Hey Guys! I'm back with a new chapter! And this one is in Honor of the new Harry Potter movie coming out in theaters tomorrow! (Harry Potter is my original Fandom, so if anyone wants to know Harry Potter comes before all in my book.) I saw Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince on Sunday (Yes before it came out, No i didn't go to a premiere or watch a pirated version.) and it was so amazing that even UBERROCKINAMAZINGLYWONDERFULLYAWESOME is an understatement for how wonderful it was. Lets just say, it was totally worth the wait. In case you're wondering my father is stationed (in the army btw) at Fort Bragg, North Carolina and the theater there showed a 'Pre-View' on sunday. So we got to see it. :D
In other New's, I'm so sorry it took so long but my writing process does that. I usually write it and, since i don't have a beta, I wait a couple of days then I go back and re-read over what I've written so far, changing all that doesn't make sense or just doesn't fit before writing more if I haven't finished it, then going back and doing that again. So I'm sorry that it takes so long, but with that process, plus all my summer stuff, It takes a while to post.
But anyway's, in this chapter the character's will be introduced, and you will find out that it's not just those who are chosen by Nyx who have more than one Affinity.
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Without much ado, Here is Chapter 3 of Discovered.
"Not to interrupt the moment, but who are you?" I heard the voice that had made me extremely jealous for the past month or two.
"Just because you say not to, doesn't mean you're not." I growled into Stark's chest. I felt him chuckle under my burrowed head.
"Be Nice, my flower." He said.
"Fine." I huffed like a teen finally giving into a punishment. Turning around in Starks arms I gave in.
"My name is—" I began but was cut off by a shout.
"ATHENA!!!"
'Wait a second... I know that voice... There's no way!' I thought as I turned in the direction of the voice.
"Artemis!?!?!?!?"
I watched in complete shock, and with a smile slowly forming on my face, as my ex-friend walked through the tree line. I screamed in happiness as I ran over to Artemis and hugged her while jumping up and down.
"Oh my goddess!! What are you doing here?" I asked as I pulled away from Artemis and held her at arm length.
"Did you seriously think that we were gonna let you go? You may think differently but you can't get rid of us that easily, Ace." Aeolos said while walked out of the line trees. My smile widened as I saw him and ran over to him giving him a hug as well. When I pulled back he kept his hands on my shoulders and held me at arms length saying, "Athena, we all make mistakes and we made one out of misunderstanding. It was the domino effect of your own." I pulled him into another hug, knowing that that was his apology. When I pulled back Sirena and Hemera were coming out of the tree line, they instantly came up and hugged me.
"We missed ya, Ace!" Sirena told me.
"The Chattanooga House of Night wasn't the same without you." Hemera agreed. I smiled at them and nodded, trying to keep the tears from falling, they were tears of happiness and I didn't want to give them the wrong impression.
"Athena Kieran." I heard my name spoken as a statement and turned to see my old mentor and headmistress, as well as the High Priestess of my old House of Night, standing right in front of the trees.
"Isolde!!" I shouted jumping for joy as I ran to her. She wrapped me in one of her motherly hugs.
"You've been doing well, I presume, Kira-chan?" Isolde asked me when she released me. I opened my mouth to speak but closed it just as fast when I heard the only voice that could bring my whole world down in a mere two milliseconds...
...The voice that could bring me to my knees with one word...
...The voice that had caused me so much pain...
"Kira?"
I saw Artemis smiling at me like she had done something that she herself would've never thought possible and radiating with happiness because she had accomplished it. I gave her a scared to death look knowing only one person who still called me by my human name (without chan on the end). I turned around to face the person who had called me by my human name, and whimpered in pain of the memories as my hands flew to my mouth.
"Jacob..." I whispered. I felt the tears begin to fall from my eyes as all the memories flashed through my mind reminding me why I had been so hurt and why I had vowed to do a good job and help as many people as possible while here at the Tulsa House of Night. I guess Stark saw the need to interfere at that moment because that he came over and wrapped his arms around my waist possessively. I saw Jacob flinch as a look of pain flashed across his face.
