*I tried to make it original. So obviously a chick from here would work. Cassidy's knowledge goes on farther than you think...
The next day everyone was finishing breakfast at the table.
"Wow, Athena," Cassidy said before she took the last sip of her orange juice "I knew you were a good cook, but I never could've imagined it this good."
"Thank you, Cassidy," She said as she turned away obviously flattered. Once everyone finished, they all headed for Herry's truck. Along the entire way, the girls chattered in the back.
"Mr. Mark's class is okay, but, when he tries to be funny and 'hip' it does not work," Theresa said.
"If you see any guys, remember that Devin is persistent and Pete is a total perv," Atlanta added.
"Why would you think I would wanna date anyone?" Cassidy asked.
"We're telling you now so you know to ignore the guys hitting on you 'cause you're new," Theresa said. They kept talking like this in all the classes and during transition time when the hording guys came up to them. Odie, away from the scene at his locker, was staring at them.
"You okay?" Jay asked.
"Bug off, " Atlanta said loudly from the other side of the hall while Cassidy was trying to avoid the guys.
Odie let out a sigh of relief. "Yeah," He said tersely before he closed his locker and left. Jay glanced at Odie then to the group of girls surrounded by the boys before he closed his and left as well.
On the drive home, the girls were whispering to each other.
"Weren't we right about the guys?" Theresa said to Cassidy who now sat in the middle. She nodded.
"You know, I sense jealousy from Jay and Archie 'cuz your spending a lot of time with me," Cassidy said.
"We'll make them feel better tonight," Atlanta said as she glanced to Theresa. "Right, Theresa?"
"Yeah," Theresa said blushing.
"Okay, 'cuz I would feel really bad if they felt bad," Cassidy said. When they got home, they all when on the balcony. When they were starting their math homework, they all got stuck on a math problem.
"Maybe we should ask Odie for help," Atlanta said.
"I usually don't ask for help," Cassidy said glumly.
"Why?" Theresa asked.
"I was two years advanced back at home," She said nodding "I completely forgot how to do this," She said sadly "Oh! That reminds me of another story!" Cassidy said excitedly as the other girls looked eager "The story had Herry wanting help on his homework, but Odie was busy and Neil was on a crash-and-burn date so he went to Archie's room and just opened the door where he found you and him, you know," She implied. Theresa was holding back giggles while Atlanta turned pink. "So Archie's like 'knock next time!'," This time Theresa giggled openly while Atlanta turned red. "But Herry still needed help on his homework so he went to Jay's room which was empty so he went to your room," She pointed to Theresa. She turned pink while Atlanta was holding back giggles "But he knocked this time," The girls both recovered quickly "But he didn't wait for an answer and... you guessed it," She said before Theresa turned completely red while Atlanta was bursting with laughter. "He yelled 'I don't need another lesson in Sex Ed!' and you were like 'What does he mean?'," Everyone laughed now. "I'm going to go ask Odie for help," She said once everyone recovered. She quickly went down all the stairs. "Hey Odie?" She said once she knocked on the basement door "Can I ask you something?"
"Sure come in," He said happily while approaching the door Cassidy had just opened.
"Hey, Theresa, Atlanta, and I don't get this question," She said reluctantly.
She used correct grammar, he thought happily. Amazing.
"My seventh grade teacher killed us with grammar, Odie," She said, seemingly out of nowhere. He blushed. He had to remember to not even think his thoughts because at any time she coul- "Odie, how do you solve it?"
"Well, uh," he said coming back to Earth. He glanced quickly at the problem "Since the problem is the quantity of x squared-1 root squared minus 3 cubed X 3= -81, you have to separate the numbers from the square root part so you add 3 cubed X 3 which equals..." He looked around nervously for a pen.
"Need a pen?" Cassidy asked as she pulled a purple one from her pocket "I always keep my favorite one with me," He gave her a strange look "Don't ask," She said.
"Okay," He said indifferently " Since 3 cubed X 3 equals-"
"81," Cassidy said quickly.
"Exactly," Odie said "you have to add 81 to both sides of the equation because on the left half is subtraction," he quickly wrote it down. "So now you have-"
"The quantity of x squared-1 square rooted= 0," Cassidy said, getting a little more perky.
"Right, so you square both sides of the equation now because the square root is separated from numbers so you get," He was writing on the paper.
"x squared-1=0?" Cassidy said happily.
"Right. So you factor and get-"
"(x-1) and (x+1)?"
"Exactly, so when you solve that you get..." He waited for her to answer.
"Oh! Sorry, x=1 and -1." Cassidy said.
