Just a girl. A normal girl from Arizona. I had a good childhood for a while — two parents who loved each other, a home that felt safe.
And then things changed. My parents divorced, and it was like the floor disappeared. We moved constantly. I learned to not make too many friends. I learned to be quiet. Invisible was easier than visible.
Like I was a background character in my own life. Like things happened to me rather than because of me. I was bullied at one point — the kind that makes you question yourself.
Not at first. Hermes told me. He appeared and explained everything — that Will and the twin goddesses, Fate and Destiny, were in conflict, and I was the test.
I remember feeling furious. Not scared — furious. Who gave them permission to turn my life into an experiment?
Fate and Destiny wanted me to follow a fixed path. Will wanted me to choose freely. I realized I wasn't a prop — I was the question itself.
That they were right. That I didn't have a choice. That I was always going to be small and invisible.
The deepest fear was that even if I chose differently, nothing would change.
At first, anger. Later, something quieter — the idea that the choice itself mattered. That something inside me belonged only to me.
Not on the surface. Same life, same struggles. But I am different — and that changes everything.
I don't feel invisible anymore. I know I have a choice — in every moment. In the middle of chaos, I just chose. And it was enough.
The gods are watching you — whether you believe in them or not. And they are not as powerful as you think.
Choose something real. Even once. And see what happens.
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