Chapter 3! Just a little preview~ you'll learn everyone's parent God/Goddess in this one!
Alli and I walked into the meeting hall and saw the entire camp before our eyes. As I looked closer, I realized at least 90% of the kids here went to Degrassi. I guess the Gods in Olympus wanted to keep us all together.
The room was set up with several tables bordering the room with a counselor at each one evaluating descendents and handing them envelopes containing the name of their parent. It kind of looked like career day, only much cooler. Alli and I got on the shortest line we could find and waited for our turn. While we were on line, we talked about life back at Degrassi.
"Have you talked to Eli about, this yet?" she asked me, referring to the chaos around us.
"Actually yeah. And as it turns out, he's a descendent too. He should be here…" I said, looking around the room for that beautiful boy's face.
"Clare," Alli said, frustration in her voice, "When are you and Eli going to finally admit you two like each other? Everyone can see it, so what's holding you back?"
"I just don't want to risk a good friendship is all," I said truthfully. I would much rather have him in my life as a friend than not in it at all if things got weird, him knowing I liked him and all.
"Ow!" Alli said, after having her finger pricked for the test. It was similar to the way diabetics test their blood sugar, only this test will tell you who your parent is, not if your in need of a Hershey bar.
After her test, Alli waved her golden sealed envelope in my face, squealing.
"I'll wait for you outside so we can open them together," she told me.
After she skipped away, I took the seat and got tested. I never liked blood work, but maybe since this one was less painful and more rewarding, I couldn't help but smile once I felt that prick on my finger. After taking my blood, the counselor put the little strip inside some machine that spit out an envelope exactly like Alli's.
"Here you go," he said with a smile. "Thanks," I replied.
I quickly ran outside to find Alli, wanting to rip open my envelope already.
"There you are! Okay, are you ready?" she said giving me a serious look.
"Ready as I'll ever be," I said honestly. That being said, we both tore open our envelopes, hungrily searching the paper, looking for the name of our parent.
"Squee! Clare, guess who I have!" Alli said jumping up and down.
"Who!" I said impatiently.
"Hermes! The messenger God! That's a big name Clare! Everyone knows Hermes, right? Oh, this is so exciting!"
"Ha-ha! Well, you do have a talent of spreading gossip quickly," I said teasingly.
"That I do," she said with a grin. "So, who'd you get? Tell me woman!"
I took a deep breath before I said to her, "Athena. The Goddess of wisdom." I was so star struck to be connected to such a powerful being, much less being her daughter!
"Oh. My. God. She's a huge name, Clare! Everyone definitely knows her! This is so great! We are almighty powerful children of Greek Gods Clare!" she squealed while I giggled naturally.
After the meeting came to an end, everyone headed back to their houses to meet the people they'd be living with.
Once Alli and I stepped through the door, we saw seven familiar faces sitting in a circle on the floor of the lobby. There was KC Guthrie and Jenna Middleton holding hands. I've moved on from the two of them, and we've agreed there would be no hard feelings, but it was still awkward. KC got Jenna pregnant after cheating on me with her in freshman year. She got an abortion, but they were still together. Then there was Fiona Coyne. She was apparently rich, but was nice from what I've heard. Adam was in the circle, too. He was a little sweetheart. He was friends with Alli and me before we even got here. Next to him was his brother Drew. I know Alli liked him and probably intended on getting even closer now that he was going to be living in the same house as us. Fitz was there as well. He was what you would call the school bully. But after pulling a knife on someone last year, he swore he would try and change his ways. And lastly, there was Eli. He's was my English partner at Degrassi, and based on the friendship we've created, I feel like he really gets me. His looks are just an added bonus.
"Hey, you guys are in this house, too?" Adam said with a smile.
"Yup!" I said smiling back and sitting down next to him.
"Is this everyone?" Alli said counting. "This is only nine people. We're missing someone."
And almost on cue, a girl came down the spiral staircase. She was… actually very pretty. Beautiful even. She had dark brown, wavy hair that cascaded softly over her shoulders. Her eyes were brown, but were light and almost piercing. She wore a peasant top with cutoffs and gladiator sandals. Her pale skin seemed to glow with radiance. I guess we were all staring, because she waved her hand in front of her face to bring us all out of our daze.