"Right, you're pretty good with numbers," He said "Why did you ask me for help, anyways?"
"I forgot how to do this," Cassidy said sadly.
"You forgot? You mean, you already learned how to solve it?" he asked incredulously.
She nodded sadly. "Yeah. At my old school I was two years advanced."
"Wait you were-" he was stopped in mid-sentence when Cassidy clamped her hand over his mouth.
"Shh." She said angrily "As far as I know only 2 other people know about this." She hissed. She let go of Odie's mouth when he thought, Probably Atlanta and Theresa. "They aren't really people," She said when she leaned in "As far as I know, it's only Hermes and Hera," She leaned away as Odie thought, I'm the only person in our group that knows this? True, Cassidy had given a small lie: Hermes and Hera did know about this but she just told the other girls and didn't want to make him feel bad. Also, she knew she had to tell a lie sooner or later, and at least it wasn't Jay, otherwise she knew if she got busted she would be in trouble.
"Why aren't you advanced here?" Odie asked before Cassidy headed for the door.
"Ignorance is bliss, especially when I don't have the ignorance," She said as she gave a wink before she walked out the door. Just as she walked out, Odie got a funny feeling in his stomach that Cassidy felt. "I know that feeling," She muttered as she stood outside his door trying to pick up his thoughts.
She's so special, he thought. I wish she actually liked me. Cassidy clamped her hand over her mouth (the other hand was in her pocket. She wiped her hand first though,) as she ran away and up the stairs to the balcony where she recovered.
"So what'd he say?" Atlanta asked.
"He said to separate the numbers from the square root then square each side of the equation and solve," Cassidy said sadly as she sat back down.
"What's wrong?" Theresa asked.
Cassidy slumped in her seat. 'Haven't you ever had a feeling that you knew someone liked you?" Theresa nodded. Atlanta shook her head no. "Well, I know you haven't. Even on the internet it says you were completely oblivious of Archie's feelings till he told you."
She nodded. "Who likes you?" Atlanta whispered.
"Can't you g-" Cassidy said before she was cut off by the sound of someone running up the stairs.
Odie emerged and walked towards the table. "Hey, Cassidy," He said turning a little pink "You left your pen in my room," he produced a purple pen and dropped it on the table before running down the stairs without waiting for a reply.
The sound of steps had faded when Atlanta and Theresa exclaimed "Odie!" The sound was now starting louder as the girls all glanced at Cassidy.
"Yeah," Odie said panting hopefully.
"Um..," Cassidy said thinking up of a lie "We thought for a second that -1 didn't work," Cassidy said with a slightly crackling voice.
"Oh," he said. Theresa and Cassidy both accidentally picked up his next thought: I have to act like I don't know she's advanced. "Uh, in this equation it does work but when answer doesn't, it a false answer." He turned pinker before he ran back down the stairs.
The girls let out a sigh of relief.
"Why'd he think he had to act like you're not advanced?" Theresa said.
"He thought that?" Atlanta asked.
Cassidy nodded. "I told him that only Hermes and Hera knew until I told him."
"You told someone a lie and we weren't there with you!" Atlanta said.
"You saw me lie at him again, you know," Cassidy said "Anyways, I have no idea what to do about this. I don't wanna hurt him-"Cassidy said "Or date anyone," Cassidy quickly added when Theresa opened her mouth.
"She's good," Theresa said as Atlanta nodded.
"Why'd you take a purple pen with you?' Atlanta asked.
"It's my favorite one," Cassidy replied tersely. the other girls gave her a strange look "It was the pen I was zapped with. By accident, I looked at my hands, and I found my crush's name on it. So I had to ask him out and he said yes. Then when I was in the library taking notes with the same pen, he asked me out on another date." The girls had surprised looks on their faces. "He said we could keep a long distance relationship whenever I traveled, so on the day I was coming back home to see him, he got in a crash on the highway near the airport," The girls had sad looks on their faces. "I had the pen with me at that time too, so I thought, it would give me good luck and find someone else to date when I got over it, "Cassidy said sadly, looking down.
"Are you over it?" Theresa asked. Cassidy shook her head. They all continued to work in silence.
"You know," Atlanta said quietly, trying to break the silence "Today's the day you start."
"Are you scared?" Theresa said.
"A little bit, "Cassidy responded honestly. "It scares me how he can change you into anything he wants when he has the chance, but," Cassidy said trying to make the gloomy environment happier "What else scares me is that his irises are red and his pupils are white," She joked. Everyone giggled. Just as they finished their homework, Athena came up to the balcony.
