Hello guys, I know that I am honestly updating at the random but I managed to go a new chapter in relatively good time.

Change to author's note. READ IF YOU WANT TO KNOW ABOUT ALEX. MIGHT CHANGE LATER (WILL LET YOU KNOW.)

Alex is the youngest son of the ancient lord of the Sky Ouranos, or Uranus (Greek and Roman names). After Gaea revealed her plan to kill his father, his mother (a mortal Greek magician) cast a spell on him and sent him into centuries of sleep. She then hid him in the one place Gaea would never look, Tartarus. She also gave her son a wrist band that would turn into a sword (something that belonged to his father) At this time Alex was 12. But when Zeus lost his lightning bolt Alex woke up. Then he spent until Aria fell into Tartarus trying to piece together what had happened to him. He did manage to do so, along with finding out he had a sister.

YOU KNOW THE REST. =)

Anyway Here's the chocolate- Chapter! I meant chapter!

Alex

I found some clothes that looked like they would fit me and I threw them on. The strange thing was that they didn't look like anything I was used to. But I figured I'd rather be dressed strangely than running around in filthy clothes. I looked at my reflection in a bronze mirror (At least one thing was normal) , I was now dressed in dark colors, the shirt had a skull pattern on it and my pants were black. The dark leather bracelet on my wrist seemed to blend into my fashion better now. With a final sigh, I opened my door and stepped out, my jaw dropped.

I stood in the middle of a hallway, decked out with insane technology. "What on earth?" I asked staring at the glowing map of the boat.

Now, I was no stranger to odd occurrences, but this just blew me out of the water. It was unlike anything I was used to, and being a fisherman in the Mediterranean, that was saying a lot. I glanced in confusion around me, the hallway was crowded with monsters but none of then were even so much as hostile towards me. In fact a few even raised their hands in warm greeting. What on earth was going on here?

I heard a cold voice, one I somehow recognized. "Alex, we need to talk."

I turned around and met a tall boy with short cropped blonde hair, sun-kissed skin, handsome features, but they were ruined by a jagged scar accross his face. Strangely, the thing that scared me the most was that I felt like I knew him.

"Why?" I asked.

"I can tell you what's going on."

Aria

I'd already tried half a dozen things in an attempt to find my weapons, but they were very well hidden and I was running out of time. I had maybe ten minutes left, not enough time to come up with a way to escape. There was no way I could rely on my magic to get me out of this either. Especially since my power supply wasn't very large without help from someone invading my head.

My eyes examined the room, there was the podium that Annabeth had nearly died on, a pile of splintered pencils, an ornate mirror leaning against the wall and a small chest in the corner of a room. I had already searched everything else until my fingers felt raw.

I scoured the pencils and found nothing. So I turned to the box.

It was simple and a little boring, but I figured there might not be a better place to search. I opened the chest. The only thing it contained was an old dusty rock. Nothing. I shut the lid with a fierce Snap.

I looked over at the mirror. Maybe. It was rather fancy, a full body frame of wood that rested delicately against the wall. A dozen or so gems were embedded in the oak, giving the article a regal look. I ran my hand along the side closest to the wall, nothing. I began looking around the edges, absolute zilch, zero, nada.

What now? I didn't have anywhere else to look. They didn't appear to be in the room. If only I had a hint... I remembered what the sphinx had said when I'd first asked about the clue, If I asked, I would have to tell her how I could do my magic. Not something I was keen on sharing. But, I didn't exactly want to get turned over to Kronos either. I growled and came to a decision.

I turned back to the monster, "Alright, what is the clue?"

She smiled. "I knew you'd ask eventually. A stone that once shone bright sits with me; You will find what you seek within the wood; If your knives matter to thee; you might look again, yes you should."

I bit my lip. Stone? What stone? What did it mean "look again"? I thrust my hands in the air. "Now you give a riddle?! Why not when Annabeth was asking!?"

The sphinx looked perplexed. "What do you mean? The other questions I asked were riddles."

I sighed and let the topic drop, returning my attention to finding the weapons. Look again, very helpful. I'd already searched everything in the room. So I turned my attention to the second line, You will find what you seek within the wood. There wasn't that much wood in the room, so I figured should probably deal with that.

My first assumption was the pencils, until I remembered the first line. No way. I looked back at the mirror, it made sense.

I thought about looking along the edges again, but that didn't really reveal much last time. So I took a deep breath and put my hand against the glass. My hope was to summon my knives from the mirror. But that would only work if they were really there. I thought about how much the weapons meant to me. How much I really needed them back. Then I reached through the mirror and pulled. Nothing happened. They weren't there.

Then a sudden thought flew into my head. A stone! Gods that should have been obvious!

"One minute of your time remaining!" The monster sang gleefully.

I cursed and dashed towards the box. I opened it, still the only thing inside was the rock. I thought for a moment. Within the wood. I grabbed the stone and hefted in in my hand. I met the monster's eyes for a split second, then brought rock down hard onto the chest.

I started to panic when nothing happened. I continued to hammer the wood, but it didn't even crack.

The Sphinx chipped. "Times u-"

I never heard the end of her sentence, instead my emotions exploded in my mind. Fear. Rage. Confusion. Sadness. All of them. They bundled together and I channeled them into my next words."Ha-di!"

The box exploded, sending shards of wood flying across the room. I wasn't prepared in time and the force of my spell set me off balance, sending me crashing disoriented into the ground. My head collided with something rock solid and pain raced through my mind. A metallic taste filled my mouth and I reached a shaking hand up to my head. It came back covered in a bright crimson liquid. The last thing I remember, my hands were closing around my knives, and the Sphinx loomed over me.

"You played well, demigod." She said coldly, "but I win."

Then everything went black.

So I'm going to try to update every weekend, but I hope you are still enjoying the story. I am really sorry, my life has just been out of control lately.