Cassandra
Violet sat in straight in her bed, staring blankly at the wall.
"I just . . . Apollo. . . And a pretty girl?" Violet rubs her face. "Oh I'm such a freak! Dreaming about a friend! Disgusting! Disgusting!" Violet slaps her cheeks. 'Now I can't get back to sleep. . .' Violet thought sadly. She moves her legs off the bed and stands up.
"At least I have books to read. . . Harry Potter, take me away." Violet mumbles as she picks up one of the books from her dresser and opened it.
||| Time Skip |||
Violet say in class with her pen in her hand, tapping the table softly as Thoth talked away at the front of the class.
"Before we've realised it, half of our time at this academy, as ordained by Zeus, has past." Thoth said. 'That means I still have six months left with this lot. Though they are my friends, they can get into lots of trouble.' Violet sighs.
"That said, we will be holding a major event essential to student life." Violet perks up at this.
"An event sounds cool!" Loki shouts, swinging back on his chair.
"What kind of event is it?" Tsukito asks.
"Hey, idiot." Thoth murmured. Violet stares in shock at Thoths glare that was pointed at Apollo. "What are you doing?" Thoth slams his hands down on the blonds desk and Apollo jumps awake, screaming. "You fall asleep during my class, and you call yourself student council president?"
"S-sorry. . . I'm sorry." Apollo mumbles, staring down at his desk in shame. "I didn't sleep well last night. . ." He admits. "I get the feeling I was dreaming all night. . . But I can't remember anything." Violet eyes widen in surprise.
"Hurry up and tell us about the event!" Loki chides, folding his arms behind his neck. Thoth turns to him, a smug grin on his face as his glasses glitter in the day light.
"The event we shall be holding will be. . . Midterm exams!" Thoth announces. Violet freezes in her chair, her mouth falling open.
"Bullshit! I'm not doing that shit!" Lewis yells, standing up from his chair.
"Anyone that does not participate will be punished. It will be held in three days. They will be comprehensive. Class is dismissed." Thoth trots out the room.
"Exams! This school isn't meant to have exams!" Lewis shouts, grabbing his hair. Violet laughs sheepishly.
"They're not that bad." Violet comments.
"Coming from the girl that never gets below 90!" Lewis shouts. Violet deadpans at him, then squints her eyes.
"How did you know I never got below 90?" Violet mutters.
"I had no idea exams were such a terrifying event." Hades said as everyone begins to stand aprons Violets desk as she sulks.
"I don't remember anything we've studied so far." Loki adds.
"I know, Apollo. . ." Takeru stands behind said blond. "Can you predict the intents of the exam?"
"Huh? What?" Apollo tilts his head.
"Weren't you listening?" Loki questions, leaning over Apollo's shoulder. "We're asking you to predict the exams contents."
"Sorry, but I can't make a prediction like that." Apollo apologises. "I just can't." Both gods let out a bitter sigh and Violet gets an idea. "Come on. . . Don't get disappointed."
"We can have a study date!" Violet smiles. Takeru and Loki stares at her in shock.
"Did she just ask them on a date?" Lewis whispers in disbelief.
"No. A study date. We all study together." Violet repeats. Lewis growls at her.
"That's a study party you retard!" Lewis shouts. Violet shrinks in her chair and laughs sheepishly.
"But I always had study dates."
"Warrior's had a date?!" Apollo yells.
"I've eaten one before." Violet said tonelessly. The group sweat drops at her. "I already had study dates with Thor, Loki and Balder. I'm sure we can have bigger ones in the student council room, if that's alright with Apollo?"
"Study Party." Lewis growls.
"That's fine with me, totally fine." Apollo nods after a moment. The group goes to the student council room and sit down in various areas.
"My records of our lessons are perfect." Tsukito said as he placed the last book on the table.
"Way to go, Bro!" Takeru cheers.
"That'll help us. However, I do not understand the content." Tsukito admits. 'That was... Pretty blunt.' Violet chuckles.
"No problem." Dionysus grins. "Not only do into understand anything, but my notes are blank too!"
"That's no help Dionysus." Violet sweat drops. She then looks to her right in surprise after hearing a soft snore. She stares at the blond. "Apollo..."
"How about you wake up? Hey, Apollo." Hades shakes his sleeping nephew.
"Huh? Was I asleep again?" Apollo asks.
"You really are A-fool-lon." Loki jokes. Violet grins to herself, before shaki her head.
"I'm going to go to the school store. We could use snacks for studying." Violet announces.
"What? Snacks?" Hades asks.
"A study session is t complete without snacks. I'm going to get strawberry rice balls too." Violet smiles.
"I see." Hades nods. Violet gets up and walks towards the door.
"I'll help you!" Apollo shouts.
"You don't have to. Why don't you rest?" Violet said.
"I insist! I'll help." Apollo grins.
