My first time writing this 'type' of fanfic ^^; Please enjoy~
========== Chapter 01 - A Stranger By the Door ==========
A few weeks had already passed by since there were any 'Cronus attacks'. The gang was sitting in the living room of the Brownstone in the morning before going to school, watching television and wondering what was going on.
"Maybe villains need a break sometimes as well." Theresa joked.
"Well, that's good." Neil spoke as he looked into his hand-mirror, "The less fighting, the lower the chances that I'll wreck my handsome face! Oh, wait. I'm too lucky to injure myself!" He laughed.
"Could it be that he finally gave up on crushing us because he knows that he can't ever win?" Atlanta threw the idea into the pile of confusion, even though she knew that it was highly unlikely of him to do so.
Jay shook his head disapprovingly. "There's no way that he would do that." He proceeded to stand up. "Guys. We have to be extra careful from now on. He's obviously playing with us right now so that we'll be off guard."
"Jay is right." Odie agreed. "We don't know what will be Cronus' next moves. We should stick together."
Meanwhile, Cronus was planning something in his hideout. "Where can he be?" He mumbled. Several weeks ago, the Oracle told him that the prophecy - of seven teenagers will bring Cronus down - was fullfilled. However, it did not signal the end of the threat.
That was only the prequel to the true destiny. The Oracle had told him, Once the eighth member joins the group, that you will be brought to your doom.
"That old man..." Cronus continued, "He serves everyone, hmm?"
Cronus was devising a plan to find the eighth member of the heroes as soon as possible, since he is still unknown to them. "This will give me an advantage," He smirked, "and once I find him, I will be able to pursuade him to join me, and the true prophecy will not be fullfilled!"
He stood up and called his minions. "Have you found him yet?" He yelled at them. They did not respond and Cronus threw a stone at them. "You useless things! Always making me do all the work I tell you to do!" Cronus stomped off into his portal.
Back at Olympus High School, the heroes are getting ready for school. Archie was standing at his locker mirror, trying to practise so he could ask Atlanta out casually. As usual, the other boys were laughing at him.
"Come on Archie, you don't have to rehearse all the time, just say it!" Odie chuckled.
"Odie is right," Jay began as he picked up his books from his locker, "You've been with us long enough. I'm sure there's nothing to worry about."
"Says the guy who's already made a move on his girl..." Archie mumbled.
Jay turned towards Neil, "Why don't you help Archie a bit?"
"ME?" Neil said exasperatedly, "I have no problems in getting girls, so I can't help him! Why ME?"
"Because you don't have anything else to do but admire yourself?" Archie angrily replied, "I don't need your help, Neil. Your the last person that I'll ask help from for tips." He closed his locker door with velocity and walked away. The remaining gang glared at Neil.
"What's his problem?" Neil shrugged.
"Jay!"
Jay looked around and saw Theresa and Atlanta approaching the boys.
"What's up?" Jay asked curiously.
"We should go and ask the Oracle and see if he knows what Cronus is up to!" Theresa replied, panting from the small jog. Jay nodded approvingly in response.
Atlanta looked around. "Hey, where did Archie go? I thought that he had class with you guys first thing today."
"Oh, he wanted some solitary time." Neil replied quickly, which resulted in Atlanta raising an eyebrow.
As the group started to walk to class, they noticed an unfamiliar face in front of them, peering through the glass windows of each classroom door.
"Are you looking for something?" Herry asked all of a sudden. It startled the girl and she jumped slightly.
