LeoAmaranth

The Gods Crash the Party and I Get Kidnapped The party fell silent. Maybe it was the presence of gods and demigods that kept everyone calm. Maybe the lack of screaming played a part. Whatever it was, I was thankful for it. Especially since I was more than familiar with that kind of crash. Reit nudged my arm. “It’s started.” I sighed and stood up. “Yeah.” “Where’re you going?” “I’m going to see if I can find the breaker and get the lights back on before people start to panic.” “Good idea.” He grabbed my hand and stood. “I’ll come with you.” I

Chocolate Spiders and Zombie Gelatin Halloween shopping that Saturday was amazing. Gaia had organized a trip Athens that included anyone that was willing to make the trek. The food was great. The company good. Getting shoved into random costumes, though, was not. The sheer amount of time Gaia and Tock spent hauling me from store to store and dragging me down isles of colorful skimpy outfits nearly made me sick. As I stood staring at costumes that didn’t turn me into eye candy, much to Tock’s disapproval, a little black haired boy teleported in front of me. This, at least, was something I was used to. Gaia’s middle son, abo

Life Gets Even More Awkward As it turned out, life became pretty normal after that and a month had passed before I knew it. I returned home daily with new bruises from training. No matter what Tychon said, the armor we were given was NOT made for heavy impacts. Human Interaction 101 wasn’t going very well. I kept accidentally setting papers on fire in frustration and effectively scaring away anyone who got within arm’s reach. Biology wasn’t much better. My last lab partner had grabbed my arm to keep me from slicing my hand open on a scalpel and I accidentally electrocuted him. Drama, at least, hadn’t left people scare

Apollo Gives Me a Reality Check The second week of school came and I was already exhausted. I dropped onto the bench at the lunch table my small group of friends had claimed as if gravity itself was trying to crush me. The rest of the group exchanged looks over the top of my head. Tock and Arion had gladly welcomed Nicholas and Samantha into our dysfunctional little fold. Though the humans were still too fearful to so much as approach our table. “They have to realize we won’t smite them.” Arion had piped up that morning as everyone had walked in. “If they don’t know, then someone should tell them.” Tock

I Didn’t Order a Foot for Lunch Why did I always have to be right about stuff like that? I rushed to breakfast, but was too late. All the food was gone, save for a biscuit Pax slipped me on the way out the door. Izzy threw his ear at me before we even made it out onto the street. His hand followed after two blocks and I chased him the rest of the way to the school attempting to club him with it. At the front gate, I threw it at him and nailed him in the back of the head. “You’re my OLDER brother! Act like it!” I stormed away in a huff to get my class schedule and a map. Truly, I shouldn’t have bothered with t

A God Comes to Dinner I stretched and yawned, stood, and attempted to swat the dirt off of my ripped jeans and tunic. Thoughts filtered through the half asleep haze I was still trapped in. How long had I slept? Had I missed breakfast? Where had my companion run off to now? As I stumbled barefoot through the darkness, thinking became easier. I had definitely overslept. Breakfast was long past. My companion, though, was nowhere to be found. Stopping, I took three steps to my left, and sat down. Reaching out next to me, my fingers tangled in the straps of an old army rucksack. I pulled it loose and opened it. Falling backwards into the dirt,