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˚＊✦ʚ♡ɞ✦ ・Warrior・✦ʚ♡ɞ✦ ＊˚
Chapter 00 - blurb/author's note
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On the distant beach the Cyclops roared again, mouth opened wide in his sightless rage. ❝WHO SPEAKS?! WHO DARES CLAIM THIS DEED?!❞
❝I do!❞ Penelope answered, louder this time. The wind grabbed it, amplified it, made it impossible to ignore. ❝And I dare!❞
She took another step forward, until the tips of her feet kissed the very edge of the ship. Her chin lifted and her eyes blazed.
❝I am the daughter of Icarius!❞ she declared, her voice imbued with a terrible and noble clarity. ❝Born of Sparta's blood and fire. Now I am Queen of Ithaca, favored by Ares himself!❞
The name hit like thunder. Even from where you stood, still clutching the Prince to your chest, you felt it in your bones.
You weren't the only one who shivered—several crew members flinched, instinctively looking over their shoulders as if the God himself might appear.
Still, Penelope was not finished.
❝It was I who struck your sight....
It was I who guided my crew to defy you....
I am the one who bested you Polyphemus!❞
Her fingers curled around the railing, knuckles pale as if holding herself back from leaping into the ocean to face the Cyclops directly.
❝I outwitted your monstrous strength,❞ she shouts. ❝I broke the cage you built!❞
Polyphemus' response was primal.
He howled as he slammed both fists into the earth, the beach shaking. The echo of it cracked trees at the forest edge sending flocks of birds scattering into the sky.
But Penelope stood tall and unflinching.
❝Remember this Polyphemus!❞ she cried out, voice a rising crescendo over the churning waves. ❝The next time you dare challenge the will of Ithaca...❞
She opened her arms as though to show him the horizon itself.
❝Remember the fallen—the brave souls who paid with their lives....
Remember their sacrifice. Their courage....
Remember us....
Remember my name!❞
Polyphemus reeled, snarling and flailing in blind confusion as he clawed uselessly at the empty air.
❝YOU WILL PAY FOR THIS!❞ his voice cracked with vengeance. ❝YOU WILL PAY WITH YOUR LIFE!❞
Penelope's answer was not fear; her voice rose again—higher, louder, fiercer than the stormclouds gathering above them.
❝Remember me Polyphemus!❞ she called. ❝For I am your darkest moment! Not just as a Queen, but as your reckoning. For I am...❞
The air stilled, the wind itself seeming to wait.
❝PENELOPE!❞
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If you came from my Vespertilio BNHA or Traveler Multi-Fandom, welcome back! If not, that means I'm at least doing sum right and gaining reads🤧
Not gonna do a whole ass speech, we all know the basic things. But to make sure, the most important things I wanna emphasis on will be bolded so you cant say I didn't warn ya:
1) Plagiarism is a HELLA big no no. Takes a lot of time and energy to even to write out a whole completed chapter other than half-assed drafts. If I find out you stealing without credit: I'm blocking and reporting until your account is taken down.
2) This story will contain violence, dark humor, and possibly other mature themes
3) I may skip over certain parts of the musical or diverge the plot (as if i hadn't already did so far lol) because I don't wanna follow every part single thing
4) Canon characters may/will be slight ooc, but will maintain their overall personality
5) I may also end up making the book an "in-between arc" type of story if I either get too lazy or don't know how to end it lol
6) HEADS UP: in this AU I am following Margaret Atwood's concept in which Penelope's father attempted to kill her.
7) I live a life outside of AO3, so please don't be commenting "update update!" That shit is rude and disrespectful and I don't like pressure; it can honestly take the fun out of writing.
Anyways that all I've got. Hope you guys enjoy!❤️☺️