"Miss Hera wants you all," She said before going back down.
"Here we go," Cassidy said as they walked down the stairs, out the door, across the street, into the school, and to the janitors' closet where Theresa put in her pendant.
"How come I never got a pendant?" Cassidy asked.
"If Cronus found out, he would take it from you and accuse you of lying," Theresa said as Atlanta reached up to the light switch.
Once the door banged shut, Cassidy asked "What do you mean 'lying'?"
"Think about it," Atlanta said "He wanted you to fall down a hole in a beach in Egypt, So you've never met us. You can only act like we seem familiar." Cassidy nodded as they approached Persephone and Aphrodite.
"Uh, Miss Aphrodite? Miss Persephone? Where's Miss Hera?" Theresa asked.
"She's in Hermes office, dear," Aphrodite replied, filing her nails.
"Are you taking the new girl there? Where is she?" Persephone asked.
"Right here," Atlanta said as she stepped to one side while Theresa stepped to the other to reveal Cassidy who was smiling and waving. She took a step forward.
"Hi, you must be Cassidy," Persephone said as she offered her hand.
"Hi," Cassidy said when she took her hand. "You're Miss Persephone, right?"
Persephone nodded when she let go of her hand "How did you know?"
"I had a feeling that Miss Aphrodite would give the same expression as Neil did when he first saw me," She said gesturing to Aphrodite, who stood frozen, mouth agape. Theresa and Atlanta tried to stifle their giggles. "If she thinks this is shocking, I remember a story where-"
"Story?' Persephone asked.
"In her world there's a website where people post stories about everyone," Atlanta said.
"Really? Everyone?" Persephone asked, obviously wondering about herself.
"Yup, Every god and person ever mentioned," Cassidy replied. "In this story Cronus was holding a beauty pageant-" Aphrodite gave a shrill cry and shivered "Okay," Cassidy continued after giving Aphrodite a strange look "And Theresa said she would join but she just turned 17 and she was too old so Atlanta said she would become pageant-material-"
"Ha! Atlanta! Pageant-Material!" Aphrodite snorted before becoming frozen again.
"Aphrodite," Persephone first said sweetly, "Aphrodite," She said again getting more impatient "Aphrodite!" She yelled this time turning blue.
"Atlanta as pageant-material," Theresa whispered to her.
"Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha!" Aphrodite snorted as she was dragged a few feet before becoming frozen again.
"Atlanta as pageant-material," Persephone whispered to her. Aphrodite cracked up as she was dragged another few feet. Persephone continued.
"Goodbye!" All three called out before heading towards Hermes's office.
"Hey, how come I was never assigned a mentor?" Cassidy asked as the entered the room.
"Your world was your mentor, Cassidy," Hera answered.
"Finally!" Hermes huffed in exasperation from a corner. He had a point, Neil was already there for the past five minutes. Cassidy started giggling.
"What?" Archie asked.
"Ha! Herry," She continued to giggle as Herry started blushing "We're not usually as late as Neil but we had a run-in with Miss Aphrodite." Neil pouted his bottom lip.
"Today's the day you start, Cassidy," Hera said. Cassidy nodded. "As you already know, Cronus had set up a trap for you on a beach. You need to make it look like you've fallen through the hole by rolling in dust-," Neil gave a high-pitched shriek. Hera gave him a glance "And jump out of a tree branch," Hera finished off.
"What if Cronus tries to read my mind?" Cassidy asked.
"I'm sure Theresa would put some mental blocks for you,' Hera said, giving her a glance. Theresa came up to Cassidy and made sure everything she knew about them was hidden and made sure all her memories of them on TV was gone and made sure the airport incident was replaced by her going to the beach and falling down a hole. "Hermes will take you home when you're done for the day," Hera said once Theresa was done.
"Hera?" Hermes's nervous voice called out. Everyone turned towards him.
"Hermes," Hera said annoyed as she went up to him, trying to untangle all the telephone wires while a few more were ringing. He whispered something to her. She nodded then picked up a miniature Hermes's staff and placed it in her palm. She waved her hand over it to create copies as she walked back towards them. "Change of plans," Hera said "Since Hermes will not be able to take you," She stopped when Hermes gave an unsure breathy laugh "You will have to get home yourself."
"How?" Cassidy wondered.
Hera lifted her palm and four staffs flew and clipped themselves to Cassidy's belt loops. "These staffs are all fake," She said before one more flew up and clipped up to Cassidy last belt loop which was the first one, front and right. "The last one I put on is a real staff which you need to stretch and wave on a circle to create a portal to get back in the school. If Cronus plants any devices on you, it will automatically be disabled when you open the portal." Hera said "Your job is to get as much information from him without revealing any of ours to him." Hera added. "The gods are protecting you."
