30 comments/ 17355 views/ 34 favorites Olympus University By: TNWTBOD "Your acceptance/rejection letter has been sent in the mail and you should receive it within one to two days." sighing Caleb logged out of his Harvard University web-site account. Caleb Astor had been waiting for his acceptance letters from the colleges he applied to. Caleb had just graduated high school with a perfect GPA and had applied to many prestigious schools. His school councilors had assured him that between his GPA and SAT scores that he would pretty much be accepted into all the schools that he had applied for, but for some reason no one had replied yet. And Caleb really needed to get into college. Caleb Astor was abandoned at an orphanage when he was young and had later been adopted. With all that his adopted parents had done for him he figured getting top grades and getting into a good school was the least he could do in return. John Astor had come from old money. Like really, really, old money. Like pre-civil war, old world, robber baron money. When John had met his wife Lily Taylor, who could draw her family line back to the Medici and Windsor families of Britain, they both fell quickly in love and married. They had three kids one year apart from each other. Lauren, Julie, and Ashley Astor were three pees in a pod growing up. In high school all were social butterflies and their studies were put to the wayside. With their family money none had to worry about working for a living and all their problems centered around marrying "young and good" as their grandmother put it. John being an only child was the last heir to the Astor fortune and wanted to have a son but after three children it was found out that Lily was no longer capable of having another. Lily loved John so much that she offered to allow him to have sex with another woman to try and have a son ( since they were both against artificial insemination ) but John couldn't bring himself to do it. So after much deliberation they just decided to adopt a boy. When Caleb got adopted he went from literally the lowest walks of life to the highest. The Astors were worth billions of dollars and now Caleb was a part of their high society lifestyle, balls and operas, country club parties and golf competitions, shrewd dealings and backstabbing were all now a part of his daily life. And while the Astors never treated Caleb like any thing other than a son both of his parents made it painstakingly clear (albeit as nicely as possible) that the majority of their wealth would be divided among the sisters. John had later told Caleb that he would inherit the Astor family business and all the holdings after John's death or retirement and that any money Caleb made as the CEO of the company was his to keep. So Caleb worked extremely hard in school to show his parents that he meant to take very good care of the business. From an early age he attended all of the business meetings and production think-tanks and even contributed every now and then and to tell the truth John was quite content in handing over the business to him right now. Caleb seeing that it only was eight thirty decided to go for his morning run with the hopes that when he returned the mailman would have had made his rounds hopefully bringing Caleb the news he sought. On his run Caleb thought about many things but the first thing on his mind was how good he felt. Caleb had ran for the track and cross country teams in highschool and all of his teammates had been complaining over their lack of conditioning since graduating due to not having to attend practice anymore. Caleb never seemed to have a problem with his conditioning, even without practice and coaching. He was always able to run long distances without even a hint of fatigue. He never suffered from the things that plagued some of his friends like, muscle aches and sore feet. Caleb felt that he could run indefinitely at his optimum pace but never got the chance to try as his coach strictly forbade it. With college coming up and wanting to participate on the track team there as well, Caleb came to the decision to hold back on trying to find his limit. As Caleb rounded the corner he saw the mailman's truck leaving his house. Caleb went to the mailbox and there was nothing inside it except a huge manila folder. The manila folder was addressed to him from some school called Olympus University. The return address was conveniently in Olympus, Washington. When Caleb got to his room he went and sat at his desk to read the mail from Oly-U. He was surprised to see many other letters inside of the manila folders. They were all from different universities and institutions but there was one letter from Olympus U that said " PLEASE READ FIRST" so with slight apprehension he opened that one first. The letter read: Dear Caleb Anston, We at Olympus U have had our eyes on you for some time now. Enclosed in this envelope are your acceptance letters from all of the other schools you have applied to. We had these letters seized in the hope that you would hear us out about our offer for you to attend our university. While there is nothing I can say in this letter because of security reasons please make sure to visit your personal student page on our website. Your personal information is as follows: Username: CalebAnston57 Password :3732870786 We looked forward to your reply Sincerely, Hermilo Crone Dean of Admissions Doing as the letter suggested Caleb went to his computer and logged onto the university's website. Logging into the website Caleb was stunned at what he saw. According to this website Olympus University boasted a incredible ninety-eight percent graduation rate, with an one hundred percent employment rate. On top of that a long list of graduates had went