This is how we live

Chapter 1

"Aethra, get your lazy ass out of bed!" Demonice called up stairs sounding like a hydra, you know that thing Hercules killed, yea well it can come back and that sound scares the heck out of me and Demonice knows it. 

"Demi you scream like that once more and I will make sure that is all guys will hear!" That shut her up. I have the amazing ability to change the appearance of people to the opposite sex, as in you may be really pretty but I can make you look like a toads breakfast if you piss me off.

Guess I fell asleep then. I got up and looked in the mirror; I never have much to do to my appearance to look good. I'm not cocky; it's just the truth.

Today is a skirt day, so I pull out my denim mini, pair it up with a black tee, my dear mother would be proud, zip my knee high boots and I'm ready. I walk down the stairs and can already her Demi complaining.

"It’s not fair!" is all she is saying over and over.

 "Gosh what isn't fair child?" I say to Demi's back, and as she turns around I couldn't stop laughing, there in the middle of her eyes is the biggest pimple ever.

"Aethra please stop laughing and help your friend." Oliva says. So I stop, place my hand over it and when I remove it, the pimples gone. I also can remove or create blemishes on any person's body if I'm feeling nice.

"Thanks" Demi mumbled.

"Bye Oliva, bye Brandon." I call over my shoulder as we walk outside giggling.

 "You can stop now you know." Demi said. I stopped because I know if I don't that crazy child will start messing with my dreams, if there not messed up enough.

As we walked up to the school gates I saw Ty so I ran up to him, and gave him the biggest hugs ever. "Happy birthday Aethra." I look up at him and realise there's a strange feeling I have suddenly, and no before you think about it, its not love I already know that I like him, its something different.

 "Ty what's your full name?"

"It’s Tydeus"

"Who are your parents?"

 "You already know that silly, its Sam and Liz." He said giving me a quizzical look. As this is playing out, Demi is looking between us like it's a tennis match and it’s my turn to serve.

"Tydeus, I know you’re lying so you better tell me now! Who are your god parents?" a shocked look played over both Ty and Demi's faces.

"How did you know? But if you must know I'm the mortal son of Nyx (goddess of night) and Eros (god of love)."

Demi and I both told him our stories, he wasn't shocked and Demonice's tale as he was sixteen so he could tell that she was a demigod but he didn't know about me, which is weird because my mother is an Olympian deities, so the sense should be heightened around me, the mystery that only Zeus could answer, and that was tonight.

I just know he will come tonight, I can always tell before he dose. As I was contemplating this, something caught my eyes.

The two most popular girls walked through the gates, they are only that popular because their twins. They had that same glow around them like Ty did. He looked at me, I pointed to them and he just nodded.

We started walking towards them Demi just followed, not knowing what was going on, she was a month younger than me so she had not received her gift yet. "Aethra, Ty and Demi, to what do we owe the pleasure?" Maya asked as Nimrit just smiled sweetly at us.

"Tell us who your parents are." Ty stated calmly. Maya giggled and this time it was Nimrit's turn to answer,

"We are the twin daughters of Pheme (spirit of rumour, report and gossip) and Zelos (spirit of eager rivalry, emulation, envy, jealousy and zeal)"