Chapter 18 Avatar Creation (1/2)

After the warm tingly sensation left, I opened my eyes again. Hold it right there! When did I have them close? Also, what is this coldness I feel?

”What's going on?”

...

What's this? Is that... my voice?

I have a voice? What?!

Looking up in confusion, I saw only the grinning faces of each God. Freya was the first to hand me a large shell that reflected light.

”Great One, please look at your reflection and let us know if the avatar is to your liking. We can change it if you are displeased.”

Avatar? I looked at the shell and something stared back at me. It was a human boy! What was a human doing here? Also, the coldness was explained for. We were in one of the deepest parts of this sea. Looking at Zeus suddenly made me feel cold. In fact, looking at the all the Gods made me feel cold. Many of them didn't wear much.

Whatever. They can choose what they wear. On the other hand, I wanted to check out my new body. Finally, a body that I could control! It felt slightly odd at first as it was very hard to control my movements. After dropping the shell twice, Gaia took the hint and poured some of her powers in this new body. That slight discomfort immediately disappeared.

With a grateful nod, I turned my attention back to the shell and frowned. Apart from Freya who was known to be a beauty, none of the other Gods or Goddess looked remotely human. I didn't know if humans normally looked so fanciful but I wanted something more normal to blend in with them.

The boyish face staring right back at me in the reflection had sharp features, bright blue eyes and golden hair that attracted too much attention. Being a boy was fine. Being a boy that attracted weird attention was not.

”I want a more ordinary look. This is too outstanding. Anybody would see me in the dark with this golden hair.”

Zeus chuckled and Freya pouted. ”But this is a beautiful form that many would kill for. It's perfect!”

I shook my head. I didn't want to be perfect, I wanted to be normal.