It was another ordinary day for Heracles Karpusi a senior in high school. Every morning he would get up early get his siblings up, dressed for schooland then make all seven of his siblings including himself breakfast. Being the oldest of the siblings and his mother leaving the house early to get to work. This meant Heracles would have to get everything and everyone together. After getting up at five o clock Heracles grabbed his uniform, ran the shower right away taking a shower long enough to look clean for school. Heracles slipped into his uniform and walked downstairs to the kitchen. Looking on the fridge he saw the lunch orders for today's lunches. Sighing he started making all eight lunches packing them with: specially made sandwiches, drinks, random fruits and two pieces of baklava. "There all done, now for breakfast. Sometimes I wish mom would make the lunches." Heracles said as he placed multiple cereal bowls and spoons on the long table and then filling them up with fruit loops and milk.
Walking back to the foot of the stairs Heracles took a deep breath and yelled: "UP AND AT IT YOU GUYS! BREAKFAST IS ON THE TABLE, AFTERWARDS TAKE YOUR SHOWERS AND GET CHANGED IT'S ALMOST TIME FOR SCHOOL!" Tired bodies started coming out of multiple doors in the upstairs hallway. "Alright we're coming relax big brother." A girl with long frizzy black hair said coming out of the rooms. "Elidora, you should've been up at the same time I was to help me get things together." Heracles shook his head at the girl coming down the stairs rubbing her eyes. "Just because I'm the oldest sister doesn't mean I have to get up at the same time as you." Elidora said sitting at the table eating her breakfast. "Same thing with you Christos you're just as old as me and Eildora." Heracles said annoyed to a boy who looked just like him but with green eyes who had exited his room. "Shut up Herc, you may be the early bird but some of us aren't." Christos said sitting at the table. "We're coming we're coming, Paleyo he means you too." A boy with green eyes and long black hair said coming out of another door. "Fine I'm coming, but you know how hard it is the morning for me with just having one eye." A boy about the same age with bandage covering one eye complained coming out of the same room. "Amara get the twins up they need to go to school too." Heracles yelled seeing a girl with brown messy hair come out of Elidora's room. "Okay big brother, Kratos I can't lift both of them." The girl named Amara yelled into the air. "Alright I'm coming can't I rest some more?" A ghost said appearing from the wall next to Amara. "Your dead Kratos, you have all eternity to rest." Herc yelled at the ghost.
"Alright Elidora, Christos since you two came down and finished breakfast first. I want you to grab your uniforms and pick a bathroom to shower in." Heracles said picking up the empty bowls and putting them in the sink. At those words both older siblings rushed to their rooms, grabbed their uniforms and then picked a bathroom. "Okay all of us are here Herc." The ghost said holding a girl in a blue nightie. "Thank you Kratos, come on Christema wake up time, your fruit loops are getting mushy." Heracles told his little sister as he picked her up and placed her on a chair watching her slowly eat the mushy cereal. "You too Ellenie." Heracles said doing the same as he did with Christema. "Amara you join them in eating." He said smiling at his sister. "Okay, Saulo it's your turn to take a shower" Christos said walking into the kitchen in his uniform and fixing his goggles. "Thanks Christos!" The other green eyed boy said saluting his older brother as he ran from the table. "She always takes the longest out of the girls." Heracles said counting bags. "Relax I'm out, Amara it's your turn to wash up afterwards it's the twins turn." Elidora said coming down the stairs in her uniform fixing her hair. "Right!" Amara said running past her sister with a mouth full of cereal. "Alright Paleyo your up for the shower, be careful with your eye." Saulo said coming back into the living room in his uniform with his hat on his head a little while later. "I remembered what you said, no trident to school or I get kicked out." Saulo said pouting as the final brother passed him. "Good little brother and Kratos you're going with the twins. You have to watch them so they won't cause any trouble. Otherwise you'll be a bad big brother." Heracles said staring at his ghostly brother. "Okay I will, but they're good most of the time." Kratos said floating over their bags. "Alright Christy, Lenie your turn to hit the shower. Remember one at a time you two." Amara said coming down dressed. "One of them can take my shower now that I'm finished." Paleyo said wrapping his eye as the twins split up and ran past him a while later.
"Alright listen up you guys Elidora, Christos and I are seniors which means this is our last year at school with you. This means Saulo will have to watch over you since he's a junior. Paleyo, Amara you're sophomores now so you'll have to watch your backs." Heracles said pacing in front of his siblings. "We're done and ready to go!" The twins said running down in their skirts. "First we drop these two off and then we head to school understand?" Heracles told his siblings as he handed each of them their backpacks and lunch bags. "Alright everyone follow me, Herc will meet up with us in a bit." Christos said leading the family out the door and down the street. Heracles grabbed his lunch and backpack, looked inside and then locked the door sighing. A few minutes later he caught up with his siblings just before the twins had entered their school. "Bye you two have a good day and don't worry Kratos said he would watch over you." Heracles said hugging his little sisters and then waving good bye to the twins and the ghost of his brother as they entered the grade school.
About a half hour later the rest of the Karpusi siblings reached their high school. There the siblings were both feared and revered. The siblings were feared for two reasons. One because everyone knew they were good friends with Ivan Bragsinski. A boy who's smiling face seemed to hide something that could be devious. The second, being the three eldest siblings were known to be merciless when it came to those who had picked on one of their siblings. Especially Herc he was the merciless one of the three. But to the student body those were just minor warnings. The Karpusi siblings were also known to be very talented and exceptionally smart; especially the oldest brother.
