A/N: Wow this time round I have been gone a long time, I hope that this chapter makes up for that absence.
Again I do not own PJO or any of the characters associated with it, however I do own the Plot to this story and the characters shown within it.

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Chapter 7
Old enemies and New friends

We were in that car for about a good hour and a half, soon enough it came to a stop in a very rich looking place. The houses did not look very ordinary they were much bigger, the place where we had stopped in front of had a huge black and gold lined gate with a huge D on either side.

The house itself looked even grander, there were at least a dozen lamps lighting the way up to the house and the entrance looked to have been made from marble. To me it seemed like I was walking into a temple made for Zeus, from the inside I could hear very melodious music being played and a lot of chatter.

"Emily who are you?"

"What do you mean?"

"No ordinary girl can have a place like this, who are you?"

At this she started laughing; she must have been thinking that I have gone mad.

"I told you my name is Emily Dawn, which is the truth I mean why would I lie about my name."

I didn't say anymore I just looked over at Nancy who was in deep thought about something and after a few minutes her eyes seemed to light up.

"You are the daughter of Elizabeth Dawn, the owner of the biggest pharmaceuticals in America."

"Um yeah" said Emily rather shyly "Sorry I didn't tell you before."

"So those guys were chasing you because of that?"

"Let's not get into that, let's go inside now I will introduce you to my mom and dad hoping that they aren't mad at me for being late."

"So your dad is Jonathan Dawn?"

"Yeah" she said her face going slightly red.

She opened the doors and all eyes turned on us, it felt rather awkward as everyone there was wearing rather formal clothes and we were wearing very informal clothes.
A woman wearing a lovely black dress was walking over to us with a very warm smile on her face. Her deep blue eyes were sparkling with joy and her flaming red hair was flowing elegantly.

"Emily it's good that you made it, your father was starting to doubt that you would come and who are your friends dear?"

"Mom this is Nancy and Kralus, they helped me out this afternoon when I got in to trouble this afternoon."

"Is everything all right honey? You're not hurt are you? What happened?"

"Nothing much mom, it was just a bunch of thieves that wanted to take my cell phone and they chased me when I ran from there." "That was when I bumped into Kralus and Nancy, with their help I lost the thugs."

"Well I want to thank both of you a lot for your help kids, please join us this evening."

"Thank you Mrs Dawn."

"Mom I have a favour to ask of you."

"Sure honey, what is it? Do you need anything?"

"Well my friends were on their way to Ottawa when they helped me out, could you possibly help them?"

"Sure honey, I have some work at Ottawa but I'm leaving the day after if they are willing to wait I'll be happy to have them come with me."

"Wow that is really nice of you Mrs Dawn, we would really appreciate that."

"I guess that is you guys sorted then" said Emily smiling.

"Thanks Emily, you don't know how big a favour you have done for us."

"Don't worry about it guys, you two have helped me quite a bit today and if it wasn't for you I would have been locked up somewhere" whispered Emily.

"Emily go upstairs and get ready, I'll take care of your friends for a while" smiled Mrs Dawn.

"I watched as Emily slowly walked up the glamorous staircase while smiling at a lot of the guests and me."

As she disappeared to one of the rooms upstairs Mrs Dawn turned her attention to us.

"Come with me I'll get you something to eat, you can also tell me about what happened this afternoon."

"I think Emily has said everything to you about this afternoon."

"Kralus my daughter doesn't like to worry me so she just told me some mumbo jumbo; I would like it if you told me the truth."

"Mrs Dawn I'm sorry to say but you have to trust your daughter a little more, as far as what happened this afternoon goes all I have to say is that we bumped into her when she was being chased."

"Sigh I guess I have no choice but to believe you, I guess I am just worried that because of my reputation a lot of people will try to take advantage of her."

"You know dear you don't have to worry so much about her, she's not a little girl anymore said a voice from behind us."

Behind us was a man wearing a brown suit, his brown eyes looked very tired behind his black rimmed glasses but his neatly combed hair showed a sign of youth.

