Alright, people! Here I am with a new and improved version of The Gods Are With You. I'm gonna change the title to May The Gods Be With Us just so you know. Originally, this chap was going to be longer but I figured I kept you guys waiting long enough. So Chapter 1 everybody! Sorry if it sucks, I'm not very good. Grammatical and typographical errors bound to be found all around! Oh, and flames appreciated and encouraged. Read on!
Chapter 1
It was a warm, sunny Sunday afternoon as a black taxicab pulled up in front of the school. Fabian Rutter quickly gathered his things into his satchel, paid the driver and got out.
"Back in the old cove again, eh?" he asked himself as the taxi drove off, "I wonder if Nina's coming back this year?"
Just then, another black taxicab pulled up directly behind him. Before he could turn to face it, the door closest to him opened and sent him sprawling to the ground. The door that had hit him opened and heavy footsteps rushed to his side.
"Oh my God!" a male voice yelled from above him.
Fabian flipped himself onto his back and looked up to see Eddie Miller looking down at him with an outstretched hand and grin on his face. He grabbed Eddie's hand, pulled himself up and dusted himself off as Eddie said,
"Dude, you okay?"
"Eddie," Fabian started, "I was just hit in the back with a metal door and made contact with solid ground the hard way. What do you think?"
"Well hello to you too, Fabian." Eddie replied sarcastically, before getting serious and saying, "How was your vacation?"
"It was awesome!" Fabian said, enthusiastically, "My parents got me a ticket for a ride on the London Eye, then I went to an exhibit on Ancient Egy-"
"Okay, boring!" Eddie groaned, "Have I got a surprise for you! Guess who came back this year?"
Just then, a head of dirty-blonde hair popped up and turned around, revealing-
"Nina..." Fabian breathed.
"The one and only." she grinned.
In two seconds flat, Fabian had pushed Eddie aside, run over to Nina's side and hugged her tightly, twirling her around in the process.
"Aaaaaaaah!" she shrieked excitedly.
"I take it you missed me?" she teased as he put her down gently, her back facing the taxi and arms around his neck while his were around her waist.
"Missed you is an understatement!" Eddie scoffed from the other side of the taxi.
"Oh really?" she teased.
"Yeah, I was kind of a wreck." he shyly admitted.
"To be fair," she whispered in his ear, "I was kind of a wreck myself."
"Oh really?" he mocked.
"Hey, don't tease me! I heard all about your little episode from Edison over there!" she said, nodding her head towards Edis- I mean, Eddie peering curiously at something behind them.
"Do you know what he's looking at?" Nina asked as she narrowed her eyes towards Eddie's gaze.
"I have absolutely no idea." Fabian answered.
Just then, the door behind Nina opened and smacked her in the back.
"The name's Eddie!" he yelled from inside the taxi.
"At least you stayed up." Fabian teased reassuringly.
"Shut up." Nina whined as Eddie got out of the the taxi from the other side.
Right then, Eddie let out an extremely high pitched shriek just as a head of reddish-brown hair popped up from the other side of the taxi.
"What was that for?!" he asked as he turned to his left to face Patricia.
"Hello, Weasel dearest!" Patricia chirped sarcastically.
"Hey Patricia." Nina said.
"Hey Nina." Patricia said. "Nina!"
Mimicking Fabian's reaction, she ran over to the American's side of the taxi, pushed Fabian aside and hugged the girl so tightly, Amber would've been jealous.
"I missed you so much!" Patricia said as they let go of each other, "Not as much as some people, but still..."
"Anyways-"
"Wait, I've a few questions for our dearest Nina here." Patricia interrupted, "I thought you couldn't come back last year because with you being around Eddie, bad things would happen?"
"Yeah, but I figured "What's the worst that could happen?" Nina shrugged.
"Ancient Egyptian gods cursing us for the rest of our natural lives?" Patricia suggested.
"I missed you guys." Nina simply said, "I couldn't care less."
"I could." Eddie said, causing everyone to look his way, "I mean, Thoth could decide to curse us with a never-ending stream of books aimed for our heads."
"I see you decided to brush up on your Ancient Egyptian information." Nina said, shaking her head. "Fat load of good that did the rest of us."
Right then, Patricia's face lit up with horror and she started smacking Fabian continuously on the arm.
"Ow, ow, ow!" he said, blocking her attacks with his arms, "What?!"
