I'm back! And I've got them.' I called, rushing out the door. Jason looked up confused.

'I haven't even dialled the number yet,' he looked back at the phone and tapped into it.

I didn't run that fast, I thought. I've always been able to run faster than others but it's no big deal. My Mom was faster than me until I was 13.

I heard a dialling tone and Jason held the phone at arm's length. It was more like a walkie-talkie with a webcam so you can see the person you're talking to. I looked over his shoulder as the screen blared into a face. Winged helmet, long nose and a Greek tunic. I had a pretty good idea who this was.

'Hermes, hi, I found her and can you portal us now?' Jason requested.

'Okay Dokey!' Is this guy for real? Wait a second anyone else confused?

'Hey! What's all this about a portal?' I called out, pulling Jason's shoulder back for him to face me. Hermes, still on the call, focused on my face.

'Is that little Josie King! She looks just like her mom did! Minus the hair of course!' I blushed, then thought back to Mom. And Dad. I'd only seen them last night and they'd left early this morning. It's weird you know. Last night they were normal (kind of) parents and now they're ex-superheroes! I wonder if anything will be the same again.

'Well you can meet her for real when you send us a portal' Jason hinted, Hermes nodded and created just that. I don't know where to start to describe a portal. Well it's like a deep blue oval, head height, with a swirl of green in it. It kind of sparked too. Like it was covered in glitter or something. I walked around it. Paper thin and the same design on the back, like a reflection of the other side.

'So this is a portal.' I stated calmly. Jason nodded. 'And this will take us where?'

'New Olympia. It's where the Gods all live now.' He replied.

'But that's a city. Don't people notice gods in tunics floating around?'

'No they stay in the school.'

'Poor them! I sure wouldn't want to spend my immoral life learning about pi!'

'They're in a secret wing of the school.'

'It's still a school'

'So?'

'Don't they get bored? If I was immoral I'd travel the world and see everything.'

'Well they don't...they've got better things to do! Just go through the portal!' Someone's getting a bit cheesed off. I grinned to myself. This guy gets stressed really easily! I'm gonna have fun seeing how far I can push him.

'So you're telling me this is real? Real portal, real prophesy, real superhero parents.' He nodded, raising his hand to the portal indicating I should enter. Yeah right! Have you seen this thing? I'm not walking though that! Even if it is gonna take me to my parents! It's probably just a joke. Darla no doubt. Best friends since kindergarten and I still can't figure her out, but this comes close to her twisted sense of humour.

'What are you waiting for?' Jason asked starring at me, with those deep brown eyes...Snap out of it Josie! He's probably her older brother who's spent all his time in some boarding school or something, and so I've never seen him before. But this is a bit more than a late April fool's prank. And Darla could never put something like this together...

'Look I'll go and you can follow!' Jason stormed through not looking back. And Mom says I get moody, check out the stress on this guy! Ok well now's the moment of truth. He walked through and nothing happened. Maybe there's a party or something on the other side? Ok I've convinced myself. You only live once...