A/N: Hey, guys! I'm baaaaackkkkk! Well, for a chapter or so. Sorry, life's been hectic. Thanks for all the support, guys. Anyways, you shouldn't have to put up with an A/N today…so…in summary: I'm back! Happy (late) Holidays! Happy (late) New Year! Oh, and any sneak peeks given…disregard them. Since I've had the time off, I've made major changes to what was going to happen in the story. I hope my writing's improved some…Power of the Pen has helped a lot with my writing, my teacher says. I love Miss Z. Sorry for swearing…hehe :)

PJO? Nah…don't own it. :(

Chapter One: Poor Unfortunate Souls (song from The Little Mermaid)

The sound of an engine revving filled the large house. They looked around in confusion. "We don't have a car…hey, where's Athena?" Aphrodite asked.

Curious, the five all walked out of the living room to the door that led to the garage. Poseidon opened it and whistled. "You're a hot mama, aren't you?"

Athena, who was in the garage, put her hands on her hips. "Excuse me? What in the name of wisdom are you talking about?"

"Not you, of course; the car! Where'd you get it?" he questioned.

"Holy Roman Empire. Is that a 2011 Ford F-150?" Ares asked. "Whew. She is a hot mama."

Athena grinned. "Yep. Found it right here in the garage. There was even a note on it. It said 'To Graeae; you've always wanted this car.' The only person I ever told I wanted this was to Hephaestus. I believe he felt bad for us and manufactured one. However, it also said that because we're mortal now, Zeus took away the godly capabilities. That means now we're responsible for gas, tire changes, oil changes, and everything else. But all that aside…we have a teacher meeting to get to."

"Hey, 'Thena, can I drive it?" Poseidon asked her. In response, she opened the driver's door smiling, hopped it, and slammed it on him. "Guess not…"

Everything about You

The six hopped out of their new car. Athena pressed the lock button on the keys and stared at the building. "Whoa." She heard Artemis mutter. "How are we supposed to know which door to go in? There's like, fifty."

Athena nodded. "Okay…I'm suggesting we go in the huge double doors about three doors down from where we are. That's probably the dean's doors, which would lead to his or her office. Remember, guys. We have to act mortal; which means, use our fake names."

"Okay, Graeae! Oooh, can I call you GiGi?" Aphrodite asked.

"Never in a million years."

"Oh. Okay."

They headed down the parking lot and entered through the double doors. The room was strange; there were abstract pictures hanging on the walls, statues lining them, and it was painted a very light coral. Chairs wrapped around the walls. "What type of dean's office is this?" Artemis asked. Apollo shrugged at his sister.

A woman came up to them. "This isn't Dean Hedge's office. This is the waiting room. You six must be the new teachers! Well, follow, follow."

Ares grinned as she walked. Aphrodite saw this, and slapped him. "Ouch! Damnit, Adara!"

"Language," Athena told Ares.

"Don't worry. She does that to me all the time," Poseidon told him.

They soon after arrived at a much larger room. A huge desk took up most of the back wall, which wasn't a wall at all, but a window. Even though the school year had not yet started, it was littered with papers and documents. "Dean Hedge, your ten o'clock is here." The woman said. She left the room.

A woman in her mid-fifties turned around. Her graying hair was tied in a knot and her glasses were down on her pointed nose. She wore an emerald suit and had a matching hat on her head. "Oh, marvelous. Won't you sit?" She led them to a rounded table in the next room over. "Now, could you please introduce yourselves? I'm afraid if I guess I'll get so terribly confused. I'm Dean Molly Hedge."

Athena held her hand out and said, "Graeae Alisha. Literature and Writing teacher." The dean shook her hand.

"Ah, your résumé was very impressive Miss Alisha."

The rest introduced themselves as well; Poseidon as Nicholas Timoleon, the Oceanography teacher in World Sciences. Artemis as Ademia Haidee; the Forensics and Crime teacher. Apollo as Damon Kiron; the Musical Arts teacher. Ares introduced himself as Adonis Vasilios, the school's sport coach for men's football, basketball, and soccer. Aphrodite said she was Adara Diantha, the girls' dorm advisor.

"You six are quite the interesting group. How did you all meet?" Dean Hedge asked them.

"Well…" Poseidon started.

"We all go way back." Athena pointed.

"Ah, love interest?" Hedge asked.

The two blushed profusely. "No, no," Athena stated quickly.

Aphrodite gasped. "SCANDAL! No, Dean, they had an affair."

