Lyra threw herself onto her brown bed in the adoption center, her purple skirts floating around her as she landed. She shifted slightly, adjusting herself and started braiding her hair on the side. She had just finished and put a purple elastic that matched her skirt on the end when a kid walked into the room. He forced himself next to Lyra. She glared at him and tried swatting him away, but he just wouldn't leave. Lyra stared at him.

"Who the heck are you?" She shout-whispers, putting her hands on her hips.

The kid looks around to make sure nobody's here (I did have three other roommates.) and leans over. I scoot away, slapping his hand away when he tried to put it on her shoulder. "I'm here to get you out." He whispers.

"I don't even know you! How can I trust you! Besides, no one can get out of here unless they get adopted." She knew that from personal experience. She had tried leaving many times, contacting all her living relatives but none of them wanted her. They thought of her as a disgrace. Her mother had her when she was 16 and as a very religious family, they pushed her and her mother away.

The boy smirks and drummed his fingers on the bed. Lyra looked at him suspiciously and brushed off her white tank top and stood up, pushing the boy out of her room and walking down the stairs to the 'living room' to see the other girls.

A little while later, the sun sets and the moon comes up. Lyra goes to bed, trying to push away all thoughts of the strange boy from this morning. Then out of the darkness comes a shadow, then a figure. A middle-aged man in a wheelchair rolling to the orphanage with Tanner (the boy from this morning) walking next to him.

(Linebreak)

I sat miserably on her bed, reading a new book she had just gotten. The title of the book was Emily Windsnap: Two Magical Mermaid Tails. It was a great book and I was happy Aunt Athena had chosen to give me this as a goodbye present. I didn't want to be here, in fact, if this had been my choice I would still be on Olympus, sitting on the beautiful white sand with my feet in the clear blue water reading my book there, instead of in this dusty, old orphanage. If this was my choice, I would be with my best friend Adelenna Key, fangirling over some new thing she had discovered.

Oh, by the way, I should probably introduce myself, I'm Ashlyn Sommer. I have long, flowing, caramel hair that goes down mid-thigh and color changing eyes that are currently ocean-blue. You might be wondering why I'm here. Well, I was sent to the human world to 'learn and go to school'. I want to go back to Olympus (I mean I could just be taught by Aunt Athena.) but my mother, Artemis, wouldn't let me. She said I need to learn about the human world.

So now, I'm was stuck in an orphanage. A boring, old orphanage where I know no one and have nothing to do. The good news is, Mother was trying to find me a family with a demigod, that way I wouldn't have to hide my powers and act all normal.

But I want to return to my beautiful castle on Olympus. I miss the pure silver walls, littered with posters of adorable animals and my favorite bands and singers. I miss my comfy bed and my perfect life.

Hey, Karina here! This is my first story and I don't really know how this site works yet so I'm sorry if this doesn't turn out right.