Talia – Training To Be A Goddess PART 1
Mommy had told Daddy all the things that the gods of the underwear world had said when we talked to them. She told him that I said I would become the goddess in their place when I was older. She explained it all in a way that made it so that my daddy was not so mad about it. Though I could still tell that he was not all that happy.
When I talked to Reagan and Rika about it all, they asked me why I called it the underwear world instead of the underworld. I told them it was because I thought it was funny. I knew it was called the underworld, but when I first heard its name the voice that had been talking had been very quiet and was whispering. I could barely hear them and so I thought that they said it was the underwear world that my mommy had gone to with my brothers. And I was just used to calling it that now, so I didn't want to change it.
Yes, as I get older, I know that I will need to call it by its real name. I was going to be living there at some time in the future, so I know that I need to be good about it and all that. But for now, I just wanted to be a little kid. I won't be this age forever, you know. When I turn five or maybe even sooner, I will start using the right name for the place, but I wanted to be a goofy little kid for longer. Also, whenever I call that place the underwear world, it seems to make Mommy and Daddy smile. And I love to see them smile.
It has been about two weeks now since I met with the gods of that world. Mommy and Daddy haven't gotten word about when I will begin to learn the things that the other gods want me to know, but I have a feeling that they are going to be coming to visit me soon. I still have Angel with me, and she knows a lot about what is happening in that other place. And I can still hear the voices of the people that are not here anymore. Those people that are not living anymore, they seem to come find me. Either me, or Charlie and Chloe. They were two of my best friends, and like me they could hear the dead people. I was just glad that I couldn't see them yet. I didn't want to see scary things right now. I know that I am going to see a lot of scary things as I get older though. That is just to be expected of someone that was going to go take over the home of the dead people.
Every day, I would learn things from Charlie and Chloe. They would tell me what they do to help them with the voices. They would tell me how I can help the voices to move on. And they would help me to not feel so lost in this new experience.
Mommy and Daddy are super nice, and I love them so much, but I can't tell them that I sometimes don't feel good when the gone people are talking to me. That was another name I had for them. For the dead people. They weren't here anymore, they were dead, they were gone. So, to me, they were the gone people.
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The reason I couldn't tell them about what was going on was that I didn't want to upset them. It would make both Mommy and Daddy sad and then they would cry. If they knew that sometimes the gone people said some really bad things, then they would try to make them go away. But you can't make them go away unless you help them. You have to make them happy in some way. You need to make sure that they could leave the in between that they were stuck in and that they would be OK to move on.
Most of them were not that bad. They were mostly just sad. But some of them were bad people and I couldn't help bad people. Not helping them meant that I was stuck with them until they left me and went someplace else. That was the only thing that I knew about it all. I needed to learn more. I needed someone to help me. And that was why Charlie and Chloe were there with me.
Sometimes I even talked to Rudy and Alexio. Not often though, since they were trying to get better at being here. They trained with my uncles every day and they were doing really good. But I wanted to talk to them sometimes because they were from that place and that meant they knew about the gone people more than anyone else. I wanted to know what they knew. I wanted them to help me.
Rudy was always nice to me, but he didn't know much. Alexio was smarter, and he was nice too, but he was kind of scary looking and seemed like he was going to be mean at any time. I think I just needed to get to know him more. He didn't know me either so maybe he was just scared of me. I guess I could be scary when I talk about the gone people.
When I was supposed to learn some things from Charlie and Chloe one day, there was a loud booming noise that scared all three of us. Well, it scared me, that was for sure.
That booming noise almost seemed like someone knocking, but it wasn't coming from the door to my room. Instead, it seemed to be coming from the air next to my table. That was not the way that things usually happened.
The second time that there was the loud booming knock, I could see something glowing next to me. It looked like a door that wasn't all the way there yet. But when the third time there was a knocking-like boom sound, the door was all the way there. I knew that this door was meant for me. Whoever was there was coming to see me. But who were they?
“Talia, don't touch that.” Charlie called out when I hopped off my chair to walk over to the door.
“But someone wants to see me.” I turned back to him. “Why shouldn't I open it?” I didn't know why he would tell me not to touch it.
“What if someone takes you like they took your mommy.” Chloe looked like she was about to start shaking.
“If someone tries to do that, Angel will bite them. She can get very big when she is mad.” They hadn't seen Angel when she was being mean. She could get to be as big as a real dragon. It was both cool and scary. And it made me know that Angel was here to protect me forever.
“Just don't do it.” Charlie called out as I grabbed the handle.
“It's OK.” I smiled at him as I opened the door.
The door seemed to blow open really hard as soon as I turned the handle. There was a bright orange light on the other side of it and it was hurting my eyes. It only lasted for a few minutes though. After a little bit, there seemed to be someone coming through the door and that made the light go away. Or it was just not as bright at least.
When the person stepped through the door, I saw that they were as tall as my daddy. Though my daddy looked a lot stronger than this man. This man also had really long hair that stood up on top of his head. His eyes looked like they had a blue flashlight behind them. And he was pale. And I knew exactly who this man was.
“Oh, hello Mr. Hades.” I smiled at him.
“TALIA!” Both Charlie and Chloe looked and sounded shocked as they hid next to the table.
“It is nice to see you again Miss Talia.” The blue god named Hades smiled at me. I think he was ignoring Charlie and Chloe since they were scared of him.
“Why are you here Mr. Hades? Did I do something wrong?”
“Ha ha ha. Why would you think that you were in trouble, Little Talia?” He was talking very nicely to me.
“Well, don't the gods only show up when someone does something bad? You came when you thought that my mommy had done something bad.”
“Oh, Little Talia, I am so sorry that you think that. No, you have done nothing wrong. I am here to begin your training. We discussed with your mommy that you would be learning things over the years, right? I wanted to begin now, if that is OK with you.” I was not sure what he was going to tell me when I saw him, but this was not what I was expecting.
“I would like to begin, yes. Thank you so much Mr. Hades.” I beamed at him.
“Oh, Little Talia, you are so adorable. I just know that teaching you what we know of the underworld is going to be a fun and exciting time.”
As Mr. Hades and I talked, I could tell that Charlie and Chloe were still very scared. I didn't think that they liked Mr. Hades all that much. Maybe they should go back to their rooms while I learn from my new teacher.
