Whoa, I didn't think this story would be liked. Thanks for all the reviews, they really help me with updating.
BUT….
Tonka has bad news. I'm going some where with my cousin tomorrow till Monday so I wouldn't be able to update for a few days. Sorry for any little blips in the stories, I'm very bad and reading over my writing once I'm done with it. I make the mad dash to Fanfiction to get it up there. Then I read it and see I wrote his instead of hers when Artemis and Apollo where at Apollo's locker. –Head desk-
High School Never Ends
Bowling for Soup
4 years you think for sure
That's all you've got to endure
All the total dicks
All the stuck up chicks
So superficial so immature
Then when you graduate you take a look around
And say 'Hey wait!'
This is the same as where I just came from
I thought it was over, aw that's great
The whole damn world is just as obsessed
With who's the best dressed and who's having sex
Who's got the money and who's got the honeys?
Who's kinds cute and who's just a mess
And you still don't have the right look
And you still don't have the right friends
Nothing changed besides the faces the names and the trends.
High School Never Ends…
"You'll have to trust me."
"Trust?"
"Yeah you know that thing when someone tells you a secret and you swear not to tell anyone and you fell trusted. Like I'll tell you a secret I'm really scared that you are going to beat me up so please don't tell anyone I was afraid of a girl." The boy said peeking through his fingers and look up at the goddess towering over him.
"Right…." Artemis muttered backing off of him none to gently and looking over at the guy. He wore a bright orange tee-shirt obviously the one the sniper was going to take out first with something written in English cursive that Artemis couldn't make out. He had brown hair that covered half of the back of his neck and fell partly over his gentle dark eyes. Just by the way he had already acted he was a loser in school. The boy stood up holding the back of his head where it had slammed into the sidewalk edge.
"Thanks for not killing me, but if I have brain damage I'm still blaming you." He snapped before carefully holding out a hand to her. "I'm Salvatore Johnson." He said warmly even if Artemis had just assaulted him. It took the goddess of the hunt a moment to remember the mortal greeting of shaking hands. Half afraid that he carried germs she carefully shook his hand before wiping it on the back of her shorts.
"Artemis Miller." Artemis replied stiffly. Salvatore means savior in Latin. He doesn't really live up to his name. She thought with a hidden smirk. "Yes like the Greek goddess I don't need to whole conversation about how it's cool or the fact that my brother is so awesome that seems to happen when I meet people." She said coolly. Salvatore sniffed as if offense.
"You really should think more of people. I never said your brother was cool. I don't even know who he is, I was just walking to the school to make sure I knew where I was going for tomorrow. It's my first day." Salvatore said attempting to look cool by putting the hand that was not holding his head where he hit it and crossing it across his chest. Artemis raised a eye brow at the boys odd ways as Aphrodite walked out of the school and over to Artemis not even giving Salvatore a second glance.
"Whatever you say…" Artemis muttered as she walked off down the street raising a hand in good bye as Aphrodite blabbed on about things beside her as they walked. Salvatore was left standing dumb folded with the worst headache he had had in a long time watching as the girls walked away. At that point he made a deal with himself that he was going to gain this odd Artemis as one of his friends even if it was the last thing he did.
-Dinner at the House of the Gods-
Dinner had to be one of the most challenging things of the whole day for the four gods who where stationed down on earth. Neither Artemis nor Hades wanted to have to eat with the other to yet when you're dragged down by the crazy sun god you have a tendency to be almost chained to the seat. Aphrodite did do that the first day they where down there. Like chained to the chair. It was quiet amusing though to see the god to death in such a tough place. This time all four of them came quietly, almost too quietly. Artemis was simple pushing the ambrosia around her plate with her pointed finger while she propped up her head with her elbow and hand cupping her chin.
"So… what happened today?" Hades said stiffly. He was never much of a family person. He was more of the snap of his fingers and you where sent to your room. Nico got it all the time.
"Artemis pinched me so hard I started bleeding." Apollo mumbled as he nibbling carefully on a piece of the food.
"Artemis!" Aphrodite cried slamming her hand down on the table.
"What?" Artemis replied in a monotone not looking up at all as she continued to poke the food.
"Why did you do that?"
"Because he was being damn annoying." Artemis muttered casting a glance over at Aphrodite.
"No swearing Miss Miller." Apollo sneered playfully at his sister.
"Example A." She said looking Aphrodite in the eye as Hades waved and walked away leaving the plate in the middle of his table. Artemis sighed as she stood up scooping up her and the god of death's plate and placing them in the sink.
"You're the annoying one." Apollo shot back as Aphrodite informed him that it was the two twin's turn to do dishes before she skipped off to do something stupid.
"I wouldn't say anything, bro." Artemis said as she began to scrape a little of the stickiness of the nectar off of the plates and into the sink before washing them and handing them to Apollo who stuck the plates in the dish washer. "I almost got kidnapped."
CRASH!
