Okay, we've all heard of the Greek gods, youthful beings from ancient mythology who are famous for their love, tragedy, drama, and humor within stories. For reasons unknown, perhaps because they weren't believed in anymore, the Greek gods were reincarnated in modern times living normal lives up until high school, at least as normal of a life you can live with being named Zeus or Athena by your parents. It is then that some of their memories are recalled, and old powers resurface. How will these teenagers react to their past lives and newfound powers? And why were they reincarnated in the first place?

Rules
1. Despite playing as a god, no god-modding.
2. Keep this rated Teen.
3. Shipping is allowed.
4. Cursing is allowed though at a reasonable extent.
5. No one-liners please or at least keep them minimal.

OOC Forum and list of characters taken: the-olympians-reborn-t13112.html

Hades yawned as he approached the school. Things were probably going to be boring at school. Zeus would lord things over with his cronies or Dionysus would come to school drunk or Apollo would have one of his doomed romances. The usual. He just hoped Eris wasn't going to trick him today. He walked into the lunchroom, where students were hanging out before the bell to begin school rung, and sat in the corner.

Apollo sat at the lunch table in the center of the room. He usually sat there alone, and others would slowly gather around him, chatting with him. He would always get his work done though, without any doubt. He flipped a page in his math text book and started solving the equations that the teacher had given him. Really, they weren't that hard for the boy, and he was perfectly fine doing them. It was just when the jocks or popular kids wanted him to do their homework...ugghhh. That was when Apollo rolled his eyes and told them to shove off. It was how he worked.

"See ya" Persephone told the bus driver as she did every morning, flashing the chubby, black man a warm smile, which was amazing to behold on a Monday morning such as this "You take now, Percy" He replied, giving her a wave and a big smile in return. He used her nickname he had given her on her first day to the school; Percy, taken from Persep of Persephone, which he had declared far too high and mighty for hs background. "If any of those doggish boys come running after ya, give me a hollah and I'll come and run 'em flat"

Persephone giggled in response, her more chuckling laugh giggle which sounded very tomboy and not at all girly. "I'll remember that, John. See you at last bell" The black man gave her a broad grin as she stepped off, waving at him as he left. She let out a breath in slight excitement and turned to see the school. She wasn't a giddy, young 15 year old anymore, she was 16, legal, becoming a young adult. There was a world of difference. However, despite her change of personal self (or so she thought) nothing at the school seemed to have changed.

"Same lockers... Same classes... Same people..." Persephone muttered as she walked through the hallways, locating her classes from her new timetable she had got in the post with ease this year around. She sighed as she wondered aloud. "I wonder if I'll actually get a boyfriend this year..." Even a phone number would be nice, even if they never texted/called back. Her friends were the same too; they still loved her to bits and she returned the feelings. With them by her side, they flew to the lunchroom, in hopes of some breakfast.

"Food!" She declared as they shoved their stuff in their lockers, which were in close promoxidity this year around and her friends rolled their eyes. Persephone shrugged. Was it wrong for a growing girl to want morningly sustinance each day? "If you wanna be a model, then yes" Her Spainish friend, Nessa told her. "But I don't wanna be a model." Persephone replied, exaspurated. "Whatever" Nessa would mutter in return, while 'Percy' pulled faces at her, which she returned. Despite her seemingly sophisticated facade, Nessa was a big, hyper kid at heart. Which was why she hung out with her friends; 'Percy', Nikki and Rose.

Nikki was sports, Rose was the brains and 'Percy' was the creative, moody artist. Nessa was the model, but she was quite an average student when she applied herself. Which was what her friend's were desperately making her do. "You end most likely end up as a model," 'Percy' told her. "But having a Plan B never hurt anymore" They entered the lunchroom, arms linked as they tried to walk in a funny step but they kept tripping over one another, but laughing all the same.

'Percy' was laughing quite hard when Nessa shoved her elbow into the poor girl's ribs and half winded her. "Ow! Nes! I need my lungs to breath! It's no good if you bloody make them collapse in on themselves!" Nessa rolled her eyes and motioned with her head. 'Percy' looked. It was Hades, her slight crush."Gonna actually get his number this time, 'Perce'?" Percy looked away, flustered. "Shut up" She told her friend quickly, while she darted to the food que and Nessa and Nikki burst out laughing, Rose telling them they shouldn't tease her so much.

