VI

Aria

"They're sacrificing food," Aria stated as she watched camper after camper throw food into a flame. It seemed like such a waste of a perfectly good meal.

"You should sacrifice your food too."

Aria spun around and came face to face with a mop of bright yellow hair. His eyes seemed like they should be a bright blue color but they looked dull and tired for some reason.

Aria blinked at the handsome man confused, why was he talking to her? She sighed when she saw Chiron standing right behind the boy.

"Hello Aria. It's nice to see you again."

Aria smiled at the centaur. It was still weird to see him but after that demigod video she had watched earlier she understood everything a bit more than she had before.

Cole blinked at the boy and Chiron and nodded his head in greetings. He seemed confused about the food sacrificing as well.

The blond boy grabbed a plate of food and motioned for the twins to follow him. He scraped off a large portion of his meal and whispered, "Apollo," before motioning for the twins to do the same.

Aria went first. She didn't know who her godly parent was so she just whispered "to my dad, whoever you are."

After Cole sacrificed a hotdog they sat down with the blond at a nearby table with a creepy dark haired boy and Chiron.

The dark haired boy raised an eyebrow at that.

The blond just grinned at him. The dark haired boy huffed annoyed.

"Aria, Cole. This is Will Solace. He is a son of Apollo. The God you saw in your dream last night." Chiron introduced.

Aria stared at the handsome boy before tentatively holding out her hand. "Hello."

"Aria, would you like to tell Will about your dream?"

Aria nodded, she recalled what happened, "I was in a dark room. It was cold and so very dark. There was a cage in the middle of the room and a golden glowing man was inside. He called for help. He called me an Augur."

Will bit his lip and nodded.

"Chiron? Are you going to send out a quest?"

Chiron frowned, "I'm unsure about this. We've never done quests without a prophecy to at least go off of."

"Chiron, we have to save him."

"We don't even know where to start Will."

"Cold dark room? Sounds like the Underworld."

"Nico," Will growled in a stern voice.

"Yeah yeah. No Underworld-y powers." The boy rolled his eyes. "I'm fine. I've recovered."

"The entire Underworld is filled with cold, dark rooms. There is no way to check all of them," Chiron said. He turned to Aria's brother, "you said your mother was in a cage in a dark room as well, right?"

"You can't send two amateurs on such an important quest Chiron," Nico said. "Even with Will they would die instantly. I doubt the monsters guarding Apollo are going to be weak."

Chiron frowned, "I was thinking of sending two quests. One for the army and the mother and the other for Apollo. They have to be connected in some way. Right?"

"Two quests? That's a bit risky. Especially without a prophecy to go off of." Nico said.

"Nico, I have to find my dad," Will said.

Nico sighed, "I'll ask my dad if he's noticed anything weird lately. Promise me you will wait until I return before going on such a reckless quest."

Will grinned. "I promise Death Boy."

Nico growled at the nickname.

Aria watched shocked as the dark boy dissolved into the shadows and disappeared.

Will smiled at her, causing her heart to flutter.

Aria quickly finished her meal and cleaned up her seat before following Will and Chiron. Cole was right behind her.

"So what now?" Cole asked.

Chiron thought for a moment, "we should start on your training. Since we don't know your god parent yet we will have to improvise. Archery or swordplay. Which appeals to you?"

Aria briefly remembered that Apollo was the god of Archery. That meant Will must be good at it. Maybe he would teach her.

"Archery," Aria said.

Cole raised an eyebrow at that but didn't question it.

Chiron nodded, "Will, do you want to give them a lesson?"

Aria looked up at him hopefully.

Will stifled another yawn, "I'm sorry Chiron. I'm really tired and I should get some sleep."

"Later maybe?" Aria asked.

"I don't think so, sorry guys. I have to go back to the infirmary." Will yawned again. He looked around and waved over a pretty blond girl. "Kayla, can you teach them archery?"

Kayla nodded and smiled at Aria and Cole. Aria watched sadly as Will walked away.

"I got this Chiron," she said.

Aria watched Chiron trot away and looked at the stranger in front of her.

"I'm Kayla, Will's sister. You must be the new kids." She turned to Aria, "you were the one who had a dream about my father, weren't you?"

Aria nodded. "I'm Aria and this is my brother Cole."

"Do you guys have weapons yet?" Kayla asked.

Aria looked down at her wrist and pressed the hawk and twisted it. A sword grew in her hand.

"Beautiful, though that won't help you in archery."

Aria looked at Cole. He copied her and pressed a snake twisted the bracelet. A long, dark green bow appeared in his arms. Twin snakes on the top and bottom.

"That is a really nice bow, where did you get it? I want one!"

"Our dad gave them to us for our birthdays."

"Their so different though. I thought you were twins."

"We are twins," Aria said.

Kayla didn't look so sure.

Aria frowned and looked at her brother. He looked just like her and their mother. And they were definitely twins.

It didn't make sense.

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