"You almost what!" Apollo yelled the plate he had in his hand slipping from his hand and shattering all over the floor and lodging a few pieces into both of there legs.
"Ow!" Artemis cried out as she looked at a piece of white plate sticking out of the back of her leg. "Smooth one you friggin' idiot!" She yelled at him putting the plate she was working on back in the sink and limping into the living room. Apollo follow being careful not to get any piece of the plate in his feet with a few paper towels in his hands.
"How did you get almost kidnapped?" Apollo asked through gritted teeth as he sat down next to his twin so he could work on getting the large piece of plate out of her leg. Hades had looked into the room at the loud sound but decide the two twins had it under control. "Can you describe the person? I'll rip him to pieces." He growled.
"I- gasp –I took care of him." Artemis said gasping as Apollo pulled the piece of glass out of her leg and immediately held the paper towels to the cut which now at the gold blood of the gods dripping down the goddess of the moon's leg.
"How?" Apollo asked softly looking up at his sister with large golden eyes.
"The normal way." Artemis said smiling down to him. "I can take care of myself. Your always so worried about me I promise nothing back is going to happen to me. And you can't tell or a lie, or well you suck at telling lies, so tell me, Apollo, are you worried about me fading away if I'm not remember by anyone. I never have had any children so no one who would directly remember me. I know you've been telling Chiron to make sure everyone in camp half-blood sends a prayer to me once in a while." Artemis said reaching down to touch her brother's cheek. "You're worried." She whispered the end to him. Apollo blinked and with a sigh met her gaze.
"You know me to well." He said simply as he rested his head on one of her knees and readjusted his place on the floor into a more comfortable way of sitting while still holding the paper towels to her leg to make sure the bleeding stopped.
"It'll be a long time before I leave you or Olympus. I may not have a very god grip on godly life but I still have people who know who I am and admire them. Even some mortals do." Artemis said taking her hand back from his cheek to put her head in her hands as she rested her elbows on her knees to make sure she could see both the gash on her leg and the sun god.
"Well I don't want you to fade. It's not a very good thing." Apollo smiled as he diverted his gaze from her's to look at the cut. He dabbed a few spots of her blood from it and then pulled his arms from around one of her legs in a comfortable grasp. He stood going to get a few band aids for the cut leaving Artemis lost in her thoughts.
Next Day
Artemis had token her spot on the grass out in one of the fields on one of the brakes she and her class mates would get on long test days like today. She was relaxed for once in a long way stretched out on the grass her eyes closed enjoying the slight heat of the day before a voice roused her.
"Hello Artemis!" The voice was soft and she opened one eye to see Salvatore sitting a yard or so away from her.
"Hey." She muttered sitting up stiffly and smoothing out her hair. The annoying kid is here because..? She asked herself as she fingered the Band-Aid over the back on the cut on her leg. "How's the head, moron?" She hissed crossing her arms. Salvatore didn't seem to take the hint she didn't want him there but he still frowned at his comment.
"Better, crazy bitch." Salvatore shot back a smirking tugging at the edges of his mouth. Artemis raised her eye brows quickly.
"Nice play."
"Thank you very much." Salvatore said. Artemis could not help but smile slightly as she turned to face him.
"How's the first day been going?" She asked calmly meting his gaze with out a single emotion.
"Not bad. Already been tortured by the football team." Salvatore replied causally.
"Me and you both." Artemis sighed. "Some how they have found it funny to torture the kids who don't like to do certain things. I really don't see what they might get out of it."
"Watcha do to your leg?" Salvatore said pointing the cut out on her leg.
"My stupid brother dropped a plate and a piece got me pretty good there." Artemis explained in a nut shell. Sighed as the blonde haired boy that had always seemed to come up when ever you where talking about him showed up behind Salvatore. "Speak of the devil." She muttered so only Salvatore could hear.
"Who's your friend, sis?" Apollo asked stiffly as one of his hands balled up into fist.
"Not the guy who tried to kidnap me. This is Salvatore. Salvatore, Apollo, Apollo Salvatore okay let's get on with the conversation." Artemis said as she crossed her arms and looked between the two boys. Apollo shrugged as he sat down next to Artemis and slung a arm around her shoulders. "Yeah you know the sappy moment last night, Apollo? It's over." She said pushing away from him just as the bell rang for there next class.
"Awww… come on." Apollo pouted as Salvatore looked rather creped out. Apollo waved before running off to join some of his friends.
