Something Changed
By TriGemini
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters from Troy (the movie), Warner Brothers does or the Iliad by Homer.
Briseis…
From the moment, I saw her.
There was something different about her.
I have known plenty of women in my time but nothing like her.
For one…she is a priestess of Apollo.
However, she is no ordinary priestess.
She speaks with an air of royalty from the way she responds to me.
It is as if she has spent her entire life talking down to men.
At least that is how I have rationalized it.
As I reached for a few of her brown tresses, I noticed how silky they felt between my fingers.
I then brought the lock of hair up to my nose…I knew then.
Her hair smelled of expensive perfumes that only royalty would use.
So she wasn't just anybody.
She was definitely somebody.
So I did what was best at that moment I released her from her bonds and told her she didn't have any reasons to be afraid of me.
For some reason…I felt that I could never bring myself to hurt her.
This sudden urge of protectiveness washed over me and I couldn't understand why I was suddenly feeling like this.
But soon I would learn the reason for it for things would change.
When I found out that Briseis was taken from me, I was furious at Agamemnon for doing it.
She was mine!
Mine to have…to claim…to protect!
Her presence if only for that short while…changed me!
I knew that if Agamemnon that the upcoming battle against the Trojans, he would have to give Briseis back to me.
And in a way that angered me all over again.
He threw her out of his tent to his men.
When I found out, I knew right then I had to protect her from them.
After rescuing her, I took her back to my tent and it gave me some satisfaction because in a way she belonged to me…again.
Even during all this time, something had changed.
And it changed again all in one night.
I opened her eyes to emotions that never felt before.
And she in return...she gave me peace.
Peace…this emotion wasn't like anything I've ever felt before in my life.
With her, I forgot all my worries, my pain, the nightmares.
Instead, I found love and comfort.
But most importantly, she gave me peace.
Since that night, we became one.
She made me realize that there was more to life than war and glory.
That is what changed.
The Great Achilles…changed!
Because he found that, there was something more important in life than glory.
Some things do change…
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