School Is Hell, but Hunting Isn't.

As Constantine got into the bus, he instantly glanced over at the driver, a fat middle-aged man. He and Vritra both scanned the guy as Percy Jackson was known to have bus drivers who were secretly monsters. 

They both confirmed the guy was clean other than the fact he would not live all that long. Constantine nodded his head as he looked at the driver who just returned the nod. He then walked to the very back before placing his backpack at his feet. 

He sat back, as the bus drove off to pick up the other students. While he had time, he closed his eyes and began to meditate as he felt his mana continue to circulate through his body and nerves. It was a way to calm his restless battle reflexes that were turned on all the time. 

He also would need to get used to reading English again as his brain wanted to read Ancient Greek, but he and Vritra were working on it. Most of the problems that Demigods had, he had under control thankfully. 

While he continued to mediate, the driver continued picking up students who sat at different places on the bus. No one sat around him for the time being as he and Vritra were using a very weak repulsion spell on him. 

It just made people feel like keeping their distance from him, but eventually, someone didn't seem bothered by his spell. When she sat next to him, Constantine opened his eyes as he was not expecting anyone to sit next to him. 

When he turned his head, he and Vritra instantly came to the same conclusion. 

'A demigod.' 

Not very surprising really as the Greek gods were a bunch of horny bastards. Hermes, Apollo, Aphrodite, Ares, and the many lesser gods all had many children across the country. 

If Hecate had a kid in Texas, the chances of another were quite high. Even the Norse gods could have done it since Hotel Valhalla was located in Boston, for all he knew he was sitting next to a daughter of Thor. 

He didn't ask, and he didn't talk to her as from the look of it she had no idea of her true nature. The longer it stayed that way the safer she would be as Monsters would begin hunting her when or if she became aware of what she was. 

However, it seemed that the kid had other ideas. She began to tap his shoulder. 

"Yes?" 

When he looked over he saw she had green eyes and short dirty blonde hair. She had a small smile on her face as she seemingly was unaffected by his repulsion spell. 

"How old are you?" 

"Why do you ask?"

She looked him up and down as he was nearly a head taller than her despite sitting down. 

"You're tall, that is why." 

Despite just turning six a month ago, he was 54 inches tall making him 4'6 inches tall. For a six-year-old that is a bit above average, but he put that on his Ares heritage and Draconic Power. 

"I turned 6 last month." 

She smiled at that. 

"I am six too, I am Janet." 

"Constantine." 

She tilted her head. 

"Const-what?" 

He sighed as his name was quite hard to say. 

"If you want, call me Stan or Drake. Drake is my last name." 

Janet smiled and nodded. 

"Stan, I like Stan." 

Constantine shrugged as it was just the middle of his name. The rest of the bus ride to school he just answered Janet's questions with a shake or nod of his head. Sometimes he would speak, but for the most part, he just let her talk. 

When he finally got to school, he looked at his schedule and saw he had Math class first thing. He almost snarled as he always hated school and here he was back in one. He split from Janet who was just a regular kid other than being a Demigod. 

He wouldn't get in the way of that, so he went to class where the teacher was waiting. She was a young woman by the name of Ms. Wilson, a 22-year-old caucasian teacher. 

When she saw Constantine she smiled at him. 

"Hello, what is your name? 

"Constantine, nice to meet you." 

She smiled as she looked at her roster a school started on August 7th and it was already October 4th, meaning Constantine had missed two months of school. 

"Ah, so you are Constantine, nice to meet you. You can sit in the front right there." 

He wanted to complain about assigned seats, but he didn't so he sat himself down. As the rest of the students arrived she greeted them all. As he sat in class he started tapping his legs, but even he didn't expect to see Janet again. 

She smiled when she saw him and sat down next to him. 

"You're in my class?" 

"Seems like it." 

Before class started Ms. Wilson decided to have an introduction. 

"Welcome back boys and girls. Today we have a new transfer student starting today. Constantine, do you want to say anything?" 

