Chapter 4: Onto Aphrodite

Sorry guys, this is probably going to be a short story. However, if I get an idea after, it will be longer.

Athena's Pov:

Aphrodite hadn't shown her face for two days. That wasn't normal for her. Regularly she pranced into the throne room with some new hairstyle or something and no one cared, but her absence of doing that made us all worry.

Zeus had gone to her house and knocked on the door. Aphrodite hadn't answered. So he used his powers to forcefully enter. She wasn't there. Zeus called a meeting in the throne room. Of course, everyone but Aphrodite showed.

When he reported that Aphrodite was missing, I looked around the room, looking in the other Olympians faces. I could easily tell if one was trying to hide something. I wasn't the goddess of wisdom for nothing.

I saw two suspicious people: Ares and Hephaestus. Of course they'd be involved. Two stupid boys.

"Ares and Hephaestus," I said. "Anything you want to say?"

"Well-" Hephaestus started.

"He got Aphrodite mad. She said I was way handsomer than him, and ugly here," Ares pointed his thumb towards Hephaestus, "got in the way of us."

"Ares, you're so bad at lying. Let's not lie here, okay? Anyway, we can use the projector." The projector was a device for the gods used to replay issues so we can solve them. However, we can only replay scenes that at least two other gods saw, so we can portray them right. That makes it a bit hard.

It showed Ares and Hephaestus fighting.

"Go away! Didn't you anger her enough for one day? She wants to be alone!" Hephaestus shouted.

He was very angry, although I didn't think Hephaestus had the right to say that. Obviously he angered Aphrodite too.

Aphrodite materialized next to them. They didn't notice.

"You aren't worthy of the goddess of love and beauty! Look at you! I am, though, look at me!"

"Please Ares, you don't care about her! You only care about her beauty! I see something inside of her! She's unique, and isn't so shallow as to date you!"

"You must have forgotten- she is dating me! The only reason she's married to you is because she had to!"

"SILENCE!" Aphrodite yelled.

She started going on about how she was independent, and that she didn't need boys. I never thought she was that strong. Then she said something that gave us all chills.

"I'm going into hiding." And then she disappeared.

The projector turned off and there was a quietness in the air.

"We can use our power! I completely forgot about it until now!" (A/N: They can locate people- but the catch is that it has to be all twelve Olympians have to be present, or the location is not exact.)

We sat in a circle and chanted. "Aphrodite has gone away. Aphrodite has been missing for two days. We must find Aphrodite." In the middle of our circle a map of the world appeared. One by one, continents disappeared until there was one left: North America. Then countries started to disappear until only the USA was left.

"Of course, she wouldn't go too far from Olympus. She may even be in New York!" Zeus said. States had been disappearing. South Carolina, North Carolina, California, New York, Texas, Pennsylvania, and Tennessee were the only ones left. Finally, New York was revealed to be where Aphrodite was. They pointed out a county (A/N:This county is made up.) called Haddenston.

Then the map was "drawn" on with a red sharpie. It circled four schools. We waited, but that was all the map could do since Aphrodite wasn't here with us. It couldn't be exact.

"Okay. So we will break up into five groups that I will organize. I will have responsible people with less responsible people so we can control them. However, we need to fit into different crowds, so each group will have one goddess and one god. Zeus and Ares, while we are doing this, you must stay here and rule Olympus. Who knows what will happen if none of the twelve Olympians are at Olympus?"

"Why don't we just send some demigods on a quest for this? That is normally what we do in these types of situations," Zeus said. But I knew we could do this. Who says Olympians can't be students at schools?

"We are more mature than that. Plus we can't mention to the demigods that we have lost control of love and beauty," I said. "Demeter can be with Hermes at the small elementary school. Dionysus and Poseidon with me at the middle school." The only reason I decided to put up with the annoying gods was because they had to be someone responsible. Someone like me. I continued, "Apollo and Artemis at the medium elementary school."

"Woohoo, sis!" Apollo shouted and linked arms with her.

"And Hera and Hephaestus at the high school." I knew it was dangerous putting Hera and Hephaestus together, but it had to be done. "Don't forget guys, we need to fit in! My name will be Abby Gray. I will approve of your names, now."

"Hey, why do you get to be in charge?" Poseidon complained.

"Because I am the goddess of wisdom and strategy." I replied. "Your name?"

"I guess Phillip Jackson, taking the last name from the, uh, savior of Olympus. My son."

"I approve of the name, Poseidon, but do you think it is wise to brag about Percy next to me? Percy would have fallen apart without my Annabeth. Now, let's move on. Names?"

"Dionysius can be named Wine Dude," offered Hermes.

"Haha. Very funny."

"For your information, Hermes, I'm being Castor Roberts, in honor of my son who died in the war," Dionysius shot back. There was a moment of silence.

"Well, I'm being Dawn Price," Demeter said, breaking the silence. We got it worked out. Hermes was to be Henry Foster. Artemis was to be Alex Bennett. And on Apollo's request, he was to be Ace Bennett. Hera was Hope Taylor, and Hephaestus was Harry Clark. We all removed our glow, altered our appearances so Aphrodite wouldn't recognize us, manipulated the mist to register ourselves into our schools, and left Olympus in search of Aphrodite.

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