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Started February 04, 2020 by Deleted user

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Calliope looked up, only then spotting the boy. Lucian, if she remembered correctly. "No, I'm fine. I'm probably just gonna get in a lot of trouble for this."

"Why?" He asked, tilting his head curiously. "Why would you get in trouble? What did you do?"

"Are you blind? Can you not see the art on the ground? It's accidental but I keep getting in trouble for it. It's not like I can help it. If I get distracted it happens."

He shrugged. "So what if there's art on the ground? It's an improvement to this place." He gave her a crooked smile.

"Yeah, but the school doesn't like it. It'd probably be a different story if I wasn't a villain." She sighed and actually looked at him. "I'm Kiera Mort-Vivante. Hades' daughter."

"Oh, yeah," Luke said, making a sound of understanding. "I can see that. Well, it can't be that bad, right?" He shookhis head. "I'm Luke Gray. Um… well, Pan's son." He rubbed the back of his neck awkwardly. This was the first person he had actually ever told who his correct father was.

"Pan…like Peter Pan? Do you have any of his powers? Like, I have Dad's fire along with my own stuff," Calliope said, sparking with blue flames as if to prove it.

"…I guess…" Luke said hesitantly. "I- yeah, I do." He scratched the back of his neck awkwardly. "So… Hades, right? Why artwork, then?"

"Honestly, I don't know." She walked over to a pillar, leaning against it. "I can kinda just…do it." She placed her palm onto the pillar, and red graffiti art spread from it.

"Weird," he commented. "You see, I can't -" Luke stopped, pursing his lips. He didn't want to talk about himself more than he had to. Maybe that way he could actually be normal, if no one knew much about him. "It's kind of cool, though," he admitted.

"It would be cooler if I could actually decide what comes out of me. I can really only choose the colours, and even then only sometimes. It's kinda pointless, if you ask me."

"Really? That does sound annoying." He tilted his head. "Why do they care, though? It looks fine."

"Because," Calliope stood in a position to imitate their principal. "'We have a reputation to uphold, Miss Mort-Vivante. A reputation that we are perfect. And you, with your…strange art powers, does not uphold this. Do not do it again.'"

"Because you have a choice," Luke said, snickering, the tiniest trace of bitterness entering his tone. "What do you do, practice posing as him in front of the mirror all the time?"

"No, he just makes it his job to lecture me every couple of months. I swear it's only because he and dad have a bit of a history. And he says the same thing everytime, so I remember it."

"He is a man of few words, or changes," Luke said, grinning.

"Yeah." Calliope sighed, picking up her bag. She checked the time on her phone. "Well, the dorms are gonna open soon. I'd rather get in there sooner than later. Take my side of the room."

"Probably a smart idea," Luke agreed, picking up his own bags. "I'll… see you later?" He asked, after a moment.

"Yeah, I guess. Bye." Calliope walked away, heading towards her dorm. It was the same one as last year, but she had a different roommate. This time it was Rapunzel's daughter Evelyn, who she was sort of excited for. Evelyn would probably accept her power.

Luke watched her go, looking curious. She had seemed nice, not at all like the child of a villain. He turned and started to walk to his own dorm, humming slightly. She didn't seem at all like what he would have thought.

Calliope hummed as she walked towards her dorm, blue fire dancing around in her fingers. The boys and girls dorms were separate, for obvious reasons. But she felt like her and Luke would get along quite well.

Luke set his suitcases on his bed. His roommate was already there, it seemed, from the bags that were haphazardly thrown over the place. His lips twitched.

"You're stepping on my stuff," an annoyed voice said.

Luke turned and saw a handsome guy his age, with long black hair and asian features. "Oh, hey. Sorry about that, I didn't see it."

The boy shrugged. "Whatever. I'm Larkin. Aladdin's son."

"Luke." They shook hands, although the boy looked a little curious as to who Luke's parents were.

When Calliope reached her dorm, Evelyn was already there. "Oh, hi! Kiera, right? I'm Evelyn."
"Yeah, I already know who you are. Truthfully, I was excited to be rooming with you. You know, cause your mum likes to paint, and I have paint powers."
"Oh, yeah."

(Sorry! I've been busy…)

Larkin was a little weird, to tell the truth, but Luke still liked him. He was cool. They talked about the school year, if the other was excited about it or not.