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Heroes of Olympus Book 1 1/2

Chapter 4

If Daphne had been drinking anything, she was pretty sure she would've drenched herself. "Wait, what?"

Piper looked a little confused as well, "Really Annabeth? She's only just got here."

"It makes sense," Annabeth assured them, "Hera has obviously been playing a big role in this prophecy, and she helped Daphne get here. Daphne made it just in time, considering the ship leaves tomorrow."

Piper was nodding now, "You're right. Only a really strong demigod could've made it here all on their own."

The two of them started walking towards the forges, talking excitedly. Daphne ran to catch up.

"Um, excuse me, but where is the 'ship' going?"

Annabeth answered, "Well, the seven demigods are actually apart at the moment. Some are here, the children of Greek gods, and some are at a Roman camp in California. Romans and Greeks don't mix well, so we were separated. We didn't even know they existed until eight months ago, when that two-faced, controlling, cow-loving-"

"Annabeth" Piper warned as thunder rumbled in the cloudless sky.

"Sorry," she mumbled, "anyway, so Hera knew we needed to unite, so she kidnaps my boyfriend Percy, and a Roman camper named Jason, and sends them to opposite camps. An 'exchange of leaders', so to speak."

Piper spoke up, "So now we're headed to California to get Percy-and whoever else from the prophecy-then head to Greece and send Gaea packing!"

Daphne stopped, "Are you insane?"

The other two had crossed the threshold into the forge-a messy workshop with half finished projects strewn around, but no on working on them-but she had paused in the doorway. The girls looked back at her.

"I'm not some hero! I've just got here, barely. I've never even seen a monster before last night, and I have no idea how to fight one! I don't want to go on some suicide mission where I'd just make more trouble for everyone else. I'm not brave, or smart, or daring. I couldn't even keep myself alive."

Neither of them looked too shocked by her outburst. Annabeth picked up a hunk of scrap metal and, quick as a viper, whipped it at Daphne's face. The girl's reflexes kicked in and she used her crowbar to bat it to the side. "WHAT THE HELL-"

"You're a lot stronger than you think," Annabeth replied calmly, "it's in your blood."

"Well!" interjected Piper, trying to ease the tension. She'd seen Daphne's face. If looks could kill. "Why don't we go see how the builders are doing?"

"Fine," Daphne said in defeat. She's the one who wanted to run away and start an interesting life. And that dream was just blown out of the water. She decided not to fight it. Also, there was something about Piper's voice that made Daphne want to agree with her.

The girls headed towards the beach when they were intercepted by a tall guy with curly have and a mischievous smile. (A/N i've been waiting for him:P)

"Hey guys, I'm guessing this is the newbie?"

"Hey Travis, " said Piper, "and yeah, this is Daphne." She gave a tentative wave.

"Still undetermined?" questioned another boy as he walked up. Daphne was suddenly seeing double: the other guy looked just like Travis, only not as tall.

Annabeth sighed, "Yep."

Travis II grinned, "That means you'll be bunking with us." He stuck out his hand, "I'm Connor by the way, would you like me to take your stuff to your cabin?"

"Nice try Stoll," Annabeth said before Daphne could react, "but aren't you guys supposed to be cleaning up the stables for Chiron?"

The twins smiled, "Of course, that's where we were headed," said Travis as they backed away, "just getting some fresh air."

Piper whispered in Daphne's ear:"They got sent on stable duty for replacing all the Ares' cabin's weapons with salami sticks."

Annabeth laughed, "Yep, children of Hermes, God of thieves-you probably would've never seen your backpack again."

"Oh," said Daphne. Right, these were all demigods. Then she stopped walking. "Wait a minute, who are your parents then?"

"I was wondering when you would ask that. My mother is Athena, goddess of wisdom and battle strategies."

"And mine's Aphrodite, goddess of love." Said Piper, a little annoyed. This took Daphne by surprise. Aphrodite was the goddess of beauty, yet it looked as it Piper's uneven hair had been cut with safety scissors, and she wasn't wearing a speck of make-up. But when she looked at her, Daphne saw that she was naturally pretty, even though she tried to hide it. As for Annabeth, it wasn't hard to believe that her mom was the wisdom goddess.

"Well, we're here."

Daphne looked up and gasped. They were on the beach, and right in front of her was the largest ship she's ever seen-except in a dream. It had three decks, three masts, and twenty cannons on either side. The bronze dragon head gleamed at the bow, and orange t-shirt clad kids were scrambling about; climbing the gang plank hammering in the steering wheel, even swabbing the decks.

She spotted the Latino boy from her dream on the top deck giving out instructions.

Annabeth looked around, "I'm going to try and find Rachel."

"C'mon Daphne," Piper said as they entered the ship , "time for you to meet some of the seven."

The next chapt. Will be longer-this just seemed like a good place to stop. And the next one is actually my favourite, so PLEASE:read and review. You know you want to. Just do it.

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