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Chapter 1: Philadelphia Here We Come
It was a cold crisp afternoon. It was cold enough to force the children of P.S 118 to wear hoodies even though it was a late May afternoon. The kids would be taking a field trip to Philadelphia but they did not no why. "MOVE IT OR LOSE IT FOOTBALL HEAD" Helga screamed. This sent chills up Arnold's neck. He hated being scolded by her. She had been this way since preschool and she seemed to get worse as the year progressed. "Helga cut the crap, Arnold is just minding his business and you are scolding him for no reason" Gerald said jumping to Arnold's defense. "Was I talking to you? No, so maybe you should shut up before O'l Betsy and the Five Avengers have something to say about it" Helga said spitefully. They had taken their seats. "Ha, as if I'm scared of you. Your so ugly and disgusting. Ever heard of something called Crest because maybe you should try some. Now go away you stupid BUTCH" Gerald retorted. This drew a collective gasp from all of his peers. The next second Gerald knew he was being wailed on by Helga. Arnold barely pulled her off of him. "You got away with being a girl you bitch! If you were a boy you would be 6 feet under. I hope Big Patty twists you like a pretzel" Gerald said. Crimson liquid began dripping down his lower lip. Arnold went for some tissues but when he got some the blood was gone. He didn't consider this much and buried the tissue back into his pocket. "Those were some pretty cruel word Gerald" Arnold said light hearted obviously hurt by what he said. He didn't know why but he felt so hurt when people said mean things about her. He knew she wasn't as mean as she let on. "Thanks man, that's what I get for defending my best friend" Gerald said heartbroken. He couldn't stand people picking on Arnold. Arnold had never really spoken up when it came to being picked on. For the most part he wasn't but when he was it hit him hard. Harold and Helga mostly teased him while Sid always had negative things to say. "I appreciate you defending me and all but those words probably hurt Helga's feelings" Arnold told Gerald. "Feelings, a heart, you mean Helga G Pataki has feelings and a heart! Call Channel 5 News they would love to hear this breaking news story" Gerald said. Arnold couldn't help a grin from escaping his lips. However he remained serious. "Although she is a major pain in the butt, you still shouldn't say rude things like that" Arnold replied. "Well Karma is a b-" Gerald said before Mr. Simmons yelled "WERE OFF TO PHILLY.
The bus ride had been nearly 5 hours long. How would they get back in time if it took the 10 hours round trip from Hillwoood to Philadelphia. They arrived in a slum like neighborhood. Gangsters roamed the streets. Gerald pointed out that they had guns. It was conspicuous as they had some sort of liquid in a brown paper bag in one hand and a Glock in the other. Helga spat a joke at Gerald but he promptly ignored her. Mr. Simmons punched a code into a pad with many numbers on it. This cause a gate to open. When it opened the children couldn't help but to gasp. Trees dominated the area. To the north was a lush forest with redwood, oak, and pine trees. To the west was a beautiful clear river. It was blue and beautiful like Arnold's eyes Helga thought. She then slapped herself back to reality. To the east was a campfire site. The rest of the area was filled with buildings. There was a mansion in the center of the land. Nadine nearly collapsed but Rhonda caught her. Nadine had loved nature. Arnold put two and two together and figured they would be staying here a couple of days. "Unload and meet at the Auditorium in an hour" Mr. Simmons said. An hour later they met in the auditorium. "This may be hard to explain but you guys are special children. You are the Children of Greek Tribes. This means that your ancestors were Greek gods" Mr. Simmons explained. Laughter erupted from the crowd. "Lets get out of hear" Harold said. Many people agreed. "I'm serious guys. You guys derive from great guys like Zeus, Poseidon, and Aphrodite" Mr. Simmons said again. This caused more laughter until Rhonda made them quiet. "He might be true, after all I am beautiful and fashionable like Aphrodite. This caused more chatter. Arnold kept them quiet when he raised his voice. "Guys you might think this isn't real but it very well may be. Use your logic, a teacher would never play this kind of a joke on us" Arnold said. "I don't know, Principal Wartz was pretty upset when he sat on a danish and had purple jelly on his butt for the whole day" Sid reminded them. This caused more laughter. "If you don't believe me then come to the campfire site tonight at 9" Mr. Simmons said growing desperate. "Fine, BUT THERE BETTER BE SMORES" Harold screamed.
