The Daughter of a Legend
Written on January 17th, 2008 by SalaliStory Details
(8 votes, average: 3.75 out of 5)
Loading ...Note: This chapter is back in An’s pov. I hope you liked this story, cause this is the Epilouge! I’m considering writing a sequel, but I don’t know how that’ll turn out. Thanks for taking all the time to read this! –Salali
I walked quickly through the halls of my new school, a map practically glued to my nose. Maria had moved us halfway across the continent of North America, to avoid akward questions about Di. Artemis had officially recognized her as his daughter, and, naturally, the press were having a field day. Artemis hadn’t told them who we were, but they would find out. And it would be easier to evade public exposure if we were in a place where we had no history with a girl named Diana. Plus, Mom had just wanted a change of scenery.
I stepped into my next class hesitantly, and approached the teacher. “I’m sorry, ma’am. I’m new here, and I think this is my next class. Are you,” I checked the schedule the woman at Student Services had given me, “Mrs. Shaw?”
She smiled. “That is I.”
Oh, she was an English teacher all right.
“You must be Anteros McKenna.”
“Yes.”
She frowned. “That’s odd… I was expecting–”. She stopped abruptly, and blushed.
I sighed. “Don’t tell me. You were expecting someone more male.”
“Well… yes.”
“I get that all the time. It’s just the ‘os’ at the end of the name. Maybe I shoud change it to ‘Anteras’.”
“That doesn’t sound nearly as nice, though.”
“That’s what I thought.”
I started to move towards the seat she pointed me at, but then she stopped me.
“Do you have a nickname you want me to call you?”
I froze. “An…nie. Annie.” I couldn’t have her call me An. That was Di’s name for me.
“All right, then.”
The warning bell rang, and the rest of the class filtered in and found their seats. When the bell rang, Mrs. Shaw stepped up.
“Class, we have a new student, Annie McKenna.” The class turned to look at me. I met all of their eyes, then conspiciously turned my attention to the teacher, returning her class to her. She continued on: “Since we have been discussing Greek myths, I have put together some smaller myths in a packet. Get into your groups - I’ll be passing the packets around. Take turns reading them aloud.”
Three girls by me turned their desks in to form a three-quarters circle. One looked over, and then gestured for me to join them.
Mrs. Shaw handed us a packet, and the girl who had gestured me over took it and began to read. It was the story of Pandora’s Box, which I had heard more times than I could count. When she was done, she handed the packet to the girl next to her, who read out the story of Narcissus. She handed the packet to me, and I began reading out summary of the gods and goddesses.
I was almost finished when a paragraph I was reading aloud caught my attention and dragged it back to what I was doing.
“Cupid (Eros), the god of love, was the son of Venus. He was her constant companion; and, armed with bow and arrows, he shot the darts of desire into the bosoms of both gods and men. There was a deity named Anteros, who was sometimes represented as the avenger of slighted love. The following legend is told of him.
“Venus, complaining to Themis that her son Eros continued always a child, was told by her that it was because he was solitary, and that if he had a brother he would grow apace. Anteros was soon afterwards born, and Eros immediately was seen to increase rapidly in size and strength.”
I finished the summary, then passed it on to the next girl. I didn’t even listen to the story she took, but I reflected on the meaning of my name. God of rejected love.
And right then, it felt like the best name anyone could have given me.
January 17th, 2008 at 5:26 am
FCD OMG I love it! Update!
January 17th, 2008 at 8:38 am
ooooooooooommmmmmmmmgggggggggg!!! i beg of u to update! this is so interesting!!
January 17th, 2008 at 11:04 pm
Oh. I didn’t think everybody would like it THIS much…
Ooookay… I’m going to have a lot of spare time this weekend, so hopefully I’ll get the next chapter or so up.
January 19th, 2008 at 8:23 am
oh i like chapter two
plz continue!!!!
January 21st, 2008 at 3:43 am
coolieo! I really like it! escpesially coldcoldcoldcoldcoldcoldcoldcoldcoldcoldcoldcoldcoldcoldcoldcoldcoldcoldcoldcoldcoldcoldcoldcold lol!
January 21st, 2008 at 4:45 am
THIS IS REALLY GOOOD!!!!!!! that reminds me of…well, me! coldcoldcoldcoldcoldcoldcoldcoldcoldcoldcoldcoldcold.
January 21st, 2008 at 5:05 am
I LOVE IT! its really amazing.. I never payed attention to this and always skipped it because i thought it was another story i had already read bUT THIS IS intresting and you NEED to continue!
January 21st, 2008 at 8:48 am
marvolouse….u must continue
plz?
January 21st, 2008 at 3:55 pm
*squeal of happiness* I feel so loved! And yes, “coldcoldcoldcoldcold” was a line that I have been wanting to use for a very, very long time. Chapter four is up now, so… yay! MAJOR PLOT TWISTS HAVE BEEN REVEALED!
January 21st, 2008 at 4:11 pm
OMG!!! it was DI!!! I am so confused! Di was 14! I thought she was like, 8!
January 21st, 2008 at 4:49 pm
I KNEW IT! I WAS GOING TO SUGGEST YOU DO THAT! THATS WUT I WAS THINKING FROM THE BEGGINIG!
I WAS RITE DANCE- IWASRITEIWASRITEIWASRITEIWASRITE!YAY!
I LOve it! plz continue quickly!
January 21st, 2008 at 6:26 pm
*12 comment dance* upd8 soon!
January 21st, 2008 at 9:20 pm
The ending of chapter 4 is so sad! I want to see what happens next so update!
January 22nd, 2008 at 10:18 pm
Pllllz update quickly, I’m dying to noe wut happens.
January 23rd, 2008 at 12:50 am
Yeehee! I am so happy that everyone is okay with the plot twist. I hope to add the next chapter soon, but it might be a couple days, cause I have a lot of homework.
January 23rd, 2008 at 1:18 am
OMG! I LOVE THIS ! IM GIVING ITN A 5, ITS SOOO AWESUM! PLLZ ADD MORE AS QUICK AS YOU CAN!
January 25th, 2008 at 10:25 pm
OMG a twist! I love it!
January 25th, 2008 at 11:10 pm
BEST STORY EVER!!!!
January 27th, 2008 at 4:35 am
BEST STORY EVER! DO A SEQUEL! PLz!
January 27th, 2008 at 4:57 am
OMG I love the end! Sequal!
January 27th, 2008 at 6:20 am
I can’t believe I’ve never read this B4… It got a bit confusing in the middle…. great tho….PLZ WRITE A SEQUEL!!
January 27th, 2008 at 7:03 am
omg luv the ending…SEQUAL!!!!!
January 27th, 2008 at 6:27 pm
in the sequel u should make holly steal her!!!
January 27th, 2008 at 7:20 pm
Well, I had a different idea for the plot in the next one… something about an old criminal coming back, cause I didn’t think any criminal I made up would be anything except depressed… Je ne sais pas.
January 28th, 2008 at 4:08 am
good idea! DO A SEQUEL QUICKLY!
January 28th, 2008 at 6:26 pm
r u going 2 upd8 soon?
July 27th, 2008 at 3:28 am
Sorry, but it’s done for now. I’ve got two sequels out - it’s not a series, it’s two different versions of the same sequel. “Enemies of Old” (which has died but is the sort of humor you seem to find on these sites) and “Life Of A Teenage Heiress” which is slightly more angsty and serious, but also has some funny parts.
July 27th, 2008 at 4:02 pm
I liked “Enemies of Old”! Could you please try and continue it?
July 27th, 2008 at 4:07 pm
Sorry, forget my other comment above this. I did like it, though.