"Kids this is Emily's father and my husband Jonathan, Jonathan this is Kralus and Nancy they are friends of Emily's."

"Emily's friends? Well it's a pleasure meeting you I hope you will be joining us this evening."

"Professor Dawn I have gone to see all your findings at the museum and read all of your works I think it's really inspiring" said Nancy

"Thank you dear a little later on I am about to reveal my latest discovery."

"I can't wait" said Nancy beaming

"Well kids I'll leave you alone with my wife to show you around I'm just going to meet a few friends."

"Sure, have a good evening sir" I said rather abruptly

As Mr Dawn walked away Nancy looked at me like I had just slapped her, she pulled me close and began whispering.

"Kralus you have to be more courteous than that, he's the leading archaeologist in the field of Greek mythology."

"So if he finds out he's going to put me in a museum?"

"Kralus be a bit more considerate."

"Okay, okay I'm sorry."

While we were talking Emily was walking down the stairs in a stunning midnight blue dress which seemed to bring out her eyes more. As she walked towards us a lot of eyes turned to look at her, some admiring, some jealous and some conspiring.

A boy no older than me walked out of the crowd and stood in front of her, his golden blonde hair looked like it had been glued in place and even as he walked his hair didn't move a bit.
His green eyes seemed to be sparkling with mischief as he took her hand in his.

"You look very beautiful Emily; may I have the pleasure of dancing with you today?"

She looked around at everyone before answering, she seemed rather reluctant but she had to give an answer.

"Um I'm sorry Chris today my dance partner is going to be Kralus."

At hearing this my eyes widened, seeing the smile on her face and the shocked look on Chris I felt bad and I whispered to her as she got closer.

"I don't know how to dance Emily, it would be better if you choose someone who can dance if you value your toes."

"I'm sure I'll be fine besides I know that you won't hurt me, just think of this like the school ball."

"Um sure, but I don't think you can count on me for letting you get out of this without injuries."

"We'll see about that, for now let's just go get something to drink."

As we were walking away I saw Mrs Dawn walking over to the entrance as someone walked in but I could see everyone walking over in that direction to welcome them.
As Emily handed a drink to me and went to get one for Nancy I thought that I heard a very honey sweetened voice the only thing is I didn't know how right I was about that...well not that at that time anyway.

"So Emily who is this guest of honour then? It seems that they are quite well known."

"Well they are quite famous I'm surprised that you haven't heard of them, I mean those three kind of rule the music world." "Not literally of course but they have the skills to do it, one of them is a master pianist the other an opera singer and the last is a jazz musician."

"Wow that is quite a bit of talent they have, what are they doing here?"

"Well my father invited them for the party, they are going to be singing and playing for us this evening."

"Wow I can't wait to hear them."

"Through the crowd of people I was trying to get a look at what these sisters looked like but I couldn't see them very clearly."

"I didn't know why but their voices sounded very familiar I just wasn't able to put my finger on it."

Little by little the crowd began to thin but by then I was engrossed in a conversation with Nancy and Emily had gone to get another round of drinks. When she came back Mr Dawn was standing in the middle of the room with a wine glass in his hand looking to say something.

Ladies and Gentlemen can I get your attention please; firstly I would like to thank you all for gathering here this evening for this very special occasion. Secondly I would like to thank the Costello sisters who will be providing us with the entertainment tonight.

A round of applause erupted from the onlookers as if acknowledging what had just been said, there wasn't one person who looked disappointed which raised my intrigue.

"Now before they begin I would like to show you the reason why you have all gathered here tonight."

At this Mr Dawn covered the microphone and gave someone close by an order, it wasn't long before the same person came running back giving a thumbs up sign.

"Well ladies and gentlemen may I present the armour of the legendary warrior Achilles."

I couldn't believe what I was hearing; there was no way that the armour of Achilles could be here. The last I heard it was kept in a secret location that the gods had decided upon, however the armour wasn't the only thing that was stored there so if they found the armour they must have found everything else.

