A/N For the sake of this story, none of the characters are related unless specified. It takes place in a present day high school for Greek immortals. Hopefully, it's not too confusing!

High School.

The two words still bring back retched memories of broken hearts and bad cafeteria food. But I suppose there were also the good moments; moments when we didn't have a care in the world; moments when we learned who our friends really were; moments when we found who we were. Not to mention, learning about the powers and responsibilities that we'd have to manage as gods, goddesses, nymphs, centaurs, and the like.

I was never one of the popular girls. Being the goddess of the rainbow had no interest to anyone, as did being a messenger. Those Fates are cruel on us high school kids, deciding what our powers would be, what we would reign over. The lucky kids, like Zeus, who was born to one-day rule us all, and Aphrodite, so gorgeous it hurts to look at her for too long, dominated my friends and peers. Zeus's older brother, Hades, was less than lucky, though he too was going to rule a world one day- unfortunately, it was the Underworld. Then again, it was rather fitting for a boy who was a loner for the most part and liked to dress in black.

My first day of my junior year at Olympus High began by the loving sound of my mother's voice.

"And if I EVER see you two together again, Thaumus," she screeched, in true Oceanid fashion, "you will NEVER SEE DAYLIGHT AGAIN!"

I sat up slowly from my bed, rubbing my temples. Electra is not someone you want to betray. Her shrieks could be heard from miles around, and certainly from a bedroom nearby. I could hear my bird-sisters, Aello, Celaeno, and Ocypete, also called the Harpies by many, jabbering away to one another in the next room. I checked my watch. 7:36. I had less than a half hour before my sisters and I had to go to school. Fortunately, Mom had made me put out the clothes for today last night, so my short green and blue dress didn't clash with my winged purple boots. I rushed down the stairs and stopped in the kitchen.

"Electra, dear, you know she's just a… a… work friend," Dad managed unconvincingly as he stirred his spoon rapidly in his mug of warm nectar.

"Work friend? Do you think I'm an idiot? You're a river god! You don't work!" Her volume had slightly lessened since earlier, but was still loud enough to make me wince. "Oh, hello, Iris," Mom finished in a bored tone. "Ambrosia's in the fridge as usual." She stood from the kitchen table and stomped from the room. Dad sighed, shot me a sorry smile, and slunk from the kitchen after my mother. It was a usual practice; Mom would catch Dad flirting with some water nymph hussy and be so mad she couldn't stand being in the same room as him, and Dad would apologize endlessly and buy her something nice. Adultery was common amongst us immortals, though highly frowned upon by most. Dad had assumed incorrectly when he married Mom that she was one of the few who didn't, as she is a nymph and had seduced married men before, back in the day.

I shuddered at the thought of a teenaged Mom flirting with men twice her age.

The fridge's coolness made me shiver as I reached in to grab a bottle of ambrosia. I checked my watch again, as I'd learned that messengers must always be prompt, and noticed that I had only thirteen minutes to get to school now. "Celaeno!" I called up the stairs. "Are you guys ready yet? We've got to go!"

I pulled out a couple more bottles of ambrosia and put them on the countertop next to the door for them and walked out, leather messenger bag in hand. For now, it was my book bag, until the day we graduated and began our lives as working people. Or, rather, some of us work, while others like Dionysus, god of wine, got to drink all day and party with his followers, the crazy Bacchanals. Not that that was different than what he usually did, of course.

The front door closed with a squeak, and I delighted in the fresh summer air, wishing I could stay home for just a few weeks longer. With that, I conjured a rainbow to ride to school, while slurping my ambrosia. A few minutes later, I hear the flapping of wings and more chatter behind me, and new my sisters were there. As weird as they were, I did still love them dearly, even though they were more annoying than the average little sister.

School jitters tingled through me as I caught my first glimpse of our palace of a school atop Mount Olympus. I couldn't wait to see my friends again. Hermes, my best friend, was also a messenger, as well as god of trading, thieves, and crossing borders. He also had a pair of winged shoes (though he preferred sneakers to purple boots) as well as a baseball cap with wings he liked to wear occasionally. He was very popular at school, being outgoing and funny, as well as quite mischievous, not to mention being really cute. Why he remained my friend, I couldn't say, though it was easy to see why I had a crush on him.

My other friend, Eos, was waiting at the front steps in a yellow ensemble, as usual. She was the goddess of dawn, her brother Helios, of the sun, and Selene, the moon. They were all very different, Eos being the shyest by kindest.

"Iris!" she squealed, hugging me tightly. I hugged her back and smiled at her as we pulled away.

"Eos! How was your summer?" I asked, the jitters from earlier surfacing again.

"Oh, it was alright. My brother, sister, and I went on a cruise to Egypt. I learned this neat make-up trick." She gestured toward her eye, where I noticed her eyeliner had been applied in a line going out from the outer corners of her eyes. It looked nice, but slightly misplaced with her outfit, though she looked as rosy as usual.

"Meet any cute gods?" I teased, wiggling my eyebrows suggestively.

"Well…" she beamed, "there was this hot Egyptian god I saw in the dining room, but I was too nervous to talk to him. And I caught Selene making out with this cute merman on the pool deck." She grinned again and looked at the ground. "Ooh, new shoes, Iris?"

"Oh, yeah. I got them a few weeks ago," I replied, playing with a red curl of my hair. A bell rang inside, and the kids like us who had stayed outside hurried in, not wanting to be late on the first day. We followed them in and said quick good-byes on our ways to our separate homerooms.

Professor Gaia was sitting at her desk, which was covered in exotic potted plants and stacks of recycled paper. Her long, gray hair flowed down past her matronly waist, braids crowning her head. She smiled as I walked in, one of the last to come, and took a seat at a desk next to Hermes'. We exchanged smiles as Professor Gaia began attendance.

"Amphitrite?"

"Here," the water nymph answered lazily, texting someone on her phone and occasionally tossing her dark glossy hair.

"Apollo?"

"Here," the golden haired god of light and music answered. He looked as attractive as always, and had always been quite popular. His sister, Artemis, was a little weird, pledging to never marry and being the goddess of the hunt. Eos and I had once giggled over our theory that she was a closeted lesbian, though she was always a nice person to have around after a break-up.

"Eupraxia?"

A tree-loving wood nymph answered with a gentle, "Here," and resumed sketching something on her desk.

"Hermes?"

"Here, as always," he answered cheerily, casting me a sly grin before reclining in his plastic chair, feet on the table. I rolled my eyes and grinned.

"Iason?"

"Hurrr," answered the gruff centaur from the back row of desks.

"Iris?"

"Right here," I answered, once again playing with a strand of hair.

"And… Zeus?"

"That's my name," he answered, winking at Amphitrite, despite the fact everyone knew that Zeus' best friend, Poseidon, had been lusting after Amphitrite since last year's end of the year Summer Solstice Dance when she turned him down.

Professor Gaia smiled and began to tell us some tricks that would help save the environment, and then let us go to our classes as the bell rang again. Hermes and I walked out together, discussing our summers and chatting about nothing.

For the first time since summer vacation ended, I was glad to be back.

A/N So... what do you think? I think it's kind of boring right now, but I also think it should become more interesting quite soon... Please, drop a review! I'd love to hear from you!

Also, the links to the clothing Iris is wearing are on my profile. Feel free to check them out!

Love Always,

Ali