"Hi, what's your name? You didn't go to Degrassi did you? You don't look familiar," Fiona said after an awkward silence.
"No, I'm from Chicago in the States. My name is Remy," she said fluidly with a friendly smile.
"That's a pretty name. Take a seat," Fiona said, scooting over to make room for her.
"Okay, so to make this get-to-know-you meeting a little more fun, I thought we could play a kind of spin-the-bottle type of game. Only instead of playing for kisses, we play for information on your parent," Drew said pulling out a bottle from behind his back after everyone agreed.
Drew spun it and it landed on KC first.
"Go ahead KC. Tell us about your parent," Drew said.
"Well, I'm the son of Dionysus. He is the God of wine and agriculture."
"What special powers does that mean for you?" Adam said curiously.
"Um, according to this paper, it says I will eventually be able to grow crops anywhere, no matter the type of land," he said, referring to his envelope scroll, sounding unimpressed. "Oh, and I'll also be able to hold down any amounts of liquor," he said with a grin, fist-pounding Fitz and then spinning the bottle. It landed on Alli.
"My turn! Okay, I'm the daughter of Hermes, the messenger God. That means I'll eventually be able to fly at great speeds and will become skilled in thievery," she said with a triumphant smile.
"What about running on the ground? Would you still be super fast?" Fiona asked.
"I don't know. It doesn't say anything about that," she said, looking over her scroll. "Oh well," she said, spinning the bottle. This time, it landed on Fitz.
"Uh, okay… I'm the son of Eris, the Goddess of discord."
"What 's discord," Jenna asked, looking confused.
"It means conflict basically," I told her. She nodded, looking to Fitz to continue.
"So, that means I'll eventually be able to create or resolve any conflict or argument.," he said looking a little confused himself. "Oh well," he said, spinning the bottle. It landed on Adam.
"Boo-yah! Okay, so I'm the son of Eirene, Goddess of peace. So, I'll be able to ease any harsh feelings people hold. Basically bring them peace."
"Peace-out dude," Eli said holding up two fingers, making the "peace sign".
"You dork," Adam said, slapping Eli's shoulder, but still laughing.
"Yeah, yeah, just spin the bottle," Eli said becoming impatient.
Adam spun the bottle, which eventually landed on Jenna.
"Hmm. Alright, I'm the daughter of Aphrodite, Goddess of love," she said, attempting at giving KC a seductive look, but in my opinion, it looked like she had gas.
"Um, Jenna… hello?" Alli said, snapping her fingers in front of Jenna's face.
"What? Oh, sorry. Right, um, so I'll be able to put anyone under a temporary trance from my beauty and make anyone or anything more appealing to the eye. I'll also be able to sense someone's love for someone else," she said grinning like a Cheshire cat. Could she be any more self-absorbed?
"Okay Jenna, spin the bottle," KC said, growing nervous from all eyes being on him and Jenna. She obliged and it landed on Fiona.
"Ah, okay, so I'm the daughter of Apollo, God of the Sun and the arts. Arts, including music, poetry, and such. And from him, I'll eventually be able to learn any instrument, know the moment the Sun will rise and fall without having to look on the news, and be able to draw anything to its exact appearance."
"So you could learn how to play the hurdy gurdy?" Adam said in awe.
"Eventually, yeah," she sad, chuckling at the absurd sounding instrument.
"Your turn Drew," Fiona said, after spinning the bottle.
"I'm the son of Nike, the Goddess of victory. So, I'll be able to predict outcomes of battles and will be highly skilled in military types of procedures."
"No wonder you're so competitive… I remember you once screamed at me and said I was a prick because I beat you at pool," KC said, looking off into the distance as if he was remembering a tough time in his life.
"Yeah, sorry about that again man," Drew said sheepishly. He seemed to want to change the subject, because he spun the bottle quickly and it landed on me.
"Blue eyes, it's your turn, " Eli said turning to me with a smirk. God, I loved that smirk.
