Satasha stood in the crossroads poring at each direction thinking throughly, she looked at the south with burdened heart and long desire of not going back, she looked at the east where Tina lived, she took the necklace from her pocket thinking 'I must give this back to her, but I want to get stronger, I want to learn how to control my powers not by Zeus but by Tina if she agreed to help me. Shall I deliver this to Lily then go back to Tina or go to Tina then deliver this to Lily ?!' She then decided to pick the direction blindly, she closed her eyes spun ten times and then opened her eyes, she felt dizzy at first then she saw the direction that she was facing. She took another minute to regain her balance and walked forward not knowing what direction she had chosen, she kept walking all the night till the sunrise when she saw a distant village, she was confused she didn't know what village this is, she kept walking forward till she reached the village boarders, it had a wooden fence surrounding it. She entered the village, everyone there was farmers, they were already awake working, she asked the lady that had passed by her "Excuse me madame, where am I?!"
The woman looked suspiciously at her but spoke kindly "You are in some small village where only fifty people lives here, there are no superiors or anything, we rule ourselves. What business brought you here?"
Satasha uncertainly "I am looking for someone called Tina ?! Does she live here or I had mistaken the village?"
The woman kindly "No you haven't, she lives her, you just have to keep walking forward and the last farm on your left is hers"
Satasha brightly "Thank you very much madame" she walked for almost two hours till she reached the last farms, she turned left and saw Tina's farm, it was a big one with a short wooden fence, she opened the gate and walked toward the house not knowing what to do nor what to say. She kept walking for ten minutes till she reached the house, it was a two levels wooden house, it was painted black with red door. She hesitated a bit but gathered her courage and walked on the three steps stairs toward the red door knocking it thrice and waited. A woman opened the door, she was a short lady with a silky black hair that she let it down covering her back and shoulders, she was very neat with wide shoulders and hips, her eyes where small with dark shadows on her lids, her lips are full with red lipgloss that made it more pronounced, her nose was hooked down a bit. She wore black dress in European style back in the fourteenth century. She looked coldly at Satasha and spoke with low disgusted voice "What do you want?"
Satasha nervously "Are you lady Tina?"
Tina sarcastically "Unfortunately. Who are you?"
Satasha anxiously avoiding her eyes replied "My name is Satasha, I came here asking for your help"
Tina coldly "And you shall leave disappointed, I am not going to help you good bye " she swung the door to close it but Satasha stopped it by force arguing" You haven't heard what I want?"
Tina "I don't care. Now leave" she tried to close the door but Satasha stopped it again force saying "Please just hear me out"
Tina annoyed "Fine you have one minute speak up"
Satasha "I want to be your apprentice, I want your help I want to learn how to control my powers"
Tina "Not a chance, Now leave I am busy" she pushed Satasha then closed the door.
Satasha shouted "I am not leaving, I'll stay here till you accept me"
Tina from behind the door "The be prepared to die waiting" She then let out a high pitched evil laughter, Satasha was annoyed but too stubborn to leave, She went down stairs and sat infront of it in the middle of the road looking determined at the red door. Tina got out of the house after three hours holding a basket, she wore a big black hat that protected her face from the sun, she said as she went past her "I will leave and when I come back I want you out" Satasha said nothing looking at the red door stubbornly, Tina sighed and walked away. At sunset Tina came back holding an empty basket to find that Satasha was still sitting there looking at the door, Tina sighed and walked toward the house without looking at her, Satasha was still sitting there even at midnight when Tina peaked from the window to see if she was there. The next morning Tina woke up and peaked from the window, she saw Satasha still sitting there without moving an inch, she was still gazing angrily at the door and the black halos from not sleeping had started to show up under her eyes, Tina sighed and walked away. Satasha was thinking about nothing, only wanted to be accepted by Tina, she didn't want to go back to Olympus like this empty handed. At the afternoon Tina opened the door and said "Are you going to stay here like a statue forever? I am not going to change my mind so don't be stubborned and accept the fact that you will go back to your home disappointed" Satasha said nothing and kept only looking at the door, Tina pissed "Fine whatever!" She closed the door behind her. At the sunset Satasha needed some rest, she closed her eyes and fall asleep while sitting. Her head wobbled several times till she woke up alarmed by the sound of the thunder. Rain had started to pour heavily, Tina peaked from the window and saw that Satasha was still sitting there under the rain, she was covered with mud and soaked completely. Tina left her under the rain, it didn't stop till the next day at noon, about eleven o'clock. Satasha sat there feeling exhausted, she couldn't see clearly and she was apparently having a fever. When the sun spread it beams from the grey clouds Satasha closed her eyes feeling dizzy and unable to hold any long. The sunset came and Satasha was still sitting there looking at the door, She had an unbearable headache that made her doze off from right to left, she couldn't balance her body anymore, after two hours she lost her conscious and fell on the ground.
