Tigress' POV
"Thank you all for showing up for the Greek Mythology Fair and Welcome. Now I'm going to tell you a story about how I came to meet my family. Now before you ask. No, I'm not the tigress. That's just what the kids at the orphanage called me so it stuck. And if you don't believe the story that's fine lots of people think I'm insane.
It all started when I was walking in the woods behind the orphanage I lived in."
I plop down onto the ground and look into the water. I see my reflection and think how did I get here? Alone, no family, no friends, and the only girl in the whole orphanage. And even worse there are multiple reasons why I'm friendless except for the headmaster. One I'm a girl, two I am top of the orphan karate class, I can fluently speak and read ancient Greek and four I win at any game that involves strategy but no one listens to me. And finally, I have always seen things that have been really weird. Like one time a boy was running down the street with a lady hot on his heels. The thing is the lady was carrying a platter of cheese samples, her hair was made of snakes, and her feet where green and scaly. When I mentioned it, headmaster told me to get some rest because all that happened was that boy was riding his skateboard. I skip a rock into the lake that's beside me. I move the pile leaves from the water that are restricting me from seeing my reflection fully. But I'm no longer interested in my reflection. Under the leaves is something that I can't take anywhere without raising suspicion. As I reach into the water I savor the cool feeling. Pulling out a bronze sword with a leather handle I see that it has been used. But it fits into my hand perfectly. I frown in confusion; I've never used a sword in my life. I turn it in my hands. On one side, it says in ancient Greek water cutter. On the butt of the handle a button like bump is raised above the rest. I take a chance and press it. Gasping I fling it away from me. Slowly walking toward where it lay I see no sward but a wrap-around bracelet with intricate designs and a large green gem in the middle. Picking it up I press the gem. It changes back into the sword. I'll tell them I won it at a chess game, I decide. That's believable.
Back at the orphanage I put the bracelet on but no one notices it. I go all the way until bedtime with it. When the headmaster comes to the girl's dorm I ask him that I think fencing would be a good addition to our routine. He tiredly says he will consider it.
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I open my eyes to the blinding sun. Ugh. I think I'll go see about those fencing lessons. Putting on my bracelet, camo tank top, an old pair of shorts, and my new pair of flats that the place got just for me, I walk out of the dorm, still putting up my hair. As I reach the boy's wing I smile. This is one of the best parts of the day. Grabbing the bull horn off the shelf in the closet, I march down the hall and shout at all the boys to get up. When I reach the end, I pause and the doors start to open. Two or three boys come out of each room and line up, slouching. One yells "Hey! Only the headmaster is supposed to do that job!''
"Well I just saved him some energy. Now go get dressed, I thought you guys didn't want me to see your boxers." They all look down and scramble into their rooms. The headmaster turns the corner laughing.
"That was the best!"
"Right! Did you see their faces?! They were beet red!'" We laughed until one of the boys shouted "Shut it, Tigress!" I walked with him to the cafeteria while he questioned about my sudden interest in fencing. What am I supposed to say?! "Hey I found a bronze sward in the lake just behind here and I was hoping you would be willing to teach me how to use it." So, I said, "Well I hear that the town is taking up sword fights and when we get adopted then that skill could help us out in the world." He just looked at me funny and I swear he looked at my bracelet. He asked me how my chess tournaments where going and if I could teach him a little trick. I told him only if you let us have fencing lessons. He laughed, by that time almost all the boys where scarfing down pancakes or eggs.
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Later that day the headmaster called a meeting. He said that on an anonymous request we would be having fencing lessons every other day. Some guy with blond choppy hair asked if it was like sword fighting when they got the answer all the guys cheered.
