Mythos

Underland

I woke up with purple eyes looking at me. I close my eyes again and they are gone, my vision is blurry, ugh did i just imagine that? Where am i?

I try to blink away the haze. I am shivering, its cold. I am all wet.

I look around me and notice all of the water around me. Theres water under the earth? How far did i fall? I then notice how well lit the cave is, even though i am underground. I turn around to look for the source of light, and i am shocked to see a tree. Its pink leaves reminds me of a blossom tree. Each leaf is lit up somehow, by something maybe bioluminescence. But the oragnism is usually green or blue never seen anything pink.

I walk closer to the extraodinary tree. There are flowing specks of sparkling dust floaring around the tree. I walk closer to it, and strecht out my hand towards the tree ready to touch the lit up tree.

"Pa'leck di pa mano!" I hear a soft voice yelling. I turn around to see a small petite woman, with dark purple hair.

"What did you say?" I ask her.

"Pa'leck di pa mano." The girl said again. "Ietn'at vi entanta'di"

"I dont undertstand what you are saying." I say

"Sst'ama ne hom'endied" The girl says.

"What language is that?"

"Ch'kta va'el hom'endied." The girl says looking behind her. A very tall man emerges from the darkness he has an older look on him. His hair is a golden color. His eyes a blazing orange.

He walks closer to me. "What are you doing?" I ask him.

"Ak'te ne te'co." The large man say in a deep voice. Before i could run he stands in front of me and grabs my arm and then drags me with him by where the girl is.

"Let go!" I yell i try to pry his hands open so he can let me go but its no use he is way too strong.

He drags me with him, i do everything i can

"Ha'rat sat'ama ne hom'endied!" The man yells. He takes me down the tunnel. My heart begins to beat fast. They are going to kill!

"Stop let go!" I cry out. "Help!" I scream.

But its no use. I dont know if there is anyone to be able to help me out. How can i escape him?

Theres a light just ahead. Maybe they are going to take me outside. I stop fighting and walk beside him. Hoping that i get to escape.

My jaw drops at what see. There are floating chunks of land trees everywhere, its a giant cave, a large giant glowing light at the rough of the cave. Clouds in the air, and a large waterfall just at the otherside of the large cave. I cant even call it a large cave, this cave is a lot bigger than 4 football size stadiums.

How is this possible? How is there a world under the earth? There are plants i have never seen, and extinct plants as well. There are large mushrooms along some trees.

The man grabs picks me up and puts me over his shoulder like a sack of potatos.

"What are you doing?" I scream.

I look at the girl next to me behind her a pair of transparents wings appear from her back.

What in the f**k?

She then hovers over the ground. The man then leaps from the ledge we were on and falls to the ground. I let out a scream. When we land on the ground i am in shock, I breathing hard and tears are falling down my cheeks. The man then puts me down on the ground.

"You almost kill me!" I scream as i bang on his chest.

Another man lands next to us. He looks more like the first one, but his hair is dark. He has the same colored eyes. His skin is an olive color. He is just as tall as the man. The golden colored man seems to be 6'5 and the dark hair man 6'4.

They begin to speak in different languages. I look around the only exit just more than 80 feet. How will i climb this?

The dark haired man sprouts leathered wings and flies off.

I let out another scream. "He can fly!"

The golden haired boy says anothing thing and then grabs my arm again. The girl flies down next to us and talks to the man in their language.

"Where am i?" I ask them. "What the hell are yall? How are you able to fly? Hello?" I yell. I am in shock. I think i am still alseep. I must have hit my head real hard. I begin to pinch my arm

"Wake up!" I tell myself. "Wake up!"

I begin to breath hard. I cant seem to wake up.

the man grabs my arm and drags me.

"Where are we going?" I yell. "Let me go!"

The man grabs me again and throws me over his shoulder he then leaps off the ground feels like we are flying. I let out another scream as we fall down the ground.

We then drop in front of a small crowd. Theres all kinds of colors and sizes. Tall, short and colorful. The man puts me on the ground and everyone stares at me. I look around me. They all speak a different language.

