Charlie got to work quickly. It seemed like he used it as an excuse to be by himself. He figured out how to Argo worked and apparently he spoke metal dragon as well. Many times I had walked in on him having a conversation with the dashboard's head. And most of those times, he stared at me as if I were intruding on a private moment.
I'd briefed the others on what happened while we were away and told them about the dream. We knew for sure that at least four of them were alive, but we still didn't know about the Zhangs or Jason.
"How are you feeling?" I asked.
Charlie shrugged. "Like an idiot," he said. "I feel like there's nothing I can do. We have this whole city to search, where are we supposed to find some stupid godly goblet of fire?" He began cursing under his breath.
"You've read Harry Potter?" I asked, dismissing the rest of what he'd said.
He looked up as if that were the last thing on his mind. "No, but I watched the movies."
I smiled. "My parents brought me here when I was young, to the Harry Potter world. I got to see inside the castle. It was amazing," I remembered.
Charlie chuckled. "Did you put your name in the goblet of fire?" he joked. I laughed for what seemed like the first time in ages.
"Wait, Charlie, the goblet." I grabbed his arm in my realization.
"What about it?"
"Charlie, the goblet!" I jumped up and ran to dining area to find the others.
"What are you talking about?!" Charlie yelled, running after me. I burst into the dining hall where the others were having breakfast.
"Casey, I think I know where the goblet is!"
Charlie ran into me as I stopped. "Oh, you mean," he stopped talking as he silently jumped up and down with his mouth open.
"It's perfect! The most famous goblet in Orlando!"
"What are you talking about?" Casey interrupted. Her face was getting red with frustration.
"The Goblet of Fire!" I said. They didn't get the connection.
"What does this have to do with Harry Potter?" Nico asked.
"Gods guys, isn't it obvious? Harry Potter world is a giant theme park here in Orlando. It has rides that show you the inside of the castle and Gringotts and all the other places from Harry Potter. In one of the rides that goes through the castle, you pass a giant showcase with the Goblet of fire inside. The goblet is set up in a way to draw attention. It's in a giant protective case with lights shining on it in all directions. It's perfect!" I explained.
"Oh my gods, Jase you're right!" Casey agreed.
Nico glanced at his watch and sent a pointed look towards Will. Will nodded at their silent conversation. "We should go soon. It's the beginning of summer, the place is going to be packed. If we leave now we should get to the ride Jase is talking about in a reasonable time," Will noted. I nodded in agreement.
"Let's go. Will, can you stay here with the kids?" I asked. Will saluted me and quickly kissed Nico before telling us to be careful and leaving to find Adora. Oscar was still sleeping in my room. I grabbed my go bag (mostly full of medical supplies) and sat on the boat's railing to wait for the others. Charlie joined me a moment later.
"What if we get this goblet back, and there's just another quest. What if they just use our hysteria to get us to keep doing stuff for them?" he asked.
"I won't let them. We get him this goblet and we go to Greece. Dionysus offered us something in return for getting his wine goblet back. He said he'd give us something that would help," I promised.
"Yeah, and when do we get that?"
"We already have. Why do you think you crashed onto our ship in a ball of fire?" I hinted.
Charlie's unbelieving eyes went wide. "Wait, how am I the help? I didn't even know about this world!" he protested.
"Charlie, you stopped Buffard from attacking us, learned to drive an ancient Greek warship and fixed it, and helped us bring the Celestial bronze back to the ship."
"But I was completely useless with that creepy monster thing."
"You made a good distraction?" I offered. Charlie laughed. The others joined us and we headed off towards the theme park. Usually we traveled in groups of three, but we were going to split up once we got to the park. There were two rides that had the Goblet of Fire in them, and they were on opposite sides of the park. Charlie, Max, and Casey were going one way while the twins, Nico, and I went the other. Nico had pick pocketed a few people of their tickets to get us in and I paid for the rest.
The lines to get into the rides were long, up to two hours and maybe more. My ADHD was driving me insane and I had to get out of line multiple times to go to the bathroom of get a drink or just to stretch my legs. By the time we reached the front of the line, I couldn't wait for it to be over. At least when fighting monsters I had something to do.
"So how are we going to get the goblet? If we're on a ride, how will we get access to it?" Jonathan asked.
"Well, we'll have to get out of the ride. They check out seats but if we use the mist we may be able to get by that. I'd start praying to Hecate."
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