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Penelope had been waiting for Odysseus for quite a few years now, didn't she?
Oh how she missed her beloved husband,she stared off into the sea looking out her window waiting to be called once her supplies were ready
"*Vasilissa Penelope," called a maid , Penelope perked up , "we have prepared your ship"
Penelope nodded "Thank you" , she was going to go to a quick trip in a nearby island to visit one of her cousins,it would be barely a few hours to come and go
"please take care of Telemachus as I am gone,he insisted he's old enough to not come with me" -the suitors hadn't arrived yet for a few years,so there was no danger inside the palace-
"of course,your majesty"
"Let me talk to him before I leave" ,she says and leaves the room, Telemachus was petting Argos in the hallway
"My son"
"Yes mom? Are you ready?"
"Only if you're ready to stay alone for a few hours"
"Pfffss,easy"
"Alright..."
Penelope knelt down,held his head with both her hands and kissed it pulled it closer
"MOMMMMM" Said Telemachus trying to get out of her grasp while also laughing, Penelope laughing aswell
"Well then,see you tonight my dear"
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Once Penelope was escorted into the ship she sighed and stared off into the sea once more,the way to her cousin's island was one hour or so do she tried to get a bit comfortable. Resting on the ship's gunwale she closed her eyes and imagined Odysseus and how he would look now ,what could he be doing? He was alive she knew he was alive,she felt he was alive in the core of her skin
Oh Odysseus...
The air got tough,Penelope struggled to keep her eyes closed, she didn't know how much long it had been since she had started to day dream but when she opened her eyes she was met with a storm
Penelope held up her dress and ran towards the crew of the ship "IS EVERYONE ALRIGHT?"
"YOUR MAJESTY COVER YOURSELF! This is a strange storm it must be devine intervention!" Said a crew mate -
Penelope covered herself with her veil "But how could this be!? I made sure to give my offerings to mighty Poseidon just before I started getting ready"
They looked down at the sea ,as the waters viciously hit the ship there seemed to be a trail of golden dust running through the waves like stripes curling into swirl shapes at the edges
"Are we certain this is lord Poseidon's doing? I have never seen this before"
As the crew begun talking between themselves about the strange occurrence and which god was doing that suddenly,Penelope noticed the golden loops becoming a big swirl,a portal to somewhere...somewhere bright ,was she hallucinating? She must have been ,she rubbed her eyes and blinked, before she could make out what that was,a bigger wave hit the ship right on the middle.
Penelope couldn't remember much afterwards ,only the crew mates yelling her name helplessly and falling somewhere and then it was all a black haze...
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"MIRABEL!" yelled Alma from downstairs, startling Mirabel into hitting her head on the shelf above her bed as she woke up "YES ABUELA ,I'M COMING !" She slipped into her shoes and out of her nightgown , clumsily put her dress on and stumbled downstairs fixing her glasses. She had promised that day to help with the clearing of an old room,she was happy to help of course
but why couldn't Luisa help?
Oh right...she was busy helping elsewhere with her gift,like everyone else,Mirabel wasn't jealous,well not in a bad way that is- She shook her head "STAIRS!" she exclaimed happily and the stairs shifted into a slide,she almost fell into her grandmother not noticing she was standing right at the end of the staircase
"WOAH!"
"SORRY! I'M SORRY ABUELA-"
Alma sighed and looked at Mirabel up and down "shall we?"
"Yes,yes we shall totally,oh wait I made something for the daaaayyyy"
She pulled two handmade wooden and painted on butterfly pins
Alma smiled "you made that?"
"You know I did,badges to remember the day"
"The day we cleaned the attic?"
"The day we did something together!"
"Of course..."
"So will you put it on or..."
"I wouldn't want to lose it would I? Why not tell Isabella to make you butterfly shaped flowers? That would be more symmetrical than the one you've made"
"I- uhh...well-"
Alma walked past Mirabel and Mirabel started running after her putting them back in her pocket "I've made a lot of these actually,not all are perfect but I've gotten better with the symmetry!"
"Well why not say adios and throw the failed ones away? There are a lot of things in your room aswell"
"They're not failed they're just... different,and my room is fineee there's a lot of space yet don't worry about it-"
Mirabel's side look saw a golden sparkle and she turned around but there was nothing
"Are you coming ,Mirabel?"
