Poseidon's Memories

Poseidon's POV

Flashback.

Year 2010

Mom and I were in the kitchen. I was arguing with my mother about this school she had enrolled me in. It was a boarding school in France, meant for the blind. Did I mention I'm blind?

"But, Mom I don't want to go to this school!"

"You will go, and you will because I said so!"

"I don't want to go to a school in France for 2 years! I want to go to a normal school!"

"After you go to this school, you can go to a regular school, how's that?"

"OR I could go to a normal school now!"

"Poseidon Dylan Olympi, you are going to this school weather you like it or not! You let me talk to your brothers and sisters; you focus on packing your stuff for your dorm"

"Don't tell them I'm blind!"

"I won't, don't worry. And there all in New York and grown up, don't worry"

"You promise?"

"Yes, I promise"

"Fine, I'll go to this stupid school. What's it called?"

"The Institute for the Blind. Now get packing!"

End Flashback

-1 day later-

I was on a train, alone, in a school uniform. I hated that uniform. I had a bag full of clothes and stuff for the two years. The school sent every thing I needed, like text books and a student ID, about a week ago. The student ID said "Dylan Olympi" on it, since my mom had insisted on the school using my middle name instead of my first. A boy walked in to the train compartment I was sitting in.

"Mind if I sit here?" The boy asked. I told him I didn't mind.

"My name is Collin. What's yours?" Collin asked.

"Poseidon, but I like Dylan better. Dylan is my middle name and my mom made the school put that on my student ID instead of Poseidon. My last name is Olympi, which is kinda ironic"

"So your real name is Poseidon Olympi? That IS ironic. However, Dylan Olympi does sound better, if you ask me." Collin said.

"I know. I never really liked the name Poseidon. Thank Zeus my dad gave me a middle name" I told him.

"You believe in the Greek gods?" He asked. He sounded curious.

"Yeah, you have a problem with that?"

"No, it's just that I never heard those myths before. Where did you learn them?" He asked. This kid was really nosy, but I was starting to like him.

"I learned them from my mother. We live in America. I have some siblings, but there older and grown up"

"Yeah. I have an older brother named Tobias. He beats me up every chance he gets, because he knows I can't fight back, because I can't see him. What does your brother do?" Collin said.

"Actually, I have two brothers and three sisters. I never told them I'm blind. Only my mom knows". I told him. Well, at least Skyler and Thorn never beat me up. But I have no doubt they will if they find out I'm blind.

"That must be rough. How do they not realize you can't see them?" He asked me.

"Well, there dumb, so, they still haven't found out."

Collin laughed and said "Yeah. Tobias is dumb too. He even hits me in front of my mom. You would think we learned his lesson the last time he did that and got grounded for a month! My sister, Miya, she's really smart. And she can fight. Every time Tobias hits me, and she's around, she'll flip him over! And Miya is 10, Tobias is 15. I'm 12, by the way. I hate being in the middle."

"All of my siblings have graduated college and have jobs and kids. I never see them because I'm the only kid, I'm 12 too"

"Cool! That means we might get in the same dorm! You seem really interesting; you would be fun to talk to after a long day of school" Collin said, sounding excited.

"We LIVE at the school? I thought we live in a house near the school!" I said. I knew that probably sounded dumb, but I didn't care.

"Yeah, we live at the school. I've been going there since I was 5; I could show you the ropes, like where we eat or where the library is. And when I first came, I thought we were going to live NEAR the school, too" Collin told me.

"What do we do at the school?" I asked him.

"We read, we write, we do school stuff, and this year, there teaching us how to fight. I'm excited about that. I can finally get back at my brother!" Collin said.

A cart came by, selling snacks and stuff. I was really interested in the hot chocolate. Luckily, Mom gave me some French currency for the road. The person was selling candy and drinks and stuff. I basically brought one of everything, since I'd only had this stuff once before. Then Collin and I dove in to the pile of snacks and sweets and sugar.

"Don't get a sugar rush!" The person said, laughing.

"Where did you get all that money?" Collin asked. Being 12, we both didn't know that was rude.

"My mom gave it to me, before the ride, so I could buy some candy and stuff to make my brothers and sisters jealous. She wanted me to think that going to this school had some advantages" I told him.

"Smart lady! You can't get this specific brand of candy any where else! However, we have to eat it now, on the train, because the school doesn't allow candy, except at lunch, where you can buy it." Collin said. I think it was just an excuse to eat the stuff now, but I didn't want to take any chances. Besides, those sour strings looked really good, and they weren't going to eat themselves!

"Have you ever had a chocolate frog?" Collin asked me.

"No. The only time I had chocolate of any kind was 30 seconds ago!" I said. "And what's a chocolate frog?"

"It's pure chocolate in the shape of a frog. It comes with a prize in it, usually a trading card. Chocolate frogs came from London, and there REALLY GOOD!" Collin said. He tossed me one. I opened the packaging and ate it.

After I bit the poor frog's head off, I said "These ARE really good! How many are left?" I asked.

"Um… none, now. I just ate the last one!" Collin said, laughing. It was kind of funny. Soon, I was laughing with him.

"I call the jelly beans!" Collin said.

"No fair! I call the…chocolate chip cookies!" I said.

"Hey! I love cookies!"

"Then give me some jelly beans!" I said. Collin gave me a handful in exchange for two cookies.

"So, what's hot chocolate?" I asked him.

"Melted chocolate mixed with milk and sugar!" Collin said. He tossed me one of the two thermoses. I carefully took a sip.

"THIS IS REALLY GOOD!" I practically shouted. Don't blame me; I was hyper because of all the sugar.

