A/N: 'Ello! Sorry I took so long to update but I guess I've been quite busy and lazy. First in the busy side, I had to practise for my district cross-country carnival and secondly, my teacher wanted my class and I to read this horribly BORING book called 'Soldier Boy' - no offence to those of you who actually likes it - and we had to write a book report about it! UGH! EVIL TEACHER! And on the lazy side, I had a bit of free time and couldn't be bothered to write. SO SORRY! Anyway, I'm pretty sure you don't want to know about my life so I'll get on with the story.
Disclaimer: I own only the plo line and the characters which wasn't in the Twilight saga originally. Picsesalg :)
Last time in Dangers of a College Life:
Bella told the others about her teacher being a centaur and Edward dropped a major bombshell on the others as well. He's found out that Mr. Sebrius, Ms. Cardinal, Mr. Chimes, Ms. Ecid, Mr. Harpie, Mrs. and Mr. Zuse and Ms. Artine are all mythical creatures as well! But thanks to Jasper, and his power to influence emotions, he gave Bella a power boost that made her go and confront Hera. But Hera immediately 'pissed' Bella off causing her to drop a threat on Hera. Hera immediately realises just exactly how serious Bella's threat was and warmed up to the Cullens and Jacob. Rosalie then decided she wanted to speak to all of the mythological creatures and the Cullens and Jacob went to a meadow where they told everyone who they are but their audience's reactions were not to be expected...
And that's what happened in the last chapter.
BPOV
Thankfully, after about a minute of awkward silence between our two parties, Jasper broke the ice by saying we have to go to class. We don't really have to go but we really need to go away and collect our thoughts away from those 'teachers' who must be hoping for the separation from us as well.
"Well...that was...interesting," I struggled to come up with a suitable word once we're out of earshot from the Greeks (A/N: I'm just going to call the mythological creatures the Greeks, if that's OK.). "Well I'm off to the library to find out why Hera bowed to us just then. Are you coming?" I turned to Edward. He just nodded mutedly at me and followed me to the library with his hand on my left shoulder.
We got to the library and immediately went to the 'Greek Mythology' section. "You take this shelf and I'll take that one," I instructed Edward who was immediately absorbed into a book. I sighed and went to the next shelf and got the first book from the immediate right of the shelf. I quickly scanned the contents page whilst moving to sit down in the next to Edward.
Contents:
1. Introductions
2. Traditions
3. Greek Beliefs
4. The Creatures
5. The Olympians
6. Relations with Other Mythical Creatures
7. Fun Facts
8. Acknowledgements
Chapter 6 seemed interesting so I went for it. (A/N: OK, I'm just making this stuff up so don't take the next paragraphs too seriously.)
According to legend, the Gods and their creatures had a lot of other mythical creatures i.e. the vampires, werewolves etc. as friends. It was vital for them to have these contacts for self-defence. Many Greeks thought it was stupid of them to make contacts with these 'lower beings' as they put it - especially referring to the vampires seeing as they could drink their blood.
But one day, the Immortals' precautions came true. They were attacked by the Gigantes who wanted Zeus' power for themselves. But fortunately for Zeus and Hera, they had many contacts and friends who were loyal to them and they stood by them during their time in need. But even with their powers and and immense number, the Gigante still outnumbered the by a thousand mile. They had apparently been breeding like rabbits right in the Underworld. Hades, Zeus' brother, betrayed him because he had been jealous of Zeus and how he got to be the King of the Gods.
It wasn't until the vampires - led by a team named 'The Romanians' - stepped in, that Zeus' party was losing. They helped Zeus' party a lot because of their immense strength, terrifying speed and sharpened senses. But they could only come out at night and fight. I snorted quietly at this causing Edward to look up from his book and shoot me a curious look. I shook my head at him and went back to my book. It was just as well because that's when the Gigantes' defences were at its worst.
Thanks to the vampires, the battle was quickly over with Zeus' party winning with minimum casualties. But many of the Gigantes had died in the battle. Those who'd survived were either captured and had their memories erased or escaped. All of Zeus' party were eternally grateful to the vampires and treated them with reverence. Whenever they were in the presence of a vampire, they would bow down to them in a sign of eternal gratefulness.
But the Romanians suggested King Zeus and Queen Hera went into incognito just in case one of the escaped Gigantes decided to take vengeance and they could be partially safe from them. Zeus and Hera agreed with this plan and brought Artemis with them. Since then, there were no more record of where they were.
I looked up from the book and looked over at Edward who had finished his book and stared at me with boredom. "Have you found anything?" I asked, even though I had found something that gave us all the answer we needed.
"No," Edward shook his head regrettably. "Have you?" I could only nod as I was still dissolving what I had just learnt. I pushed my book towards him and turned to the page I was reading. He read that page in under a second and looked over to me.
"I don't think I should've been so harsh towards Hera. Maybe I should go and apologise? I had no idea, I mean, how mean could I be? They'd been through such a tragedy and I snapped at Hera-" Edward cut off my rambling by placing a kiss on my lips.
"It's OK love. She didn't mind the moment they knew what we were," he could see that I was about to argue. "Mind reading, remember? Come on love, let's go and tell the others of our - your discovery." He pulled me up and led me out of the library whilst still holding my hand. And, as regrettable as it is, I had to pull my hand away from his to stop people suspecting anything. Edward realised what I just realised and he gave me a sad but understanding smile.
"Where are they?" I asked Edward. He told me they're under the cafeteria, waiting for us and our research. We ran - at human speed of course - to the cafeteria and once we were there, we were bombarded by a load of questions. Edward silenced them all and we began to relay what I found out in that book.
"So that's why she bowed down to us," I ended and if it was possible, both Edward and I would be out of breath.
Alice suggested we go find them again. That's why we're running towards the meadow where we left them. Edward was sure they are still there. We got to their meadow in record time ut also just in time to overhear Zeus.
"Are you sure, Aphrodite?" Zeus asked exasperatedly into a black shiny mobile phone. A weak "yes" can be heard from the other end. Zeus sighed and thanked Aphrodite before turning off his phone. "I guess that was to be expected. Didn't the prophecy predict the escaped Gigantes will rise up and try to put me out of my reign?" Zeus sighed again. Hera put a comforting hand on her husband's shoulder.
"But the prophecy also predicted a family of ten will come and help us. Eight of them have golden eyes, one has chocolate brown eyes, and the other, a lupine. We do have hope after all," Hera told her husband. Emmett decided to step in then.
"Well we can help. We told you before that we were vampires so we have extra abilities that can help you. Well, apart from Nessie and Jacob," Emmett announced to the startled Greeks. The rest of us started to move out from our hiding spots.
"Yeah, we'll help you," Alice said. And that's how we got pulled out of Harvard and instead, helped these gods and creatures to find that family.
A/N: OK that was an unexpected twist even for me. I swear I didn't plan for the Gigantes to come back, it just came naturally. Please give me a review whether you like this twist. Picsesalg :O