Alex's POV
When Mr. D said that Hebe was missing, I felt a twang in my chest, like that goddess meant something important. I tried to remember what I knew about her, but what Mr. D said was all I could remember. Goddess of Youth, the Gods cupbearer, and Heracles wife. She wasn't that important - or was she?
"Alright," Annabeth said, "So the 'Child of Ice' means Stefani, as she's the only child of Chione. Umm, 'dawn' probably means Eos. Do we have a daughter of Eos...?" "That would be me." I tall girl with long brown hair walked up. I recognized her from some of my classes. She never really talked to people, unless she was bossing them around. "Oh, yeah!" Annabeth smiled, "You're Rosey, right?" Rosey nodded.
"Then we have the 'Cadeuscus bearer', which probably means a kid of Hermes." Annabeth continued.
"Me." A boy walked up. "How are you so sure it's you?" another Hermes kid called. The boy pulled a long staff out of no where - maybe it shrunk? It was shaped like a cadeuscus. Annabeth nodded. "Alright. Now we have the child of the night? Nyx? That's Carlos, right?" A boy with black hair nodded and walked up to the other three. That only left two more.
"And then there is a huntress." the hunter who got frozen said, "I volunteer." she looked at Thalia to make sure it was alright. When Thalia nodded, she went with the others.
That only left..."The unclaimed." Percy said. "Me. I'm the unclaimed." I called out. "How do you know?" Percy asked. "I just do, ok? Besides, i've been unclaimed longer than anyone." Annabeth looked questioningly over at Chiron, and he nodded. " 'Forsaken' means abandoned," he said, "and surrounded by sea obviously means an island."
"There are ten major abandoned islands." Annabeth said, "Tristan Da Cunha,Piticairn, Kiribati, Easter Island, Saint Helena, Attu, Galapagos, Coco, Falkland, and Xhisha." "It's Attu." Stefani said. "How do you know?" I asked her. "The same way you know that you were the one meant to be on this quest." she answered.
"Alright." Chiron said, "They will leave tomorrow. You six need to go pack, and then rest. Attu is a long way from here. Who of the questers (a/n not a real word, I know) has a licsense?" I, along with the other wo boys, raised my hand. "Alright, everyone, go to bed." Chiron called. Stefani smiled and walked away. The Hermes boy went over to a girl who looked a lot like him, and they started going towards the Hermes cabin. I wandered of, back to the Hermes cabin also, to start packing.
The next day, I was stuck with driving first. The Hunter sat next to me in the passanger seat, with Mathew, the Hermes kid, and Rose behind us in the middle row and Stefani and Carlos in the back row. "You better not hit on me." the Hunter said as she climbed next to me. "Why the he...ck," i said as an afterthought, "would I hit on you?" "Just making sure." she said.
"Let's introduce ourselves!" Stefani called from the back, "I'll start. I'm Stefani, daughter of Chione." "Carlos, son of Nyx." the boy sitting next to her said. "Rose, daughter of Eos." Rose said. "Don't you mean Cricket?" the James said sarcastically. "Shut up." she hissed. I wondered what that was about? "I'm Matt, son of Hermes." he said. "Lia, daughter of Hecate, third in command of the Hunters of Artemis." the Hunter said.
I sighed. My turn. "My names Alexander, but if you call me that, you'll die. Just call me Alex. And I'm the son of Zeus knows who, because my godly parent won't claim me!" I said angrily. "Whoa, keep your eyes on the road." Rose said.
"Sorry. It just ticks me of that I still haven't been claimed." "I know what you mean." Stefani said, "I never thought I would be claimed, but here I am! In the flesh and blood, an daughter of Chione." "Hey, speaking of that, isn't your mom evil?" Carlos asked. "Well..yeah, I guess. But I'm not." she answered defansively.
"So, Rose. Why did you tell Matt to shut up when he called you cricket?" Lia asked. "Um, no reason." she said.
"Oh, there's a reason." Matt said, "You see, Rose's mother was in love with this prince, and she asked ZEus to let him live forever. Unfortunatly, she forgot to aske to let him stay young forever, so over the millenia he grew older, and shrunk and shriveled down until he became the first cricket ever." he finished, smiling like knowing this was some big acomplishment, all the while Rose was glaring at him. "Well thank you for sharing that lovely peice of my mothers history." She snarled at him. "Your welcome."
"Turn on some music." Rose snapped at me. "Okay, okay." I said, as I turned on some msic. Rose proceded to shift around in her seat and stare out the window. I had a feeling she wouldn't be talking to us any time soon. And you know what? I didn't really care.
"This is great." Stef said, trying to maintain peace, "We all are getting to know eachother."
Yeah, great. I thought as I stared at the long, winding road ahead.
How long will it take to get to Alaska? Will Rose come out of her shell? Will Alex be claimed? What are the pairings (i'll give you a hint. Neither Alex nor Lia are going to be in a relationship)? All these questions and more may one day be answered!