"Wow, how much sugar do you get at home?" Collin said, laughing.

"Not much"

"I pity you, Dylan"

"There's not much candy where I live!"

"When you go back home in June, I'm sending you back with a big box of candy!"

"Thanks Collin, now that I've had a chocolate frog, I don't know how I'll live without them!" Collin and I laughed. I'm not so sure if I was joking, or if I was serious.

"Keep it away from your nieces and nephews; they'd probably want to take it!"

"Don't worry, I will, Collin!"

"Hey, Dylan, we need to pack up the rest of this candy and hide it so we can eat it later in the school. Were arriving soon."

We started shoveling the last 10 pounds of candy into our bags. We each got about 5 pounds, and I knew that wouldn't last long, but at least I had some.

The train stopped. "I can't believe the ride's over already!" I exclaimed. I wanted it to last longer.

Collin laughed. "Come on, Dylan, we don't want to be late, plus, I want to see which house and dorm your in!" We got off the train and started running towards the school.

-1 hour later—

"Dylan Olympi, you'll be in house 1, dorm 16, with Collin Genesis here, as you two seem to be good friends." The headmaster said, as I walked into his office to see where my dorm was. Collin, who was standing next to me, cheered loudly.

"Jeez, Collin! I'm already blind; I don't want to be deaf, too!" I joked. Collin laughed and showed me the way to my dorm.

-2 days later, after class-

"Dylan! I need you to make sure the headmaster is distracted!"

"Yeah…"

"Were you listening to what I was saying?" Collin asked laughing.

"Something about lighting the headmasters pants on fire?" I asked Collin.

"Yep! You just distract him, I'll do the rest! By the way, what were you thinking about?"

"I was thinking about our first day here. That was probably the first time I'd ever had real fun" I said. Collin looked at me, a little surprised.

"What happened in your life to make that the first time you ever had real fun?"

"My brothers are older, my dad tried to kill me, I've never had candy except for what we had on the train, and I hate my name, and there's no one in my family my age"

"That's… a considerable amount of things… your dad tried to kill you?"

"Yeah. He's dead now."

"That's good, I don't want anybody hurting my best friend" I grinned.

"Hey, were out of candy!" I said. I could hear this kid walk up.

"That's right, I ate it!"

"Rodney, go back to your hole, or whatever dumps you came from!" Collin said. I took it Collin and Rodney were not good friends.

"Kid, you looking for trouble?"

"Certainly not looking for you!" Collin said.

Rodney sounded like he was about to hit Collin. I couldn't allow that. I focused on the plumbing of the room.

The water exploded. I made sure none of it hit Collin, and I didn't have to worry about it hitting me. Then Collin and I quickly left the dorm before Mr. Newall came. Mr. Newall was the head of house, and was in charge of disciplinary action.

"What happened in there?" Mr. Newall asked, running up the stairs.

"I don't know sir, but my friend and I came up from the commons area, and we heard a loud noise coming from our dorm." I said.

"Where's your dorm?"

"Number 16"

'Thanks boys. Do you know if anyone is in there?"

"Rodney is!" Collin said. Nr. Newall nodded.

Once he was gone, Collin asked me "How did you do that?"

"I have my ways."

"You're just like Poseidon from the myths!"

"Funny how that happens"

Rodney and Mr. Newall were walking out of the dorm.

Rodney saw me and said "Your so DEAD, Dylan! You just wait until our next fight lesson!"

Collin said "Dylan, I would be scared. Rodney is the only 14 year old in this entire grade! And he's tough. And by the way, what are we going to do about the cameras?"

"I'm not scared of Rodney, and you just leave the cameras to me"

I know you're probably asking yourself if I'm the actual Greek god Poseidon. I honestly don't know. But I'm 12, I'm also blind, which is why I go to The Institute for the Blind, so I'm probably not a Greek god.

I walked into the newly remodeled bathroom, changed into my Karate outfit, and waited in the dorm for Collin to come back from changing in the bathroom in the commons area. I picked up my text book, and started to study for the science test on Friday.

"Come on, Dylan, were going to be late! Do you want to miss your only opportunity were its LEGAL AND ENCOURAGED to beat up Rodney? Come on!"

"I'm coming!" I said as I walked out into the hall. As Collin and I headed towards the gym where our classes were, we were stopped by 2 people.

"Poseidon! Is that you?" One of them asked.

"I already told you, Mr. Newall, I PREFER DYLAN!"

"Who's Mr. Newall? I'm your brother!"

"Yeah, right, Mr. Newall, you know were not allowed to have visitors until Friday, anyway, Collin and I are late for our class"

"I'M NOT MR. NEWALL!"

Then Collin spoke up. "Look, Nr. Newall, we seriously have to go or we'll get demerits, so unless you're going to give us a hall pass or note, WE NEED TO GO!"

Then the other guy said something. "He's not Mr. Newall! Were your brothers!"

"My brothers are on the other half of the world! I never see them! Anyway, Headmaster Scamander, Mr. Newall, we need to go!" I said.

Collin and I tried to get past Headmaster Scamander and Mr. Newall, but they wouldn't let us through.

"Look, we need to get to class! Come by later and we'll talk to you in the commons area!" I said.

"You're not going anywhere! You need to come back with us!" Mr. Newall said.

"To where, your office? I swear it wasn't me who set off that bomb; I was going towards the dorm with Collin. You saw the cameras, and it was Rodney!" I said. They still wouldn't let us through. So I decided to go to last resort.

"Collin, we punch there lights out on three, something tells me they don't work here!"

"You got it Dylan!"

"Three!"

We punched there lights out.