Chapter 30

The chapter that has no real topic

Oh… oh my, could that be? Is it? Why, yes your eyes do not deceive you THIS IS AN UPDATE! I AM NO LONGER ON HIATUS, MY INSPIRATION HAS RETURNED! I won't be updating as often, since online school is murdering me, but I'll try to update as often as I can. (Also, I won't be responding to reviews this chapter, since I got so many, but I will with the next chapters, they are greatly appreciated!) This chapter is not the greatest, but it ties up loose ends, and is just leading up to bit more action later in the story. So, sorry 'bout this, but just read it. FYI, have you guys read the new Trials of Apollo book? It's so good, life has no meaning anymore. *sob*

'ach tugh jIHagh malja'chugh, vaj pagh vItlhobta'. jang 'avwI': tlhoS Qujmeyqoq.

Belle's POV

All I remember after our fight with the Death Eaters in waking up in a room of complete darkness. I couldn't see anything except myself. I was still wearing my Slytherin uniform, but it was torn, and my hair was filthy. But it wasn't my appearance I was focused on.

Harry.

He must still think I am loyal to Voldemort and the titans. Oh, how wrong he was. I was desperate to get back to him, he can't survive there on his own! I blindly crawled through the darkness, hoping to find someone, something, ANYTHING!

I saw a light at the end of the darkness, so I got up and started sprinting towards it. Nothing was going to stop my determination to reach Harry. At the end, I could hear voices talking, and I recognized them. My sisters were congregating, and I wasn't going to stay and join them.

I saw them sitting in our main meeting spot, 5 miles under Vesuvius. How in the name of the gods did I land so far away from England? It was going to take so long to find Harry, I didn't want to think about it.

"Bellara has failed us. We need a new infiltration so we may take control of the chosen one. Are there any of you prepared to volunteer for this long-term project?" An empousa I knew as Chloe asked. At that point, I was preparing to try to sneak past, but before I could do that, my friend Katie spotted me.

I could tell she was considering ratting me out, but in the end, she kept her mouth shut. I silently told myself to repay the favor later, but I had more important things to focus on at the moment.

I saluted her, and continued to stealthily army crawl through the shadows of the room. They continued to talk about infiltrating Hogwarts, and I realized that this could actually be valuable information for Harry. I pulled out my wand, which had miraculously survived, and put a spell that allows me to hear them while I'm not in the room.

I was almost at the door when the empousa who had volunteered to go infiltrate Hogwarts noticed me. "Hey! How did you get out of Tartarus so fast, Bellara?" All heads turned towards me, so, since my identity was already revealed, I stood up and sprinted for the door.

They yelled after me, but I kept running until I found the pods that we use to exit the volcano. I hopped in one, and sped off before they could reach me. I then flew off to find Harry, and just pray to the gods that I wasn't too late.

Connor Stoll's POV (I know it's random, but I'm going to try to eliminate some characters for easier writing, so if I delete one of your favorite characters, I'm sorry)

While on the Argo II, a couple of us went into one of the meeting rooms, and discussed the main problem at hand. There was trouble at Camp Half-Blood, and they were short on campers, so we needed to send some people there for backup.

Juniper had volunteered, much to Grover's disappointment, so had Travis, Raven, Katie, Thalia (the hunters were needed), Reyna, Calypso, and I. We were going to go back after the wedding, if all went according to plan.

Leo yelled from outside, "We're landing! Everyone, on the deck!"

We shuffled outside, only to find that Olympus wasn't in the state as we all remembered it was. It was bleak and dark, with dark rain clouds taking over the sky. The main palace was broken, some pieces were dirty and in ruins, and the gods were nowhere to be seen.

Percy said, "Well, this doesn't look like a great place for a wedding." Aphrodite and Persephone were whispering and discussing between themselves, while Hera yelled, "I was gone for TWO days, and this is what I come back to!"

Everyone looked concerned, but All of the big three kids looked the most affected. "We can sense when our parents are close, or in danger, and they are only one of those right now. Guess which one." Jason said sarcastically.

We all groaned, because now we've got to go find out what happened to the gods, and postpone the wedding. Percy and Annabeth were sulking in a corner, while Leo was unwillingly preparing to head back to Hogwarts.

.oOo.

As we were lifting up to go, Sophie and Fernando realized that they didn't need to stick around their dates anymore, so they wandered off to where everyone was comforting a crying Hera. That left Ginny and Harry standing around like idiots, not wanting to be the first to go to each other.

Harry's POV

I really wanted to approach Ginny, but I couldn't find the courage inside me to do it. We were just left standing there awkwardly looking at each other, while everyone else was unwillingly preparing for our departure.

I was about to begin my treacherous approach when I felt a gust of wind push me towards Ginny. Jason. He must have sensed our tension. Thank the gods for him.

Ginny said "Uhum well this is weird. I wOnDeR wHo CoUlD bE bEhInD tHiS!", all whilst glaring at Jason.

He sensed that she was going to be out for revenge, so he, Hazel, Percy, Jason and the others who were spying on our awkward interaction were quickly submerged underwater, where they could spy on us in peace. And, hey, I had no problems with that as long as they continued to be my wingmen.

Ginny was about to back away from me when suddenly two large walls of stone (how they got stone in the middle of the ocean, I had no idea, but I'm thankful they did. Ginny sighed, and reluctantly obeyed our stalker's wishes.

She said, "I guess it's about time we talked, eh?" All I could do was nod slowly and hope she understood.

"Listen, I'm sorry about our fight and Fernando and all, but I was still pissed about that whole thing involving Belle! I kinda wanted my own thing too!" She looked at the floor solemnly, and I felt bad for her.

"Yeah, your whole plan totally worked, I felt jealous, and then came Sophie. So, can we be good?" She nodded, and we heard cheering from the outside. That's when we noticed our surroundings.

The wall had disappeared, and everyone on the ship was gathered around where we were standing, some were even recording this. We were still pressed together, so we jumped back and irritably made our way down to the lower levels. I was just thankful all had been resolved.

Belle's POV

I didn't know where I was, or where I was going, but I tried to put in the coordinates for Hogwarts. The navigation system was broken, so I just had to go in the direction I thought Ireland was.

While speeding towards 'Ireland' at the speed of sound, I wondered what Harry would think of me when I got there. Would he be happy to see me? Would he think I betrayed him (because I technically did), but would he see through me? (I know this is super cliche, but oh well, I don't really care.)

I pulled out my phone and called Dumbledore, because I wanted to see if I could still attend Hogwarts.

While I was dialing, I felt the pod going downwards. "What in the world…" I said quietly to myself, while checking to see what was wrong and trying to prevent a crash. I looked up, and saw three harpies attacking my now smoking pod.

I pulled out my wand, yelled, "Protego Maxima!" and created a force field.

But the damage had already been done. The pod was missing an engine, one of the wings was ripped off, and sparks were flying all over the small, cramped cockpit.

I braced myself, and crashed into an Irish countryside (or just a normal countryside, I had no idea where I was.) The harpies had flown off, so I was alone once again.

I looked around. The nearest civilizacion was out of sight, so I assumed that it was at least several miles away. I picked myself up, and started slowly making my way towards the horizon.

Not my best, but I haven't written in a while, so now that I'm going to get into more action, it's going to get more interesting from here on out. If you have any suggestions, tell me them, I greatly appreciate them. And, as always, FOLLOW, FAVORITE, REVIEW!