Well gang, it's been a fun ride, but this is my final chapter:( I'm not too sure where to go from here, and I'm sorry about ending it here. I might take it up again one day, but I'm going to start some new stories (one that I've actually figured out an ending for.)

But thank you so much to rockhard for your comment/guru wisdom. I'm not sure about the challenges, but THANK YOU SO MUCH! YOU are officially my new favourite person.

Heroes of Olympus book 1 and a Half

Chapter 6

"Are you scared of spiders?"

"Kind of."

"Do you like math?"

"Nope."

"Do you gossip a lot?"

Daphne sighed; they had just left camp two hours ago. The campers crowded the beach for the send off, when-instead of sailing away-the ship floated up into the sky and started its journey to the west coast. The ship pretty much sailed itself, which gave the group time to practise fighting, learn about monsters, and of course, drill Daphne about information that could lead to finding out her godly parent. Based on her looks-dark brown hair, olive complexion and grass green eyes, the demigods' initial thoughts were Demeter. But after Daphne claimed she got her eyes from her dad, and the fact that she hated cereal, the goddess of agriculture was ruled out.

"It's probably some minor goddess," Piper said at last, "I mean, you said you've never been attacked in your life. Your scent probably isn't that strong."

The others murmured in agreement and went back to sparing. By dinner time, Daphne was ravenous. She chowed down on Leo's fajitas, listening to stories about Annabeth and Percy, and the other three's adventures from last winter.

Leo was talking excitedly, "So then I came into the warehouse and destroyed all the Cyclopes' single handidly, since Sparky here had gotten himself hurt."

"What was that, Valdez?" Jason asked.

"Sorry, son of the lord of the universe, but you're not always the center of attention."

Jason stood up from his chair. "Them there's fighting words."

Leo set his hands ablaze, "Bring it, Peter Pan."

It was entertaining to watch them fight, but Jason won when he flew Leo up to the crow's nest, and he had no way of getting down.

When Daphne was lying in her hammock, sleep evaded her. She tossed and turned, but was too anxious; the boat would be arriving by tomorrow morning.

Finally she got fed up and walked out to the top deck. The soft pink glow on the horizon told her the sun would rise soon. She saw a figure sitting on the edge of the boat, and went to join them.

"Hey," greeted Annabeth as she sat down, "couldn't sleep either?"

"Not really." Said Daphne, "are you thinking about Percy?"

She sighed, "Yeah, I'm really anxious now. I can tell that were almost there."

"Don't worry, it'll be fine."

The girls sat in silence. Finally, the peeked over the horizon and bathed them in gold light.

Daphne caught her breath, "It's beautiful."

"Yeah," Annabeth looked at her, the gasped, pointing above her head.

Daphne looked up and saw a hologram of a sunrise identical to the one in front of her. "What is that?"

"Your mother," Annabeth stammered, "Eos. That's why most monsters never came after you."

Daphne was confused, "Well, she's a goddess right?"

Annabeth replied uncertainly, "Some call her a goddess, but she's more commonly referred to as...a Titan."

"What? But they're...they're the bad guys."

"Not necessarily," she said, talking faster, "there are good Titans. I mean, I'm not even sure if Eos took part in the Titan war. Monsters never attacked you because they probably weren't sure who's side you were on."

Suddenly Chiron's words popped into Daphne's head : Whoever your parent is does not define who you are.

But those words didn't help her now. Annabeth was trying to sound comforting, but her gaze was wary. She might as well have been screaming at Daphne:

Who's side are you on?

Sorry it's short, but I hope you liked it. I might take it up again, but either way, the next chapter won't probably be for a long time. SOOO sorry for a cliffie.

-gothedistance3