So this is how Derek Steel gets to know Esme and Dex. Speaking of Esme and Dex, their profiles are on my account. I will try to get the next person up soon. The order they meet them in is; Derek Steel, Megan Funasaki, Iris Leuchant, Violet Snow, Allison Lynn Abbot, Minna Waterfall, Kate Browning, Damion Mortant, and lastly Cora Bennet. I'm sorry if you are near the end, but I spent 20 minutes trying to organize the order into something sensible. Also all the meetings are in past tense except for Cora, because I wanted to have the group go find someone. A few other things I want from you, 1)If you want romance give me the names of your first and second choices, 2) Any ideas on what to call the group.
SOMEWERE OUTSIDE STONEWALL, CANADA. JANUARY 2. 3 YEARS AGO.
Derek Steel trudged along the barren road; wind whipping his shaggy black hair into his face. How far away was Stonewall again? . He stopped; dark, hooded eyes taking in every detail of his surroundings, the white blanketed hills, the sparse evergreen trees, the worn road. Thinking back to the conversation he had had with the old man at Wal-Mart, he faintly remembered being called insane for trying to walk to Stonewall. Humph. It wasn't an issue on whether on not he do it, for he was knew he could; it was more of an issue on being out in the open for long periods of time. Nasty things came when people like him were out in the open.
A deep rattling sound got his attention, he turned quickly, his body falling into a fighting stance. Derek could hear it coming from over the hill behind him, but couldn't see it. The rattling faltered, then stopped. "Darn truck!" he heard a feminine voice shout.
A second voice drifted over the hill, sounding much older, "Yelling at the truck won't fix anything."
"How long will it take to fix?" the third voice was calm.
"Don't worry," The second voice was back, " You'll get into Stonewall before dark." Derek froze, the first and third voices sounded young, and he had rarely heard of a monster disguising itself as a teenager, and they were headed to Stonewall. That clinched it, Derek walled over the hill.
"Uhh… H-H-Hello. I was kind of hoping to get a ride to Stonewall" The girl, who was standing next to a boy who looked like her twin, smiled at him. She nudged her brother, who looked up at him. Eyes widening in realization, the boy grinned. The truck's engine revved, than died; the window rolled down and a white-haired head appeared.
"Actually, " the old man said, " This might take a while to fix."
"That's O.K." The girl smiled brightly, and opened the passenger door and retrieved two black backpacks, she handed one to her brother, and slipping the other onto her back.
The old man was bewildered, "It's freezing and storming and… and…"
The girl beamed at him, patting his shoulder, "Thanks a ton for the ride, and I hope you can fix your truck. Now," She turned toward Derek, "Come on, we have to get to Stonewall."
Ten minutes later, Derek had learned that the girl's name was Esme De Luca and her twin brother's was Dexter, but that everyone calls him Dex. That they their father's name was Christopher, and that their stepmother was named Elizabeth. Esme had, in between telling her and Dex's history, gotten his name (Derek Steel), age (13, the same as them), and his mother's name (Miranda Steel). Throughout Esme's chattering, Dex had, when the occasion aroused, nodded or offered a grunt. "So," Esme started, her green eyes staring into his black ones, "Whose you're godly parent?"
"WHAT!"
"You know, is Phobos or maybe Eos? "
"You guys are demigods too?"
Dex looked at me and smiled, "Yes. Ez and me are children of Tyche, that's the Greek goddess of fortune and luck."
Derek, was uncertain, he hadn't had much luck with other demigods at camp. "Why aren't you at camp?"
Esme shrugged, "We aren't wanted there, Tyche is a 'minor' goddess, and not good enough for them."
The trio was quiet for a couple of minutes, the only noise the sound of their footsteps and breathing.
"Atlas," Derek said, " My father is Atlas."
The twins stayed silent, studying the sky before them, "Well," Esme finally remarked, "It could be worse, he could be Cronos."
Derek looked at them strangely, "Y-you don't care that my father is an evil Titan."
"My father's a law professor, and is possibly the most stodgy person alive. Do you care about that?"
Dex shook his head and laughed, "Esme, I don't think having a law professor as a dad is the same as having a Titan for a dad."
"Yah, Titans don't give as good Christmas presents." Esme said this remark with such a serious face that both Derek and Dex dissolved into laughter, only able to hold a straight face so long Esme soon joined them.
Regaining his composer Derek frowned, "You know, we should really do something. I mean, about the other kids who don't have a place at camp. "
"That's exactly what we thought, we have been looking for other kids like us for three months."
Esme looked into the two boy's faces, "So," sticking out her hand, "Friends?" Dex stuck his on top immediately. Derek hesitated, what was he getting himself into, he was loner. Than he saw the smile on both the De Luca twins faces.
"Friends."
