Chapter 1- Bhavana

"Pink or blue cardigan?" Eshana asked.

'You and your fashion conscious butt.' Bhavana thought.

"Blue," she replied, "it would go better with the skirt."

"You know, I almost feel normal." Eshana said, admiring yet another piece of clothing.

"Yeah like we're normal." Bhavana scoffed sarcastically.

They both were far from normal. Unless of course ,you thought being able to become invisible, control minds and other freakishly weird things, then yes, they were very much normal.

Bhavana and Eshana had grown up together. Bhavana had temper issues, while Eshana was super girly. They knew they were freaks and didn't know why, nor did they care. They had been that way since they were little. Both had been kicked out of 8 different schools for various reasons. Most of the time it was because they were running for their lives from evil monsters and caused a little damage to school property. You know, the usual.

Nick walked by. Bhavana held her breath and stared. His midnight black hair was perfect looking, as usual. Eshana followed Bhavana's eyes.

"I can't believe that you fell for such a dork. Like really?" Eshana said impertinently, rolling her chocolate brown eyes. Bhavana jumped to her feet.

" Yeah, I wouldn't be talking, Eshana. He's cuter and smarter than you will ever be," Eshana tensed, ready to run, but she was too slow. Bhavana gave her a painful taser.

"Ouch," Eshana yelled, "that hurt!" "Well, that's what you get," Bhavana said. Eshana rolled her eyes.

"This girl has some serious problems," she muttered. " OWWW," she yelped when Bhavana tasered her again. " What the hell was THAT for?" she asked.

"I'm not deaf, you freaking daughter of Aphrodite!" Bhavana said.

" Woah. Hold it. You do NOT insult my mother and get away with it," Eshana said.

" Well guess what? I just did!" Bhavana sneered.

" Yeah well at least my mom wasn't born from Zeus's split skull," Eshana countered. Bhavana gasped." You did NOT just go there, Eshana," Eshana laughed harshly. " Well I just did, nerd," Bhavana punched Eshana in the face. Eshana brought out her wings, knowing that the mist would shield the humans from seeing them. They weren't just children of the gods, they were genetic mutant freaks too.

Scientists had experimented on them in a place called the Lab, where they were fitted with genes from other animals. Eshana was a human-avian-ichthyoid hybrid. You'll see what Bhavana is. Bhavana lashed out with her powerful claws forcefully, attacking Eshana. Eshana evaded and flew up to the ceiling of the mall, 3 stories higher than the level they were on. Bhavana snapped out her own wings, sighing. She felt like a Scissor whenever she used them. More about Scissors later.

Yes, she was human-avian-feline hybrid. Eshana plunged into the aquarium tank below her. After all they were in the Mall of America, Bhavana would probably give up.. Plus Bhavana wouldn't come after her because of her cat-like instinct. Or so she thought. Bhavana plunged in after her, swearing when she hit the water.

"Bhavana! Eshana! What do you think you guys are doing?" Nick called to them. He was another person part of their happy little freak group. He had hummingbird DNA , so he could fly really fast and was the son of Aphrodite, like Eshana but had the smarts of Athena somehow, like Bhavana, but smarter.

"Both of you get down here this minute, and I mean it!" Alex, Bhavana's friend yelled. She was a daughter of Hephaestus but didn't look like it . Her caramel brown hair was offset by startling turquoise eyes, her delicate wrists didn't look like they'd stand a chance in the forges. "I mean it Bhavana, you're going to get hypothermia." Bhavana happily obliged, as she hated the water. She cursed loudly again, shivering from the frigid water. She leapt out of the water and landed next to Nick. She transformed, sheathed her claws and tucked in her wings. She turned and saw Nick's emerald green eyes staring back at her.

' Gods of Olympus, he's hot,' Bhavana thought in her mind.

" Are you crazy?" Nick asked Bhavana.

" Hey, it's all Fish Face's fault," Bhavana said. Eshana flew up behind her and whacked her on the head, and the force sent her flying into Nick's arms. She felt like Zeus had shocked her with his master bolt. It took Bhavana a few milliseconds to realize they were in a public place and she righted her balance and took a few steps back.

"You're welcome," Eshana whispered in her ear.

Again, I apologize for the sappy romance.

~Innovation