Chapter 5

OMG! I'm so sorry that this is a late update. The Marina's pup is gone BTW. Niki is still here though! I dont own anything there. (I wish though)

(5:30)

I hate Mondays now. Waking up to a 5:30 alarm every day. Urgh! I finally got out of bed and got dressed. A cute white and gold cropped top and blue jean shorts. Big hoop earrings and gold flats. Tied my wavy blond hair into a french braid. Put on my gold shell necklace. But I quickly took it off. The necklace meant that I was a goddess. The last thing I need is everyone praising me. I want to be a normal kid and go swimming. I grabbed my swimwear and left the room. I checked with Hailey to see if I woke her up. She was snoring away.

(Swim Class-6:00)

I entered the indoor pool was a smile on me. I spotted the coach and changed quickly out of my clothes. Me and a few a dozen others lined up before the coach. "Alright cupcakes, let's get started. I'm Coach Alzburn and you will be stuck with me for the rest of the year. If you want to make the swim team, follow my orders. You will take a test. If you do something wrong, you will have to leave. Now please all jump in and do a forward stroke." he said in a tough demanding voice. We all jumped in and began. I tried my best to everything he said. He excused one by one each time they did something wrong. To the end, only me, and 9 others remained. "You 10 cupcakes did amazing. Now get to your classes," he demanded. I rushed off to go change and get ready for my classes.

(Around 7:30)

I got dressed in the clothes I was wear before. I woke up Hailey because we have the same homeroom. She woke up (but threw a pillow at me) and got dressed. I made some easy cereal and ate my breakfast. Hailey kinda just ate an apple. We both grabbed our backpacks and books and left the dorm.

(Homeroom-8:00)

We both made it just in time. I slipped in the front seat next to Mads and Kristy. Hailey was on the other side on Kristy. A very large man walked into the room. "Good morning students, I'm your homeroom teacher, Mr. Buttingham, but please, call me Mr. B.," he said in a proper voice. "I want good manners and student throughout the year. Now let's go over rules….." He droned on and on. I looked around the room to see who was in my homeroom. A couple of girls and guys, including Mark and Raquel. Mark notice me and smiled. Most of the girls melted towards him. Mr. B went over rules, and homework FOREVER! The bell finally rang and the class ended.

(In between periods)

I walked over to my locker to get out my next book. I twisted the knob that opened my locker. I grabbed out the books and shut it hard. "Hey." a voice said. I jumped. Mark was standing there next to my locker. "Lords, don't scare me like that." I gave him a little punch in the shoulder in return. He laughed. His laugh was like a beautiful sound. "Marina, stop it, you don't like him. He's just the guy who helped you to your dorm." "So, what's your next class?" I asked him brushing the thought out of my head. "History of the Sea," he answered "Yours?" "Same, I love the stories and myth about them." I smiled. He smiled back. "Then let me walk you to your class, shall we?" he held out the out his elbow. I took it and left with him. "So, ask me a question, so we can get to know each other," he asked. "Ok, why does Raquel hang around you so much," I asked. I wanted to know this. "Um, we use to date last year, but I said I didn't want to be with her. She got all mad and now she trying to get me back," he said. "Now your turn, do you like me?" I stopped walking.

"What, what did I do wrong?" Mark had a little worry look on his face.

"Nothing, just surprised," I answered.

"So are you going to answer it?"

"Depends, do you like me?"

"Ah, a girl who answers a question with a question," he smirked, "Why yes, I do like Marina Curry."

"Well, then. Yes, I do like you, too."

The bell rang and we both rushed into the class. Finally, the class began, and I had a smiley look on my face.

(History of the Seas-8:55 AM)

We both made it just in time. A straight face old woman entered the room. Her grey hair was pulled neatly into a bun. She wore an old fashion dress with black heels. She turned to look at the class. "My, my, we have a lot of you don't we." her smile reminded me of my mother. "Well then, my name is Mrs. Heroine. I know all of the seas like the back of my hand. I know each story and myth that was ever made. Each history and kingdom I know. Well, well, daughter of the sea king, eh?" She looked at me. "What an honor to have you here." I was embarrassed. Anyways, I stood up and shook her hand. "The pleasure is all mine, thank you." I sat back down. We began reading books about sea life and stories. sunken treasures and ships. Most of them I already knew. Mermaid sightings and coral reefs, I all knew. Mrs. Heroine gave us an old book. The cover was made out of fishnets and shells. The paper was old and wrinkled. "Please read pages 15-30." she said in a demanding voice. Like it was on cue, the bell rang. I jumped up and walked out.

(In between periods)

Mark came up to me and took me to my locker. "So, do you want to hang out at lunch. I have a class after, but I don't really need to go. I can take you somewhere." he offered. I shut my locker, "I would love that." I answered. "What's your next class, I got English. Then weaponry." "I got heath then football," he said frowning at the sheet of paper. "Aaaaaand then I got a meeting for SAP." He rushed off quickly without a word. I walk to my next class with a smile on my face. I think I got myself a crush.

(English-9:35 AM)

I walked into the next class, english. I love studying english. My mother use to help me study for speech and reports for the city of the sea. A young man, about the age of 29 or so, but he looked younger. "Hello my fellow students. I'm your english teacher, Mr. Dean. I have a master degree in english and I'm proud to fix any mistakes you or I might have. I hope this year will be wonderful." said Mr. Dean. Raquel with a flirty look looped her hair in her fingers. She raised her hand. "Mr. Dean, how old are you?" she asked with a flirty look and batting her eyes. "Um," he was caught off guard, "I rather not say, but, I'm older than I look." He pull out a big text book and asked us to pull out ours, too. We flipped to the correct page and started reading. I saw that Mr. Dean sneaks looks at Raquel. I rolled my in diguested. I continued reading until the class was over.

