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Hermione took a seat, listening as her neighbors beside her were discussing what Chiron was going to say to them, she would join the discussion if it wasn't for the fact that she was worried about the safety of her little brother. The guilt of her brother kidnapping was making her restless if it wasn't the fact that she can't escape from Camp without getting killed, she would search for her brother.
She twirled a stand of her curly brown hair, thinking about the condition that her brother might be in. Hermione was snap out of her thoughts when she heard Chloe asking her something, the little daughter of Hermes was starting to become like her baby sister.
"What did you just say Chloe?" asked Hermione. The younger girl looked at her in frustration when she told her to repeat the question again but none of less the younger girl did as she ask.
"What do you think Chiron wants to talk to us about?" asked Chloe, her blue eyes looking at the older girl with hopes that she knew the answer. Hermione gave her a small smile, that was the one million dollar question why did he called everyone here after all nothing bad had happen to camp so why call everyone here.
"Who knows Chloe,"said James taking a seat beside his younger sister. He was older than Chloe by a year; he had chestnut brown hair that reached his shoulders and blue eyes that reminded her of the color of the sky. He grinned at Hermione and said hello, she wondered where was the younger boy had been but she changed her mind.
Everyone was in the Pavilion well almost everyone the only person that wasn't there was Nico. She scanned the whole area but couldn't find the son of Hades which made her wonder, where he was after all it might concern him. She suddenly spotted him leaning against the trees with a thoughtful expression on his handsome face as if he was debating over something. He seems to realize that he was being watch because he looked at her and raised his eyebrows at her which made her face turn red.
"Hermione, why is your face so red?" Chloe asked to Hermione, her blue eyes looking at her with so much innocence. She didn't answer the younger girl question as it was at that moment, did Chiron called their attention towards him. The centaur was looking quite grim while Mr. D looked quite bored but had slight look of happiness at what the centaur was about to say.
"A few hours ago, our Oracle had issued a quest!" announced Chiron. The moment, he said quest almost everyone in the Pavilion were whispering in excitement, the only people that weren't excited were; Hermione and the cabin counselors, who were looking very weary at a mention of a quest.
She listened as Chloe and James were talking about how this might be their chance to get out of the camp and see the outside world again. Hermione's eyes soon wandered towards Nico, whose face wasn't betraying any emotion that might be going inside his head which made her wonder what was going inside his head. Her eyes soon wandered towards Chiron and the Oracle, who had the same brilliant shade of green eyes as Harry.
"Silence!" shouted Chiron. That got everyone to shut up and looked at the centaur, in almost every camper's face were showing eagerness and excitement at what the centaur is about to say. Hermione was worried that some of them were going to pee in their pants in the anticipation over what the centaur is about to say to them.
The centaur scanned the whole pavilion, his face lingering at hers longer than most and was giving her a look of pity as if he knew what was happening in her life right now. She looked at him in the eyes, the centaur nodded before scanning the rest of them.
"As I just said, the Oracle had issued us a quest to save the grandchild of Aphrodite, who had been kidnap by Lady Ate. One of the people going on the quest is Nico." said Chiron loudly. It seemed like the temperature had dropped, seven degrees at the mention of Nico's going to the quest.
Did he say Lady Ate thought Hermione, that was the name of the same lady that kidnap her brother maybe this was the same lady that kidnap the grandchild of Aphrodite then this was her chance to save her brother from that woman.
Bunch of cowards thought Hermione as she saw the fear of everyone's eyes before raising her hand, everyone in the pavilion looked at her in shock which made her smiled. He needs help and this might be the only way for her to find her baby brother and get him back home safe and sound. She looked at Nico, who was also surprised that she will help him.
"Hermione, are you sure?" asked Chiron looking at her in worry. Hermione nodded, her brown eyes were filled with determination, she was going to help Nico save the grandchild of Aphrodite and save her baby brother.
"I am sure Chiron," answered Hermione. Everyone beside her gave her looks that said that she was crazy to go with Nico but, what surprised everyone was the fact that a daughter of Athena, the same age as her brother raised her hand but unlike her, it was shaking in fear. The girl had straight sandy blond hair and stormy grey eyes that had more determination than fear.
