Ch 2
Percy Jackson awoke from his dream by the sound of the sky ripping apart. He had seen from Cabin #3 the girls that were falling from the sky. Nothing seemed to surprise him though. After all, eidolons had possessed his fellow demigod Leo Valdez into attacking Camp Jupiter, he had been switched by Hera with Jason Grace and learned to fend for himself, and he couldn't remember anything except for Annabeth Chase as he battled fallen Roman demigod shades in Alaska a while ago. But that was all past. The Prophecy of Seven only gave them so much time until they had to stop Gaea from awakening. But the Earth had not stirred for days now. It was actually troubling. Gaea usually sends some message every few hours, but she hasn't done anything in since they had traveled on the Argo II back to Camp Half-Blood to get more supplies. A day of rest before they set sail for Rome. But even then, this was unusual. From were he was watching, he could see that they were dressed oddly, but that they weren't slowing down either. Just when it seemed they would crash, bright pink light had illuminated the area around Zeus's Fist. What in the gods name must we deal with now. He rushed out of the cabin and met up with the other six on the journey: Annabeth Chase, daughter of Athena; Piper McLean, daughter of Aphrodite; Leo Valdez, son of Hephaestus; Jason Grace, son of Jupiter; Hazel Levesque, daughter of Pluto; and Frank Zhang, son of Mars. Hazel looked more concerned than everyone though.
"What was that?" asked Leo
"With my luck, probably my mother." answered Piper "I mean, come on, the pink ball of energy, that just screams Aphrodite."
"I'm not sure about that Pipes. There was a rip in the sky and since dear old Dad has given me some power over the sky, it shook me up a bit. Hazel, can you sense anything from here?" Jason said
Hazel gently touched the ground and tried to communicate with the earth, a special power from Pluto. Her golden eyes popped open and seemed to be puzzled. "Well, the thing is that this is a power I've never felt before."
"Bad? Its bad isn't it. I knew it, its a trap." rambled Leo
'Oh hush up Leo. No, I'm not saying this is a bad energy, I'm saying that it is strange. We have never encountered anything like this before. I can't even make out WHAT it is, but it could be dangerous." With that comment, everyone brought out their weapons and were ready for what was next. But before they left, Percy finally asked why Hazel was more sour than usual.
"Hazel, what's wrong?"
She shook his head. "Before they sky ripped open, a dark portal had come from the ground. I learned to sense things that disturbed the Earth since I discovered my powers. It wasn't anything like Gaea's power or my dad's, but it was strong. Very malevolent. A woman came from it along with what seemed like others, but it seemed like she felt my presence and quickly disappeared into shadows."
"Could it be from that burst of light?"
"No. When it shined on the portal, it closed and nothing else has been opened since."
"Well, whatever it is, I think that it's time to check out Zeus's fist"
As they approached the area, they saw two girls laying in the center of the Fist. Both were wearing long white and puffed sleeved uniforms with knee length pleated navy skirts and black shoes over white socks. Both girls had large bows on their shirts, but one had a star brooch and the other did not. The girl without the brooch had short hair, bobbed and as dark as the shadows. The girl with the brooch had her hair in buns on top of her head that looked like rabbit ears. And her hair was light pink too. This is so strange. The brooch began to glow a soft light but all of a sudden the key in her had burst a orb of pink light above them. Just making the girls wake up.