High School Gods

Things to Remember; Mortals can be hurt

Pov: Jody

The hallways are a place of death. All concern for life, mortal or immortal, has been thrown out the window as the animalistic, barbaric, ruthless, and bloodthirsty sides of every student come to life. No one is safe; Nemesis has already shoved several people into lockers, and I think one kid was dumped in the trash. The best thing one can do at this point is to just hide on the sidelines and hope for the best. Best guess, stand by a God. One of the brothers, preferably. Hades. Autumn is my key. She can hangout with him in the halls. So she doesn't get shoved, because everyone fears Hades....Well, mortals, at least. I had finally spotted her, and was about to make my way over when someone pulled me over from behind. "hI!! wE SiT acRosS fROm eAcH oTHeR iN arT!" an overly excited Apollo stated. I stood there, stunned, wondering why on earth this kept happening. First, I was lit on fire. Then, I was paired up with Ares. Now, this? Yes, the stereotype that artists are... weird... is only somewhat true, but this guy... he takes it to a whole new level. To the point where all he ever talks about is the latest piece. "Yea... nice..." I said, before slipping away and sprinting for my life. Well, more or so. Mainly, it was for my sanity.

As I ran, I looked over my shoulder and saw him giving the same treatment to anyone else in our art class.

Fudging Chicken McNuggets. This is gonna be a long week.

Art Class. Autumn yawned and sighed.

"Jooooddy..." She complained.

"Yes?" I respond.

"Apollo is staring at me." She whispered. It was true. The happy, untamed child was staring at Autumn. She was doodling. Behind him, Artemis was staring daggers at them, challenging anyone to mess with her brother.

"I... would worry more about his sister," I mutter.

"I....guess." Autumn shrugged. When she felt a hand fell on her shoulder.

"HIYa!!! I like YOUR art style!" Apollo cheerfully stated.

"Thank you..." She replied.

"Uh, I was wondering....IF You and Jody COULD Help me wITH this project!!??" He shouted / basically screamed

The look on Artemis's face practically screamed: "IF YOU SAY NO YOU WILL DIE." I looked at Autumn. I hope she would sense my desperation. I was 99.9% sure Artemis was my biology partner. If she was mad at me, and we shared a class involving knives, fire, and sharp instruments, I was a dead man.

... or woman.

Before anything else could go wrong, I shouted "OKAY!" The entire room went quiet. Apparently, I was a lot louder than I thought. I felt my entire body shift from its normal, human form, into that of a humanoid, mutant strawberry. It was the first day, and I'm already partnered with a pyro, a brute, and someone who's possibly got a screw loose. And, I just made a fool of myself in front of the entire class. So much for nothing else going wron-

... wait.

I stood back up. If I was to be the fool, I was going all out. I could at least take this with me. "DO YOU KNOW WHAT MOOSEN ARE?!" I shrieked. Apollo tilted his head. I stood up on my chair and shouted. "WELL, I DO! THEY'RE A SECRET EXPERIMENT DONE BY THE GOVERNMENT!! AND I KNOW THEY'RE REAL... I SAW A FLOCK OF THEM THIS MORNING!!!!" Thankfully, it appeared someone got the reference, as someone in the back burst out laughing. This lead to a choir of snorting, chuckling, and people turning into fish-in-air before my eyes. I stepped off my chair and took a bow, before sitting like a normal person.

Mission accomplished.

Autumn chuckled and then sighed.