"Trudy's making chocolate cookies for us! And Alfie's at the house!" Patricia said yelled frantically, slapping Fabian's chest
"And...?" Fabian asked, rubbing his sore chest.
"Alfie, chocolate cookies, ring any bells?"she said, pausing between each word.
Fabian's eyes widened in response.
"What?" Eddie asked, "Is it bad?"
"It's not bad." Fabian said calmly.
Eddie and Nina wiped some fake sweat off their brows in relief.
"It's catastrophic." Fabian said, looking scared.
"How catastrophic?" Nina asked, scared.
"Say, a skunk and a stink-bomb got married and had eight children." he said, pausing to see if they understood, "I'd rather take the skunk-bomb children."
Nina and Eddie shared the same look of fear on their faces.
"Well, are we going to go stop Alfie from personally fumigating the house or what?!" Patricia yelled.
That got 'em sprinting.
They ran frantically in the general direction of the house they'd be staying in for three months yet again.
With hopefully no more mysteries, they prayed.
Mwahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha... Dream on.
Later that night, as Jerome and Alfie planned a Welcome Back Prank, Mara and Joy were harassed by Willow, Eddie and Patricia playfully teased each other as Eddie inhaled a meatball sub and Nina and Fabian chatted rather flirtily on the couch in front of the entrance of the common room, a tall, dark-skinned girl with dark brown hair and eyes walked in.
She was wearing a red long-sleeved v-neck with thin black stripes, a black denim vest, black skinny jeans, red glasses and red AllStars Converse. Her short, curly hair was parted above her right temple and the roots there were dyed red. She also wore a pair of black diamond studs in her ears.
She looked around the room with indifference before yelling, "Hey, over here!" while swinging her arms over head to reveal a bit of her Mickey Mouse underwear peeking out.
The noisy housemates quickly quieted down and looked at her wordlessly. It was like this for thirty more seconds before she broke the silence, saying,
"Hey, how y'all doing? I'm Sammy."
"Hey Sammy." the housemates slowly replied.
"D'you guys know where Victor Rodenmaar is?"
"He's in the office up the stairs, to the left." Fabian said, pointing in the general direction of Victor's office with an arm over his head.
"Thanks." she said, about to walk out of the room.
Eddie, who, up till then, had been staring at the new girl wide-eyed, jumped up, ran over to the girl and hugged her ever-so-tightly.
"Ed, repeat after me. I am not an anaconda." she choked out.
"Well that's what you get for disappearing for two years without so much as a text!" he replied, putting her down.
"That's Ray for ya!" she replied, shrugging her hands into her pockets.
"Wait, you guys know each other?" Patricia asked, narrowing her eyes at the two.
"Yeah, we went to the same school in the US." Sammy said.
"Oh, okay." Patricia nodded, relieved, "I thought you guys had a history or something."
"Or something!" Sammy yelled, "Definitely or something."
"Okay, cool." Patricia replied.
"Wait," Sammy said, "You're Yacker, right?"
"Yeah." Patricia nodded warily. Eddie hadn't introduced them yet, "How'd you know?"
Sammy just grinned mischievously at Eddie. His eyes widened and he shook his head frantically. Sammy nodded slowly, as if insisting something. Then,
"Fine, I won't tell her."
"Tell me what?" Patricia asked.
Sammy, who had done that on purpose, patted Eddie on the back and said,
"This is between you two."
When she had walked out of the room, Fabian looked from Eddie to Patricia and said,
"Well this should be interesting."
After Sammy walked out of the common room, she turned, ran past three suitcases and climbed up the stairs, two at a time. As she walked up, her phone buzzed in her pocket. She slid the battered Samsung Champ out of her pocket and turned it on to see a banner that read: 1 new message. She opened it and it read:
Having fun?
-A
"Haha, very funny" she said dryly.
Well, look who got up on the wrong side of the bed today.
-A
"When I get out of here, keep Roscoe by your side at all times." she replied to... the phone?
No, no! Anything but Roscoe!
-A
"What's the magic word?" she sang, bouncing back and forth on the balls of her feet.
Please, I beg of you, Supreme Lord of Awesomeness
-A
"Wrong one." she simply said.
Sorry, wrong number. Please, I beg of you, Your Royal bada**.
-A
"That's more like it." she said matter-of-factly as she reached the top of the stairs.
