Sicily's Stories 3

Sicily Stories


      “Another voyage!!? S-sir we’ve been to that island 12 times… How many times must we go? What’s even there?” Greece had to see her again.  He didn’t know what it was about her, but she was always so happy when he came to visit. Seeing her smile made him happy, but he didn’t know why.
“Yes. Another voyage. I’m almost done with the job mom gave me.” He didn’t like lying, but if it didn’t sound important the crew might not take him. No. It wasn’t lying. It was important, at least to him.
The captain of the ship sighed. “But feast is tomorrow… The gods will punish us if we don’t celebrate…”
“Yes, yes I know, but we can celebrate on the island and return the next day!”
“I’m not sure Greece…” Greece thought for a while, then had an idea.
“Ok, take me there now. You’ll drop me at the island and sail right back home. You should get back right before the feast.”
“What!? When will I go get you then!?”
“Seven days. And bring the crew too.” The captain raised his eyebrow.
“Why the crew?”
Greece stared out the window for a bit, then turned back to the captain. “We’re colonizing Sicilia.”

The ship’s captain got Greece to the shore of the island. “Be careful Greece… Are you sure you didn’t want to bring the full army? It’s unlike you…”
“I’m sure. I only need Artimis and Apollo.” He smiled and hoped off the ship with the two ‘soldiers.’ “Thank you. Get back safely please.”
“Will do sir. See you in seven days.” And so he raised the sails and set back home to Athens for the festival.

“Sicily!?” Greece called. “SICILIA!!! I’M BACK!!!” No answer. “S-sicily!?” He ran up the hills, darted around the orange trees, and even had the balls to scan around the volcano, but there was no sign of her. “Sicily…? Wh-where is she…? Did something happen!?” Then he heard it, that familiar joyful giggle coming from the fields. He ran over as fast as he could. “Sicily!?”
She turned around and smiled big. She ran towards him. “Mr. Greece you came again~! Yay~~~!” She jumped into his arms and snuggled close. “You said you’d be here tomorrow but you came early~! Fantastico~!”
“What?”
“Fantastic~!”
“Ah… Ok…”  He smiled and held her close. “I missed you… I needed to talk to you about something.”

“Si me too~! I made a new friend Mr. Greece~! A brand new friend~!”
“That’s wonderful~!” he replied. “Who is it? Are they nice?”
“Si~!” she cheered. “Very very nice~! And he’s-a supper strong country~! His name’s-a Roman Empire~!” Greece stared at her for a bit. Rome only visited territories when he wanted them for his own. He never came for a ‘visit.’ Visits were all past of his little games. He held back his anger and smiled.
“I’m glad… I’m so happy you have a new friend… But there’s something I wanted to talk to you ab-“
“Oh oh oh Greece!!!” she inturupted. “I wanna show you the new plant I found~!”
“That’s nice but we have to-“
“Oh and I found a seashell! It’s in my bush! I put it there so I could give it to you latter~!”
“Thank you but-“
“And and and!!! I cought a fish! His name’s Aqua! B-but he stopped moving…. Is that bad…?”
“SICILY!!!!” he screamed. He couldn’t hold it in, he had to tell her what was on his mind. He knew yelling wasn’t the best thing but….
She looked up fearfully. “D-did I do something w-wrong…?” Greece sighed.
“No…. No I’m sorry I… I need to tell you this…” She looked up puzzled.
“What? What is it?”
Greece took a breth and set her down next to him.

“Sicily… I know you’ve been alone for a long time… And I know it hurts you a lot… But when you smile, it just makes me so happy… And thinking about it, when I’m gone I can’t help but see you frowning, and it really hurts me… I don’t want you tobe alone anymore… I want you to have a home! A country! A… A family!”
She stares back at him. “F-family…? How…?”
“If you became part of Greece then… The WE could be a family…”
She shot up. “R-really…!? A… A family…!? You… You’d be my papa!!?” Greece smiled.
“Yeah… I would… I’d love to be your papa Sicilia…” She could feel the tears streaming down her face. No one ever wanted her before. She was always thrown aside for someone else, but this person wanted to be her family. “Sicily…? S-sicily d-don’t cry now I-“ He could feel the jolt of her running over to him and hugging him tight. He could feel his shirt being soaked from her tears.
“Y-you really want to be my papa… Y-you don’t h-hate me…?”
Greese smiled and pulled her close. “How could I ever hate you…? Your real dad didn’t know what a special child he had…” He paused. “No… He’s not your dad… I am from now on… And I’m going to do my best to take care of you…”
She sobbed even more. “Th-thank you!!! Th-thankyou Mr. Gre-“ She paused. “Th-thank you papa!!!”