The Gods Were Among Him (Lilo boyxboy)

Chapter 2 (the eyes in the woods)

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Translation @ the bottom! (It was just Greek by the way, nothing too fancy.)

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Hard work was the only way to receive anything life, that's what I was always taught.

Work all day, all night, and accomplish your dreams.

This is what my father had always told me.

So as the sweat trickles down my back and my arms ache, I swing our rusting axe down on the tree one more time. Winter is nearing and our plants are wilting, the least I can do is get some firewood. I swing my axe again.

Even in the low temperature I feel hot and sticky. With one final movement the tree falls, splintering around the end and landing on a mossy patch.

I drag it towards the front of our house.

Ever felt like eyes were burning the back of your skull, like someone is watching you? I felt it.

Glancing behind my shoulder I sneaked a look back at the forest clearing behind me. No one is sight except for the birds looming over the trees.

What I didn't notice were the hot green eyes covered within the trees. I didn't notice as a pale hand outreached and then twisted forward quickly, palm to the sky.

But I did notice small sprouts blooming in our pumpkin section of the small farm.

But I still didn't notice the boy from behind the trees.

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"Sprouts! Probably eight or ten of them!" I told Nicola, grinning ear to ear.

"So, like, nine?"

I shrugged. "Eight to ten."

"That's basically nine Liam." She said again, proving her point.

"Yeah shut up."

Nicola rolled her eyes and grabbed a split log from our newly chopped pile. After tossing it into the fire gracefully, she bowed.

"Why do you think we got sprouts?" She asked, biting her lip.

It was now my turn to shrug. "Not sure. Could be anything, really."

"You think it was the gods?"

"I don't know, you know how I feel about the gods." My voice lowering as I spoke.

"Can we pray at least? To Harry? Thank him for our crops?"

"Sure Nicola, whatever pleases you and the baby."

Nico closed her eyes and carefully recited in our native language:

*"δίνουμε επαίνους μας για Harry, για να μας δώσει τα λάχανα και προσευχόμαστε ότι θα εκπληρώσουν τα καθήκοντά του και να τους αφήσουμε να αυξηθεί. προσευχόμαστε στον Χάρι και ελπίζω ότι ευλόγησε το παιδί μου με την καλή υγεία. Αμήν."

"Very nice Nico, now go rest I'll clean up here."

Nico nods and trudges to her small room.

And once again, a don't notice the eyes watching over us, now the green accompanied by a blue pair.

Yet I whisper a, "thanks."

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*= we give our praise to Harry, for giving us sprouts and we pray that he will fulfill his duties and let them grow. we pray to Harry and hope that he blessed my child with good health. amen.

Ok so that's the prayer ^^

The translation was not my idea someone else did something like that in winter language so I can't really take credit for that.

So who was watching Liam? ;) I think we already know.

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Izzy xx