"You must come with me-" Grover protested for the 473th time. It was the last day of school and I really wanted it to be nice, not bothered.
"Grover, list-" I began, but was interrupted as the front door of the school was busted open. The filled hallway was immediately frozen. I wanted to know what was up, but few students began to freak out and cleared a clear path between me, Grover and the unexpected visitors.
Grover gasped.
My eyes widened and I clutched my history book tightly.
They were 2 wild…things, with only one huge eye plastered on their foreheads.
"The mist!" Grover began to freak out. "It's not working!"
The things were looking straight at me.
"Must, *grunt* kill *grunt* goddess!" The left one mumbled. Grover let out a yelp as he purposely smacked my history book to the floor. By now, everyone was either looking at me and Grover or the things.
"Grover!" I yelled.
"Bloom!" He yelled back, utterly scared. "Run!"
The things charged straight at me. I was frozen, paralyzed. Grover, despite his fear, violently shoved me against the lockers and uttered a sorry as the things only flared their noses.
"See, this is why I told you to come with me!" He yelled.
"I don't even know where you plan on taking me you-"
"Goddess must die!" The right thing said in plain English as he charged towards me, the other one leading Grover away. Now I was by myself, not counting the frozen students.
"You want to play tag? Bring it on, pig!" I yelled as I ran, trying to lead it outside and lock it out. The plan utterly failed as he managed to outrun me and blocked the exit.
"You must die!" He said, clearer as ever. He picked me up easily as tried to fling me, but thanks to my slim figure I slipped from his grip and fell on my butt. I let out a slight groan as I picked myself up and tried to run away, but the thing had once again gripped the back of my shirt. He picked me up with ease and all I did was wait for the blow, but the only thing I received was a fall on the butt.
"They disappeared?" A holler, clear as snow, Grover yelled. "How – what – why?"
"Why?" I yelled, finally opening my eyes. "WHY? Whatever that thing was, it almost killed me!"
"What is going on here?" Coach Eden yelled as he walked towards us. "Grover?"
"Uh…" Grover began, but I interrupted. "Co-"
"This is it." He announced. "Bloom, Grover, Flora, Helia, Sky, Brandon, Stella, Musa, Riven, Layla, Nabu, Tecna and Timmy, get in my office."
"We are not supposed to say this under certain circumstances, but it seems like Bloom is already – exposed."
"That sounds wrong." I said off topic as I impatiently tapped my finger on his desk.
Sighing, Coach Eden continued. "Bloom, do you have ADHD?"
My eyes widened.
"How…how did you-"
"It has never appeared in your medical cards, mysteriously, but other than that it is rather obvious. You are very impatient."
"I don't-"
"No need to hide it anymore." He said. "I see that you and Grover unfortunately encountered 2 adult Cyclops."
"2 what?"
"Adult Cyclops. You attract them due to your-" He paused, like if he was hesitant, but then reassured himself and continued. "Goddess powers."
My jaw dropped and the rest also's, except Grover, like he knew it.
"I have been keeping you safe for the last few years, and today had finally confirmed that you are the missing daughter of Zeus and Dione."
"That is impossible; Zeus and Dione are Greek gods. They disappeared a long time ago. My parents are Mi-"
"At the age of one, you were kidnapped by Hades himself from Olympus. It was your first birthday and Dione was rather busy, you were the favored child up there." He chuckled. "He transported you to Earth and left you under the care of the Lourdes family. A fake goddess child took over your place, Niyali, daughter of Hades. He changed her appearance to match yours, and now Niyali is Aphrodite."
"I still don't understand why I'm here."
"B – Aphrodite." Grover began. "Can I call you A? Ok then. Look, you are a goddess. God blood runs through your veins and you have powers. You were kidnapped and…wait a second." Grover's eyes widened in terror.
"What is it?" Coach asked.
"Coach, Aphrodite was stolen when she was a baby. Gods can't stay more than 1 year on Earth or they'll become mortal."
"Interesting…so I'm human." I said bluntly. I bit my lip. Why did it hurt? "…ok then."
