AN: Finally, chapter 8 is here! Sorry about the wait, as I said, school's keeping me pretty busy. And, just to let you know, I'm not that big a fan of OCs, and based on some reviews, I can tell I'm not the only one, but there's a reason I brought Abby into the story. I can't tell you why I did, but a lot of you thought she was the betrayer. I can tell you that she won't be.
Disclaimer: I do not own TKC or HOO/PJO
Zia's POV:
Well, so far, it was a very interesting morning. First of all, my ba didn't even go anywhere last night, which was extremely odd. Then, we go off on Freak to some strawberry farm that turns out to be a magic summer camp in November, and then I learn that there are Greek and Roman gods, and my classmates Drew and Lacy are related to them. Sure, why not?
I was just glad Carter and Sadie were okay. It's hard to believe just eight months ago I was trying to kill them. Sadie had become a really good friend of mine, and Carter was even more than that.
Anyways, we sat around a ping-pong table, which felt extremely weird, but I'd seen a lot weirder. I looked around at the "Head counselors", whatever that meant. I didn't know much about greek mythology, but I took a few guesses. A guy who looked like a latino elf fiddled with some gadgets. Possibly Hephaestus. A girl who looked native american sat next to him. She was extremely beautiful, even with choppy hair and ripped jeans. Obviously Aphrodite. A boy across from me snored using a paper plate as a pillow. Was there a god of sleep? Probably.
The purple shirts walked in, five of them.
Sadie gaped at an unnaturally pale boy. "Y-you," She looked back and forth between him and Walt. "What the heck is going on here? Anubis?"
The boy stared at her, puzzled. "My name is Nico di Angelo, I don't think I know you. Or this Anubis person."
"He's a god, not a person." Sadie murmured under her breath.
The centaur, another weird thing from this morning, cleared his throat and began explaining about the prophecy, and seropards.
"Chiron," The latino elf began. "I had a dream last night. There was a giant snake who told me that his master is going to have revenge on demigods, and on Thanksgiving, his minions will like, take over the world. And I don't think that's a good thing."
"I have no clue, what this means Leo, other than we have until Thanksgiving to stop this."
"Did this snake say demigods exactly?" I asked.
I had a terrifying flashback to when Apophis swallowed me-er-Ra-er, ugh! Right before his head exploded and let Ra and me out, his power was draining, but being in his throat- which is not an experience I would recommend- I heard him loud and clear. "I curse all you godlings and magicians, my minions will take revenge if it's the last thing I do!" He had tried to wail as he sunk into the Duat.
"No," The latino elf, Leo, "He said godlings, but I don't know what else that could mean."
I cursed in Arabic. "He meant us, magicians who have hosted gods. But when he, Apophis, cursed the godlings, he must've also cursed the demigods, although he didn't know it."
"Zia, what are you talking about? When did Apophis curse us?" Gods, Carter was cute when he was concerned.
I explained about what happened while he was trying to digest me. Again, not a pleasant memory.
"So we have five days to stop all the snakes in the world that want revenge on us, and we have no idea what to do." Sadie grumbled. "I just love impossible deadlines."
"Back up, who's Apophis?" Asked a blonde girl with stormy eyes. "I've never read about him."
"I think he was the egyptian god of chaos. My dad did a movie on Egyptian mythology before." The Aphrodite girl guessed. Her dad was a movie star?
"Yeah. Big, giant, stupid snake." Carter confirmed.
"So, where do we start?" The blonde girl asked.
"That's easy." Sadie answered. "We ask the gods."
