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VIII

Artemis

"Hermes!"

"Yes, Mrs. Dogson!"

"You haven't brought in your camp note yet!"

"Yes ma'am! Sorry ma'am! I'll bring it in tomorrow ma'am!"

Artemis snickered. That had to be the world record for saying ma'am in 10 seconds. She elbowed Demeter, who sniggered back.

"Hera, Zeus, Poseidon! You haven't brought them in either. If you don't return them by next week I will personally Skype Rhea to come over!"

"We will, Mrs. Dogson."

"Does Rhea have Skype? And how does Mrs. Dogson know who Rhea is?" asked Hephaestus to Demeter.

"Don't know, don't care." She replied.

"Good." Mrs. Dogson looked around at the class. "Now, as all of you know, next Friday will be our awesome swimming carnival!"

"Awwww…"

"Come on class, let's hear some optimism!"

"Whoooooo! Yeah baby, bring it on!" yelled Poseidon.

Zeus raised his eyebrows.

Mrs. Dogson ignored that. "I'm glad that all of you are especially enthusiastic! Now, off to Mrs. Tomato for a music lesson."

Dang it, Artemis thought, I'm gonna have to hold a private meeting.

"Come to the secret meeting spot, recess."

"Wha- oh, that secret meeting spot," Demeter realised. "The one where Apollo tied up Dionysus and interrogated him with distilled wine."

"Yeah, that one."

"But why?"

"Swimming carnivals are boring. We need to change the schedule around a little bit." Artemis grinned mischievously.

"So we have to invite the boys?"

"Ah… Dang it. Do we absolutely have to?"

"Admit it Artemis, they come up with all the fun ideas."

"FINE. But this was your idea, not mine. And you're telling them."

"Yeah, sure."

Their chat was interrupted as Mrs. Tomato saw them and said, "Come along children, into the music room."

The recess bell rang. Artemis wasn't as glad as she should have been.

"Please tell me that you didn't tell the boys," She pleaded Demeter.

"I did…"

"Please tell me you didn't invite that group…"

"OH! That group. Ummmm… well, you've gotta admit Artemis, Apollo and Poseidon are the only ones who come up with fun ideas."

Artemis grumped over the fact that even one of her best friends thought that her twin brother was better at coming up with exciting ides than she was.

"Well, I invited Athena. And Hestia," Demeter volunteered.

Artemis's eyes lit up. "OK, let's go!" She began dragging Demeter down the corridor, and out into the playground.

"And Hephaestus."

Artemis stopped abruptly, sending Demeter sprawling.

Five minutes later, Artemis, Demeter, Hestia, Athena, Hephaestus, Apollo and Poseidon were gathered round in the 'secret meeting spot', which wasn't very secret.

"Ow… this… storage cupboard… is… so… squishy." Athena mumbled.

"Hey, when I interrogated Dionysus it was just us two." Apollo protested.

"Well, anyway," Artemis began, "I have this idea."

"WHAT?" Poseidon asked when Artemis had finished declaring it "THAT'S CRAZY!"

Apollo whistled. "I like it."

Tears welled up in the eyes of Poseidon's kindy version. "But, I wanna do some swimming."

"Aw, it's okay bro. Chillax, we'll find you a way to swim while we have our fun." Apollo patted Poseidon sympathetically on the back.

Poseidon began to cry.

"There, there, fellow living organism." Hephaestus held Poseidon's hand.

Artemis face-palmed.

"Uh… I mean… it's all right Poseidon."

"Why do you guys even try comforting him?" Athena asked off-handedly. "He'll get over it. It's not as if he's a kindy."

"Whatever."

Hephaestus suddenly had an idea. "Why don't I build something to help you, Poseidon?"

Poseidon brightened up.

"That's a great idea, Hephaestus. Why don't you build a paddling pool with heating and waves?" Hestia suggested.

"Well, building it should be a cinch, but in this foreign mortal world, I don't know where I'd get the materials." Hephaestus scratched the back of his head.

Poseidon began to cry again.

Artemis sighed. "Look, I have a plan. Hestia here will pretend to be sick, and Hephaestus and I will volunteer to take her to sick bay, then we'll sneak out of the school, and get the parts for the paddling pool."

"Hang on, why me?" Hestia demanded angrily.

"Because Mrs. Dogson absolutely falls for you, Hestia," Apollo said, "And so she'll really think that you're sick just in case you act badly. And obviously, you'll get to come with Hephaestus, Artemis and I."

"Hang on," Artemis said, "Hephaestus, Artemis and I?"

"You aren't planning on leaving me behind, are you?" Apollo said hotly.

"Wake up sunshine. My plan, my rules."

"I think we should let him come. Safety in numbers. A tactical advantage," Athena said thoughtfully.

"We?" Artemis was flabbergasted.

"I am the brains of the experiment. You can't leave me behind." Athena said superiorly.

"Hey, you need to let me come." Demeter said. "I need to be there, just in case you find cereal. You can never tell if it's whole-grain of just a scam."

"Hey, what if someone begins drowning?" Poseidon asked superiorly. "I have to be there, just in case it happens."

"What?" Athena asked. "You can't drown in a shopping centre."

"Welcome to the world, genius. Recent developers had an idea of putting in fountains to shopping malls."

Artemis played her last card, "Won't 7 kindergartens walking around a shopping centre look suspicious?"

"What? No. Duh," Apollo said.

Hestia began to speak, "So… umm… We suggest the idea of a fête-"

"Festival of awesomeness," Apollo interjected.

"Festival of awesomeness to Mrs. Dogson, then if she says yes, I faint and you six volunteer to take me to sick bay then we sneak out of school then walk to the nearest shopping centre which sucks 'cause our godly powers are gone then nick Hephaestus's stuff then come back to school?" Everyone nodded.

"Well then, that's settled." Athena declared, then added, "You know, I think that it would be a good idea to give our group a name. You know? That sort of thing?"

"Hmmm… good idea. Let's say one world each," Hestia said, then began, "Warm."

"Awesome!" Apollo grinned.

"Seaweedy," Poseidon declared.

"Umm… hunting-loving?" Artemis said.

"Intelligent," Athena suggested.

"Cereal-ish!" Demeter yelled.

"Hammers," Hephaestus finished. There was silence.

"Soo…" Athena recapped, "That's the… Warm, awesome, seaweedy, hunting-loving, intelligent, cerealish hammers."

"Or W-A-S-H-L-I-C-H," Hestia turned it into an acronym.

"Or WASHLICH," Poseidon made a sound like he was digesting a screwdriver.

"Wash lick?" Hephaestus asked, confused.

"No, silly, WASHLICH," Demeter said.

"Okay then, WASHLICH it is!" Apollo declared.

"Meeting adjourned." Artemis said, smiling.