CHAPTER 6
At Camp Half-blood...
"Do you think ,Nixie, will like these flowers?" asked Viola.
"Probably… What about the card? What do you think?" asked Shyla.
"It's beautiful. And it's made with frost, and snow! It's perfect."
Shyla smiled, as Viola sighed. They had reached the Infirmary.
As they entered, they noticed people mixing brews for Nixie, and checking her pulse, making potions, and reading spells. It was obviously really bad.
"Um…" said Shyla, as a Kayla looked over at the 'Get Well' gifts.
"Oh! Um… Just set them on the table at the end of the bed…" said Kayla.
"Ok… How is she?"
Kayla sighed.
"What?!" exclaimed Viola.
"Well… We learned from ,Chiron, that she took over someone's body. And that… Is why she's here. Apparently, the owner wants her body back."
"That's… Ridiculous! She needs to wait… We need Nixie!"
"Viola… I know you want ,Nixie… But it is not her body. How would you like it, if someone took over your body?" explained Kayla.
"I wouldn't."
"Exactly."
"Kayla?" called a boy from the Apollo Cabin.
"Yes? What is it?" answered Kayla.
"She's waking up."
Kayla turned around.
"Nixie? Can you hear, and understand, me?"
"Nixie? My name is ,Lyla. And ,yes, I can… Wh-what am I doing here?"
"You collapsed…"
"No… That stupid, water spirit did. Oooh… I got a splitting headache!"
"You two, get some water, nectar, and ambrosia." ordered Kayla, as the boy and girl nodded and left running.
"Um… Kayla? She's… Glowing…" explained Viola.
It was true she was glowing.
"What's happening!?" exclaimed Shyla.
"I think… Nixie… Is coming."
A bolt of lightning shot out and a spirit(Nixie) came out.
"Nixie?" called Shyla
"Hello, girls." said Nixie.
She had brown hair instead of yellow, her eyes were pearl white, and her clothes were made of silk. And she was like a ghost.
"So… This is you?"
"Yes. My spirit is here, but my body is under the sea. I have to go now… I'm sorry."
"But… What about our training?"
"Little Miss Sassy, over here can teach you…"
"Ha-ha. It's ,LYLA, not Nixie, and NOT Little Miss Sassy! Can someone help me into a lake, or a pond?"
"She…" stuttered Viola.
"Mermaids need the power of two to have legs… So I used my power, as a spirit, and took over her body… But without two mermaids, we have a tail." explained Nixie.
"Oh."
"Well… Good-bye, girls."
"Wait…"
But she was gone...
As soon as the Larissa, Tia, and Will got to the top of the mountain they walked down, inside the volcano. And when they finally arrived at the palace...
It was magnificent! It was completely red, and huge, it had long thin doors, it had big sconces with fire in it on the sides of the doors, and at the top of the doors was a big flag with a fire symbol.
"So… What do we do now?" asked Will.
"Knock?" suggested Tia.
"It's in a volcano, its probably really scorching burn-you-to-death-in-a-second hot!" exclaimed Larissa.
"Then why are we not burned to a crisp?" asked Will.
"Because… You have me! I control air, and when we started to walk down I made us a personal invisible bubble, keeping the hot air out and keeping us cool." explained Tia.
"Good thinking, Tia." replied Larissa.
"Ok… Thumbs up, all around. Now can you blast the door open?"
"Duh! But… Stand behind me."
As they did, she made a giant ball out of air and blasted the doors open, and the fire in the sconces burn out, in a second!
"Done." said Tia, completely satisfied with her work.
"Um… Good job, Tia… Really." said Larissa, trying to fix her hair, and making a mental note, not to get on Tia's bad side.
As they walked in, some guards(girls, obviously) came running, some with fire balls, ready to fire, and some with spears.
"Why does it have to always be girls!?" exclaimed Will.
"Stay here! We'll take care of this… Oh, and watch our stuff." said Larissa, as she and Tia went to fight.
"Why do I have to watch their stuff! I am a guy! I'm supposed to fight, while they watch the stuff!
"Tia! You take the ones with spears, and I'll take the ones with the fire!" said Larissa.
"Ok!"
As Tia blasted the spears out of the hands of the warriors, Larissa found a effective tactic, make them wet, no fire(with the ones with the fire in their hands). In a matter of minutes they defeated them all.
"Let's go, Will!" called Larissa.
"Coming… Stupid power girls… I am a guy…" grumbled Will, as he picked up their stuff and walked towards them, still… Grumbling.