"Yea" Max breathed and said "Well look on the bright side!"
"There is a bright side to this?" Sarah said confused
"Of course," Max looked at her with a soft smile and said "At least we have each other"
Sarah gave him a slight smile back and said "Yes, yes we do."
Max turned to Sarah and said "What do you think these do?" As he held up his debit card and ticket.
Looking closer at them Sarah said "I don't know, the letter wasn't very clear about it other then we will regret it if we lose them, also what is golden drachma?"
Max grabbed the shelf-drawer and passed it over to Sarah and said "I would assume that these are golden drachma, I counted them, there are 12, I assume 6 for each of us."
Sarah looked down and grabbed an old looking coin. There were few different designs, some had faces other with huge sailboats and others with owls but they were all golden with a bit of brown on the edges, they looked as if they had been around for a long time.
Flipping the coins around you could see a huge GD engraved on the back with a lightning bolt running through it.
"They're kinda cool, right?" Sarah said
"Yea! I don't know much about Greek gods and goddesses but i do know that the lightning bolt on the back represents Zeus." Max replied
"How do you know that?" Sarah asked
"Oh, my mom made me read this book about Greek stuff but I barely remember any of it, she probably wanted me to read it so I could have a little knowledge of my dad." Max said bored
"Well, are we gonna go to the ball to do this then?
"I mean, we had already planned to go anyway, also didn't you see the part at the end? Max shivered "They will hunt us down if we don't!"
"True, also we can't lose these things, where should we keep them?"
"I'm just gonna put mine in my suitcase, you keep yours with you, I would feel horrible if I lost yours!"
"Ok, will do. I'm gonna go grab Lily, this- this is a lot to take in, see you tomorrow Max."
"Sarah wait!" Max ran and grabbed Sarah's arm as she placed her foot onto the first step of the stairs and said "Can you come over her at 8am tomorrow? So we can leave for the ball?"
"oh right, sure"
Max let go of her arm and sat down to reread the letter and Sarah walked out the door with Lily holding her hand.
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"Sarah and Max's parents are gods?" Vanessa said to herself as she peeped through Max's kitchen window.
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Sarah walked through her door, her mom's car wasn't in the driveway so she assumed that she wasn't home yet.
She checked the clock, it was already 6:30 pm. "Might as well make dinner for us" Sarah said out loud to herself
Sarah felt a tug on her arm and turned around to see lily who had put her dragon costume back on and said "Will you play princess and dragon with me again?"
"Aww, sorry Lily, I have to make dinner"
Lily gave her a pout face but then her face lit up as she asked "Can I help you make dinner? I can peel some vegetables or put on the spreads!"
Sarah just couldn't say no, Lily's face was so sweet and she looked so excited at the aspect of helping her big sister make dinner.
"Of course you can, little dragon! Go grab me some teak and veggies from the fridge!"
"Ok princess!" Lily said as she scurried off
Sarah turned around and prepped for cooking, when Lily returned with her arms full of stuff Sarah had everything ready to begin.
She grabbed the steak and seasoned it, chopped it up and put it into a pan, cut up all the veggies and put them in as well, she stirred it and then turned to Lily and said "I know you don't much care for stir-fry so lets make some subs to go with it! I've already cut up the lettuce and tomato, go and grab the bread, meat, cheese and mayonnaise, anything else that you can think of that you want on your sandwich you can grab too.
Lily returned with all the stuff that Sarah had requested and plus with little toothpick flags and she held them up proudly and announced "I'm gonna put these in my sandwich like a castle!"
Sarah laughed and helped Lily prepare a few subs, occasionally stopping to stir the food she was cooking or to add things to it and then finally they were done.
Sarah poured the stir-fry into a big bowl, she had made a lot because she wanted her mom to have some leftovers for the week Sarah would be gone for, she had made extra sandwiches for that same reason too.
"Do you wanna try some?" Sarah asked Lily as she held up the stir-fry but Lily just made a face at her, grabbed a sub and ran to the table.
Sarah shook her head and laughed, she poured herself some dinner and covered the bowl with a lid and put it next to the extra sub's in the fridge and went to sit down at the table with Lily and they ate their dinner together.
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"The End" Sarah said as she closed the book. She leaned down and kissed Lily's forehead and she turned off the door, as she was closing it Lily's soft voice could be heard over her sound machine, "Sarah, when will mommy be home?"
"I don't know Lily, I'll call her in a bit, I will wake you up when she gets home so you can say goodnight, ok?"
"Ok, thanks Sarah"
"your welcome"
"love you sis!"
"You too Lils"
Sarah softly closed the door and looked at the clock on her phone. 10pm. Mom should be home by now Sarah said to herself and she picked up her phone to call her.
Ring....Ring....Ring....Ring...Ring...Ring...Ring... I'm sorry but this caller can not come to the phone right now, please leave a message after the b-
Sarah hung up and tried again
Ring....Ring....Ring....Ring...Ring...Ring...Ring... I'm sorry but this caller can not come to the phone right now, please leave a message after the beep.
This time Sarah said, "Hey mom, Lily wants to know when you're coming home, it's late and I worry about you. Dinner's in the fridge so when you get home have a byte to eat. Also please go in and say hi to Lily, I promised her that I would wake her up to say goodnight to you. Remember that I'm going on that trip with Max tomorrow, his parents told me everything, no need to worry, i'm not mad at you, I just wish that you would have told me sooner, I would have understood. anyways goodnight, love you, see you in the morning."
Sarah then hung up, sighed and went to her bedroom.
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"Zeus said he wants fate to be changed right here. Get me my scissors." Said Atropos
"Are we sure we want to change the fate?" Said Clotho as she handed her the scissors
"Yes, we can't go back on our deal after all" Said Lachesis as she stretched out the string of fate
Atropos reached out to the string with her scissors
Snip
Another life had ended.