"Ie'nek in'ar ack tar." I hear a raspy voice. I turn to look at an older woman. Her tan skin is wrinkled and her hair fully white. They all look at me in question.

"I dont understand." I say.

"Ak'n ah'e uhek'oh we'uae." The old woman says. A little pink woman walks towards me, she seems scared. She takes out a little bottle and drinks the liquid. She then slowly walks to me and then stops, she looks around. The man with dark hair from earlier walks foward and holds my arms agaisnt my body.

"What? What are you doing?" I yell. The pink lady steps in front of me and hovers, she grabs my head and then she, she kisses me! A liquid enters my mouth. When she lets go of me she makes hand gestures. I swallow the liquid and i begin to cough. Trying to breath, there's a sudden chill in my body and then its gone in an instant.

"Can you undestand us now?" The old lady asks. I look up in surprise.

"Yes, how is that possible?" I ask her.

"How are you here?" The old lady ignores my question.

"We should just kill her." A deep voice says. I turn to see the dark haired man.

"What? No!" I yell.

"Shut up human!" He says again.

"I agree with Othniel!" A woman says. I turn to look at her. Her long bronze hair takes my breath away, it shines in the light. She is tall with ivory skin and dark black eyes. Her lips are full and round. She sneers at me.

"No." I say.

"We can't just kill her." A warm voice says. I turn around again and see a man about 6'0 with ashy blonde short wavy hair, and a clean shaven look, he has a long jaw and a crooked nose.

"Oh shut up Wyvern." The woman says again.

"Odette, we can't just kill her!" Wyvern says.

"Why not? She is trespassing!" Othniel says. "She almost touched the life tree."

"I am not tresspasing i fell." I say.

"Lies!" Othniel screams at me.

"Othniel calm yourself." The old woman says.

"Sorry Old mother." Othniel says calmly. "But i think we should kill her. No humans are allowed here."

"I didnt mean to be here! I fell, please send me back. I have a lot to do! I have meetings to attent do! I promise i won't say anything." I plea.

"I dont believe that one bit!" Odette says.

"Just get rid of her!" Another one says.

"We arent killers!" Wyvern yells. "Old mother?"

"That is correct we dont kill." Old mother says.

"Her kind does." Othniel sneers.

"I have never killed anyone." I say.

"We know." Wyvern says.

"No we dont!" Othniel says. "How do we know she wont go out there and bring humans?

"I wont!"

"Just get rid of her, her stench is making my nostrils burn." Odette says.

"Excuse me?"

"Everyone calm!" Old mother yells. She then begins to cough.

Everyone becomes worried.

"Old mother?" The man that carried me comes and holds Old mother.

"I am fine Kire." Old mother says. "We will talk among ourselves and then make our final decision soon."

"What? No!" Othiel yells.

"Othniel! Old mother has spoken!" Kire says. Othniel opens leather wings and flies off.

"In the mean while." Kire looks around. "Fae, please take this human to a room."

"Yes kire." A girl with blue long hair steps up, she is very short and slim. With doe blue eyes.

"Come with me." Fae extends her hand timidly towards me. She looks at me with a fearsome look.

A hand grabs me and turns me around. Odette. "If anything happens to Fae I will hurt you!"

I look at everyone and then at Fae.

"I will never hurt anyone!" I say.

"Odette, stop." Wyvern says. He then walks towards us and put a hand on the lower part of my back and then leads us away from the group.

"So, what's your name?" Wyvern asks when we are away from the crowd.

"Um Athena." I say.

"Athena?" Fae asks, her timidness slowly disappearing, maybe it's because Wyvern is here.

"Yeah, my mom was going to name me Mary, but she thought Athena had more power in it." I joke.

"Powers" Fae asked confused.

"Figure of speech." I say.

We reach a section a wooden home, it looks cute.

"Don't worry its safe." Wyvern says. He points with his hands to the house. I walk towards the little entrance, having to bend down.

"Sorry, i think Kire thought you wouldn't get killed by the fairies." Fae says.

"Fairies?"

