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Chapter 9:

Sirius was still staring after Hermione explained the situation. "Those three are children of gods?" he repeated. Harry nodded. "We saw Nico's dad. A boggart turned into him. It wasn't pretty." He shuddered.

"How are we supposed to break into this place then?" Annabeth asked Dumbledore. "Break in? You can't break in. It's impossible." He exclaimed. "Just like we are. So there must be a way." Nico grumbled. "Can't you ask your dad for help?" Ron wondered. Nico shuddered.

"No way. He'll tell me I'm weak. That my sister would have finished the job by now." He explained. "Oh. Right." Ron muttered.

"What about you two? Can't you ask your parents for help?" Harry asked hopefully. Annabeth turned on him. "The gods don't just walk down from Olympus to help their kids out. It's a quest. If they wanted to do it, they wouldn't have called us. It's our job to do this. We can't let them down." She growled. Percy held her back.

"Calm down. But she's right. It's our purpose. Each demigod saves the world at least once." He noted. "But we can ask for help to someone else. Does anyone know where I can find a rainbow?"

The wizards watched as Hermione made a rainbow with her wand and the demigods took out a strange coin.

"Oh Isis, goddess of rainbows, please accept my offering." Percy chanted. He threw the coin into the rainbow and it disappeared. "Show me Thalia, huntress of Artemis, daughter of Zeus." He instructed.

The rainbow shimmered and showed a girl with spiky hair and electric blue eyes. "Hey, Seaweed Brain. What's up?" She asked. "How fast can you get to London?" He asked. "Two hours. Maybe less." She answered. "Bring as many hunters as you can." Percy winked. She nodded and her image faded.

"Who was that?" Ron wondered. "An old friend of ours. She's coming with help, but we can get even better help." Annabeth marched to the rainbow with her own strange coin. "Oh, Isis, goddess of rainbows, please accept my offering. Show my camp half-blood."

The rainbow shimmered. It showed a man's face. "Chiron! We're on our quest. Can you bring some demigods? We need help. Mrs. O-Leary can come ahead with Rachel and the most useful demigods." Annabeth suggested. The man nodded. "I'll see if my relatives can come as well." The image faded.

"Do not be alarmed. In a few seconds, a monster is going to appear. But she's nice." Nico announced. A second after he said this, Mrs. O-Leary shadow traveled right onto him.

"Hey! Rachel! Get her off!" Nico protested. A red-headed girl grimaced and pulled the dog-like creature off the demigod. There were four wands pointed at them.

Clarisse glared at the strange people. "What is going on?" She asked, jumping off of the monster. "Ya. That's a great question." The Stolls agreed.

Hagrid rushed to Mrs. O-Leary. "What a beauty!" He exclaimed. Everyone laughed. "That's Mrs. O-Leary. Our pet. She's a hellhound." Percy explained.

The wizards stayed tense. Percy sighed. "This is Clarisse, daughter of Ares, god of war. Those two are Connor and Travis Stoll, sons of Hermes, messenger of the gods, god of thieves, and voyage and medicine." Percy introduced everyone. "Dude, is that an invisibility cloak?" Connor asked eagerly at Harry. He nodded cautiously.

"Who's that?" Hermione nodded toward Rachel. She gave a little bow. "Rachel Elizabeth Dare, Oracle of Delphi, at your service." She laughed.

Suddenly, an arrow pierced the tree next to them. Everyone jumped. "Thalia! You said two hours!" Percy yelled. The spiky haired girl came running into view with a bunch of other girls. They glared at the boys.

"I wanted to surprise you. And Artemis and Apollo are on their way here." She winked. Percy gagged. "They'll end up fighting each other." He managed. "Duh. But when Artemis said she was coming Apollo just had to tag along. He heard Rachel was coming so that made up his mind." Thalia explained. The demigods and hunters sighed.

"Why are you all girls?" Ron asked. He received at least ten glares. "Boys like you aren't allowed to join the hunt. We vow off boys and live an eternal life until we're killed." Thalia growled. Harry took a step away from the hunters.

With a blinding light, a young girl and an older boy appeared. They were fighting. "I don't care if you're the god of poetry! That doesn't mean you're good at it!" She girl was saying. They saw everyone staring.

"So… why are we here?" Artemis asked.

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