"Thank you," Cassidy said as she gave a small bow. In the corner, Hermes was trying to reach the button to open the portal. "Don't worry about me, Jay," She whispered before Theresa nudged him angrily. Suddenly, she accidentally picked up two thoughts at once: "Will coffee beans work for my hair?" and "Was this how Jay felt when he sends Theresa out alone?". "Probably," Cassidy said as Odie blushed "Try tomorrow," She added as Odie relaxed and Neil gave a small smile. The portal was finally opened. "Goodbye, everyone," She said as she waved while walking towards the portal. Everyone was waving back. "Hopefully see you tonight!" She added before Theresa and Atlanta turned pink. She was swallowed by the portal and entered into the forest. Even though she had no clue, everyone was watching her through Hermes computer. She quickly dropped on the ground and reluctantly started rolling. Back in the office, Neil was starting to screech. She got up, Walked towards the nearest tree, and climbed up to the lowest tree branch where she squatted. "Oh, the things I do for good," she hissed to herself before she jumped out. Everyone gave a pained look when they heard her land. Cassidy slowly got up, and took a look at the surroundings whispering, "Where am I? Wasn't I just on the beach?". She started panting. When she heard slow footsteps, she held her breath as she slowly turned around to find a dark man in a black business and a giant stand right next to him. "Who are you?" She said nervously in Arabic, considering she was just in Egypt.
"I am Cronus, ruler of the world," Cronus replied back in Arabic.
Back in the office, everyone turned to Odie. "She just said 'Who are you?' in Arabic," He said with surprise "He said 'I am Cronus, ruler of the world'." Everyone widened their eyes and turns their heads back to the screen.
"Who are you?" She repeated in other languages like French, German, Spanish, Swedish, Yiddish, Portuguese, Russian, Turkish, Greek, Urdu, Chinese, Japanese, and Latin.
"I am Cronus, ruler of the world," He said back in all the languages.
In the office, everyone turned back to Odie. "She just said 'Who are you?' again in French, German, Spanish, Swedish, Yiddish, Portuguese, Russian, Turkish, Greek, Urdu, Chinese, Japanese, and Latin. He said 'I am Cronus ruler of the world,' back in all of the languages," Odie said slowly "She's smarter than I thought," he said before blushing. Theresa and Atlanta glanced at each other with raised eyebrows.
Cassidy was shocked. She couldn't say anything to confuse him. She immediately crouched on the ground and started to crawl away yelling "Help!" in every language. Her head hit something hard. When she looked up, she found the giant standing right in front of her. She stopped and put her head in her hands.
"Cassidy," Cronus said in English "Don't worry." He grabbed her by the elbow and lifted her up.
"How did you know my name?" Cassidy said. She intently looked at all the lines on his face, then in his eyes: blood red irises. She quickly looked down and started blinking. "You seem very familiar," She whispered. As he let go of her elbow, she picked up a thought: 'She might be the person working for me.' "Am I going to be working for you?" She asked.
"Yes, you are," He said with a devious smile. He started walking away. Cassidy quickly followed next to him. "You see, dear Cassidy, you are related to Cassadus-"
"Cassadus?" Cassidy interjected "You mean the guy that appeared out of nowhere and could lie to anyone and get away with it?"
"I see you know your history well, Cassidy," Cronus said "Anyways, I brought you here because I want you as my apprentice."
"His apprentice?" Everyone in the office exclaimed.
"We have to turn off the computer," Hermes whispered. Everyone sadly nodded in agreement.
"Me? Your apprentice?" Cassidy asked shocked. Cronus nodded. "Wait, you said you were 'Cronus, the ruler of the world," Cassidy said slowly, thinking "So if you want me as your apprentice, that means when you die-"
"Me? Die?" Cronus chuckled "Never."
"Wait. You won't die?" Cassidy asked incredulously. "Wait. Chrono-, Time, Cronus, Chrono-, Time..." She mumbled "Are you the immortal god of time?"
"Yes." He said, truly surprised "How did you know?"
"I remembered the root words after your name," She said innocently.
"Hmm. They named words after me," He said.
"Yup. Like synchronize and chronologic." She said.
"Those words do show my greatness with time," He said
"What about my Mom? She'll worry if I'm gone for more than 15 minutes,"
"Don't worry, I stopped time for you at home so you can completely focus here," Cassidy nodded as she felt a funny pang around her.
