A/N: 1st ever Class of the Titans fanfic please be nice Let me know what you think!
Chapter 1: Discoveries
Selena's POV
I was sitting on the hood of my black 2010 Chevrolet Camaro staring at the stars. The moon was full tonight and I basked in its light. The thing I loved about the moon was that, no matter what crazy stuff happened in my life, it was my one constant. No matter what, it was always there, and it was never bigger than my thumb, and it was always beautiful. All of a sudden, I felt like someone was watching me. Being me, I called out, "Who's there and what the hell do you want?" Sure, it probably wasn't bright to antagonize whoever it was, but you haven't met the real me yet. I was 16, 5' 7", curvy, with a pale heart shaped face, killer grey eyes, and waist long pin straight black hair that almost looked blue at night. Anyways, once again, being me, I went to see what it was, knowing very well that I could get myself killed. What I didn't think of was the fact that there might actually be a giant red . . . well, giant waiting for me. And then the most clichéd thing happened. It tried to step on me. I mean, COME ON! Of course, that didn't fly well with me.
"Hey, buddy, watch where you put that thing! I'm down here, doorknob!" I was furious. The giant tried to step on me again, but I quickly dodged and hopped up a tree, then used my foot to push off the tree and kick him across the face. I went with the momentum and completed the turn to land facing the giant. I waited patiently for him to fight back. He rushed at me and I stepped to the side. Suddenly I was lifted off the ground and I felt claws digging into my arms. "What the hell? I was kind of in the middle of something important!"
"Well, hello to you, too. Climb up onto her back and we'll get you to Olympus. I'm Hermes, by the way." He was kind of scrawny and was wearing a white toga and shoes with wings on them.
"Hermes? Okay. Sure, sure. Let's just get to Olympus." I climbed up onto the . . . well, it looked like a hippogriff but that makes me sound crazy, so the . . .thing's . . . back and lay down to enjoy the ride. I actually slept for a bit.
Hermes led me through what looked like a school to a janitor's closet and told me to use my necklace to get in. I pulled out the silver crescent moon that hung around my neck and raise an eyebrow at him. He shook his head and said, "The gold one." So I pulled out the necklace I had found the other day and put it against the keyhole. It opened the door and once we got in I did a full 360 and found nothing.
"What now? There's nothing in here."
"Well, duh, you're supposed to turn on the light. How can you see?"
"Seeing in the dark kind of comes naturally to me," I said, as I turned on the light. All of a sudden, there was this blue wall thing in front of me and Hermes walked right through it. What the hell? I shrugged, got nothing to lose, and followed. It was still dark on the other side because everyone seemed to be asleep, so Hermes led me to a couch and gave me a pillow and blankets that seemed to appear out of nowhere. I lay down on the couch, and waited until he had gone to get up and walk around the room to check it out before lying down on the couch and trying to catch some sleep.
When Hermes woke me up the next morning, there was an older lady with him, but even though her hair was grey, she still had that young twinkle in her eye.
"I'm Hera, Selena. Welcome to Olympus. I hope you slept well?"
"Yes, I was very comfy. I just have to ask; what on earth am I doing here?" I knew that I was probably a mess because I had just gotten up, but I needed to know if this was like a kid's shelter or something, or if my parents had all of a sudden decided to put me up for adoption or what.
Hera smiled gently, "All in good time, my dear. We just have to wait for a few more people, and then all will be explained. In the meantime, you are safe and feel free to look around. Later you will be shown to your dorm." With that the two of them walked away and I decided to just wander around and hope to come across a bathroom or something. Luckily enough I found something even better. Well, kind of. Aphrodite's room. She had plenty of stuff so that I could freshen up, but she kept trying to get me into a dress. That wasn't going to happen anytime soon, in fact it very rarely happened. So, freshened up, I wandered around the gigantic place. I met a lot of people too, and definitely got along with them . . . well most of them. Aphrodite wasn't one of my favourites but she seems to love me so, whatever.
When I got back to the living room (where I slept), there were three more people in there talking to Hera. I looked them over. The one girl seemed really sporty and athletic and she held herself with a proud stance, her name was Atlanta, I learned. I immediately liked her. The one guy was huge. Not fat, but ripped. And probably at least 6' 2". His name was Herry. The last was another guy, probably around 6', and seemed pretty average. You could tell he was in shape and had muscle, but you could also tell he didn't work out hard core like Herry. He was Jay.
"Selena, just in time. I was about to explain why you are all here."
"Perfect."
We started to walk around once again, but I didn't really pay attention this time. I was one of those people that, once you find your way once, it is engraved into your head. I paid a hell of a lot of attention to what Hera was saying though.
"This is Olympus High School. But this, this is a special part of the school will you will learn about your destinies."
"A school?" Herry sounded so surprised.
"Run by Gods?" Atlanta's voice was incredulous.
"What do you mean our destinies?" Jay wasn't too sure about this by the sound of it.
"Oh my, so many questions," Hera raised a hand to stop us, "Four more of you will be arriving soon, but you should begin right away. There is no time to waste."
Hera lead us around the building, stopping to meet a few Gods, some of whom I'd already met, but didn't know they were Gods. Like Hercules and Artemis. We walked in on them arm wrestling. Artemis won, saying, "You should lay off the donuts Hercules your getting soft."
"Children," Hera said, "I'd like you to meet Artemis and Hercules." She stepped aside as we walked up to them.
