Legends of Olympus: Awakening

Chapter 4 Rosie

Chapter 4 Rosie

The chat with Coach Hedge didn't go quite as Rosie had expected. First of all he believed her side of the story, which for Rosie never happens, then when she told him about lobbing the text books at the boys' heads he laughed and muttered "Awesome"! Which again was very peculiar? He then went on to explain to her how he understood today was hard and difficult for her due to what had happened a year ago. Not many people knew about the event, the four of them kept it to themselves, but most of the teachers knew. So Rosie presumed that's how Coach Hedge had found out.           
"Well Miss Flame you're free to go "Coach said. Rosie was in a little shock.          
"Really?" she smiled.     
"Yeah , I'll have Bill and Fred spend the afternoon break with me, you go and enjoy the rest of your day'' he laughed.   
"Erm... ok... thanks Coach Hedge "Rosie said, baffled.    
"Any time"         
As Rosie opened the office door and went to step out Coach called then said.   
"Oh, and next time use a baseball bat... much more effective than a text book!" He winked, Rosie just stood there for a moment, nodded and left the office. Well that was strange she thought.

Rosie strolled down the empty hallway heading out to the playground when she spotted Megan by her locker.                
"Hey Meg" Rosie ran over to Megan tapping her on the shoulder. Megan jumped and spun around in a panic. Her hair was a long dark ginger mess and her Brown eyes blood shot and stressed, but she still looked great, no matter what Megan always managed to look good. She wore a silky green strappy vest with light blue denim shorts and white sneakers. Though her hair was messy, it was more a wild attractive mess, than a scruffy bed hair mess. Whereas Rosie's hair was jet black, just like her lips and eye liner.

Rosie and Megan's tastes in clothing were opposite too. Rosie wore her black leather jacket as she always did, with a dark red V neck t-shirt and black jeans and boots. Most people thought Rosie was a goth or a Satanist, but she just liked the colour black, plus she found it rather amusing and entertaining when she would say something like, "I'm going to eat your soul" to some jerk and watch them run away screaming for their mummy. Even though Megan looked good she still seemed distracted and distant.                
"You ok? " Rosie asked. For a moment Megan was silent and seemed as if she was staring right through Rosie, as if she wasn't even there. Then she shuddered back to life, nodding her head she turned back to her locker closing it.

"I'm Fine" she said in an unsteady voice, "it's just, last night I had this dre..." Megan's sentence was cut short as the double doors to the playground flew open with a mighty CRASH rippling through the hallway, accompanied by a flailing, screaming Archie.

When Archie reached the two of them, he stood there leaning forward, his hands resting on his knees trying to catch his breath, while gasping for air he said.      
"We've" gasp,  "got"  gasp, "a problem". 

Just then Pearl came sprinting through the open doors with a look of anger and fear on her face. "What's going on? "Megan demanded. Archie looked up, his grey-blue eyes wild. 
"Goldie lock's is trying to eat me "he blurted.    
"What the hell? " Megan said.   
"Vampires... fangs... they tried eating me" gasp, "and..and...Pearl's a water ninja warrior".           
"She's a ninja WHAT? " Megan said confused. Rosie took Archie by his shoulders.            
  "Ok how hard did you hit your head and how much Red bull did you have this morning?"            
"No I'm serious " he panted, "and two cans... but that's beside the point" he argued.    
"He's telling the truth, well kinda, they're not Vampires, they're Empousai and the Goldie locks thing, well that is the Red bull" Pearl added. Megan's face was growing more and more confused by the second "Empous, WHAT?" she demanded.                
"No time to explain, we need to leave now they're just behind us" Pearl replied. Suddenly, once again, the double doors swung open and just on queue a girl stormed through the doors. Her golden curls dripping with water and she was soaked from head to toe.           
"Goldie Locks... I presume? "Rosie said mockingly. The girl hissed, fangs extending from her mouth. How much Red bull had I had, Rosie thought. Three more people came running through the doors joining Goldie Locks. Two guys and a girl, also dripping wet. One of the guys had sun glasses on with a missing lens, I wonder how that happened, Rosie thought, glancing at Pearl. The other had a polystyrene pasta pot squashed on his head, the sauce running down his face, while the other girl looked as if she had lost a battle with an angry dustbin; she had bits of rubbish tangled in her hair with a banana peel resting on top. 
Archie now fully recovered, turned to them and shouted.           
"If it's any consolation I think you guys look great, I heard the bin diver look is in at the moment" In unison the four of them hissed viciously, fangs dripping with saliva and pasta sauce.

Goldie Locks lurched forward slowly and hissed.              
"Cursed Half-bloods, our mistress wishes that the three of you and the one whom lurks hidden in the shadows are taken alive" the other girl quickly interrupted, "yes, mistress was very specific about the shadowed one being returned, find him she said and he shall unite the hou..."    
"Quiet you fool " Goldie spat "as I was saying, our mistress wishes your lives to be spared, however we only need the one of you to lead us to the shadowed one, the girl in black she'll do fine".  
Goldie Locks and the three fangs, hissed hungrily.           
"The rest of you are fare game" she said.            
"Is it just me, or were you guys expecting her to say something like ,MEATS BACK ON THE MENU BOY'S, that would of been cooler" Archie blurted. Pearl, Rosie and Megan stared at him like, seriously. Archie looked around.         
"No? Only me, ok" Archie shrugged.

The Empousai looked at one another, turned, bared their fangs and charged.