"Who is this?" Stark growled. I gently placed my hand over Stark's. "Down boy, Down" I whispered to him still shocked at seeing Jacob but giggling at Stark's Jealousness.
It was then that I realized that we still had all the people from the Tulsa House of Night watching us. I gently pulled Starks hands from around my waist before turning towards the Tulsa people who were staring intently at our little group and were evidently trying to figure out what the hell was going on. I walked over to Erik who I now realized was standing in the shadow's of the forest by the Hummer and whispered in his ear, "I think it's time."
I pulled away from him and saw his nod of approval before turning back and walking swiftly towards Zoey. I saw Aphrodite give me a smile of encouragement, and then Stevie Rae smile widely at me and nod her encouragement as I reached up and wiped away the concealer that I had applied as usual that morning and walked up to her, finally letting my identity be known.
"My Name is Athena Kieran, and I am Chosen by Nyx, much like yourself." I told her with a small sheepish smile on my face.
Her mouth dropped open at my confession and I didn't need her to speak to know what she was thinking, to know that she was wondering how it was possible. Considering how I had been wondering this since I had arrived at the Tulsa House of Night, I simply shrugged to answer her unspoken question. She regained her compsure before speaking again.
"You're not lying are you?" She asked me, a tone of confusion hinting her voice. I shook my head to reassure her. "And they are?" She asked me now referring to my old friends.
"They are friends from my original House of Night in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Well, all of them except that one," I told her pointing at Jacob, "Who is a human. I have known him since before I was marked. He seems to find a way to follow me no matter how far away I go to try to get away from him."
She smiled sympathetically (which was actually an empathetic smile, but I didn't know at the time) at me and asked me, "Would you care to introduce them?"
I gave her a nod in reply and waved my friends over.
"You should introduce your group as well. I already know Stark, obviously, as well as Stevie Rae and Aphrodite." I informed her. She nodded and waved her group forward as well.
When our groups were in a small circle looking thing, I began the introductions.
"This is Aeolos, He is Air in my circle." I introduced Aeolos as he stepped forward and kissed Zoey's hand, just as he had done when he first met me.
"Pleasure to meet you." He murmured as he backed up and put his hand around Artemis. Zoey smiled and put her hand on a man's shoulder.
"This is Damien, He would be our Air." She informed me. I smiled wide.
"You're homo, right?" I asked him, smiling. He nodded softly and I could see the fear of rejection clearly in his eyes.
"Don't worry, one of my best friends from Texas was Gay. He was really sweet. I don't think I'll have a problem with you, and if any of them do,"—I gestured to my friends—"I'll kick their butt's. Nasty bit of a temper I have. I guess it comes with the Irish territory, eh?" I chuckled. He instantly brightened up and nodded though looked at me with a hint of fear for a second before realizing what everybody should know, don't piss me off and you'll live. He then looked like he was juggling an idea before he smiled at me.
"Jack is my boyfriend." He said wrapping an arm around a scrawny little boy next to him. I smiled at them both and nodded to Jack extending my hand.
"Pleasure to meet you, Jack." I said sweetly, trying to reassure him not to be shy.
"The pleasure is mine." He said shyly taking my hand and shaking it. I smiled then continued the introductions with Sirena and Hemera.
"This is Sirena and Hemera, They're identical twins." I said motioning to the twins who were both to my right. "Sirena would be our Water Affinity, and Hemera is our Fire Affinity." They both curtsied as I finished introducing them before Sirena danced around shaking everyone's hand and Hemera was behind her sauntering around like the hot-head she is and following her sister's demonstration. I chuckled at them. When they both took their original places next to me Zoey continued with her introductions.
"This is Erin and Shaunee, they aren't real twins, but they are soul twins. You have to be around them more to understand it. Erin is our Water, Shaunee is our Fire." She said they both threw me smiles and waves. I returned their gestures. Then a questioned came up in my mind, but I realized it wasn't the time.
"Remind me to ask you to elaborate on the soul twins thing." I told her. She nodded as I motioned Artemis forward who complied immediately and came to my left side.
