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Chapter 1

** A child's laughter turned to tears**

** ** The voices of two young satyrs echoed through the valley "You can't catch me slow poke!" Yelled one of the young satyrs over his shoulder with a little chuckle. "Oh yes I will just wait and see" stated the other with a grin on his face that was growing bigger with each stride that put him a little closer to his friend. "Come on Xzion you know that I'm faster you should just give up now. "Called the older of the two over his shoulder as he jumped over a log missing a patch of mud by inches. " I'm not going to give up and if memory serves right last time we raced I won." Responded Xzion with his grin still growing as he flipped over the log thinking that he could show off a bit and still catch up to his friend. "Nailed it!!!" Cried Xzion as his foot landed in the mud sending him face fist into the dirt. "Zimby!! I think I sprained my ankle." Wined Xzion trying to stand up but collapsing from pain running down his leg. Upon hearing the cries of his Zimby skids to a stop and spins around to jog back towards Xzion. "Hold on I'm on my way...." Stopping mid-sentence Zimby notices a black cloud forming above his friend. Before he could act a bolt of lightning shot out and struck his friends out stretched hand and the horn that had started to grow from his head. Xzion looked at his friend for a split second in shock at what had just happened to him before collapsing in to darkness. Frozen with the fear that he had just seen his friend die in front of his very own eyes and didn't know what to do. After a few seconds went by which seemed like an eternity Zimby started to sprint to where his friend lay still. "Xzion!!!!!!!!" He screamed between sobs as he ran to reach his friend. When he got to where Xzion lay. Lifting Xzions head up in his arms Zimby noticed that his friend was colder then ice and both of his horns and right hand where now black and charred form the lighting.

"No he can't be dead. He just can't be." Sobbed Zimby holding his friends head to his shoulder. "WHY MUST YOU DO THINGS LIKE THIS ZEUS?! HE WAS SO FULL OF LIFE AND MY BEST FRIEND! WHY ZEUS? Why?" Zimby sadly screamed raising his head to look at the sky and curse the gods for what they had done. With his head still raised to the sky Zimby felt rain start to hit his face and combine with the tears that continued to run down his face and fell on his friend. Zimby continued to hold his friend and cry. Suddenly the rain stopped and the sun came out still crying Zimby looked down to see his friends face and noticed that he had started to breathe again. Zimby wiped the tears from his eyes and hoped that his friend would be ok and recover from what had happened. Picking up his friend Zimby started to run as fast as he could toward the village where they lived.****Busying herself around the house Xzions mom looked out the window towards the valley where her son and his friend had gone to play. "I wonder where those boys are?" She worriedly whispered to herself before turning around to return to her sweeping.**** "I have to hurry and get Xzion home so he can get better." Panted Zimby as he kept running. Looking ahead he saw a familiar ridge and he knew the village would be on the other side. "Mrs. Stillman! Mrs. Stillman come quick Xzion has been hurt" Zimby screamed over and over at the top of his lungs hoping to get the attention of Xzions mother.***** Even though the cries of Zimby where quite because had been running awhile. Xzions mother heard them and knew something was terribly wrong when she looked out the window and saw her son in Zimby's arms. Dropping everything she bolted out the door running as fast as her hoofs would carry her. "What happened Zimby? Why is my son burnt and barely alive?" Xzions mother franticly asked as she took Xzion into her arms. Once his friend was out of his arms Zimby collapsed to his hands and knees panting heavly from yelling and running for such a long tome. By the time Zimby had caught his breath a crowd and gathered around Mrs. Stillman and the two boys. "What happened Zimby? What happened to Xzion?" Mrs. Stillman asked again still frantic to learn what had caused her son to almost die. Looking up into the faces of all who had gathered Zimby started to tell what had happed.***** After a few hours Zimby was finishing up his story and the adults stared at each other and then back to Xzion. "So Zeus is responsible for this?" Whispered Mrs. Stillman as she buried her face into Xzions shoulder. "Yes I believe he is. I don't know of anyone else with that power." Responded Zimby looking at the ground his mind deep in thought of what he had seen and wondering why the king of the gods had done such a thing. "Do you think Xzion will be ok Mrs. Stillman?" Zimby asked in a worried voice concered with his friends health. "I hope so Zimby I hope so. All we can do is take him to the elders and see what they can do." Mrs. Stillman answered as he own concerns for her sons health entered her voice and she started to tear up again. ***** Later that day Xzion lay on a bed in the homes of the head elder and his mother sat beside him holding one of his hands as the elders walked in all of them looking older in the light of the candles that lit the room. " Mrs. Stillman we have reached an answer as to how your son can live. I will not lie to you and tell you that the cost of saving him is cheap for it isn't. Matter afact it is the quite the opposite as it will require the life of another." The older of the elders sternly told Xzions mother. Without thinking Zimby stepped into the room knowing that he could get into trouble for ease dropping. "I will give up my life so that my friend can live. I am an orphan and have no one and he is the closest thing to family that I have. So I will gladly give up my life for him so that he can live with he and his mother can be happy for without him she will have no one left either." Zimby boldly answered the elders before they had even asked who would be willing to do such a thing.

"Are you sure that you want to do this Zimby no one will make you but if it is what you truly want then we will fulfill your wish." The head elder answered solemnly. I his head the elder know that if Zimby did go through with this then Xzion would become the next choice for the sacrifice to hades and then Xzions mother would have no one any way but he knew that there was nothing he could say to change Zimbys mind once he saw the look on the young satyrs face. " Very well we will start to make the preparations for the ceremony