She looked off to her to see Victor patiently writing something on his desk.
"Time to meet the raven."
Meanwhile, in Victor's office, Victor sat at his desk, slowly scribbling on a sheet of paper. He looked solemnly at the piece of paper and reread it.
Dear Board of Directors, it started, I, Victor Rodenmaar Jr., hereby hand in this document stating that after many years of service to fair institution, I have decided to resign-
Just then, three loud knocks were heard through the door.
"Come in." he said.
Sammy popped her head in and said,
"Are you Victor Rodenmaar?"
Victor just stared at her in shock.
"What?" she asked as she walked in and snapped her fingers in front of his face, "You okay?"
"Uh, yes. Just remembering something important. I tend to do that at times." he said nervously.
Just then,- Woah, woah, woah, back up a sec! Victor nervous?! New girl for the win!
"Yeah, uh, anyways, Mr. Sweet told me to come talk to you as soon as I got here." she informed.
"Ah, yes, Samantha Hudson, I presume?" he said, holding up a sheet of paper, "Quite the name you've got here."
"Those are just the English ones, sir." she laughed softly.
"You're a bit early, why is that?" he asked.
"My mom wanted me out of the house, I guess." she said, nonchalantly.
"Well, here are the house rules." he said, handing her a booklet, "Dinner is at seven on weekdays, eight on weekends and the cellar and attic are out of bounds."
"Rule one; the cellar and attic are out of b- Must you tell me if they are already on the list?"
"You will be rooming with Ms Nina Martin and Ms Kara Tatiana Rush." he said, ignoring her question.
"Already ignoring me, are we?" she muttered.
"You may go now." he said.
"See ya." she said, walking out of the room.
He waited until he was sure she had left and picked up the resignation letter, tearing it into two.
"Looks like I'm not going anywhere." he said.
After Sammy walked out of Victor's office, she walked towards the door leading to the girls' quarters and picked up two of the three suitcases that had previously been downstairs and had somehow gotten upstairs with ease.
The door opened and she walked in and turned to see feathers on the doorknob.
"Next time, use talons, they're quicker!" she yelled to no-one in particular.
Meanwhile, downstairs, dinner had been served. The table had been laden with foods like glossed ham, mashed potatoes, a giant chicken, etcetera, etcetera.
"Wow, Trudy, you really went all out!" Patricia gasped.
"With my help, of course!" Joy interjected.
"Well, I figured, we'd be having a few extra mouths to feed so I'd..." Trudy said, trailing off as she noticed Eddie counting,
"Three... two... one... "
Right then, Sammy ran by the door and slid, landing on her hip. She quickly got up, composed herself and ran to her seat between Eddie and Nina as everyone present burst out laughing.
"I was wondering when you'd smell the chicken." Eddie teased.
"I had a phone call and as much as I wanted to end it, somehow, someway, K.O and Ray found a way to gang up on me simultaneously." she said, slightly drooling at the sight of chicken, "Over affectionate gits."
"Wait, Trudy, you said 'a few'. We only got Sammy." Nina said, pointing to the girl in question.
"Thanks for making me sound like the new family pet, Neens." Sammy said, sarcastically, "I feel so loved."
"Well, the school is trying this new exercise with the graduating students where they switch their houses to see how they adapt to new environments." Trudy said.
"What, is this something you guys do?" Sammy said, "Ignore the new kid on the first day?"
"Byron Calvin,-that's one of them-" Trudy said, ignoring Sammy as she threw her arms up in defeat, " From Isis House. There's also George Ericson. Moving from Mut House."
Just then, the sound of a door opening and slamming shut was heard.
"Hello?!" a male voice with a British yelled.
"Keep it down out there?" Victor yelled from the window in his office that overlooked the entrance.
"Sorry." the voice said meekly, though it didn't sound sorry at all.
Victor pulled back into his office and closed the window right before the voice said,
"What a welcome, people. What a welcome."
Everyone at the table laughed, except Sammy(she was still peeved about the... ignoration? Is that a word?) just as boy poked his through the door leading to the common room. He stepped into the room and looked at everyone at the table, shyly shrugging his hands into his pockets. He had soft brown hair, green eyes and wore black cuffed jeans, a white and blue pinstriped shirt, a grey pea-coat and black work boots.
"H-hey." he greeted nervously.
"Hey." everyone but Sammy greeted in unison.