She woke up the next day feeling her body aching, she lied on a comfortable bed and covered with a very thick blanket, there were patches on her head and hands. The sun was up in the sky, she couldn't open her eyes and her sight was unclear, she felt her mouth very dry and she was unable to speak, she looked around and saw that she was inside the house. She wanted to get up but couldn't move a muscle, she heard Tina speaking with someone else.
Tina "She is so stubborned. Can you believe she sat at my door step for three days"
The other lady "Yeah she reminds me of myself when I was at her age, God may those days never come back. Poor thing, did you see the scars on her hands?"
Tina sadly "It's not just her hands Naina, her legs and back as well. She looked like a skeleton when I dressed her, who could do this to a child?!"
Naina sadly "A monster. Did she tell you her name?"
Tina lying "Yeah but I forgot it, did you notice something weird about her?!"
Naina confusedly "Noticed what?"
Tina "She looks like someone we know"
Naina turned her head to see Satasha, Satasha pretended to be asleep. Naina then gasped and saying "How could I not noticed from the beginning?! She looks just like her. Could she be her granddaughter or something?!"
Tina suspiciously "I don't know, I also didn't noticed that she looks like Pandora not until I got a closer look"
Naina "So what will you do to her after she is healed?"
Tina "I don't know. Let me check on her fever"
Tina removed the patch from Satasha's head placing her hand instead, she then lifted her hand and removed the remaining patches "Her fever is almost gone, she will wake up anytime now. I will go and make her a soup" then left the room. The other lady sat next to Satasha saying "Poor thing. Why wonder you want to learn witchcraft!" . Sakata felt comfortable to this woman's sound, he felt that she was very warm hearted person, Tina might be warm hearted but she refuses to show it, Sakata couldn't help but to feel like he saw Naina somewhere but he couldn't remember where. She was a fair lady with a long brown hair and a rosy skin, her eyes were small and black, her nose and lips were small. She was dressed with a green patterned dress, it was similar to Tina's dress in the style. Naina patted Satasha's head gently, Satasha opened her eyes curiously just to see who she was, she felt like her mother was patting her head, the same warmth that she felt around her mother.
Naina kindly "Have I waken you kiddo? How are you? Do you feel pain?"
Satasha in crooked voice" I want some water please!"
Naina "Sure dear here you are" She helped her to drink the glass of water that was on the table near the bed.
Satasha coughed clearing her throat "Thank you very much!"
Naina kindly "How are you?"
Satasha "Better than yesterday!"
Naina fondly "That's good. Are you hungry? Tina is making some soup for you, it will be ready soon so you just lie here I will go to call her alright sweetie!" Satasha nodded. Naina went out of the room to call Tina, Satasha closed her eyes and fell asleep again, she woke up she found Tina standing next to her measuring her temperature "Oh great you woke up right on time, I brought you the soup so sit and eat it" Satasha tried to sit on the bed but her body was aching so her movements were slow and painful, she took the bowl that Tina was holding and started to eat the soup. It was delicious, she was starving and anything she eats will be delicious. Tina sat on the chair next to her bed looking at her suspiciously, after Satasha had finished the soup she said "Thank you for the soup. Where is the other lady?"
Tina "She went back to her house. How are you feeling?! Do you feel pain ?"
Satasha "I am better now after I ate the soup, but my body is aching, I can barely move"
Tina annoyed "That is because you were so stubborned and sat in the same position for three days. What were you thinking?! You can be blown away by the wind with this body of yours"
Satasha proudly "Well I endured the worse for a year, I can survive without anything for long periods, as for my body, I only need a good nutrition to be fit again."
Tina sadly "What about your scars? What will you do with it?"
Satasha "Nothing I guess, there is nothing I can do to it it's permanent"
Tina sadly "Who did this to you? And who are you? What is your story?"
Satasha painfully "My name is Satasha, I was sold to Zeus by my brother because I had an accident that ended up with me being a vessel for Hades's power. I came here to you in hope that you will teach me how to control my powers, I don't want Zeus to be the one who teaches me, I already have enough scars. I want to be stronger so I can defend my self from him, can you help me?"