"This is Artemis." I said putting my arm around her as she put hers around me. "She's my bestest friend in the entire world, and our Earth Affinity." I said smiling widely. Zoey smiled softly and shook Artemis' hand before turning and pulling Stevie Rae forward.
"You've already met Stevie Rae." She said turning back to us. "She would be my best friend in the world, and our Earth Affinity." Zoey said. I nodded to Stevie Rae before Aphrodite came up behind them. "And this is Aphrodite, who is now Human, and is our vision girl." Zoey told me. I waved at Aphrodite who smirked back.
"Speaking of Vision Girl..." Sirena spoke from beside me. I turned to her, and saw Hemera taking out a piece of folded parchment from her purse.
"Serena told us to give this to you." Hemera finished for Sirena handing me the paper. I unfolded it and saw a drawing of... Me. Sitting in my newest Black Dress in front of a tombstone. It was cloudy in the background and there were ravens flying around me. I had my concealer on, which meant I was in public.
"There's something written on the back." Aphrodite pointed out. I turned it over and saw a note in Serena's handwriting.
'Thought you might like to see this. I also thought it'd be better to tell you than show you what I saw written on the tombstone. It said: Jacob Hannets 1993-2010 "May he rest in peace as our goddess watches over him. May she love him and may she keep him safe, till we all may join him once again." ~ Athena Kieran.
Sorry to bring you down, but keep a close eye on that human of yours. He's Stronger than you think but weaker than he thinks. Don't let him push himself to far.
Serena'
My eyes widened as I read over the note at least 3 times before hearing someone clear their throat. Shaking my head I turned back to Sirena and Hemera.
"Thank you." I told them as I folded up the paper and stuck it in my jean pocket before looking at Jacob and waving him to the front. He came up with a shy look on his face.
"This is Jacob. He's my Ex-Boyfriend, and is Human, if you can't tell. I've been imprinted on him before, but that was broken a week or so before I came here to Tulsa." I told Zoey as I turned and hugged him.
"Does this mean I'm forgiven?" He whispered in my ear. I just slapped his chest.
"Behave." I whispered back as Stark came up behind me, obviously not liking the lack of space between Jacob and Myself.
"This is Heath." Zoey says motioning the Human I had seen earlier forward. "He was my Boyfriend when I was Human and he followed me to the House of Night where I imprinted him and He's been around me ever since. I broke my imprint with him but it was re-established recently in an accident with the Raven Mockers." She said. I nodded understanding completely, and realizing why her smile earlier had looked more on the empathetic side.
"Lets get inside, Athena." Isolde said from behind me. I turned around realizing I hadn't introduced her yet.
"Oh! This is Isolde, the High Priestess from my old House of Night, who I can assure you is nothing, like the Hag-Bitch of a High Priestess you had." I said gesturing to my High Priestess. Everybody laughed.
"That is just like you Kira, going and making up nicknames made of cuss words!" Jacob said from somewhere behind me. I turned to face him with an air of annoyance to my aura.
"My name is Athena, Jacob Luca Hannets. Do not call me Kira again. You remember how you used to say I was Bad-ass when I got pissed off?" I asked him. He nodded with a smirk on. "Well if you call me Kira again, I will show you just how Bad-ass I have become, and you'll get the worst I've delt out because I haven't once been so totally pissed off with these new powers. So watch it!" I spat adding a bit of air and fire into the mix. He looked terrified now; I smiled sweetly as I turned around. I saw Erik still standing over by the Hummer and wondered why.
"Erik! Why are you hiding, Professor Night?" I smirked at him. He just rolled his eyes and Zoey gave us a glance.
"You know Erik?" She asked me in a voice of uncertainty.
"He was my Mentor when I changed to your House of Night. I forgot he's your Boyfriend, isn't he?" She nodded in reply. I smiled, "Don't worry, I'm sticking with Stark, and I have no plans to break up with him." I said smiling up at Stark as he wrapped his arm around my waist. I heard Jacob moan from somewhere behind me.
"Shall we go inside then, Young ones?" The Elder Woman asked. I couldn't help my impulse.
"Who are you?" I asked her.