"I'm Byron." he continued..
"Hello, Byron." they repeated.
"What is it with you people and greeting in unison?" Sammy asked.
They just shrugged in response as Byron noticed Sammy with a curious gaze coming his way.
"Hi." he said softly, waving shyly at her.
She bit her lip softly before waving back in response. "Hey."
He stared for a bit before being broken out of his trance by Trudy saying,
"Here, have a seat."
He sat down on the spare chair she had placed between Mara and Fabian, opposite Sammy so the seating went Nina at the head, Fabian to her right, Byron, Mara, Joy, Jerome, Alfie at the opposite end, Willow, Patricia, Eddie, Sammy then Nina, okay? Good. Back to the story.
"I know I've been here since I was twelve and all, but I don't know your names, so would you mind... ?"
"Yeah, I never got your names either." Sammy said with a mouth full of mashed potatoes and chicken.
"Well, I'm Fabian, this is Mara, Joy, Jerome, Alfie, Willow, Patricia, Eddie, Sammy and Nina."he said, pointing to each person as he said their names.
"Hi, I'm Sammy, the new kid!" Sammy said in a squeaky one as she swallowed the food in her mouth.
"What's with the squeaky voice?" Byron asked.
"She does that to everyone. Once she gets used to yo, it'll pass." Eddie said.
"Seriously, do I resemble a dog to you people?!" Sammy yelled, offended.
"Well, I'm sorry if you have slightly pointed ears and the hyperactivity of a German Shepherd." Eddie replied.
"I hate you." Sammy replied, narrowing her eyes at him.
"Yeah, let's see how long that'll last." Eddi scoffed as he cut into his ham.
"So, how long have you guys been together?" Byron asked.
"Excuse me?" Sammy asked, fork in halfway to her mouth.
"I said, how long have you and Eddie been together?" Byron repeated.
"Oh, COME ON!" Sammy yelled, dropping her cutlery, "I'm trying to eat here!"
"Yeah, dude, come on!" Eddie echoed.
"Appetite lost." Sammy said, pushing her plate away and folding across her chest.
The table watched as she narrowed her eyes and cocked and eyebrow as if rethinking her decision.
"Appetite found."
Everyone chuckled at her antics.
"Now we know who's replacing Alfie now that he's gone serious." Fabian smiled.
"What can I say, guys?" Alfie said, " I'm a graduate now. I have to- Oo! Gravy!"
"And he's back." Nina said, quickly turning solemn, "Sorry, Sammy."
"It's okay. It was an honor just being nominated." Sammy said.
Just then, her phone buzzed in her pocket. She pulled it out and looked at the caller ID.
"Oh, zut!" she yelled as she threw her napkin at the table and shot up, "I've gotta go!"
She ran out out of the room, up the stairs and back down, hastily putting on a black hoodie.
"Be back before ten o'clock!" Victor yelled from his office.
"Will do, Junior!" she yelled over her shoulder as she ran out the front door.
"That's weird." Eddie said.
"Yeah. He didn't yell at her for calling him Junior." Nina said.
"No, she ran out without even trying to shove the rest of her food into mouth." he corrected, motioning to Sammy's plate which still had a majority of the food that had been dished onto it still there.
"Then there's that too." he quickly added.
Sammy strode slowly the forest surrounding the house with her hands stuffed in her pockets and her hoodie unzipped, showing the red and black v-neck she hadn't bothered to change out of. She looked around as she walked for a few more moments before stopping. She removed her left hand from her pocket and snapped twice, stuck two fingers in her mouth and whistled sharply so it went, snap snap, reet!
Right then, something behind her rustled in bushes and went, snap snap, coo!
She walked over to the bush and cleared through it, to reveal two beaded bracelets, two rubber wristbands and a small ring. She quickly slipped them on, a bracelet and wristband on each arm and the ring on her right index finger, and took in a deep breath. The lenses in her glasses briefly flashed a weird mix of gold, silver and red in the light of streetlamps and the moon, before returning back to normal.
"I'll be round his tomorrow, yeah?" she said to the wind.
And with that, she walked back to the house.
Alright, a few more things to let you know. 1) Please warn me if my OC gets even a tiny bit Mary-Sue-ish. 2) My excuses for absence will be at the bottom of the next chapter. Reason being, I'm not supposed to use to use this computer and my dad's home. See ya next month!
PeacE!