Hades looked across the room to see his crush, Persehpone, though she preferred to be called Percy. He smiled a little at her and her friends' actions. She was beautiful in a more subtle, natural way than other girls. She reminded him of plants for some reason.
From the cold pits of his kingdom he saw her from a gemstone he used to gaze at the living world. So joyful, so alive, so unlike his kingdom which was dull, lifeless and full of the dead. He had to see her. He ordered his chariot readied and departed from under the earth.
Hades grunted, rubbing his head. Where'd that come from? Strange thing to daydream about, though it couldn't have been a daydream. He hadn't even thought of it intentionally. It was like a memory. He decided to ignore it for now.

Athena sat in the lunchroom, the only one at the table, doing work. She scribbled furiously on the piece of paper, the math coming easily to her. Once she was bored of the math she moved onto history, her favorite subject. She started reading the book, and started writing a bit of poetry about the subject. It always helped her remember things.

"You know, in the legend of Hades and Persophone, Hades actually comes riding in his chariot to take Persophone away to the Underworld because he desires her" Rose the brains piped in, while they both stood in the que together while Nessa and Nikki both got nothing and chatted about something on telly the other night the other two did not watch.

"Yes, but also in that same legend, Ares, Hermes and Apollo had wooed Persophone before hand" Percy said, stressing her point as she turned to Rose to say. "I have not be wooed by these men in this lifetime. The legend it just that; a legend" She turned back to the food selection and grabbed a bagel. "Our parents probably signed into a secret cult where they swear to call their children the names of ancient Greek deities" Percy explained.

Rose shook her head, as she took the toast with honey cheese. She was strictly vegetarian, a would be vegan if she didn't love egg, cheese and honey on toast every morning so much. Percy grabbed a carton of juice and the two left Nikki and Nessa, whom had had breakfast at home and were catching up with some of Nikki's track running buddies. Percy and Rose sat opposite each other and talked while they ate, though graciously not while their mouths were full.

"Can I copy your Physics homework?" "You had all holidays, why haven't you done it?" "You know the sciences makes my head hurt and so does Maths! And as Mr Whiteman said, Physics is just Maths with pictures" "You're an artist, the pictures should make you appreciate Physics more" "I do, but it still makes me head hurt" Percy retorted, taking a big bite out of her bagel and Rose sighed, rolling her eyes but agreeing anyway. "Can I ask why you didn't at least try?" "I was making a dress" "Ah"

Cupid's grandmother stopped her 90's car with a loud screech. Cupid could have easily drove his own car to school, but promise she could at least drive him on his first day. It was a funny little agreement they had. It didn't bother Cupid at all, afterall he loved her. he wanted nothing more than to make her happy. He hugged and gave his grandmother a kiss on the cheek while exited the car. "Bye grandma. Get home safe" he said waving. His grandmother smiled and floored the gas. Her car, burning out at first, took off out of the schools parking lot. Cupid laughed a little while rubbing the back of his head. "She'll be alright. Right?" he asked himself. He turned with his bookbag, and entered the school. The same school as last year he noticed. "They could've did a paint job or something" he sighed. He went into the lucnhroom to wait for the bell to start school rang. He saw a few kids he knew, and a bunch he didn't. "Time to play love doctor again this year' he said to himself smiling. He took a seat in the middle and laid his head down on his bookbag. Cupid didn't get much sleep the night before and planned to get a little nap in before class.

Athena looked up from her work and saw Apollo and Cupid. Apollo was also doing work, but Cupid was... Sleeping? She couldn't help it. She laughed. Not too loudly, but if was funny enough that she could have laughed louder. She didn't know why it seemed so funny, but it just was. Then her eyes wandered back to Apollo, who was straight across the room from her. She kept watching the two back and forth until she thought that one of them was about to look up. She then quickly looked back down to her work, but she didn't think that she had moved fast enough. "Damn..." She muttered, and went back to her work. Although she was still watching them from the corners of her eyes.

The bronze car gleamed in the early morning light as it pulled smoothly into the school's dedicated car park. The windows were rolled down, and an elbow leaned casually out as they slid along to Zeus's space. The three passenger doors opened at once, and 3 boys - all the same age - stepped out onto the gravel. Zeus himself was last to exit the car, as he always made certain everything was as it should be before exiting. Locking the vehicle securely, he pocketed the keys that hung from a small, pewter lightning-bolt shaped keychain, and strolled up towards the school.