"I will go with them!" shouted the girl from Athena's cabin, her voice was slightly shaky with fear but you had to admit that she had some guts to go with them. Chiron nodded, looking at the younger girl, Hermione then to Nico with grimness and sadness.
"Very well, tomorrow at midday, Sofia, Hermione and Nico will depart from Camp and go save the grandchild of Aphrodite!" announced Chiron. After they were dismissed, Hermione was getting warning on what she shouldn't do to Nico to get him angry some of which she found utterly ridiculous especially the one with stealing food.
"What the hell made you decide to go on a quest with Nico?" asked James. The younger boy was panicking on the fact that she is going on a quest with someone that almost everyone in camp fears which she found funny after all he wasn't a scary person in fact he was a misunderstood person if she thought about it.
"He needs help James," answered Hermione. He was about to retort to her that Nico didn't need any help when Sofia came to her, she seemed more confident then before maybe it was the fact that no one was staring at her anymore. The younger girl looked at James then to her, asking her if she could speak to her alone.
"Do you have a weapon with you?" asked Sofia. Hermione shook her head, the younger girl smiled before dragging her towards a building that might have some weapons there for her to use. The younger girl gave her weapons but each one in her hand, didn't seem to suit her. Sofia sighed in frustration at the fact that none of the weapons seemed to suit older girl.
Hermione started to explore the room, every where she goes they were weapons but, none of them seemed to suit her which made her sighed. She notice that there was one weapon that Sofia didn't give her, she touched the hilt and could feel some of her magic flowing into it. The sword was of course made out of bronze but on the hilt there were some carvings of a raven around it, it was turning blue on her touch and something in her told her to try and use a spell.
"Repairo!" whispered Hermione pointing the sword towards one of the broken chairs. To her complete surprise, the chair was starting to repair itself. She glanced at the sword in her hand, this sword was perfect for her; it was good for her to carry and it can use magic which was still a surprise.
"There you are!" exclaimed Sofia smiling when she found her near the back of the room. Hermione smiled, the girl looked at the sword in her hand then to her before looking at her in complete surprise and awe as if she did something great just by being able to hold that sword.
"You are able to carry my half-sisters' sword!" exclaimed Sofia in happiness. Hermione glanced at the sword in her hand, she had seen the sword from somewhere but the problem was where she had seen it. The sword started to turn back to it's bronze colour and was starting to become like a tiara which made her become angry.
"Can't it change to anything else?" asked Hermione to Sofia, who shrugged her shoulders at her before explaining to her that this sword was design for her half-sister and the one that wields it is her successor. The sword soon started to change into a hairband, which made her sighed that was better than it being a tiara. She put the hairband on her hair, at least it became something useful and no one can stare at her.
"That sword belonged to Rowena Ravenclaw, before she had died, she gave it to Chiron saying to him that this sword will zap anyone that was not her successor are not able to touch it but, you touch it without being zap which means you are her successor," told Sofia, explaining about her surprise to the older girl.
This sword belonged to one of the founders herself thought Hermione, the hairband on her head right now used to belong to the founder of Ravenclaw. She took a seat at the chair that she just recently repair and started to process the information that she was just been told. The sword thought she was the successor for Rowena but, why her? She couldn't even prevent her own brother from being kidnap so how can she be a successor for Rowena and successor for what.
"I have to go now, Hermione and please take good care of that sword!" shouted Sofia running back to her cabin.
Nico watched as Hermione went back to her cabin, wearing the hairband that must be what her weapon had chosen to become. Out of the three of them, he was worried about her after all she had no training with a sword and might hurt herself with it. He watched as Chloe hugged her, begging the older girl for some sweets which made him wonder why would she join the quest when she had friends here that care for her.
He thought about the prophecy, wondering what will he gain from it after all what do they mean by he will gain back the one thing that he lost. He can't get back his sister that was wrong so what will he gain back. The only other thing that he lost was no, he didn't want that again after all nothing good comes from it.
Nico silently took the picture of Hermione and her family out of his pocket, he was suppose to give it to her earlier but the shock of her joining the quest made him forgot to give it back to her. He could see the resemblance of her and her mother but, very little of her brother and her through he does see that they care for each other.
A girl like her will only cause problems that was his last thought before he had closed his eyes and sleep.
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