I'm not Athena
"praise be to the gods, we found the traitor" Livia dragged in a young man who was obviously in his mid twenties. He was covered in black powder and the side of his lips was busted.
Livia smiled as she dragged him up by the collar and then threw him infront of the whole class. She then roamed her eyes across the room. Her eyes met mine and she smirked.
"Aurelia, why don't you come have a look at the traitor"
I felt my heartbeat accelerate. Livia was always up to no good. And why was I the one she was asking.
I inhaled and walked towards her.
The whole class whispered as I took slow steps forward.
"What's the meaning of this, you were supposed to take him to the chancellor. Why bring him here, to show off?"
"Oh no, not any of that. But I thought you'd be interested before I took him there. Why don't you have a good look at him"
I moved my eyes to the so called traitor. He didn't look familiar, why would she want me to see him personally.
"Am I supposed to know something about him" I asked.
Livia smiled. "Oh Aurelia, always so clueless" she flipped a hair that had fallen out of the ponytail she did. "Doesn't he remind you of someone with the ability to transform into a new being totally?".
My head literally snapped back to the traitor. No it couldn't be. It wasn't him, anyone but him.
"Come on, check him out. You're a demon aren't you. You're more powerful than anyone in this room, so it shouldn't be hard for you to reveal his real identity"
And that was the problem. That was why Livia hated me. And I was scared to find out if the traitor was really my brother or not.
Please don't be, please don't be. I repeated those words as I approached him.
"Janus tell me it's not you" I whispered. The traitor avoided eye contact as I bent down to his level.
"Please tell me you aren't Janus"
He didn't reply. I sighed.
"This will hurt" I whispered as I touched his cheek. I moved my hand to his Jaw and raised his head to look at me. I stared at his eyes. They were different. Janus eyes were blue. But this one was green, forest green. The body could change but the eyes will not. I sighed out in relief, this wasn't Janus. But who was he. I stared at him again. He looked so familiar. I sighed again and tried standing up but a hand from nowhere dragged me down.
"Athena, help me" the traitor whispered and I gasped standing up in fear.
I looked around the class and then back at Livia. They didn't hear his voice.
"It's not my brother, and I don't know who he is"
Livia frowned. "That's a lie, the cave dwellers told me it was him"
"Oh, so you didn't catch him yourself. And you were even dumb enough to trust cave dwellers?" I asked fascinated.
"No, it can't be. She glared at me. "I'll prove it to you. I can catch the traitor"
"Oh please, you caught an innocent civilian, you beat him to a pulp and you're still talking".
"Shut up!, Aargh" she screamed drawing her hair in frustration and ran out of the class.
I looked back at the innocent traitor and felt sick. He wasn't attempting to stand up or runaway. Why?.
He called me Athena. Why would he call me Athena. Or did he take me for another person.
"Glad that's over" someone finally muttered like the weird pause spell was lifted.
"And my acting is over" the traitor laughed standing up. And again the whole class was put on pause.
"Now listen, I'm not here to hurt anyone. But" he smirked. "I want to hurt someone. It's been long since I've beating someone that wasn't part of my pack" he laughed.
"I want you Athena" he smirked at me.
My exhaustion faded immediately.
Why was he smirking at me.
"What, why are you looking at me like you've seen a ghost?, Oh right. My face". He snapped his fingers and a wand appeared in his hand.
He muttered some words and his face transformed right infront of me.
Now he looked familiar, way to familiar. I was trying to remember something. My brain was trying to figure it out but what I only got was pain. Why do I feel like I should know this man.
"Athena, we need your help. Thanos is back"
why does he keep calling me Athena. And why were my classmates not saying anything. I looked back at them and saw that they all stood in place. They didn't even blink.
"What did you do to them?" I asked and He sighed.
"I put them on pause" he looked at me weirdly. "Why aren't you saying anything about what I just told you, you should be freaking out by now"
"Why should I freak out, I'm not Athena and I don't know you".
"Thanos, your father is back, does that ring a bell"
"Listen here, this is getting uncomfortable, my father is dead. So what the hell are you talking about".
"Whay did they do to you Athena, what's wrong with you. You should be worried sick about what your father would do to Hadrianus".
"Why would I care?"
"What the hell got into you, Hadrianus is freaking out, you should also be freaking out. The whole clan is freaking out. I'm freaking out, we can't find Janus. And you say why would you care!!"?
"Ok dude, unfreeze my friends and get out. Livia really damaged your brain"
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Octavian
She was talking different, this wasn't Athena. Athena would have been worried sick. But this girl I stared at was still looking cool. What the hell was going on.
I stared at her again. Her hair. It was black instead of White. She had earrings on. Athena never wore earrings. I looked down at her legs. She was wearing heels. Athena never w***e heels. She preferred being bear footed.