Tina looked thoughtfully at her for several minutes before replying "Tell me about the day of the accident " Satasha told her everything about it and what she noticed, Tina was shocked after she had heard the story. She asked from Satasha to describe the lake and when she did she was stunned. She said after a few minutes of silence "My dear, do you know what this means right?"
Satasha confusedly"Know what?!"
Tina "Listen to me very carefully. That lake was no ordinary lake, it was the lake that Pandora was executed in. The powers that you are carrying isn't Hades's powers it's Pandora's powers, Zeus is keeping you with him locked so when the time comes he kills you and obtain her powers. My dear you must never ever be near Zeus again, you must run away from him always"
Satasha curiously "So are you going to help me? I must learn witchcraft, I need to protect the secret that you and I know!"
Tina suspiciously "What secret?"
Satasha confidently "About who has Pandora's Heart? I also know who is the successor"
Tina was amazed but didn't show it "And how did you know that may I ask ?!"
Satasha "I know stuff that you already know but no one else knows and I know stuff that even you don't know. It's like whoever these memories were once belonged to are now!"
Tina was calm looking at Satasha as if she didn't believe her, Satasha noticed her expressionless face looking calmly at her and asked "Do you even believe anything I said ?!"
Tina calmly "Unfortunately yes. Unless you were his spy and you are trying to take informations from me, so to clarify your image tell me the secret that no one knows except me"
Satasha "Your youngest child of yours isn't your child it's Yuri's "
Tina smiled"Anyone can know that..." Before she completed her sentence, Satasha interrupted "Tatiana isn't Marvok's"
Tina froze, her smile faded and she looked suspiciously at her , Satasha continued "You told Pandora that the day before she disappeared, she was disappointed but not surprised because she knew that you had an affair with him, that is why she ran away and met Hades. Ten years after she came back to you asking for your help, she was holding O'rorochi's hand and you were wearing a blue dress. Shall I continue or you believe me now?!"
Tina was petrified no one know what Satasha said not even Naina, she was speechless even though her face didn't show any kind of emotions or expression but she was very shocked and didn't know what to say. She spoke after several minutes "Why did you come to me? You could have went to Naina she would have helped you, so why me ?!"
Satasha "To be honest I picked the road randomly with the desire of learning witchcraft and ended up at your door step, I really don't have bad intentions or anything, I only want to control my powers and stall as much as I can so I don't have to go back to the palace!"
Tina avoiding confrontations "You seem like you have gotten better, do you want lunch?"
Satasha happily "Yes please, I would be grateful"
Tina stood up and went toward the door she stopped and turned to look at her "Take this day off and eat as much as you can because tomorrow we start our training!"
Satasha's face brightened up, she spoke with a big smile on her face "Yes my lady. Thank you! Thank you so much! Master!"
Tina smirked "Just call my aunt Tina"
Satasha happily "As you wish aunt Tina"
Tina left the room with smile on her face but deep down she was concerned about the informations that she possesses besides this, if anyone knew, then everyone will want to use it for their down fall. Sakata thought if was it a good decision to reveal what she had known but couldn't do anything besides sitting there observing, he wondered how was his father?.
Satasha and Tina ate lunch together, they didn't speak a lot that day, when the next day came Satasha woke up excited, she went out from the back door to the farm to find Tina there waiting.
Tina "Good morning kiddo, did you have enough sleep?"
Satasha excitedly "Good morning! Yes I did, what are you going to teach me today aunt Tina?!"
Tina "Well aren't you enthused but I have to disappoint you. Today's lesson is going to be boring, you will have to lie down on and try to feel your powers flowing in you"
Satasha enthusiastically "How I am supposed to feel my powers floating in me? Is it like a pulse or a heart beat?"
Tina "No it's not. It's much bigger than this, it connects with your soul, you need to feel your powers circulating your body like blood. If you successfully did this then we will start new level of training. Agreed"
Satasha nodded, she was excited so she went immediately sat down on the ground, she exhaled deeply several times to calm down her excitement, when she calmed down she closed her eyes and started to hear everything clearly, her heart beats and the birds chirping far away. She sat motionless for two hours feeling nothing but her heart beats, her mind was very noisy with all her thoughts rushing vaguely and unorganised, she started to doze off and woke up alarmed. She wasted six hours with no progress, trying again with opened eyes but it didn't work. She felt nothing but her heart beats and gave up marching to Tina.
