Chapter I: The Magician
The ivory-haired girl ascended the contemporary stair quietly. One, two, three, four. She stopped for a while, listening to her surroundings. Safe. She continued her flight. Five, six, seven-
"Felix?" Oops.
She turned her petite body slowly; it was like she feared the voice that whisked her away from her world of make believe into the real world. She loves playing Indiana Jones; especially in a new territory. She's never too old for that.
"There you are. I've been looking for you. Dinner's all set, Leander's already in the dining room." The pale, ebony-haired boy climbed up a few steps. "Are you lost?" He said, raising an eyebrow.
Her unusual silver eyes met his ---also unusual--- midnight blue outlined with silver. "Errr…."
He crossed his arms in front of his chest, impatience graced his sharp features. "Well?"
The petite girl made a comical face. "I was looking for my missing contact lens."
Her conversation partner sighed. "From the first time we met last night, I know that you didn't wear contact lens. And I also happen to know that it was your real eye color."
"Ehh, actually…"
He tapped his feet. "Give me a good reason why you sneaking around my house."
She couldn't possibly tell him that she was playing Indiana Jones…right? She stayed silent and confused for a few seconds. Then suddenly, a seemingly bright idea popped out in her mind. She grinned and, scrambling down the stair, approaching him hastily. He didn't have time to react, because she tapped his left shoulder (with quite a lot of effort, considering how short she is comparing to him) and run while screaming,
"Tag! You're it, Adrastos! Let's race to the dining room!"
"Hey, wait, Felix!" The boy called Adrastos tried to stop Felix, but she was too fast for him. He sighed again. She doesn't know where the dining room is…
"Man, I'm tired! Your house is really really big!" The only girl in the room said while eating her spaghetti bolognaise hastily.
They ---Felix; the ivory-haired girl, Adrastos; the raven-haired boy, and another redheaded boy--- were sitting together in an avant-garde styled dining room. The dinner they had could be considered a buffet; there are so many scrumptious foods on the table.
The redheaded boy let out laughter before finally invaded back his California roll.
"…she 'tag, you're it!' me and she told me to race her to the dining room, but she doesn't even know where the dining room is…" Adrastos said while cutting his steak.
"Dude, that's Felix. She's been like that ever since I met her two years ago." The redheaded boy spoke.
Felix let a Cheshire cat-like grin spread across her face. "It's been two years since I met you, Leander, isn't it? How quickly time has passed."
"You speaks like a frickin' crone." The redheaded boy called Leander respond. "I haven't eaten like this since what, like, my whole frickin' Life?" He turned to face the dark-haired boy, "Thank you very much for all of this, dude. Especially for saving me and Felix from that…that thing. Is it okay for us to really live with you here?"
He opened his mouth to respond, but the silver-eyed girl cut him. "And don't forget that you owe us explanation."
Adrastos puts down his knife and fork; he's done eating. He glared at both Felix and Leander before finally answering. "Don't worry, I won't leave you both in the dark for long. I know what it's like. But believe me, the explanation is…bizarre." He frowned at his last word.
"How could it be mundane when we are attacked by a thing that was supposed to exists only in nightmares?" Leander speaks.
"…and myths." Felix whispered.
The tall boy's head jerked a bit when he heard Felix's words. "Felix…how well do you know myths?"
She gazed at both Adrastos and Leander seriously. "My dad used to tell me about them…as my bedtime stories when I was but a little girl."
He sighed and turned his gaze to the redhead. "How about you, Leander? How well do you know them?"
"I don't know anything at all. Dude, I live in an orphanage since I was a baby! How am I supposed to know?"
Adrastos rubbed his bangs nervously. Oh, how he hates giving "impossible" explanations. He'd rather stick to facts, but what would you do when the fiction becomes fact?.
This time it was Felix who lifted an eyebrow. "So?"
"Uhm, you see, the myths, I mean, the Greek ones, are real. The monster that attacked you both last night was a chimera."
Silence graced the room. Not for long, because Leander has finally decided to break it. "Cool. Then what? I had a feeling that it was only half an explanation…"
Felix grinned again (it seems like she is fond of grinning) and said, "At last. My life wasn't boring anymore."
Adrastos's eyebrows twitched. "What is wrong with you people? Are you both mental or something?"
Silence again. Then the ivory haired girl and the redhead exchanged meaningful look. "WHAT? THEY ARE REAL? OMG- OH MY GRANNY!" Felix yelled.
"DUDE, ARE YOU NUTS?! THEY COULDN'T BE REAL! THIS IS REALITY, HELLOOOO?!!" Leander also yelled. Adrastos covered his ears with his hands.
The dramatic responses lasted for a few more minutes before it finally halted and left the room in silence (once again). The owner of the house puts down his hands from his ears slowly.
Leander and Felix grinned to each other and burst into a manic series of laughter. At this time, Adrastos was the one who is confused. Role reversed.
"Felix-" he tried to broke the laughter. "Leander-" But he couldn't. His newly found friends are lost in the damned land of hilarity. So he folded his arms and waited. And waited. And waited. And waited…and at last the laughing ritual was done. He tried to speak, but Felix cut him again.
"That was the kind of reaction you want, wasn't it?"
Leander's pale blue eyes twinkled. "So we gave it!" And he high-fived with Felix. Adrastos was still in the middle of his confusion. When he snapped out of it, he finally said,
"Want the rest of the explanation or not?"
His friends' faces turned serious at his sentence. The pale-eyed boy speaks, "Continue, please."
"The monster attacked you because well, you both are demigods. That means one of your parents is godly," He paused for a second to drink,
"Actually, not just both of you, but myself as well."
Felix let out a yelp. Leander could only stare at his friends in shock. Adrastos tapped his fingers on the table.
"If that's so…which one of the Gods is my mother or father?" The redhead shifted uncomfortably in his chair. This has become something "over-the-edge" for him. He could accept if the Greek myths and Gods are real, but…one of them as his parents? Is that dude joking or something?.
The dark-haired boy shook his head. "Sadly, I don't know. You both are unclaimed. But I suppose your parent and Felix are both minor Gods, like mine, because this is your first attack, am I correct?"
Leander nodded. "Thank goodness it's our first attack. Because, dude, it would be such a miracle if that wasn't my first attack and I'm still alive." He grabbed his glass of water and drank it.
"Do you know yours? Mother or father?" Felix asked.
"Father." Adrastos stroked his bangs nervously again.
"Who is he?" She asked again.
Well, he always knew. That question would come. How could he answer it? Would they freaked out and run after they know who his father is?
Why it must be him?
-TO BE CONTINUED-
A/N: Yeah, boring explanation, right? But it was needed. If Felix and Leander are Ms. and Mr. know-it-all, that would make them Mary-Sue and Gary-Stu. And that means I doomed my characters! I'm not that evil. and I take it that I gave you more confusion, hmm? I'm bored at stories who started at the beginning or ending, so I make it...starts in the middle! Don't worry, I would solve the mysteries as the story progresses. I know that you are dead curious about who Adrastos's father is...cliffhanger! *evil laughter*. Also, I credited the phrase "Oh my granny" to my friend, hehe. It's not mine. Thank you very much for the reviews, they are appreciated. Reviewers, I love you guys! Four thumbs up for you. Please give me your feedbacks, advices, questions, grammar corrections (yep, my grammar ain't perfect) and of course, speculations, through review or just PM me! Thanks for reading this! Keep rockin' loves :)