CHAPTER ONE-
"Athena Alexis Smith, would you care to explain to the class the answer?" She turned and saw smugly staring her down. She glanced at the problem and with the most innocent smile She could muster said, "why mister Doyle, the answer is clearly x equals 17.6", she tried hard not to snicker when a look of surprised passed across his face. It would never stop amusing her when people did that. Ever since she was young she could figure out a problem right when she was looking at it, she didn't know how to explain it, it just happened. Some people told her it was a gift, others hated her for it. Athena just learned to use it at least as possible. She didn't like the attention anyways, but, her parents were always worried that Athena was anti- social. But Actually, that wasn't the case. She didn't like everyone, but she also didn't dislike everyone either. But since most considered her a freak, she mostly kept to herself.
She always finished her work at the beginning of class, it got annoying sometimes but she liked looking out the window anyways. She knew every shape, every figure and every shadow, outside, but today, she could tell something was off. Next to her favorite tree (Billy she liked to call him) there was something on the ground, it was rectangular, and resembled a book bag, but she wasn't sure. During lunch, she would go check, it was after all where she spent all of her lunches, it wasn't as if she could miss a day without Billy. She was deducting what the strange shape was when Mr. Doyle interrupted her thoughts for the second time that day " miss Smith, I know you just love spending time with me, but you have to attend lunch", Athena frowned, she would have heard the bell, she had extraordinary hearing, she wouldn't miss it even if she had music blasting in her ears. But as she turned, she saw that all her classmates were gone. She frowned once more but gathered her stuff and left the torturous class.
She walked outside and noticed that only a few kids were around and wondered were everyone went. She passed by the cafeteria and noticed that all the other kids were inside. That struck her as weird, only the "geeks and nerds" stayed in the cafeteria, but there they were all inside, as if it was something to he did everyday. She looked up when she felt a fat drop on her cheek, and smiled. Athena looked up and saw the gloomy clouds surrounding the school, Now she knew why everyone was inside. She felt more fat drops fall and continued to billy. Billy was an amazing willow, with a dense foliage that made all the other trees look dry in comparison.
When she got to her tree, she sat on a little pile of leaves she used as a cushion, and looked at the rain falling around her. She was mildly protected from it, thanks to billy but rain still managed to get her. Athena didn't mind though, she loved rain, especially the smell it left when it went away. Athena hadn't noticed that the mysterious object was laying only a few feet away until she heard the little splashes the rain made when they landed on the worn out leather. She started at the bag for a few moments before actually grabbing it, saving it from the rain. She looked around for any sign of its owner, but there was none. She was secretly glad that it was a book bag, because that meant her assumptions were correct. She looked at the little seal that allowed the owner to open the bag, and noticed it was a small shoe with wings on either side, 'that's weird' she thought , she had never seen a logo like that in town. The logo was worn, clearly the bag had sentimental value since it was clearly very old. She was just beginning to open the bag when she heard "Didn't they ever teach you to not touch other people's property?" Directly above her.