Tina was making lunch in the kitchen, Satasha came and spoke disappointedly "I felt nothing but my heart beats, this is harder than I thought, what shall I do in order to feel my powers?"
Tina calmly "You need to clear out your mind first"
Satasha frustrated "How shall I do that?! It's easier to be said than done"
Tina glaring resentfully "We all were like you till one day we managed to empty our minds, you only need to find out what makes you feel comfortable and relaxed, so relaxed that you think about nothing just feeling peace inside the storms of your thoughts. Now go and stop complaining"
Satasha went out of the back door toward the farm, looking at the view of the wheat barely swaying from side to side with the wind, the corn fields and the sunflower were swaying with the wind too, it was a delightful view. Satasha sat on the porch admiring the view, the sun was high in the sky but the breeze wasn't hot, the clouds were marvellous, it looked like a coton floating in the sky in shapes of animals and figures, she felt peace but thoughts kept coming to her mind, the guilt about not giving Lily her necklace and about not telling anyone that she had escaped, she thought about Perseus, how he was, and if he felt disappointed that she ran away so early without completing her training nor saying goodbye, even though Perseus was the one who gave her these scars, she thought of him as an older brother or a father. He always gave her advice when she needed, Sakata looked at his mother disbelievingly "You consider him as your father figure?!". Satasha sighed, closed her eyes trying to feel her powers running through her. She tried to empty her mind, her heart beating started slow till she heard nothing, she felt coldness running through her viens and stabbing her soul and gasped scanning the place that she was sitting in, it was completely covered with snow, she tried to go back inside but she slipped and fell on her back hitting the ground so hard that Tina heard her fall from the kitchen. She rushed to her and saw that the farm was covered with snow, and Satasha was laying on her back on the ground. Tina exclaimed "What on earth happened here?!"
Satasha's back was aching from the fall, she tried to sit up straight but she found it hard and painful to do so, she spoke while trying to get up "I was trying to feel my powers, I unconsciously made my heart beats slowing down till I heard nothing then I felt cold running through me and stabbing my soul. When I opened my eyes snow was surrounding the place"
Tina speechlessly blinked several times the said after effort "You made your heart stop beating? How on earth you did that?"
Satasha got up on her feet "Well that is what had happened, trust me I am as shocked as you are"
Tina concernedly "That wasn't your powers that you felt that was something else, feeling your powers gives you a warm sensation"
Satasha "I think I had felt something like that, it was when I helped the apple tree to grow up larger"
Tina confusedly "You helped a tree to grow up larger? That is an advanced level of magic, you did that after your accident right?"
Satasha was trying to remember when she started to do this "No it was after my mother got sick, when I was four maybe"
Tina didn't believe her, She thought that Satasha was bluffing and asked "Can you make this plant there to grow?"
Satasha searching the field "Which one?"
Tina "Anyone, I want to see how you did that"
Satasha looked at Tina and saw doubt in her eyes, then turned to the field pick the sunflower plants and went toward it. She sat on the ground next to it, Tina came closer for a better view, Satasha held the flower with both of her hands and replaced her forehead gently on the flower, she felt warmth radiating from inside to her hands, it felt like it was circulating in her, a golden halo came out from her hands and circled the flower. Tina opened her eyes widely watching the flower grow inches larger than before. Tina stunned by how she is naturally very powerful without the powers of Hades.
Tina suspiciously "You said that you had twins?"
Satasha "No they are my sisters, I am two years older than them but my father kept my birth a secret, he said that was for the best, I really don't know why he did that but he told everyone that I am the triplet"
Tina confusedly "Why did he do that?"
Satasha "I heard once that I was related with a prophecy, I really don't know what it said but I heard that it concerned the chosen one that will be born in the first week of October, which it was me I guess"
Tina was amazed but not surprised "That can explain why you are so powerful, you don't need someone to teach you how to do anything, you will figure it out by yourself, you only need someone to guide you on how to control it. That much power of yours needs to be hidden away from everyone, and when you learn how to control your powers you will learn how to seal it up so no one can use it"
Satasha smiled "And that is why I came to you"
Tina warily "Yeah I guess so. Come on let's go inside and eat lunch"
They went inside and ate lunch peacefully.
After lunch Tina started to teach Satasha how to control her powers, Tina was a soft hearted person that Satasha and Sakata loved and respect. From time to time Naina came to the house taught Satasha few stuff, she was too kind hearted person, Satasha felt comfortable with them, She felt like Tina's house is her home and Tina too considered Satasha as one of her children.
