Hey guys! I have come back with more MS. HECATE'S ACADEMY and stuff, so here goes nothing! I also don't own this stuff; Uncle R and mythology do!

CHAPTER 24

It was nearing the end of May (yeah, huge time lapse; deal with it) when Ms. Rhea announced that the kids would be getting tested on something. The kids were still too young to understand what a test was, so they didn't think much of it.

"And next week," said Ms. Leto, "we'll be going to the waterpark."

"Yay!" the class squealed.

"Now," said Ms. Rhea, "while you're in art with Ms. Athena today, we'll be taking you one at a time to Ms. Hecate's office. She'll be doing the testing."

Ms. Leto looked at the class. "Did everyone finish their cards for their mommies? It's Mother's Day on Sunday."

The entire class nodded.

"Are you kids tired today?" asked Ms. Leto.

The class nodded again.

"Well, to cure that," said Ms. Rhea, "I guess we'll have to go outside and play."

"YES!" everyone cheered.

Andromeda, Perseus, Theseus, and Atalanta ran for the tire swing. Hebe and Fructus went to the playset. Everyone else just sorta went wherever the hell they wanted to go.

"Ms. Rhea," said Eurydice, "my daddy said he can't come to the waterpark because I'm not important."

Ms. Rhea bent down and gave Eurydice a hug. "Ignore what Daddy told you, dear," she said calmly. "Daddy's being rude to you. You can hang out with me, okay?"

"Mm-kay," said Eurydice. And she ran off toward the swings.

Meanwhile, in the sandbox, Hebe and Fructus were playing Wheat Field (don't ask), when Hercules and Iphicles came over. Hercules was carrying his twin on his back, because Iphicles was born very weak.

"Sit down," Hercules ordered. "I'm going to flex my giant muscles and see if anyone thinks it's attractive."

"Hercules, that's enough," called Ms. Leto as she walked around the playground. "Ten minutes, guys!"

Just then, there was a huge clap of thunder. Most of the kids flipped out.

Hebe finally stood up and yelled, "Don't worry, guys! It's just my daddy. He likes to show off sometimes!"

The class calmed down, running to the door to beat the downpour of rain.

Phaedra looked at Theseus. "That was kinda loud, huh?"

"Yeah. But I like thunder," said Theseus.

"Theseus and Phaedra, sittin' in a tree," Phaethon sang. "K-I-S-S-I-N-G! First comes love, then comes marriage…there goes a baby in the baby carriage!"

"Okay, Phaethon," said Ms. Rhea. "That's enough, honey." She led the kids back inside. "Since we have ten more minutes, you can play for that long. Then, we'll do some reading."

Andromeda, Hebe, and Hedone all ran to the dramatic play area, where they played princess (insert gagging noise here).

As Perseus, Theseus, and Fructus were about to play Hungry, Hungry Hippos, Ms. Danaë ran into the room. "Rhea…Leto…" she panted, "Kronos is here."

Now, if you know stuff about Greek mythology and such, you'll remember that Kronos' ass is in Tartarus. Well, because this is just a crazy story where anything can happen, Kronos is now back from Tartarus! Ha-ha-ha!

Ms. Leto ran to the lights and blinked them. "Class, there is a nasty person in the building. Please listen carefully. We're going to go into the corner over here behind the cubbies. We'll lock the door and turn off the lights. This is called a lockdown."

"You all need to be quiet," said Ms. Rhea.

Hebe, whose anxiety drugs were wearing off, started crying. "Don't let him eat me," she begged.

"Honey, c'mon," said Ms. Rhea. She pulled Hebe behind the cubbies and had her sit on her lap. The other kids and Ms. Leto followed them to the area behind the cubbies.

Ms. Danaë locked the door, then ran to the area as well.

The kids—surprisingly—were extremely quiet while Kronos walked around the school, looking for Rhea and her kids.

"HELP!" they heard someone yell. "HELP ME!"

Leto jumped up and ran to the door. "Rhea, Kronos is eating Hestia again."

Ms. Rhea shook her head. "Guys, I'll be right back. Stay here with Ms. Danaë."

Rhea went out into the hall, but there wasn't a sign of Hestia. "Kronos," she barked.

Kronos burped. "Hey, Rhea."

"Don't you 'Hey, Rhea' me, mister," Rhea said bitterly. "Where's Hestia?"

"She's in my tummy," said Kronos.

