Little did we know it would be a long journey.
I walked in my room barely able to stand. I almost fell when I held onto my bed. Makani came in because I heard his voice. He came running over to me making sure I was ok. "You ok Naia?" "Yes I think so. Just a little tired." "Go ahead and get some rest. We have to leave at dawn tomorrow." He laid me down and tucked me in. He stayed with me until I fell asleep. Then Makani went back out to see if dinner was done.
He asked one of the butlers when it would be done. "In about an hour sir." "Ok thank you." Good gives her time to rest more. He thought. To kill time he went out to the garden to read. It was a garden of special flowers that grow in the ocean. As for the books, they had spells on them so that they won't get ruined, and some of them were made by people here so they used special paper made from stuff we find on the ocean.
Finally it was dinner time. Makani went up to see if Naia was awake. "Naia? Are you ok?" "Hmm. 5 more minutes." "Dinner is done. Time to eat." "Ok let me change." I changed my clothes tiredly and Makani helped. He even helped me with a simple braid. Since he let his hair grow out he has been an expert at it. I put my hand in his arm and we walked to dinner.
"Hmm smells so good." "I made them prepare your favorite." "Yes I can smell it thanks." "Even though its only raw stuff, I do only have one favorite dish of course they had other stuff on the side. Sometimes we go on the surface to eat better food. If I wasn't the goddess, I would definitely live on the surface and visit from time to time. Sometimes I regret being the goddess. "Naia? Naia." I guess I must have been thinking in my head so much because people are worrying about me. "Naiah. Naia!" "Huh? Sorry I was thinking about stuff what did you say?" "Are you feeling ok?" "Yeah I think I'm just tired. So is that what you were saying?" "Yeah pretty much." Then the kids talked about how their day was and it was a noisy dinner which I liked. "Hey kids are you all packed for the trip tomorrow?" "Yes mom we are." Said Grey. "Ok good. What about you girls?" "Yes mom." Said Zee my oldest. "Ok then good. Remember we leave at dawn. We won't have time for breakfast we will have to catch stuff on the way ok?" "Yes mom." Said Miya.
Everyone was finally in bed and I was getting in mine when I had this strange feeling. "What is it honey? You don't look so good." "I have a strange feeling about something Makani. Do you feel it?" "No I don't. Maybe it's a goddess thing." "Yeah maybe. I just hope its nothing to worry about. Oh I already talked to Selena and she will be coming with us. My brother said that his pet sea serpent will be coming too." "Can they handle it being that cold?" "Well I don't know I guess they will take us as far as they can. They said they would meet us at the front of the cave." "Ok sounds good."
(In the middle of the night)
I was having a dream or a vision type thing. Maybe it has to do with that feeling I have been having.
In my dream:
Where am I? "You are in your head right now. You are a recent goddess so its understandable you don't know." "Who are you? Show yourself?" A man showed himself and said, "Woah first of all calm down." I took a deep breath and calmed down. "My name is Eros. Yes like the god. I don't make people fall in love. My parents must have been obsessed with them. Well anyway you can call me Eros or old man. I look younger than I really am. If the spell broke I would be dead. That is how old I am. You are coming to see me." "Yes I am. I was told to tell you the last goddess Kleena has passed away." "Yes I figured since you are the new one. I did hear the change in law though. Way to go." "Do you know why I am coming to you?" "Yes I do. I started to feel its effects. All I can say is to hurry I may or may not be able to help. I will do my best." "Thank you sir." "You are welcome. Oh and that feeling you have been having was me trying to contact you. Don't worry it should be gone by the time we are done here. Have a good night Naia."
Then I woke up. "Woah that was creepy." Then I laid down and snuggled with Makani and he snuggled back and I went back to sleep.
Finally dawn came I was tired but got up anyway. I got dressed in my casual clothes. Being a goddess does have its good sides like making the clothes for my family. Its easy once I got it down. All I needed was the material they wanted and I used my magic to put it together. "Ok lets go see if the kids are up then." I said. So we walked to the kids rooms.
"Hey boys! You up!" "Yeah dad." Said Grey who usually sleeps in. "I'm almost ready." Then next door was the girls. "Girls! You ready?!" "Yeah we are almost ready mom!" said Miya. A few minutes later the kids were all ready and we headed out of the cave. We met Selena and Azure. "Ok now. The kids can go on Blue and your father and I will hold Selena's fin. Now lets stay together or at least try. Hold on tight and look after each other ok? If anything happens protect each other and try not to fight ok?" "Yes mom!" The kids said in unison. "Ok so we are going to see an old man named Eros." The animals were shocked. "We thought it was only a myth! Said Selena. "Yes well its true. In the middle of the night the man talked to me. He told me he was under some sort of spell is to why he looks younger than he does, but if it were to break it, we would be dead because of how old he is. Do you guys remember where he was? In the deepest coldest part of the ocean." "Yeah we know. We wont be able to go all the way but we can get you pretty close." Said Blue. "Ok lets go everyone." So we were off. We were all laughing and having a good time. For right now. Not knowing for what is to come.
