The New Heroes of Olympus Chapter 8: We Stole a Book from the Library
I am back! Sorry that I haven't been writing for a while, I have been going through some personal things lately and I needed some time to get through them. But now worries, I am back and I have some good ideas up my sleeve (hehehehe!) Now, it's time for me to shut up and get started on the chapter!
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Aaron's POV
I am nervous for Bella, but knowing her, she is going to be able to manage. I decided to stay back at camp so I can try to think of some medication that will help the campers live longer and think of one that will go with the healing herb. Chiron told me that you can't eat the herb itself, but the nectar inside it. So I decided to find some good healing plants for cough and honey, I mean come on, it's the best natural remedy for a cough! All I need is the herb and some fresh salt water which I know Bella or Marius could possibly get with ease. It may taste bad (The scent is horrid) but I am positive that it will work. But that's a lot of pressure at the same time, what if it doesn't work? All of that hard work for nothing and then half of the campers will die because of it. I hope they come back soon, or who knows what might happen…
Bella's POV
At first when I volunteered for the leader, I was psyched! Now…I regret it soooo much! But, it's good experience for me. Heck, who cares! I am nervous! The gang and I decided to hit the library near town so we can see a world map and see where we need to go. The prophecy said something about the stormy waters and which Mike said that it was the Black Sea. Now, the only thing we need to do is figure out a route for the rest of our path. This will hopefully make our job ten times easier. Well…that's just a maybe and now that I think about it, it's never going to be easy.
"Here we are; the library." Rosalyn says as we walked up to a giant renaissance fashion building. Cyrus causally walked in like he belonged there. Last time I have been in a library is when one of my teachers sent me to detention because I shot McKenzie Jenkins in the back of the head with an apple. It's not my fault that she just so happened to be sitting by my target… it was totally by accident…ya let's go with that.
"So, let's go to the nonfiction section and find an atlas, preferably a Greek map." Mike explained once we entered the library. As we walked in front of the librarian, she was sort of starting at us. I don't know about you but that is just creepy.
"Ok, let's go to the geography section." Marius stated. "Why is this book so important?" Andy we browsed through the section, we read through the thousands of titles on the one shelf, well tried to read it. According to Mike, we demigods can read fluent Greek so I guess whatever we can read is what we need. Just as we found a book, there was a sudden voice.
"May I be any assistance to you young children?" It was the creepy librarian.
"No thanks ma'am. We will be fine." Rosalyn said.
"Are you sure, you kids shouldn't be out in public by yourself without an adult." The librarian insisted.
"Um I don't know if you need new glasses but we are all like 15. I think we will be just fine lady." Andy stated.
"But you kids shouldn't be outside so often, you don't know about the dangers that can be around these parts." The librarian insisted.
"We appreciate your concern, but we are perfectly fine." Venus spoke, holding the book that we needed.
"Soon you won't be!" the "librarian" screeched. Suddenly, she turned into a fury and lunged at Venus. Good thing Venus is fast! She quickly stopped the fury with her shield. Adonis then swung at the fury with his sword…let the battle begin.
Adonis's POV
What a bother, a fury as a librarian? Should've seen that one coming. After I made the first blow, ugly slashed her claws at my face, but as usual, I easily blocked it. Just then, from the corner of my eye, I saw two other figures forming into a fury. You have got to be serious. This is why I hate libraries.
"Venus! Take the atlas with you and leave the building! Bella and Andy, go with her!" Marius commanded.
"And miss out on all the fun? Heck No!" Andy exclaimed as she took out her sword and started to fight back. I glanced at newbie and she was fighting off one of the furies with Rosalyn, hmph. Once a newbie, always a newbie. At the other corner of my eye was Mike, we may be brother but we are nothing like each other. Marius was helping him as well. I don't even understand why he goes to our camp, he is Titan blood. Never mind them. Swiftly, my sword cuts right through the fury's body and turns into dust. One by one, the rest defeat them as well.
"We should go somewhere filled with people. No monster would attack in a place filled with tourists." Mike suggested. Venus approached us with the book.
"Once again, why is this certain book so important?" Andy questioned once again.
"Because this is an atlas made by one of the Ancient Greeks, it's outdated as well." Mike explained.
"How is that going to help if it's outdated?" Marius asked with a confused expression.
"I'll explain later, let's just go to some place public." Mike insisted and we all rushed out of the library.
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It turns out that we ended up going to a coffee shop; how original.
"Ok, look at the map, all of these Greek symbols will help us guide our way to the Black Sea." Mike explained. These marks will help guide our way to our first priority. The son of Zeus."
"Wait, isn't the son of Zeus, Jason? But he is at camp. I mean if there isn't another one of the Big Three kids. Maybe you heard the prophecy wrong." I explained. I mean come on, Jason is the only son of Zeus, there is no way it could be him.
"No, I can assure that I heard it right, The Son of Zeus will help light the way. That's what Rachel said." Bella asserted.
"Maybe it's one of the gods, like Ares or Dionysus. Their father is Zeus." Andy pointed out.
"No, it can't be them; the prophecy clearly stated that it was a demigod. Ares and Dionysus are clearly gods." Marius added.
"We will worry about who we will meet later, for now; we must focus on how to get to the middle of The Black Sea." Mike said. "Anyone have any ideas?"
"I still say we hijack a plane." Andy said.
"Andy! We can't do that!" Rosalyn exclaimed.
"We need to think of something that will help us get to our destination without getting killed or in jail." Venus calmly said. She is right.
"What about a boat?" Mike questioned.
"Too risky, a monster could be disguised as a human." Cyrus explained.
"Hey, Mr. and Mrs. Ocean-floor, your godly parents are both rulers of the sea, is there anything that can help us?" I asked Marius and Bella, I don't know why both are very quiet, some demigods they are.
"It's not like that we can call sharks and ask them to swim across the ocean." Marius explained.
"That would be awesome!" Andy exclaimed.
"It doesn't have to be a shark. Percy told me something about these magical creatures, they can swim pretty fast and probably we could get to the Black Sea in about a day." Bella said, glancing at Marius, hoping that he would get her drift.
"A serpent?" Marius asked and Bella just face palmed. Idiots.
"No! Hippocampi!" She exclaimed.
"Hippocampi! Bella that's genius!" Mike exclaimed. He gets way too excited for the smallest things.
"Well, can you summon them?" Rosalyn asked.
"We can always try, if that doesn't work, we will have to think of a Plan B soon." Marius explained.
"Well, what are we waiting for? Let's get ourselves some Hippocampi!" Andy exclaimed.
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I am a horrible person. Sorry I haven't been writing, I have been going through some personal things and soccer started and I just haven't gotten enough time to write. PLEASE DON'T BE MAD!
