Lyra had said it. They had no idea where they were. None at all. Lyra started crying.
"Greetings, children".
They whirled around and saw a beautiful young woman, about twenty, with orange eyes, slitted like a cat's and auburn hair. She was wearing a very elegant greek dress that went down to her knees and had bare feet.
"Who are you?" asked Alice.
"I am Hecate, Goddess of Magic", said the woman.
"Wow", said all three children.
"I will be sending help soon", she said," But first you must know, you, Melinda and Alice, your father is Poisiedon, and Lyra, your mother is Demeter. You must train now".
"How will we train?" asked Mel.
"I have set up a place for you to be doing so", said Hecate,"It is fully stocked with food and provisions, enough for a year, in case help doesn't make it. There are also weapons, enough for you to train with many, tridents, swords, bows, daggers, staffs, spears, and magic too".
"How will we know when help comes?" asked Lyra.
Hecate replied smileying." Help will come in the form of two ten-year olds, a girl and a boy. A daughter of Zeus and son of Hermes. They have no reason to believe that they have magic or are demigods as Zeus is too proud admit to breaking the oath to not have any more children and Hermes is unaware that his son, Luke had left the safety of his home, so sees no need to talk to him".
"Oath?" Mel questioned.
"The Big Three, Zeus, Posiedon and Hades' children were too powerful and were starting wars. So the gods promised not to have anymore kids. Poisiedon and Zeus have broken the oath I see. I will have to talk to them about this. Bye! Oh you can train there!" she left, pointing to a cabin.
They trudged over and stopped at the comfy living room with a bunch of weapons to pick out of and a huge library, written in Ancient Greek and Latin.
They dove in, Lyra picking up a wicked sharp bronze sword. When the word,' anak' was spoken, it turned into a black bracelet with red gems on the sides. She had also chosen a silver sheild that turned into a black ring with a red gemstone.
Mel chose a golden ring that turned into a trident or sword with just a thought. She also had a sheild that turned into a watch.
Alice also had a ring that turned into a sword or trident, but her ring was silver. She had a golden sheild that turned into a bracelet.
There was a pile of weapons on the coffee table with a note that said they were for Thalia and Luke, their helpers.
They trained for three months before they came. By that time, they could fight pretty well, thanks to their reflexes. It had been raining for a week and it was the first sunny day since it started. Mel and Alice were testing themselves with a mock battle with their swords and tridents. Meanwhile, Lyra was reading an Ancient Greek book about the plant life in America.
They heard them before they saw them. Arguing and rustling bushes. Lyra pulled them inside the house and they hid from sight.
A tall brown-haired, hazel-eyed boy with a mischevious looking face was arguing with a black haired girl with electric blue eyes.
"That must be Thalia and Luke", whispered Lyra.
Thalia and Luke walked up to the cabin that the girls were in and knocked on the door, obviously hungry. Mel went to the door and opened it," Hello".
"Ummm… can we come in?" asked Luke.
Mel stood aside and let them in, looking nervous.
"Were you guys that clanging we heard earlier?" asked Thalia.
"Yeah, Mel and I were fencing", said Alice.
"Fencing? Like with swords?" asked Luke, looking excited.
"No, with pancakes, Luke, with pancakes", said Thalia sarcastically.
"Yeah with swords", said Mel.
"Can I see?" asked Luke.
Mel and Alice smiled evilly at each other,"Ok, sure", they said in unison.
They turned their rings into swords, bracelets into sheilds and watched them freak out.
"W-what was that?" asked Luke, looking around,"Is this a prank show?"
"No", Mel and Alice started laughing.
"What's up with them?" asked Luke.
"They're trying to figure out how to explain that the goddess of magic told us that you were coming soon", explained Lyra. Mel and Alice shut up pretty quick.
"What?" asked Thalia.
"Well… I guess the best way is to start at the beginning", said Alice.
