<div class="floatleft">(https://data.whicdn.com/images/56206783/original.jpg)</div><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: monotype corsiva;"><strong>Mackenzie Aayana White</strong></span></span><br/><strong>Blessed By::</strong>Hecate<br/><strong>Location::</strong>In the temple --> Main House<br/><strong>Company::</strong>Open {Tagging: Jeremiah, Nenene, and Akira}<br/><strong>Date/Time::</strong>June 20th, Between events<br/><strong>Mood::</strong>Relieved --> Truly Scared<br/><strong>Wearing::</strong><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Grey dress</div><div class="spoiler_body">(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/a0/8f/c1/a08fc1351822e5675bd92fe43efbd73e.jpg)</div></div><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">fully charged magic amulet (fully dark blue matching ring)</div><div class="spoiler_body">(https://www.dhresource.com/0x0/f2/albu/g4/M01/66/58/rBVaEVfNYmSAG5VTAAJ6RrBbdjo220.jpg)</div></div><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">fully charged magic ring (fully dark blue)</div><div class="spoiler_body">(https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/813uFj-L9FL._SY500_.jpg)</div></div>, and<div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">hairpin that looks like (fully blue matching amulet and ring)</div><div class="spoiler_body">(https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/91-5%2B-k04TL._SL1500_.jpg)</div></div>--> torn grey shirt, ripped black jeans, spiked leather jacket, and leather knee-high boots with studded straps all the way up the leg, with her magic amulet and ring<br/><br/><strong>TRIGGER WARNINGS::</strong>None<br/><br/><br/><hr/>After finishing her ritual and being released into the temple by Miss Takanashi, Kenzie gathered her things from the chosen representatives and followed the group into the temple.  Of course, she saw the multiple different stairs towards each God's room but she knew she was only to follow the stairs towards Hecate's room.  Entering the room, the blue-haired girl gasped audibly.  She'd been here many times, sometimes at the same time as the rest of the camp visited their own Gods but usually, she came alone.  Being one of the blessed with a real excuse to use the temple more than just when the others came, she really didn't need an excuse to be caught there.  Still, even as many times as she'd been in the temple, Kenz was always surprised at how beautiful it was.  Sure, the cabins were nice too but the temples were something almost as if they belonged only in a world of fantasy.<br/><br/>As the Goddess of Magic, Hecate's temple room was a shrine to her gifts.  The statue that stood in the middle of the room depicted three women.  On the left, there stood the statue of a beautiful young maiden who held a torch in one hand and a waxing moon in the other.  She was the version of the goddess of magick that most people liked and preferred to think about when they thought of Kenzie's goddess.  In the middle stood the version of Hecate that appeared to Mackenzie the first time she had ever summoned the woman of magick.  She was the one who had first gifted the girl with her magic and she was the one Kenzie felt the closest with as if the woman was her own mother.  That part of the statue held a full moon in one hand and a pentacle in the other.  Finally, on the right, there stood the only version of the goddess of three whom Kenzie truly feared.  It was upsetting the crone that was the scariest thing in the world to the young woman as she stood before the statue.  The crone was holding a waning moon and a torch in each of her hands as the three looked down over the only blessed of Hecate standing before them.<br/><br/><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: monotype corsiva;">"My goddess..."</span></span>Mackenzie said, kneeling before the statue, her head held down.<span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: monotype corsiva;">"Goddess, I was going to bring you the offering of a ritual specifically in your honor but the life I had planned to offer escaped.  I am so sorry, Goddess.  I should have been more careful but--"</span></span><br/><br/>"My child..."  A woman whose voice seemed to transcend age cut off the young girl as she offered a hand out to invite Kenzie to stand.<br/><br/>Kenzie was so shocked by the fact that Hecate appeared before her where the statue had been without so much as an open circle, she nearly fell on her ass, gaping at the woman whose appearance seemed to blend the three facets of the goddess.  One moment, she looked like the maiden and the next the mother and then the crone.  Her appearance kept shifting, never settling on a single depiction of herself.  When Kenzie finally recomposed herself, she took the woman's hand and stood with her.  The priestess wanted so badly to hug one of the women she owed her life to but she could see it in her face.  Something was truly wrong.  Hecate had not come just to say hello to her faithful child.  She was here with reason...and<em>that</em>was never good.