A year had passed and Satasha grew older, gained some weight that her face was round, she mastered how to cast spells, summon, how to feel her powers, and control them; also learned on how to reduce it to the minimum, but had trouble controlling them sometimes. She still needed more practice.
After another two months she learned healing skills from Naina.
And the month after that, Tina told Satasha that her job is now over, Satasha and Tina sat next to the fire place warming up.
Tina "You must find your own way now Satasha, my job is over now. You'll always be welcomed to stay here. You are a good kid Satasha don't let anyone turn you into a monster or their weapon to use. Beware of few people and don't cross their road, especially my son Zeta, he wants to be the only one that is powerful out there"
Satasha sadly "Then this is good bye, I must leave and go back to the palace, I must deliver something to someone!"
Tina "You need to learn how to forgive your brother and Lily, you always need to be kind to those who had harmed you and never kill anyone understand!"
Satasha spitefully "Why I must be kind to those who had harmed me? They need to know how bad they are, right?"
Tina shook her head saying "Don't let your evil thoughts take over you, you mustn't show your powers to anyone, you need to seal it so no one can use it. If you punished someone with your powers, they will know and kill you or make you as their weapons to kill others"
Satasha "What if I harmed them not by my powers but by my sword?"
Tina alarmingly "Don't kill anyone! Once you take life you will never stop killing. You must always be better than this. Promise me"
Satasha "I will try. Thank you for everything aunt Tina" Tina smiled and nodded.
The next day Satasha left the house without saying goodbye to her, it was cold outside and the snow covered the road. She wore her new clothes that Tina made her and her old cloak over it. She walked away from the farm till she reached the village borders and crossed it feeling sad about leaving Tina. She walked for almost six hours till she reached the cross roads where she glanced at the south but she didn't go there. She went north toward the dragons land . She wanted to see it at least once before she go back.
She entered the forest and kept walking forward. The forest wasn't as she expected, it didn't have that big trees, it was very foggy and humid inside, and odd plants, plants that she never saw in her life, and plants that she barely recognized because of the fog. She walked for almost two hours till she reached an opening where no trees grew there, the opening overlooked a cave, it was the source of the fog. When Satasha got closer to the cave the fog fade out to reveal a bizarre but beautifully shaped tunnel, she walked inside the cave and saw that it was lit by green gems embedded in the walls. She wasn't sure that she had walked in the right direction but she was curious about this cave, walking a bit further were it was completely dark, she couldn't see her hand there but she kept walking till she saw bright light, walked toward it to see that she was now on the other side. The sun beams made her squint her eyes at first then opening them slowly to see. What she saw was the spectacular dragon's heaven, a beautiful land indeed. Bizarre trees and plants covering the land, it seems like the cave was in the mountain because Satasha could see the whole land from there and beyond. She was so happy that she saw this amazing view before going back, she sat there looking at this beautiful nature and the dragons that was flying from afar. She didn't want to stir any trouble so she stayed there poring at the view till the sunset end and the night fell, she decided to sleep here today under the cave's roof and go back the next morning. She couldn't stop looking at the view for along time till she finally closed her eyes and slept, dreaming about walking in this land and riding a dragon and flying with them.
On the next day she woke up happily, looked at the land one last time and then left. She walked in the cave tunnel for half an hour then reached the other side of the cave. She merrily walked toward the forest for few minutes then stopped and looked at the sky. She sensed that something was about to happen, she peered at the sky waiting for something to happen.
A gap appeared from the sky with flames came out if it and something falling so fast. She focused on the falling object and noticed that it was a man with large burning wings, he was falling from the sky directly toward the place she was standing in, Sakata was panicking. His mother wanted to go inside the cave to be safe but she only stood there gazing calmly and not afraid. She stretched her arm opening her palm at the man and waited, the ground around her rumbled and her hair flew up toward the sky, Satasha's eyes had changed from brown to purple. The man that was falling so fast was now floating slowly toward her, Satasha then lost control on her powers mid way and the man fell hardly on the ground making a big round hole next to Satasha's feet, the hole was a bit deep. Satasha immediately went to the winged man, he was bleeding badly from several places and he looked like he was about to die, Satasha immediately covered him with a healing dome from her powers, Naina had taught her to do this on badly injured people like him. His wounds had started to close and the blood was being sucked back to his body, She heard several sounds of cracking. Apparently he had several broken ribs that had healed, Sakata walked toward the winged man to see who he is, and was shocked when he saw the man's face, it was Shettsu his father.