Okay everyone, I came up with a name for this series, ready? Okay, you are reading the first book in the Defeaters of the Sky series. Also, there is nothing going on between Aria and Leo besides friendship. Maybe later on, but not now.
Khione gestured for her three most powerful minions to come over. It felt so good to have that Son of Jupiter under her thumb. "What do you need, my lady?" Asked the Sea Brat. Khione replied, "Find them, and bring them back. The Son of Hephaestus and I have some unfinished business, but our master needs the girl. Bring them both back alive." The three boys nodded and set off. The Son of Hades melted to shadows, the Son of the Sky Lord took flight, and the Son of Poseidon took off at a run. Khione smirked. They couldn't save Olympus this time.
Okay, so Leo's day hadn't gone exactly as planned. First, he wakes up, Aria is gone. Then, he finds out the whole dang camp is possessed by eidelons, not fun. Now, he's flying Festus with his unconhcious friend and trying to figure out where the Hades to go. Festus creaked something, and Leo said, "Festus. That. Is. The. Best idea I've heard today! Let's go to Camp Jupiter and pray to the gods that they have forgiven me for not meaning to fire on New Rome!"
Reyna strolled through the streets of new Rome. Thank the gods that Hephaestus boy didn't cause too much damage. She grabbed a muffin from the bakery and sat down on a bench. Aurum and Argentum sniffed around curiously. The Vulcan kids had been able to fix them after that incident when getting the Athena Parthenos to Camp Half Blood. Suddenly, she heard a loud roar from a love and looked up. A huge metal dragon was careening toward Camp Jupiter. She looked closer and saw a rider on top, and even closer examination lead to the fact that there were two. No, wait, one of them was unconscious. And, was that Leo? Then who was that girl in front of him. Reyna ran across the square and into the field of Mars. She looked up again cupped her hands around her mouth. She yelled, "Leo Valdez! Land your dragon over here!" She kept shouting and waving her arms, trying to get Leo's attention. Finally, the dragon turned and started heading toward her. It landed and Leo clambered off. Reyna noticed that his face was dead serious. "Reyna," he said, "I need your help. This is my friend Aria and I'll explain more about her later. Now, she needs medical help. She overused her powers and I don't know what to do!" Reyna nodded and sent Aurum to go get the Apollo kids. Then Leo continued, "The whole of calm half blood has been possessed by eidelons! Don't let any of them in, including Jason." Reyna nodded as the Apollo campers came running up the hill. They took Aria off of the dragon's back, and laid her on a stretcher. Then, they opened her mouth and poured Nectar in. Aria's eyes snapped open and she gasped. She tried sitting up, but immediately laid back down. "Ugh," she said, "why is the world blue? I'm pretty sure it wasn't like that before." Leo ran forward and hugged her. Then he said, "Do you remember what happened?" Aria grimaced, "Eidelons. And Percy. Oh my gods, my poor younger brother." Reyna looked at her confused. "Would you mind telling me who you are? Exactly?" Aria looked at Leo, who nodded. Then she said, "I am Aria Olympia Jackson, Child of the Pantheon, Daughter of Poseidon, Zeus, Hades, Hephaestus, Apollo, Ares, Iris, Athena, Demeter, and Aphrodite. Full blood sister of Percy Jackson." Reyna gaped and Aria told her the entire story. Reyna slowly nodded her head, and Aria shakily stood up. Then, Reyna lead them both into town.
Octavian heard footsteps coming up the alter and turned in time to see Reyna leading two others. Octavian recognized one of them. "Greek!" He exclaimed, "In my temple! I will not have it!" The other girl behind him glared and said, "I wouldn't talk to the most powerful demigod ever like that." She said. Octavian took a step back and said, "Who is this, now?" The girl growled and said, "Aria Olympia Jackon." Octavian's eyes widened. He had read that name somewhere. He ran over to his shelf and started rifling though scrolls, until he found it, a prophecy. It said
A halfblood of all the gods
Will survive against the odds
Aria Jackson will lead the way
To save Olympus on a fateful day
To far away lands, she must go
To places even the gods do not know
And face the clouds, the stars, the night
And be stuck in a nearly endless fight
The Heroes of Olympus shall be her aid
On her journey, far away.
Octavian turned around and gave Reyna the scroll, then he said, "Leave here, gracious. Both of you." Leo glared before leading Aria out of the temple, muttering something about, "stupid spindly romanus. Shoulda tossed him off the Argo II when I had the chance."
Aria made it about half way down the hill before she collapsed. They had been doing fine, although Leo noticed she had been slowing down, but she suddenly just fell down, shaking. Leo knelt beside her and started calling for Reyna, who came sprinting down the hill. "What happened?" She asked. Leo replied, "I don't know,Moshe just collapsed." Reyna cursed under her breath and said, "Leo, can you pull any fabric out of your bag? A blanket is what we need." Leo nodded and opened his toolbelt. He pulled out an 8 foot long, 4 foot wide peice of fleece out and handed it to Reyna, who laid it on the ground and rolled Aria onto it, who moaned. Then, she gathered up the front end and told Leo to gather up the back end, keeping it tight enough that Aria wouldn't fall out, but loose enough that she could breathe. Then, they set of at a fast pace, heading for the infirmary. When they burst through the doors of the white building, medics were surrounding Aria. One of them muttered, "poison." Another muttered, "Amphisbaena to be exact." A third said, "But how did she get it? There aren't any Amphisbaena around here." Everyone turned to Leo, who put his hands in the air in a, I surrender gesture, "Hey, I don't know either! We were just walking down the hill from the temple place where Octavian lives and she collapsed." All the medics turned back to Aria, who was now lying on an actual stretcher and being carted to a room. One of them noticed something on Aria's neck and pulled it off. It was a small dart. "This might have been it." He said. Leo thought back. Now he remembered. As they flew away from Camp Half Blood, something had whizzed past his ear. At the time, Leo had thought it was just a rock, but now... "Oh gods, Aria." He said, and leaned in to hug his feverish friend.