A/N: Chapter one is up! The characters appearing in this chapter are as follows…
1. Rain Demura –Princess-Of-Slytherin-18
2. Violet Jordan –GothicAngelInYourNightmares
…and two characters that I created.
Disclaimer: I don't own the two characters above or PJO. Enjoy.
Chapter 1:
"Man, I was hoping that they had finally changed the uniforms this year!" Laine sighed, fiddling with the edge of her orange and light brown plaid skirt.
"Yeah, whatever. Everyone else is wearing them too and at least yours fits," I replied with a sigh. I glanced up in the mirror and surveyed my hideous uniform. A white polo with the initials S.O.M embroidered on it in orange and an orange, white, and light brown plaid skirt. To top it all off, there were a pair of light brown socks and black Mary Janes. All and all, pretty much everyone in the school hated it, especially me. My dad refused to get me new ones considering the fact that this was my last year at school.
"Kris! Five more minutes till the chariot arrives." Talk of the devil. My dad was a scientist at a college and he was always wrapped up in crazy experiments with his students. I watched him tromp up the stairs, a single colorful sock in hand.
"Have you seen my other rainbow sock lately, Kris?" He asked. I smothered a giggle before answering. He loved his colorful socks almost as much as his white lab coat, which he was almost never seen without.
"Nope, did you check under your bed? We have to go wait outside for the chariot. Everything we need is packed up already," I replied, slinging the heavy duffel bag over my shoulder. Laine grabbed her colorful suitcase.
No, Laine is not my sister. She's my best friend, well, other than Kyra. She doesn't even look like me at all and still we are so close some people call us sisters. She has brown wavy hair that is a little longer than shoulder length. Her hair has alternating rainbow streaks mixed in with it. They were a blessing from her mother when she was claimed and she asked her to keep them. She has chocolaty brown eyes and tan skin. Her full name is Elaina Fredricks.
On the other hand, I'm blond with hair that falls to my shoulders with intense blue-gray eyes. And my skin is pale. My full name is Kristina Henderson.
I gave a faint smile as watched my dad disappear into his room to look for his missing sock.
"Bye, Dad! I love you, see you soon!" I yelled up when I reached the foot of the stairs. We trudged out the front door and on to the dewy grass, ignoring the spilled laundry basket in the hallway. We walked down to the edge of the driveway, our eyes raised toward the sky.
"Whatca doing?" A whiny voice that I knew too well asked. I inwardly groaned.
"Hi Mickey," I replied exasperatedly, not taking my eyes off of the sky. Mickey or Michelle was a ten year old who was, sadly, my next door neighbor. She was nosy and quite frankly, annoyed the heck out of me. She was always complaining and looking for something to do. She always got into other people's business.
"We're waiting for our bus to go to boarding school," Elaina said in answer to her first question.
"So that explains the funny outfits," she said, indicating to our uniforms. "Why were you looking at the sky? Is your bus flying? Ah, the typical nosy Mickey.
"I'll be right back," I said before muttering in Laine's ear. "Keep her occupied. I have to make an Iris message to tell them not to come here. Let's walk to your house and they can pick us up there." I wandered away and heard Mickey ask what I had said.
I strode around into the backyard where I had a fountain installed for the purpose of messaging. I dug around in my purse that was slung across my shoulder for a gold drachma. I found one and threw into the fountain mist.
"O Goddess please accept my offering. Violet Jordan, uhh… in a chariot, umm…somewhere in the sky," I said into the mist, naming a girl who was the chariot's first stop. I knew at least she would be on it by now. As I was thinking this, the mist shimmered and an image appeared of two girls. One had black hair and darkish blue eyes and was tan and the other had long white blond hair and mismatched eyes, one blue and one green. Her skin was pale cream. I smiled when I recognized them.
"Hey Kris, what's up?" The dark haired one, Violet, asked.
"Hey Violet. We're having some…mortal trouble," I replied with a grimace. The blond one giggled and I glared at her. "It's not that funny, Rain."
"Well, nice to see you too," she replied before scooting out of my line of sight. I turned back to Violet.
"Anyway, my next door neighbor is refusing to leave Laine and me alone. Can you change course and pick us up down the street at Elaina's house instead?" I inquired before glancing behind me to make sure no one was there.
"Sure thing. It's only a little farther down the block, right?" Violet asked.
"Yeah," I said. "Thanks a bunch!"
"Kay, see you in a second. Good luck," she smirked and waved her hand though the mist, breaking the connection. I dashed around to the front of the house where Elaina was looking tired of trying to keep up with the extremely talkative ten year old.
"Laine, come on!" I yelled at her, not even bothering to stop running. She broke away from Mickey with relief and, with a hasty goodbye, ran to keep up with me.
"Never put me through that again!" She cried as soon as Mickey was out of earshot.
"You're right. That is pretty terrible. I owe you one," I replied with a smirk. "It was pretty funny though." She elbowed me hard in the ribs and we darted down the street to her house. When we arrived, we stopped and stared at the sky in anticipation.
"When is it coming?" She asked. Right then, we heard a clattering sound behind us. We spun around. In the middle of the street was a golden chariot pulled by two horses, one black and one brown. And sitting at the front of the chariot were Violet and Rain, looking very pleased with themselves.
"Does that answer your question?" I asked and she nodded.
"All aboard!" Rain shouted, gesturing for us to join them on the chariot.
A/N: Review please! I need constructive criticism. Also, GA and P-Of-S I hope I portrayed your characters correctly. If not, please let me know. Also, if your character did not appear, which most did not, I will try to incorporate them in slowly, so it isn't awkward. Again, please review.