"What the hell did they do to you" I took a step forward and she took one back.
"Do you know who I am?"
she shaked her head sideways.
"Why don't you know me, you don't remember me?"
"I don't know you, and I don't want to know" she said.
Now my patience was exhausted. Hadrianus could kill me later for compelling his girlfriend but I had no choice.
I grabbed her before she could move back. Then I immediately held her cheeks.
"Who are you". I asked. She tried fighting me but I was stronger than her. "Look at me" I thundered. She flinched and looked at me.
"Who are you" I repeated.
"I'm Aurelia Vladimir"
What, she was what!. That answers my first question.
"Who's your brother".
"My brother is Janus"
"Who's your father.?".
"My father is Vitus"
That was wrong.
"Who is Hadrianus?"
"I don't know who he is?"
I gasped as I felt a shock go through my body. I let go of her immediately turning back. A bunch of over grown adults stared at me in fury.
"We have an intruder" one shouted.
Oh for f**k sake. "I'll be back" I snapped my fingers and disappeared just in time before they thought of trapping me.
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"Where's Athena"
Hadrianus said as soon as I appeared in his room.
"She's in California and apparently her name is now Aurelia"
He dropped the glass of blood. Then looked up. "What do you mean"
"She doesn't know who you are, but she knows she has a brother"
"I don't get" he whispered.
"I think they did something to her she didn't even remember me".
"Explain better"
"She said her father is dead".
"How did you get this information?".
I hesitated, he was going to kill me if he found out I compelled her.
"She told me herself when I approached her".
"So she doesn't remember anything apart from the fact that she has a brother".
"Yes". I answered. Hadrianus sighed and leaned back on the chair.
"Go get her". His voice was barely audible. I bowed and left the room.
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"Orders from Hadrianus, I need five men to get his girlfriend".
"You sure she'll agree to come". Valerius asked.
"Oh she'll come, I'll make sure she would". I answered.
"If you say so man, I'm with you". He said.
Others grumbled and followed me.
"Here's the plan" i shouted. "We go into the hostel, find her and bring her out, whoever finds her first should alert the others". I conjured a portal. "Remember this, if you find her go home straight".
With that said, I jumped into the portal while the rest followed.
I appeared in the girls hostel. I shivered even the corridors looked creepy.
I inhaled and exhaled. She shouldn't be that hard to find. Just follow the strongest energy force. My head snapped back as I heard a door creak open. Then I heard footsteps. Someone was coming my way. "invisible" I muttered I turned invisible immediately.
The footsteps got louder and heavier and I held my breath. Then I heard a deep growl. I froze.
Shit, s**t, f**k it. It's a Warewolf. He could smell me.
I saw the hideous shadow first then I saw the pepper coloured wolf standing tall and sniffing through each door it came across. He's sniffing, God he could sniff me out.
I need to think. A spell that could cover my scent.
I whispered the spell. I saw the ears twitch. God I hated Warewolves.
It finally walked past me and I sighed out in relief.
Now to find the Demon.
I faced west, it held more force.
I walked past various rooms. Hadrianus owes me a lot for all the troubles I'm going through.
He was the leader, he held more power and his aura demanded respect and fear. He was my brother but in my pack. Personal relationships doesn't matter. Everyone was family.
Hadrianus had never falling for a woman until she came. The Demon. Athena Thanos.
I had no idea how she got Hadrianus dancing to her tune. Cause my brother fell. And he fell hard. After years of courting her she finally agreed to be his girlfriend. And then five days after, the council came for her. Snatching her away from his hands.
It took everything in us to stop Hadrianus from going after her. And now that Thanos, Athena's father was back. We need her help to stop him. And we would do anything to get her out of the prison the council called a school for people who couldn't control their powers.
Academia Nemuritoare. A school for people with immortality. And also a cool name to represent prison for powerful teenagers we can't control.
My breath hitched as I heard the sound of wings flapping. I gasped Fairies.
Oh no!. Anything but Fairies.
I heard their squeaky voice before I saw them.
"Jasmine thinks she's so cool and can get anything she wants". A voice said.
"She even went as far as showing off". The voice did a harrumph. "I'm even more prettier".
The tiny little squeaky voices were now Few steps away from me. I saw them. They looked like fireflies, but their colour was pink. They flew in circles which made it hard for me to stay in a place.
I really hoped the others were doing better than I was.
I managed to avoid the Fairies as they flew past my head, their tiny voice sounding a bit lower now. The next room I walked past held so much power and familiarity.
Athena, she was in the room. But someone else was with her. My guess was a Witch.
And the next voice I heard proved me right. Mariana Maximus was in the room.