Hey guys! So here's chapter 2! I had a really good, long chapter, and then I pushed a button and deleted everything .. Reviews are welcome! Flames will be put in the hearth and tended by Hestia. I am NOT Rick Riordan, and I do not own any of his characters.
"WHO DARES INTRUDE ON OUR MEETING?" Thundered Zeus as he pointed his master bolt at the group of frazzled demigods.
"Brother please," said Hestia quietly as she smiled warmly at the demigods. "the fates have just warned us of their presence. Let them introduce themselves and tell us of their tale."
"Very well." Zeus grumbled, sitting down on his throne. "Step forward and introduce yourselves. Name and godly parent." All of the demigods looked terrified, and some looked amazed at seeing Olympus for the first time, but a blonde boy about 16 years old stepped forward.
"Jason Grace, son of Jupiter." He said quietly. All of the gods groaned and grabbed their heads to try to calm down their exploding migraines. Their forms flickered and changed briefly before switching back. Jason looked startled at this reaction. "Did I do something wrong? What did I say?"
"Just try to keep it Greek." Said Apollo cheerfully. "Splitting migraines and such from the division of ourselves. It's hard to be 2 different people at the same time, and it becomes awfully confusing and disorienting. So address us in our Greek aspects to minimize the headaches." Everyone nodded quickly.
"I'll never understand why they had to change our blasted names when we passed over to Rome." Hades/Pluto hissed as his headache began to subside.
After all of the gods calmed their headaches down as best they could, Zeus spoke. "Continue with the introductions!"
A dark skinned girl with golden eyes stepped forward, "Hazel Levesque, daughter of Pl-Hades. Daughter of Hades." She said quickly, blushing at her mistake. Hades looked down at her, and saw how upset she looked.
"Frank Zhang, son of.. Ares?" Frank said with a gloomy expression on his face. Ares looked down at his son and noticed how upset he looked. He frowned at his son in a silent question and shrugged. He figured what was bothering his son was nothing of importance.
"Piper McLean, daughter of Aphrodite." A pretty girl with kaleidoscope eyes said quietly. Aphrodite smiled at her daughter, which soon turned to a frown as she noticed the devastated look on her daughters face. Piper was trying, and failing, at not crying. She shoved her face into Jason's shirt and began to sob silently into his warm embrace. All of the gods exchanged a look. Why's she so upset?
Leo saw Piper begin to fall apart at the seams and quickly stepped forward to take the attention off of her. "Leo Valdez, son of Hephaestus." Hephaestus looked down at his son expecting to see a trouble makers grin and cheery expression, and what he saw startled him. He saw a dejected, sad boy who looked like someone had just kicked his puppy. He quickly looked at the rest of the demigods to see that they all had similar expressions on their faces. He exchanged another look with the other gods, and saw that they as well noticed the upset looks on all of the demigods faces. The same question was going through their heads. If the most powerful demigods are this upset, then what is the future like?
Nico stepped forward and introduced himself quietly, "Nico di Angelo, son of…." And he began to cough intensely. When he calmed down, he continued, "Hades." Hades looked at his only son and was shocked to see a gaunt, skinny, pale boy with haunted sunken eyes. He looked like he hadn't eaten in days, and he was walking with a bad limp. He looked like someone who had been a prisoner of war.
"Well, now that you're all introduced, I think it's time that we find out why you're here." Said Demeter quietly. "We received a message from the fates shortly before you arrived saying that you would recall events from a quest, I believe." The demigods looked shocked.
"Don't you already know what has happened?" Asked Frank.
"No." Hermes said, "That's why you're here. To inform us of what is to happen."
"Wait." Jason said. "Have we left for the quest yet in this time?"
"I believe so." Hera said thoughtfully. "Last time I checked you had just picked up the last three demigods of the prophecy and were chased out by the angry Romans after some mishap or something. You are now on your way to Rome." The demigods looked shocked.
"We're from a time where we are sailing away from Rome, and onto the next part of our quest, to find the Doors of Death." All of the demigods looked saddened again, as they knew who was looking for the other entrance to the doors. Hazel and Piper both began to cry and Jason and Frank held them, not looking far from tears as well.
"Well, I believe it is crucial that you recount every detail of your quest, and tell us what you know about the doors so we know what we're up against." Spoke Athena loudly. The demigods looked at her and quickly looked away wincing. They all had the same thought, she looks just like Annabeth.. When Athena went to continue, a book fell from the ceiling and landed in her lap. Curious, she read the title, paled considerably and shoved the book off of her lap, as if it were on fire. She looked sick, and all the gods looked at her in surprise. The goddess of wisdom throwing books? Piper calmed herself down, picked up the book and read the title to herself. She gasped, dropped the book and tripped, while trying to put as much distance between her body and the book as possible.
Hermes, being the brave, and curious god that he was, got up out of his throne and strolled over to the book. He picked it up tentatively, and when he was sure the book would'nt explode, he shrugged and read the title. "The Mark of Athena."
Soooo bit of a cliffhanger there? I'll post again soon, maybe later today. Favorite to make sure you won't miss anything!