HEYYYYYY! So, I decided to write ths chpter today, cuz I waz . Nyway, here it iz! Hmm… maybe I'll write tha nxt one too… Nyway, I put up a poll on mi profile about how u guys wnt tha story to end. SO u cn go thr, nd vote. Bt, if ur lazy (like me) U cn just vote in a review, but I'd rather u voted on tha poll. It's jst easier. I'll tell u tha choices at tha end of tha chpter if u wnted to vote through a review. K, on wif tha story!
Also, thnx to peace-love-PIE. They had the idea of making the real truth come out, nd tht waz tha flashbacks! So, thnx peace-love-PIE! Luv ur screen name! :D
Disclaimer: I am not a dude. Therefore I am not Rick Riordan. Meaning that I couldn't POSSIBLY own the PJO series. There lawyers! Happy? Also, I don't own Kung Fu Panda. I used an idea from it in case u were wondering…
Naiomi POVOk, so fighting my mom—the goddess of Wisdom, and Battle Strategy—was hard. And by hard, I mean impossible. It was almost as if she could read my thoughts! I barely even had time to defend myself from her attacks! Hmm, maybe it wasn't such a good idea to pick a fight with goddess of wisdom… ah whatever! At least I'm getting my revenge. Sort of…
My mother laughed, and thrust at my shoulder. I easily parried.
"Give it up, Naiomi!" She shouted. "You can't beat the goddess of Wisdom and Battle Strategy! Soon you'll be dead, and Derek will be all MINE!"
Oh NO! That's IT! NO ONE goes NEAR MY DEREK! I sliced, and stabbed at my mother with newfound speed. She actually looked scared. Wow. With ease, I knocked her blade out of her hand. I was about to slice at her throat, but something swooped down, and snatched it out of my hands. GAH! Damn owls! Curse my mother's sacred bird!
The owl deposited the blade in my mother's hand, and swooped towards me. My eyes widened at the sight of its talons. But it didn't kill me! It grabbed my shirt in it's claws, and began to lift me in the air! Pretty soon others joined it, and I was being carried all the way to Olympus. Ugh. I hated that place. Last time I was there… well… things weren't too pretty.
Flashback
I sat in the library, looking through stacks and stacks of books about space. I wanted to be an astronomer someday. The thought of space amazed me! It was fun to think of alternate universes that could lie beyond our own. It's simply fascinating!
My studies were interrupted when my mother walked in. She noticed my books, and raised a sharp eyebrow. "Reading about space again, I see?"
I smiled. "Yes, mother. You know how much I want to be an astronomer some day. After the upcoming war is over, and the Titans are defeated."
As soon as I said that, her eyes flashed with pain, and, strangely, guilt. "Yes…I am well aware Naiomi. But, um, back to why I came here. Zeus is calling a meeting for all of the gods. He wants all of you to come too."
I nodded. "Yes mother." I left my book open, thinking that I would be able to come back after the meeting. If only I had known how wrong I was…
The entire walk there, I tried to talk to my mother, but she seemed very upset about something. It seemed that every time I spoke, it caused her more pain. I tried not to be offended. After all, my mother is goddess of Wisdom and Battle Strategy. Maybe I she thinks I'm not doing well enough in my lessons, and she's ashamed by me. I'd have to try harder to make her happy, and proud of me.
When we reached the throne room, all the major gods (except for Hades. He hadn't arrived yet) were standing around with their children standing next to them. It was strange that they weren't on their thrones. The gods are always on their thrones for all our other meetings. What made this one different?
We had to wait for Con and Hades to arrive, so we just stood around and talked to our godly parents. Or at least we tried to. The gods and goddesses didn't seem very chatty today. Not even Aphrodite, Apollo, or Hermes! And they're the most talkative, annoying gods around!
I glanced over at my mother. She seemed to be making an effort not to look at me.
"Mother?" I said, placing a hand on her shoulder. "What is it? Have I done something wrong?"
She sighed, and looked at me with hurt-filled eyes. "Naiomi, it's not what you've done. It's what I've done. I've done something terribly unforgivable, and now, everyone will get hurt because of it."
"What do you mean mother?" I asked in confusion. It wasn't like my mother to make mistakes. In fact she never made mistakes. She's the goddess of wisdom! Shouldn't she always think things through, and make sure no one gets hurt?
My mother blinked back tears, and replied with sadness clear in her voice. "Naiomi… the reason we're at this meeting is—"
Suddenly, the shadows thickened in the room, forming two figures. Then the shadows cleared, and standing in the throne room was Hades, and Con.
But they both had strange expressions. Hades looked sad, and depressed as if he had just found out that he only had three weeks to live. And Con a bit sad too, but he mostly looked angry, and betrayed. Kind of like when you get in a fight with your best friend. You're sad about loosing them, angry about what they did, and you feel like they betrayed you by not being a good friend. Hades had a firm grip on Con's arm, as if he were afraid his son would make a run for it or something. But judging by Con's tense posture, I suspected that he would.
Zeus cleared his throat, pulling everyone's attention from the god of death, and his son. "Well, it appears that everyone has arrived," The king of the god's said. He too sounded sad. "So, I must tell you all why you're here. Well, you are all doing very well in your training. And your powers are increasing quickly." He cleared his throat again before continuing. "Now, Athena has brought it to our attention," All the demigods in the room stared at my mother. Including me. Exactly what did she bring to Zeus's attention? "That you are each very powerful. Too powerful. And, I'm afraid that we must… umm… dispose of you."