"Zeus made an exception for Aphrodite." Coach Eden told all of us. "You're still a goddess."
"Ok, now I have a confession." I said, and closed my eyes. "I'm dyslexic."
"We knew that." Grover and Coach Eden said in unison.
"Do you know everything about me?" I asked, pissed off.
"I guess you can call it like that." Grover shrugged. "Your dyslexic, your brain is hard-wired for Greek."
"Tell me something I don't know." I muttered.
"Well, Ares-"
"Grover!" I yelled.
"What?"
"Not in literal sense you idiot!"
"Gosh, you're so pissed off today."
"Why thank you." I said, glaring at him. "Why the flying crap wouldn't I be? I just learned I'm a freaking Goddess of who knows what and…and…URGH!"
"Explain why she's the goddess of love and not hate." Grover muttered, raising an eyebrow.
"What did you say?" I asked, turning my head.
"Aphrodite, Goddess of Love and Beauty."
"That explains a lot…" Musa said, smiling at me. I gave her a look.
"To activate your powers you must claim your spot in the divine 12, since you are the daughter of Zeus you were put in the divine 12. Bad thing is that Niyali has taken your spot and that had been ruining 'Aphrodite's' reputation." Coach Eden explained.
"Aphrodite has been cheating on Hephaestus with Ares." I said, looking down. "Written in every Greek history book." I finished, upset. "Might as well keep it like that."
"No way," Grover said. "You are going to get your beauty queen self up there are claim your rightful spot. Niyali is an annoying self conscious brat that overuses her 'magic' to enamor and take revenge on worthless stuff. Not that I'm worthless, but a year ago she made my luck in love pretty bad just because I spilled my orange juice on her damn delicate dress."
"Wow." I said, slightly smiling. "Quite a bottle you got up there."
"I had to let it out." He said, crossing his arms.
"Then it's decided." Coach Eden said, standing up. "Aphrodite, accompanied by her protector Grover, will attend Camp Half-Blood along with these Demi-gods."
"Demi what?" Riven asked.
"I have been observing you all because you are acquainted with Aphrodite, and it seems that you yourselves might be Demi-gods."
"Camp Half-Blood…it's for Demi-gods, not gods." I pointed out.
"Well, you must be trained there first."
"Huh?"
"Trained, A. Like fencing, except with real armor and real weapons. I think you'll like it thanks to your tom-boyish attitude."
"That stung." I said bitterly.
"I only say the truth." He said, putting his hands up. Taking advantage I punched his leg, causing him to yelp.
"For now, I can only help you regain your goddess appearance. You have little magic on your side, thankfully." Coach Eden said. I stood up.
"Go ahead." I said.
In a gust of wind I found myself feeling stupid and retarded.
"Mirror?" Grover offered. I took it gratefully.
Formally, my hair had been tied in a messy ponytail and I had been wearing a simple t-shirt, skinny jeans and converse.
Now I looked completely different.
My hair was loose. The tips seemed to be only a bit highlighted into a lighter shade. The ends were curled, and on the smack dab of my forehead was what seemed like a tiara necklace – the gem being a beautiful diamond heart. The necklace strand was gold and glittered. My eyes seemed more intimidating. I had a heavier but still light blush on my cheeks and other then that, my face was the same.
"Oh god." I said, clutching my stomach. "What…" I began as I lifted my shirt up.
"Ooh! I like it." Grover laughed.
Under my belly button sat a matching diamond heart gem, a centimeter gold strand above it. I pulled my shirt down as I felt a heavy blush coming over me.
"Time to go." Coach Eden told them. "You are all excused from school. Grover, you must take care over them."
"Sure thing, Coach." Grover said.
"Before you go," Coach Eden said, and he walked towards me with a thing covered in cloth. "This is a gift from Zeus."
I took the clothed item and unwrapped it, exposing a extremely sharp dagger with the handle carved in gold.
I decided to make Grover…well, Grover from the movie 'Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lighting Thief'. If you don't know how that Grover is, go ahead and check it out on Wiki :)
-Kat