As I didn't believe any of this I went forward to have a look at what was being brought into the room, it was covered by a very soft looking red fabric so that the surprise wasn't ruined.
Very slowly he took off the red fabric, the sight was almost unbelievable there being perfectly held in place was the black armour of Achilles made by Hephaestus and given to him by his mother Thetis.

The black armour had a certain gleam about it even though it had no wearer it still looked magnificent, the craftsmanship was unmatchable as well as incomparable. I got even closer to the pedestal to see if it was a forgery and it seemed like I wasn't the only one, the sisters who had been invited to perform for the guests also wanted to get a closer look.

Walking around I accidently bumped into one of them, as I looked at her I felt kind of weird it was like I was slipping out of my consciousness.

"I...I'm sorry."

"No don't worry about it, it happens" she said smiling. "I'm not sure we have met."

"No we haven't, I'm a friend of Emily's."

"Ah well my name is Danni, it's nice to meet you."

"Well it's nice to meet you too my name is-"

At that point Emily came and dragged me away as I was walking away I saw the other two sisters walk up to Danni. Each of them started talking to the other and kept looking at me like I had said something disrespectful to them.

"Emily I was talking to that girl that was quite rude of you."

"Rude shooed I don't want them hogging you as well; you're my friend so sit with me and Nancy we'll have a nice time."

"Okay, but I have to ask you when your father found this."

"I have no idea sorry, I don't exactly see him that much and to tell you the truth I don't exactly get along with him that much." 2You see about four years ago before he discovered the hydra at the Parthenon in Nashville he was very loving and caring, he would spend a lot of time with me." "We would do a lot of things together but all that stopped once he discovered it, he became obsessed with this idea that myths aren't exactly what they seem."

"What do you mean they aren't exactly what they seem?"

"I mean he actually started to believe that they still exist to this day."

"Really, I don't know what to say" I said looking down at the floor trying to hide my smile.

"Neither do I, but I really do miss the old times and because of his job it's never been the same."

"Well let's forget about that for now and talk about something else...what are you doing at the moment?"

"Well at the moment I'm studying for a degree in college majoring in geography, I have a dream to become a pilot and travel around the world."

"Wow that is really nice, so you love travelling?"

"Yeah I love to travel around; I love to explore see new places and most of all I love to fly." "Watching the morning sun rise above the clouds is really majestic, the stars and the moon look even dreamier up there."

"I guess so, I have never flown anywhere in a long time so I have kind of forgotten about that."

"Trust me apart from the pollution factor which has been making it really hard to see stars in the city, when you're in the air there is nothing there only clear skies."

"I can't wait" I said smiling.

"Right now enough of this lets go dance, Nancy you wait here for a bit then we will switch."

"Sure" said Nancy holding up her glass.

By the look on her face I thought she didn't look very pleased, as we reached the centre of the room guests parted to make space for us. It wasn't long before the lights dimmed and the Costello sisters began their act. The way that the piano was being played along with the very soothing voice made it feel like I was in another place all together.

Emily took my hand placing it on her hip and held the other, she was very graceful in moving however it took me a while to get hold of the rhythm but after that I was fine.

"See you can dance" said Emily smiling.

"Well this is the first time I have been able to dance this well" I said looking into her eyes.

"Well I guess you just didn't meet the right dance partner till now" she said looking into my eyes.

It wasn't until now that I noticed that no one was watching us, everyone was watching the Costello sisters. As I looked away from Emily's eyes I became entranced, I didn't know what it was but I suddenly loved the Costello sisters.

"Hello anyone here? Kralus you're meant to be dance with me. Kralus?"

It wasn't until that she turned my face towards her that I stopped looking at the sisters.

"I guess you want to go dance with them" said Emily looking rather annoyed.

"No its nothing like that, it's just that their voice is so captivating but I'm sure that you can sing better than them if you tried."

"Well um I don't know about better but I'm sure that I could sing somewhat" said Emily blushing.

It seemed like the sisters heard this and they all turned their gaze towards us, it felt weird but I felt like I had been in the same situation before. It took only a few seconds but I realized why it all seemed so familiar, these three sisters were the three sirens that I had met years ago when I was with Sarah.