Everyone went silent. The gods were looking guiltily at the floor while the demigods stared at their parents in horror. The only person who didn't look shocked was Con. He was just glaring at his dad with a look of pure hatred as if he was thinking: "How can you let happen to me?"
After a few more minutes of silence, the shock wore off of me, and I shouted; "WHAT?" Everyone jumped. "DISPOSE OF US?" I screamed in rage. "So what, now we're not important to you? Now you don't care?"
My mother looked like I had hurt her a lot with those last words. "What? No! I love you Naiomi, but—"
"But WHAT MOTHER?" I yelled. Then I looked around at all of the other gods. "We're your children, not an old, gross toothbrush! You can't just throw us away like we're useless!"
The other demigods seemed to break out of their shocked states, and they became angry as well. Then the room was filled with shouting. All of the demigods were yelling at their godly parents while their godly parents were trying to calm them down. This went on for about five minutes until Zeus shouted, "SILENCE!" His loud voice shook the throne room, and everyone fell silent.
The king of the gods sighed. "Now, I'm sorry, but you are all too powerful. If you were to join the titans, that would spell disaster." He looked at his own two children. "Lexton, Lili, I'm so sorry." Then he stepped over to his daughter, and began to glow with an aura of power. But then, all Hades broke loose. Lexton tackled his father to the ground, and suddenly all of the demigods were fighting their parents! It was like an all out war! It was sad really, but this is what we had to do. If we wanted to live…
End of Flashback
Eli POV
Oh gods. Fighting my dad was SO easy! He's so un-athletic, and slow. In mere seconds, his sword was on the ground, and my blade was aimed at his neck.
"Eli," he said. "You don't want to hurt me. You think you do, but you really don't."
I rolled my eyes. "Please, you don't know anything about me!"
He blinked. "I know a lot about you! I know your favorite color is red, your favorite food is pizza, you still sleep with a nightlight, and you wear footy pajamas to bed."
At the end of his sentence, I was blushing like crazy! How did he know that! Hmm… maybe he did know a lot about me…
He used my moment of distraction, and embarrassment to leap away from my sword.
I was about to attack him again, but flames erupted from around me. They swirled around my body, but they didn't burn me. I was a fire user. But it did bring back memories… bad memories…
Flashback
I sat in the forge, hammering away on my newest blade. I intended to enchant it so that it would be so sharp, you could cut yourself just by looking at it! It was pretty cool. I was just about to hammer it once more when my father walked in.
"Hello son!" He exclaimed. "Whatcha working on?"
I smiled, and picked up my newest sword. The heat didn't bother me since I was a fire user. "I'm going to enchant it so it'll be so sharp, you can cut yourself just by looking at it!" I explained.
My father let out a hearty laugh. "A brilliant idea, Eli! But, I came to tell you that…" His cheerful expression changed to one of hurt. "That we have a meeting, and out children were instructed to come."
"Ok." I quickly cooled the blade, and set it down. "Let's go!"
End of Flashback
Seraphine POVOk, so my mother and I didn't fight with swords. We were too afraid of getting hurt. So, we just had a catfight. Which was ironic since I was a cat.
"EEEKKK!" My mother shrieked. "You're ruining my hair!"
"You're ruining my makeup!" I replied.
"UGH!" My mom exclaimed. "I hate fighting!"
"Me too!" But we still continued fighting anyway.
Suddenly, she pulled out a bottle of perfume, and sprayed me with it. A huge pink cloud engulfed me, and all I could see was PINK! Gah! This brought back bad memories…
FlashbackI stood in front of one of the many mirrors in my mother's room, fixing my hair, and doing my makeup. I knew I was already beautiful, but it never hurts to make a few improvements. I was just about to put on my lipstick when my mother walked in.
"Hello, darling!" She exclaimed. She tried to sound happy, but I knew she wasn't. Her usually cheerful eyes were dark and sad.
"What's wrong, mom?" I asked putting down the lipstick.
She sighed. "Oh, nothing. Zeus said we have to take our children to some stupid meeting. That's why I came to get you."
"Ok!" When I said that, however, she looked a bit disappointed. As if she were hoping I wouldn't go. But I did go! And that was the biggest mistake of my life…
Heyyy! So, I know tha part about Seraphine ! Bt I waz tired when I wrote it, so… yea. Nyway, sry tha Naiomi part waz so long. I jst started writin it, nd thn I couldn't stop! K, the nxt chpter iz about Lili (Hera), Dave (Demeter), and Nicholi and Malachi (Hermes) K, byeee!
Also, PLZZZZZZZZ REVIEW! I'm trying to c if I cn gt up to a hundred reviews for ths story!
K, here's tha choices:
The gods convince their kids to be good people, and they all live happy ever after! (lame)
The gods try to turn the Dark Dreamers back into animals, but they accidentally hit the counselors. (Thnx to SmIleY FaCiAl, greekghostgirl, nd rebecca calzone for tha idea!) And I make a sequel! :D
So, there's tha choices! Bt u cn still vote on tha poll if u wanna. Or u cn vote through a review. Whichever u choose. I personally suggest poll so I don't have to count, bt u cn pick! Kk, byee! :D Wait! Hmm… I like to use winks too… OOH! I'LL COMBINE THEM!
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