Each sibling had their special subject and sport. Paleyo although a sophomore, was placed in multiple advanced art classes supposedly because of his ability to sculpt. But being blind in one eye the only sport he is play a...nd likes is chess. Amara's specialty class was amazingly cooking class, although she will forever deny that when asked about how she was doing in it. To regain her fear factor throughout the school she joined the archery team and soon became known as the best shot they had. Saulo's specialty classes were biology especially those including aquatics competing with a girl named Allysa from Seychelles who was known to be just as smart as Saulo in aquatics. Over the past three years Saulo had joined the swimming team and became swim captain. Elidora's specialty was geology she amazed herself one time on how much she knew about the earth. Although being very clumsy after joining the track team she has helped the school win multiple trophies. Christos known not to be the smartest brother has been ironically known to do well in economics classes. Unlike his other siblings Christos didn't join any afterschool activities instead he leaves to pick up the twins and bring them home or back to school where they hang out with Heracles and his friends. Heracles is known to be the smartest out of all the Karpusi siblings as the student body says. Heracles has always been placed in advanced classes even in his freshman year. In his spare time he has been known to go to the roof and hang out with his friends and band mates; Arthur Kirkland, Ivan Bragsinski, Gilbert Weillschmidt, Martino Moisis, Elidora's boyfriend Vasile Cardei. And on occasion tailing them would be Christos and the twins.
"All right you guys take care I have to get to stinking trig class. You guys know why I hate it." Heracles said standing in front of his siblings smiling. "Good luck big brother." Elidora said kissing her brother's cheek and then seeing him walk away. Heracles walked up the stairs and turned the corner to find a crowd in front of his trigonometry classroom. "Heracles over here!" A boy with black shaggy hair one side longer than the other yelled waving his hand furiously. "I'm coming Martino, relax." Heracles said walking over to his friend. "So what's going on here? Last time we had this much excitement was when Mr. Jacobs was an hour late for class." He said looking at all the hubbub unphased. "Hey Hercy boy, you know what I heard?" A smart ass like voice said walking up to him. "What the hell is it now Sadiq, did you do something to the teacher?" Hearcles asked sternly to the student in front of him wearing a mask. "Hello Martino nice to see you." Another boy said quietly walking from the opposite way wearing a keffiyeh. "Hello Guputa, nice to see you surface again." Martino said to the other boy. "You know what I heard; I heard it's junior and that the person is a girl." Sadiq said interested. "Sadiq we have girls in our class that you already hit on. I hope this one stabs you the foot if you hit on her." Martino said rolling his eyes.
"Alright students come in there's someone I want you to meet." The teacher said opening the door. "I'm too tired to listen to his shpiel. I'm just gonna sit down, listen to my music and close my eyes." Heracles thought to himself as he entered the class room and sat at his desk in the back of the room. Digging through his bag he grabbed his iPod and headphones, stuck them in his ears and closed his eyes as the teacher introduced the new student. Occasionally he would look up at the clock to see when class was five minutes to being finished. That was when Mr. Jacobs would give out the homework. Finally when the time came Heracles took his head phones out of his ears and put them back in his bag. Eventually the homework reached him, two pages of problems of course he knew Mr. Jacobs always gave him harder and different problems than the other students.
After homework was passed out everyone started leaving. "Mr. Karpusi, would you mind staying for behind for a few minutes? I need to ask a favor of you." Mr. Jacobs said grabbing Heracles's shoulder. "Um sure.. Martino you go ahead and tell the guys I'll be a bit late." He told his worried friend and then waved him off. "Yes sir what is it? I know turned the homework in on time like always." Heracles said unphased. "Yes, I got it. I also know you ignored the entire introduction of our new student and as common curtesey you will stay here and meet her." The teacher said sternly as he walked outside. "Hallo you who sleeps in class." A voice said from behind him. Turning around he saw someone he would never expect to join one of his classes. Natalia Arlofskaya one of Ivan's so called sisters and the one who in fact stalked Ivan, always trying to force him to date her. "Ah I know you; you are one of the Greek boys Ivan hangs out with a lot. I was sent to this class for some strange reason and I'm only a junior. The teacher said you were one of the two smartest students in this class; and since Ivan knows you best I requested you." The girl said pokerfaced. "Um.. sure I'll tutor you, listen how about later today after school you meet me on top of the school?" Heracles said nervous feeling her fierce aura. "Very well then on the roof, I shall see you there then." Natalia said leaving the stunned Greek boy in the room.
Biology, History and English class had finally finished for Heracles meaning lunch time had come. Rushing up to the roof Heracles found his friends gathered either having a smoke or eating. In Gilbert's case he was playing with his new bass. Bursting open the door Heracles found himself falling to his hands and knees out of breath and nervous. "Heracles! Bloody hell what happened? You're as pale as mother's tablecloth." Arthur said running of to his friend. "Are you okay?!" the others asked running over to him as Arthur leaned him against a wall. "The new girl in class I can't do it. I can't tutor her, I mean I can handle fighting Ludwig and he's a rock when fighting. But her…" Heracles said catching his breath. "Ah so my Natalia joined your class I'm so glad. She'll be in good hands then!" Ivan said walking over. "You're tutoring Natalia? No wonder you're so pale she must've scared you like crazy." Martino said squatting to his friend's level. "Kesesese, good luck tutoring her let's hope she doesn't rip you apart." Gilbert laughed going back to his bass. "That aura she had was so fierce, even more than yours Ivan. And our first session is here on this spot." Heracles said with his color returning. "Don't worry mate it will go well. Looks like we'll just have to have band practice earlier. What do you think boys?" Arthur asked his friends. "Anytime I get to play with my new baby is fine with me." Gilbert said petting his bass. "Count me in, Ellie's got track practice anyways." Vasile said looking back at the fence. "You can always count me in Herc!" Martino smiled. "Okay we meet in the band room straight at three! Let's do this!" Heracles said getting back up and brushing the dirt off his uniform.