Thread: Blessed & Cursed (Yuna & Alvis Alendran's 1x1)

Sophitia Pics00170mzps8c1d516e.jpg Pics00170mzps8c1d516e.jpg Pics00170mzps8c1d516e.jpg As Sophitia and Priscilla were walking towards their house, quite a few people - they noticed - seemed to be running past them. As if .. away from something. Sophitia frowned, originally thinking it had to do with her. But then .... her eyes closed as she began trying to focus on that vision. Had she missed something? She must have it had looked far too simple. As she began trying to focus, the vision seemed to split like a shattered mirror. A gasp left, her hand covering her heart as it raced. Now she knew ... something was very wrong. That, of all things, had never happened once before. And to see such a reaction ... she couldn't help but wonder what it meant. The gasp and fear within her daughter's eyes made Priscilla cease walking and look into her daughter's eyes. ... Sophitia? What is --- ahhh! As the arrow pierced her thigh, she collapsed over, but not before giving Sophitia a shove. RUN! Her hands held onto the wounded area, her head turning back. She hadn't been given an exact description ... but the men before her eyes were definitely foreign, not from Athens let alone Greece. Something told her these were what she'd seen. Her heart sunk ... poor Sophitia. Even as an official priestess, Priscilla still didn't quite understand why the gods had given her daughter these abilities. It was a decision that thoroughly confused her. But even if she were to perish ... she wouldn't do so without giving her daughter another gift one that wouldn't be so obvious to her or these .... raiders? They may as well be that much. Allowing her eyes to close, she began sending up her own prayer. Though it was mainly to Hera, it seemed to go to any of the female goddesses, such as Artemis, Aphrodite, Athena, and Hestia to name a few. You all have supported me, kept me safe, for so long. Take your sanctuaries away ... and give them all to Sophitia. She needs it all more than me. As her prayer finished, she allowed her eyes to open and gaze up towards the men. Though one could have fairly assumed there would have been an emotion such as hate in her eyes ... they seemed to be void of such a thing, it seemed. In fact, all one could find was peace and serenity probably because she felt her prayer almost instantly being answered as all the protections began to leave her. MOTHER!! The wince and cry of agony from her mom had made her turn, though the push clearly suggested to turn back around and keep running. Still, those few seconds had been long enough to make the impact hit, causing poor Sophitia to roll over a few times, finally stopping after about the third. However, she noted a few things as she got up to her feet and ran. For one, she appeared to have gotten an unusual burst of speed. But the more attention-grabbing detail was she didn't have even a small scratch on her. She blinked ... confused at the sight. But she definitely wouldn't complain. Her light brown locks bounced against her back as she broke into a run, whimpering lowly. She felt horrible, like a coward for abandoning her mother the way she had. But she wasn't about to ignore the advice or words either. Tears formed in her light blue eyes as she ran ... heading for the gate that led into and out of Athens. The guards weren't there ... of course. However, they'd made a lever system for when an emergency arose. Well ... now seemed to be as good of a time as ever. Putting both hands upon the device, she began trying to pull it with all her strength and make the massive gates open so she could run out .... away. Admittedly, Sophitia wasn't exactly sure where she'd go. But anywhere had to be much safer than here that much was now clear to her.