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The next morning, I woke up. I packed my backpack with everything I'd need- clothes, undergarments, mortal money, drachmas, food, water, and a little bit of nectar and ambrosia. All the girls were probably packing like that too, although Evie would carry makeup and all her beauty products.
Hannah and I walked out together. I was a little scared-no, a LOT scared-but what the Hades, this would be fun-ish, I guess?
My mom and dad were waiting for me. My dad's shoulder was bandaged, but he looked fine. All the girls plus Carter came along eventually.
"Hey, Mr. and Mrs. Jackson," Carter acknowledged.
"Hello, Carter," my dad replied. "Just call us by our first names, Percy and Annabeth."
"Um, okay, Mr. Ja-Percy." Carter corrected himself in time. I snickered.
"Bye, mom. Bye, dad. And mom, I'm sorry I yelled at you last night." I gave both of them a hug.
"I understand." I was almost as tall as my mom. "Good luck. Don't die. We love you."
"Iris-message us if you need help," Dad added.
"Don't worry. I will," I assured. "Thanks. Get better soon, dad."
"You're worth a thousand bullets." my dad smiled and kissed the top of my head.
"Aww!" Evie cooed. "Romance!"
"Eww," Brooke muttered. "Romance."
"Thanks." Hannah smiled. "I doubt she will want to be watched over though."
"It's weird. You are Annabeth's half sister, making you Emily's aunt." Savannah had her bow on her back and her bag in one hand.
"I did not need to know that." Evie sighed. Her backpack was pink and glittery. It had a lot of pockets, but Evie looked like she had some sense and carried food and water. I think she also had mortal money and drachmas. I saw something green and something else...
My parents walked us to the ship Poseidon gave us, and I spun around. "Mom, dad, stop stalking me. I'm twelve years old! You went on your first quest at twelve."
"We know. We just love you too much for you to die." Mom gave me a final hug. "IM us often."
"Nice ship. I don't know if you've got them yet but these are the coordinates for the place you have to go. It's not Mount Othrys. Annabeth's family checked Othrys out. You have to go to an island in the west- it's the middle of nowhere off the coast of Mexico." Dad gave me a hug too.
"An island?" I whispered. "Thanks, dad."
"No problem. Now go." My dad let go of me. "Go to the island."
"Coming... captain?!" Hannah called.
I was CAPTAIN! Three cheers for myself!
I walked up the wooden board onto the ship. My friends and Brooke set the sails. I waved to my dad.
"Thank you! Bye!"
Gods! I thought. You'd think this is a Disney movie. I should burst into song.
"No," I corrected. "We set sail to this island. My mom's parents checked out Othrys."
"Now what?" Savannah asked.
"We wait. We sail," Evie answered.
Ships were really boring. I learned that the hard way. We were sailing down the coast of the United States.
"Rock, paper, scissors, shoot!" Hannah and Evie screamed.
"I win!" Hannah screamed, throwing her hands in the air.
"Best of 947?" Evie suggested.
"You're on!" Hannah answered.
I looked at the waves. I sat with my feet over the railing. I heard footsteps behind me.
"Hey." Savannah walked up.
"Hi, Savannah," I replied. "Something wrong?"
"I'm hoping Zeus won't make a storm and Poseidon won't make the waves go... BOOM!" Savannah used her hands as an effect.
I laughed and thunder clapped. "You jinxed it! I should throw you over!"
"I'm sorry!" Savannah laughed. "Don't! Don't you dare!"
To prove my point I drenched her with water. "Eh. Good enough."
"Hey!" Savannah smiled. "I should start a mutiny!"
"WOAH!" Brooke called. "WE SHOULD GO ASHORE!"
"Yeah!" I flipped my legs over the side. "We've gotta go!"
I ran around locking everything down. I heard my friends yelling be at each other and we finally got to the shoreline.
"Now we wait." We all decided to sleep.
"What could the gods be arguing about?" Carter asked.
"Good question. I don't know," Evie answered.
Then everything started to go black.
I was on Mount Olympus. The gods all looked worried. They were all chattering and then they saw me.
