Chapter 11! I should've posted this chapter on Nov 11 at 11:11! Oh, well too bad for me. I left you guys on a cliffie last week, so let's start!
Chapter 11
Dawn's POV
I stood there speechless. Did May just make my tree explode? If she really is a daughter of Zeus then she's a daughter of one of the big three! Did May make my favorite tree explode? Finally I got the strength to say something,
"Really, how do you know?" I asked.
"Well, I was frustrated about not knowing who my godly parent was and I was also kind of mad I was being forced to go to school at midnight. Oh, crap, Drew!" May gasped and got her cell phone and dialed his number.
"Please pick up! Please please please pick up!" May said guiltily pacing back and forth.
I rolled my eyes. 'Yeah, right forced?' I thought sarcastically. I still couldn't believe May blew up my tree and is a daughter of Zeus. One of the big three! She must be really powerful. Misty was another daughter of the big three too. Misty and May are so lucky! Marina, Leaf, and I got the more minor gods for parents.
Don't get me wrong, I like being a daughter of beauty and love and all. Charmspeak is a lot of fun too, but it'd be nice if I was a daughter of a really powerful god. I snapped out of my thoughts to see May leaving in a big hurry.
"Bye, Dawn, I got to go!" May yelled from outside.
"Uhh bye?" I said.
Paul' POV
How did Oak know I had Dawn's address? He's such a moron. Well, then what does that make me? Agh!
"Stupid, troublesome, why'd you have to come into my life?" I grumbled.
"Who are you talking to, Paul?" My little sister, Lily called.
"None of your business!" I screamed back. A little girl with purple pigtails and a pink sundress came running down the stairs.
"Are you talking to yourself?" She said staring at me with her big brown eyes.
"No….." I said annoyed.
"Then who were you talking to?" She said raising her eyebrow.
"How do you know I wasn't on my cell phone?" I asked.
"Because your phone is on the table." She said sticking out her tongue.
'Crap, now how am I going to get rid of her?' I thought.
"Why don't you go play with your friends?" I huffed.
"Mom's not here to drive me to their house, so you're stuck with me." She stuck out her tongue again.
I rolled my eyes and turned on the TV. I turned on Disney for her and quietly snuck out of the room while she was occupied with the TV.
'Thank god!' I thought.
I got my cell and walked out of the house. I dialed Gary's number. After 3 rings he picked up.
"Gary Oak, here."
"Dude, can you pick me up to your house or something?" I said.
"Sure, Paul. I'll be there in a sec, bye."
"Bye." I ended the call and waited outside hoping Lily didn't notice I was gone. I stared up at the sky.
'I wonder what she's doing right now.' I thought.
Dawn's POV
The next morning May, Misty, Marina, and Leaf came over to help clean up the tree or should I say ash? May arrived first.
"Hey, Dawn, I'm really sorry about this. I know this was your favorite tree too." May apologized.
"It's fine, so did you fix things with Drew?" I asked.
"He wouldn't pick up, so I'll just have to say sorry to him at school." May smiled at me.
Misty arrived with Leaf.
"Hey, you needed us?" Misty said holding up a broom.
"Yeah, but first we need to wait for Leaf." I said grabbing a glass of water and sipping it.
"Somebody called?" Leaf said.
"Okay, everyone's here! Gather around everyone!" I said clapping my hands. The girls made a circle with Dawn.
"Well, yesterday May and I found out something important. May's a daughter of….. Zeus." I said holding my breath for dramatic silence.
"Really, how do you know?" Marina questioned.
"That's why we're at my house. May accidently blew up my tree with a lightning bolt." May blushed when I said this.
"Are you sure it was May?" Leaf questioned.
"Yeah, there weren't any clouds last night plus she even said she wanted it to happen right then." I said thinking about last night.
"Ugh, we're here because we need to clean?" Misty complained.
"Yup, so let's get to work!" I said running out my backyard. The others walked out slowly.
It took about an hour for us to remove all the soot and ash from the grass and an extra 30 minutes for us to remove the stump.
"Dang it, May, why'd you have to destroy a tree? Why couldn't you kill something small like a squirrel?" Misty groaned.
"I was frustrated I guess." May shrugged.
"May, I swear if you weren't one of my best friends I'd kill you." I said rubbing my sore arms.
"Yeah right, like you could." May teased.
"You want to bet?" I said. Then there was a moment of silence. May and I burst out laughing.
"You guys are so weird, but I guess that's why you're my best friends." Marina said.
"Aww, thanks! I try." I joked.
"You guys are the worst you know that?" Leaf said recovering from her exhaustion. Misty rolled her eyes.
"We love you too, Leaf." May said.
"I knew there was a good reason why I chose you guys as my friends." Misty grinned.
Paul's POV
Gary and I were watching a movie because we were bored out of our minds. My cell phone started ringing.
"Hey" I said.
"Paul, are you with Gary?" Drew was on the other end asked.
"Yeah, why?" I asked.
