Apollo's Prophecy (Book One)

Chapter Three

Hello! I hope you've been enjoying the book thus far! Things mays seem slow now, but they will start ramping up in this chapter! There will be thirty-three total parts (including the Prologue and Epilogue) so there's still lots to go! Let me know how you're liking it and don't forget to vote and comment if you're enjoying it! It'll help get this story out there :) - Amy

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     Danika cursed the moment she woke up. She was feeling even worse than the previous day. I better not feel like shit again tomorrow, she worried considering they'd be going to the Acropolis. What made matters worse was that Danika spent all night dreaming of her professor. Some dreams were so inappropriate she wouldn't dare describe them to even her closest friend. It's the stupid side effects of the pills, she tried convincing herself, not necessarily believing it.

     The moment Danika sat up her hand flew to the back of her neck. "Ouch!" she cringed at the pain. "Wonderful," she groaned. The shitty pillow has it out for me too. She'd almost forgotten that the twins were out for breakfast and enjoyed the silence as she prepared her breakfast. Thankfully the cream cheese spread on the warm bagel easily enough.

     Danika forced herself to finish the entire bagel, despite not feeling very hungry, knowing the class was going out to dinner that night. "You'll be thankful later," she told herself as she rinsed off her plate. Lunch would consist mainly of cheese and crackers so she knew it wouldn't be all that filling.

     The walk to school was interesting. Danika was clumsy by nature, but when her vision blurred she nearly hit a wall head on. This is just ridiculous, she thought as she dragged herself the rest of the way to school.

     When she approached the classroom door, Danika realized that she miraculously arrived a few minutes early when it wouldn't open. "Are you kidding me," she muttered before she heard a masculine cough behind her. Dr. Evantin was standing right behind her with an amused expression on his face.

     "You're supposed to pull the door open."

     It was enough for Danika to wish the earth would open up and swallow her whole. "Right. Sorry about that. I'm not usually early," she explained quietly before walking into the room. The professor sat down at his desk and spread out his papers while Danika unpacked her notebook.

     "You actually made it here before us!" Marcus exclaimed after walking through the door.

     Danika laughed at his surprised expression before his sister followed behind.

     "Well she did eat at home today," Julie put in.

     "Hey!" Danika protested, which made Julie stick her tongue out at her.

     "I'm just kidding. How's the headache?"

     Danika frowned and sighed. "Worse. Hopefully it'll be gone by tomorrow. I don't want to feel crappy for the Acropolis." The twins nodded and unpacked their things.

     The rest of the class seemed to have arrived at once and quickly set up their things. Danika was ready to start writing away, hoping that the class would distract her from the pain.

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     Danika's plan of distracting the pain away definitely wasn't working. Dr. Evantin was talking about Athena and how she sprung from the head of her father Zeus. Maybe someone is trying to spring from my head. It'd explain a lot. She silently scolded herself for making sarcastic jokes. I need to stop talking to myself.