He stood up and introduced himself. 

"My name is Constantine Drake II, I live on a ranch a few miles away with my dad."

Ms. Wilson smiled. 

"What do you like to do?" 

"Sometimes, I like to ride my dad's breeding bull Hank, and last month my dad bought me a horse. I help around the ranch by feeding the animals." 

Ms. Wilson cleared her voice when she heard the word breeding bull. Suddenly, one of the boys raised his hand. 

"What is a breeding bull?" 

Before Ms. Wilson could stop this line of questions, Constantine answered it. 

"A breeding bull is a bull that is used to get the other cows pregnant." 

Ms. Wilson clapped her hands. 

"Let's get back on track kids. Let us get started with today's class ok." 

Vritra wrapped around Constantine's neck while chuckling. 

'Ok, that was funny.' 

'I know, having child-like innocence has its perks.' 

No one could see Vritra as he was very good at hiding himself. It helped to keep Constantine from getting bored out of his mind. Throughout the class, he kept quiet, but he did all his work easily. 

He even showed his work so he didn't have to deal with the whole bullshit of you didn't show your work. When class ended, he alongside his classmates went to the next class. 

Janet took the chance to ask more about his ranch so he told her some things. She seemed interested as she had only seen horses from a distance and never up close. He explained what they were like, but next class they were sitting apart. 

The rest of the day was borring as he expected, but he did his work faster than anyone and better than anyone. When he was done, he pulled out his journal where he began to write in Ancient Greek to pass the time.

He and Vritra were translating Dragon Deus spells into Ancient Greek from Latin. When his teacher walked over to see what he was doing, he was confused. 

"What language is that?" 

"Greek, my great great grandpa was Greek." 

"Interesting, but if you want to write notes do it in English. What if your classmates want to-" 

Before he could finish, Constantine looked up into his eyes. They began to glow like amber and became dragon-like. The teacher's eyes glazed over a bit.

"Never mind, continue." 

No one noticed that as only the teacher felt the effects of the spell. The rest of the day continued in this way and by the end of the day, he was quite annoyed. He hated school, but this was going to be his life unless he could skip grades. 

When the school day ended, he was over school already. As he got on the bus, Janet once again sat next to him. The rest of the bus ride she kept talking to him asking questions about him living on a ranch which he answered. 

As a Mexican in his past life, he had a lot of siblings, cousins, nieces, and nephews so he was used to being around kids. Didn't mean he liked them, but he was used to them. 

When the bus finally got to his bus stop, he said goodbye to Janet before getting off in a hurry. After walking back to his house, he saw his dad in front of the house with his girlfriend. 

He hadn't talked to her much, but he knew her somewhat. When his dad saw his angry face, he recoiled. 

"Constantine, how was school?" 

"Terrible, the kids smell and the teachers are stupid." 

Max sucked in a breath as he heard that. 

"Yeah, that about covers it."

As for his dad's girlfriend, her name was Carmen Gomez, a Hispanic girl. Before he went into the house Constantine turned to her. 

"Hi, Carmen. How is it going?"

She smiled politely. 

"Things are good. How about you?" 

"Terrible, school sucks." 

She chuckled as all the kids said that. When Constantine went into the house, he dropped off his backpack and changed out his uniform to his home clothes. Once he was changed, he went back outside before walking off to see Solomon in the pasture. 

When he was gone, Maxamillion smiled as he turned to his girlfriend. 

"Smart isn't he?" 

"He is six years old, right? I feel like I am talking to a ten-year-old." 

Max chuckled as he would probably never tell her the truth. It was wrong to lie to your partner, but unlike his grandma, she didn't have clear sight. She was 100% mortal while he was a man who had sex with Hecate. 

"He is special, that is what I will tell you." 

Just as he said that he saw Constantine ride out on Solomon his horse. Since Solomon was now 7 months old, he was still young. He was nearly a yearling and thanks to Solomon being his familiar, he was more tame than a usual horse his age. 

