"rose! Come back here rose! You don't know what your doing" mum was yelling at me from the back door. I was running into the woods at the back of the house. "please, just leave me alone" I whispered to myself."rose!" she started to run after me."leave me alone!" I ran into the woods, disappearing into the tree line."rose, rose, rose-!" I woke with a start.

My friend Massine, shaking my shoulders. Massine was a short, dark brown haired girl, wearing a pink singlet with blue poca-dot pj pants."get up, rose! We're late for breakfast!" she skipped into the bathroom and started brushing her teeth as fast as she could."normally I wouldn't agree with her, but in this case I do. You know how Zeus gets" nassie, sitting on her bed combing her hair with a golden brush, the perfect picture of the Aphrodite children. Except for the fact she was in white silk pjs with a full chest plate on, half her hair in a messy plait. "stuff Zeus, Since when do I ever answer to him?" I shoved the pillow in my face, trying to black out the light."since you were told by our lady to listen to him" Rebecca, of course was pacing the room, bow and arrows in hand, in pj shorts and top.

Massine, nassie, Rebecca and myself. Together we made u the whole cohort of Athena's servants.

I may not answer to Zeus, but I answer the Athena, without questions."did you really have to remind me of that?" I throw the pillow at nassie, making her drop the comb on the floor.

"rose! That's my favorite comb!"

"you say that about every comb, nas" I sat up, and started to get dressed, Feeling around for the clothes under the bed.

Finally leaving the room, we grab the jackets at the door. Black with a symbol of an owl on the back and where a chest pocket would be.

"hey rose, did you know that your dads really annoying?" Louie, son of Hermes, light blonde hair, blue eyes, tall, dressed in pj bottoms with no top.

He works for my father, Poseidon, god of the seas. The Poseidon cohort roomed across the hall from Athena.

"you tell me that every morning, what's he making you do today?" I half sighed at the same time.

"clean out the stables, train some horses" he started listing.

"that's stuff you do everyday Louie" nassie said, " at least you don't have to do dishes and polish everything in the armory".

We walked together to the dining hall on the other side of the campus.

Poseidon and Athena, no one ever thought we could get along, but we do, we're the best of friends.

Outside it was raining, everyone throw their hoods up. Except me, I don't get wet unless I want to, its a Poseidon thing.

Running throw the mud is the best part of the year, because you have an excuse for showing up dirty, other then you didn't have a shower that morning.

"finally decided to show up?" Amy, from the Hermes cohort, daughter of Apollo. Amy was all, long dark hair, white top, faded blue jeans and gold bracelets. All the way.

"hey, you guys just started early, we're here on time" Massine, trying not to laugh said, half hiding behind Fredrick (A/N i couldnt think of another name) of the Poseidon cohort.

"nice save, now try it on Gideon" as if on cue, Gideon spoke.

"Poseidon and Athena cohorts, come forward" we all walked forward.

Everyone was silent and staring at us, waiting for the excuse of the day.

Gideon had red hair, like Amy, with blue eyes, he was wearing a green muscle top, and black pj pants, with the black jacket, but his had a sword on it instead of an owl.

"master Gideon, what can we do for you today?" you could hear the sarcasm dripping off Louie's voice as he said it.

"quiet you. What is the excuse today? Monster attack? Wouldn't get out of the shower?" Gideon watched us intently, waiting the worst excuse ever.

"actually, the satyrs hind our clothes" oh gods, what was i saying, "Just a little joke of course, but they are very good at hiding things. Found 'em behind the shower we did" I answered, it was not the worst excuse I had ever thought of, but it was good on the spot thinking.

Gideon started to laugh, so did everyone else, even Massine and nassie were laughing, which was not helping.

"I could tell that was a lie a mile away, but good try, rose. Go have breakfast, but eat fast" he was still laughing when we walked away, I couldn't help laughing myself, it was a pretty bad excuse.

The dining hall was a massive stone building with the gods symbols carved into the all sat down at the table in the corner.

It was next to the window and the only table with enough places for the two cohorts.

Just as we sat down, I realized what I was wearing, a light pink top that was almost see though, a pair of blue track pants, and my hair was still a mess, crap, mental note, remember to actually get dressed.

"nice look, rose" a short girl dressed all in white with her black jacket on, walked passed.

" really, 'I don't care what you think'" Matilda, her bright red hair sticking out from the bottom of the jacket, hers had a dove on the back.

"go away Mattie, or have you not realized how much i truly hate you, yet?" I crossed my arms over my chest, hopping she would turn away and stalk to her table, in front of the leaders.

"do you know how mean you are? I could cry right now" her voice cracked, her eyes welling up with tears, drama queen.

Mattie turned and walked away, we all watched her sit down, Gideon had his eyes on her the whole time.

"hey rose, aren't you and Louie meant to be up there? You know, being leaders and all" Massine took a bite of toast that had been put in front of her by a satyr.

"shit! Louie, run!" I jumped up at ran as fast as I could up to the leaders table, Louie close behind me.

It was a long red oak table, that stretched from one side of the room to the other, leaving enough space for one table at either end.

There where already ten people sitting at the table, thankfully they had left two chairs next to each other free for us. Just as we sat down in our seats, a plate full of bacon and eggs was placed in front of us.

I looked over at Louie, he was out of breath, his cheeks flushed bright red. He looked over at me, and we started to laugh.