I cleared my throat before speaking. "Ek-hem! Um, I'm the daughter of Athena, the Goddess of wisdom," I said, looking up to see alert faces all around. I took that as my cue to continue. "So, um, I will get to, um, eventually, um…" I babbled on trying to look over my scroll, "…oh, I found it. I'll be able to become invisible when needed and know when a behavior or some other form of answer is the correct one. But only for things that may be answered with yes or no. Hmm, what does that mean?"
"It means that if you feel good about doing something, it means it's the right thing to do. And if you feel uneasy about something, it's the wrong thing to do," Remy said suddenly. I almost forgot about her.
"When did you learn that," Fiona asked.
"Uh, it's a long story…" Remy said, looking away. She looked like she didn't want to talk about it, so none of us pushed it.
I took that opportunity to spin the bottle. It landed on Eli, causing me to grow excited in the pit of my stomach. I was really curious about who his parent was.
"Ah, my turn. Well, I, Eli am the son of Hades, God of the Underworld," he said with a satisfied smirk, showing he was pleased with the power he inherited.
"Hades? That's one of the Big Three dude!" Adam said in shock.
"Yeah, your probably the most powerful one in the group!" Fitz said with his eyes bugged out.
" So what are your powers?" Jenna asked.
"Well, it states here that if I dislike a certain person or object of some sort, I can shatter them from within and, eventually, be able to decide if I go so far as to kill them entirely. I can also possibly create fire that can be used to harm someone," Eli replied, the smirk never leaving his face. Wow, I never would have guessed Eli was the son of Hades. I mean, I guess it explains his dark side, but Hades? Come on, his father is THE HADES. That's huge! I don't know why, but that fact seemed to make me even more attracted to him…
"That's it, your definitely the most powerful one of our house," said KC like he was trying to lay down a law or something.
"Well, we haven't heard who Remy's parent is yet," Alli pointed out, looking to Remy. All eyes turned to Remy's as we waited for her to tell us who she descended from.
"Um, well, I'm the daughter of Zeus, the God of the heavens," she said quietly, not making eye contact with any of us.
"… The King of the Gods…?" Drew said, almost like a whisper.
"Uh, yeah, that one," she said with a shy smile. She gave me the impression that she was modest, which I respected and instantly decided she was a good person. I don't know, there's just something about her. I began thinking Alli felt the same way, because when I turned to her she had a smile on her face as if to say, "Now this girl is a good person." Maybe it was the fact that she wasn't boasting about how she was the daughter of the almighty Zeus. Zeus for crying out loud! She couldn't be more powerful, but she was acting like she didn't want to make a big deal about it.
"What are your powers?" Fiona asked, with real interest in her voice.
"Well, um, I can control the weather and can control lightning especially, to the point of electrocuting anyone or thing," she said with an emotionless face.
"Holy shit… okay, I apologize in advance for ANYTHING I may do to anger you while we're living in the same house," Adam said, fear in his eyes.
Remy giggled, "Don't worry, though Zeus passed on his temper, I'm much better at handling it."
"So, does that make you my… cousin?" Eli said, looking a little confused.
"Yup. What's up, cuz?" Remy said smirking, earning a laugh from everyone.
"Wait… so none of us are related… but you two are?" Fitz asked.
"Yeah. After the generation of Hades, Zeus, Poseidon, and the rest of them were born, it was decided that to keep the Godly blood in the family, all blood relations should be removed to promote healthy fertility in all future children. But for that last generation, all the boys stayed related, and all the girls stay related. That's how Eli and I are still cousins," Remy informed everyone.
"Wow, how do you know all of this stuff?" Alli said, asking what we all were thinking.
"Um, it's a really long story," Remy said, rubbing the back of her neck and looking apologetic. "But I promise, I'll tell you guys everything tomorrow. I'm getting kind of… aaahhhh… tired," she said, yawning in the process.
And with that, everyone started heading towards their rooms for the night. As I was tucking myself into bed, I couldn't help but feel my heart beat a little faster thinking of all the adventures I was going to have here. But what really excited me, was the fact that sense of "right" when I thought of trusting that Remy was a good person. Hey, I guess the girl knows what she's talking about.
Just so everyone knows, Remy is a GOOD character. As in, she isn't an antagonist. Trust me, throughout the story, you'll see why I need her in there. Reviews make me smile! :)