"Hey, Valdez, why did you have to move in with Old Lady Silver!" The kids yelled at lunch, they meant it as a statement, not a question. The truth is that I didn't have an excuse yet. These kids were ruthless, I remember the goddess in the woods. I start to think of home, home was 1000 years ago with... Calypso, I left and didn't tell her.

"Hey, don't listen to them, they are only jealous that you wired that missile faster than them. Nice to meet you." A girl that had snuck up beside me says.

"Oh, hi, I'm Leo." She starts to laugh but I don't know why.

"I know you idiot, I know it's you." I just look at her dumbfounded. Who is this girl and why is she talking to me?

"I'm sorry, but I just, umm. I don't know." I look at her in the eyes but see no resemblance to any god or goddess.

"Does this change anything?" She snaps her fingers softly, barely audible. A small spark of fire sputters out of nowhere.

"Are you?"

"Yes, it's me, the girl who was running in the woods. Hestia, not sure if we have fully met." She starts to chuckle, a soft sweet laugh that makes you feel warm.

The bell rings and I check my schedule for my next class, free block. Since I have to class off I decide to go to the workshop. No one was in there except the teacher, Mrs.Dubbler.

"Hello, normally no one comes here during their free block, normally they all go to the tech lab." She says welcoming me in.

I hear the door open and see a group of boys a maybe a year older than me. They lock there eyes on me. "Mrs.Dubbler, can we please speak to Mr.Valdez." The one in the front says.

"Sure. Leo, you can come by anytime you want." I wave bye to her and walk to the boys.

"Come here wimp." One of the boys says in a barely audible way.

We walk outside of the classroom and expect them to stop, one grabs me by the wrist and runs us outside. "So, you think you can come in and just get the number 1 seat in class like that." Again, a statement, not a question. The first guy tries to punch me but I easily dodge the attempted attack. That same guy started trying to hit me with basic attacks that would not have killed a single monster. I hid behind a tree trying to think of a plan. He comes up and tries to punch, again. I grab his wrist and start to heat up my hand his face starts to twist in pain. I look at him, now trying to pull his wrist out from my hold. I let go to see a red blister start to rise. I look at my hands, the same thing that killed my mother. I run away from the gang and back into the building. I head straight for the bathroom and look into the mirror.

"I'm a monster." I mutter and sulk down against the counter. Crying I don't hear the next bell, or the next. I sit there not wanting to face that kid again, he didn't know about me, he was probably the star student before. I wouldn't have realized how much time had passed if it weren't for Mrs.Dubbler sending someone to look for me. I look at my hands, only meant for destruction. Who am I kidding, I can never fix anything.