"Well, throw her up," snapped Rhea. "She needs to cook for our class."

"Ms. Rhea!" screamed Phaethon. "I'm a big boy! I'll help!"

Phaethon ran to Ms. Psyche's office. "Ms. Psyche, Ms. Psyche," he panted. "I need something to make Kronos puke."

Ms. Psyche gave him a bunch of cleaning chemicals. "That should work, hon," she said.

Meanwhile, back in the classroom, Jason's belly rumbled. "When's lunch?" he demanded.

"Not sure, dear," said Ms. Leto.

"Here's your medicine, Kronos," said Phaethon. He gave Kronos the bottle of chemicals (kids, do NOT try this at home). Kronos threw Miss Hestia up and ran out of the school, crying.

"Oh, Phaethon," said Miss Hestia, "you're my hero!"

Phaethon liked being called a hero. He didn't like it when Miss Hestia hugged him and she had puke on her.

"No problem," said Phaethon.

"Phaethon, that was a very brave thing you did," said Ms. Rhea.

"Mom, I don't have anything prepared for lunch yet, and I bet those kids are getting hungry," said Miss Hestia.

"Well, then…" Ms. Rhea thought about it. "I guess we'll have to go out to get food."

So, in a long line, Ms. Rhea and Ms. Leto led their class to the steakhouse across the street.

When everyone got back from lunch (which was delicious, by the way), it was naptime. Once naptime was over, it was time for art…and time for the big test.

"Hi, everybody," said Ms. Athena, greeting the class as they filed into the room. "Is everyone ready to draw?"

"Yes, Ms. Athena," the class said.

"Great! I'm going to come around and give you a picture. You get to connect the dots today. Once you've done that, go ahead and color the picture. And what are we working on? Triton."

"Staying inside the lines," said Triton.

"Very good," said Ms. Athena. "Andromeda, I think you're being tested first."

Andromeda walked with Leto and Rhea down to the principal's office, feeling sick to her stomach because she was nervous.

Ms. Hecate greeted them and asked Andromeda to sit down next to her on the couch in the office.

"Andromeda, we just want to see how much you learned this year in kindergarten," said Ms. Hecate. "What's this letter?"

"D."

"Very good. Can you give me a work that starts with D?"

"Dog."

"Excellent. What's this shape?"

"A rectangle," Andromeda said. She'd been practicing her shapes with Mommy and Daddy at home.

"Very good. Can you write your name for me?"

Andromeda took the pencil and paper from Ms. Hecate and wrote her name…perfectly.

The rest of the testing went rather well. The only problem the teachers noticed were some of the kids getting mixed up between a square and a rectangle.

"No, Theseus," said Hecate. "This is a rectangle. This is a square." She held up some pictures for Theseus to see. "Very good, honey. All done."

Once everyone was done testing, the day was finally over.

At Bellerophon's house, Bellerophon and his parents were sitting around the table, eating dinner.

"Honey, slow down," said Eurynome.

Bellerophon was shoveling food into his face.

"What did you do in school today?" asked Glaucus.

"I took a test," said Bellerophon proudly. "I got it all right."

"Of course you did," said Eurynome. "You're so smart, honey."

"Thanks, Mommy."

"How about you, honey?" asked Eurynome.

Cinnamon came up sniffed Glaucus' hand.

"Well, I think I saw a new asteroid," said Glaucus. "Helios and I are going to name it Jason."

"Can't you name it Cinnamon?" asked Bellerophon.

"No, buddy. We have to name them after Greek people."

Bellerophon shrugged. "Okay. I'm full."

"Are you too full for dessert?" asked Eurynome.

"No," Bellerophon smiled as his mother handed out bowls of Jell-O.

The following week, it was almost the end of the school year—two days, to be exact. Today, everyone was going to the waterpark for their last hoorah before summer break.

"Does everyone have their swimsuits?" asked Ms. Rhea as the class filed onto the bus. "Everyone have all their medications? Okay! We're off!"

"Theseus," Aethra barked. "Put your shirt on!"

Theseus had taken off his shirt because it was "too damn hot on the bus".

"Mommy," said Hebe, "I feel carsick."

"Shut up, Hebe," said Zeus. "No one needs to hear of your ailments."

Hera whacked Zeus so hard across the face that he fell into the aisle.

"Hera and Zeus," snapped Ms. Rhea. "Stop being children."

