Hi guys! In this chapter we focus mainly on Hades' and Nico's Italian class. Also Artemis is going to be having a hard time in Gym. Don't forget to review, I love the feedback!

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Hades slowly entered the foreign languages classroom. It didn't exactly say what language he would be studying on his schedule, so he had to wonder what Athena had picked for him.

As he looked around for a place to sit (he didn't really feel like introducing himself to the teacher) something caught his eye. His son, Nico was seated in a desk all the way in the back, before he even knew what he was doing, Hades approached the table where his only son sat.

"Hey is this seat taken?" Hades asked his son.

"No it's not; you can sit there if you want." Nico answered back, without looking up.

Hades set down his stuff and sat down in the hard chair. Only then did he notice what held his son's attention. Nico was texting on a black sleek cell phone. Finally his son looked up. "Oh you're Salvatore? I saw you in Algebra class." He commented as he put the phone away and began to take out some textbooks.

"Yeah and you're…Nico?" Hades asked, and then Nico turned and nodded. Before any boy could comment further the teacher, who had previously been doing something on her computer, turned to the class. "Quiet, quiet!"

Her raspy voice made Hades wince on the inside. He was seriously starting to feel pity to all the Demigods that had to put up with school.

Then the teacher's tone changed. "Studenti dite buongiorno." Hades smirked and sent a quick thanks to his niece, Athena. The students all chorused back a "Good morning." Though it wasn't in Italian.

Then a girl's hand shot up. "Yes Anza?" The teacher questioned not bothering to look up. "Ms. Dunes, we have a new student." The girl said pointing back to Nico's and Hades's table. Students all turned back to see who the newcomer was, some girls giggled as they stared at Hades and they nudged each other. Hades kept his face emotionless but he did not like how those girls were staring at him.

"Ah yes, and who might you be?" Ms. Dunes asked approaching their table.

"I am Salvatore Colley Ma'am." Hades answered.

"Do you know Italian? Or did you come to learn some?" The teacher asked him.

Everyone was staring as he responded. "Oh I know a few sentences or two." Hades said shrugging.

"Okay then, let's start us off." Ms. Dunes said in her raspy voice, she turned back to the front and said "Introdurre voi stessi in Italiano." She pointed a wrinkled finger to a boy in the front, motioning for him to go first. The boy tried to do so. Key word tried, he simply couldn't get the accent right.

After everyone had introduced themselves to Hades, it was Nico's turn, Hades was really curious about seeing if his son could speak Italian or not. Sure Maria had been able to speak it, but he wondered if his boy had ever even learned it.

"Io sono Nico di l'Angelo." Nico said fluently and with a perfect accent.

"Would you like to try to introduce yourself Salvatore?" The teacher questioned.

Hades nodded and said "Io sono Salvatore Colley."

Ms. Dunes looked impressed for a moment and then she told the class "Class practice saying the sentences from page 58 of your workbook to each other. I'll be coming around if you need any help." With that everyone began to open their books and started to say the sentences to each other back and forth.

"Um okay do you want to go first?" Nico asked him. "Sure." They each took turns saying simple sentences to each other. It really wasn't very hard and Hades found out that Nico really did speak Italian quite good. He was sure that if Maria was still alive she would've been very proud of their son. Just like he was.

After they were done with that, the teacher came over to them looking mildly surprised. "Done already?" Both Hades and Nico nodded. "Very well, Nico say the first four sentences in Italian please."

Nico did so without hesitation.

"Ottimo lavoro Mr. di Angelo." Then Ms. Dunes turned to Hades. "Salvatore please read the sentences on page 59." Hades read the sentences easily. The teacher stayed silent for a moment and Nico took the opportunity to tell Hades "Wow you actually speak it good!" Hades smiled at him.

The teacher finally said "Good job, Nico and Salvatore. I'm sure we're going to enjoy having you in our class Salvatore, so far Mr. di Angelo has been the only one who can actually speak it with the right accent and fluently." With that she turned around just as the bell rang. Nico's face wore a content smirk. He began to put away all the books and Hades did the same. "So catch you later, I guess." His son shot him a wave and then walked out of the classroom. "Later." The word rolled off of Hades' tongue awkwardly.

Artemis walked confidently in the direction of the Gym. She opened the maroon colored metal doors and stepped into the chilly room, tripping over her boots for the fifth time that morning. She scanned the room quickly and was a little bit disappointed when she didn't see any familiar faces.

Artemis smiled slightly when she saw that the class was girls only. A perfect opportunity to make new friends, and maybe when the time came, to add new Hunters. She sent a quick thanks to Athena, hoping that the Goddess had heard it. Of course that Athena would've wanted her to feel comfortable here; she really was the best half-sister that Artemis could have ever asked for.

As she walked by the girls to put her stuff on the bleachers and to change her shoes they stared at her. She gave them a smile and hoped that she looked friendly enough. Their stares were anything but nice though and Artemis felt the smile slowly leave her face. She took a seat next to a cluster of girls and started taking off the boots.

"Uh hi I'm Luna." She said holding out her hand to the girl that sat closest to her. The girl had blonde hair with pink highlights and her eyes were a dark blue. She was picking at her red nail polish lazily. After hearing Artemis the girl slowly looked up.

"And did I ask?" She sneered back.

Artemis felt her stomach clench. Were all mortals this rude? No… All the mortal girls that she had ever come across with were really nice and sweet. They were usually victims at the hands of pig mortal men, and they were eager to join the Hunt. Artemis inwardly shrugged and finished putting on her tennis shoes. Not a second too late because at that moment the coach walked in.

She was a woman with light brown hair that looked as though it hadn't been washed in ages, but her eyes were hard and calculating.

"Alright ladies line up! Daphne and Amy you're the team captains, pick your girls!" With that and a blow from her whistle she went to sit on the bleachers.

The girl who Artemis had attempted to talk to was the one named Daphne. Nobody even bothered to say hello to Artemis as they all stood in line, and after what had happened with Daphne, Artemis didn't even bother to try.

But the Moon Goddess knew that they had seen her, and that they knew that she was new. What in Hades was up with these mortals?

After the two captains had picked only Artemis was left standing there alone. Daphne shrugged annoyed and said "Fine we'll take Moona or whatever her name is."

Artemis walked angrily towards her and said "It's Luna."

Daphne rolled her eyes and said "I don't care."

Then she led the girls to a side of the valley ball court.

Artemis huffed and turned to see why the teacher hadn't said anything. She might not be an expert on mortal things but she knew that Daphne had just been very rude.

The coach was texting away on her phone oblivious to what had just happened. Artemis sighed and walked over to where her team was standing. With a shout from both team captains, the game began.

Artemis watched as some girls easily caught and hit the ball over to the other side of the net. She had to admit that despite being rude, Daphne and the girls were pretty good at the game. The problem started when Artemis tried to hit the ball to the other side.

Daphne got right in front of her and hit the ball, earning them a point. This continued on, Artemis would try to hit the ball and one of the girls would beat her to it. The Moon Goddess was starting to get really annoyed, but tried not to show it. If these petty mortals wanted to play this silly game, then fine she would let them.

They would see just what would happen when they angered the Moon Goddess. Even if said Moon Goddess was actually in disguise as a mere mortal.

Before Artemis would do something that she would regret later the bell rang signaling that it was time for lunch. Artemis walked out quickly of the now stuffy Gym.

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