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((It was actually Aurora that spoke--hence the non-italicized font... lol.))

Aurora raised an eyebrow. Granted, she did not know many gods or goddesses or immortals in general... but she would not think that all gods were so conceited as Ares or even Aphrodite. After all, why couldn't they have personalities as diverse as, say, humans? For Aurora, Evermore's reasoning was questionable at best.

Wasn't Artemis supposed to be a kind goddess, after all?

((sorry for the late responses!))

Akira giggled and smiled at the little spirit.

"Thanks, Raven and I know, I'm not that worried. It's not suppose to be permanent anyways! I've been caught up on who's who more or less, so it's all good. I just got to be patient."

Her ears twitched and she glanced over at the Elf, narrowing her eyes slightly. She knew him, he wasn't a stranger, yet, she was drawing a blank, besides his name, that is.

At the mention of the Fury's name, Akira glanced back at Aurora, listening to Raven and frowning.

"So...She skipped the assembly? Huh, that doesn't seem like her...." She blinked and rubbed the back of her head lightly, smiling softly.

"I think, anyways..."

Kilala sighed at Raven's words, wondering if she should go hunt down the girl herself. This was getting ridiculous!!!

Raven crossed her arms, though no one would be able to see her do that.

"I would appreciate the help, Kilala, but if she didn't listen to me, her own familiar, I don't think she would listen to you, no offense. And yes, I am upset with her, but I can't help but feel sorry for her, too, which would probably make her even angrier. I don't know how I'd react to being made for one specific purpose and to be manipulated by my very family. Plus, she has to deal with the negative things she hears about Furies and all the gods in the great works of literature the school assigns."

Ever smirked and nodded to Aphrodite. "You know, I'm actually impressed by your attention to a small detail I've been trying to steer you away from."

She sighed and leaned forward in the chair. "I'm going on tour as a dancer. Since I can teleport, I can come back to school nearly every day! And I can still research the Relic. In fact, Aurora and I found a large clue on it and think it's at the bottom of the lake guarded by a large weeping willow. So I don't think me leaving to do something I actually want to do would be bad or take any focus away from the Relic."

She looked down at her lap and said softly, "Plus... if I'm not inside the barrier, I can teleport to UA when I have a moment and visit Ares if I have a moment... Though I'm not sure he'll want to see me."

Why was she divulging all of this about Ares? The only thing she could think of was that she was so weak and exhausted from dancing so much and that Aphrodite's love aura drew it out of her. It was probably a side effect of being weak and being around the Goddess of Love.

Ever groaned. "I thought I was changing subjects smoothly..."

She thought about what Aphrodite said about Ares. She was the Goddess of Love after all. Sure, she could be leading Ever down the wrong path just because she wanted Ares for herself, but Ever doubted it. After the way he had rejected her at the party, she didn't think that Aphrodite would ever risk being embarrassed like that again, even though hardly anyone had seen it. Funny thing was, she actually had something in common with Aphrodite. She knew what that rejection felt like on some level.

She sighed in great relief when Aphrodite said she would cooperate with her. She moved to get out of the chair, but when she said she had conditions, she groaned and sat back in the chair. Of course she had conditions...

Wait... what Saturday lessons was she talking about? There were no lessons given on Saturdays, except possibly for those students who had independent study, and even then the professors liked to keep those classes scheduled during the week.

She was impressed when Aphrodite wanted her to swear on the River Styx. She knew Aphrodite hated Furies, but she knew them well enough to know that they valued the River Styx almost as much as they valued Hades since they lived in the Underworld.

She finally nodded, agreeing to her conditions. "Actually sounds pretty fair. I'm slightly nervous at that, but I really want to go on tour, so I'm going to wave that caution for now. As I said, I will continue to pursue the Relic and I swear on the River Styx that I will do it with my whole heart, mind and body. I think I will actually be more willing to do that now that I will be able to pursue something I am passionate about."

She gave a small, short laugh that wasn't full of humor. "And even if there was a chance for Ares and I to be together before the war ended, I would never let him get in the way of finding the Relic or doing everything I can to make sure we win. Boys don't affect me like that."

At least that's what she believed and told herself. Boys didn't affect her like that. Only one could, one man. And she could very easily lose herself in Ares again, but she honestly didn't think Ares would come back to her before the war was over, if at all.

She looked back up at Aphrodite with complete confusion in her eyes. "Although, I don't know what these Saturday lessons you alluded to are about."

{{LOL!! Oh I love Aphrodite.}}

Ever looked at Aphrodite in confusion still. "If this was covered at the assembly, then how is it that you know about it? You are here with me instead of there, so you obviously didn't go, either. And I doubt Headmistress Krause has had the time to brief the faculty on this new Saturday thing."

She sighed. "But I actually think the Saturday lessons are a good thing. I'm guessing it's for the upcoming war. I think I'll actually want to be here for them."

She looked down at her lap again and said something she meant but was very hard for her to say to Aphrodite after how she had treated her... and nearly slept with her son.

"... Thank you, Aphrodite. Thank you for telling me about the lessons so that I can attend them, for wishing me luck on the tour and.."

She looked back up at Aphrodite and sighed. "And just for helping me with this. I'm not sure anyone else would. I really appreciate it."

Evermore couldn't help but laugh, an authentic and happy laugh, at what Aphrodite put as her Facebook status.

"That's pretty clever, actually. Two points for Aphrodite. I'll make sure to bring you back some tickets and backstage passes so you can see me. I hope you like The Backstreet Boys!"

She smiled at her before she quickly got up from her chair and ran to her room, practically giggling in excitement. She was going to get to tour with The Backstreet Boys!

If anyone passed Ever as she ran down the hall, which wasn't likely since most were probably still at the assembly, they would have thought it was completely odd to see such a bright smile on the young girl.

Ever ran into her room, dug out a suitcase, and began packing. She had to give the appearance that she was going to the be at the tour meeting for a couple days.

{{... LOL!! That's awesome! I bet it was AJ!}}