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Chapter 10: Annabeth: So much has been happening around here lately, me and Percy came here to the Brooklyn house to spy, Carter, the boy here who seems to be in charge of things just passed out and the same guy who was here last night brought them inside to "talk." Is it just me or is that a recipe for disaster, the Amos guy has an aura that just tells me that he is one strong guy, braided hair and all. Someone like him doesn't just show up at the same time we did, which has such a strong bond with the Kane's, take them inside to "talk' and have them come out with the expressions that they did, without knowing something about us.
When the Kane's back onto the patio from inside, they looked like they'd seen not a ghost but an army of ghosts. Carter was mumbling something to himself about strawberries, and Sadie whom I had come to admire somewhat over our short time here because of her insistent nagging of the men in the house, and her ability to make them all get the things done that she herself didn't want to do. But anyway, when they came out was it just me, or did they eye Percy and me? Carter sat down in his chair and clanked his fork against his glass of orange juice
"Ok…" he started "we will be having a somewhat disrupted day today," he said " we will start with training, and then go on to our classes, a bit backwards from usual but it's something we would like to try out,"
A series of tired unhappy moans broke out among the other, younger trainees.
I looked over at Percy, and he raised his eyebrow quizzically, he was thinking exactly what I was, or at least that's what it looked like, who knows. They were disrupting the day so that they would be able to out us before we could even get any decent information. They would try to show us how to do magic, then when we couldn't they would tell everyone that we were Greeks. It could just have been my imagination at work but it made since to me. I know knew for a fact, they knew who we were the prophecy might have been right after all.
We scraped our left over's into the fire place, and I said a silent prayer to Athena, my mom, asking for some help on this quest. After I finished my prayer, thunder rumbled over head, and I remembered that we were in Egyptian territory now. I couldn't keep praying to my mom anymore, I was beyond her help over here.
Sadie ushered us and the little kids inside, one kid in particular was running around with a crayon yelling "DIE DIE DIE," at the painting outside on the wall.
We went into their library, which by the way was the most amazing things I had ever seen, seemingly endless ceilings, an indent in the center of the room filled with big comfortable looking couches, that looked perfect for reading in. not to mention the walls, they had honey comb like patterns engraved in them each was stacked and filled with Egyptian scrolls, I could read only a few characters in ancient Egyptian, but I could make out a couple of them, like: "the donkey curse"? Hmm that can't be right. On Another scroll I could only read a few letters, but I think it spelled out something about overcoming… set was it? I didn't know much about Egyptian mythology but I think set was the god of evil and chaos. So a book to overcome him sounded like a good idea. I only wish that we would have a copy of "How to kill Kronos in 5 easy steps," or something.
But I went and lounged out on the big purple couch in the middle of the room, next to Percy, I have to say it wasn't hard to get comfortable; these pajama outfits were pretty awesome.
"Okay guys," said Sadie shakily "let's give the new guys a chance to show us what they can do, and what their specialty might be."
Uh oh, that didn't sound good, but a voice spoke in the back of my mind telling me to pay attention and that everything would be all right. Which was odd because that wasn't at all how I felt, and the voice didn't sound particularly like mine it sounded harsher, and like it had gargled with hot marbles, and sandpaper.
"Uh, Percy why don't you come up to the front of the class," carter said
He turned to me, with a nervous look on his face, like help me! But I couldn't do anything for him
He got up and when to the front of the class, which is really embarrassing for someone like Percy, schools not really his thing. There is so much he is good at, but school, studying, and doing things in front of small closely related people were not on his strong suit list.
"let's find out what you power is Percy," one of them said I was too busy worrying to really notice or even tell the difference between their voices.
Percy took a deep breath, and walked over to a flower pot; he picked it up and brought it over with him. A couple of the people around me looked confused, but the others looked purely mesmerized. He thrust out his hands, in a motion I had become quite familiar with, and he willed the water to follow his hand's movement. And a blue hieroglyph shimmered in the air above his head near the vase. And the vase began to shake, an eruption of water exploded from the vase completely shattering it and killing the flowers inside. I sat in awe, I had seen Percy control water so many times I couldn't count them if I wanted to, but this seemed different, somehow what were those hieroglyphs? I think the only people more shocked than me and Percy were carter and Sadie, they had expected us to incriminate our selves, but they didn't count on whatever it was that just happened.
The voice inside my mind spoke again: "ah, I see, Isis and Horus are up to their old tricks," it said this time more like an angry purr.
"Uh, uh wow great job Percy!" Sadie exclaimed "I guess you're a water elementalist,"
Well I guess that conclusion made sense.
"Uh, I guess Annabeth it's your turn," they said turning to facing me
O didn't know what to do, I couldn't control water like Percy could, or do that hieroglyph thing whatever that was. Silence your fears the voice in my head hissed, I will take care of everything, just relax and channel my power.
I took a step forward, and I raised my hand nervously, I felt a power course through me, it felt like hot lava in my veins, I wanted to scream in pain but I couldn't, I just focused on my task, I felt an overpowering urge to crush everything in the room, but I fought the advice. I willed the power to my hand and towards a potted plant in the corner. I watched as flaming red hieroglyphs burned near my face and the plant combusted into a bulk of flames, and watched the plant dissolve into ash.
Well done you make an accident host darling, your quite smart, you know, not many magicians can control me their first time dreary. The voice cackled
I looked over at carter and Sadie; they laughed nervously, and glanced over at the door, where apparently Amos had been standing the whole time. He looked flabbergasted, like he couldn't believe he was wrong about us, he strode into the library as if nothing happened though
"Let us congratulate our newest initiates," he said playfully
"Congratulate us? What for?" I asked
"For finding your path to follow,"
"Which are…?"
"Percy seems to be a good match for Nepthys, the river goddess, and you my dear,' he said looking over at me" seem to already be hosting one,"
"w-what!" I stammered in shock "get it out!"
He laughed "no child, it is a great thing, you must be smart, and strong to have a god even consider you, and this proves you to be a blood of the pharaohs, because gods only host in certain people whom are related to the pharaohs of old,"
"Who-who am I then, like what god?"
He seemed to think for a moment 'well fire, aggression, intellect, very good aim, you look like you have good agility-"I cut him off in mid sentence
"So I am a flaming cat pretty much?"
"Don't mock cats, brave people tend to have more or less tomcat in them then they think." Said a woman in the corner, wearing a leopard print body suit,
I nodded, awkwardly in agreement
"Well if I had to guess whom you were hosting I would have to say…" he thought again then turned back with a look of surprise realization and dread on his face "Sekmet, the lion goddess," he said as if it was the worst possibility imaginable
"Sekmet?" I asked inside my head
"Hello, Annabeth," the voice spoke with me "nice of you to finally figure out,"
I know its a bit confusing but trust me it all starts to make sense later on, so keep reading!