"Emily Jackson." Zeus said.
"Lord Zeus." I bowed.
"Emily Jackson, your quest is a quest to find the rebels. They are old demigod followers of Kronos. There are also some demigod children like you from two gods who have been taught wrong. They think the gods are neglecting them." Zeus explained. "They have been claimed, though. They might try to rise Kronos again."
"But..." I gasped. "I thought he was spread so thin he couldn't form a consciousness again. Since gods and Titans can't die, I mean."
"We hoped that," Poseidon sighed. "Some of the other hateful Titans may be helping."
"Oh..." Oh my gods. WHAT?!
"We'll try to keep the storms down so you can sail but there might be Titans trying to stop you, so there may be some storms, like the one that you are waiting out," Zeus added.
"Great." I nodded. "Will do."
"You're waking up." Demeter nodded. "Your friends are worried."
"We'll see you soon," Athena called.
"EMILY?" Savannah was staring at me. "Oh my gods you scared us. You just blacked out."
"A message from the gods," I explained. Then I told them everything that they had said.
"So there's a Titan near us. Maybe Oceanus, Titan of the sea!" Hannah snapped her fingers. "Oh crap!"
"We also sort of set sail again," Evie pointed at the sails. We were pretty far from land.
The boat started rocking. "Oh dang this!"
"AHH!" Evie fell on the deck.
"I'll be back! If I don't return, go to the island!" What I was about to do was crazy and insane.
"What are you doing?!" Savannah called.
"I'm going to Poseidon's palace!" I called back.
"WHAT THE HADES?!" Brooke screamed at me. "YOU IDIOT!"
"Don't jump!" Evie raised her hand.
"I've got to." Gray clouds were overtop of me. It was another movie scene. My hair was blowing in the wind while the storm rolled in. "Hannah, you're un charge."
I stood on the edge of the ship and jumped. I did a dive in the water and started to swim deeper. Yes, I was crazy.
The water was getting colder and I could sense more pressure. "Where am I? Hmm..."
"Emily?" I turned around to see Poseidon, my... grandfather. #awkward!
"Hi, Lord Poseidon." I respectfully tried to bow. It's not easy in water. Seriously! You try it.
"Why are you here?" he questioned.
"I got the message from the gods. I'm here to send Oceanus or whoever the Hades it is down a trench." I slammed my fist and hand together.
"Where's your crew?" Poseidon asked.
"I jumped off. If Oceanus is defeated, they will sail safe." I grabbed Riptide.
"Riptide... my son's old sword..." Poseidon stared at it. "You really should go back. I should send you back. But, as long as you're here, you can stay... for a little while."
I sighed in relief. "Yes! Now let's go kick some Titan butt!"
When we got to Poseidon's palace, the palace looked fine, just a little thrashed. I looked around. It was so beautiful! I could also see... Greek fire burning?
"Greek fire," I noticed.
Poseidon nodded, then walked over to a lady with black hair and I heard him whisper something like "keep her safe and don't let her blow up anything."
I guessed the woman was Amphitrite. Also known as a demigod's spelling nightmare. I could barely spell Aphrodite.
Amphitrite smiled. "I think your friends are safe. Don't blow anything up. I'm going to go bake cookies."
She walked out.
I stiffed a laugh. Don't blow anything up? That could happen... I am a demigod, after all... We have a tendency to be dangerous and blow stuff up.
Smash! A giant crab smashed through the wall. I screamed and drew Riptide. The crab turned towards me and I backed up.
"Nice crabby crab crab?" I asked. "Please?"
The crab growled in response. I screamed and I ran, slashing it as I went. Amphitrite was just turning the corner with her cookies when I slammed into her and the cookies.
"AHHH!" Amphitrite screamed.
I remembered crabs had a soft spot on their stomachs. The crab and I played a game of chicken and I slid under the crab's stomach and stabbed it. It dissolved on the spot. Onto me, too!
"Hey, Am..." Uh oh. Poseidon. I'm so dead.
"What is going on here?!"
Thanks a lot, dumb crab. I'm demigod toast.