"Right behind you!"
Once they got in the room with the piles of old things , "so are you gonna throw those all away?"
"Of course not," Alma cleared "We're going to give them to the people"
"Our old things?"
"I'm sure someone will make use of them"
"Yeah,no you're right um..." Mirabel was about to continue but she caught again a glimpse of the golden aura "..what the .."
"What?"
"Nothing!"
"Oh,I forgot to bring the broom" Alma said leaving the room "I'll be right back Mirabel"
"Yeah uh,okay"
Last she saw of the glow was behind one of the old boxes ,she put her hands behind her back,whistled innocently and looked away as she passed by it and suddenly yelled "AHA" as she quickly lifted that up,the glow seemed to get startled,it didn't have any more features other than being a golden glow like a firefly's light but without the firefly but Mirabel could tell it got startled and it started panicking around the room and then went out
"HEY! HEY WAIT!" Without knowing what was really going on she started chasing after it "CASITA,HELP ME HERE!"
And so casita did until after all the chasing Mirabel chased it out to outside where it lead Mirabel to a nearby cliff ,she was too busy chasing after it to look at the ground,when it went higher she jumped not realising there was a cliff there,under her feet and the air a golden portal formed
"WOAH- AAAAAAHHHH!!!"
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Penelope's ears were ringing,she still saw black only she was more aware now,the storm was gone definitely,but she didn't hear the sea anymore
"uuugh...."
She tried to open her eyes and did , everything was a blur,she had hit her head pretty hard,her clothes were soaked,all she could hear now was voices of a language she did not understand
"She's waking up!" "I told you she's alive!"
"...ti...ti?" she muttered opening her eyes
"Greetings lady?"
Wait...why did she understand that? Penelope shocked herself,the man Infront of her had told her something in another language she had never heard before and she just understood him..
What was there to say?
"which dialect is that? Why are you speaking it?" She gasped once she heard that coming out of her throat and put her hands on her neck "WHY AM I SPEAKING IT!?"
The two men Infront of her exchanged glances,and then out of nowhere "AAAAAAH!" Mirabel landed on her face in the dust besides the sight , startling the two men and the now awake and very confused Penelope
One man said,"Who would've thought women are falling out of the sky"
"Oh we need to tell someone about this!"
"Who to tell?"
Mirabel grumbled "what..." She heard her own voice speaking english "what!?"
"Alright enough of this! What is going on!? How did you get here"
"How would I know!?" Penelope shot back
"You're the one that fell from the sky! How'd you get to this position!?"
"I- uh..."
"I'M SORRY WHAT IS GOING ON!?" Mirabel yelled
"I don't know" Penelope said with elegance , raising herself up, "but I need to get out of here"
"HOW DID YOU GET HERE!?" The man yelled again
"I TOLD YOU I DON'T KNOW!"
Penelope suddenly felt her wrist being grabbed towards one of the men's direction as he had grabbed her ,"Alright you're coming with us to report you-"
"Hey! Leave her alone" Mirabel said trying to break Penelope from his grasp
"Oh you are coming with us as well! To the officers"
Penelope didn't have time to question what that "officers" was, a temple perhaps? Anyway that child had stood up for her and now she was being grabbed aswell,Penelope gasped
"GET YOUR HANDS OFF HER SHE'S A CHILD!"
"What will you do about it,witch ?"
"I am not a witch, sir"
"Wha-AH!"
Mirabel bit into his hand,he let go both her and Penelope and pulled back
"RUN!"
Penelope did not have time to question anything,she quickly followed Mirabel who had started running and they both sprinted across the town with the two men running after them, suddenly the golden glow came back and it was running with them,both Penelope and Mirabel thought that they had come here because of that so they could get back to their homes using that
They chased after it, everyone stared at them as they quickly passed by the town, declarations and people yelling were interrupted by the swift of wind Mirabel and Penelope caused ,finally a portal was formed at the end of the road and both Penelope and Mirabel jumped to get in immediately but someone was on their way , before he could process the shock of two strangely dressed women crashing into him he got dragged along...
Aaron Burr ,sir