A/N - Sorry, haven't updated for a while. My replies:
The ye old storyteller - Thank you! I guess I can tell you I got it from Percy Jackson too, then. ;) But this ones not a mean teenage-acting goddess who breaks the heart of the hottest (haha, puns) son of Hephaestus there is.
"Guest" - Updated! Lol.
Other "Guest" - Yay! I thought of something that no one else has thought of! And why are you thanking me? I need to thank you for reading :)
And, if you guys wouldn't mind, I'd like it if you could tell me what age range you think this story would belong with so far. The more I know about who my stories compute (haha, I said compute, I think that's a funny word) with the most. Thanks a bunch! :D
The time flew by for Artemis and Holly. They'd found a small two-bedroom apartment in Manhattan, and spent all of the first day and half of the next day unpacking. Artemis hadn't managed to stop Holly from enrolling him into the first public school she'd found, a school named West Manhattan High School. Holly had decided to enroll also, because she wasn't going to stay at the apartment alone for seven and a half hours five days a week.
"Artemis?" Holly had said when they were sitting on the couch the second day. "What do you think it's going to be like at this public school? Artemis really didn't know. And he was really hoping the next five months would fly by.
As twilight fell upon them, they said their good-nights and went to their rooms. Holly lain in her bed that night, wondering what would come of the events of tomorrow.
****Five blocks away****
Khione sighed as she stepped into her house that night. After Jake had took the girls roller-skating (in which she did not participate, as she would've most likely broken something), she was so ready to come home. "Khione!" Of course, Victoria Riley, her sister, was at the door waiting for her. Victoria's blonde curls clashed against Khione's flat black hair when she hugged her. "Oh, you will never guess what Derek said to me today!" Khione sighed. "Who?" Victoria giggled. "My boyfriend, silly." Her adopted sister started towards the kitchen. "I thought your boyfriend was Danny," she said as she sat at the table. Victoria shook her head. "No, had to break up with him yesterday. He was getting old."
By the time Khione had asked, "How is college?" she'd managed to finish the next five month's English homework and class work. She wouldn't be going to that class for a while. Besides, she was going to finish it in class, but what was the point of waiting? She could finish the rest of the school year's work later that week.
"Oh, it's wonderful! And Derek told me that a cosmetologist is what he wanted to be too! Isn't that amazing?"
"It is for you," Khione muttered. She was bored, and decided to change the subject. "Today, the principal announced we would be giving the new uniforms a try." Victoria squirmed in her designer sundress. "Uniforms are so horrible! I can't believe they're forcing you guys to wear such dumb things!" Khione wondered if there was a grammar law against ending almost every sentence with an exclamation point. If there wasn't, they should make one. During dinner she asked, "Did you visit Mother and Father today?"
Victoria nodded. "They're fine. Mom's cold is gone now, and Dad got a raise." Finally, no exclaiming everything. After all that had been going on that day, she was tired. Once she'd excused herself, she was in her room, and straightening out her uniform. Girls had a white collar-shirt with a red tie and blue jacket, blue skirt, and flats. This was a nice change, instead of the clothes everyone usually wore.
Khione clutched small charm on her necklace. A silver apple. Khione was pretty sure her biological family had given it to her as a joke, before she'd lost her memory. A sibling, maybe? She wasn't sure, but she knew that the silver was something to do with the moon and the apple was something to do with her intelligence. It made Khione smile when the faded memory came to mind.
After she'd set out the clothes, Khione climbed into her bed. With a small sigh, she drifted off into a deep, dreamless sleep.
A/N - So, what do you think? I've been writing short chapters so far...but they'll get longer, I swear.
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