A/N: Hello! Wow! I'm SOOO glad that my laptop is back! I hope you enjoy EaY's Prologue! Any sneak peeks you got will be in the next chapter!
And now…the moment you've all been waiting for…
I don't own PJO!
But, really….now…
I present to you….
EVERYTHING ABOUT YOU!
Prologue
Athena tapped her foot. She hummed a song. She did anything she could to get rid of the boredom invading her.
She had never been bored before. It was foreign to her. All of this was. She would never get bored; now she was. She would never feel tired; now she was exhausted. She used to always have something on her mind; now the only thing she had on it was the thought of becoming mortal.
She was alone in the throne room. Waiting. Waiting. Still waiting…after what felt like an eternity, the gods had all arrived.
"Let's get this over with." Zeus said. "Iris shall take care of further duties; I have to go get the potions. I'll be back."
The messenger goddess smiled, her R.O.F.L. shirt standing out against all the togas. "Well then, you six are about to become mortal. With any regular human comes a regular name…but yours here aren't so regular." With a snap of her fingers, the six gods and goddesses, Athena, Aphrodite, Artemis, Poseidon, Ares, and Apollo, had a small scroll in front of them. They each picked up their own, where a name and its meaning were placed.
Aphrodite's: Adara Diantha
Beauty; Divine Flower
Athena's: Graeae Alisha
Gray Ones; the Wise Counselor
Artemis's: Ademia Haidee
without Husband; Modest
Poseidon's: Nicholas Timoleon
Winner over the People; I honor what I say
Apollo's: Damon Kiron
Day; Wise Teacher
And Ares': Adonis Vasilios
Lover of Venus; of Royal Blood
Athena snickered at Poseidon's as she read it.
"What?" He asked.
"Considering you lost the battle of Athens, it's pretty ironic, Poseidon. You didn't win the people. My father's showing you that I always will be the best." Athena smirked.
"Whatever. One more year with you, then I'm done." He said.
"Glad you feel that way, Poseidon. You don't know how much I'll want to shove you off a cliff once we're mortal." She told him.
"Guys! You love each other! Please, calm down. You're hurting my feelings!" Aphrodite stomped.
Ares put a hand on her shoulder. "Give it a rest, babe."
"NEVER!" She shouted.
Artemis rolled her eyes and shoved the goddess without cracking a smile.
"Well then, Zeus will be back in a minute and my job is done…please, try not to kill each other." And with that, Iris disappeared.
"I'll try my best," Athena muttered, sitting back down on her throne.
Apollo looked around. "Why are you all so upset? This could be fun!"
"Mr. Optimistic is here," Athena grumbled.
"At least he's not a kill-joy like Miss Pessimist over there!" Poseidon said.
"Oh! What? Are you calling me a pessimist? How dare you! Poseidon, I swear to Zeus I'll—"
"STOP!"
"Uh-oh…" Aphrodite giggled.
Zeus was back in the room, holding a vile for each god. "Stop the fighting, or you'll have much worse things to do than teach!"
"Sir, yes, sir." Ares said, grinning.
"Now's not the time to joke. Each of you, take one. Hecate has made these potions. When you drink these, you will feel slightly dizzy, and you'll be very tired. That's the immortality being taken away. You also may feel some sickness, as if rocking on a boat. That's also a side effect."
"Joy, even as I'm turning mortal I'll get Poseidon's presence." Athena said.
Aphrodite smiled. "That just proves he rocks your world!"
Zeus looked at her disapprovingly. "Nobody will be 'rocking' anybody." He handed the light purple potions out to each god, one each. "Some quick rules: you are not to call each other by your real names in public, no fraternization with mortals, or in my brother's case, Athena, no law-breaking, no drug doing, no maiming, no killing, and no fighting."
"Yeah, that last one will be broken easily." Aphrodite said.
The six gods all drank the liquid. It tasted just like nectar, the sweet taste they were already used to, but unlike when they drank nectar, they all became dizzy.
"Whoa! I can't feel my head!" Apollo said.
"That's because you don't have one, stupid." Artemis told him.
Zeus sighed.
"Alright, the dizziness should wear off in a minute. Once it's passed, Aphrodite asked to do something. What it is I'm not sure, but, goodbye…mortals. You shall return to gods in exactly three-hundred-sixty-five days." And he was gone.
~EaY~
The six were all in a large building. "This is our house?" Athena asked, walking into the main living room. "It's incredible! I thought Zeus would get us some lame thing…"
"This place is awesome! Poseidon and I just checked it out, there are exactly six bedrooms, and it has three more floors above this, each with a gigantic bathroom, two bedrooms, and a small living room!" Apollo said.
"It gets better!" Poseidon chimed in. "Each room has our names on the doors already, and all of the rooms have a view of the beach from here!"
"Are there porches?" Aphrodite asked.
"Yeah! The two rooms on the floor each lead out to a big porch that connects them. Only one problem, though…" Poseidon said.
"What?" Artemis asked.
"Zeus put each of us on the same floor with the person we fight the most with," Apollo filled in. "That means my lil' sis and I share a floor, the second one, Aphrodite and Ares share a floor, the third, and Poseidon and Athena share a floor, the top one."
"Just make sure you stay out of the bathroom while I'm in there," Poseidon said.
"Don't flatter yourself, I wouldn't even think about it." She retorted.
"Okay, well now that that's done, let's go! I've used the last of my beauty powers, before we became mortal, anyway, to create an outfit for each of you! If Hermes listened, they'll be on your beds. Let's go get dressed, and then check out the school!"
A/N: Yay! Prologue…done! Now check out my profile for the outfits! They'll be described next chapter!
Song for Chapter One (I'm going to try to start matching songs with chapters): Poor Unfortunate Souls, from The Little Mermaid!
Well, I hope this wasn't too much of a fail. I hope you'll all read! This isn't one where you have to have read Punishment, but it would make much more sense if you did.
I love feedback almost as much as Aphrodite loves love!
~Suzie
