Chapter 10: High school + Shifter =...Wait? HIGH SCOOL?!
It was a typical day in the Underworld, a lil' dark, a lil' gloomy and (as always) full of dead people. But for some reason, today was not going to be a typical day.
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"Hey Hades! Mail for you, Man!" Cried Hermes as he flashed through the window into Hades' thrown room.
"Oh yeah? Wha' do we got?" Hades started to mumble to himself, "Junk, junk, junk, super junk, ooh fan mail!" He quietly slipped that one into his chiton, "And more junk." He looked at the pile of ads and fliers and made a disgusted noise deep in his throat, " Thanks Hermes."
"Hey, I just do the delivery." Hermes repositioned his shades. While the whole exchange had taken place, Rose had slipped into the room unnoticed.
"Hey Hermes!" Rose greeted, peeking under Hades arm.
"WOAH!" The lord of the Dead shouted and stumbled away from the shifter. "How is it that you can sneak up on a person!? I don't even hear you walk up!"
"I'm good at being quiet...?" Said the shifter looking vaguely amused and confused at the same time.
Both the god of messengers and the shifter ignored Hades glare response and continued to chat.
"Hey! Got some mail here for you to babe." The Little wing-footed god observed.
"Really?! Fun stuff! Let's see it then." She said excitedly. Quickly she picked through the large stack of mail. Most of the things she got looked personal. There were definitely less ads.
"Looks like you got a few letters from Apollo." Grinned Hermes. Hades clenched his fists and blew out a breath dramatically While rolling his eyes. Oy Vey.
"UGH, He's so not getting the hint." Groaned the teen as she tossed the offending scroll over her shoulder. It made Hades relax a little.
"There's also one in there from the big man." Added Hermes.
Rose's brow furrowed. I Wonder whats up...
As she scanned through the scroll she started to grin, "Huh. Well this should be interesting." She put down the scroll and sauntered toward the door. "Thanks for bringing the mail Hermes! See ya later, I have to go out." She called over her shoulder. The two gods stared out the door after the teen, wondering what she needed to get that had her moving so quick.
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Hades had tipped Hermes and finished his share of the paperwork. He'd even gone through Apollo's sappy poetry in the scrolls he had sent (burning them to ash in the process.) And he was BORED! That had never been a problem before Rose had thrown out his rainy day 'take over Olympus' plans. He sat glowering in his thrown. Yeesh, what does a god have to do to get alil' entertainment? As he scanned the room his eyes landed on the scroll from Zeus.
….I shouldn't... Within seconds the scroll was in his hands. He scanned the smooth parchment...and had to re-read the scroll.
He sank back into his thrown, "Rose's is going back to school?'
He threw his head back and laughed.
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Rose ran through her mental check list.
Scrolls? -Check
Chisel and tablets? -Check
Extra make-up? -Check
Letter of admittance to Prometheus Academy? *sigh -Check
She looked over at Hades, "You think Zeus will notice if I don't go?"
The ominous rumbling noise coming from the cloudless sky over the school said it all.
"Yep. Not getting out of this one." Her posture sagged in disappointment with a dramatic sigh.
"Hey, look on the bright side. If anyone bothers you, you can make going to Tartarus a serious threat!" Hades cracked, grinning madly.
*Pfft. Guess I can can't I." She agreed, giving him a wicked smile.
A bell tolled in the distance. "Crap, I got to go or I'll be late! Thanks for giving me a ride."
"It's fine, you can pay me back later. Knock 'em dead!" The god waved to the girl as she ran down the hill, towards the school. She looked like any other child booking it toward the front gates late. Well, except for the pants. And the wolf the size of a tank following close behind...Hey wait a minute!
"Oy! Fur Ball! You are not a student! Get back here!" Hades roared after the great black beast. All that he got back was a flick of the pack leaders ears and a wolfish grin.
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Hades continues to wait until all he could recognize was a big black blob of fur and a tiny dot of red. Then he started to dance for joy. "OH Yeah! In the clear! PAIN! PANIC!"
"SIR, YES SIR!" The imps crowed, standing at attention.
"We are BACK. IN. BUSINESS!"
"Yeah. Woohoo! Awesome!" The imps started to dance around their master.
"lets go boys! We got some work to do!" Hades grinned wickedly
It was time to start cooking up some more plans.
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"No, you cannot come into the class room!" Rose growled, more than a little miffed at Dark Heart. "You were supposed to stay home!" She couldn't believe it. He had already scared four teachers and eaten a random student's lunch. Now he wanted to go into a room that obviously wouldn't be able to hold him plus all of the students. The giant canine whined and made himself look as small as he could. "You making yourself look sorry doesn't mean you are coming into the room." He gave her the puppy eyes with his eyebrows furrowed. "NO!" He stared... "ARGH! Look if you stay outside I will grab a window seat so that you can see me. You happy now?!