"Hey Emily how about we go get some drinks, I'm feeling thirsty."

"Uh yeah sure come on."

We left the dance floor with the gaze of the sirens upon us, it felt like they were now watching our every move. We got to the place where Nancy was sitting looking very bored yet enjoying a pint sized coke with a slice of lemon.

"Back so quickly, weren't you going to dance for longer?"

"Yeah we were but I was feeling a little thirsty so we came back for a drink."

"So what do you think of this song?"

"What do you mean?"

"I mean does it have a good tune to dance to, from the tempo I can tell that it's meant to be a slow dance but this is slow beyond torture."

"Hahahahahahahaha."

"Yeah I know what you mean" said Emily "I'm not such a fan of slow romantic songs myself, I prefer something a little more upbeat myself."

"Upbeat eh...like tango or samba perhaps."

"Well tango I'm good at but samba not so much" said Emily.

Hearing the two of them talk made me feel left out, in any case I had to pay a visit to the bathroom. After asking Emily where I could find it I walked off not noticing the fact one of the sisters was following me, climbing up to the second floor made it seem like I was in a totally different place all together.

It was a lot quieter up here, looking around there were a lot of expensive looking paintings hanging on the wall. As I walked admiring them I came to the bathroom, going in I heard some footsteps thinking it to be my imagination I let it go.

After a few minutes I washed my hands and properly dried them as I opened the door someone pulled me out slamming me against the pillar on the other side.

"And who may you be?"

"Don't tell me you have already forgotten us that easily after humiliating us the last time we met" said a very sweet voice.

"Oh so it's you Danni or should I say Danica."

"So you haven't forgotten my name then, I hope the same can be said for my sisters."

"Danni tell me why are the three of you here tonight? I mean what's so special."

"Why should I tell you?"

"For old times' sake come on, we used to know each other I'm sure you haven't forgotten that."

"I...well...fine." "We were originally just invited to perform nothing more but I guess now we have found another reason to stay here."

"What would that be?"

"The armour of Achilles."

"You seriously believe that is the real armour of Achilles, I mean come on it looks nothing like the real thing."

"You know it has been a very long time, time changes everything and the armour that once glistened like the morning sun is no exception."

"Well...I guess you could be right but I'm not too sure about this, it all seems too perfect there has to be something wrong."

"Well we are planning to walk out of here with the armour by the end of this night, real or not we will take it with us."

"What are you going to do with it?"

"Nothing, it is a very powerful relic a lot of people will be after it once they realize that it has been found."

"I'm not sure I trust you."

"Kralus what is in the past should stay in the past."

"Still I'm not sure I can fully trust you yet."

"Well think whatever you want, I'll get going now it was nice meeting you said Danni as she slowly slid her hand down my face."

I watched as she walked down the hall, I didn't know how to react to what had just happened. One of my oldest enemies has just become quite friendly, with a very confused look on my face I walked down the stairs but when I reach the bottom I was even more confused.

Everyone was collapsed on the ground; there wasn't a single person who was standing. I walked over to where Nancy and Emily had been sitting to find them crumpled on the table. I checked for a pulse on both of them and found that they were both breathing regularly which was a relief.

I could hear Nancy mumbling something in her sleep but it wasn't audible enough for me to hear what she was saying, from the looks of things everyone had been sent to sleep and it was through the silence that I was able to hear footsteps from outside.

Running outside I saw the sisters carrying the armour to a car.

"Stop right there."

"Who can resist our voices- Danni didn't you stop him?"

"Well I tried to I'm not sure how he recovered so quickly."

"Never mind I guess we will have to take care of him now."

As I watched the three of them put the armour in the car and came towards me, even though they had just stolen an artefact no one could tell that it was them. They had a very calm, cool look on their faces; in any case I don't think anyone would be awake at the moment to witness this.

They circled me like hungry vultures looking at their first meal in days; the only thing was that they were more dangerous than vultures.

"Kralus we don't want to fight, just give us that armour and we will be gone."

"I can't do that Veronica that armour doesn't belong to you."

"Well I'm sorry it had to be this way."

