Honey

[rain]

Cecilia ran through the forest until she reached the garden. She was craving honey, and as usual, Roro was happy to comply. She looked around for the right kind of flower she was craving. Which one, though? There were so many flowers.

[bluemerald]

Helena was quietly shifting through the garden, flickering partially in the shadows, when she heard a noise. Startled, Helena felt like watching rather than getting involved. She didn't like talking. Helena dissipated except for her eyes. She looked around and saw...Cecelia? She leaned slightly out of her shadow veil to see the scene better.

[rain]

Cecilia wandered around looking for the best flower. There was any kind of flower she could imagine, but Roro could only make honey from one flower. She kept looking until she saw one in the shadows. She ran over and into something solid.

[bluemerald]

Helena looked stunned. She lost concentration and her shadow veil dissolved. She looked a bit miffed. "Well then...I guess next time I try to hide I should really simply become a shadow...It's a lot less concentration than the veil. Ugh. I don't even know why I need to know that. Either way...What are you here for?"

[rain]

"I'm here for honey. I was gonna get Roro to use his magic to make some. I was gonna have some from this flower," Cecilia said, gesturing to the pink and blue flower in the shadows.

[bluemerald]

"Honey, huh? Interesting." Helena shifted her weight in favor of her right leg. "So...", she said, a light grey cloud hovering above her palm. It seemed to encase her arm. Three seconds later the cloud vanished, and with it her arm vanished too. Then her arm came back into view again and Helena's eyes flickered with frustration. "Do you know where the honeysuckle grows? The Apollo kids asked me to bring some, and I couldn't find any...And then I got distracted with my veil thing. My dad really didn't explain it well. Have any idea?"

[rain]

"Well the honeysuckle grow over that way," Cecilia said, pointing. "And about the veil, most of our parents don't do much for us. I was pretty lucky for whoever my dad was to give me this great bee for a freind. I'm not sure that he'll ever claim me though." As she said that, there was a slight shimmer forming over her head.

[bluemerald]

"You might be wrong about that part...", Helena replied. She watched as the light above Cecelia's head grew stronger and the loose beams of light began to group to form some kind of shape...

[rain]

"What?" Cecilia asked. The light above her heard started to form into a swarm of bees. Cecilia noticed the glow from the claim and glanced up. She didn't expect it to be hers.

[bluemerald]

"Yeah I do believe that's for you", Helena said, her hand on her hip. The golden light lit up her face. The way she was glaring at the holographic bees hinted a hatred toward them. The look was temporarily replaced with fear and then her face smoothed out into its usual look. "Wow. Shouldn't we tell someone? Because you just got claimed..."

[rain]

"I guess we should. Once I get htings all worked out, do you promise you'll help build my new cabin? I can tell this isn't of a god with a cabin," Cecilia said. She really wanted to get her new home finished as soon as possible.

[bluemerald]

"Yeah, of course I can help!" Helena really loved building things and coming up with creative architectural designs. Helena ran over to the honeysuckle, tore a few flowers from the ground and then came back.

[rain]

"Okay thats great. I guess I have to go now and check in at the big house. Building will begin within an hour. Sorry to leave so suddenly," Cecilia said.

[bluemerald]

"That's cool." Helena shrugged and faded away into the shadows, her eyes still showing a glint of fear from the holographic bees.

[rain]

Cecilia ran out of the forest to the big house. She was determined to get her cabin built and to know her her father really was. She was ready for anything at all.