"So what should I call you anyways? I'm your apprentice so I need to call you by something." He nodded. "Should I call you Sir or Boss or-"
"Now that you mention it," He said thinking "You can call me Master." Cassidy fell in step behind him. He gave her a strange look.
"Since you are my master I have to be behind you, right?" She said. He smiled at her sense of respect.
A little while later Cassidy said "Master, my legs are tired."
"We're almost there," He said. When he looked back, he saw Cassidy slumping. "Would you like to ride on Agnon's back?" he asked.
Cassidy looked at the giant who was smiling nervously. "No thank you, Master," She said quickly straitening her back.
"She's funny," Agnon grunted.
"What did he just say?" Cassidy asked.
"He just said you were funny," Cronus said. "You really haven't learned his language yet, have you?" Cassidy shook her head no. "We can solve that," He said as he reached a rock. "Here we are."
"A rock is your home?" Cassidy asked.
"Not my home, my hideout," He said. Cassidy gave a shrug. He went up to the rock and knocked twice on a piece of moss then three times on a crevice. A door opened and he entered.
"That is definitely a hideout," Cassidy said as she entered a living room like area with a big pool-like bowl on the far end of the room.
Cronus had a proud smile on his face. "Now let's see what we can do about you understanding Agnon." He gestured for her to come towards him. She went up to him slowly because she was obviously scared. Once she was close enough to him, he put his rough hand on top of her head. As he was trying to put Agnon's vocabulary into her mind, he checked to see if she knew anything about the group. He found no sign of them anywhere but came across a mental box called "Secrets". He saw a lock and instead of searching for a mental key, he just broke through it. Next he came across a wall that would only open with a password. He knew he shouldn't try to break past that because it would destroy everything inside. Once he came out of her mind, he decided to figure out the hard way. "That should do it," He said . "Agnon, say something!" He hissed.
"What do you want me to say?" Agnon grunted unsure.
"What did he just say?" Cronus asked Cassidy.
"He said 'What do you want me to say?'," Cassidy answered.
"Good." He said "By the way Cassidy, What is your deepest, darkest secret?"
"My deepest, darkest secret?" She said blushing, rocking on her heels. "It's about my friend's boyfriend." He gestured her to continue. "And a few other guys she met." He gave her a strange look "I"M not the infidel," She said. "She just wanted me to know about her mental problems."
"Shall I show you around?" He said. Cassidy just shrugged as she followed him down a hallway. "This room," He said pointing to the first room on the right "Is your bedroom-"
"You already had a bedroom for me?" Cassidy said, touched.
Cronus looked away nodding. "This is Agnon's room," he said pointing to the next one on the left . He walked down the corridor pointing to a room far away "And that's my room which you are not allowed to go in," He hissed as he turned to look Cassidy in the face. She nodded, scared.
"What's that room?" Cassidy asked as she pointed to a door that was right next to Cronus's room.
"That's the storage room," Cronus said tersely. He turned around and walked back out the halls with Cassidy following close behind him. Once they got out of the corridor, Cassidy got her first vision: She was in a room quickly typing on a computer and Agnon peeping his head in the door.
"Master?" Cassidy asked. He turned around. "Can Agnon read English?"
"Where did you get a question like that?" He asked.
"I've just been thinking," She said. This was her first actual spoken lie. To her, this whole act was a lie.
"No, he can't," He answered "I only need him for his strength."
"HIs strength? Why?"
Cronus paused thinking. "I haven't really set you up with the scene have I?" She shook her head. He paused again. "Come with me." He walked away to the side of the room with the pool. He walked around it and stopped at a rock. He gestured Cassidy to come around to the other side. Once she went around, he created an image of Jay.
"I've seen that guy!" Cassidy exclaimed as she looked closer at the picture. "Where have I seen him?" Cronus was smiling. He took another dip in her mind. Focus Cassidy, focus Cassidy, focus. Where have you seen him? I think he's kind of cute, though, She thought smiling. She totally knew Cronus would be reading her mind right about now and purposely thought something that would get him out. He immediately came out.
"Uh. Good Cassidy," He said unsure. "He is your target and the reason why I have Agnon around."
"For only one person?" She asked.
"No," He said he thinking. He made another picture of Theresa and Atlanta.
"I've seen them too," She said looking closer at the pictures "They all look like best friends," She added and she leaned away.
"They are," He said evilly with glee "If you can't get to him first, go to either of the girls."
"What are their names?" Cassidy said.
