Divine Dynasty

Chapter 2

A/N: the time that they left has changed. Rather than at 7, they leave at three. My friend told me (she’s flown through England to go back home to Finland) that no one would leave to take a 5 hr flight and arrive in the middle of the night.

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Selene’s p.o.v

So it’s the next morning at 3:30 and I, Asu, and my beloved (note the sarcasm) father are in the car on the way to the airport.

“I want you both to behave. If I hear anything from the headmaster, i will bring both of your sorry butts back home... blah, blah, blah...”

I zoned out after me and Asu shared a look that said Is-he-for-real!?-he’s-never-ever-ever-gonna-bring-us-back.-we-know-him-to-well. I’m sooooo tired right now. I had to set my alarm for two just so I could get up at three. Couldn’t he at least put us on a plane after school today? Then we’d be able to sleep on the plane. But nooooo! He had to get us a flight at

Sometimes, it amazes that I’m related to him. It is quite obvious to anyone that Asu and I take after our mother. Our mother was beautiful. We only remember her from when we were little, but we saw pictures of her. Mom had dark brown hair that looked black at times and went down to her waist. She was tall and when she entered a room, you could tell. Her eyes were what everyone raved about though. Her left eye was purple while her right eye was green.

Asu and I inherited this odd trait. Asu’s left eye is blue, and the right, purple. Mine are the opposite of hers.

My hair is dark brown like mother’s and also goes down to my waist. Mine curls naturally at the tips though. Asu’s hair is black (from mom’s dad I’m assuming) and goes about a foot past her waist and it very, very straight.

We’re both tall for our age, yet no one really notices it.

Dad has light blond hair that is now almost all grey, dark brown eyes, and is rather plump and rabbit-like. He has a bad attitude and when he gets mad, he turns purple.

...Sigh. I don’t see what mother was thinking.

“Now,” Dad said, “Straight A’s, good conduct, what am I forgetting?”

“Never write to you?” Asu said smugly with her arms crossed over her chest.

“Ha ha ha.” Dad said sarcastically. Well, we know where the sarcasm comes from. “No being a wise ass. Got that Amaterasu?”

“Yes dad.”

“Selene.” He glared at me. Even if he was our dad, he liked Asu the tiniest bit better. Probably because she was the less sarcastic one towards him.

“Why? You know that my sharp tongue and wits are my best feature.”

Dad sighed. He hates when I get like this. “Selene...”

“Fine. No wise-ass attitude.” Around you at least.

“Good. Here’s the airport.”

We pulled into the parking lot and took out our carry on bags. Dad’ll get the rest. Well, he’ll have to if he really wants us to go to this school. We checked in, got our tickets, and still had half-an-hour to spare.

“Wow.” Asu whispered to me. “Sel, the Atlanta airport is sooooo big.”

“I know. I’m hungry. Let’s go get breakfast.”

Me and Asu linked arms and walked to the food court. The few people that were there were staring at us ‘cause we were walking instep and moving from the side to side. Plus, our hair was let down and blowing everywhere, so I guess that had something to do with it.

“Oh!” Asu exclaimed as she stopped suddenly which resulted in me being jerked back. “Look! Panara’s Bread I want a bagel!!”

“Do you have cash?”

She darted her eyes around and then looked down.

“Nooooo...”

“You’re lucky I have mine. Come on.”

“YAY! Thank-you, thank-you, thank-you! I’ll bay you back, I promise ‘Lene!”

“You say that every time.”

“I mean it this time!” She was clutching on my arm now and hopping up and down.

“Sure. Come on! I’m starving!”

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“Yum!!!! Dutch Apple bagel with hazelnut cream cheese, yay!”

“Sel, come down.” Asu said as she stared at me like I grew another head.

“Sugar High!” I was now bouncing up and down as we were walking back towards the

“Oh, damn...”

“Yep!” I said, grinning stupidly.

“Wonderful...”

I laughed and pulled her over to dad to get our stuff. Then, we said bye to him and left to board the plane.

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“We are now arriving at our destination. Please have all seat belts bucked, and we hope you enjoyed the flight.”

Well, we’re here. Asu fell asleep on the flight. I’ll wake her up when we go down. Argh! I’m got to be in a bad mood all day! No matter how hard I tried, I couldn’t fall asleep. Plus that time difference. Grrrr... But God, the ocean was beautiful. -Sigh- I could fly all day. It makes me feel like a bird. Now I know how Daine felt when she transformed in Wolf Speaker.

“Asu,” I said as I shook her. “Asu, wake up.”

-Sigh- She’s not waking up.

“Asu, Asu! Wake up, you stupid, moronic, idiot.”

“How can you call your very own sister stupid, moronic, and an idiot?!”

“By saying the words. We’re here.”

The anger left her face and the excitement entered.

“We are!? England, England, everyone loves England.”

She’s singing. Oh God, she’s singing!!!!!! Shoot...

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We got off of the plane and got our bags, then looked for someone with a sign with our name on it. That’s what Dad told us to do when we got off and for once, we listened to him.

