Shadows (A Jay McGuiness story)

Chapter 1

"Will everyone take their seats?" Zeus said as he came in. Poseidon used his water power to flow to his chair. I saw everyone sitting in their thrones. They all looked so intimidating.

"Casey Hades, will you please step up." Zeus commanded. I walked forward. I could feel all of their eyes on me.

"Casey, you have some say in this, what do you wish to be the goddess of?" He asked. My uncle was always business then family. Well, technically his business was family...

"I would just like it to be something that is suiting for me." I tell him. I can tell that he heard me.

"You are wise. Have you found your partner?" He asked. I knew that he wanted me to say yes and claim his son, Aries.

"No, I have not." I told him. I knew that meant that I can not become a full god until I found that one person. But I will still have the job. I will be a demi-god. There were plenty of demi gods. They liked being that way, but I want to sit on one of the thrones.

"I have taken Hades powers and Persephone's powers into consideration. I have thought this through. As The God of The Olympians and in front of The Olympians, I declare you to be the demi god of ghosts and earthly spirits. You are to protect them and help them to find peace. You are also to keep the rogues from destroying humanity." Zeus said. He ended with a lightning bolt to me. I turned into my actual god form

I felt a tail grow. I also felt my ears move to the top of my head. Zeus came off of his throne and gave me a torch.

"You are now the light for many of the spirits on earth. You will not be alone, though. I will give you two assitants. They will meet with you when you are on earth." Zeus said.

After that was over, I walked over to my parents. They hugged me and congratualted me.

"Good job! I guess that she got a little bit of both of us."Hades said. My mother just groaned and walked away. I felt someone tap my shoulder I turned around to see Aries there.

"I am so happy for you! Being the goddess of ghosts is pretty cool! And you just look really cool too!" He said.

"Thanks, do I look scary? How do I look?" I asked him. He laughed and left me. Then I saw Athena and Hepheastus walking ot me.

"Casey! we are so happy for you!" Athena said. Athena was always so diplomatic.

"I didn't think that you would get that. I thought that you would end up being your dad's right hand man." Hephaestus said in a gruff voice.

"Thanks you guys! I guess when I find my other half, I will get a throne like you." I say to them. We said our good byes and they left me alone. I was dying to know what I looked like. I ran over to Aphrodite, knowing that she would have a mirror or something.

"Aphrodite! Could I get your help with something?" I said as I led her away from Zeus, Hades, Hestia, and Hera.

"What is it that you need help with?" She asks. She was a sweet person, but she made every female feel self conscious with her beauty.

"I was wondering if you had a mirror on you. I just want to see what I look like." I explained to her. She pulled out a little compact mirror. She gave it to me.

I saw a woman staring back at me. She looked completely different than what I usually see. This woman had pale skin. The area around her eyes was completely black. Some of the blackened area came onto her face. Her eyes were also different. Instead of the bright green eyes that I usually see, I saw white eyes. Her hair was also different. she had white streaks in the front of her hair. In her hair, there are two jagged ears that were white. This woman looked like death.

"This is me?" I say to the mirror. She moved her mouth when I moved mine.

"Yes, it is! I will show you a trick in order to get back in your human form. You just have to shut your energy down. That's it. Just tone it down." She said. I did as she said and I went back to the girl that I was used to looking at. The one with green eyes and a little bit of dark eye make up. I sighed in relief.

"Thanks Aphrodite." I told her, She nodded and swayed over to Hephaestus. I walked over to Posiden, Zeus and Hera. Hera always annoyed me. She was such a stick in the mud and she was really clingy to Zeus.

"Hello." I stated. They looked at me. I knew that Poseidon was going to help me with whatever I needed. If I played this conversation right, then Hera would help also.

"Zeus, I have a rreally big question for you." I tell him. He looks at me with a gentle look on his face.

"Ask away." He tells me. I looked at Hera and saw that she was interested.

"Where is my domian? Like where do I stay?" I asked him. Everyone had a place that they stayed. Zeus and Hera stayed in Olympus, Poseidon had the sea, my father had the Underworld, and so on.

"You are like Hermes. You have a place everywhere on Earth. But you are always allowed in the underworld. When you are a god, I will see that you and your other half have an island. I think that will be a good change than what you have had." He said. Great, so I don't have a home until I find this one soul. What if he already died. I know that Hades puts them in a rotation, but that would take forever.

"Hera, how will I know when I have found my other half?" I ask her. She smiles. This was her realm. She is the goddess of Marriage.

"You will have this sudden need to make them happy. You will also not be able to stop thinking about them, until they are yours. You will also be able to feel the same emotions as them. When you are around them, it will be hard to control yourself until you two are together." She explained. I understood what she was saying.

"Thanks, that helped a lot." I told her. I bowed to them and went over to Eros. He was hanging with Hermes, Apollo, and Artemis.

"Eros, I have a question for you." I told him. They all looked at me.

"What is it, Ghost-Girl?" He replied. He always teased me when ever he could.

"How do I find the person that I am supposed to be with?" I ask him. He looks at Apollo and Artemis. This was not a good conversation to bring up in front of the goddess of youth and purity. Why didn't I just pull him away?

"You don't need a man! Jeez!" She said. I saw Hermes roll his eyes.

"Let's just ignore her. Okay, I will do this for you, because I want to visit your island. I will let you know where and what age he will be when you meet him." Eros said as he reached into a bag. He pulled out a book and a pen. He wrote my name in the book and ink appeared below it.

"Okay, you will meet him in England, this year, and he will be 23." He said I looked into the book and I saw that it had drawn a face. I tried to look at it, but all that I saw was a curly head of reddish brownish hair. At least I know what his hair will look like.

"So cousin, seems like you are a wanderer just like me." Hermes said. I just smiled at him.

"I guess that I am. Maybe you could show me around London one day." I suggested. He laughed and agreed that he would.