Once the bus dropped them off at the waterpark, everyone headed into their own locker rooms.

In the boys' locker room, Phobos and Deimos were chasing each other while Ares got their floaties out.

"Get over here, you little craps!" barked Ares. "I'm taking time out of my extremely busy life to be with you!"

In the girls' locker room, Hebe was changing when Hedone came over to her. "Mommy wants to know if you're still carsick."

"Nope," Hebe replied. "I'm all better!"

Back in the boys' locker room, Zeus was in his swim trunks and was about to go into the waterpark. Then, he stopped. "Hey! Since I'm a king, you're all required to bow to me!"

"No," said Cepheus. "I don't gotta listen to you."

"Then, I'll take your wife as my prisoner!"

"I'd be okay with that," said Cepheus. "Cassiopeia's a real bitch."

"Hell yeah!" Perseus yelled.

"That's right, kiddo," said Cepheus, smiling at Perseus.

Once everyone was in the waterpark, stuff started happening. Atalanta and Cyrene went to one of those slides that looks like a toilet bowl; Andromeda, Theseus, Perseus, and Phaedra went on this ride called the Twister; and Phaethon, Bellerophon, and Jason went into the hot tub with their parents.

"Whoa," said Phaethon, "that's hot."

Bellerophon was sitting on Glaucus' lap and making ripples in the water. "You guys wanna play Drown Jason?"

"What's Drown Jason?" asked Jason.

"We drown you," said Phaethon.

"What's drown mean?"

"It means that we force you underwater till you die," Bellerophon laughed evilly.

"Knock it off," snapped Helios as Jason clambered onto his lap. "No one's drowning you, kid."

That's when they heard an almighty cry, and they saw Ms. Leto running Eurydice over to Ms. Psyche, who was sitting under a sprinkler with Hedone in her lap. Ms. Leto said something, and Ms. Psyche looked at Eurydice. Ms. Psyche took Eurydice over to the first-aid station. Eurydice came back out, clutching an ice pack to her head and holding a Popsicle.

"I just farted in the water," said Phaethon.

"That's nice, son," said Helios.

"Phaethon, that was inappropriate," said his less-fun mother, Clymene.

"I'm hungry," said Hercules.

"Okay," said Iphicles. "Let's go get some lunch."

So, Amphitryon and Alcmene headed into the cafeteria with their sons.

"Mm," said Iphicles. "Mommy, can I have chicken nuggets?"

"Of course," said Alcmene.

"Daddy, can I have a burger with everything on it?" asked Hercules.

"Sure," said Amphitryon.

Once the food arrived, the family headed up to the balcony to eat.

At the table next to them, Hebe and Fructus were eating with their families. Hebe, of course, had gotten some mac-and-cheese, chicken nuggets, fries, and a pop. Fructus' lunch sucked: five crumbs of bread, four grapes, three French fries, two small salads, and a partridge in a pear tree. Fructus kept eyeing Hebe's food. When Demeter wasn't looking, Hebe gave Fructus a spoonful of mac-and-cheese and a chicken nugget.

Andromeda and Perseus split a plate of chicken nuggets and fries, because they had little tummies. Phaedra was eating with her dad (Minos) and her mom (Pasiphaë), while Theseus hung out with his parents.

Andromeda burped, so that means she wasn't a princess the whole damn time.

"Princess Andromeda," said Perseus, "that's something Phaethon does."

Andromeda rolled her eyes. "Whatever. Princesses can do what they want."

Ms. Leto, Orpheus, Calliope, and Eurydice came up the stairs. Ms. Leto and Calliope were carrying trays while Orpheus and Eurydice held hands.

"I'm sorry that Apollo isn't here," said Calliope.

"Oh, no biggie," said Leto, setting the tray down on a table. "I'll strangle him later. Eurydice, here's your sandwich, honey."

"Thanks, Grandma Leto," said Eurydice, taking a massive bite of the sandwich and letting the jelly drip down her chin.

Ms. Rhea came up to join them. "Everyone having fun?" she asked as she ate her chicken sandwich.

"Yeah," said the kids.

"Great!"

"Ms. Rhea," sobbed Hebe, running towards the Titaness. "Ms. Rhea, Daddy said I'll never get married because guys don't like when girls bitch about everything."

Let's just say that Zeus had a bunch of slap marks on his face when they left the waterpark.