Let’s see... nothing, nothing, nothing, no- there!

A tall old man with graying hair was standing at the entrance with a sign in big, bold letters that said ‘DAVIDSON TWINS’.

Me and Asu walked over to him and said ‘hello’. He told us that he’s the head caretaker of the school and that he’s come to take us to the school.

I told him I wanted I.D.

Asu and the old man laughed, but I was dead serious. Millions of things can happen to girls when they get into a car with a strange that they have no idea about.

He pulled out his I.D. though and I was content with what it said:

Name: Hugo Barns

Age: 53

Job: Head Caretaker at

The Opportunity School for the Highly Gifted

(Picture Here)

I gave him back the I.D. and we loaded our stuff into the car.

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Three hours later, we pulled up to the school. When we did, I gasped. The groups were so beautiful, it mage Mount Olympus look small and bland.

Mountains were on one side of the school and though they were pushed back, they formed a natural border. You could see a massive lake farther away and a forest by that- forming what I guess is the border opposite the mountains.

And they have Weeping Willow Trees!!!!! That is my all time favorite thing. And it was on the lake. Cool, I can walk under it and act like I’m Pocahontas. You know the scene from that cartoon version of it. In the beginning, she’s in her canoe going towards the tree ‘cus she wants to ask Grandmother Willow about the Strange Ships from England- where we are now, ironic.

I love that movie though. It’s awesome!

Back to my main point though. This place was amazing. If I ever had enough money, I would buy it all and live there. You know, this place might not be so bad...

“Well, we’re hear Misses.” Hugo said as we pulled into on of those curvy driveways that always have a fountain or patch of land in the center. Ours had both.

Hugo helped us drop our stuff (we left it at the front door. “Leave ‘em bags here. Someone’ll bring then later. We want you to meet everyone and head down to lunch.” That’s what he said, I swear!) and he showed us to our room and then left.

The room was nice, but it didn’t have that feeling of ‘at home’. A day or two and me and Asu could fix that. They bathroom was roomy and very nice. Right size and everything. Plus, we got the windows in the room and bathroom.

I called bed by window.

Asu just said that the sun would wake me up and she wouldn’t switch back.

I told her that I would watch the moon and stars at night, but when I was tired; I would push her off the other bed and steal it.

To this, she replied “Selene, shut-up.” and walked into the hall.

She wasn’t really mad. She just wanted to see if there were any cute guys to flirt with. Personally, I wanted to check out the library and see how big it was.

When I walked into the hall, I expected to see Asu flirting with some guy. Instead, she was laughing with one girl with brown hair and blonde highlights. There was another girl there looking around. When she spotted me, she ran up and smiled.

“Hi.” she said “You must be the other New Girl. I’m Mora.” she put her hand out and I shook it.

“Hi,” I replied. “I’m Selene Davidson. You were talking to my twin sister-”

“-Amaterasu. She told us. That’s my best friend and roommate, Helena.

“Helena and Mora. Nice.”

“Hey-len-nah. She gets soooooo pissed off when people pronounce it wrong, just to warn you. So,” she turned her face to me again and her hands were on her hips, “you’re named after the Greek goddess of the moon and your sister’s named after the Japanese sun goddess. Killer! My name just means ‘little blueberry’ in Spanish!”

Wow... this girl can talk. But I could tell that we were going to get along perfectly just by the way she was acting.

“Come one. You must be starving. Let’s get something to eat.”

I glanced at Asu and Helena.

“Will they be fine with us ditching them?”

She snorted. “Please. They won’t notice. They don’t notice us now.”

That much was true. The two were giggling again at something.

“Alright. I’m famished.”

“Good. I’ll get Cook to give us something sweet.”

Yay! Sweet stuff!!!! Yum...

We ran off down the hall and a couple floors of steps before landing in the back of the Kitchens. The Cook ended up being one of Mora’s mother’s friends that adored Mora. We got TONS of chocolate bars and ate them as we played B.S.

This is so not going to totally suck.

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Mythology Mentioned

Mount Olympus-In early Greek mythology it was believed to have been the home of the gods. On its summit were the palaces of the gods, which had been built by Hephaestus, god of metalwork. The entrance to Olympus was through a gate of clouds, protected by the goddesses known as the Seasons. Zeus had his throne on Olympus, and the gods feasted on nectar and ambrosia and were serenaded by the Muses. Very regal.

Mora does mean ‘Little Blueberry’ in Spanish.

Well, here it is. Hope you guys like it. PLEASE REVIEW!!!!

Hope you liked this chapter. It’s more of a filler than anything. I need the first few chapters to set the stuff in and then the real story starts. Bye!

-Jillian

Thank-You’s

Spirithunter- MY FIRST REVIEWER!!!! I hope that you like your brownie. I hope that I didn’t make you wait to long. The story writes itself, all I have to do is type and post. Selene is my favorite goddess ever. I think that’s the main reason that I chose her name in the first place. Hope the descriptions are good. Thank you again soooo much for reviewing!

CarlyJo- I really, really, really glad that you like it. Did I update fast enough for you?