The Undead Heroes (The first part of The Reiteration of Olympus)

Chapter 2, A Victoria Secret model saves me from a Chimera

DESIRÉE

Now I've done a lot of things that have gotten me in trouble before at school, but they were only things that sent me to principal's office. I think that unintentionally burning down the school's football field would give me a bit more than a talk with the principal.

I was so focused on the burning bleachers that I didn't notice the girl walking up to me. You can probably guess how terrified I was when she hissed in my ear:

"What the hell do you think you're doing?"

I jumped and turned to look at her, standing in a sort of karate pose that was supposed to be intimidating. She was not impressed.

I lowered my arms and pulled myself together. She looked at me like she was expecting an answer, and quick.

"Uh well, I saw you from the window battling a lizard and-"

"Chimera. Not a lizard."

"Uh, right Chimer- wait what!?"

I turned to look at what I had thought to be a lizard monster and realized that it was actually a massive lion-goat-snake thing. How I could've missed two-thirds of the creature I don't know. The Chimera seemed to pay us no attention at the moment, gazing at the fire as if thinking "WOW I made a great job that cute Dracaenae is totally going to notice me now!" I couldn't do much else than just stare at it, which proved to be very stupid. Lifehack: If you see a Chimera, RUN. Run far away and pretend you never saw it.

The Chimera turned towards us and started attacking again. I let out a shriek and tried to hide behind the girl; which was quite easy since she was at least 8 inches taller than me. The girl just let out a sigh and muttered something that sounded like "Enough of this idiocrasy". She moved her arm and water started erupting from the ground. Now that I think about it she probably got the water from pipes that laid under the field but all I could think in the moment was "OH MY GODS WHAT IS HAPPENING".

Whilst I was in complete shock the girl kept a level head and put out the fire. Let me tell you; there is something insanely beautiful about putting out a fire with what is basically a small lake. She let the water become a sort of massive bubble that covered the fire completely. The Chimera tried to run away from the girl's water bubble but it got caught inside it instead. The Chimera tried to swim out of the water but before it could the girl had jumped into it too and impaled it with her sword, turning it into golden dust. The girl let the water sink back into the earth and got back to her spot in front of me, but this time she looked at me. Even though she was surrounded by water a second ago she was completely dry. Her ocean coloured eyes looked at me coolly, as if she was trying to decide why I was still there wasting her time. I tried to come up with something to say but she cut me off before I could even start.

"Now could you continue explaining what you were doing here?" She seemed to be a bit more relaxed now that the Chimera was gone, but she still intimidated me. A lot.

"Uh so I saw you from my math class window and I saw you fighting some lizard thing and I thought 'hey what's going on I should help' or something to be fair I just wanted to get out of class oh my gods why did I say that I-"

Luckily, I was saved from an hour-long ramble by the school bell.

"Oh hey, school's over", I said to the girl. She looked over at the school building that now had students seeping out of it.

"Yeah, I guess it is".

An awkward silence sprung up between us that broke when I noticed the state of the football field. I let out a quiet mantra of 'I'm going to be in so much trouble this sucks' when I looked at the once prestige grass field that was now charred to bits. I hadn't noticed that the fire had spread and for some reason, it hurt looking at the once beautiful field. Now, I don't care about sports in the slightest but seeing the field destroyed made me feel... Well destroyed I guess. I wanted the grass to come back and be as luscious at it had been before the Chimera destroyed it. I wished that it would grow back, but I didn't actually believe that it would.

So, you can probably understand why I was shell-shocked when beautiful emerald coloured grass started covering the field. I looked over at the girl to see if it was her doing (hey she just bent water it's not that farfetched to believe that she could make grass grow). But it seemed like she was as confused as I was. We would've probably stood there forever if a student hadn't screamed "Hey! Look at the football field!"

I figured that that was our cue to get out of there as fast as we could and the girl apparently had the same idea as me. She grabbed my arm forcefully and started darting out of there, practically carrying me along. I could barely keep up with her so I was delighted when she slowed down as we made it out of school borders.

"What", I had to catch my breath before I could continue, "What just happened to the football field?"

The girl looked at me and I saw an expression that I thought a girl that looked like a Victoria Secret model could never have: uncertainty.

"I'm not quite sure", she began slowly, "But I think you just made that grass grow".

My brain had apparently shut off for the day because that sounded reasonable to me. She looked at me and she seemed to mentally face-palm herself. She stretched out her arm in front of her as if she was expecting a handshake.

"I'm Dylan Jones, by the way." I took her hand. "Oh, but you could call me Dyl if you'd like", she added quickly. She had almost done an entire one-eighty in the way she was speaking to me now. Her voice was calm and a bit nervous, like the sea right before a storm. I shook her hand determinately.

"I'm Desirée Santiago, but you can call me Des", I said with a smile. "Thanks for saving my life". Dylan gave me a small tight-lipped smile in response.

The fight with the Chimera must've drained me because a wave of famine and exhaustion suddenly hit me. My stomach rumbled and Dylan's smile grew a bit bigger.

"Hungry?" she asked, her tone seeming as if she tried to hold in a laugh.

"And tired," I said. "Is it okay if you tag along to my place? I really need food and a nap and I'd appreciate it if you could answer what in the world just happened".

Dylan seemed reluctant to accept my offer but she agreed to come back to my place and we made our way back home.