"We've got an emergency. Go grab your stuff and tell Gary to meet with us at the park." Drew said hanging up. I shoved my cell phone in my pocket.
"Gary, there's an emergency in the park." I said grabbing my skull ring. I squeezed it and it turned into the pitch black sword it was when I first got it. Gary got his bracelet and turned it into his smoky sword.
"Okay, I'm ready." Gary said getting up. I nodded and then we ran towards the park.
At the park still Paul's POV
When Gary and I got there the park was 3 harpies. They're small winged creatures with the body of a bird and the head and torso of a woman. Which meant they were going to be a little tricky killing them since they were small and fast. Drew, Ash, and Jimmy were already fighting them. Jimmy must've gotten his sword because he was using it. I looked at Gary and he nodded we charged in. The closer we got the more hisses from harpies we could hear.
One was trying to claw out Drew's eyes. Luckily he slashed one of the wings off. It fell off and turned to a pile of ash. Ash wasn't having much luck, so I intervened and stabbed it straight through the head. Gary must've helped Jimmy because we were all covered with tiny harpy parts. Drew was the last one to finish.
"Ha, I beat you! Now you owe me 10 bucks!" Jimmy said holding out his hand towards Drew.
"Fine." Drew grumbled and handed him the money.
"You guys had a bet to see who could kill the monster first?" Gary sweat dropped.
"Yeah, we were bored, so we made a wager to see who could beat who first and if Gary hadn't helped Jimmy then I would've won too!" Drew said.
"Who cares it's just 10 dollars you'll get it back." Jimmy said smirking.
"Yeah, but it hurts my manly pride." Drew said feigning being hurt.
"What manly pride? All you can do is flip your pretty hair and give roses to a brunette?" Gary said smirking. Drew blushed.
"You guys are so annoying." I said.
"We love you too, Paul." Gary said giving me a man hug. I instantly pushed him aside.
"I guess that's why you're my friends. You guys just love to piss me off." I grumbled.
"That and the fact that you have a crush on someone the very opposite of you." Drew said smirking. This time I blushed, but slightly less than Drew. Drew and Gary high fived.
Ash and Jimmy rolled their eyes, but laughed anyways. We decided we needed to rid ourselves of harpy guts and went to our own houses to shower.
Dawn's POV
We finally finished cleaning up everything. We even planted new grass where the tree used to be.
"I'm so tired I could sleep on a bed of rocks!" I complained rubbing my soreness, which was everywhere!
"Well, we're done, Dawn, so now we can do whatever we want." Marina said going into my house and collapsing on the nearest thing she could find. It was the floor. We giggled at her.
"If I wasn't so tired I would so get you!" Marina said lying on the floor. May and Misty sat down on my lawn chairs drinking lemonade. Leaf was trying to remove a tree branch out of her hair. I trudged over to her and helped her,
"Thanks." Leaf said sitting on the grass. She pat the spot next to her. I sat down. Well, lay down.
"What do you guys want to do right now?" I asked.
"Nothing." Leaf said lying down next to me.
"Okay." I said closing my eyes. My dream was really weird. I could see everything crystal clear. There was a beautiful woman and a really burly looking guy.
'What the heck is going on here' I wondered.
"Who are you?" I spoke. The woman looked at me and gasped.
"Dawn?" She said.
"How do you know me?" I demanded.
"I'm Aphrodite, the goddess of love and beauty or you could say mom." She smiled. Her smile was gorgeous. Everything about her was beautiful, her clothes, make up, etc.
"Then who's that with you?" I asked tilting my head.
"That's my husband Hephaestus." Aphrodite said.
"Really, that's your husband?" I asked.
"Yeah, but the point is you're here because we need you to help us. You see I lost my mirror and I need you to find it." She said frowning.
"Your mirror? Can't you just get a new one?" I asked.
"No, it's the most powerful thing I possess. It can grant any one person a wish. If you retrieve it for me I will grant you one wish. Now I can't leave my throne, but you can move around freely, but I do not know where it is, so do you accept my offer?" She said.
"I don't know. Is there a rule for wishing?" I said.
"Smart girl, yes if you wish for something, something of equal value has to be offered, but since you are my daughter I will let you wish for anything you desire most." She smiled mysteriously. It gave me goose bumps.
"Then yes, I accept, but is there any clue you can give me?" I asked.
"Yes, seek out a son of Hades. He has something that will guide you on your journey. Now with that I bid you a due." She waved her arm and I woke up. I was in my bed and it was nighttime.
"What a weird dream. Was it real?" As if Aphrodite heard me a dove flew in carrying a present. I opened it and inside was a beautiful charm bracelet. It had 3 beads on it spelling 'yes.' It was enough for me to figure out I needed Leaf's help figuring this out for me.
I had a really hard time writing this chapter and I know it's Sunday, but yesterday I was super busy I had tons of junk to do, so I hope this is a good chapter and you all forgive me. Oh, and please review!