Goode Reads Battle of the Labyrinth

Chapter 4

PΣRCΨ'S P.Ω.V.

APOLLO HAD CAME FOR ME. He came to my school, without a warning, that's usually a bad sign for me. Why don't the gods just give me a break for at least a year or two. Every single year it's either a quest or a war, or quests that start wars. I seriously need a break.

"So." Apollo said, pacing on stage. "Why am I here?"

Please don't be here to reveal me. I've been undercover three weeks and nothing's happened, well, except for the one hellhound that followed me from school. At least the mist is back up.

"Well, the fates and I have came up with a plan. A plan to tell you guys something that we've been keeping you. So basically the fates have assigned the Olympians, Hades, Hestia, and a few minor gods to different schools across the country to tell you this." He paused, "Are you following me so far."

Everyone in the crowd looked at each other and shrugged.

"So right now I'm probably at twenty different schools right now explaining this to people. So, I hope this doesn't get too confusing."

"What do you mean you're at twenty different schools right now?" Someone asked.

"Gods can be at many places at once. Right now I'm driving my awesome sun chariot, or sports car, same difference. Arguing with my sister about something, like always. And I might be on a few dates right now." He smirked.

"So anyway, back on topic. So here it is, When we Gods revealed ourselves, we didn't tell you everything. We told you that we stopped having affairs with mortals eons ago. That is not true."

There was several gasps coming out of everyone's mouths. Ms. Dreer(The mythology teacher, remember?) looked like she had just been shot. I just shrunk down even further in my seat.

"Sometimes we have children with these mortals. These children, are called demigods. Some of you may be thinking, 'Wow! It must be cool to have an Olympian for a parent.' That's not true. A demigods life is hard, a lot of the time it's gets them killed in painful ways."

Everyone stood still at the edge of their seats.

"That's why I'm here. We are going to read a few stories about some of the things these modern demigods have done. So time in this room is frozen for now, no one will get tired or hungry, so we can read all the stories that I have."

He snapped his fingers and a book appeared on a podium in front of him.

"This first book that we'll be reading is about a quest from a little over two years ago. It was lead by a daughter of Athena-"

I swallowed really hard.

"-accompanied by a son of Poseidon, Cyclopes, and Satyr."

Everyone looked confused.

"But first, I'm going to embarrass some of my cousins and their friends." He laughed.

Great. He's probably going to reveal me. So long for keeping unnoticed this year.

"Come on done here Perce." He said grinning maniacally. The whole school looked at me with confusion.

We did he have to reveal me!? I was doing so well, even now that everyone knows that the gods all exist. I let my anger unleash and all the sprinklers in the gym exploded. Kids screamed, trying to get out of the way of the water.

Apollo smiled, standing there on stage. "Really?"

The water stopped coming down from the ceiling and everyone looked at me with open mouths.

"Why can't you leave me alone for once?" I said to him, "I'd barely been in school for three weeks, and now everyone knows about me!"

"Sorry cuz. That's just the way it is."

Everyone looked at us. Probably confused on why he called me cuz."Just come down here." He said, "The stage is waiting."

"Am I seriously going to half to read about the quest to the Labyrinth?" I asked him once I was on stage.

"Yeah." He grinned. Then a giant flash of light filled the whole gym.