"Ok Everyone! This is a fast part of the ocean. Hang on tight everyone! Older ones hang on tight to the younger ones. Selena make sure those two don't fall off ok?" "Yes Blue. Take care of the others as well." So the fast part came and everyone held on as tight as they could. Then finally once it had passed everyone was relived. He got down and took a breather. "Is everyone accounted for?" said Makani. "Uh oh. Where are Grey and Miya?" Said Selena. "Oh no did they fall off?" said Blue. Then we all went looking for them. We shouted their names but no answer. "Did anyone hear them screaming when they fell?" said Makani. "Well around these parts everyone is so focused on hanging on, all their other senses are blocked.
I suddenly heart a tiny voice. "Everyone be quiet!" I said. Then everyone stopped and I heard it again. "Do any of you hear that?" "No and I am a dolphin. I can usually hear things pretty far. I guess my hearing is going." "OK then follow me everyone! Luckily we don't have to go as far as the fast part to find them."
The sound was finally getting closer and then I saw a cave. "This way! In the cave!" Selena and Blue stayed back. "What is it? Why aren't you following us?" "Now I understand why we couldn't hear it. This cave has a spell on it. Sea creatures can't get any further. We will wait here." "OK thank you." Then we both went and entered the cave.
"Hello?" I said. "Hello?" said Makani. "Anyone here?" We said. Then we saw a light and ran toward it. Once we finally got there we saw our two youngest ones. Grey looked to be hurt severely but Miya only a few scratches. "Oh my goodness Miya!" "Mom! Dad! Brother! Sister!" The siblings hugged each other making sure they were ok. "Oh so are these are your parents?" "Yes these are my parents." "Hello sir. My name is Naia and this is my husband Makani." "How do you do. I saw this boy here collapsed on the ground. When I moved him I saw this one. He must have protected her." "Yes he thinks he is the man of the house. Is he going to be ok?" "Yeah I'm sure he will. Oh sorry I forgot to introduce myself. My name is Hermes. Nice to meet you." "Isn't he a god?" "Yes well my parents were obsessed." "Are you by any chance related to Eros?" "Oh yes sorry as you can see he looks young. It was around the time I came along the spell was in tact. He is my great grandfather." "What?!" We all said. "Yeah so I take it you are going to see him?" "Yes we are something is going on in the village and we need help." "Yes I felt it too. I'm sure my grandfather saw it too. "You might meet my sister on the way. She is a little older than me by 2 years. Her name is Athena. Yes a god name as well. Ok well how long before Grey can travel?" "Well when he wakes up he should be ok but he will have to take it easy." "Ha Grey take it easy. We would be better off tying him up." Said Ocean. "Yeah for once I agree with him." Said Zee. "Why don't you rest up here for the night." "Oh the kids can if they want. We have our sea animals with us I don't want to leave them for long." "I'll stay with Grey. Mom." Said Zee. "OK sure." Then the others went to sleep on the animals.
Once everyone left Zee talked with Hermes a bit. "So your name is Hermes right?" "Yeah I know strange name." "As you know my name is Zee is even stranger." "Yeah well I meet the goddess Kleena a couple of times." "You did?! Mom said she was beautiful. Can you tell me what she looked like?" Well she hand beautiful tan skin. She almost always wore a purple color. At times she wore others. Her hair was white and her eyes were a gorgeous green. I did try asking her out once but she refused." "I see. I know this is a random question but do you have any kids?" Yes as a matter of fact I have 1 son and 1 daughter. Who are about your age." "So are their names god names too?" "Heck no. I didn't want to follow that weird tradition." "So what are their names?" "Oh excuse me their names are Jet my oldest and my daughter is named Levy." "Any way maybe on the way back we can meet you all." "Yeah that would be nice. They are on a journey right now. Just like you too. It's a totally different one though."
The next morning Grey woke up. "Hmm. Where? Where am I?" "Welcome back kid." "Where is my sister? Where is Miya? Ow. What happened to me?" "Relax brother." Said Zee. "I see you guys found us." "Yes we did. Mom did actually she heard Miya's voice she is fine. This man Hermes here saved you." "Nice to meet you Grey." "Likewise." "Oh that's a relief. Is mom and dad outside?" "Yes the others are outside. You have to take it easy when we get out there ok?" "Yeah I figured as much." Zee helped her brother up and said, "Thank you Hermes. For everything." "Yeah sure. Hope to see you again and meet my wife and kids." Then they headed out with Zee helping him.
"Grey!" Miya went over and gave Grey a hug. "Ow easy sis." "Sorry are you ok?" "Yeah I have to take it easy for a little while." "Mom how much further do we got?" "Oh about a few days left." "I hope this wound heals up quick." Then we got on our animals and were off again.
We have been traveling for an hour already. "How are you doing Grey?!" said Makani. "I'm fine. At least I will be." "Good. Lets continue." They had to fight sea monsters on the way but they finally made it.
"Ok here is where we stop." Said Blue. This is pushing it coming this far. Be careful out there everyone." Said Selena. "Don't die or your brother won't forgive me ok?" "Yes sir." I said. Then we waved and headed into the darkest part of the ocean. Luckily Grey's injuries healed enough to where he can move around a little better but they are not fully healed.
"Mom are we almost there? I'm getting a little tired." Said Grey. "Yeah its not just him we all are." Said Zee. "Its ok kids its probably because of the cold. Try not to go to sleep we are almost there ok? Well if we do Eros will probably help us anyway."