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I'm back with the fifth chapter.

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Apollo appeared in Artemis's chamber and the goddess sighed. "One minute later and you'll be dead, dear brother."

Apollo let out a relieve sigh and sat down beside his sister on the bed. "Thanks for looking out, dear sister."

"It's fine." Artemis said while stroking her white deer's head. "But why are you helping me?"

Apollo rolled his eyes. "You're my sister and she's my niece. I don't see anything wrong by helping a family member."

"But aren't you curious about how I have a daughter?" Artemis asked.

"I can pretty much guess." Apollo scoffed. "I'm not being your twin brother for nothing, Artemis."

Artemis let out a small chuckle. "Thank you."

"For what?"

"Everything. But most of all, thank you for not pestering me and for helping me protecting her life."

"My pleasure." Apollo smiled. "Now I better go before anyone spots me for being in here. You're still grounded."

Artemis scoffed, and Apollo went out from her chamber. Once the door was closed, Artemis let out a small sigh. Her white deer tilted its head and then put it on her lap. Artemis smiled and stroke the deer's head once more.

"It'll be okay. She'll be okay." The goddess said.


Alex and his friends decided to set out in the next day's morning, as the sea was dangerous during darkness. It was preferable to enter the sea—especially the bottom part—when the sunlight had hit the ground. Even though the light wouldn't be able to pierce, but the sea would still recognize its light and it wouldn't be too dangerous.

Or they hoped so.

That night, Alex dreamed again. But this time, he was familiar with his surroundings. A memory kicked in and Alex widened his eyes as he recognized the place as the Olympians' throne room.

"Welcome."

Alex turned around and was greeted with a man's smiling face. A handsome man to be precise. He was lean and muscular, with a tousled spiked brown hair. He was wearing a simple cream-colored long-sleeved shirt with black pants and a pair of dark blue sneakers. There was one thing unusual from him, though. Unusual but cool.

He had a pair of different colored eyes. His left eye was brown, and his right eye was black jet.

"Who are you?" Alex asked.

The man smiled a bit wider. "You'll know when the time comes. Right now, there's something I have to give you."

He fished out something from his pocket and threw it to Alex. Alex caught it and raised an eyebrow as he eyed the perfume bottle.

"What is this?" Alex asked.

"A magical perfume." The man winked. "You have a child of Poseidon with you, right? Apollo didn't have much time before to give you this, so I take liberty in doing it. I'm sorry for bringing you to the throne room, but this room is the only place strong enough to help me materialize."

Alex blinked his eyes. "What do you mean?"

"Oops, seems like I talked a bit too much before the appropriate time." The man let out a chuckle. "Anyway, nice to meet you, Alex. And about the perfume, it will only give you 10 minutes. Better finish your business before the time is up and things goes ugly."

"How do you know my name and what do you mean by the 10 minutes limit?" Alex asked in surprise then a second later he scoffed. "You know what? Nevermind. I'm pretty sure you're going to say: 'this is not the right time for you to know'or something along that line."

The man laughed. "You got that right. Uh-oh, this place cannot support me any longer. Once again, it's nice to meet you, Alex. Oh, right, before I leave, I need to tell you something. Don't hesitate one bit when you make your choice, for you're making it alone. We know you will decide what is best for all of us. And good luck! I know you'll come back alive."

You have to make your choice alone, Brigitta's words suddenly rang in Alex's mind.

But wait. What did he mean by come back alive?

"Hey, wait—"

Alex's words were cut as the man suddenly turned into a white deer and his dream changed. This time, he was back at the desert. What differed from before was that Alex immediately spotted Kebechet who was walking slowly. She was a few meters away from Alex.

"Mommy?" Alex could hear her voice.

Alex tried to move his legs, but he was stuck. He tried to open his mouth to call out for her, but his voice was gone. Alex wanted to approach the goddess and told her that he will save her mother with his friends, but he couldn't do anything.

"Poor child."

Alex turned his head and saw a man was standing beside him. He had a bright red hair with a sand-colored skin, but a bit redder. He was looking at Kebechet's figure with a sad expression in his eyes.

"I hate to see my granddaughter like that."

Alex widened his eyes. Granddaughter. Who was Anput's parents? Wait, were the goddess's parents known? Alex tried to remember, but he couldn't find any memories regarding Anput's parents. If it wasn't her parents, then maybe, her parents-in-law?

"Set." Alex croaked as his brain spun to remember. "You're Anput's father-in-law, the god of desert."

