So, Durthee's character will be in this chapter! Just so you know, the character's name is Claire.

The weapons! This made Isabel quite excited! Isabel will be claimed in this chapter, so get ready for the reveal!

So, without further ado, here's chapter 10!

Chapter 9

Isabel's POV

Piper and I were still covered in paint, but I didn't really care. Xena walked into the shed with me, and I swear her eyeballs almost popped out of head.

"We get to use these?" Xena asked incredulously. Piper walked in and nodded. Xena looked around and picked up a silver dagger. "Is this real silver?" she asked. Piper walked over to her and nodded. "Can I have it?" she asked.

"Yeah, but you won't really be able to use it unless you come across bad wolves. Silver is one of the only things that can kill them," Piper explained. "So you might want to pick a second weapon."

"What about this?" Xena asked, picking up a bronze sword. It was sort of ridged on one side, kind of like a saw blade. "That's Celestial bronze. It's a common material used to make demigod weapons," Piper said.

"Sooo… I can use it?" she asked flatly. She always was impatient. Piper sighed and nodded.

"What about my weapon?" I asked. Jason walked over to where I stood.

"Well, it would be easier if we knew who your parent was-" he was interrupted by a glowing golden light. It seemed to be coming from… me!?

I looked up and yelped. Above me hovered a golden image of a harp-like instrument- a lyre- and a sun in the middle.

Everybody in the weapons shed kneeled.

"Hail Isabel Truan, daughter of Apollo, god of the Sun, music, archery, prophecies, and healing," Piper said.

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After the image faded, I stood there in complete shock. My father was Apollo?

Before I could do anything else, something materialized in my hand. It was a bow, but there was no quiver of arrows. "What's that?" Xena asked shakily.

"It's a bow," I replied quietly, my voice a small whisper. Suddenly I had an idea. "Stand back," I told them. They moved aside, and I lifted my bow. I wasn't quite sure what I was doing, just that I knew that I had to do it. When I pulled back the string, the bow still unloaded, an arrow materialized. My friends' eyes widened. I fired the arrow.

It shot perfectly straight, sticking in the wall right between to close swords that hung close together. "How did you…" Piper began.

"I don't know," I answered honestly. "I think her dad gave her a magic item." Okay, that was a really strange sentence to hear, especially because it was being said to me.

"Well, I got somebody to help with training today," Piper said. We followed her out the shed, and I strung my new magic bow to my back.

Wow, I thought, my dad is Apollo. And he just gave me a magic bow. Never thought that would go through my mind…

We stopped at what seemed to be a training arena. Several other kids and teenagers were slicing up dummies, practicing maneuvering skills on each other, or shooting arrows or javelins at targets.

"Are we training here?" I asked. Jason and Piper both nodded.

A girl that looked about fourteen or fifteen came walking over to us. She had very straight blond hair that fell past her shoulders, gray eyes, and an unreadable expression. She wore an orange tee shirt under leather armor, jeans, and white Converse sneakers. A bronze sword hung sheathed at her side.

"Hi," she said. "I'm Claire Duncan. I'll be helping you guys train today." We nodded. "Have they been claimed yet?" she asked the other two. Piper and Jason both nodded. "Zeus and Apollo," he said.

"I can see. The bow kind of gives it away. You'll train with Will. He's one of your half-siblings," Claire told me. I nodded.

"Oh," she said, turning back to Piper and Jason. "I Iris-messaged Annabeth again. She said that she will be coming back to visit soon with a couple of friends." They nodded, and Piper whispered something to Jason. He nodded.

"So, you follow me," Claire told me. I obeyed, walking with her. "So, who's your parent?" I asked her. "Athena," she answered simply. "She's the goddess of wisdom, crafting, and battle strategy." I nodded.

"So, what's your name?" she asked.

"Isabel."

"Cool. Hey Will!" she yelled to a tall blonde boy, who was firing arrows at a target. The boy, who must've been Will, walked over to Claire and I.

"Yeah?" he asked. "This is your new half-sister, Isabel. You can show her stuff," Claire told him.

"Oh. Well Isabel, I'm Will Solace. My dad's Apollo too," he said. I nodded.

"Well, you two have fun firing arrows at circles. I'm gonna go help train the other new kid, the daughter of Zeus," Claire said, and walked off.

"Wait, there's another child of Zeus?" Will asked, clearly puzzled.

"Yeah, long story. Now let's go fire at the circles or whatever," I said, and walked over to an available target.

I pulled off my bow and lifted it up. "I may not be a child of Athena, but I'm pretty positive that you need an arrow to shoot," Will said behind me. "Nope," I said, pulling back the string. The arrow appeared, and I fired it straight for the bullseye. And naturally, my aim was perfect.

This is gonna be fun, I thought, ready to shoot another magic arrow.

I didn't know it then, but fun was everything this wasn't going to be.

Oooh, suspense! So Isabel's dad is Apollo! And Claire, the daughter of Athena, was Durthee's character since he/she guessed that correctly! I may use Claire again later on in the story, just a heads-up.

I will try to keep my updates up as much as I can, because my winter break ends tomorrow! D:

And I decided to start writing Band AU for PJO/HoO, so you can check that out!

Please review, it would help me out so much!

~ajlutz04~