on to become Fortune 500 CEO's, billionaires, and an amazing thirteen presidents of the united states. On top of that all of their facilities were top of the line, ranging from the sciences to the arts to sports, every department was a cornucopia of knowledge and development. At first Caleb thought that this website had to be a hoax. Any school that came even close to what he was seeing online was bound to be known worldwide, beating out a majority of Ivy League Schools and top foreign universities for the best students. Caleb's questions were answered when he read that Oly-U didn't take applications. You had to be contacted by them to be admitted, apparently their student body was made up by a select few, only about two hundred new students a year. He also found out that there was a whole string of Olympus schools ranging from kindergarten to college. Many students would already have been at the school from a young age, making incoming college students somewhat of a rarity. Try as he might Caleb couldn't figure out just why he'd been contacted. Looking at the student breakdown it didn't point to catering to any particular ethnic group of social class. The student body seemed completely comprised of a mix of students. He did note that a majority of the incoming college freshman were from overseas though. That being mainly because the school couldn't get a hold of them until they were of college going age. From what Caleb could tell the whole school was shrouded in an air of secrecy. Even while he was viewing the website in his browser, it wasn't showing up in his history. A person could even attend Oly-U and have a "cover university", a school that they could tell their family and friends they were attending. That appeared to be the reason that Caleb had received all of his other acceptance letters at the same time. He could show them to his parents and they would believe that he was going to whichever school he decided to say he was. They would intercept all mail from parents and have it sent to him at Olympus and all school fees would be taken care of. Tuition paid by parents would go into a fund for their child and the student would be free to spend the money how they felt. Logging off of the website Caleb sat back to think. On one hand he had always dreamed of going to a major Ivy League school, kind of a way to show his adopted parents that he was appreciative of everything they did for him. But on the other hand, he was essentially going to take over the family business and what better way to pay them back then by getting the best possible education. From what he saw the education available at Oly-U was the best he would receive anywhere, on top of that he would be able to form current and future business contacts that would help his families wealth grow in the future. In all fairness there really was only one sensible thing to do. He would attend Oly-U for as long as it took for him to get his degree. He saw that they had accelerated programs were you could get a Masters Degree in the same time it took to get a regular degree and Dr. Caleb Anston did have a certain ring to it. The only thing left to do was pick his cover school, and then accept his offer from Olympus University. He figured he would have the discussion with his family that night at dinner. The only college he flat out refused to attend was Brown University. His father and sisters all attended Brown, there would be just too many of his sister's friends and his father's acquaintances there for him to not to be really "there". Also his family would be able to come and visit regularly, with four of their children at Brown they would be likely to pop in frequently unannounced. He figured he'd just have to wait until dinner to find his cover school. _____ As Caleb got ready for dinner he studied himself in the mirror. It was clear to see that he was innately different from his adopted family. The Astors and Taylors were traditionally blonde, blue-eyed, and pale skinned all tracing lineage back to early Europe and the Nordic. Caleb on the other hand was extremely tall, and naturally olive skinned. His two defining features were his eyes and hair. Both being a deep black. Completely black eyes were somewhat rare, most people think they have black eyes but the majority have really dark brown eyes. Caleb's irises were almost indistinguishable from his pupils, if anything his pupils were just a shade lighter than his irises. His hair also was a very shiny black, It was naturally long and pointed to maybe a oriental descent, the only real clue he had about his birth parents. His father had told him countless times that with his rare features it wouldn't be hard to track down his birth parents but Caleb had no interest in meeting his birth parents. He had no idea what type of circumstance drove them to give him up for adoption and he had no right to judge them. Although his time in the orphanage wasn't paradise it wasn't as bad as it could have been or had been for other orphans, and he really couldn't imagine being adopted by a better family then the Astors, all in all his life had turned out fantastic. He held no animosity of spite towards his birth parents at all, he didn't know where he came from and he was content in not knowing. In one aspect it made life simpler, his sisters were constantly worried about how their actions would reflect back onto the Astor and Taylor line. Everyone knew Caleb was adopted so his deeds always reflected solely on him. When his eldest sister Lauren's debate team won nationals, chiefly because of her efforts it was written of as something "expected" of an Astor. When Caleb won the national track meet however he was congratulated and celebrated, even more-so when he graduated as