"Yeah, i am faire, and Wyvern here is a dragon. So is Othniel, Kire and Odette. There are fairies and mermaids and the centaurs, but they don't like to mingle much. And the mermaids can't really step on land." Fae says.

I stare at them. "You must be joking." Mermaids? Faires? Dragons?

I am definetly sleeping. I hit my head and i am dead asleep, maybe I am in a coma. Yeah that explains it better. I am in a coma. I pinch myself again and yelp at the stinging pain. Come on Athena wake the f**k up!

"What are you doing?" Fae asks as she looks at me her left eyebrow arched.

"I must be asleep." I say.

"Asleep?" Wyvern asks.

"Yes this would make more sense than all of these magical myths." I say pacing the small wooden room. The bed even looks like a nice fluffy nest. Everything in the tiny room is made of wood. Even the plates and cups that are on the makeshift counter are made of wood.

Why is everything made of wood here.

"Myths?" Fae asks. "We are most definitly not myths."

"We just have been hiding from humans for thousands of years." Wyvern says.

"Thousands?"

"Yes, humans just to hunt and kill us. They first began with the faries, then the centaurs, then the mermaids, and so on." Fae says. "The dragons lived longer on earth, and then they were being hunted down."

"Humans have always destroyed things." I say sofly.

"Yes." Wyvern says.

"But I am sure they would come up with the most peaceful solution about your case." Fae says. "And dont worry this here is an enchanted room, so no one comes here to kill you."

"Kill me?"

"As you saw and heard most of everyone wants you dead. They are scared Old Mother will release you back into earth." Wyvern says.

"Hopefully."

"But the dragons will do everything they can to have you killed." Fae says. "This meeting can take days, so get comfortable."

"Days?"

"Man you dont hear well do you?" Fae asks.

I stare at her trying not to panic.

"I cant stay here for too long, i have things to do." I say.

"What type of things?" Wyvern asks.

"I have meetings about the houses, and my dad and Nira! And Mrs. Granger! She'll be wondering where i am!" I am yelling at this point breathing hard tears threatening to flood my eyes. "I have to get out of here!"

"Hey calm down." Fae says.

"No!" I am beginning to hyperventilate.

"Hey! Hey calm down!" Fae grabs my shoulders and looks at me.

"I cant i need to get out! I cant stay here!" I am begining to yell louder.

"Shut her up!" Othniel appears out of the blue.

"I am trying!" Fae yells. "Breath slowly!"

"Athena?" I hear Wyvern.

"f**k Ill shut her up!" I hear another voice.

"No!" Fae yells. Their voices then begin to fade as darkness takes over my vision.

"She was making too much noise and getting on my nerves." I hear a voice in the distance.

"The reason she is here is to be protected from you!" A female voice says.

"What about us?" Another female voice says.

"She is a human!" The familiar female voice says.

"So?"

"Ugh just leave."

"Fine but if i hear another peep from her ill kill her!" The deep male voice says.

"No you wont." Another male voice says. They voices becoming louder and louder and clearer.

I then open my eyes. I am looking at a wooden ceiling. Wooden ceiling? And then it all hits me back. I sit up and look around panic shooting through me, this is not a dream this is real!

"Oh dont start again!" I hear a deep voice.

"Othniel just get out!" Fae yells. I then look at Othiel, ugh that asshole.

Othiel leaves giving me one last nasty look.

"How are you feeling?" I jump at hearing Wyverns voice next to me. "Sorry he apologizes." Wyvern is holding a cup with some sort of liquid.

"What is this?" I ask him as i grab the cup.

"Its tea." Wyvern says in a calm voice.

I take the tea and slowly sip it. I feel most of my muscles relax in an instant.

"Are you feeling better?" Fae asks.

"A little, thank you." I say.

"You were freaking out so bad!" Fae says as she plops next to me. She seems to be warming up to me more now.

I drink the last of the tea, Wyvern takes the cup and puts it back on the counter.

"Well we will leave you here to rest." Fae says.

I nod my head, and try and look around.

"Wait am i supposed to sit here and stare at the four walls?" What the hell? "Is there a magazine or something here?"

