Of course, I knew that I shouldn't have thought "It's alright." I should've known that that would be when things would go absolutely wrong.
But let's get to the beginning already. I met Iris at the place where we had landed. She looked troubled, and I couldn't blame her. Still, I guess I had to play dumb.
"What happened Lady Iris?" I asked, trying to hid the fact that my voice was trembling. I was surprised that my voice was trembling, why was I nervous now? If anything, I was now absolutely safe. The only thing I had to make sure of was that everyone still thought that I was a mortal.
Lady Iris stared at me and said, "Well, it looks like we won't be going home anytime soon."
"Why not?" I asked. This was a big drawback, the longer I stayed on Olympus, the greater the risk of being found out.
"Well, you may not know this, but I guess you've seen the lightning and all anyway. Someone stole King Zeus' lightning bolt, again, and then offered it to Lord Hades as a sacrifice. So, technically, it belongs to Hades according to ancient laws, but not if he was the one who had ordered it to be stolen. Only he can't prove that he didn't take it, and Zeus can't prove that he did, and Hades wants to keep the bolt, and the banter goes on so on and so forth. It can't help things that Zeus is blaming Poseidon for no reason at all besides the fact that he's paranoid, and so Poseidon is getting angry too, because according to him it was due to him that they won the second Titan war. So, I believe that this is called a three-way deadlock?" Iris said.
"Yes, but why can't we leave Olympus?" I asked.
"Well, they just can't let the culprit walk away, can they? Zeus ordered a complete lockdown over Olympus, even though it's probable that whoever stole the bolt escaped in the two hours that it was found. Still, Zeus thinks that the thief might be on Olympus, so they're checking up on all the demigods, because Zeus supposes only a demigod could have stolen it," Iris explained.
"So, how are they checking them?" I asked, glad that everyone still thought I was only human.
"Oh, Zeus' favorite interrogation method. He stares them in the eye and tells them to fess up, saying that he knows that they did it. And he says it to everyone," Iris explained, doing something I guess would be a god version of an eye roll. "So anyway, we can't leave until he's done, but the way things are, I'm guessing the deadlock's going to continue for quite a while. I guess you can stay in the carriage until we're done, because I think I have a few messages to deliver."
I decided that staying in the carriage wouldn't be so bad, after all, no one would bother checking up on me, and no one would enter unexpectedly since it was, after all, a goddess' carriage.
Once I was inside and made sure that no one besides me was there, I decided to contact Prometheus. I was going to do so by normal Iris message, but I attached a small clip Prometheus had given me to the rainbow once I saw Prometheus. It would mess up the message if Iris decided to check up on it, all she would hear would be us two talking about some random nonsense. That is, provided she didn't inspect it too closely. Which she shouldn't.
I told Prometheus almost everything in around ten sentences. Prometheus was about to say something like "Good job," or something like that, except he suddenly jumped.
"Did you notice that? There was something behind you," Prometheus said. I turned around, and to my horror I noticed that there was something behind me.
It looked weird. I guess you might call it like a unicorn, except it wasn't pink and was an electric blue. And there was this evil glare in its eyes that made me sure that it wasn't one of those nice ones.
"Oooh, look at what we have here. Stole lightning bolt, did you, Zeus might like to hear that," it said, before bounding for the door.
"Quick!" Prometheus shouted. "That's a Hypnocorn, a monster that lurks behind some rainbows. I didn't think one would have followed Iris around. Listen, you have to catch it and kill it. It knows about the other demigods as well, and if it blabs, our entire plan goes awry."
I didn't need to hear more. I put on Hyperion's cloak and dashed outside. I found that I could run really fast when I put it on, as if I was running alongside the light beams instead of running through air. I could see the Hypnocorn. Apparently, it wasn't very delicate or gentle, and had knocked aside everyone in its way. I could see it trying to make a beeline towards the main throne room. I chased after it, but even with my increased speed it was hard. I could tell the Hypnocorn was running out of breath too, but it was clear that it would reach the throne room first at this speed.
So, I guess I sort of leaped, though that wasn't how it felt like under the cloak. Anyway, all I know is that I somehow went faster in those last few seconds and ended up on the Hypnocorn's back.
That seemed to both surprise it and slow it down. It also ended up ripping my cloak off of me, which I stowed into my backpack. It was hard to hold on, the Hypnocorn seemed adamant on kicking me off. However, after a few failed attempts, it seemed to finally give up and made a dash towards its destination with me on it.
Stupid, I thought. I hadn't even brought a weapon, how was I supposed to kill this monster. I needed to think up of a plan, quick. I tried forcing it to change direction, and tightening my hands around its neck, but that seemed to have no effect.
At that point, I had almost given up completely. Almost. Instead, I tried something. It was a crazy idea, but I guess I had subconsciously figured out at the moment that if I didn't do anything, it was all going to end anyway.
I took out Hyperion's cloak with one hand and wrapped it around the Hypnocorn's eyes so it couldn't see. I then kicked it and made it change direction. The Hypnocorn still tried to kick me off, but I used the cloak as a kind of rein and held on.
We crashed through a few buildings and knocked over a few stalls, and by then I was so tired that I knew that I was going to fall off. Anyway, I guessed that this was the end…
Just then, we both froze. Not like froze in ice, but we stopped moving. Out of nowhere, Iris appeared. And she didn't seem very happy. At that point I had resigned myself to a painful death, but I had gotten it all wrong.
"I told you to behave!" she shouted, and I realized that she was talking to the Hypnocorn, not me. "Sorry, child, but he has a habit of causing damage. He doesn't like humans too much, but this is going too far. He's definitely going to be punished."
"No, milady, you don't understand," the Hypnocorn said, but was silenced by Iris. She grabbed it and trapped it into some tiny bag. I guess it must have been bigger on the inside to have held the Hypnocorn.
After that, I just pretended to be tired and exhausted and all that, and once the lockdown was lifted five minutes later, I was sent back to earth. Good thing too, I was finally having a bit of luck.
Once I got back to our hideout, everyone congratulated me. Prometheus said that he had stolen the Hypnocorn that Iris had locked up and replaced it with an empty bag. With luck, Iris wouldn't bother opening it for a good fifty years. Everyone wanted me to come join them in celebrating, but I said that I was exhausted and wanted to go home.
But let me tell you this, once I had gotten home and ran up to my room, I nearly passed out. The only thing that really flashed before my eyes was the gods.
I remembered how angry Iris was, how powerful the Big Three were even when they were calm. The thought brought tremors down my spine. Who was I to mess with these kinds of people? I know they're supposed to be my enemies, but still. I just couldn't do this again.
I then finally went to sleep.
So, yeah, I was working on The Lightning Thief Parody for a while and finished it, and now I'm working on this along with The God of Fate. I'm kind of busy right now, so updates will be slow, but they will definitely happen.