"Sylvia Redbird. But call me grandma, seeing as you and my Zoeybird have much in common. Lets go get you guys in some new clothes." She said. I looked at my current clothes and noticed that my jeans and Paramore shirt had torn.
"Awww!! This was my favorite Paramore shirt!!" I cried in frustration. Artemis and Aeolos laughed at me as I walked slowly inside.
"Hey, Athena!" Erik shouted once we were inside. "You want to demonstrate you're 7th Affinity?!" Erik asked me, knowing that singing would cheer me up. I smirked at him.
"You know me too well." I smiled at him and smirked at Artemis. "Help?" I asked her. She smiled at me.
"My pleasure." She said as she snapped. A light purple microphone with a darker design that mirrored my tattoo appeared in my hand as well as a drum set that was see through all around, a light blue bass guitar with a darker blue design that looked like waves licking at the sand on a beach, and two electric Guitars, one which was fire red and had an almost maroon colored flame design, and the other which was light green with a darker green design of leaves running around the guitar. Aeolos stepped behind his drum set and Sirena picked up her Bass. Hemera picked up the red guitar and Artemis picked up the red guitar. Hemera pointed one finger at me, which would look like she was just pointing without her second Affinity. My torn clothes turned into my really cool red and black punk dress. Sirena copied her sister's movements and my purple highlights stood out again (I heard Stark whisper, "I knew I saw some purple streaks in there!" when that happened) as my hair pulled itself into a messy punk ponytail. I stepped up to the microphone stand and smiled.
"This is called Let the Flames Begin and it was originally written by Paramore." I smiled back to my friends. Hemera and Sirena began the song for 4 measures before Aeolos joined in the song. Another 4 measures and Artemis came in, I was next and 8 measures later I joined in.
"What a shame
We all became such fragile, broken things
A memory remains just a tiny spark
I give it all my oxygen
So let the flames begin
So let the flames begin
Oh glory, oh glory
This is how we'll dance when
When they try to take us down
This is what will be, oh glory
Somewhere weakness is our strength
And I'll die searching for it
I can't let myself regret, such selfishness
My pain and all the trouble caused
No matter how long
I believe that there's hope
Buried beneath it all an
Hiding beneath it all and
Growing beneath it all and
This is how we'll dance when
When they try to take us down
This is how we'll sing, oh
This is how we'll stand when
When they burn our houses down
This is what will be, oh glory"
Artemis sang the first, "Reaching as I sink down into light" before I came back in.
"Reaching as I sink down into light
This is how we'll dance when
When they try to take us down
This is how we'll sing, oh
This is how we'll stand when
When they burn our houses down
This is what will be, oh glory" I smiled finishing the song and bowing in my torn dress.
Everybody clapped, for effect of course, and Jacob hugged me saying, "You've still got it Ki— Athena." I gave him a death glare when he began to call me Kira again.
"Good." I replied and returned the hug.
"How many Affinity's do you all have?" I heard Zoey ask. I smirked turning to my friends and motioning for them to start.
"Well... I have 3." Aeolos began. My friends and I watched his next action with no interest, we had seen it many times before, but the Tulsa people all watched Aeolos as he transformed from a human into a turtle, from a turtle to a cheetah, from a cheetah to an eagle, and finally from an Eagle to a Human. "I'm a shape shifter, plus my Air Affinity, and the one for Music, as you saw with the Drums, though Drums are my specialty." He finished as everyone watched with an air of amusement for the rest of us.
"We..." Sirena started motioning to her sister and herself, taking up the explanations next.
"Have..." Hemera continued before her sister joined her in saying, "2!" They both pointed at each other. A blue beam of light shot out of Sirena's finger towards Hemera, who's hair turned blue and began to stand up in spikes. A red beam of light shot from Hemera's finger towards her sister as well and the Tulsa people watched in Awe as Sirena's simple Jeans and a T-shirt ensemble transformed into her Favorite Turquoise Dress before their eyes. "Plus we have..." Hemera started.
"Fire and Water," Sirena finished. " If you're wondering..."