valedictorian. Sometimes Caleb felt like he was treated as a rare animal, by the people around him. He was a fully capable young man who'd proven he was better than most all of his blue blooded peers, and he'd came from an unknown heritage. He was a hot commodity in the upper circles of his neighborhood, a fascinating specimen for people who'd thought that seen just about everything. Luckily his family never treated him that way, they only ever showered him with love and affection. Just as Caleb finished straightening his tie his youngest older sister Ashley walked in. "Hey Kay, whatcha doing?"she asked. Caleb kind of bristled at the nickname, he thought it made him sound like a girl. No one but his sister's were allowed to call him Kay, ever. "Nothin' Ash just getting ready for dinner." he told her. He hadn't told anyone about any of the letters he'd received that morning, he had phoned a friend to meet them at the restaurant, so it was going to be a big surprise when he sprung it on them all at dinner. Being wealthy the Astors liked to eat out all the time as a family. It was a good chance to try different cuisines, teach their children the rules of fine dining and it was always good for one of the town's premier families to be seen out and about. They tried to eat out at least three times a week. The number had went up to four now that everyone was home for the summer. It seemed that they had an easier time talking over a restaurant table then the home one. Mostly because one is expected to talk when dining out while talking during home meals was less important. "Okay well I'll get out of your hair. We should be ready to go in just a minute so try not to take too long."Ashley said as she walked out of the door. Caleb strolled over to his desk, gathered up some of the various acceptance letters, and placed them in a mesh drawstring exercise bag. Slinging the bag over his shoulders he went to join his sisters downstairs as they waited on their parents to finish getting ready. ______ It was going on eight thirty and dinner was winding down. Caleb always enjoyed eating with his family. It gave them a chance to catch up with what the other's were doing. Ashley for the most part had nothing going on. She was off her freshman year at college and she wanted to do nothing more than laze around the house during her break. Julie was a sophomore going into her junior year and had declared herself as a literature major. Of all Caleb's sisters Julie was the most open minded and free spirited. She was kind of shy and quiet but also extremely smart. She was the salutatorian when she graduated but Caleb believed she intentionally held back in school. Most people would frown at a billionaire heiress deciding to become a literature major but Julie had the full support of her family. Realistically she'd probably never work a day in her life but if she enjoyed literature so much then why not have the documents to prove she knew what she was talking about. Lauren on the other hand wanted to become a politician. Like a lot of girls she always dreamed of being the first female president. The road to that started with a pre-law course at Brown as well as an undergrad in political science. She was entering her last year of her undergrad course and was excited to be interning during the summer. John spent his portion talking about different things such as fiscal projections, quarterly revenue, and board meetings. Things that only really interested him and Caleb, but the others nodded along and feigned interest at the appropriate times. Lily was an avid volunteer in the community and always seemed to be part of some new project or humanitarian effort so she regaled everyone with what she was busy doing at the moment. The conversation was just getting to Caleb's recent news when the group was interrupted. "Hey Caleb, sorry I'm late. Did I miss anything yet?"asked Abigail Lincoln. Abigail was Caleb's best friend in the world. When Caleb got to highschool Abigail was a junior and head of the girl's track team. She'd scouted him for the guy's team and they had grown to be friends. Over the next two years before she graduated Abigail and Caleb were nearly inseparable. They weren't dating or anything like that, they just got along so well and on so many levels that they just wanted to spend a majority of their time together. When Abigail went to college she'd made the decision to got to the state university so she wouldn't be too far away from Caleb. She'd drive down every weekend do they could hang out and their friendship remained as strong as ever. In truth Caleb didn't make any big decisions in his life without first consulting Abby and his family. Even though he would just be choosing a false university Caleb knew that she'd be hurt if she was left out of the decision making process. "No Abby you didn't miss anything, in fact I was just about to start talking."Caleb told her but before he could answer Lauren butted in. "Caleb I don't doubt that you have something important to say but why is she here?"she practically spat out. Caleb wasn't stupid and he knew that Lauren and to a lesser extent his other two sisters didn't like Abigail that much. Well when it came to Lauren dislike didn't seem like a strong enough word, loathe was more like it. At one point she and Abigail had been friends but neither one wanted to tell Caleb why they now detested each other. It only got worse when Caleb and Abigail became friends, the first time she visited the house Lauren nearly exploded. Still Caleb had decided not to let his sisters's beliefs cloud his judgment of Abby. The reality of the situation was that Abigail and Lauren were no longer friends and they just rolled in different circles now, to the point were they couldn't