"I'll see you another time then." Artemis said smiling briefly at Salvatore the mortal before jogging off to Art. When she managed to get there she sat down at one of the seats next to some random boy. He looked a little young to be in her group and he was staring wide eyed at the art around him as if he was scared out of his mind to be in art and having to draw something. Artemis rolled her eyes deciding to ignore him. The art call continued with a steady beat before they began they're work of drawing a flower. It had to be the worst thing you could set a kid to do but the art teacher at Field High School was a slacker who used to be a gym teacher or something manly like that only to be chucked right into art. Once the teacher set to do something an argument jeered up from the kids at her table. Next to her was still the kid with the art phobia and then across from her was a girl with light blonde hair and muddy brown eyes. They really killed her looks. She was good drawer to. Then beside the girl was another boy with blue air, yeah, blue hair. As in midnight blue hair and stormy grey eyes. The girl and boy where fight over one of the new rules at school that no one could have any other type of drink besides water in classes.
"Well it's unfair!" The boy with the blue air objected with his deep Australian accent.
"It's not unfair, Darb!" The girl snapped back. What kind of name is Darb? I thought looking up swiftly from drawing. "You don't want kids having something that would violate the school health policy." She said while working on sketching this perfectly shaped flower petal. Darb's on the other hand looked like something that had just shriveled up and died, the boy still looked very proud of himself.
"But it's water! It's bland and stupid." He said with a glare.
"What are you two, two year olds?" Artemis growled looking up as she put my pencil down. Darb gave her a crooked smile.
"Very much so and I'm proud of it." He joked. The girl looked at me.
"Your Artemis right?'
"What am I a superstar?" The kid next to Artemis found it funny for her let out a muffled laugh.
"No, but I like to know who I'm talk to." The girl replied stiffly as the two girl's hard gazes crashed together.
"Alright, then who are you, tough girl." Artemis asked returning the stiff tone.
"Elizabeth Quinn." She said smartly her eyes gleaming slightly before fading back to the normal muddy brown. "The official loser of this high school." Elizabeth sighed as she looked down at her art. Suddenly Artemis felt a little bad for her.
"Join the crowd." The goddess muttered back. Elizabeth snorted.
"Oh please, you, unpopular? You're almost the most well known girl around the school who is not on any sort of team nor is she dating a popular wanted guy like your brother…" Elizabeth sighed dreamily. "Not that you would ever date your brother but you get what I'm going for." She added seeing my queer look.
"How would I be well known? And holy crap Elizabeth you can draw!" Artemis said getting distracted form the flower blossoming on her paper a light mist swirling around it. She held some blue pastels next to her so the goddess assumed she was going to move on to that next. Elizabeth shrugged.
"I'm okay I guess. But you're the one girl who won't take any notice in anyone any where. The only people I've ever seem you talk to till today was teachers, Apollo, and Hades. I find it a little weird though that you get along with Hades. Hades of all people! I swear that boy could rip a car hood to pieces." Elizabeth shuddered. Artemis held back laughter at her words. Hades had done much worse then rip a car hood apart when he got mad. It was best to hide in trees when he got at his worst. The hunters found that out when the big three had made a surprise visit to the camp. It was not pretty.
"Is that good or bad?" Artemis asked returning Elizabeth's drawing and going back to her own.
"It's great! Almost like you are immune to anything anyone says!" Darb knocked in with a happy gleam in his eyes. "I even wish I could ignore some of the kids sometimes." He said almost dream like as if he was thinking what could happen if he could be like that
"I'm just antisocial." Artemis muttered. "People annoy me, like everyone one else at times." She said leaning back in her chair. "It's not always fun you know. I never go anywhere with anyone I never go on dates and I'm surprised how suddenly my brain in allowing me to talk to you, Darb and Salvatore. It just fells weird." Artemis explained half unsure if she said the right thing by the looks she got from the two kids and art fear boy next to her.
"Your actually a lot like the goddess Artemis. She refused to talk to any men and she always seemed to get along and agree with the gods not wanting to fight what they said." Elizabeth observed much to Artemis' discomfort. Thankfully the bell rang.
"yeah you could say." Artemis said quickly standing up and grabbing her bag. "I'll see you guys at lunch. Just look in the left back corner of the lunch room. I always have to table in the corner Apollo and his buddies are over there sometimes but… whatever." Artemis said to them as she rushed out the door and onto the next class. Suddenly she was making friends. This was more then odd it was… she really couldn't pull the word out of her hat as she rushed along answering no to anything anyone said to her on her way.
Yeah, more like I couldn't pull the word out of my hat.
Sorry that that chapter was not as funny but I was trying to make each chapter over 3,000 words and about half way there I was thinking 'what should happen what should happen…?' I love the name Darb, it's sort of a inside joke, one of my semi friends Brad was talking to our new teacher and she looks at him and says,
"Can I call you Darb? It's Brad backwards."
I knew then that Artemis had to have someone in her life with the name Darb. Let's see how much of a weirdo I can make him. I've never been good with spazzy and/or weird character but I think I'm holding Apollo up pretty well. (Maybe?)
I don't own Percy Jackson only Elizabeth, Darb and Salvatore, nor do I own Bowling for Soups' song!
-Tonka Toy
(Oh and I'll work on The Sun Might Not Shine As Bright after this chapter. Sorry been brain dead on that story too.)