Unfortunately, the waterpark had to close due to lightning (and, no, it wasn't Zeusy). So, Ms. Rhea and Ms. Leto made sure everyone was out of the pool, then sent everyone into the locker rooms to get changed.

"Tomorrow," said Ms. Leto as the bus was heading back to school, "we'll have graduation."

The following day, the parents piled into the gym for the graduation ceremony. Each student sat with his or her parents.

Ms. Hecate came up to the microphone. "Good morning, everyone, and thank you so much for such a wonderful school year! I'd like to ask all the kids to come up here to tell us what they'd like to be when they grow up."

Of course, Andromeda wanted to be a princess; Atalanta wanted to be a runner; and Bellerophon wanted to be an astronomer. They headed down the line until they got to Triton (a fisherman), and the boring talking part was over.

"Well, I think we'll all go back to the classroom and have yummy food!" said Hecate. "Please, parents, make sure you check your emails in August. Our new teachers, Miss Levesque and Miss McLean, will be emailing you to let you know the list of school supplies your child will need.

"Also," she said, "take everything home with you! Once this week is over, anything left behind will be thrown away!"

"Hera," said Zeus, "do I have to hang Hebe's crap pictures on the fridge?"

"Yes," Hera hissed. "They're cute."

"They look like someone crapped on a paper!"

Several parents shushed them.

"How dare you shush the king?" barked Zeus.

Once the parents got into the classroom, they started to help their kids clean out their desks, their lockers, and the pictures on the bulletin board.

Rhea looked at Zeus. "Do you honestly think that Hebe's pictures look terrible?"

"Well…no. They are kinda cute. You know, the only thing Eileithyia draws is women giving birth and that ain't a pretty thing to see."

"Zeus, I'm sure you've seen lots of girls give birth before," Rhea scolded.

"Nope," said Zeus. "Fine…I saw Hebe being delivered, and I threw up. Almost divorced Hera."

Parents started to file out of the classroom, and several kids came up to Ms. Leto and Ms. Rhea and gave them hugs.

Eurydice was in tears as Apollo tried to pry her off Leto's legs. "Daddy, I wants to live with Grandma Leto!"

"Grandma Leto doesn't want you living with her," Apollo snapped.

"How do you know that?" snapped Leto.

"Because I'm the god of prophecy."

"Well…this is the one time you're wrong," said Leto.

"Good," Apollo snapped at his mother. "Take the girl. I think I'll just scoot—"

Ms. Leto picked up a broom that just happened to be leaning against her desk. "Not so fast, Apollo." And she chased him out of the school, screaming at the top of her lungs about how he never should've adopted Eurydice if he didn't want a kid in the first place.

All the kids had left by this point, except for Eurydice. She was helping Rhea and Leto take stuff down off the walls.

"Well," said Rhea as she and Leto closed the door to the classroom. "I'm sure we'll see each other around."

"Oh, Rhea," said Leto. "It was so much fun working work you."

"I enjoyed working with you, too," said Rhea, and she gave Leto a hug.

"Well," said Leto, "I'd better get Eurydice's stuff from Apollo's house."

"Don't you have to sign adoption forms?" asked Rhea.

"Nah," said Leto as she took Eurydice by the hand. "Apollo never signed the original ones."

Rhea shook her head. "What's in your future, Leto?"

"Not sure yet," said Leto. "But I think Hecate said there was someone coming in next year with special needs. So, I think she wants me to be the special education coordinator." She looked at Rhea. "You?"

Rhea looked down at Eurydice, who was smiling prettily at her. Rhea smiled back. "Well, Eros asked me to be his assistant at his clinic, so that's where I'll be next year."

"Well, good luck," said Leto. She turned to Eurydice. "C'mon, sweetie. Let's go to your house and get your stuff."

"Wow, Grandma Leto," said Eurydice. "You must be one strong chick to lift up my bed."

"Ah, but I'm a Titan. And Titans are good at lifting stuff," said Leto. "Let's go get some ice cream to celebrate the end of school."

And so, grandmother, granddaughter, and Rhea (who would be something like Eurydice's great aunt or something) headed out the front doors of the school.

Okay, first-grade shall start in the next couple of chapters. I'm thinking of doing something for summer vacation, since we don't really get to know the kids during the summer months.

Can you guys guess who the student with special needs is? The answer shall be in the chapter when I start first grade!