Double digits yo! Now the story is moving. Ish. I can't spoil the story so to find out more..

Jake-

We landed in what appeared to be a ghost town version of Argos. Well from our point of view. We were standing in the middle of the dusty street, surrounded by colorful buildings but if anyone was inside, there was no movement. I looked over to Danni and saw her sword in her sheath. "You probably want to put that away. it might freak people out."

"You do realize that my dagger that YOU forged, doesn't come with a cloaking button."

"No but it does with a disguise button." I pulled a chain out of my pocket- Dont ask me why I have one- and fastened it around Danni's neck. I brought the tip of the dagger to her neck. "Don't kill me! I'm sorry for not using you're really name." she squeezed her eyes shut and held up her hands. I rolled my eyes. "I'm not gonna kill you." The tip of the dagger touched the enchanted chain and became a charm. "Pull off the charm and it becomes your dagger." She did just that. "Sweet!" She put the rip of the dagger on the chain and it became a charm again. After her fascinated discovery, we walked of couple minutes yelling "Hello?" and "Is anyone here?". I turned to Danni who was now reduced to peering through windows. I decided to break the silence. "Did you know that this was the birthplace of Perseus and that this place had seventeen original kings and-"

"Yeah, yeah i get the gist of- wait, Perseus?"

"Yeah."

"Cool just-" she paused. Out of nowhere, Danni tackled me and shoved me behind a tower of crates in a shady alley and joined me. She brought a finger to her lips and peered around the crates. I did the same. All I saw was tumbleweed, flying through the air making its way past us. "Great you saved us from tumbleweed. My hero."

"Shush."

That's when I heard it- or rather felt it. The ground was trembling and I heard snorting( so i did hear something).Suddenly a stampede of bright red horses with matching red eyes passed us. The trampled the ground so much in pretty sure they leveled it. They neighed so loud, my ears were ringing. I was trying my best to stay hidden but the ground was moving like an were screams and yells. I thought it would never end but then silence. Minutes later, the streets were filled with people. "I guess this place isn't dead." Danni said as she got up and dusted herself off. I did the same and we stepped into the busy street. There was constant talk about a big celebration. Then there was a lot of talk about the horses too. Which got me thinking...

"How did you know that the horses were coming?"

"Easy. I heard them yelling." She looked around. I realized that we were walking in the general direction of the amphitheater with the crowd.

"And what were they saying?"

She looked worried. "Eat humans. Must eat humans. Come out so I can eat you humans."

"They sound wonderful."

"Oh they really are once you get past the eating humans part."

"Where are we going?" I decided to ask a more logical question since our witty banter was getting us nowhere. Instead of replying, she turned to someone in the crowd who was heading in the same direction. The stranger replied. "To the amphitheater for preparations of Hekatombaia." A pair of sea-green eyes looked at me for an explanation. "It's one of Argos' major festivals. They sacrifice a hundred cows and then make a feast out of them."

"That sounds painfully delicious."

We arrived at the amphitheater and everyone was taking their seats, though there was constant chatter about the horses. "We need to talk to the man in charge." I turned to Danni. She nodded in agreement. When everyone had settled down. There was a fanfare

and foot soldiers doing a complicated march. Suddenly the air filled with smoke and sparks. Out stepped a six foot six tall man with chestnut hair, clear, worried blue eyes and startling white teeth (I'm 150% sure it's bleached) stepped into the clearing. "I'm guessing he's the man in charge." Danni gaped. Then he started speaking in Greek and her eyes widened. "You don't speak Greek." She nodded. She looked like she was racking her mind to find the translation of what on earth he was saying. After a while she just gave up. I sighed. He spoke."Ta áloga akóma havent échoun sylli̱ftheí, allá tous kalýterous ántres mou eínai se af̱tó."

"The horses still haven't been captured but my best men are on it." I translated. Danni smiled her appreciation and nodded. "Tou boroún na sylli̱fthoún se chróno to festivál tha synechisteí akóma."

"If they can be captured in time the festival will go on."

"Allá an den ... Elpízo̱ na mi̱n chreiasteí na katévei se af̱tó ... Den tha ypárxei festivál."

"But if not...I hope it does not have to come down to this... There will be no festival." The crowd shouted their objections. Even Danni. "What! No delicious feast?!" I gave her 'really' look and she put her hands up and slumped against the seats. "I'm sorry but this must happen. If no one has anything to say I must be going now." He started to walk away. He paused. "An vreíte af̱toús den ta álogá mou."

"Don't hurt my horses?"

"So that you understand." She shrugged. I shook my head but thought about it. "That would mean he's Diomedes. A giant that was part of the seven against Thebes. He was called-"

"Whoa! All I needed was a name not a biography." Danni interrupted. "Anyways," I continued in an annoyed voice, "those are his man eating horses. And we need to talk to him."

"Done." Danni jumped out of her seat and raced towards him.

By the time I caught up to her, Diomedes and Danni were already past introductions. "We're here to get your horses back. And we're willing to start tomorrow."

He looked puzzled. "Why not today?"

"Duh we just got here." I jumped in.

"Well you can stay as my guests in my castle. And if you think you can take on my horses we shall have a test tomorrow."

"A test?"

"Yes. So you can prove that you're worthy enough to retrieve my horses."

A/N: now how do you think Danni will react?