"It was nothing!" Poseidon and Athena both uttered.

Molly laughed. "Oh, such is such. Though, there shall be no fraternization in classrooms, for any."

"Yes, yes. We know." Artemis told the dean. "And trust me; I hate scandal, as Adara calls is. So I'll be sure to watch them."

The dean nodded. "As for the rest of you, how did you meet?"

"Like Graeae said, we all go far back." Apollo told Hedge. "Ademia and I are half siblings. Graeae is her best friend, and so is Adara. Adara's dating Adonis, and Nicholas and Graeae have always known each other—Graeae's father knew Nicholas. I guess you can say he forbid the "scandal"." Apollo chuckled.

Hedge smiled slightly. "Ah, so you're all friends? Good, good. That makes this easier."

"What, Miss Hedge?" Artemis asked.

"Well, now that this is a new school, we're short some places. Graeae—I've heard you're strategic. Would you mind coaching the women's volleyball this year? Mrs. Hayden Alcott, the coach, has recently been in a fatal car accident with her husband. She has to take off for the year to comfort his family and recuperate and such."

Athena shrugged. "Oh, all right—I assume it won't be too much trouble."

"Great! And Ademia, would you care to run the clubs this year?"

"Not at all." Artemis told Molly.

"Great! I'll need Nicholas, Adara, and Damon to do things later on, but now, that's settled."

Athena asked, "Dean Hedge is there anything we should discuss about our positions right now? Any of them?"

"Oh, yes, yes. Thank you, Graeae. We have a few rules here at ACA. One, as I said, no fraternization between teachers in the classes. Two, since you six are all teaching senior courses this year you will be in charge of the class trip that will be half of a semester. Chose where you will; one that can suit all of your positions. Three, if you must call in sick, report to me first. Any questions?"

There were none.

"All right then. You poor unfortunate souls get to have the honors of coming here every day at six A.M. sharp starting next week.

"What do you mean by that?" Aphrodite asked.

"Well, obviously, starting a new school is going to be just as fun as taking a walk through the Abyss. You six get to help run it this year, as the leaders of the teachers. Yes, I know you're all only twenty-three, but you're the main teachers and staff for the seniors. You'll have as much as me. And plus, I can already tell you all have affairs of your own going on outside of the school."

"What do you think we have?" Ares asked.

"Obviously, I can tell Adara's already uncomfortable. Never had this much work, am I right?"

Aphrodite thought. She wasn't really uncomfortable, per say, but no; she had never been given a task like this. She nodded.

"See? And you're all young. You'll want to attend parties, and get thinner, and get the girl. But you're an example now. You must act older than your age. Clear?"

"Crystal," Apollo said.

"Great! You six are dismissed. Starting next Monday, I'd like you all here at six sharp! Your rooms need to be set up before then, please." Molly said.

With that, they left.

Everything about You

"Mother of Zeus! Damn!"Poseidon yelled as they were in the car. Athena stomped on the breaks.

"What?" she shrieked.

"I can't believe it!" he yelled. "It's just hitting me. We have to actually teach! I can't teach!"

Hitting the gas again, Athena muttered, "Tell us something we don't know."

"C'mon it won't be that bad! And hey, we get to chose where we want to take the senior class for nine weeks! Anything can happen in nine weeks! Maybe we could go to France! Oh, or maybe Brazil!"

"Aphrodite, let's not chose somewhere that only Athena knows the language to." Ares said.

Athena grinned. "I know just the place I want to go."

"Where?" Artemis asked.

"Well, I've been to it once. Yes, I fluently know the language; I've always wanted to go to Spain."

"Oh, that's nice! Barcelona is beautiful!" Aphrodite said.

"Yeah…but that's not the only reason, Aph."

"Oh, then what?"

Athena swallowed. Her face drained color and she gripped the steering wheel. For a moment, she let go her bottled up anger at Poseidon (which she always had) and started to wonder what he'd think.

"Athena…What's wrong?" Poseidon asked her.

"Poseidon…that's where our kids decided to have their wedding this coming spring."

A/N: Oooooh! Haha, cliffy!

Do y'all remember back in Punishment when at the Winter Formal, where Athena told Percy something and said everyone'd figure out later? Well…that's where that comes into play.

There's not a specific song for the next chapter. But drama will ensue…and work. So it will be called "The Work Song" for I will be listening to the "Hi, Ho, Hi, Ho, its home from work we go" song from Snow White when they're setting up. Until next time…

~Suzie