Caesar

Caesar stared at the clock on the wall. The room seemed to be frozen in time, with the exception of his teacher Ms. McCormick.

She droned on and on about boring math. Ugh. Three more hours of school left… he thought in dismay.

Suddenly, the door to the classroom swung open. A girl about his age stepped into the room. She had wavy brown-blond hair that cascaded down her back, and was wearing jeans and a T-shirt that said CHB on it, whatever that stood for. Her Hazel eyes sparkled with mischief.

She smiled softly and sweetly asked, "Could I see Caesar Smith for a minute? My teacher needs him."

Great, he thought, this is just what I need. I'm probably getting in trouble for forgetting a problem on my homework or something… Ms. McCormick glared at her.

"What for?"

The girl's gaze slowly lowered. "Uhh… she needs to talk to him… about something…"

Ms. McCormick glared even harder at her, if that was possible.

"Alright… make it quick." Caesar stood up and followed the strange girl out the door, lost in thought.

Arghhhh my step-mom is gonna kill me! Did I really have to get in trouble today? When she lost her favorite lipstick? You do not want to see his step-mom without her makeup. She was scary in the first place. Caesar was snapped back into the present when he realized that they were headed for the front gate.

"Um, where are we going?" He asked. "Somewhere." She answered flatly. Caesar decided to try again.

"What's your name?" Her expression became pained for a brief moment. "Kitten. But call me Kit or you will deeply regret it." "Okay…" Caesar noted that Kit was definitely tougher than she looked. When they had gotten outside, Kit turned right and headed for an empty parking lot in the back.

"Ember?" she called. A tall girl, whose name was probably Ember, stepped out of the bushes. Her dark hair had golden highlights and had her long golden hair tied back in a braid. He assumed that she was about fifteen. She wore jeans and the same T-shirt as Kit, but she had a face that said "Don't get on my nerves or I will personally hunt you down and kill you.

"Here. I got North." Kit grinned. "Nice work, Ember." A boy also looking fifteen or sixteen stepped out behind her. He looked torn between bewilderment and curiosity. His sandy blond hair slightly covered one eye.

"Um, do you mind telling me why I'm here?" Caesar took a step forward. "Yeah, me too." Ember and Kit met each other's eyes for a moment. They turned back to the two boys. "Demigod business." Kit said. Caesar did not consider that a satisfying answer. And what was a demigod again?

"Shall we go?" Kit asked Ember.

"Sure." Ember took a what looked like a keychain out of her pocket and pressed a small green button. Caesar heard a faint whinny. "Um.. what's that?" Were he and North being kidnapped? Why hadn't he wondered that before?

"Look out!" A male voice called. Abruptly, almost too fast for Caesar to see (luckily he was ADHD), a chariot with two pegasi pulling it shot into the parking lot. It was really cool to see mythical flying horses, but unfortunately, Caesar was in just the right spot to be hit by the flying golden chariot. How nice. He flew backwards with alarming speed and crashed into a tree.

"Ugh…." he groaned. Thankfully, he hadn't crashed into it too hard, just enough to cause his back stinging pain. Again, wonderful.

"Um.. sorry 'bout that."

The guy stepped off the chariot. He had extremely pale skin and blond shaggy hair. Again, he was wearing the same T-shirt as the girls. He'd have to ask what CHB stood for. "Daniel. How's it going newbie?" Ember coughed as if she was trying to hide a laugh. "Wonderful. I'm a natural born chariot driver, don't you think so Kitten?"

Kit's temper showed in her expression. She obviously hated this guy. "No, I do NOT think so Daniel."

Caesar knew this type of guy. He was the annoying type of Class Clown. Sure, Caesar liked some goofing off now and then, but this guy was plain annoying, he could already tell. Kit marched stiffly over to Caesar and hoisted him up with one hand. Daniel strutted over to Kit.

"So, doing anything this evening, Kitten my dear?" Kit stared at him. She held out her hand as if wanting him to take it. Caesar felt a wave of anger swamp his senses. Daniel smiled and reached out to take her hand. He thought he heard Kit hum something for a second. Ember watched with an amused/confused expression, while North stared as if he was watching a show about the most disgusting thing ever. At the last second, Kit flipped her hand over and Daniel screamed. Kit flipped her hand over a few seconds later and Daniel stopped screaming. He breathed heavily as if he had just ran a marathon.

"What, was, THAT?"

Kit smiled sweetly. "Oh, nothing." She stopped smiling. "Just never underestimate a girl."

Ember nodded. "That's right."

Daniel turned to Ember. "So, doing anything this weekend Ember?"

She punched him in the nose.

"OWW!" He screamed and ran into the woods. The three other teenagers stared at Ember. She shrugged.

"You have to admit, he had it coming."

Kit nodded. "I've known him for three days, and I already hate him! He's so annoying! Always trying to get me to go on a date with him. And like I said, I've known him for three days! Ugh!" Caesar felt random emotions flashing by. He didn't want Kit to hate him… He shook his head. Where were these thoughts coming from? "Um, I guess this is a bad time, but where exactly are we going?" Caesar asked cautiously, and North nodded quickly. Kit's hazel eyes bored right into his emerald green eyes, and he felt like she could see everything he was trying to hide. "We'll explain on the way." Kit answered softly.