"Thank you." Violet nods appreciatively.
With four bags of brown paper bags, they walked down the hallway.
"You really ordered a lot." Apollo said.
"I don't know what everyone likes, so I got basically all of it. But back at home, my friends would gets loads of stuff and we'd sit there eating whilst doing homework or studying for exams. Sometimes we'd even have sleep overs, but we'd end up just doing karaoke and talking." Violet nods to herself. "I got fizzy drinks too, they make your pupils massive and make you burp a lot! And bubble gum! I got three different flavours. Any left overs I'm taking back to my dorm because I want them." Violet babbled like an excited child. "Next time I'll get us pizza and savoury treats. But I've got Pringles and Doritos today for savoury."
"Studying with everyone sounds nice. It sounds great!" Apollo laughs.
"It is. It's fun when you're surrounded by people because then you get to see how they remember things. Lola, one of my human friends, remembered things by turning them into songs, oh and Alyssa made flash cards."
"It's hard to believe we were all so divided when we first came here."
"Yes it is. It feels like it was just yesterday when we all met." She hums. "But, Apollo, are you okay?" Apollo looks down at her in confusion.
"I'm just fine. I'm kalos."
"That's good.. But if something ever is wrong, please tell me. I don't like to see my friends upset." Violet tells him, then she breaks out into a grin again. "I'm so happy I have friends I can study with. I feel like I'm with my friends again!" She giggles.
"Happy..." Apollo stops. Violet furrows her brow at him as they stop. "I... Must never be happy. Because... Because I committed a crime that can never be forgiven." Apollo gasps in surprise. "Ah, sorry... It's nothing!" He tells her. Violet looks him over in worry.
"I was kidding... Forget about it."
"... Sure." Violet said slowly. Apollo walks off by himself as Violet lags behind. "Committed a crime that can never be forgiven?" Violet mutters sadly. Then she heard something behind her, so she looks over her shoulder. When she blinks at the scenery, she jumps back. Except she couldn't. She was stuck in the spot. Violet stood on white marble, pillars to her left that lead down to filed of grass and trees. But next to one of the pillars was a brown hair woman who sat in a chair with a small box clutched in her hands.
"I'm sure our future together will be happy!" The lady said as she opens up the box. It glowed a vibrant golden colour and seeped into her chest. The girl clasps her hands over her chest and sighs happily.
"And now... You and I will share the same future..."
Then something terrible happened.
The woman's blue eyes widened in horror as her eyes gathered tears. She broke down into chokes of sadness and fell onto the stone floor.
"What is this future?" She sobs.
"Miss, are you- what's wrong?" Violet asks, slowly stepping towards the crying woman. But her hand was grabbed and her back pushed against a chest and Violet helps in shock.
"Warrior!" Apollo shouts. "Oh, good. Thank goodness..." Apollo clutches his eyes closed. "I was scared." Apollo brings her closer. "I thought you were gone... Stay with me forever! Don't leave me alone!" Apollo shouts as he holds her with an iron grip.
"A-Apollo, you're hurting me. Let go!" Violet panics. "Let go of me!"
"No!" Apollo screams. Violet watches him in fear.
"Hey! What are you doing?" Loki shouts as he runs down the hall towards them both. Takeru grabs his by the collar.
"She doesn't like that!" Takeru yells as Balder and Loki stand by a shaking Violet.
"What am I..."
"Are you playing dumb?" Loki asks.
"Apollo, what's wrong?" Violet asks him. The boys look to her in bewilderment.
"He hurt you!" Lewis shouts, making Violet cower away. "Stop giving people chance before you get hurt!" He scowls at her.
"Lewis, calm down." Balder tries to reason. Lewis scowls at him at points his finger at Apollo.
"If you do anything shady I'll shank ya', you hear me! She's not getting hurt on my watch you f*cking asshole!" Lewis threatens.
"L-Lewis." Violet stutters, only to flinch back at his intense stare. She stares down at the ground in fear. "We should get back to studying." She said hoarsely, gulping.
"Let's go, then." Balder nods. Everyone returns to the group session and it goes back to normal, the group messing around and laughing, each asking questions and Violet helping them to understand it. Lewis sat in an arm chair, scribbling down on his notebook as making his own remark and Apollo sitting away from the group. 'Apollo hasn't been alright since this morning. Perhaps something happened?' Lewis sees her gaze towards the blond so he kicks her back, making her gaze dart back to her sheets.
The session lasted two hours long and everyone went back to their dorms. Violet got changed into her casual cloths and made her way to the library. She sat down at one of the tables with stacks of books with Anubis a few tables down under the chair. Then just as she picks up the second book, a gust of wind blew past her. An image of a hand poking past the surface of water appeared in her vision, and just as it disappeared, she was suddenly stood out in the forest.
