Prologue
Hi. This is only my second fanfiction. If it's bad, sorry. If not, yay! In November, I may take an extended leave of absence. Depends on if I do a different story for NaNoWriMo. I have three different story ideas in my head. I try to update weekly. For now, it may be daily for a while. I already have the first four chapters done. Enjoy!
-Sunleaves

I sit down waiting impatiently for the stupid bell to ring. It's the last day of school but that's not the reason I'm impatient. My name's Naomi. I'm 14. I have dark brown hair and hazel eyes. My friends are looking at me strangely. It doesn't matter to me. I get strange looks anyway. It is because I get exceptional grades and always have a book tucked under my arm. The clock seems to be teasing me. 3:14 p.m.

"Hurry up. I bet he's already there," I mutter. One of my friends looks at me.

"Naomi, who's already there?" she asks. I look up, startled. I guess I look distracted.

"Oh, nothing." My friend narrows her eyes.

"You've been distracted all day. You know you missed three problems on the science quiz, right? I had to grade your paper." I look up at the clock. It had to be 3:15 soon.

"That's great, Deena. Can you please shut it for a minute?" I snap. "I have to get the timing right." The bell rings. I put my chair up and give the teacher a note.

"See you, Naomi. Be there in a few." I look at my friend, Grace. She smiles and shoots me with her finger.

"Have fun Naomi." The teacher signs the note, giving it back to me. I take it and run out in the hallway. I race down the eighth grade wing into the main hall. I have to walk to the office and give them the note. Once I take care of that I race to the elective hall, down to the Tech Ed room. I kick the door open and rush in the room. I find my seat and drop my bag in it.

"Hades is faster than Artemis. He's the god of the Underworld." A boy two year younger than me glances at the doorway lazily. I curse under my breath. I look around see a few guys sitting there.

"What the hell, Seraphim? Hades is just lazy and like, Hey. I'm the god of the Underworld. Bow down puny mortals!. Artemis is faster. Besides you came from room 607 and I came from all the way across the school. And Artemis is more mature." I say. Seraphim looks angry,

"You did not go there."

"Oh, yes I did."

"Hades is more mature!"

"Not!"

"Is!"

"Not. I agree."

"Who got herself captured by a Titan?"

"Who hates everything except Persephone?"

"Who turns boys into jackalopes?" Seraphim asked.

"Most of them deserve it."

"Well, no boys go around as twelve year old all the time."

"She could kick the Hades out of you in a minute."

"She's younger."

"Your point? She'll stay healthier 'cause she doesn't sit on throne all year."

"She's ugly."

"You'll regret that in the future. Who're they?" I point to his friends. He looks at them.

"Who are they, first?" he asks me, nodding over my shoulder. My friends have stepped in the room.

"What are you guys doing here?" I ask.

"Seeing what you were doing. Your grades have dropped all of a sudden. You've been distracted. And you have shadows under your eyes all the time. We're wondering what's up," Deena says. I roll my eyes.

"Fine. This is the GAU. Gods are Awesome United. I'm daughter of Poseidon and Hunter of Artemis. Seraphim's son of Hades. You choose who your godly parent would be based off real life. The only goddesses who can't be your parents are Hera, Hestia, and Artemis. Artemis has her Hunters who follow her and do her bidding. If you're a Hunter you're immortal unless you fall in love. If you fall in love, Artemis turns you into an animal depending on what mood she's in," I explain. My friends look curious.

"Can anyone join?" asks one of them.

"Yes, but you have to take an oath, Deena," I reply. Deena looks around. All of my friends come over, drop their bags, and sit down.

"What's the oath?"

"You'll see when we start the meeting. Seraphim who are they?" I ask. Seraphim looks at his friends.

"Bryson and C.J," he says. I roll my eyes. Of course he picks Bryson and C.J.

"Elizabeth, Deena, and Morgan. You already know Amanda, daughter of Poseidon, and Grace, daughter of Zeus. The three of us are Hunters of Artemis." I gesture to each of my friends in turn.

"Meetings are 3:30 every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Tell us who your godly parent would be. Ladies first."

"Athena," Morgan and Elizabeth say.

"Aphrodite," Deena says.

"Zeus," Grace yawns.

"Poseidon," Amanda says.

"Bryson and CJ are Apollo and Ares respectively," says Seraphim. I look at everyone assembled. We have five new members. I hate the Monday meetings. We usually have so much homework on Mondays. But not today. Today's the last day of school for the summer.

"The Oath is on the board. We say it every time we meet. You don't say it, you're kicked out. Let the meeting begin!"

"Anything to say about the Greek gods?" Seraphim asks. I stand up. He sighs.

"Yes, Poseidon could kick everybody's butt. As could Artemis. And Artemis is cooler than Aphrodite," I say with a pointed look at Deena. Amanda nods. No one disses

Poseidon. Before Deena gets a chance to say something, Seraphim stands up.

"Everyone?"

"Except Hades and Zeus," I amend. "Deena, your turn."

"First of all, Aphrodite is-"

"Loud and annoying," I interrupt to Deena's chagrin, "continue."

"Aphrodite is the oldest. Therefore if I tell you to do something, you must do it." Deena sits down.

"However, Aphrodite may be the oldest Olympian, but I am the oldest Mythology Nerd here. 'Therefore if I tell you to do something, you must do it,'" I say. Deena looks at me, her black hair flying everywhere. Deena and I are close friends. Until it comes to wolves, gods, and makeup (ugh).Then we are enemies. Deena stands up about to throttle me, probably, when a doorway appears in the air.

"It's a portal. Only demigods can pass through. Go on, Sis, or are you a chicken?" I glare at Seraphim. He shrugs.

"Come on, Sis," I say to Amanda. Grace, Amanda, and I walk up and pass through cleanly. Everyone follows us.