So they did. They explained about Voldemort and how their parents didn't like them very much and about magic and how their father kicked them out and how he wasn't even their father. They explained how Poiseidon and Demeter were their godly parents and that Thalia and Luke were demigods too.
"So… do you know who our godly parents are?" asked Thalia
"Yeah. Thalia, your father is Zeus and Luke, your father is Hermes", answered Mel.
"Wow", said Luke,"So what now?"
"My guess is that you'll have to stay here and train until Hecate explains further or we run out of food", said Mel.
"So are we going to get weapons too?" asked Luke, hopefully.
"Yes", said Mel.
"Yipee!" exclaimed Luke.
Everyone laughed and went inside. Mel and Alice ordered Lyra to bed when she began yawning and stumbling. No matter how old she acted or how smart she was, she was still six and was as fit as most six year olds.
Then Mel and Alice gave Thalia and Luke their weapons. Thalia's sheild had a metal head of Medusa on it and it radiated fear. It also turned into a bracelet. She had a spear that was charged with electric. Luke had a sheild that was plain silver and a sword that was gold.
The twins took them outside and went one on one with them. Thalia and Luke were still fumbling a little bit with their sheilds but were already improving. Thanks to the reflexes and battle instincts that most demigods had, they were all rather good at fighting. Both the newcomers were improving drastically. As soon as they had tired themselves out, they went to their rooms and fell asleep.
2 MONTHS LATER
They were running low on food and it was obvious that Hecate wasn't coming anytime soon. Thalia and Luke had very much improved with their fencing skills. They could all fight very well and they agreed that it was time to leave the safe house.
One day Mel and Alice woke up to Thalia and Luke knocking on their door, yelling that it was time to leave. Then Lyra walked in with an empty backpack and asked what they needed to pack.
"Ok, ok I know we planned to leave today, but it's only six in the morning!" exclaimed Mel, who like her twin was not a morning person.
Thalia came in and said", The earlier we leave, then the earlier we can get to one of the portal points and possibly portal to America".
They had found out about the portal points in an old ancient greek book. They were points in the world that when demigods entered would suck them through to another place on the Earth. Mel was still pondering if the risk of using a portkey was enough to not go through with this dangerous suicide mission. The portals were old and nobody in the wizarding world had ever heard of them. But then again, nobody in the wizarding world knew about Greek Gods either.
"Alice, how many weapons are you bringing?" asked Lyra.
"Only my ring and bracelet, why?"
"I was wondering if you could take a few books for me?" begged Lyra.
Mel replied," I'm sorry Lyra, if you want books to read, you can bring some, but you are responsible for your own things. Sorry".
Lyra sighed and left the room. Pretty soon they heard Thalia and Luke arguing in the kitchen like always. Arguing, it seemed was their new favorite pastime. They argued about everything, but were still the best of friends, it seemed. This time, they seemed to be squabbling about the exact way to hold a sword when swinging.
"You guys do know that there are like five ways of holding a sword while swinging, right?" asked Mel, as she, Alice and Lyra walked in holding backpacks.
"Umm… Yes?" said Luke.
"That was a wonderful argument, guys, really enlightening. Now can we leave?" asked Mel.
Thalia stuck her tounge out, but they all walked outside and Alice picked up a stick. "Point me", she whispered and the stick spun around, pointing west.
"OK lets go!" cheered Luke.
"Someone's excited", muttered Mel.
"He had some coffee this morning", explained Thalia.
As they got closer to the city, they heard the sounds of music and talking and screaming, but they veered away from that, heading north. Thalia looked about to ask how much farther it was when they heard the squeaks and a bright glow surrounded them. They were transported to New York City. It was the middle of the school day, so the playground they landed in was deserted. They looked around in shock and all sat down to think. They needed a plan.
Three miles away, a satyr's senses went into hyperdrive. He smelled a demigod and it was a powerful one at that. He immediately veered away from the school building he was supposed to be guarding and ran for the source of the smell as powerful as the whole camp put together. He had to warn them of the monsters about to rain down on them from all sides.