"A magazine?" Fae asks and then looks at Wyvern.

"Something to read?"

"Um we dont have that many things." Fae says.

"So i am just supposed to sit here and drive myself crazy, bored out of my mind?" I stand up looking at Fae. Wyvern and Fae look at each other confused.

"I was told to bring you here, thats about it." Fae says.

The door opens and Odette walks in, she looks me up and down and sneers. She then turns her back to me and looks at Fae and Wyvern.

"Why are you both still in here with this nasty human?" Odette asks them.

"Nasty human?"

"Odette please." Wyvern says.

"Yes nasty human." Odette turns around with her lips curled and lips bared, in full disgust. "I am waiting for Old Mother to let us kill you. I will gladly snap your neck."

"Being near you sounds punishing enough." I say. Odette takes a step foward towads me. Wyvern steps in front of Odette in an instant.

"Odette stop." Wyvern yells.

"Dont touch me, you human lover." Odette yells. " Protecting such a disgusting creature."

"Your breath is disgusting." I say through my teeth.

Odette throws Wyvern across the room and then grabs me by the throat and slams me against the wall. Fae screams in horror calling to Odette. I try to breath but cant my throat begins to burn and my lungs ache as i try to breath in air.

"I could kill you just as easy, you human! Dont try to insult me!" Odette yells at me.

"Odette! Let her go!" A deep voice yells. My vision begins to turn blurry from the lack of air. "Odette!"

Odette lets me go and i fall to the ground trying to breath, i cough feeling my throat swollen from her hands digging into my throat.

"You were told not to touch the her!" Kire yells at Odette.

"She insulted me!" Odette says through her teeth.

"That still doesnt give you the right to kill her!" Kire yells.

Fae kneels next to me, she moves my hair from my neck and face. She sucks in a breath and then gently touches my neck. I jump at the pain that shoots through me.

"Is she ok?" Kire asks.

"Why are you worried about that human?" Odette asks.

"Because we are not monsters Odette!" Kire yells.

"No, but they are and we should kill them the way they killed out grandparents and families." Odette yells.

"We are not getting into this." Kire says.

I look up slowly as Odette stomps out of the room. I then hear large wings flapping away. Wyvern helps me stand up and then sit me down on the bed/nest. I look at Kire but he leaves the room.

I try to speak but it hurts. My throat is still throbbing from the pain.

Fae shushes me. "Dont speak."

Kire comes back with a small bottle. He then gives it to Fae, Fae takes the bottle and smells the liquid. She then spits in it and then hands it to me, I give her a look. Does she expect me to drink that?

"Drink." Fae says.

I shake my head in disgust.

"Its fairy magic, itll heal you." Kire says, I look down at the small bottle. I cant believe i am about to drink spit. I put the bottle close to my lips and feel my stomach turn.

I look at Fae, but she pushes the bottle more towards me. I bring the bottle to me and try to take a breath. I then down the bottle and i feel like throwing it back up. A small shiver runs up my spine. Once the liquid is fully down, I feel my throat warming up, and then becoming fully cold. I wait a couple of seconds and then its all gone.

"Ok, now say something." Wyvern says.

"Like what?" I say and gasp. I can speak, my throat isn't throbbing no more. "Wow, how is this possible?"

"Magic." Fae says smiling.

"Magic isn't real." I say.

Fae smiles and shakes her head.

"What?" I ask her. Kire then leaves the small shack.

"We have to get going." Fae says.

"Try to rest. That was a lot for you." Wyvern says.

"Ill be back later." Fae says.

"Oh ok." I say. They both get up and leave. I lay on the makeshift bed putting both of my hands on the side of my face as i lay on my side. I lay there thinking about everything. So far i have almost died so many times in such a short span of time. From falling down that hole, so many feet's undergrounds. To being thrown off that huge ledge. And now Odette almost choking me to death.

My mind keeps racing and racing on everything. Nira probably thinks i am blowing her off. Mrs. Granger must be worried sick on why i haven't returned home. Mom probably has been calling my phone none stop.

Before i know it i close my eyes and let the world of sleep take me down a spiraling world or dreams.