OK this chapter took forever to write! I sat watching the keyboard for at least 10 minutes trying to make up how Archie got to New Olympia. I'm not kidding; Archie's chapters are really hard to write! Oh well, here it is-

Disclaimers: I don't own class of the titans

Chapter Eleven

Archie stood staring at the building in disbelief. This was so weird. Weirder than Dad's cooking weird. Out of this world weird. Greek mythology exists weird!

The day had started off normally. He got up at 6, went for a run, came back, had a shower, got dressed and went out to the café next door for lunch. Same old, same old. Nothing weird yet.

After breakfast he met up with his friends. They were all bored silly because, since it was the holidays, there was no school to keep them busy. Not that they wanted to go back to school though. They weren't that bored.

They decided to go swimming at the local indoor pool, much to Archie's annoyance. He really really didn't like water, whether it is ankle deep pool water or knee high ocean water, he feared it. And he had every right to…

When he was four his parents were in the middle of a messy divorce. Dad had won the full time custody and Mum still got holidays, much to her annoyance. She decided it wasn't worth sticking around to wait for holidays to come by, so she moved back to England to stay with her parents. The last time Archie had seen his mum was when she had said goodbye to him after the court case. He had just thought she would still be around, but a week after his dad told him that she had "Gone away over the water". He became terribly afraid of water, thinking that if he went in it he would be sent away too, away from Dad. It sounds stupid now, but he still feared the water.

Anyway, they had gone to the pool. His friends were swimming and talking while he was sitting on a towel next to the pool, trying not to look so afraid. Why oh why did his friends have to be the best swimmers in the school? They knew he couldn't swim. Some friends they were.

He watched his 'friends' playing around. Then something shiny caught his eye. He reached under the seat next to him and pulled out a gold pendant. It had a pattern on one side, and the letter A on the other. There was no one around to claim it, so he put it around his neck. Just his luck! Finding a pendant that had his initial I didn't happen everyday. Archie decided that maybe it wasn't such a bad day.

And then all the weirdness had started.

A freaking giant had smashed his way into the pool and started wreaking the place, looking for something or someone. Archie's friends had run, leaving him behind. He went to run to the exit, but the giant blocked the way around the pool. He would have to swim across. But he couldn't; he feared the water and couldn't swim. But then he would have to face the giant!

The decision was quickly made for him. A second giant appeared behind him and pushed him in. He came up coughing and spluttering, and was then pulled out be the first giant's huge hands. Archie naturally went into 'Oh no you didn't' mode and attacked the giants. They fled, leaving Archie alone in the middle of a building that looked like a bomb had hit it. Dad was not going to be impressed.

The weirdness hadn't stopped there. Just as he was leaving through a hole, curtesy giant #2, two griffins appeared. He had recognised it from some of the ancient Greek mythology books he had read. But they were legends and myths, not real animals. Or were they?

A guy riding one of the griffins hopped off and offered him a lift. Archie froze in fear and mumbled something about not talking to strangers. The guy laughed and introduced himself has Hermes. It was Archie's turn to laugh. Hermes, the Greek god of communication? What was this guy on?

He accepted the invitation, knowing that if trouble brewed he could easily kick this guy's butt to the moon. He told 'Hermes' where he lived and climbed up onto the other griffin. This would make the best poem ever; riding home on a griffin!

About an hour later, Archie started to get worried. This guy was obviously not taking him home, unless his home was in nearby New Olympia where they were headed. He was so stupid! Why on earth did he accept a ride home from a complete lunatic riding a griffin? Dad was going to kill him!

"Hold on Archie, we're coming in for landing! Next stop, New Olympia High School!"

Archie grabbed the griffin and held on for dear life as they quickly lost altitude. He could feel the air rushing past him and quickly shut his mouth. He had been sky diving once and a similar thing had happened.

They landed in front of a building that looked like the museum back in his city. But this one was a school, he could tell by the graffiti and sign that said 'New Olympia High School. Founded in 1956'.

Archie slid off the griffin and looked closely at the sign. What on earth was he doing in New Olympia? Why did Hermes bring him here? He turned back to face Hermes and jumped.

The 'god' and the griffins were nowhere to be seen.

He turned back to the school, wondering what he was going to do now. Should he get a bus back to his place? How would he, since he didn't have any money? Should he hitch hike or walk?

"Argh! Stupid Hermes! Stupid griffins!" He yelled at the building. He kicked the steps leading up the building and winced. He only had sandals on.

"Stupid me!"

After he cooled down he got back to worrying on where to go and what to do. And then it came to him. "Hermes brought me to this school," he said aloud. "So I've got to go inside."

He walked into the huge school. It had a Greek architecture feel to it, which was fitting since it was a Greek god that brought him here. He wandered through the halls, staring in amazement at the vastness of the place. He had never seen anything like it before. The students that went to this school were extremely lucky!

He paused outside the janitor's closet. He wasn't sure what made him stop, but his instinct told him to. Archie pulled on the door, but it was locked. He examined the lock. It was shaped just like the pendant he had found!

He reached for his pendant and fitted it into the lock. The door swung open by itself, inviting him in. He got the pendant out of the lock and stepped cautiously into the janitor's closet.

The door snapped shut, leaving him in total darkness. He reached above him, trying to find a light switch. He found one and pulled down. Instead of a light turning on, a glowing blue wall appeared in front of him where the back of the closet should be. What the?

Archie reached out and touched the wall. His hand went right through! He closed his eyes and walked through it, expecting to crash into something.

He came out the other side of the wall and opened his eyes. He was in a long hall with Greek paintings hanging up on both sides. A woman dressed in a white tunic dress stood at the end of the hall. Even though it was about 30 metres to the end of the hall, Archie heard her speak as if she was right in front of him.

"Welcome to New Olympia, descendant of Achilles the warrior. I am Hera, and you are part of a new age of heroes."

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What do you think? I got a huge spark of ideas half way through and added them in. I hope you like the finding of his pendant! We never saw how they found their pendants except that they found them so I hope you like my idea. I also hope that you like how I though Archie got to New Olympia. The rest of the gang got there via griffin (except for Neil who already lived in New Olympia) so Archie probably was the same.

Also, please tell me if you want me to write 'The After Series'. I think it will be a great story, but what do you guys think?

Anyway, next chapter will be Herry. It will be kind of short because he doesn't really do too much in Chaos 101, except for getting rescued from the giants. If you have any ideas, please feel free to message me!

Thanks everyone!!

Little Miss Illusional