"One hundred for you!" Set said. "It has been a while since the last time I saw her, and when I do see her, look at her."

"She lives in the Underworld, along with Anput and your son, Anubis, the god of funeral and mummification." Alex said.

Set whistled. "You do know a lot about us, considering you're a… foreign."

Alex ignored him. "You miss them." he said. "You miss your son and his family."

"Well, who wouldn't?" Set said. "I am a god, but I am also a parent. Anyway, I leave Anput's safety in your hands. Please bring her back."

"I will." Alex answered without a doubt.

Set whistled once more. "I like that determination. I see now. You're also a child of a king. No wonder your fate is connected to hers. A very interesting connection as well."

"By hers," Alex said. "do you mean Brigitta's?"

"Another full point for you." Set smiled. "Oh, look at the time! You're waking up. I guess we'll talk again sometime later. Soon. Oh, I almost forgot! The one you're going to face isn't too concerned with the others, but don't forget to spray that perfume! Work effectively for the child of water, even if it is for 10 minutes only. And good luck with… the others."

"Hold on, what do you mean by soon? And what's with the one we're going to face? And with the others?" Alex asked.

Set ignored his question and waved his hand in goodbye. The scene then blackened, and Alex woke up. He sat up and felt something in his palm. A bottle of magical perfume. Judging from what Set and the man had told him, Alex knew exactly who should receive the spray.


"What?"

Annabeth glared at Alex and Alex hoped he wasn't wrong about the perfume. Because if he did, Annabeth wouldn't think twice to tear him apart. Or maybe brainwashed him.

"Like I said," Alex repeated while taking a step back away from Annabeth. "you need to use this perfume, Percy. It'll mask your smell."

"What kind of smell do I have?" Percy asked. "Seaweed?"

"Ugh… I don't know, but it's better to be safe than sorry." Alex said while eyeing Annabeth carefully.

"I'm Poseidon's child, Alex. And if I do smell, I smelled like seawater. And we're going to a sea." Percy said.

"Noted." Alex nodded. "But perhaps, there's another sea deity who doesn't like your smell. You know, Poseidon's smell."

Annabeth's glare softened a bit and Alex let out his breath. Being so close to the child of Athena made him felt slightly nervous.

"Well, that makes sense." Annabeth muttered.

Percy gawked at her. "Seriously?"

Annabeth eyed her boyfriend then the perfume. "It wouldn't hurt." she shrugged. "Besides, Alex's right, Seaweed Brain. Poseidon does have many enemies, and we can't let it jeopardize our quest."

Percy scoffed. "So, I get to wear the perfume."

"I don't see any other Poseidon's child with us here." Annabeth said. "Don't worry. I'm sure the perfume will wear out soon."

"10 minutes, to be exact." Alex informed. "We have to spray it on Percy after we arrived at the beach."

"Remind me how you are so knowledgeable about this?" Jason asked.

Alex told them his dream about the man and Set, although he left out—again. Man, talk about keeping lots of secrets—the part where both man pointed out his connection to Brigitta. Nor about how he must make a choice alone, whatever the choice was. Nor about the enemy—or more likely, enemies.

"Okay, judging from that, I take there's another god or goddesses in power who is ruling the Rockaway Beach." Piper said.

"I thought Poseidon rules all water?" Nico asked.

"Well, we'll have to find out ourselves." Annabeth said. "Since seas are so vast, maybe Poseidon shares some responsibilities."

"Okay. I'll use the perfume." Percy said. "Now, let's go."

Percy called Blackjack and his friends, and they hopped on. Right after Nico sat on Quiella, he clutched his head in pain.

"Hey, you alright?" Alex said as he seated himself behind Nico.

"I'm fine." Nico managed. "We need to hurry. I can feel the turbulence is reaching our Underworld. It's starting to get chaotic."

Percy nodded. "Buddy, take us to the Rockaway Beach."

Okay, Boss.

Blackjack flapped his wings and soared into the sky. But before they went out from the barrier, the horses suddenly stopped in their tracks and tried to turn back in panic.

Yikes!

"Blackjack! What's wrong?" Percy asked.

"Percy, look!" Annabeth said while pointed out.

Percy glanced up and was met with a shriek.

"Great." Jason muttered. "A gryphon."


Done !

I can't believe I managed to write this chapter out !

I realized that I used the word Griffin incorrectly in 'The Child of Artemis', since the Greek knew it by the name of Gryphon. Griffin is more Egyptian-like. I'm so sorry for this ! ._.

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