"I am going riding?" 

Max waved as he saw his son ride out. As for Carmen, she turned to him. 

"That is a big horse." 

"He is only seven months old, I bought him for Constantine's 6th birthday. Cost me 10,000 bucks. By the time he is fully grown, he will weigh over a ton." 

As she watched Constantine ride off, she felt a little worried. 

"Will he be ok?" 

"He will be fine." 

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As for Constantine as he sat in the saddle of Solomon, he rode him in a slow trot. Solomon was still young and he was riding him because he was light as he was six. Putting too much weight or stress on a young foal was not a good idea. 

However, it was a good exercise for Solomon who from the look of things was energized as Constantine's mana was flowing through his body and soul from the contract they shared. 

As he grew, it would make him stronger, faster, healthier, and magical. Vritra through the contract began to send from Draconic Aura through the contract making Solomon even more energized. 

Constantine rode his horse around the ranch checking up on the animals as he worked out the horse. When he thought Solomon got enough exercise, he brought him back to the pasture where his dad's other horses stayed. 

After making sure he had food and water he returned home to finish his homework and continue his magic. For his first day of school, it was not all terrible, but he still had several more years to go. 

To not focus on it, he pulled out the magic Grimoires Hecate left for him to review and read with Vritra. While he did that, Vritra taught him some Dragon Deus spells that could synchronize with the spells he was learning from his Mother. 

He and Vritra kept reviewing until around 1 AM when his dad made him stop and go to bed. Max understood that as a Demigod, his son needed less sleep than other kids, so he let him sleep later than normal. 

He still needed sleep though, so once it it was time to sleep, he did as his dad said and fell asleep. The next day, he woke up early to help his dad with the chores like feeding the animals before he showered, got changed, and ate breakfast to return to school. 

This became his routine in a seemingly short amount of time, 4 years came and passed. No longer the same young boy, he was growing into a young man. The year now was 1997, meaning Percy Jackson, 'protagonist' was just 4 years old at the moment. 

However, that had nothing to do with Constantine and would not for a while. Currently, it was July 22nd, 1997 meaning it was still Summer Vacation. Currently, he was out in the riding on Solomon who had grown into a giant of a stallion. 

At 4 years old he was 20 hands tall(6'8 at the withers) and weighed over 2,300 pounds and he was still growing. On Constantine's back was Spine Splitter, in incase, he ran into a monster. He also had a Winchester 70 as he was hunting Axis Deer or Hog if he ran into any. 

As Solomon galloped, he made no sound as Constantine was using magic to silence his heavy steps. Eventually, Constantine rode into a clearing where he saw his targets. A large heard of Axis Deer so he grabbed his rifle from the saddle holster. 

Solomon snorted as he turned himself to give Constantine a good vantage point He loaded a round into the chamber before he used the bolt action to slide it in. His eyes started to glow an amber-yellow with dragon pupils as he aimed without a scope with the Iron Sights. 

He aimed for one of the bucks as it was the rut at the moment for Axis Deer. No season for them as they were invasive from India. When he picked his target, he pulled the trigger. However, while he hit his mark, a glowing silver arrow hit the same deer as his bullet. 

The poor buck had not only been targeted by Constantine but someone else. 

"Hell, The Hunt." 

He emptied the chamber of his rifle before he placed it back in the holster on Solomon's saddle. As Solomon walked into the clearing toward the dead deer. As he did so, from the tree line, 20 female hunters emerged alongside a 13-year-old girl which was the goddess Artemis. 

When he reached the clearing and the goddess and her Hunters arrived at the deer, he jumped from Solomon's saddle. Of course, he made sure to keep a distance before looking at the gathered woman. 

"Lady Artemis." 

From the group of Hunters, Artemis stepped forward. In her hands, she held a large silver hunting bow, with long black hair, bright silver eyes, and a radiant beauty. However, Constantine was not impressed at all. 

'It just had to be Artemis.' 

His least favorite of the female Olympians.