad for me to treat Erica right now like one, but she's too cute. I never knew my wife would be such a cute fox. She looks like a mini white pomeranian but with nine tails. She laid on my lap and closed her eyes to sleep. I continue to pat her to sleep, and to be honest I wish she could return back to her normal human form soon.
I don't understand why and how is she not returning back to us. I am a little worried. Camila came into my room and she looks exhausted. I can relate to her. I get several headaches in a day because of the merging. I am pretty worried.
Kieran's power has been haywire summoning up the undead unconsciously. Sometimes when he sleeps he shadow traveled to another place like he had sleepwalked. Poseidon often puts up white magic around Hades so that it could drain him out a bit for him to be less tense but more painful.
It's been two days including today and we are all trying to find ways to stop the merging. Hades might only stay sane tomorrow and be merged fully with his human self the day after tomorrow. Everything is spelled catastrophe.
As if the fox sensed that I was feeling anxious she got up and put her paws on my hands tapping on them. I smile and continued to pat her on the head as she slips out her tongue smiling up at me. I laughed. I brought my hands around the fox's body and hugged her. "I miss you, Erica," I whispered. The fox whimpers as if saying she was trying to say something.
"I'm alright, Erica. I am alright," I cuddled her. She licked away the tears that came down from my eyes. It's like Poseidon said the Ancient Ones can't get in here, but before we came we walked into their trap.
Slowly, Erica gets up and jumped to the floor. She looks at me and then looks at the door like she was telling me to follow her. I stood up and walked beside Camila first on the bed. She is sleeping and constantly wincing. My daughter was sleeping next to Camila patting her. I kissed my daughter on her forehead.
"Take care of aunt Camila for me, won't you, little one?"
"Yes mommy," my daughter replied.
I smile and followed Erica out of the room. She walked into Poseidon's room where Elena was still asleep but Poseidon says that is also Zeus. Confused as it sounds. I can feel some intimidating power coming out of Elena's body and it does feel like Zeus resides in her.
Erica fox's form jumped up to the bed and walked beside Elena curling herself into a ball within the moment I see dark magic around Elena. I couldn't believe what I was seeing. So I waited longer. The fox closed her eyes again and this time I was seeing it perfectly clear there was definitely a hint of dark magic around Elena's body. This is why Erica has been staying with her this whole time. She was trying to get rid of the dark magic on her own but couldn't. Though, why did she tell me to come? Why not Hades who could absorb dark magic into his body?
The fox got up sitting in an upright position looking at me and back at Elena then at me. I was hesitant, but I concentrate on Phobos's magic. I entered Elena's subconsciousness and there was fear all around there and panic. I placed a hand over my mouth when I see a tiny newborn baby was eaten by Zeus and it kept repeating. This is Zeus' fear. She feared that someday her child will take her throne just like her father did so she ate Athena.
It kept repeating and repeating. She is stuck in her own subconsciousness but I won't allow Zeus to experience this torment any longer. I went out to the real world and rested my palm on her forehead. I executed all the fear and panic that was in his dream to my body. When I finished the complexion on Elena's face seems better. Slowly her eyes moved slowly opening them up putting her hand over her eyes and tried to adjust the lighting in this room. She let out a groan as she sat upright
The fox stood up on Elena's lap as she smiles down at it. "My dear Teumessian fox," Elena said. "You had been wakened far too early."
"Ele-" I tried to speak but was intercepted.
"You don't have to explain anything. I know everything that is happening while I was trapped in my own dream of nightmares. We are going through the merging."
Immediately behind me, Hades showed up using his shadow travel. Poseidon orbits his watery self into the room drenched in seawater. Camila came through the door normal way with Amy's hand in hers. We were all here in Poseidon's room yet we were all being silent instead of being happy that she came back to us. Though, Calchas still lies in his bed unconcious.
Elena was still silent she breathed in the air in the room and disappears from the bed. I was shocked. Meanwhile, Hades and Poseidon also disappeared. The cloud soon became dark, the castle began to tremble and the ocean raged. I walked out to the balcony to see that Elena is in the sky, Poseidon was walking on the water, and Hades on the port outside of the castle.
I didn't understand what was happening until Zeus started to chant in some ancient languages. The fox began to float down to the body of the water. Its beady eyes looked at me in shock as if she was crying for help. I ran towards it, but the fox already went down. I tried to jump down but a barrier was up preventing me to go down. It was barking at me save her, but I was useless.
Elena held her hand up to the sky and lightning stroke down to the fox. It whimpers and growls at the pain. Soon, Hades joins in by putting dark magic into the fox. It whines and I couldn't bear to see it more hurt. I tried to put out my magic panic into the air but it wasn't getting out of the barrier.
Camila stops me. "I need to save, Erica," I stated. "They are hurting her."
"Yes, they are hurting her," Camila said but grabs both of my hands not letting them go.
"Then let me save her."
"This is the only way to evolve the fox."
"It's only a fox," I said. Poseidon drowned the fox and I let out a scream.
"This is the day where Laelaps and Teumessian merged," Elena chanted. She drops a stone into the ocean and everywhere trembled. A low hungry sound escapes from the ocean and eerie shapes formed out of the ocean. The shape was getting larger and larger until a giant head came out of the ocean. It was the fox but I could hardly recognize it. Its head still remains of a fox but the body of a canine and the tails were more than nine tails. She was huge. I held a hand over my lips to hide my surprise she looks angry. There was a mark on her forehead like a shape of burning flames. She rose to the ground and roars looking over at Elena.
It ran over to Elena like she was being attacked but Elena stood there not moving and held out her hand. The fox placed her head on Elena's hand as she patted the fox. "My dear fox, shift." To my surprise it did and Erica appears. I sighed in relief when I saw my lover has returned to normal. Erica smiles down at me and Camila.
Erica walked down the air like a stair down to the balcony to meet us. She held Camila and me in her arms. "I'm back," she whispers. I smile tears streamed down my eyes and hugged her back.
"I miss you, Erica."