"Hello!" Artemis greeted us brightly, shaking Atlanta's hand.
"Uh, hi," Atlanta responded quietly.
"Hey hey, look at you!" Hercules put Herry in a choke hold and brought him onto the couch.
"Why are all the Gods of Mount Olympus here, in a school?" Jay's question was valid.
"It's safer for us here," Hera replied, "It also keeps us closer to you, so we can do what we can to protect you from Cronus."
"Cronus?" I was astounded that he was actually alive. He was supposed to be in Tartarus for eternity, "How the hell did he get out?"
"For 4000 years Cronus has been imprisoned in the underworld, but when the planets aligned on New Year's Eve, he was able to draw on the cosmic energy and escape."
"Our clock at home stopped at midnight," Jay pointed out.
"For a second, thanks to Cronus, all time stood still," Artemis said.
"Just long enough for him and some giants to vamoose," Hercules added.
"So, what does this have to do with us?" I asked.
"You have to stop him," Artemis said, as if she was amazed we didn't figure it out.
"Stop him from what?" Atlanta asked.
"From destroying the world," Hera said.
"But no pressure, right," I muttered.
"Cronus used to rule the earth," she went on as if I hadn't said anything, "He was king of Gods and mortals. He wants to rule everything again and, well, let's just say he's not a very benevolent ruler."
"You expect us to save the world?" Jay asked.
"You got it," Hercules said, like it was the simplest thing in the world.
"It is your destiny. The Oracle has seen this. You represent the new generation of heroes," Hera said, "Descendants of the great Jason, Artemis, and Hercules." She looked at the three others, effectively leaving me out.
"I'm related to you?" Herry asked, looking at Hercules.
"Well, think of me as your great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great grandpa. Let's see what you're made of, my boy," Hercules answered, getting up and slapping Harry on the back. With that we got up and went to the exercise room.
"Nobody can lift that much weight," Jay said referring to the insane amount of weights Hercules had thrown on the bar.
"Herry," was all he said in reply. Herry went and picked it up no problem.
"This is too easy!" Hercules threw another bar at him, throwing him off for a second before holding them both high over his head, one in each hand.
"Wow," was all I could think to say.
"Your turn," Artemis said, turning to Atlanta.
Atlanta started running around the track, until Artemis called out, "Okay, Atlanta, open it up." Then she flew at blinding speed, before hurdles popped up out of nowhere, and then discs flew at her. I watched in amazement as she flipped over and around them, before catching one and running over to Artemis, only slightly out of breath, and saying, "You know, you could have told me things were going to shoot at me."
"Pop quiz. Nice job, Atlanta," she responded proudly, "Very impressive."
"I can't do anything like that," Jay said to Hera. He shouldn't be complaining, at least he had some idea of WHY THE HELL HE WAS HERE!
"You're the leader Jay, their fate rests in your hands, as does the fate of the world." Whoa, heavy.
"This is too much," Jay said. I didn't blame the guy; after all he was only a teenager.
"It is a lot for one night. You all need to get some rest. You must be tired. We have a place for you to stay."
"What about our parents?" Jay asked, "My folks must be wondering where I am."
"Don't worry," Hera said, "It's all taken care of."
"Just one more question," I said, speaking up. "What about me?" Hera just looked at me for a second, and then sighed.
"You're a little bit different. You are a direct descendant of Selene, the Titan Goddess of the moon." I heard Artemis let out a humph. I knew all about how Selene was the original Goddess of the moon, but Artemis had taken over that title. "The Titan's have long since left Olympus." And with that she left. Well thanks for the boat load of information, I thought sarcastically. I didn't even get a test or anything. What's going on here?
As we walked to the dorms, no one said much because we were all lost in our thoughts. What Hera had said actually made sense to me, for some reason. I had always loved the moon and the stars. I was a night owl, so to speak. And I always knew where the moon was and what phase it was in. Not to mention, I could see incredibly well in the dark, and I could basically blend in with the night when I wanted too. Plus my hair was midnight black, and I pretty much always had my sunglasses with me when it was sunny out, like right now, plus I never tan, it isn't possible. The more I thought about it the more it made sense. And I was kind of starting to scare myself.
As we neared the dorm, Jay spoke up, "This is nuts. They've made a mistake. I'm not who they think I am. I'm not a hero!"
"I don't know, Jay," Atlanta responded, "You saved me from that giant."
"Yeah, but that was-"
"Instinct?" I interrupted.
"Look, you guys know who you are and what you can do. Atlanta, you're fast and you know how to hunt. Herry, you're strong. Me; I'm nothing." K, forget me much.
"Hey," I said, "Don't be so hard on yourself. I'm in the same boat as you."
"Yeah," Herry agreed, "Those Gods back there must know what they're doing."
"Here's the dormitory," Atlanta effectively changed the subject. "Who's this Athena that's supposed to take care of us?"
"She's the Goddess of war," Jay supplied.
"Ouch, seriously? Hey, how do you know all this stuff?" Herry questioned.
"My mom's Greek. Listen, you guys go, I need to take a walk. I'll see you later." And with that he turned and walked away.
A/N: K so thats the first chapter! you will get to no more about Selena later lol hope you liked it! It will follow the show (obviously), but Herry will be a little brighter lol Thanks so much! Reviews are encouraged! PLEASE!
