This is how we live

I'm your average girl. I like to hang out with my mates, talk about boys, listen to music and text late at night, and fall asleep in school. You know the usual.

That's what everyone thinks at least. My name is Aethra. I am the mortal daughter of Aphrodite (goddess of love, lust, beauty, seduction and pleasure) and Epimetheus (god of after thought and father of excuses). Yea, that's right I'm a god. But because of the lovely god Zeus, it had been decided that all gods’ children would need to live on earth until proven worthy. How long that takes is depending on who your parents are and well mine are to say the least, not a perfect match.

My mother is one of the Olympian deities, original 12 gods in Olympus and my father is a titan. Let’s just say they are born to hate each other. I'm 16 this year, and I don't think I'll be meeting up with mummy and daddy too soon, so till then I'm here. On earth, waiting.

My birth parents are Oliva and Brandon Jackson. They were chosen by the gods to help and protect me. People can barely tell they are my parents, as I get my genes from the gods. I have my mother's golden brown hair and my fathers green eyes, were as my birth parents have both dark chocolate brown hair and brown eyes.

Everything about me is a cliché. Boys’ reactions to me, I can’t really help it. I wish that it was different, that I could just blend into the background. I know I sound whiny, but I am really am grateful for everything but I would like to just feel normal for a day or two.

My best friends name is Demonice, she is the mortal daughter of Hades (king of the underworld and god the dead, death and the hidden wealth of the Earth), and Epiales (spirit of nightmares). From that little bit of information you can immediately tell she is morbid. However, I still love her like a sister, even though she is very difficult sometimes. She has her fathers black hair and her mothers pale skin. She is a demigod but as is still half spirit.

She will be accepted into Olympus. She has the awesome ability to inflect pain while people are sleeping and know when someone is about to die. I think the pain bit is cooler but... you know. She's a straight A student, but has to put a lot of effort into it. She is the only other god I know of at our school, Donner heights. But on my sixteenth birthday I gain the ability to sense others.

I guess I should explain that a little bit. When a demigod turns sixteen they gain ‘the sight’. It allows us to see the gods as well as their children. Each god has individual colours which get passed on to their children, the dominant gods colour gets passed on. Like with Demonice, Hades’ colour is black, whereas her mother’s colour is a royal blue so when I can see her aura it will be black.

My birthday is tomorrow!! I can hardly wait.

12 hours. I should sleep but I can't...

I guess I will just force myself to.