Carrie walked into the classroom, clutching her book bag tightly against her chest, as she sat down in a desk in the corner of the class. A seat closest to the door, and farthest from everyone else. She reached into her bag and began pulling out pencils and notebooks, until she felt a tap upon her shoulder. With a cringe Carrie turned to see Yui next to her.

"Good Morning Carrie" She greeted with a warm smile, her hand placed gently on Carrie's shoulder

"Hello" She replied, attempting to hide most of her face behind her hair.

"I'm glad to see you today, I was worried yesterday since you didn't show up to welcoming ceremony and that we couldn't find you. You're okay though, right" Yui asked worriedly.

"Yes, well…I…" Carrie stuttered unable to recall the words needed to retell the events of yesterday.

She stood beneath the doorframe watching as several of the students gathered around the stage conversing with one another. Confused, Carrie couldn't comprehend what they were supposed to do or what was going on. Just as she managed to gather up the courage to walk up to her fellow students, it immediately died once she saw them heading her way. Upon instinct, she ducted behind a corner and watched the students leave in the opposite direction.

"I can't" Carrie whispered to herself, her hand gripping her chest. Slowly, she sank down to the floor, her hands compressed against her chest trying to calm her rapid heartbeat.

"I can't, I can't" She repeated over and over, almost chanting. When she thought she heard another pair of footsteps, Carrie picked herself up and sprinted away from the hall.

"I didn't feel good" She answered; it wasn't the truth but also not completely a lie.

"Really, are you sure you should be in class" Yui said in concern, her hand reaching to feel Carrie's forehead only for the girl to flinch away. Carrie simply nodded, and before Yui could press the bell rang.

"Alright, but if you don't feel well just asked to go to the nurse and I'll take you there" Yui offered turning to head to her desk. Carrie breathed a sigh of relief as she opened her notebook and began jotting down notes for class. As class progressed Carrie's eyes glanced around the room, she noticed that several of the students had failed to come to class. Though beside that the class continued normally and went fairly fast before the bell rang. After she had packed up her belongings, Carrie was about to leave when she heard someone yell.

"Carrie, a bunch of us are meeting up in the lounge. Would you like to come, or are you still feeling under the weather" Yui said running up to her.

"Uh. Thank you…but I don't think I can go. I still don't feel good" Carrie said slowly backing away from Yui towards the door.

"Oh ok, do you need someone to walk you back to your room" Yui offered, but Carrie simply nodded her head side to side. "Well, I hope you feel better" She said before walking away. Carrie immediately walked out, through the courtyard, and to her room. Carrie didn't realize she had been running until she found herself leaning against her door trying to catch her breath.

"You all right Carrie" Chloe asked, wobbling his little feet to her side.

"Yeah, I'm ok" She answered setting her bag on the table and sliding her shoes off her feet, slowly making her way to her bed where she plopped herself down.

"Why did you rush back here? You know you're allowed to linger around outside and mingle with the other students, this school isn't all about in class learning as much as it is gods interacting with mortals" Chloe reminded, hoping up on to Carrie's lap.

"No-No I can't" Chloe let out a frustrated sigh.

"I know this isn't easy for you and that you've been through a lot before coming here, but this a fresh start and if you just allowed them you could gain a couple great friends"

"The last time I thought I made friends I killed them" Carrie retorted, her nails digging into her hands. A soft, fuzzy hand patted her hands in comfort until she released her grip. Carrie picked up Chloe and brought him to a small plastic igloo that rested on her table, where he slept for the night. Then she walked over to her closest and prepared to go to bed.


KNOCK. KNOCK.

"Carrie" A voice groaned as the blonde batted her eyes, dusting away the sleep from them.

"Carrie, someone's at the door" Chloe said, sticking his head outside of his igloo. Carrie pushed back her sheets and got up, smoothing out her blue nightgown before she opened the door. Immediately she was blinded by the sunlight, and surrounded by heat.

"So hot" She commented, trying to make her eyes adjust to the light to see who was at her door.

"Good morning Carrie" Yui greeted, already dressed in a lighter school uniform.

"Uh, Hello"

"So since the heat here is pretty overpowering, that we would attend Seaside School"

"Seaside School" Carrie repeated in confusion.

"Wait that's right they don't have Seaside School in America, well what it is that students gather together and they attend school, but it's at the beach. Do you want to come?"

"I'm not sure" She answered, her eyes starring at the floor.

"Oh, you're still not feeling well from yesterday" Yui said in disappointment.

"Well…you see I-"

"She'd love to go to Seaside School with you guys" Chloe interjected leaping up on to her shoulder.

"Chloe!"

"Are you Carrie's guardian doll? Its nice to meet you my name is Yui Kusanagi" She greeted, extending her hand to shake the little penguins paw.

"Nice to see you, and like I said Carrie would love to go with you guys"

"But I don't feel so-"

"Oh shush, you're healthier than horse. Quit being so shy" Chloe interrupted, but turned back to Yui.

"Why don't you come back here in half in hour and she'll be ready to go"

"That's perfect, and you don't have to worry about a swimsuit I ordered plenty from the school store. I'll be back in awhile to pick you up. See you then" Yui said with a wave before jogging off.

"But-" Carrie cried out.

"No buts, just get ready" Chloe ordered.


