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1200 B.C., Ancient Greece
Metis, Greek Titan of wisdom, smiled as her warriors gathered around her. The lightening rod containing Zeus and his minions was clutched tightly in her hand. "You have done well my warriors." She praised
"But we only captured Zeus," Hades stated looking confused. "I thought the goal was to destroy him."
"Ideally yes, but capturing him was a big accomplishment. Athens is finally safe thanks to you." Metis explained gently. "You should be proud of what you have achieved in so short a time period.
"So what's going to happen now?" Athena inquired.
"I am going to hide them from the world. I will take his prison along with the powers I bestowed upon you and I will put them where no one will find them."
Hermes looked up and asked, "What will happen to us once our powers are gone?"
"You will go back to your normal lives." Metis answered as she picked up the sacred urn.
"And what will happen to you?" Artemis asked dejectedly.
"I shall go into slumber and if Zeus should awake I will also. I will find new warriors to take up the mantel and fight him once again. It has been a pleasure working with you, May the wisdom be with you."
Metis opened the sacred urn and called forth the powers that she had placed in the teens years ago. It warmed her heart that her warriors were reluctant to give up their powers and leave the temple that had been their home. Their task was done though, and they needed to get on with their normal lives. Metis only wanted the best for her warriors. Once the urn was secure with the powers she took a hold of the rod and said her final goodbye as she disappeared to hide Zeus and the powers from the world.
Present Day Crabapple Cove, CA
Kenley rolled her eyes as her sister pounded on the bathroom door.
"Come on Kenley we're going to be late!" Kiara shouted through the door.
"The more you rush me the slower I'm going to go." Kenley warned before adding; "Besides it's just a dumb field trip to the museum. I can guarantee you that it will be as boring as it sounds."
"Just hurry!' Kiara snapped before stomping away.
Shaking her head and laughing slightly, Kenley got back to straightening her hair. It didn't take long to finish because her hair was only shoulder length and had different layers. Stepping back from the mirror, Kenley looked at her hair. She gently brushed her chocolate brown locks making sure that every hair was straight, smooth, and in place. Satisfied with her hair, she turned to the rest of her appearance. Kenley made sure her makeup was perfectly blended with her tan skin and that her eye shadow highlighted her sapphire blue eyes. Then she made sure that there was no dog hair on her low-rise blue jeans and navy blue v-neck top. Once she declared herself perfect, Kenley opened the door just as Kiara was about to bang on it again.
"Finally!" She sighed throwing her hands up.
"Oh don't get your panties in a bunch, I'm done." Kenley said grabbing her backpack.
They grabbed a quick breakfast as they said goodbye to their mom and headed out the door to Kenley's car. Even though they were both in the same grade Kiara was a year younger than her sister. She had skipped her freshman year due to high scores on the placement tests. Kenley didn't really mind having her sister in the same grade because they didn't hang out with the same people.
Kiara was a Goth, though she hated the label with a passion. She preferred to say that she just was independent and could think for herself. Kenley thought that her sister was a Goth. Kiara almost always wore black clothes, had her hair dyed black, dark brown eyes, pale skin, and shopped at Hot Topic. In her book that qualified as a Goth. Kiara classified her sister as a prep, though she knew Kenley didn't care about labels. Kenley was captain of the girls' swim team, manager of the boys' swim team, and one of the most popular girls in school. She also cared way too much about her appearance. Kiara jokingly referred to her sister as Barbie, even though Kenley was a brunette. They were so different and yet got along so well most of the time, they always had each other's backs.
As they pulled into the school parking lot, Kiara got out their permission slips. She was excited to see the new Greek Mythology exhibit at the Crabapple Cove museum. It came at a perfect time because they were reading Medea and other mythological stories in their junior English class. Kenley didn't care about the exhibit much and was only excited to get out of school for a little while. In her opinion museums were boring and smelt funny.
After Kiara handed in their permission slips the teacher, Ms. Benifield, cleared them to get on the buses. Kenley got onto the bus and went all the way to the back to sit with her friends while Kiara took a seat up front with her friends. When all of the students were on the bus and the rules had been given they were on their way to the museum. Kenley was more excited to be sitting next to her crush Ryder than actually going to the museum. Ryder was captain of the football team and the swim team, not to mention completely yummy. He had surfer blonde hair which he styled perfectly, vibrant blue eyes, sun-kissed skin, deliciously tall and muscled in all the right places. He was the All-American boy. During the bus ride, they mostly talked about the boys' swim season in the winter. Kenley was cleared to be a manager again and couldn't wait for practices to start.
"Are you going to swim this year Levi?" Kenley asked turning around to face Ryder's best friend. Levi was best described as tall, dark, and handsome. He had dark mahogany hair that fell to his shoulders, hunter green eyes, tan skin, and had a well muscled body from years of martial arts. His looks and quiet personality gave him an air of mystery that drove a lot of girls crazy.
"I don't think so. My dad's got me into martial arts." Levi answered with a small smile.
"Yeah that and the fact that you can't swim," Ryder added teasingly.
"If you want I can teach you." Kenley offered, trying to ease Levi's embarrassment.
"No thanks, I'm not a big fan of the water. I prefer the forests and hunting to a swimming pool." Levi said while still slightly blushing.