(In between periods)

I saw Mads walking to her locker. I quickly called her out. "So do people call you Mads, or mad house?" I asked tapping her shoulder. "Marina Curry, don;t you try that on me." She said not even turning around to look at me. When she finally got all her books shoved into her locker, she turned around. I could tell that her locker was pretty messy even for the first day. "You wanna walked to the dorms, while we are on our break?" she asked. "Yeah, sure." I said. We both had Weaponry then our break. We walked to the class like old friends.

(Weponry-10:15-11:00)

We walked into a big arena. One wall covered in weapons. "Hello students, I'm Coach Grudge. Pick your weapon and let's get started." he said in a ruff voice. I walked over to the wall to pick out one. Mads, who was smiling from ear to ear, found a sachet of knives. Other picked crossbow,swords, daggers, and other things. I saw a beautiful gold and a clear blue bow and arrows. The arrow was pure gold. It was beautiful. I pick it off the shelf and it started glowing. "Um, Couch Grudge, something is wrong." I looked around for help. I look at Mads, she looked at me. "Could it be because immortal?" she mouthed. She knew by the tell of my face I didn't want anyone to know and praise me. The coach came and jaws dropped. The glowing thing came up my arm. It twisted like vine through my body. When it was all over it tightened. I could feel myself screaming, and my powers came back. "STOP!" I screamed. Then everything stopped. I could see the class bowing before me. "Marina, goddess of corals. Princess of the Sea, it's an honor to have you here at our school. What can I do to bid your wish?" he said bowing before me. I HATE MY LIFE! "Um, well you can start by pretending you never saw me and stop bowing so it will be a normal day." i said, hoping he would. He got up and got the class back again in normal shape. I wish that I was normal again.

(Break 11:30- 12:00)

I ran as fast as I could to get out of my class. Many people stopped and looked at me. But, I didn't care. All I want was to get out. "Hey, everyone wants to be your BFF. Everyone wants to hang out with you. What about us?" a voice said behind my when I was at my locker. "Yeah, come on Marina. We are your besties." another soft voice. "I may not know you as well as them, be their is one thing I know. Friendship." a sweet voice said. I turned and Mads, Kristy, and Hailey were all behind me. Hailey held out the key to our dorm and we all walked to my room.

"Look." Mads said while shoving the phone into my hands. THe school website. "Just found out today, Marina Curry, goddess of corals, princess of the Sea, and daughter of Aquaman was found in the arena. She is hiding from cameras. The story becomes true. 14 years ago, when Arthur Curry Jr. was killed in a tragic attack. Aquaman has hidden their daughter, Marina Curry, for 14 years. Now she is free and at our school." Wow news spread fast. There was a knock on the door. I swear I heard Mads growl. "If you want me to shoo them I can shoo. Just tell me when." she said under her breath, but enough for me to hear. I stood up to answer the door. "Hey, I got back from the meeting, are you ok. I just heard the news. I wanted to make sure you weren't hurt. I looked up and to see it was Mark. Mads, Hailey and Kristy were all behind me. Crossing their arms they left the dorm, so it was just me and him.

"So, immortal, huh?" He said while sitting down on the couch.

"Yeah a secret I tried hiding for years." I said plopping right next to him.

"Oh, so are you still up for tonight. I have a great place we can go to."

"Yeah, sure."

He held out a hand to lead me. "We got class in 10 minutes, and you don't want to be late princess." he smirked.

(Magical Orbs-12:00-12:15)

I got out my books for my next class. Everyone that I ran into wanted autographs, to be my best friend, to have a dinner date with me, ARGH! Mark lead me to my class holding out a hand that pushing everyone away like a personal bodyguard. He dropped me off at my class and went away. I was in a room with floating chairs at bubbles of all colors. I looked closely at each floating bubble at a name was in each. I found my name in a glowing blue bubble. (Shocker right?) I popped the bubble a rolled up paper came into my hands. "Hello, and welcome to Magical Orbs. You have no teacher, however everyday you will find your bubble and to see that you have a lesson. I will help you. Please have fun. Your lesson today: Seek friendship, you will need to the power of….." the paper said. The bell rang for lunch.

(12:15)

Oh my lords! I have never been so hungry in my life. I ran to my locker to meet Mark. Of course he was there waiting for me. "Hey there princess." he said is a smirk on his face. I slapped him across his face. "You call me that one more time, you will get a harder one. That was just warm up." I said. He rubbed the side of his face. "Tough, I like that." he said under his breath, "So, lunch, follow me." He held out his elbow. I took it and he lead me to the parking lot. He unlocked a dark red convertible. He opened the door and lead me in. I sat down in the cool black seat with red seams. He drove for about 10 mins then we stopped. He opened the door and lead me to a restaurant. Water Shores was the restaurant's name. Instead of taking the front door he lead me to the back. He pushed back some brushes and lead me to a small area of grass. A big lake with a waterfall was in the background. A small but cozy patio area with swing seats and a small table. On the table had cheese, nuts, and other snacks. I sat down with amazement. "Mark, this is amazing! Where did you find a place like this?" I asked looking at the scene. "Nah, it's nothing. I pulled a couple things together." he said. We sat down at ate the cheese. I was happy to be on a non-immortal dite. The server came and brought meats and veggies. I was so full by the end.