"His name," He said gesturing to Jay "Is Jay and is 16 years old. He is related to Jayson of the Argonauts. This here, is Atlanta, related to Atalanta," He gestured to Atlanta's picture "And that is Theresa, related to Theseus." He gestured. "If you want to get to Jay, you'll have to be friends with them."
"Why are they all related Greek fighters?"
"They are all against me to rule the world." He said "That's why I need you." She looked confused "I need you to find out where he lives and help me set up trap to capture all of them and the gods."
"Who are the Gods?"
"Oh, not many," He said thinking "Just Hera and Zeus and a few others."
"You want to capture your own son?" She asked incredulously
"He put me in jail first, just to tell you," He said angrily. She seemed to have lightened up. He walked away from the rock with Cassidy following close behind him. "I need you to find Jay." He said sternly.
"The whole world? How will I travel? Where will I stay? What will I eat?" She started asking frantically.
"Hmm. It did seem to slip from my mind that you were only a mortal." He said. "Don't worry. It seems like you will make friends very quickly." He paused again "But traveling probably will be a problem." He waved his hands in mid-air and a black flower appeared. He handed it to her. "This black flower can take you anywhere if you rub it and point to something and say 'Take that to-' any place you want." Cassidy gratefully took the flower and took and appreciated sniff.
"Do I have to call myself 'that'?" Cassidy asked. He nodded.
"Out you go," he said as he turned around. As Cassidy walked towards the door, she felt a sharp pain on her left shoulder, which she knew was a bug put on her from a yard away. Against her will, she scratched her right shoulder, which Cassidy knew worried Cronus for a second. Before she exited she turned around.
"I won't let you down , Master," She said as she saluted. She made a deep bow before exiting with the door slamming down right behind her. She was going to make a turn before she decided to stay and listen. She was rubbing her hair to make sure all the Cronus germs were out.
"She's very respectful for a mortal," Agnon grunted.
"She is, which is why she's the perfect secret agent," He said. "Let's finish up the machine in the M-Room."
"The M-Room?" Agnon grunted questioningly.
"Oh! The 'storage room' you dim-wit!" Cronus replied angrily.
Cassidy held back a gasp as she quietly ran to a place away from the rock. "Okay," She said making sure the bug could hear. "I apparently have to point to myself and say that," She saw a few pebbles in front of her. "Okay, take that to... wait, I haven't picked a place." She sat down in the dirt. "Ow!" She exclaimed. She took out the dice from her back-pocket. "Oh! My Mom's dice! I completely I forgot I had this digital thing!" That was the first truthful thing she had actually spoken outside of the dorm. "So let's see, I will send myself to..." She rolled the dice "New Olympia!" She exclaimed. The dice actually said Beijing, but nobody really needed to know. "Okay, send that," She pointed to a rock "To New Olympia!" Before she rubbed the flower she said "I have to be very quiet to think properly," She finally rubbed the flower and a black portal opened and sent the rock away. Cassidy shoved the flower in her pocket and grabbed the staff and stretched it to make the portal. Once she finally stepped through, she gave her left shoulder a good scratch. She arrived in Hermes's empty office. She left quickly to the dorm.
Cassidy finally arrived in the dorm and the first thing she did was run down the stairs to Odie's room. She banged hardly on the door. "Ow! Ow! Odie! Open up! Ow! Ow!"
Odie flung opened the door "What's wrong Cassidy?" He asked when he saw Cassidy jumping up and down trying to itch her left shoulder.
"The bug Cronus put on is killing me!" She was dragged into his room. "Pull it off please!" She winced.
Odie nodded. "Okay," He whispered. He tugged on the bug once. It didn't fall off. He pulled again and again. It still wouldn't budge. Cassidy continued to wince in pain. He gave it his all on his last budge. It came off, but there was enough force that it lunged himself on the floor and that Cassidy landed right on top of him.
"Thanks so much Odie!" She said as she quickly got off of him. He was blushing. "Where's the bug?" she whispered as she looked. She spotted on the floor and quickly opened it and pulled on the blue wire before Odie noticed. "What happened to the thing?" She said as she handed it to Odie.
"It looks like the wire popped out," he said.
Cassidy just shrugged. "He's going to suspicious, you know. If he doesn't hear my voice soon. Miss Hera said it's disabled when I opened the portal."
"You're right," He said breathlessly while blushing. He walked over to his computer and plugged in a microphone. "Speak into this."
"What do you want me to say?" He shrugged. "Um.." She put the microphone up to herself "One-One was a race horse. Two-Two was one too. When One-One won one race, Two-Two won one too." She said slowly and nervously.