His embarrassment was short lived though, because they had arrived at the museum. Ms. Benifield guided everyone to the lobby of the museum and began to split everyone into groups of five. Since the exhibit was spread throughout the museum they would work in teams on the assignment to locate and identify all twelve major gods and goddesses as well as the symbols that each god or goddess represented. They were also supposed to identify the different Greek heroes and monsters.
"Now I want you all to take this assignment seriously." Ms. Benifield warned them. "Some of the questions on this worksheet will be on your test. I don't want any playing around either. If I see you guys horsing around I will make you sit on the bus for the rest of day and you will lose all credit for this class. Now when I call your names I want you to go to your group and get started."
Kenley crossed her fingers hoping that Ms. Benifield had grouped her with Ryder for the day. Her hopes were dashed though when she was placed with her sister, Levi, Blair, and Jeffery. Once the kids were grouped they were each given a section of the museum to look through. After twenty minutes they would move onto the next section and once they completed all eight sections they would be done. Their group was given section eight and so they moved to the very back of the museum.
The circular room had five statues stationed in between the pillars and a statue in the middle. They looked at each statue trying to figure out who the god or goddess was. The museum employees had taken the name tags down for the day so that the assignment wouldn't be too easy for them.
After a bit Kenley threw up her hands and exclaimed, "I don't even know why we need to know this crap anyway. Who cares about a bunch of fairytales made up by a bunch of dead people?"
"Actually a lot of movies and stories today find their beginnings in mythology." Blair said pushing her glasses back up her nose.
Kenley rolled her eyes, "I've been hailed by newspapers as the female Michael Phelps. Last I checked Olympic swimmers didn't need to know anything about mythology."
"Actually the Olympics began during this time period." Kiara said defending her friend.
"Whatever." Kenley sighed looking at one statue. "Who's this guy God of the Dorks? He's got a pitchfork for crying out loud."
"That's actually Poseidon, God of the Sea. And it's not a pitchfork, but a trident." Blair informed her.
Kenley nodded with a smile on her face. Any god to do with the water was good in her book.
"I always liked Hades." Kiara said staring at his statue. "He was the only god that was faithful to his wife."
"Yeah, but didn't he kidnap her?" Levi asked looking up at the statue.
"Well yeah, it's one if not the only story about him." Kiara answered. "He was also the most feared god. People thought he was evil, but he wasn't."
"I like Athena." Blair informed them stopping at her statue, "Can't get better than the Goddess of Wisdom and War."
Kiara laughed, "Plus it helps when you look like her."
Blair chuckled as she pushed her glasses back up her nose. She did look a little bit like the Greek Goddess. Her long hair was curly and dirty blonde; she had gray eyes, and was about the same height as the goddess.
"My favorite is Artemis." Levi said standing by her statue.
"Really? You do know she hated men right?" Jeffery asked.
Levi laughed, "Yeah I do know that. She allowed young boys to study at her temple though. I always liked that she was the Goddess of the Wild and the best hunter. She killed Orion when he was only a dot in the ocean."
"I remember that," Kenley said walking over. "Didn't her brother put her up to it?"
Levi nodded, "In one of the myths he did. The other she did it out of jealousy."
"And then we come to my favorite, Hermes." Jeffery said standing in front of the statue, "The Messenger God and God of Thieves!"
"That's because you're a klepto!" Kiara laughed.
"Well yeah, but I also liked the winged sandals. It would be awesome to fly." Jeff answered with a smile as he ran a hand through his shaggy red hair. His brown eyes had a mischievous glint in them as he looked at Hermes. He liked to think that he was built like the god. Jeff was agile, fast and small, which helped him when he needed to exit quickly because he did have a thing for stealing.
"Okay so we've identified everyone, except her." Kenley said pointing to the statue in the middle.
They all gathered around the statue in the center of the room and stared at it. She didn't look like any Greek God that they had studied so far. In the one hand she had a decorative glass urn and in the other she carried what appeared to be a lightening blot. Blair was circling the statue when the answer came to her.
"It's Metis, the Greek Titan of Wisdom." Blair informed the group, "Though why she's here I don't know. According to mythology Zeus led the revolt against the titans and sent them all to Tartarus."
"If she's the Titan of Wisdom then why does she have a lightening blot in her hand?" Levi asked.
"I have no idea." Blair confessed with a frown. She didn't like not knowing something.
Kenley was staring at the urn and gently rubbed the dust off so that she could see the pictures. "Hey guys! This urn has writing on it. It looks like some kind of poem or something."
We call upon the ancient Power
To deliver us in the darkest hour
From an ancient foe
An evil the world can never know
Give us the call
We want the call
Just as she finished reading the poem out loud, there was a breaking sound. They all looked at Jeff who had just touched the lightening blot and sent it crashing to the ground. The glass bolt shattered and the room was suddenly engulfed in a dark storm cloud as thunder and lightening sounded within the room. Levi and Kiara entered fighting stance while Jeff, Kenley, and Blair looked around in shock. An evil laughter sounded throughout the room before it and the storm cloud disappeared completely. Levi and Kiara straightened just in time to receive punches to the stomach. Kiara doubled over trying to catch her breath. She looked up to see everyone around her doubled over and glowing!
"Kenley, you're glowing blue!" She gasped to her sister.
Kenley straightened and looked at herself. "What in the hell is going on?"
"Which one of you broke Zeus's prison?" A booming voice asked.
AN: I have been working on this story for about six years and could never get it right until now. Please review as always and tell me what you think of it. I've tried my hardest to make it a unique story and I hope you enjoy it as much as I do!