Chapter 1

Date: Present Day

Location: Harlem, New York, New York

My day started off just like it always does. i woke up and took the subway downtown to my job with New York Sanitation Inc., cleaning the streets in areas of town i can't afford to live in. Instead living in an area that looks like all the trash my sweeper picks up is strewn about. All that changed about two hours after I got home, when a knock came at the door. Standing at the door was a man in what looked like a ups delivery uniform, only it was white and had "MODS" on it instead of "UPS". He walked into my apartment and stated "What He sees in someone, such as you I will never understand!" "Who are you talking about and do you have a package or something for me?", I asked him while eyeing him with contempt for just walking in without asking, thinking I am beneath him. "Well ... in a way you are beneath Me, I am after all a God! Hermes at your service Sir! I have come to notify you that you have been selected as a vassal to Zeus, My father, Ruler of Mount Olympus, King of the Gods. I would do my best to please Him if I were you. Have a nice day!" He then walked to my window and jumped. It was then that I noticed the little wings on his Nikes, as they lifted him up into the sky above. I all of a sudden felt very tired and laid down on my bed and passed out. I had this dream: