House Of Hades
(All credit to Rick Riodan!)
2 Hazel
Hazel was struggling to keep it together. After seeing Annabeth and Percy fall into Tartarus the whole crew was feeling down. "No wonder", she thought, "we just saw two of our friends fall to their deaths." She paced the deck, lost in thought, until she heard Piper scream. She whipped her head around in time to see a gigantic head loom out of the water. Jason drew her sword, shielding Piper from the monsters breath. As Hazel ran towards it, she got her first glimpse of the beast. It was the size of two school buses end to end and was the color of rotting cheese, and it smelled exactly the same. It looked like a monstrous snake with ruby red eyes and massive fangs. It closed in on Piper and Jason, but every time it struck Jason swung his sword, keeping it at bay. The monster just glared at Jason as his sword glanced harmlessly of its scales; Leo ran up the stairs, quickly followed by Frank, Nico, and Coach Hedge. "Coach! Steer the boat!" Leo yelled. Hedge starting complaining about never joining in, but finally went to the controls. Leo summoned fire in his hand and lobbed it at the monster, the fire disappearing down it throat. It shook its head like it at a hot chili pepper, and coughed up smoke. They all sighed with relief thinking fire would kill it, until it spewed poison. They all backed up quickly, trying not to get burned with acid. Hazel racked her brain trying to remember this beast from Roman mythology. Her brain failing her, she drew her sword. Frank, probably out of confusion, turned himself into a small, white bird, a seagull. Ever since the first time Hazel went to the beach she has hated those birds. Their cry was probably the most annoying thing on the planet. Frank cawed in confusion, and the monster recoiled. Everyone dropped their weapons, confused. Frank cawed louder, and the monster started to lung at him, trying to get away from the horrible noise. The serpent spewed poison everywhere, but it didn't seem to burn anything. Frank cried with all his might, and the monster sunk back into to waves. Frank landed and transformed back into himself. Nico looked at him strangely, "A seagull? Really man?" Frank blushed, "I was confused." They all cracked a smile, then Piper's face went slack. "Oh gods", she whispered, "Hazel." Hazel was lying on the deck of the Argo II, the poison slowly creeping up her leg.