"We took guitar lessons..." Hemera continued Sirena's sentence and giggled before they both completed it simultaneously with "...when were humans."
"I," Artemis blurted out obviously trying to get hers in before they could continue again, which made them stick their tongues out her. She gave them the bird before continuing, "...have 4. I have earth of course, and that makes my second easier to explain. I'm a tree talker." She spoke with an, 'I-don't-really-care-because-none-of-this-is-new-to-me' attitude. Zoey had a look of confusion on her face.
"Don't you mean Tree Hugger?" She asked Artemis. Artemis shook her head while rolling her eyes at the commonly made mistake about her affinity.
"No I mean Tree Talker." She said walking over to a flowerbed that was dieing. She touched each flower and in turn each sprung to life. She smiled in triumph before continuing again, "I'm also a Speaker—"
"You're a speaker!!" I heard Damien squeel. "There's only ever been one before, and that was—"
"Yes, I know, Nyx's consort, Erebus." She rolled her eyes at the common reaction to her rare power.
"What's a speaker?" Zoey asked. I swear, she was a chosen one, this was common knowledge for us.
"Boy, Aren't you the stupidest girl on the planet." Erik said. Everyone but Damien and my group gaped at him; his own mouth even fell open at the words that had left his mouth.
"Thank you very much." Artemis said flatly, mocking a bow and curtsy. Damien squealed with delight at what he knew was a demonstration.
"She can speak through other people." I explained so that Erik wouldn't get in trouble, also knowing that Artemis would've left it at that if I would allow it. Everyone seemed to calm down at that, and Erik put his face in his hands to demonstrate that he fell awful. I gave him a sympathetic smile before Artemis continued.
"And, I'm very close to an empath, the only difference is that I can manipulate emotions but I cant feel others." She explained. Everyone nodded then all eyes turned to me. Well I knew it comin', but I was hoping it'd be a little longer. All the eyes on me were creeping me out and making me claustrophobic as well as self-conscious so I just blurted them out.
"I have 7. Air, Fire, Water, Earth, Spirit, Time, and I have one for the Arts. Like Art and music and theater... That stuff." When I finished I looked around still feeling self-conscious. That's when I softly said, "I need some fresh air." And walked out of the building.
I spotted a tree that was all by itself in the clearing and ran over to it immediately climbing it once I reached it; Artemis knew that when I was in a tree it was best to leave me alone, so I was hoping I'd be ok for a while. I didn't expect what happened next though.
"Who're you?" A voice sounded behind me. I turned and nearly screamed. In front of me was a girl, who looked to be about my age. She had bangs that were parted to the side and layered hair in the back. Her hair was blonde with brunette high- and low-lights, and her eyes were a blue-ish silver, and she was looking at me like I'd gone crazy.
"I'm Athena Kieran. Who're you?" I answered her with an eyebrow rosen. I saw her smirk.
"Well that's depressing. I know it's been a couple year's but I thought you might still be able to recognize me after all these years, Kira." She said with an air of disappointment to her voice. My eyes widened at the sound of my old name.
"How do you know my Human name?" I asked her in a murmur. She roller her eyes and pressed her palm to my arm. It surprised me when pictures from my childhood passed in front of my eyes, all of them featuring my best friend in the whole entire world and me, I hadn't seen my best friend in years though. As she pulled her hand away recognition suddenly came to me. My mouth dropped before forming one of my best smiles.
"Charanda!" I shouted hugging the girl I'd known since I was 3, but hadn't seen for 6 years. She hugged me back now with a soft smile on her face.
"Hello, Dear friend."
Okay, So what exactly happened that makes Athena cringe when she hears Jacob's voice for the first time? What's with the picture of Athena in front of Jacob's Tomb (By the way the picture's link is posted on my profile now)? What did Serena mean by, 'He's stronger than you think, but weaker than he thinks'? Why does Athena's crew have multiple Affinity's when Zoey's crew all only have one? Who's Charanda? Okay it's obvious she's an old friend of Athena's (Kira's), but why is she in Tulsa? Is she a fledgeling as well? Was she sent by Nyx?
These are the questions to be pondered.
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