Hey! Thank you everybody for the wonderful reviews and, 'happy early birthdays'. Lol! This is the technically the 9th chapter because 8th was only a note, so yea. ENJOY!

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"Where is it!" She shrieked at the silent crowd.

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Aphrodite looked like she wanted hurt each and every one of us. Her beautiful face was had tears streaming down her cheeks, her hair was messy, and she had a scowl on her face. That was the total opposite of the goddess of beauty.

"Where is it?" she choked out. Her eyes scanned the room and rested on me and the two gods. She walked towards us.

'Where were you?" she asked us.

"The Garden," I answered. "Why?"

"You're not telling the truth." She sneered in my face.

"There telling the truth," Apollo confirmed. "I can feel it."

"Humph," she stared at Apollo, but eventually believed him for his was the god of truth. "Very well."

"Daughter, what is it that is making you so angry?" Zeus stepped forward with concern in his voice.

"My dress." She answered.

"What? Seriously? That's so dumb!" Some minor god yelled out.

"Shut up! That dress is my army dress. It was washed in the banks of the River Styx. It is invincible, which makes it perfect for war. And I know that the gods know that if I don't fight with them in war, we will lose" Aphrodite got all up the minor gods face. Her face was apple red with anger, and her hair was starting to get frizzy. Some of her kids walked over to their mother and started fixing her up, but the goddess didn't even bother to say thank you. Not fight in war! That's crazy! I thought.

"Yes, it is crazy, so I better find my most prizes possession." She turned to me in one swift move.

"What if I find it?" I stepped forward.

"If I couldn't find, why would you?" she said.

"Because . . . I have more space. Remember, the gods can't just walk into others territory, but others can. Plus, I was made for the job. Why do you think I was a . . . . Creation?" I choked the last part out. Hot tears sprang into my eyes. Behind me, I heard the two gods shuffle nervously. Aphrodite studied me.

"Fine. You have one while week and you can only take four friends with you." She looked around trying to look for someone who was willing to step forward.

"I'll go" Annabeth stepped forward.

"Me too" Clarisse said.

"Me Three" Katie smiled at me and took a step towards me.

"Count me in!" Nico seemed to appear out of nowhere, but for some reasons he was grinning stupidly like he had just had won the grand prize for something.

"What about me?" Percy demanded.

"Your staying, bro." I told him.

"Yeah . . . Lover Boy." Nico snickered, and I also cracked a small smile.

"Are they seriously fighting over some quest?" A voice said from the crowd.

"Well then. You have exactly 6 and half days to find my dress. And if you don't . . . . Well, then its bye, bye Olympus." She smiled sweetly at us.

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Aphrodite had let the five of go, but was keeping the rest hostage . . . even the gods, till we returned with the dress. I walked with the rest of them towards Camp Half-Blood.

We all walked in silence in our formal clothes.

"Hey!" a voice said behind me. I tuned and saw that it was Nico.

"Hey," I smiled. "Where were you?"

"At the ball, why?"

"Because I didn't see you."

"Yeah you did."

"No"

"Yes. We shared a close moment together." His eyes sparkled and he jogged over to Annabeth.

Special moment? I searched my brain, but came up with nothing.

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