"Good, now I'll hot-wire the bug to the computer and make your voice say something else." Odie said as he was working with wires.
"He wanted me to find Jay. What if you make it like I'm calling 411 and figured out that the Jay's here are too young or old."
He nodded. "Here?"
"Yeah, I sent a rock to New Olympia." He looked shocked and scared. "He gave me a flower that can let me travel anywhere in the world. Of course, you never find what you want on the first try, so I had to send something here." He relaxed as she was explaining. "Can you do this by yourself? I need to go talk to Atlanta and Theresa." He nodded sadly. As she exited, Neil came into the room. Cassidy stayed by door outside to eavesdrop.
"What was that sound?" Neil asked.
"I tripped." He said.
"Then why was Cassidy here?"
"She was hit with a bug and asked me for help."
"Yeah right," He snorted as he was about to walk out the door. "I have a date to get to," he added. Cassidy had to come up with a plan without showing any panic. She opened the door.
"Oh. Hi Neil," Cassidy said calmly as she entered.
"What are you doing back here?" Neil asked.
"I lost my favorite purple pen," she said lying. She went to the place where she found the bug and quickly pulled out her pen and dropped it on the ground. "Found it," She said.
"Wait, I thought-"
"Neil! I think I see a split end!" Cassidy said quickly.
"Ah! Where?" He said, frantically looked at his ends, paying no attention to Cassidy.
"Bye, Odie!" She said as she gave him a wink and left. She quickly went to the stairs and into Atlanta's and Archie's room where the other girls were waiting.
"Hey, you're back," Atlanta said as Cassidy entered.
"Yup," Cassidy said.
"What happened today?" Theresa said.
"Hmm. Let's see," Cassidy said thinking. "I found Cronus and he said he wanted me as his apprentice, he took me to his 'hideout' which is really just a big rock. He made me understand Agnon, he showed me my room, Agnon's room, his room and the storage room and when I was eavesdropping, I heard him say that the storage room was really called the 'M-Room'.
"You were eavesdropping?" Theresa said "Clever."
"What's that in your pocket?" Atlanta asked.
"Hmm?" Cassidy stuck her hand in her pocket "Oh, it's the flower he gave me."
"He gave you a flower?" Theresa asked incredulously. "I never thought he had the heart."
"It's so I can travel the world to find Jay."
"Did he say anything about anyone else?" Atlanta asked, slightly mesmerized by the flower.
"He said that Jay was my target but to get to him I have to be friends with you guys."
"Can I see the flower?" Atlanta asked as she was reaching the flower. Just in that second, Theresa and Cassidy both got the vision that when Atlanta touched the flower she immediately fainted.
"No!" They both immediately exclaimed before she touched it. Theresa lunged to stand next to Cassidy and help her hold Atlanta away from the flower while stretching it behind their backs.
"You get it?" Cassidy asked.
"Yeah. You?" Theresa said. Cassidy nodded.
"What?" Atlanta asked.
"We got a vision that you touched the flower," Theresa said.
"So?" Atlanta asked, still trying to reach the flower.
"You fainted," Cassidy added.
"Oh," she said as she relaxed.
"Who were you talking when you said 'Probably, try tomorrow,'?" Theresa said.
"I was answering Neil's and Odie's question," Cassidy said with a shrug.
"What were they?" Atlanta asked.
"Neil's was 'Will coffee beans work for my hair?' and Odie's was 'Was this how Jay felt when he sent Theresa out alone?'," Cassidy responded.
"Neil's doesn't surprise me," Atlanta said.
"Odie really likes you," Theresa said.
"Yeah," Cassidy said "Don't be surprised tomorrow if Neil smells like coffee tomorrow," She added. Everyone was bursting with laughter. "Anything happen while I was gone?" She asked.
"Odie called you smart," Atlanta said.
"What? When?" Cassidy asked.
"When you were talking to Cronus in all those different languages-" Theresa started.
"Wait. You guys were watching me?" Cassidy asked.
The girls glanced at each other. "Only to make sure you got Cronus's trust," Theresa said quickly "Anyways, when he was translating, he said 'she's smarter than I thought' before he blushed."
"Oh, God," Cassidy mumbled in exasperation. The others looked at her with confusion. "It's a saying," Cassidy added. They still looked confused. "Like 'Oh Gods'," Cassidy finished.
"Oh." Theresa said thinking. "How did you know that was a saying here?" She asked.
"In a story, Jay wrote in his 'journal': 'Oh Gods, Theresa's so beautiful that she could take the place of Aphrodite', " Cassidy replied.
