The Goddess' Path part two.

School ended sooner than excepted, the three of them met out by the dumpsters right away.

“What are you going to teach me first?” Anya asked eagerly.

“Nothing yet,” Anna whispered.

“At least not until we have you ready,” Jake added.

“Then what are we to do now?” Anya inquired.

“Get you ready,” Jake said far too early and much too loud.

“Shut up! You’re going to bring attention to us,” Anna hastily interrupted.

“So what do we do first?” Anya continued.

“Dressing,” the two said in unison sounding way overly gay.

“Do you have something for me…” Anya began

“Yes…” Jake said.

“No…” Anna said at the same time.

“What?”

“We can make you a dress…” Anna started.

“But you wont be able to see it until midnight,” Jake finished.

“Where’s the issue with that?”

“So you’re okay with that?” Jake stated

“We can make it and present it to you tonight, right,” Anna cleared.

“Sure, I have no problem with that.”

“Next we need to figure out who’s in our circle,” Jake stated.

“Apollo and Artemis are always air and water,” Anna reminded them.

“Are we going to stick with Hephaestus for fire?” Jake began.

“Or do we need to find a mortal to do so,” Anya continued.

“Nice, you’re already catching on,” Anna remarked. Anya returned a big and bright smile. The twins glanced at their watches and then suddenly gasped in unison.

“Oh my Zeus,” they said together. “We have to go now.”

“Go where,” Anya said.

“You’ll see,” Jake told her. He grabbed her arm and pulled her to the other side of the dumpsters. There was the outline of a door, and from the edges it glowed.

“Go ahead,” Anna pressured.

“Push it open,” implored Jake.

“And then what,” queered Anya.

“You walk in,” Jake and Anna encouraged in unison. She did as she was told. She opened it and the glow became as intense as the sun, but she continued out of curiosity.  She stepped in and the sunshine became a snowy forest, and she was in the clearing. A huge fire was lit in the middle and three other people were walking around. She glanced down at herself and what was her heavy winter coat was now a thick green cloak edged with ermine fur. Her knee high leather boots were deer skin and trimmed with the same fur as her coat. She wore a corset of the same material as her boots and her skirt was the same as her cloak. It just above her knees in the front but swooped down to the ground in the back. Her normal necklace dangled just above her breasts. The other woman there wore similar ensemble in blue with beaver fur and seal skin. The man next to her wore a pure silk shirt and matching parachute pants. His boots were obviously squirrel skin and his was entirely made of cockatoo feathers. The other man opposite of the circle was beautifully brawn. His clothes were of the same pattern but his looked more peasant like. It could be because everything was either burnt or covered in ashes. He had no cloak and what was not touched by fire was a beep red. To a mortal he would have been ugly but his inner beauty was too strong to be over ruled by the flaws of his face.  Who had been Anna and Jake were now clearly Gaea and Uranus wearing very similar ensembles as the others. Gaea was wearing the same thing as Anya but in purple and with unrecognizable furs and pelt. Uranus was covered with different pelts trimmed with the same fur. His cloak had a hood and barely touched the ground. They no longer were albino but they had perfect black hair and abnormal purple eyes.

“Places,” Anna barked. “we need to get started.” They took their places and all Anya could do was just stand there. The woman stood to the left of the fire, Anya caught a glimpse of her eyes and they were almost an ice blue. The brawn man was on the opposite side of the fire, he had brown eyes that melted her heart the second she saw them. His gaze was mysterious and yet enthralling. The smaller man stood opposite of the woman. He had nearly gray eyes with a touch of blue that would remind anyone of a storm cloud. The booming voice silenced all thoughts.

“Welcome to the most powerful night of the year!” Uranus proclaimed. “Before we start the circle we have introductions to make.”

“This is Anya, Anya this is Artemis,” Gaea gestured towards Anya then the lady in blue.

“Apollo, and Hephaestus,” Uranus pointed to the feathered man and then to brawn guy.  “Now the circle may begin.”

The two walked to Apollo. “Being the first element we touch it feels correct to call air to our circle first. Air please join our circle,” Gaea said. The moment she finished a mini tornado formed around the three of them, it made a short trip around the circle drawing a line in the dirt before returning to Apollo.  Gaea and Uranus walked to the left and stopped in front of Hephaestus.

“It heats our hearts and lights our way, fire is next to join our circle. Fire please enter and embrace us,” Uranus began to glow. Hephaestus suddenly caught on fire and when Anya gasped he began to cackle.

“Was that too much?” he wondered.
            “Absolutely not,” Gaea answered. The fire from him followed the small trench air made scorching the grass. Gaea and Uranus continued through the circle and stopped at Artemis.

“It cleans and heals us it is waters turn to join us. Please come and heal us with your presence water,” Gaea said. Artemis was suddenly in the middle of her little rain storm. The water that didn’t soak her clothes or hair settled in a pool at her feet it took only seconds to pass through the circle and heal the scorched earth. When lightning flashed her eyes sparked. Gaea and Uranus continued to Anya.

“Are you ready dear,” Uranus eagerly asked.

“Yup I am,” Anya returned.

“It is where we go once we die so it is only appropriate that is one of the last elements called. Earth please join us,” the twins said in unison. Anya became a stone statue instantly, from her the trench filled itself with earth, which was before it engulfed her.

Can you guess what happens next?