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Fucking Magic
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Beneath a bush there was a helmet, and beneath the helmet the immortal glow of life. Two eyes of red blood burned silently, and for the moment softly. The red was of blood. Just as the tattoos that coursed over his entire golden body. Oozing red that looked wet to the eyes and smelled foul to the nose, and tasted like blood to the tongue. Only now they did not smell, nor did they run, nor would they drip. Ares commanded perfection from every pour of his perfect body, no muscle, no hair, no piece of skin did other then his command. Unlike the other gods his body did not glisten, his skin did not shine, nor did he find enjoyment in looking like a god.
The immortal blood that runs in his body left him with a great desire for the real thing that he wore on his body in patterns and shapes that made little sense to anyone else.
But here in the forest they dulled while he hunted.
Game was more often man then beast, but when boasts in the halls of Olympus were made often the slaying of mere mortal men was frowned upon. The slayers of great beasts were cheered, but the slayers of great men often jeered by the other gods. It was their own fault. To meddle in the affairs of the gods after being granted the gift of life was an ill choice. Especially without the proper offerings or with any thoughts of causing trouble for those that had given them life.
The one to make the greatest boasts were Artemis the huntress. She boasted that she was the only one that would ever kill the dear that roamed the forests near the village of Kraos. She determined that they were overly swift and smart for any save her and her gentle feminine touch to bring down. This she said, of course, knowing full well that if a god were so inclined they could simply slay the beasts in their form of power, but it was well known amongst the gods that any boast of deeds must be performed in the form of mortals.
This was why Ares suffered the sweat dripping from his eyebrow to his cheek, and coating the inside of his armor. Only his spear hand remained cool and untroubled by such mortal concerned. It was steady, and still full of life. Ready for the killing throw.
An uncontrollable lust consumed Ares as the deer with shining coats walked into the clearing in front of him.
He was going to kill more then one.
It was not enough to kill just one. Artemis had killed one, but he was going to kill many. All of them if he could manage. It wasn't the deer that he did not respect. Their life was given by the gods and they had been made to escape, to disappear into the dense forest undergrowth. It was their keeper, her boasts at the last feast upon Olympus had slipped underneath the blood. Then under the skin. Then into his veins. The others had laughed, had enjoyed the boast of the pretty Artemis, but he had not. Sitting alone, watching as she danced about from table to table, too and fro so gaily as she boasted that she alone was the master of blood.
"The master of little pests," Ares had mentioned to the one closest him though he went unheard.
Now they would regret not hearing his voice.
Out of the forest he sprang. His spear flew through the air without a sound, but immediately the deer sprang forward as if shot from a gun. The spear only managing to graze it's hind quarter. With a snarl he leaped forward and retrieved the spear. The chase was on!
Through fern and gully it went, on and on. Under branch and bough. Over hill and ridge. Through rivers. Ares next throw came with a yell that frightened the deer so badly it froze as if caught by the hand of Zeus himself. In that second of the herds pause two were impaled by the spear. The rest screamed and fled.
Just a hill away sat the village of Kraos where Nieniel the girl and her family lived. Her father was a hunter, and without any sons he had chosen her to learn the ways of the forest. He had taught her well, and when she heard the screams she knew someone had struck the deer of Artemis. Without a breath she snatched up her bow and sped towards the sound. Through her many treks into the forest she had met the goddess twice, and both times she had learned many, many things. Enough to know that if someone killed those deer, her wrath would be great. She had to warn the unlucky soul that had managed to kill those beautiful animals before she could warn them.
When she stumbled across the carcass's she gasped.
Ares whirled and thrust his spear out without pause or care, for the lust still coursed through his veins like fire burning through straw. The heavy blade split the beautiful little girl in half; blood spilled everywhere and her dead gasp filled the quiet clearing.
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