"Dude, have you done that homework for that class?" Came the words from one of the other boys. He ran his hand over his close-cropped hair in sudden distress.
Zeus glanced to his side, a small smile on his face. "Very specific of you, Scott." A pause as the other two chuckled. "But relax, I've done it. And yes, you can copy it up." Tyler had barely begun to open his mouth when Zeus cut across him; "Yeah, yeah. That goes for you too, obviously." Jacob gave a light shoulder shove to Tyler as he mocked him for being sloppy again, which brought a little smile to Zeus's face. Pulling his shoulder-bag strap with one hand, the other in his pocket, they strode side-by-side through the polished corridors towards the lunchroom. Usually students would gather there in the morning, to do work or have breakfast - sometimes both.

Entering though the doors, Jacob left to grab some food, whilst the remaining trio took up their usual table beside a couple of other guys and girls. Tyler and Scott sat together, bent over Zeus's notes - stopping only occasionally to get his aid in deciphering his handwriting. Zeus quickly tired of them. His pale blue eyes were fixed on the seconds-hand of the clock as it sweeped around and 'round - leaving his mind to wander for a few seconds at a time. Strange it was, that he pictured storms, lightning, and... people? Who they were, he had no idea. They were flashes of images, and any detail of their faces and clothes seemed to slip from his grasp. But he felt strange feelings... one he could only describe as some sort of care, or a duty owed. He barely had a moment to think on it before his name was called, and all his thoughts disappeared into the back of his skull. Turning to his friends, he leaned back on the bench, smiling and laughing with the crowd - his eyes flicking only occasionally away to glance around the room at his peers...

Hades looked up to see a couple other people enter. He frowned when he saw Zeus. He felt like he knew him when he first met him and he still had the feeling. He also felt some sort of resentment towards him, as if Zeus had done something to him. He frowned as images flashed through his mind, himself playing some sort of game and losing. Being sent deep underground. Desiring to visit a place on a mountaintop but never welcomed.
As he always did when he felt uncomfortable or a strange sense of deja vu, he looked over Persephone, taking in every detail. It was strange but he did feel a sort of connection towards her but it gave him a better feeling than his perceived connection with Zeus. He smiled a little and glanced at the clock, wondering when class would start.

Driscoll scanned the lunch room. Who is here, he wondered. He didn't feel like sitting alone today. Athena was here, but she was nose-deep in a book, as usual. Hades was "in his corner" already. A sigh and one more pass and he decided to set his sights on Apollo. If nothing else, he was good for homework and conversation, though not always necessarily in that order.

On his way to the center table Apollo always seem to habitate he walked by Persephone and her friends talking about ... well, whatever it was girls like them talked about. He gave her a friendly wink and a smile as he walked by.

"Hey, Seph."

Reaching his destination, he unceremoniously dropped his bag on the table. He turned one of the chairs around and sat down.

"Morning, A'. Morning, Cupid. How are you guys doing this morning?"

Cupid had the same dream he'd been having for the past 2 weeks. He's in a field full of flowers, and hes wearing practically nothing. He has wings on his back, and a bow in his hand. He looks forward and next to a tree he sees a beautiful women. She begins to turn around and he wakes up. He heard someone say "Good morning cupid" as he did. "Oh, morn..." he said yawning, and rubbing is eyes. He stretched a little, and opened his eyes. "Excuse me, morning Driscoll, had a eventful summer?" he asked tired and sleepily.

"Oooh, someone's got an admirer" Nessa teased as she came to the able and sat next to Rose, though she was alone. Rose and Percy in tone turned to see Nikki still chatting, looking really animated. Percy turned to give Nessa an accusing 'look'.

"And just what to you mean by that, Nessa Fiesta?" She asked, referring to the name Nessa's older brother used to annoy her. It wasn't ver creative, Percy found, but then, Nessa's brother wasn't very creative. More of a football fanatic kind of guy.

"You and Driscoll, getting it on. He called you 'Seph'. Shows he's creative, at least with one brain cell. You LIKE creative boys, 'Seph', and no boy has ever given you a wink before" Nessa told her, drawling out on the word LIKE and giving her a wink when she mentioned the wink. In response, 'Seph', the newly christened, rolled her eyes and bit into her bagel.