Carrie walked in the middle of the group, but far off to the side hoping not to attract any attention. She wore a uniform more comfortable for the season as everyone else with her sleeves shortened and her tights removed, but kept her skirt the same length. In her anxiety with an unfamiliar group, or just being with a group in general, she fiddled with her fingers.

To her relief, most didn't notice her presence or just didn't care to. Yui was too busy trying to keep the guys rounded up and prevent them from leaving to talk to Carrie. Then after hours of walking, they arrived at the beach and while everyone gazed at the beach Carrie snuck away from the group. She kept her eyes locked on the beach, but moved off the beaten path into more forested area. Only after a couple minutes she managed to find a small-secluded cove.

Climbing up on to one of the rocks over the water, she stared beneath the watery depths. She slid her grey bag off her shoulder on to the rock and began pulling her skirt up, about half up her thigh she tied it off. Gently, Carrie eased herself off the rock and into the shallow water. Her hands traveled to the back of her head, tying her hair into a ponytail. Once she finished, she bent down into the water looking for something. Carrie failed to realize how cold the water had become, or how dark the day had become.


Back at the school cabin, everyone had gathered around the fireplace attempting to escape the cold. Yui had run off with another classmate in the hope of finding a way to resurrect the disastrous Seaside School trip. Half the guys were trying to leave, while the other half were trying to keep them there.

"Wait wasn't there someone else that came with us" Thor pointed out as he glanced around the room.

"Yeah, but Apollon and Yui went out to get something" Balder answered.

"No there was another girl, Charlotte" Loki added.

"I think her name was actually Carrie" Tsukito corrected, but only after looking through his notes.

"We should go look for her, she might have gotten hurt" Balder said jumping up from his seat.

"Dionysus and I shall remain here, incase Apollon and Yui return to tell them what's going on" Hades said, getting up from his bar stool.

"Tsk. What a bother" Takeru remarked.


It only took the gods a couple minutes to return to the beach, far colder than it had been earlier due to the ocean breeze and the warm sun having set hours ago. The gods decided to split up to cover different ends of the beach, the Norse took the left side while the Japanese took the right side.

"Takeru, she might have gone through the woods. I think I'll check them out a bit, while staying fairly close to the beach" Tsukito said, his arm stretched out pointing to the wooded area.

"Sure brother, just don't go too far" Takeru added watching his brother disappear behind the trees. He continued to make his way along the beach, admiring the sounds of the ocean and the smell of salt. Suddenly he came across a fairly large rock formation, cutting off the beach. Takeru narrowed his eyes at the obstacle before he started climbing over the rocks, not a difficult task as he soon stood a top of the rocks finding a small cove just below him.

In the center of the small pool stood the form of a girl, in her hands holding something with a smile on her face. He didn't even have to call out to her for her to notice him; she spun her head around to face him as though she had sensed him. Takeru had seen her when Zeus forced her to introduce herself to the others, but he had never really seen her face. Her hair had been pulled back from her face revealing intense doe eyes the color of honey, brown with gold speckled in them. Her entire form had been illuminated by the moonlight, almost as she too were a goddess.

Suddenly Takeru lost his footing and slipped down the rocks, it wasn't a terrible fall, just slip. Carrie ran out of the water and over to where she left her things, untying her skirt and letting it fall back into place. She pushed her feet back into her flats and threw her bag on to her shoulder, but before she could run away something grabbed her wrist. She cringed under the touch.

"Hey do you have any idea how much trouble you caused us, we were about to get out of here when someone noticed that you disappeared practically the entire day. Some of us even thought you had gotten hurt somewhere" Takeru scolded.

"I'm s-sorry I just-"

"You just what" He growled his glare intense, making Carrie feel more feeble than she was.

"I lost track of time, I'm sorry" She whimpered trying to hide from his glared, but her hair still remain in a ponytail.

"And what about the freezing water, didn't you even think about getting sick"

"I never really noticed how cold it got" She answered.

"But you-"

"Takeru that enough" Tsukito interrupted walking up to the pair, clearly having found the path that Carrie had used. Starring at his brother for a moment before he conceded with a grunt and let go of Carrie's wrist.

"Come on everyone's worried" Tsukito said turning his back and walking away with Carrie and Takeru in tow. With her hand now free, she pulled the hair tie out and let her hair shield her face once again. Along their way back they ran into the Norse gods who were relieved to see Carrie all right, well at least Balder was Loki and Thor never really cared. It took little time for them to return to the cabin, and just when they were about to step inside Yui and Apollon jumped out of the bushes.

"Everyone wait" Yui pleaded.

"No! I'm tired of-" Before Loki could finish his rant, light exploded in the night sky in the shape of a flower. The image was dazzling and incredible enough to silence all the gods as they watched them fire into the sky one after another, each creating a different shape.

"Are those fi-fireworks" Carrie inquired, pushing her hair away from her face to get a better view.

"Fireworks?" Takeru questioned, unsure what he was watching.

"I've never actually seen them before, but there beautiful" Carrie said in amazement. The rest of the evening came and went merrily. After the fireworks display Yui and Apollon pulled out packages of sparklers, everyone rushed to grab some. Loki and Takeru chased each other around with handfuls of sparklers, while the others just held one and watched it lights before they went out. Carrie sat their close to the group, but still somewhat distant, but instead of watching her sparkler she was watching everyone else. And she smiled.