The night had been even colder than the day. Chills sprang up Gerald's arm. Helga wished Arnold would just cuddle with her but she knew he didn't like her in that way. Actually, she didn't know but she was never sure of herself. There was a stool which Helga guessed everyone would sit in. "Okay it is 37 degrees so lets make this quick" Mr. Simmons said while shivering. The fire provided but so much warmth. Arnold stepped up and sat in the stool. A blue light enveloped his body and suddenly his eyes turned a deep dark blue. Lightning struck and everyone knew which tribe he belonged to. "You are are in the tribe of Zeus" Simmons yelled. Helga found herself staring at him. Man was he gorgeous and now he was the kin of the lightning god. He sat down shocked. As the night went on Poseidon claimed Stinky, Hades claimed Harold and Sid and Patty, Athena obviously claimed Phoebe, Apollo claimed Gerald, Ares claimed Curly, Hephaestus claimed Eugene(which made everyone laugh given his constant accidents), Artemis claimed Nadine, Aphrodite claimed Rhonda and Lila, and Helga was now set to sit in the stool of claiming. She set down clearly still not believing in this junk. Helga never really cared for mythologies. She sat down and nothing happened. Five minutes later and still nothing. "HAHAHAHAHAHAH" laughed Harold. "All the gods HATE YOU" Harold said again. "Well I guess they don't want me, now can I go in I was in the middle of making a big Sloppy Joe and it's getting cold now" Helga said slightly annoyed. Suddenly a pink light illuminated around her. Suddenly she was wearing a beautiful white dress that ran down to her legs. It hugged her curves tightly which all the boys there noticed including Arnold. Her vanilla blonde hair ran down to her shoulders and had a green wreath on it. She wore sandals and her shiny coral red lipstick was hardly unnoticeable. Her breath perfumed the air(when of course she started cursing because of the constant collective gasping of her peers) and her perfume smelt like a luxury brand from Paris. Her teeth were whiter than white. He face was decorated with assorted make-up. She wore blue eye shadow and pink blush. She was gorgeous. "Y-yo-your HOT" Harold screamed. This caused Patty to give him a look and he knew he should be shutting up. Helga threatened to pound him and then she got confused. What did he mean. Was he just joking. Did those wretched gods play a cruel prank on her. She ran to the bathroom to find a mirror. "NICE ASS" Sid Screamed as Helga was running. When she saw herself she screamed so loud a man from West Philadelphia could hear her. She came out and was shocked when she saw people weren't looking at her face but instead at her chest. She even caught Sheila peeking. Gerald was to proud of himself to look at her given she gave him a bloody lip earlier. He pondered why he just instantly healed that cut and now he knew it was because Apollo was the god of medicine. He saw Arnold looking at her bosoms as well and then caught a glimpse of his extended and hardened length. He had an erection in his pants and anyone would've noticed if they were paying attention to him. Drool escaped his causing Gerald to snap his fingers to help Arnold escape his trance. "She is a daughter of Aphrodite, congratulations you will be bunking with Lila and Rhonda" Mr. Simmons informed her. Oh great Helga thought, little miss perfect and little miss snobby. Rhonda and Lila had been shocked there mouth dropping open. "Okay people lets go to bed and we'll meet for breakfast in the breakfast hall in the morning.
A.N 2- Just to let you guys know - means that I am transitioning scenes. I am a Christian, I believe in GOD and Jesus Christ so obviously I don't believe in Greek gods. I got the inspiration to do a story like this after I was reading The Lost Hero. Anyways tune in next time if you liked this chapter.