'That's it! I've had enough!' Zeus screamed, with a thundering voice. 'Athena, Poseidon, if you two can't stop arguing, I will send you two to camp Half-blood. Both of you will help Chiron with chores over there for two weeks!' Poseidon and Athena looked shocked. 'But, dad, that isn't possible! I can't be missed in everyday live!' Athena cried out. 'And who'll handle the oceans?' Poseidon whined. 'You two aren't dead. It will have to handle itself. Has the quality of the wine gone down? No. So it's really possible. See you two in two weeks!' Zeus clapped in his hands, and Athena and Poseidon appeared in camp Half-blood.
Chiron was waiting for them. 'I was expecting you two,' he said with a smile. 'Come over to the big house, than we will discuss your tasks.' 'Say, Chiron,' Athena said, as they were walking through camp, 'it's not like we'll have to do housework, right? We'll be put in charge of a few workers, right?' Chiron looked at her. 'I'll tell you everything in the big house, Athena.' Athena swallowed. That wasn't a good sign. 'But, we don't have to see those children all the time, right? We'll get breaks every other day, right?' Poseidon mumbled. Chiron only looked at him. They arrived at the big house. It was empty, except for them. The two gods looked around. 'What's with the grapevines everywhere?' Poseidon asked. 'What do you think? I haven't been alone here for nineteen years,' Chiron answered. 'Yet, we'll get down to business.' He grabbed a slip of paper from the table. 'Athena, you'll be in charge of cleaning the tables after diner and making sure the demigods clean up their cabins.' Poseidon laughed, but stopped when he saw Chiron's look. 'And Poseidon, you'll have to clean the weaponry and armour every day. Also, from both of you is expected that you help the demigods with training. You'll have to help each of the them equally,' he added. Both gods looked mortified. 'And on top of all that, you can't punish the demigods yourself. You'll have to go to me or Dionysus if anybody did you anything.' Chiron had a pitiful look in his eyes. 'I am sorry, lady and lord, but lord Zeus ordered it. I can't just walk up to him and complain.' The gods nodded, understandingly. A horn sounded. 'Time for dinner,' Chiron said. I'll tell the heroes what's going on once we're there. Do you want to sit at the head table or with your children?'
'Demigods! I've got an announcement to make!' Chiron announced, with Athena and Poseidon at the head table next to him. Your here to say Mr. D is gone for good?' Somebody screamed. 'No, Chiron isn't here to say that, sadly,' a third voice said. Dionysus walked into the pavilion, with two boys, who were soaking wet. They gave each other venomous looks and sat down at their tables. Dionysus walked up to the head table, giving Athena and Poseidon weird looks. Chiron scrapped his throat. 'Well, what I am actually here to say is that we'll have two people assisting me, Mr. D and Argus with our duties for two weeks. Lord Zeus ordered lady Athena and lord Poseidon to help with chores.' The kids almost fell of their chairs. 'Do they have just as much power over us as our three regular counselors?' Somebody screamed. 'No,' Chiron answered. The pavilion exploded. Dionysus looked at his fellow Olympians, and burst into laughter. The demi-gods talked about nothing else for the rest of the day.
That evening, Athena and Poseidon were sitting in the living room (there was a tiny one upstairs. It was mostly used so Chiron, Mr. D and Argus could talk about something without being squished together in Chiron's tiny office and so no demigods could waltz inside). 'Why are they so loud?' Athena cried out. 'Why are there so many? There must be at least two hundred demigods in there!' Poseidon whined. 'Two Hundred Forty Six, actually,' Chiron answered. 'Two Hundred Forty Six!' The new gods screamed. 'We'll never survive! And the art business will go down!' Athena screeched. 'People will die on the seas! Even more than usual!' Poseidon whined. 'Wine is still sold and there aren't suddenly thousands of people in asylums, and I've been here for nineteen years. It'll be fine,' Dionysus responded. 'What about Amphitrite? I'll...' Poseidon started, but he stopped with that sentence halfway through. He decided not to say anything about missing his wife for two weeks while Dionysus was giving him a look that would have instantly killed the entire population of Paris. 'It can be fun!' Chiron said. 'And you'll be able to spend more time with your children!' He added. Poseidon and Athena sighed. Yes, that last thing might be fun. If it hadn't been combined with doing chores all day.