<br/><br/><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: monotype corsiva;">"What is it, Goddess?  What's wrong?  I can see it in your eyes--"</span></span>Once again, Kenzie found herself cut off by the goddess of magick.<br/><br/>"Hush now!"  Hecate said, her command in the voice of the crone momentarily.  Quickly, however, she softened back into the shifting phases as Kenzie now noticed that her body, unlike the previous times she had met with the goddess appeared translucent.  Truly, whatever was happening wasn't good.  "I don't have long but I needed to speak with you."  Instead of interrupting again, Kenzie just nodded to show that she was listening to whatever the goddess had to say.  "I can't tell you much.  It will be up to your elders to reveal what they wish you to know but something bad is happening.  An attack is being planned against your camp and it is not the first.  My daughter, your time has come.  When I blessed you, I told you that you would serve a purpose much greater than you could ever imagine, and now is the time.  You will be important in the days to come.  You must take up my mantle and serve Olympus if Blessed Falls is to survive."  After a short pause, Hecate's face shifted for a long moment into the face of her maiden form.  Then she spoke again, the fear in her eyes apparent and her voice panicked.  "I have said too much.  I must leave."<br/><br/>Kenzie couldn't help but nearly shout at the Goddess now, grabbing her hand tightly as if it would keep her there.<span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: monotype corsiva;">"Goddess, you must tell me more!!!  How can you expect me to serve you when I don't know what it is that is expected of me?!?  Hecate, please!!!"</span></span><br/><br/>As if she had triggered the crone, the goddess's voice boomed through the room.  Kenzie could almost swear people in the other rooms may have even heard the goddess if it wasn't for the fact that that was impossible.  "That's enough, Mackenzie White!!!  Her voice returning to normal, Kenzie bowed her head, ashamed of herself, and let go of the goddess's hand.  "Now, four years ago, I chose you to represent me on this Earth.  You were given powers others could only dream of and believe as fiction.  You promised me on that day that you would serve me no matter what it was I needed of you.  Will you take up my mantle and serve Olympus or will you stand by and watch as your friends and your home falls?"<br/><br/>Kneeling before the goddess again, Kenzie looked up at her patron, the look on her face determined.<span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: monotype corsiva;">"Goddess, you know I am true to you and my word is my oath.  I will take up your mantle and do what I must."</span></span><br/><br/>"Good.  Now, I must return to Olympus and you must warn your elders of what is to come.  Remember, my child, my magic flows through you as it flows through everything around you.  I will always be there when you need me but now, you must do your duty.  I believe in you, Mackenzie White.  Don't let me down."  With that, the goddess disappeared and where she stood was left only the statue that was meant to represent the goddess herself.<br/><br/><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: monotype corsiva;">"Yes, my Goddess."</span></span>Mackenzie whispered as she took the magic hairpin she had made earlier that year from her head and placed it at the feet of the goddess.  Before her eyes, the hairpin disappeared and Kenzie heard the goddess as if in a whisper say thank you before she rose to her feet and raced out of the temple.<br/><br/>Kenzie didn't stop running in her dress until she reached her cabin.  Luckily, it was the closest cabin to the temple, but she still hated running in the dress.  Once there, she didn't think much about what she was doing but she knew she couldn't be in that dress anymore.  She ran straight to her room and as quickly as she could, she threw on the first outfit she could find which happened to include a tattered, old grey tank top, black jeans with rips in the thighs, knees, and shins, a spiked leather jacket, and knee-high leather boots with studded straps running all the way up the legs.  She threw her hair up in a messy ponytail without paying much attention.  It really was just to keep the hair out of her eyes as she ran all the way past all of the cabins, around the pool, and barged straight into the Main House.  She didn't stop there, however.  No, she kept going until she reached Akira's office and barged in without showing any sign of respect.<br/><br/><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: monotype corsiva;">"We have a big problem!"</span></span>She said in a panic, looking between Jeremiah, Nenene, and Akira who all seemed to be just sitting down to discuss something.  Finally being at her destination, Kenzie's body seemed to catch up to her and hit her all at once.  Her breathing was extremely heavy and she doubled over, barely keeping herself from falling straight to the ground.  She hadn't run that far or that fast in...Gods of Olympus, when was the last time she had run like that?