"It was only friendly" She replied, once she had swallowed down her food, though the bite was a bit too much and she grimanced. Rose noticed and offered her a napkin, which she declined. "My food tube may hurt but I ain't gonna humiliate myself by puking on the first day on my morning bagel"

Hades frowned when he saw someone greet Percy and winked at her. He felt an unfamiliar sensation in his gut and he found it unpleasant. He decided to go talk to her. He walked over to her as casually as he could and said, "Hey Percy."

"Oh..." She reposnded, suddenly lifting her gaze to meet Hades and she felt her breath catch in her throat and her heart do something funny, which Rose had described as 'frisson' or something or other. Percy probably had the spelling wrong too, in her head. "Hi, Hades" Unlike most girls, who found it a bit weird and a bit Goth to be calling him by the name of the Greekn god of the Underworld, Percy was used to it.

"Haven't you heard, my new nickname is 'Seph' from now on. Hoorah" 'Seph' joked, saying Hoorah in a posh vioce and putting her hands up while wiggling her fingers. Rose giggled and Nessa smiled nicely, loving her bubbly friend deeply on the inside. She notcied Percy was moving her hands to play with her hair, near the side where the longest strand only came to rest on her shoulders. Then she remembered and smiled.

"So... Been doing anything over the holidays? Been anywhere nice?" 'Seph' asked pleasantly, purposely twirling her hair round her finger. C'mon, damnit. I know you're a guy, but notice! Persophone had recently gotten a hair cut, she couldn't believe no one had noticed her missing tiny platts, which was practically her trade mark. Not anymore! She was the new Persophone, 'Seph', and she had a slightly boyish haircut and was a completely moody artist of a rebel!... Well, maybe not so much. She still loved floral prints.

"Not really. Pretty much the same ol' stuff. Dad wanted me to learn some electrical stuff, mom wanted me to work in the greenhouse. Luckily, I managed to sneak out of the house almost every morning before they could get me to do either one. How about you guys?"

Driscoll made a scan of the room, and found his gaze land on Persephone's table. From the look on her face, her friends were chiding her about something, and she was not very entertained by it. He felt one of his mischievous smiles creep across his mouth, before turning back to the people at his own table.

"Not really, Persephone," Hades told "Seph" with a smile, seeing her twirl her hair. He saw that her hair was shorter now and her plaits were gone, "Nice haircut. Sort of miss your plaits. You have nice hair." Hades mentally berated himself, 'Idiot. You don't say anything about a girl's new haircut or ramble on about her hair.' He mentally sighed. He wasn't that good with girls or socializing with people. A lot of people, he saw as idiots.

As he watched them silently, he sighed lightly. If only his would work now. It was quite stupid in his mind with all these couples together and his was turning out like there was everything bad in his life. He really just needed a break from school or something. School was awkward, especially with the odd thing of the feeling he knew so many of the students there, without knowing them. It was....awkward.

Glancing up at Driscoll, he smiled. He brushed hair out of his own face and put it behind his ears gently after closing his book and binder. He had kept himself in tip top shape by doing math and such that the teacher said would be good for the next grade, and allowed him to borrow the text book for the summer months.

"Hey Drisc." He pulled the text book and binder and kept them close to him as he chatted with the others. Looking over to Cupid, he sighed. "Looks like he's a little rough this morning." Looking back at his friend, he softened the smile slightly. "I've been good. Doing the last of my text work before I have to give it back for the class. I got Math next semester."

"Well i fell in love 20 times over the summer with 20 different girls, but i fell in love 30 times after that with the girl of my dreams." He said sighing a sigh of romance. "Although I've never seen her face though" he said fantasizing about her. "I must find out who she is!" he said standing up and shouting. He looked around the now silent luncroom, and sat back down embarrassed. He put his bookbag over his head to try and hide himself. He closed his eyes, and felt his face get hot as he turned red. "Why do i get so excited?!" he asked himself.

Athena lifted her head, and saw that everyone was talking with someone else. "Great.. I love how I don't have any friends.." She muttered to herself, and rolled her eyes. She watched Apollo with interest, he usually wasn't the one to socialize. She shrugged and continued watching them, trying to remember all their names. She knew some of them, but not really personally. They just had talked once or twice. Athena sighed and pulled out a sheet of paper and a pencil. She watched the group and started sketching a picture of them. Whenever they moved she sighed and started drawing them again, but eventually she started drawing them by memory.