reconnect and put the sordid past behind them. Caleb briefly thought about the irony that Abby's and Lauren's only mutual friend, Charlotte, was the women he lost his virginity to. He was just about to explain what Abby was doing there when he was cut off again. "Well If you must know Lauren, Caleb called and told me he had something very important to discuss and asked me to meet you guys here tonight."Abigail shot back at the blonde at the table. "What I mean is this is a family dinner. None family aren't allowed. And besides I was talking to my brother." "And my best friend asked me to be here so there."Abigail finished with a huff. By now the waiter had brought another chair over her to sit in and she situated herself between Caleb and Julie. "Caleb what is this b-"Lauren started to say before she remembered she was with her parents. No matter how much Lauren disliked the bitch she would never be so crude and disrespectful in front of them. "beautiful young lady doing here?"she corrected. Seeing as how everyone was now waiting on him to talk Caleb reached in his bag and pulled out the fifteen letters he brought with him. There were more at home but these were the prominent ones, the places where he could receive a fine education, the ones left at home were from the universities that wanted him for track or that couldn't provide top level education. There were five people so he divided the letters into groups of three and handed everyone a stack. "What you see in front of you are the main candidates for my collegiate experience."Caleb said slipping into his businessman persona. In his mind this was just like a board or faculty meeting, he was meeting with the people he trusted most to discuss his plans for the future. "To answer your question Lauren, Abby is here because I value her opinion and as you know I don't make any big decisions without talking with her and you guys first. Now if you all would please look at the three universities in front of you and then pass your stack to the next person, when you receive your original stack we can start discussing where I should attend."Caleb finished. While everyone was looking at the different letters Caleb sat back and observed the people sitting with him. These were the people who mattered to him most, these five right here. His father who had took him in and taught him everything about business and life. His mother who always showed him love and care, never caring that he wasn't her "real" son. His three sisters who had helped him so much over the years that he would never be able to repay them. They welcomed him into their sisterhood with open arms from day one. Olympus University Last but not least was Abigail. She was his rock. When there were things that he just couldn't tell his family she was always there. She never judged him or made him feel less than, she was always just there for him. He'd realized some time ago that he just might love Abby but she never showed that she even thought of him that way. There was lots of sexual tension between the two but that was normal, they were both young attractive adults who spent a great amount of time together. Caleb figured he'd go off to college and experience life, and if his feelings held true for Abigail when he graduated he'd return and ask her to marry him then. "Well this is just amazing."Julie said breaking Caleb out of his thoughts. It seemed everyone had finished looking over the letters and were all sitting trying to decide who should talk next. "Harvard, M.I.T, Princeton, Cornell. They're all here."gasped Lauren. "Not to mention Cambridge, Berkeley, London, Oxford, and Singapore."added Abigail. Lily was to stunned to speak. She just sat there misty-eyed looking at the young man she'd raised, feeling nothing but complete and utter pride in him. Ashley tried to say something but kept failing miserably. She would open and close her mouth repeatedly, just not able to form the words she needed. She finally settled with whispering," Wow Kay." "I didn't see Brown."stated John always calm and collected. When he said that the others seemed to pop out of their trance and ruffle through the various letters. "I don't understand,"said Lily,"why wouldn't Brown want Caleb." "I don't know either but I'm gonna make some calls."said John reaching for his cellphone. "No dad it's fine. I did get accepted into Brown, it's just that I think that Brown has seen enough Astors. Well at least for this generation. I thought this would be a good opportunity to spread our legacy around. Who knows the next line of Astors or hyphenated Astors might not want to go to Brown. This is a good chance to lay the footwork that could allow future generations to branch out."Caleb told the group. "Well I guess I can see where you're coming from."said John as he slid his phone back into his pocket. "So I guess the only question left is to ask you where do you want to go." "I really don't know, I don't really want to go overseas for college, there's too much outsourcing going on now as it is but if you guys think that's a good idea i'll go."Caleb said. "Well what do you want to study?"asked Julie. "I really don't know that either. With dad having taught me pretty much all there is to know about business it's not like I need a business degree or anything. I figured I could go to a school as an undeclared major and pick something later. Right now I'm just focused on finding the best school possible." "Well if you're just looking for the best school, then US news has a list of the top universities world wide on their website. Here look."said Abigail handing him her phone. Looking over the website Caleb saw that he did indeed have offers from each one of the universities in the top ten. Removing the four foreign