Octavia Posieden: A Great Hero

2000 years ago in Greece there was a great hero her name was Octavia. She lived on a farm with parents Jane and Joe by the ocean. Every day went the same, she would wake up then go to work the fields. She worked hard every day so that the farm could profit enough to pay for Jane’s medicine, her health had been faltering after working for so long and was not in good condition. Life wasn’t easy, she and her dad had to work hard from sunrise to sunset in the fields.Then one day Mary and Joe had left to the market to sell some of the year's harvest. When they returned they discovered that in thiere leave the house had been robbed everything was gone the family had no money left to take care of Jane and there was no way to get what they had lost …show more content…
Poseiden continued, stating he knew who had robbed them and he said he could help them get there frotune back. He said that he would help Mary to go on a quest to get their money back. All of this came as a shock to Mary and Joe and they didnt know why a god was so willing to help them. Posieden explained that he was always willing to help someone in need and that she and her family were loyal to the gods. Joe said she must not go, that it would be too dangerous and that she had to stay to care for her mother. Then Jane spoke up her voice was frail but her point was clear. She said that Octavia had to go it was a great quest and a necessary one as well. With that it was decided Octavia would leave the next day and with Poseidon's help she could recover her family's belongings. the following morning she set sail to the island of Argadnel this is where Poseidon said the Nymphs of the North lived when she arrived they greeted her and offered her great gifts to help her on her journey including a magical sword and a Hermes’ flying shoes, however to keep items she’d have to pass a test. She had to get a hydra's head, a task impossible to …show more content…
Octava krept to it making sure to be quiet and she took her sword and sliced off its head. Then it awoke as two heads replaced to one she’d taken, it began to chase her it massive feet pounding behind her as she ran. Luckily she was able to escape thanks to the flying shoes of hermes. After that, she continued sailing south for 7 days and Poseidon made sure the seas stayed calm but she had yet to catch sight of the thieves ship.Instead she found a dragon with cold eyes and powerful wings terrorizing a village along the shore of an island. She had to go help the villagers so she reached for her sword and jumped to attack, when she saw the boat of the thieves in the corner of her eye. But she couldn’t leave the innocent villagers to fend for themselves. she had to choose whether to save the villagers or her family's possessions. In the end she chose the villagers because she couldn’t let them suffer just so she could retrieve her own belongings. It was a fierce battle filled with strength and determination and in the end Octavia prevailed. She was victorios, but when the mighty beast had finally fallen, the boat of thieves was long gone along with all her family had worked so hard