I woke up to find the sun up in the sky. I pulled out a watch from my shadow purse and looked at the time. It was exactly 7:00. The little calendar at the bottom said it was the twenty second of July. Six days left until my birthday. Great, only five days left in this dome. That’s me, always looking on the bright side of things. I didn’t mind the dome that much. It was the fact that I had no body to talk to. I saw a turtle pass under me. Then I knew I was never totally alone. I called up a bunch of mist from my I.I.M. device. I threw a golden drachma in.
“O Iris, accept my offering” I said “Amphirite, Poseidon’s palace”
The image was of a mermaid tending to an underwater garden.
“Amphirite!” I called. She turned, startled.
“Sarah? Is that you?” she asked
“Yeah. Want to hang out with me for a bit. I’m a bit lonely” I asked
“Of course! What’s your position?” she replied
“You know where I pushed you into a shadow tunnel? Near there” I said
“I’ll be there in a flash” she smiled and the Iris message ended
There was a splash of water, and Amphirite was right beside me.
“Maybe you should’ve said you’d be here in a splash” I laughed. She laughed to, and then stretched out her legs. Wait legs?
“Amphirite, is there something you forgot to tell me?” I asked, gesturing to her legs.
“Oh, these are nothing new. I can have legs whenever I want to” she explained
“Oh, cool! If you’re wondering why I’m in a giant water dome, it because my birthday is coming up in six days. Don’t say happy birthday because it’s not going to be. It’s my thirteenth birthday, Gaia is awakening and every year on my birthday something either bad or weird has happened” I said
“Oh. I was wondering why you were lonely. Last time I heard, you were on a team with a bunch of nice people and had a boyfriend” Amphirite nodded
“Yeah, well I have to avoid those nice people and my boyfriend for five more days” I sighed
“Wait, why five days? I thought your birthday was in six days?” she asked
“Because that’s when I will execute my plan” I replied
“And what exactly is your plan?” she wondered
“I will take the sky from Atlas until my birthday is over. I will make him guard me and so he can’t leave, I will set up multiple layers of magic around the area” I explained
“Sarah, that’s suicide! Once you take the sky from Atlas, he will never take it back!” Amphirite warned
“I will make him” I growled. Beep, beep, beep! My comm. unit went off.
“One minute, Amphirite” I said “Sarah here”
“Sarah, its Batman. You are needed at Mount Justice immediately” Batman said
“I’ll be there in a sec” I sighed “I need to go Amphirite” but she was already gone.