She ran trying to punch me but I moved out of the way, the next few things that happened were a blur. As I had dodged Veronica's punch, Danni kicked me in the ribs and Michelle punched me in the back but they were so fast I couldn't react.

"You have been gone for too long Kralus, we have been training in new fighting methods, which we have become masters of and now I doubt even you could defeat us."

"Oh we'll soon see about that."

Once again Veronica attacked but this time instead of dodging I parried her attack into the path of Danni and Michelle. All of them collided into each other trying to stop each other's attacks, while they were trying to get up I ran for the car but none of the doors were opening.

"Looking for these" said a very honey sweetened voice from behind me.

Looking back I saw a set of keys dangling from Danni's fingers and knew that she locked the door. While she had my attention the other two attacked me with a kick to the chest, I flew back taking the side mirror of the car with me.

Landing on the soft grass was lucky but what happened next wasn't, a dog came out of the shadows and started growling at me. It seemed that I wasn't the only one that the dog had noticed, the look on Veronica's face changed when she saw the dog and tried to run away.

It jumped over me going after Veronica, jumping on her back it brought her down to the ground. She began screaming like she was scared of it; I looked at her like she had gone crazy. How could a siren be afraid of a dog, walking up to where she lay I looked at her with sympathy.

"Kralus get it off me."

"Nope, why don't you ask your sisters?"

"Kralus please, I'm really scared."

"How are you guys scared of a dog? I mean you guys are sirens, mythical beasts you should easily be able to keep house pets like this at bay."

"Dammit come on Kralus help us out."

"Promise me that you will give back the armour only then will I take the dog off you."

"Ugh that's low Kralus" said Danni

"I'm pretty sure you guys would have tried to kill me if this dog didn't appear, so what will it be?"

"Sigh fine" said Veronica now come on get this mutt away from me.

"Come on boy come here."

The dog looked up and obediently came to me sitting down at my feet.

"That's a good boy, now stay here."

I walked up to Danni with my hand outstretched; unwillingly she put the car keys in my hand.

"Thank you."

Opening the car I saw the armour in the back seat, I grabbed the armour and quickly ran back inside. Inside the house everyone was starting to come around, I wouldn't have enough time to put the armour back and get to the stair case.

Running across the room I saw Mrs Dawn waking up from the corner of my eye, the only good luck I had was the fact that the pedestal was at the back of the room. I got there just in time; hastily I put the armour on the pedestal and made it look like I was admiring the craftsmanship.

As everyone was now wondering what happened I slowly walked to where Nancy and Emily were sleeping, as they woke up they had a very stupid looking on their faces.

"Good morning girls, how are you?"

"Huh! Ugh my head, what happened?" Asked Emily

"I have no idea, I came back from the bathroom and you guys were sleeping. It wasn't only you everyone was asleep, can you remember anything?"

"Well all I remember is that the sisters started singing all together and that's about it really nothing after that."

"Well I'm not sure what happened but I think everyone just fell asleep."

I saw Nancy looking at me trying to find out what I was hiding, it was a good thing that she wasn't able to read minds otherwise she would know more than she ought to. Around the room there was a lot of commotion as everyone tried to account for all their belongings, Mr Dawn stood at the foot of the stairs trying to get everyone's attention.

"Everyone please calm down, it seems that none of us are missing anything so if we can let's continue this party."

There were murmurs going around the room like a swarm of bees, very slowly everyone started getting drinks to try and relax. The rest of the night was rather peaceful not much went on really, the Costello sisters came back into the house after a while with the excuse of being called out by their agent.

Mr Dawn had the armour shifted to a secure room and Mrs Dawn was busy tending to the guests while we just sat at the table drinking endless supplies of Coke and Fanta. It wasn't until midnight that the party came to a stop, guests started making their way home, the servants started to clean up the mess made.

Both Nancy and I were leaving when Mrs Dawn stopped us, she told us we could stay the night as we were going to leave with her the day after.

A/N: Yeah I know nothing much happened in this chapter, those of you looking for cool fight scenes sorry they wont be around for a while :( You're not the only one who misses them.

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