Chapter 11: Rose and the Labyrinth

Since Rose had started school in the middle of the semester, she was, of course, the center of attention for the next couple weeks. And you would be surprised to find that the attention that Adonis had given her had really made making friends easier. Well, if you count the leeches that wanted Adonis's power (or attention) friends. They were always trying to get her to ask the prince for something.

DAMN IT, I DON'T EVEN WANT TO BE IN THE SAME ROOM AS HIM! Let alone ask him for favours! Unfortunately for her, Adonis had a very keen interest in being wherever the girl was. She said she was going to eat at the fountain, he said what a surprise when she got there. She cursed the day when she let him show her around school. How his girlfriend deals with him, I will never know...
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It was shop class with Daedalus. Not Rose's favorite class but hey, at least she could move around and talk. It was a nice warm day, and Dark Heart was lounging outside the classroom window. All together, it was a fairly pleasant class period. And then, Adonis started talking. Why, oh why, did the Gods let him talk!?
"Hello Rose, marvelous day isn't it? Of course it is. Anyway I was just thinking of our field-trip to Crete tomorrow and I-" Adonis didn't even get through his ice breaker before Rose started to cut him off.
"A field-trip? What field-...CRAP! I totally forgot!" Rose grabbed her hair and groaned. Hades was going to go mishuga! The teen raised her hand so that she could beseech Hermes, leaving behind a snubbed Adonis. She had to get a message to the Underworld. Maybe she could escape some of the yelling...
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"RAAAAGH!" Hades threw another fireball at the wall with a scream. She was supposed to make the food today! And what about her paperwork!? …..Wait...Why am I getting upset over this? I get more 'take over olympus' time.
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The school barge ride to Crete was... TORTURE! Adonis would not stop talking about this and that and why he was so awesome. It was like listening to one of those hour long ads! Eventually, Rose excused herself and went to go sit next to Cassandra, who was amazingly quiet compared to the idiot prince.
"Would you mind if I sit with you? I know you and-" Cassandra abruptly shoved shoved Icarus out of the seat, leaving an awkward pile of limbs on the deck.
"Knock yourself out." She replied (almost) cheerily. As she turned back to her scroll, Rose couldn't help but giggle at what came out of Icarus's mouth next.
"My Cassy-Wassy, so kind to others! And not a bad dresser either, Reow!" he growled at the top of his lungs. Cassandra just made a sound of disgust in his general direction and kept reading. Rose looked back and forth at the 'couple' before cocking her head. …..Love/Hate relationship?
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Crete was a pretty cool place...if you didn't count getting a rock thrown at you by a giant bronze statue. Especially if the rock had 'Welcome to Crete' carved on it. Yeah, definitely ignore those if you want to have fun. Anyway, the whole trip had been going fairly well, when Adonis decided he had something to prove. How did he want to prove himself, you might ask? Get this. He wanted to into The Labyrinth. Well, actually he wanted his servants to go, but they were all too chicken. So, without Daedalus, Icarus, or Hercules knowing, Adonis stepped into the maze of all mazes.

AND NEVER CAME OUT...

Just kidding... Kinda wish I wasn't though... Rose whacked her head repeatedly with both hands and growled. Cummon Rose, he may be an ass but his doesn't deserve to die from starvation... and, technically, stupidity. Ugh.

"What'd ya think if I just left him to his own devices?" Rose glanced over at Cassandra questioningly. Hey, if she was going to make a decision that might come out badly, she was going to get a second opinion. The seer just looked back. After a moment she said,
"I don't care. He's a prince though. If he didn't get back home and those idiots said something..." She made the 'dead meat' slice across her throat, gesturing to the armed servants that didn't accompany Adonis. Rose drooped with a sigh.
"Well, guess I'm going to get 'im then..." She rolled up her sleeves. "Hey, you should probably tell Daedalus what's going on. At least then if nobody comes out, he'll have something to tell the parents." Cassandra nodded and walked off. Right then, lets go get the idiot prince.
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Cassandra was standing with the guys as they talked about their previous trips to Crete. She was kinda spacing when she distantly heard a comment about a maze.
"Hey, what did you just say?" She asked quickly. Please don't say anything bad...
"The Labyrinth? Yep, My Dadalus's wonder of the world." Icarus grinned dopily, then frowned, "At least it would have been, if that stupid bully wasn't in there."
"He means the Minotaur that's trapped in there," Herc added. He took a closer look at Cassandra's face. "Hey, what's up? You look freaked." Cassandra's face had become even paler than normal, the whites of her eyes showing. She was not a happy camper. Why? 'Cause she just realized she sent the new girl to her grave.
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"Damn prince...freakin' inferiority complex...pretentious asshole...Gah! What the hell?! I think I've already been here!" Rose looked at the fourth tile from the floor up the wall and saw a deep score mark in the shape of the Greek number for 5. "...DAAAAAAAAMN IIIIIIIT!" She roared at the sky, never once realizing she had attracted some very unwanted attention.