Victoria couldn't help but be a little mesmerised by the little girl before her. Here she stood, on the first day of elementary school, reading. Surprise laced itself through her usual tiredness as her eyes widened at the little blonde, curly headed girl. Around the young girl, children screamed in joy and pushed each other. They fought over toys and ran around carelessly. All of them apart from Annabeth Chase did the same thing.
Annabeth sat there, a large book in her hands, her eyes narrowed in concentration. Her lips moved slowly, unsurely. It seemed as though she was struggling. Getting up, Victoria walked over to her, a bright smile plastered over her face.
"Hello." She greeted the young girl, but she didn't respond. Her complete concentration was on the book before her. Sitting next to the girl, Victoria lightly shook her shoulder. Annabeth jolted, obviously dumb founded. Seeing the teacher, she smiled in relief.
"Hello miss Carter." With that, she went back to reading her book. Smiling a little at the girl, Victoria spoke again, "I couldn't help but notice you struggling." Annabeth looked at her with wide eyes before covering it up with a slightly lazy expression. "Me? I doubt it. I can read this book with no trouble. See," She squinted her eyes at the book, "Incom-pe-t-t-" She groaned and slammed the book down, "It's no use, I can't read such words." She eyed the book in anger.
"If you'd like, I could be of assistance," Annabeth looked at the teacher and smiled in agreement. "But first, I think we'll nedd a simpler book than Jane Eyre." Victoria got up and retrieved the thickest book from the bookshelf, knowing the thickness would please Annabeth. 'Greek Mythology' it read. "Do you know anything about the greeks?" Annabeth shook her head, her grey eyes alight with wonder.
Opening the book, an image of a man with a lightning bolt stood dominantly in front of various other people. The page read," Zeus was the God of the sky and ruler of the Olympians. He overthrew his father Kronos. He became the leader of the lord of sky and rain while both his brothers Posiedon became God of the sea, storms, earthquakes and horses and Hades was the God of the dead and king of the underworld. Zeus often had affairs with many other people, including humans despite being married to his sister hera, the greek Goddess of marriage and birth. The Olympians, Artemis, Apollo, Dionysus, Aphrodite, Ares and Athena are all Zeus' children along with many others."
Turning the page over, information about the other two big three Gods were displayed. Page after page, Annabeth's expression had lightened with excitement, especially when the page had turned to Athena. Victoria listened in awe as Annabeth read each word perfectly with no struggle and laughed quietly at Annabeth's curiosity and excitement when she read about Demi gods. "Demi gods are the offspring of God's and humans. A few famous Demi gods are Perseus, Achilles and Hercules. "
Annabeth would definitely be a child of Athena Victoria thought with no idea at how right she was.