"Awww," Both girls said.
"Does Jay have a journal?" Atlanta asked.
"I'm not sure," Theresa said. "I'll think about it." Athena came into the room.
"Make sure you finished your homework before you go to sleep," She said.
"Awww!" The girls said sadly as Athena closed the door.
"Please make them feel better tonight," Cassidy said as she exited the room and separated from Theresa. They rolled their eyes. When she passed the study room and the stairs, she came across Herry.
"What are you doing here, Herry?" Cassidy asked.
"I was going to ask Odie if he can check on number 21." He replied.
"Why can't I check?" She asked.
"Um... I was already going to ask Odie," He said obviously thinking of an excuse to get her away. "You're a girl," he thought.
Cassidy rolled her eyes. "Just to tell you, Odie's really busy right now," She said. He just shrugged but thought "How would you know? He was busy earlier today before Neil came in," Cassidy tried to hold back her anger. Herry went down the stairs and just opened the door.
"I can't do anything right now, Herry!" Odie yelled. "Go ask Archie!"
"This is so like that story," Cassidy mumbled as she rolled her eyes.
"Sorry," Herry said as he came up the stairs. He went walked to Archie's door.
"Herry, you might wanna-" Cassidy couldn't finish because Herry had opened the door.
"Knock next time!" Archie yelled from his room while Atlanta was giggling. Herry quickly closed the door. "I'll ask Jay, then," He thought "I bet he's in the study room."
"He's not in there," Cassidy said. He completely ingnored her as he walked to the study room to find an open door. "I'll ask Theresa then," He thought. "If you are Herry, at least knock next time," Cassidy said as he followed him to Theresa's room.
Herry knocked but opened the door without waiting for an answer. "I don't need another lesson in Sex Ed!" He yelled at them as he closed the door to find Cassidy mouthing the words with him. "How did-"
"I know everything, okay, Herry," she said quickly. "Like, I know that problem 21 is 'x squared - 2x-205= -10' and that the answer is x= 15 and -13." He looked surprised. "I did the same homework, you know," She added.
"Um. Okay. Thanks," he said as he looked back at his paper. Cassidy just shrugged as he left. She turned back to her room and tried to go to sleep.
Ten minutes later, Cassidy got out of her bed. She was too restless to go to sleep so she went to the kitchen to get a glass of water. When she passed Archie's and Atlanta's room where there were some rustling sounds.
"Cassidy's such a thief. It seems like she's stealing Atlanta from me," He thought. What really surprised Cassidy was that Archie was thinking about her rather than Atlanta. "She's so evil!" He added in his mind. Okay. That was definitely the last straw. Maybe she can make him think thoughts that she wanted him to think. True, Miss Hera never told her she was able to do that, but, she never told Theresa that she could make people forget things but it's possible. It wouldn't hurt to try. She went through his memory and found a memory where he was called an ass by someone and he ran to his Mom. Then Cassidy tried to make him think "She is such an ass, just like her name: C-ass-idy. " Then Cassidy put the image of the person calling him an ass. He ran to his mother, then, about the same time in his memory his mother was kissing him, Atlanta was. The rustling stopped.
"Archie? Are you okay?" Atlanta whispered.
"Yeah, I'm fine," He said, trying to keep his nervousness out of his voice.
"That'll show him," Cassidy whispered as she went to Jay's room. At least she figured out that she can make people think thoughts she wanted them to think. That probably means that she can make people forget things and change people's memories like Theresa. She approached Theresa's room where there also were some rustling sounds. "Cassidy seems very devious. It kind of feels like Theresa's hanging out with her more than me. But, I should try to let it go. I guess I would feel lonely if there was only one other person in our group that was the same gender." Jay thought. Once again, Cassidy was creeped out that Jay was thinking about her and not Theresa. At least he wasn't insulting her. "But, whatever Cassidy told Theresa the day she came was good if she went 'Awww.'. She seems dependable." The rustling sounds became a different pitch.
"You've never done that before, Jay," Theresa said happily.
"I'm in a different mood," He replied. Cassidy immediately left before something weird happened. She got her glass of water and went to bed.
Woah! i really made them hormonal now! I don't want them to do this. They do it, I write it. Simple as that. Cassidy is a beast. I really want to be her. Once again reed, review, rate, ravish it. I will explain anything you want t be explained. literally. like "Will Herry, Neil, or Odie bang somebody?". I mean anything! Except I WILL NOT spoil. NO ONE gets STOLEN, as probably seen clear by now. but ht doesn't mena anyone gets hooked up though...
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