Chapter Four

"I can't believe this," Drake said quietly.

"What?" I asked, trying to grab the paper from him, but he pulled it behind him.

"I'll show you later. Just look out the window."

I followed his directions and stared out of the window. Chiron was coming. "Oh, crap!" I said, "I'm not supposed to be in here!" But it's not like there was a backdoor, so I was stuck. The knock on the door was what got to me. Chiron would kill me if he knew I was in here. Drake walked up to the door and opened it.

"Hello Drake. Delilah."

I waved and sat down on an empty bunk across from Drake's. "Hi, Chiron. I don't mean to be rude, but why are you here?" Drake asked.

"I need to talk to you and Delilah at the big house. It's urgent," he motioned for us to follow him.

I walked behind Drake. His hair was a mess. Had he ever heard of a brush? I'm not even a daughter of Aphrodite, but messy hair bugs the crap out of me. We finally made to the big house. Chiron led us upstairs and to the meeting room. My father was sitting at the table, having a fight with Mr. D.

"Go ahead and take a seat," Chiron said.

I sat down opposite of Drake. My dad looked up, "Hi, Delilah!" He said joyously.

"Hi dad!" I smiled and acted like I'd known him for years.

The door swung open and Grover stepped in, followed by Percy and Annabeth.

The three of them took their seats and Chiron said, "Annabeth, could you please explain what is happening?"

She nodded and said, "While I was on Olympus, there were some… problems…"

"What do you mean by 'problems'?" Drake asked.

"It has to do with the minor gods… they want places on Olympus, but, you see, some of the gods don't approve. That's where Apollo comes in." Annabeth looked at my dad, urging him to continue.

My dad began to speak, "I'm on the approving side. We should give them spots, not in the throne room, but, you know."

We all turned back to Annabeth, "He's right. But, this could be World War Three. We need someone to prove that they deserve spots."

"And let me guess," I said, "That's where we come in. Just one thing: why?"

"Drake and you…"

You know how on the last chapter, I left you with a major cliffie. (I've been told I'm legendary for those!) I cliffed myself. I had nothing to put, so I made this. Oh, and I had a slight bit of writers block, which I never get, so that made it even worse!

~Poseidon and Athena's daughter~