Wow I wasn't expecting this many views! Thanks to all my wonderful readers! I don't really know where my story is going... Suggestions are welcome!
Oh, and I realize that my chapters are sooooo short, I'll either try to make them longer or post more frequently...
After break, I had Greek class. Of course, all the new students had it too. I knew that Percy and the Stolls took Greek, but I wasn't in their class last year. This year, I planned to impress Percy with my knowledge. Why, you might ask? Maybe because I was beginning to develop a tiny crush on him. Or maybe I had had it all along, but had never realized it because I hadn't had previous competition. Sure, all the girls in school wanted to marry him, but I had an advantage, being his best friend. Or so I thought.
As I walked into Greek, I noticed all the students sitting in the back two rows. I took the empty seat next to Annabeth, scowling. Why did she get to sit next to Percy? She noticed my scowl, and said, "You okay?"
I turned to her, a fake smile plastered on my face, and replied, "Yeah. Just wonderful." It must have sounded forced, though, because she got a worried look in her eyes. Luckily, as she was about to respond, the teacher walked in.
Mr. Sanders was the strictest teacher in all of Goode. If someone was talking in his class, he would call them out and ask them a question about the material we were learning that day. Then, if it was answered wrong, which it always was, he would give them a week or two's detention and a visit to the principal's office.
All the new students (I'm just gonna call them Percy's group) were chatting amongst each other, oblivious to the fact that we had a horrible teacher. Even Percy was talking, despite having Mr. Sanders last year.
Mr. Sanders cleared his throat, glaring at Percy's group. The first one to notice it was Beckendorf, who stopped his conversation with Silena and nudged the Stolls and Annabeth. Eventually, all of them had stopped talking.
"Thank you. I do not like to get interrupted on the first day," he began, with a pointed look at Percy's group. "My name is Mr. Sanders, and I am your Greek language and mythology teacher." I was momentarily confused. Mythology too? But then I remembered that freshman only learn the language, and sophomores learn mythology, too. Despite not liking Percy's group, I felt a little bit of pity towards them. It had taken a whole year of class to learn even a little bit of Greek, and no one was good in the part we learned, either. I didn't expect Sanders to cut them slack, so they'd have to work extra hard.
"To all of my new students: I suggest you leave. Unless you are fluent in the Greek language," this earned a few snickers from the group, "or can at least hold a conversation, this year is going to be especially challenging." When none of the students got up, he turned back to the white board with a sigh.
"Today we will start by learning of the Olympian gods," Mr. Sanders said, writing Olympians on the board. Percy's group started talking excitedly, but not loud enough for me to hear everything. I did, however, hear Annabeth whisper to Percy, "Is it always this easy?" Did she already know mythology?
Mr. Sanders noticed them all talking, and called them out for it. "Perhaps our new students would like to each list an Olympian god." He pointed to Percy first.
"Poseidon," Percy said, earning a smack on the arm from Annabeth. What was that about?
"Athena." That was from Annabeth.
"Hephaestus." Beckendorf.
"Aphrodite!" Silena said enthusiastically.
"Hermes." That was from both Stolls.
"Demeter." Katie.
"Hades," Nico growled.
"Mr...?" Mr. Sanders began.
"Di Angelo," Nico supplied.
"Mr. di Angelo, are you aware that Hades is not a main Olympian god?" Percy's group, which had previously been engaged in conversation, all suddenly stopped talking and looked at Mr. Sanders. They all looked... scared?
Nico was glaring at Mr. Sanders. If looks could kill, everyone in a five-mile radius would be dead. Nico said, "What did you say?"
Mr. Sanders visibly gulped. "I-I-I s-said t-that... um... Hades is not one of the main twelve Olympian gods." It sounded more like a question.
Thunder sounded close by, surprising almost all of the class. There wasn't a cloud in the sky, so why would there be thunder? But all of Percy's group just groaned, exept for Nico who was still glaring at Mr. Sanders.
I noticed the room getting slightly darker, as if the shadows were slowly weaving around the room. Percy realized this, and ran to Nico, whispering something. I didn't get all of it, but I heard something along the lines of, "Calm down, your dad will get his revenge. Besides, the teacher is just a stupid mortal..." Mortal? What kind of insult is that?
Mr. Sanders barked at Percy, "Mr. Jackson? Go back to your desk. Now." Percy returned to his desk.
He turned back to the board. "Those were a few of the Olympians. The others are Zeus, Dionysus, Ares, Hera, Artemis, Apollo, and Hestia." He paused, looking at Percy, who was talking again. "Mr. Jackson, can you tell me what each god or goddess is the ruler of?" I internally sighed; Looks like Percy was going to have detention for a week.
"Uh... Well... Poseidon is the god of the sea, Athena is the goddess of wisdom, Hephaestus is the god of forges and fire, Aphrodite is the goddess of love and beauty," Percy rolled his eyes as he said Aphrodite's name. Weird...
"Hermes is the messenger god, Demeter is the goddess of plants," he looked over at Katie, who whispered, "Don't you dare." Percy smirked.
"Demeter is the goddess of plants and cereal," he continued. Katie looked murderous, for some reason. And what was with the cereal? "Hades is the god of the Underworld, Zeus is the god of the sky, Dionysus," all of Percy's group groaned, "is the god of wine, Ares is the god of war, Hera is the goddess of Marriage, Artemis is the goddess of the moon and the hunt, Apollo is the god of the sun, music and prophecies," all the students groaned again, "and Hestia is the goddess of home and hearth."
I was staring at him, shocked, and I'm pretty sure everyone else in the class is. Except for his group.
"Uh... Well done?" Mr. Sanders said, making it sound like a question.
He wrote the information on the board, then announced that there was going to be a pop quiz tomorrow. At this, Annabeth's hand shot up into the air.
"Mr. Sanders? Uh... We're all dyslexic, so... can we possibly take the test orally?" I knew Percy and the Stolls were dyslexic, but all of them?
"Yes, Ms. Chase. You will be allowed to," he told her. I was surprised that he was giving in so easily, but then the bell rang.
The rest of the day was uneventful, except for my last class, Architecture. Annabeth was in my class, and she was amazing at the subject. When I asked her about it, she shrugged and said that she just wanted to be an architect. I was pretty sure she would be able to design better then most professional architects, and I told her this. She just blushed and shrugged it off.
You may wonder why I'm being nice to her. It was because I knew that if I got close enough to her, I could spread rumors about Percy, and break them up.
That's chapter three! I still have absolutely no clue where this is going, so yeah... I guess I'll just keep combining one-shots and see where that goes. Oh, and this is my longest chapter yet!