"Cassandra!" A voice shouts. Violet watches as Apollo runs past her in old clothing and towards a river. "Cassandra! What are you, Cassandra?!" Apollos expression morphs into one of horror as he stares out to the body that floats in the river. It was the woman from before. Her body was lifeless as she slowly floated down stream. Apollo runs to the water shouting and holds her. Violets eyes begin to water as she watches in fear for what's going to happen next. Apollo screams as he rubs his head against her, trying to get any sign of life. Violet chokes back a sob as she continues to watch him cry out in pain. She wakes up in the library, the book she fell asleep on sticking to her face and to see it was dark inside. Even Anubis had left the room. But that was the least of her worries.
"Where..? But I..." Violet wipes away her teary eyes. "What's happening?" Then suddenly the Windows fling open and white petals fly into the library. She stands up and runs over to the window and leans out the frame. To the left Apollo was walking across the field. "Apollo?" Violet mutters. The air was field with petals and the night was slightly breezy. Violet furrows her brow. "Apollo!" She shouts. But he didn't move. She climbs out the window and tiptoes across the grass and follows after the blond in confusion. Violet shouts his name again but he didn't reply so she broke into a sprint that lead her to a river. Apollo stood by the water as a figure floated in the middle of the river. She watches in silence as Apollo steps into the current. Violet whispers his name, then shouts it loudly as she runs towards him.
"Don't! Apollo don't do that! Stop!" Violet shouts as she makes her way into the water. She clings to his back, trembling as she tries to pull him to sure. "Apollo! Stop!" She cries. Violet didn't notice the woman disappearing as Apollo slowly falls from her arms. She screams as she pulls him to the shore and drops his body on the dirt. "Apollo, wake up!" Violet yells, tears streaming down her face. "No, no, no, no, get up, please wake up..." Her head falls to his chest.
"Violet!" Two people shout from the forest. Dionysus and Hades runs out from the trees and over to them.
"Dionysus, Hades... He won't wake up." She said hoarsely, staring up at them with red eyes.
||| Time Skip |||
They all stood in Apollos room, Dionysus standing by the bed as Violet crouched beside him, patiently waiting for Apollo to wake up.
"Cassandra, huh?" Hades asks.
"There's no mistake. Cassandra was standing beside Apollo." Dionysus sighs.
"Cassandra? The one he gave his powers too?" Violet questions.
"Yeah. She lost all hope for the future and..." He looks down sadly. "Apollo cried for days."
.however, despite her death, she never came to the underworld. Due to her attachments to this world, she still wanders this world in death."
"As a ghost?"
"That is what humans call them. Sometimes, the dead near grudges against the living, and cause them harm." Hades said.
"Cassandra bears a grudge against Apollo?" Dionysus asks.
"Most likely, yes." Hades nods.
"But... Why did Violet have that dream?" Dionysus questions. Then Apollo moves, twitching in the bed.
"Apollo." Violet whispers softly.
"Violet, you should be careful." Hades warn, catching her attention. "Cassandra may be attempting to harm you, too." Violet widens her eyes in shock. Then Apollo shoots straight up and grips his head.
"I killed her." His voice trembles. "I killed Cassandra!" He shouts.
"Apollo!. Dionysus stares at him in shock. Apollo begins to scream and then a black fog engulfs him. His ring turns black and the group stare at him in shock. Hades gets up and pins him down onto the bed.
"Apollo, stay with us!" Hades ordered.
"Apollo! Apollo! Apollo! Hey!. They both shout as Violet steps back. Her breathing begins to quicken and her eyes gather tears and she runs out the room. She runs down the halls of the school and towards Zeus's room.
"Zeus! Zeus open the door! It's Apollo!" Violet bangs on the door, waiting for him to open. They open slowly and Zeus sat on his chair, a condescending look on his face like normal.
"It's Apollo, is it not?" Zeus asks. Violet walks towards him, her feet clicking with each step. "The shackles reflect the hearts of those who wear them. His glows black because his heart is covered by a great shadow. When he lost Cassandra, he blamed himself. And... He became trapped by the thought that he must never find happiness. That is why I called him to this garden." Zeus explained. Violet stares up at him in bewilderment. "If nothing is done, his heart will be confined within darkness, and will rot."
"Zeus! I don't care about all this crap! Save you're son! He's done everything you asked and all you do in return is sit there blabbing about bull crap!" Violet shouts, pointing a finger at him. Zeus smiles in amusement.
"If I could, I would have already." Zeus comments. Violet scrunches up her face.
"Then say that from the beginning and don't waste my time! I'm going to save your son!" Violet spins on her foot and runs out the door.
"Hey!" Thoth comes out from behind the pillar. She slows down and frowns at him. He then leans over her, smashing his hand into the wall behind her. "What do you intend to do? There is no way. Didn't Zeus tell you that?" He questions her.
"Just because he can't doesn't mean I can't. So that's what I'm intending to try and save my friend!"
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