"Yes." Came the sonorous reply. Rose crossed her arms over he chest and huffed. Males.
A deep chuckle tickled he mind and a giant muzzle pushed the teen into the half full class room.
Pain in the ass.
"I Know you are but what am I?"
It was going to be hard to focus on the class.
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Thank the Gods! LUNCH!
That's all Rose could think about. Being in those tiny spaces freaked her out! As she gathered herself she decided it was a beautiful day to eat outside. Noting that a lot of the student had the same idea, she found a space at a flowing fountain where there wasn't anyone seated. She took a moment to breath a sigh and take a look around. She didn't notice the stares she was getting while she sat. Her hair had been braided so that it hung in a thick rope past her waist. She had to swing it out of the way to sit and when she did the light his the mass of strands so that it looked like a kaleidoscope of reds, oranges, and golds. After a moment of serenity she broke out her little lunch sack. Just as she was about to dig in a student popped up and sat down next to her.
"I hope you don't mind if I sit here?" A young man questioned with a twinge of nervousness.
"Course not! It's a free city-state." Rose quipped jovially.
"Thanks." He said relaxing. "So, where are you from? You from another country or something?"
"Uh, yes actually I'm from up North! How could you tell?" She asked, amazed.
"You dress... differently than a lot of the girls around here." He chuckled rubbing the back of his neck. "Oh, umm, I'm Hercules, by the way," Hercules stretched out a hand.
"Rose. A pleasure to meet you Hercules." Spoke the shifter, shaking his offered hand with a smile.
"Hey! Lady! Yeah, you!" A young man with startlingly disheveled hair crowed.
"Oh dear," Rose murmured, "This can't be good."
"What's up?," Hercules questioned looking from the crazy-haired boy then back to her.
"My- Dog, ate that boys lunch this morning. He ran away before I could apologize." She quickly filled him in. "I just hope he's not too angry."
"Who? Icarus?! He wouldn't hurt a fly!" The boy laughed.
"Herc, my man! What are you doing with this-this- lunch stealer!" The teen (apparently Icarus) exclaimed while pointing an accusatory finger. "And do you have any money so I can eat!? My stomach sounds like an angry cave man!" He proceeded to make angry cave man-ish noises.
"I'm so sorry! Um, here!" Rose quickly dug through her bag and found 3 gold drachma. "Will this be enough to buy you something in the cafeteria?"
"Wowza! Yeah thanks girly!" Icarus tried to get away with the three coins but Hercules grabbed him by the back of his chiton and hoister him in the air.
"Icarus you know that the lunches Adonis can afford only take one of those! Give her back the other two!"
"Awe but Herc!-"
"Icarus." The lanky teen said sternly.
Icarus bowed his head and handed back the two extra coins.
"I only need one. But thanks!" His called out merrily as he raced to the Caf.
"Ah! You're welcome...I guess?" Rose said grinning, kinda confused.
She sat down on the marble fountain and continued to eat lunch with Hercules his friend Cassandra and, of course, Icarus once he got back with his mountain load of food.
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Over in the corner a well built, flaxen haired man lounged, eating graped fed to him by his servants. He was staring at the new girl, completely entranced. He decided why not, he was going to have her as his own. So why not start with making the first move? She was obviously to shy to.
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Rose didn't even notice the new face until it was already in the group. It was a proud, arrogant face with a chin that spoke of being spoiled rotten. She didn't like this new addition already.
"Hello, I'm Adonis, Prince of Thrace. I'm sure it is a thrill for you to meet me." He drawled. His servants muscling her new acquaintances out of the way. Rose quickly masked a face of discust and instead replaced it with a one of girlish infatuation.
"Oh my! A Prince? Well it is a pleasure to meet you my lord!" She laid it on thick.
"Yes, I'm sure. How about a tour of the school, my dear." The prince motioned to a place where she could put a hand on his arm.
"Oh thank you but I've promised a teacher that I would be visiting them to get some make up work in a moment and I really wouldn't want to waste your time." She faked.
The young man frowned, "Of course," He perked up, "But you must accompany me tomorrow! We wouldn't want such a sweet girl such as yourself getting lost, now would we?"
"Of course not. Thank you for your kindness." Rose ground out through gritted teeth. As the Prince was carried off by his hand servants she was stuck by how similar her and Apollo acted.
Why can't the obnoxious ones ever get the hint?!
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Happy New Year Everyone! :D
From Rosellia-Chan and Hades