Clara POV

I slept well after the fun day at the Lotus. But of course, that didn't last.

I woke up to - surprise - Renee and Clarisse arguing again.

"It's your fault, you had to suggest the arcade!"

"Well, if you hadn't been so freaking loud about your birthday, it never would have happened in the first place!"

"Well you should've known better, you've been doing this longer!"

I groaned, not trusting myself to go back to sleep without first mediating between them.

"Okay, what is it this time?"

"Oh, Clara, you're finally up, thank the gods!" Renee yelled. "Now we can get out of here!"

"What? Why?"

Clarisse spoke up. "Clara, listen. It's not June 10th. It's not even June. It's July 20th, Clara. And we're not even halfway to England."

Renee grumbled and nodded. "I think we're in the Bermuda triangle, otherwise known as the Sea of Monsters. We've been here for more than a month."

I was shocked. This was all so much information.

"Can you ask your dad to give us a lift, Clara?"

"No, the gods hate to help, I'd've thought you two figured that out, at least."

"I have a better idea. We call one of Percy's half-siblings."

"Oh, great idea! Especially since he doesn't have any."

"Oh, right. Hmm…maybe you could-"

I could tell Renee was about to say something insulting, so I cut her off. "Maybe, we could stop arguing and actually get out of here! You know?"

"You're turning into a mix of us, Clara," Renee said in awe. I blushed and realized I was. I had become both hot-headed and convincing. Maybe, just maybe, this quest could work out after all.

Just then, thunder rumbled overhead and I got an idea. "Clarisse, are there any children of Zeus?"

"I'd rather not talk about her. And even if Thalia wasn't a pine tree, I wouldn't be trusting Zeus right now. Hey, did you two ever get weapons?"

Renee and I shook our heads. "Oh, so that's why Chiron had me bring these. Now it makes sense. Clara, yours is a golden bow. Why is everything gold or yellow with you anyway? And Renee, you've got, well, a long sword. I think it's imperial silver. I have my faithful electric spear."

"There are no arrows."

"I think it replenishes itself whenever there is need. Anyway, now you are prepared."

"Wow. Weapons. Are you sure you trust me with this, Clarisse?"

"Shut up, Renee. I'm still keeping them locked up while we sleep. Actually, no, I'm having Clara keep them, she actually likes both of us."

Well, that was new. I still didn't really know whether I actually liked Clarisse, and you could never tell with Renee. But I agreed that keeping the weapons with me while sleeping was probably best. I was far less likely to want to kill anyone than Clarisse or Renee.

Renee, who'd been fairly quiet for the last little while, suddenly spoke up. "You know, I think I just might have a legitimate plan. Hold on, guys, and get ready for the ride of your life!"


Renee POV

For once, I wished I was Clarisse. She had the much easier job of finding and releasing the lifeboats. Meanwhile, Clara and I had to get everyone riled up so we could distract Oceanus (I finally remembered the captain's true identity from my dream). That would mean going back in the dreaded Lotus Casino, as well as into any other dangers that could be lurking around the ship. I decided that for that, we'd use a string similar to the one used in King Minos's labyrinth. We would tie it to each other so we didn't get separated, and use it to spread chaos.

And it was chaos. I would look people in the eye and tell them that their best friends or whoever they were with was trying to kill them. It worked because of my Charmspeak. Meanwhile, Clara ran around with her arrow saying, "I'll shoot! I will!" and scaring people, even though she would never actually do it because she was Clara!

So that was fun. And now the captain had come running as everyone was attacking each other. Clara and I were able to slip out easily and find Clarisse. She had a small lifeboat, and we had to pretend we knew how to row so she wouldn't freak out. I wished we could fly, it would have been so much faster. But Clarisse said a few words and we were off. She looked at us. "I hope you don't mind I combined our powers for this. It means we'll feel weak for a while, but it's totally worth it. We'll be in England in about half an hour. You two should get some sleep, we'll need to be on our toes soon. The monsters haven't actually tried to attack us yet, but once they realize we got away, we need to worry. Combining the powers throws off the scent as well. So sleep, and I'll wake you up when we get to England."

"But our powers aren't that strong to begin with." I argued

"Woah, you almost made me believe that," said Clarisse sarcastically.

"You're right, Clarisse." Clara said, smiling.

I wondered why they were making fun of me. Then I realized they weren't. I had charmspeak, Clara had the speed of light, and Clarisse had… military power? Well whatever. I joined them in laughing. Soon, Clara had fallen asleep on my shoulder and I was nodding off too.


"Well, they escaped me once, they won't do it again! I will make sure of that."

"Yes, master."

Why did that voice sound so familiar to me, this time? Oh, I hated dreams so much now.

I will send a giant to England. That'll stop them. Hmm, maybe Periboia, she'll slow them enough until I can get there myself. I'll deal with them before they even get to Hogwarts. I will make sure they do not get to Hogwarts. Deal with Percy and the others, will you?"

"Yes master."


Ugh, dreams. Why weren't Clarisse or Clara getting these? And what was Hogwarts? Well, the "master" was sending a giant after us, someone named Periboia. And who was the other voice? Ugh, I knew I'd heard it before.

Clarisse put her arm on my shoulder. "Hey, you're already awake. Can you get Clara up? I need charmspeak for her. She won't get up, and we've run into some, um, large trouble.

I cursed under my breath. "Periboia?" I whispered.

"How did you know?"

"Dream," I mumbled.

Clarisse raised her eyebrows but said nothing.

"Clara, it's time to get up," I said sweetly. "It's a beautiful day." She moaned. "Clara, look at the sunshine."

"Oh fine, I'm up. Wha-oh," she said as there was a loud crash.

"We're in England. And so is she. The magic has worn off, I dozed off, and we ran into Periboea. So, expect war."

"Are you okay?"

"The plan is that you'll charmspeak her. Then Clara and I will fight her. You'll summon a god with your charmspeak. Then it gets fun."

Well, that wasn't my definition of fun. "Why do we need a god?"

"You are so naive, Renee Sanderson. You need gods and demigods together to kill a giant. Idiot."

But I had lost her at Sanderson. Clara stepped up behind me, ready to fight Clarisse if needed. "Clara, please," I said with Charmspeak. "Just let me. Please." She nodded but stayed close.

"Clarisse, that was uncalled for. Why?"

"Because if you lied about that, who are you?"

"Excuse me?"

"Guys!" I realized the crashing grew louder. "Guys!"

"I am Periboia, princess of the giants. You can die fighting or die without, it is up to you."

"Or, you can die," said an unfamiliar voice. It almost sounded like an older version of Clara's. There was a blonde woman with her hair dyed black at the tips. Next to her was Apollo.

She shot something from a stick, Apollo shot a sunbeam, and we went into action. Periboia was down within minutes. Later, Clarisse and Clara would say that it was all due to my charmspeak, but I would say it was all due to Clarisse's superior war skills or Clara's good humor.

But what really happened was, we could work together. Later we would receive news that, on that same day, Annabeth, Percy, and Grover had brought the lighting bolt back to Zeus. Meanwhile, we had fought together, meaning that we brought honor to the gods. Both teams had completed the quests.

But we didn't know all this until later. Because the woman who had helped us had special news for us.

"Clara," Apollo said. "Meet your mother, Narcissa Malfoy."


A/N: So, they escaped the ship and won again, making their way to England. Clara finally met her mother, and the three demigods actually worked together. Renee won't find out her father's identity until much later, but she will get some memories. Off to Hogwarts within the next two chapters. Try to guess their houses in the reviews and I hope you liked this chapter.