universities from the list left him with six choices. "Okay you guys looks like we're down to, in order, MIT, Harvard, Yale, the University of Chicago, Princeton, and Caltech. Those are the choices." "Well if you're not going to study technology then there is really no point in MIT."commented John to which everyone agreed. "Okay we'll strike MIT off the list then." "Well Harvard is mostly a law and business school so there isn't much point if you're not interested in either of those."Lauren stated. "And Yale is a school where they put more emphasis on who you are than what you know. You probably wouldn't have any problems there but you probably don't want to go to a biased school."Ashley told him. "In that case I'm sure that Princeton isn't that different."added Julie. "Well I guess that leaves Chicago and Caltech."Caleb said. "But it gets so dreadfully cold in Chicago, all sorts of blizzards and snow-ins. You're not used to that kind of stuff Caleb what if you get hurt."said Lily full of worry. "Caltech it is then."said Abigail,"It's a nice university that has a wide course range. No blue blood affiliation, nice weather, and great people. It is on the other side of the county but not to far that we'll have trouble visiting you from time to time. Plus Caltech has a killer athletics department so that's a bonus." "What'd you say son, Caltech?"asked John. Caleb thought for a moment. Caltech was a good school and everyone else seemed in agreement. Plus it's not like he was going there for real anyway. Also California wasn't that far from Washington so he'd be able to get there quickly if any of his family showed up. "Alright let's do it."Caleb said to the group."Well now that that's out of the way, I could use some celebratory dessert." Caleb finished while signaling the waiter. ____ Tired and wore out Caleb drudged up the stairs to his room. After They had dessert the whole family and Abigail decided to go out to the mall and but him something as a celebration gift. He'd told them it could wait until later but they'd insisted they get him something now, and then a more planned gift later. So they they were a group of six people looking through store after store late at night. Finally they decided on a brand new laptop. The store would have it boxed and shipped within the next couple of days. Before making his way to his bed Caleb went over to his computer and signed into his account for Olympus University. Having chosen his cover school he typed in Caltech in the box and clicked the "I Accept" tab. Just like that he was now a student at Oly-U. Stifling a yawn he made his way to the bed. Wore out from all the day's activities he could barely keep his eyes open as he went over it all in his head. In just two months he would be a student at the mysterious university. What awaited him he didn't know but he'd be lying if he said he wasn't excited. Taking one last look at the Oly-U envelope Caleb placed it under his pillow for safe keeping before he turned over and drifted off to sleep. ____ 2700 miles away. Olympus, Washington. A phone rung in the office of Hermilo Crone, Dean of admissions. It was close to the end of the day so it was probably just his secretary Sophia telling him she was leaving for the day. "Yes Sophia."the crisp voice said as he answered the phone. "Just wanted to let you know I'll be leaving. Oh and Caleb Anston had accepted his scholarship to the university." "Thank you for the news, and have a good night Sophia."Mr. Crone replied back to her then hung up the phone. As soon as the phone hit the receiver Hermilo started to dance in joy. Coming to his senses he calmed down and smoothed out his suit. He was still very happy though. They had managed to snag Caleb Anston for the university. Something was fishy about Mr. Anston even by Oly-U standards. How they had missed him for eighteen years Hermilo didn't know but one day his name just popped up in their database with an urgent label. After doing some research they found out that he was in fact Olympus material. Now that they had their eyes on him they were determined to get him there. With the wealth of his parent's there wasn't much of a draw they could put on him put luckily he'd decided to attend anyway. Yes something was definitely "up" and none of the head honchos were talking. Hermilo let out a loud laugh as his mischievous side started to come out. Whatever this Caleb Anston fellow was hiding he was going to find out. ____ Okay guys a quick rundown for this. This story I originally intended to be released alongside The Adventures of Zeke Jordan. I'm probably giving it away but with all the Olympus references I'm sure you already figured it out. Anyway this story is set in a different universe from Zeke, here gods are allowed to have children and what's even better they get to go to school together. It's a major contrast between Zeke who has to hide and avoid others like him. Like I said I really wanted to release this first as it was my first idea out of the two but somehow I started writing Zeke before I even started this one. Now with me sitting down trying to write the next Zeke chapter I found myself unable to get this out of my head. I was just going to write it and keep it for a later date as I'm doing with a couple other stories but I really like where this story goes so I went ahead and released it. Lastly sorry about the length, but with what I have planned this seemed like the best place to stop for now. Sorry if it's too cliff-hangerish. I thought about getting an editor but the site says it will be 76 hours before they hook me up with one so for now I'm just roughing it. I may decide to just get a friend to be my editor but it's kind of hard telling your friends you write erotica for fun ☺. -TNWTBOD