Mortals Meet Demigods

Dean McDonald

Bold means I'm yapping

Dean POV

Hi I'm Dean McDonald. I'm the most sportiest kid here at Hollow Creek High (sorry if this is an actual school it was random) and all the teachers like me.

The gods just revealed themselves and there are loads of kids saying they're demigods. They're all lying because they have no powers, demigods are magic.

Anyway, the gods got me thinking. I probably was a child of hades because 1. I'm so cool and 2. I bet one time I saw a ghost. (It was literally a jacket)

So in Mythology class Miss Henderson said we were learning about Hades. Perfect!

Sen told any children of Hades to stand up. I stood up proudly along with a boy with black hair and a girl with golden eyes. Pfft, year right. They're fakers.

Miss Henderson was really happy and told us to talk about the underworld and stuff. I went first. 

"The whole place was on fire. There were demons with pitchforks everywhere, and Hades was sitting on a throne of skulls. Hades was all red and had horns." I finished. The class clapped but the black haired boy choked. I glared at him.

He was laughing! "Hey, why are you laughing?" I asked him. "That's NOT what the underworld looks like," he managed to get out. "Then what does it look like?" I asked him. As if HE would know.

"It's mostly grey and dreary in the fields of asphodel. The isles of the blest are far away and Elysium is sunny and warm. Persephone's garden is sparkly and actually made of jewels." He went on, and talked like he'd been there himself. The girl smiled quietly.

Then Miss Henderson asked us to safely showcase our powers. I started to panic. I didn't have real powers! 

Miss Henderson asked me to go first. I squeezed my eyes shut, hoping I really was secretly a Hades kid. 

Nothing happened.

I opened one eye and everyone was staring at me.

The boy sighed and shoved me aside. "Let me show you." He said. He furrowed his brow and suddenly the ground cracked. Bony limbs started crawling up. I screamed, as did half the class and Miss Henderson. (It is a pain to write her name)

Then the girl raised her hands and diamonds, emeralds and gold rose from the ground. People reached to grab them but she sank them back down. "Unless you want to die, steer clear." She warned. 

The bones sank back down and the boy smirked. 

Everyone clapped. I glared at them but didn't say anything. 

I scoffed. "Special effects," I said.

The boy raised his hand an a rotting skeleton rose out of the ground and came lumbering over to me. I screamed. "I'm not a child of hades!" I said. 

The boy laughed at me. "Scaredy cat."

They disappeared the next day.

In case it's not obvious that was Nico and Hazel