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Chapter 6

Azrael POV

After our game of truth or dare, we all went back to our rooms and quickly fell asleep. Tomorrow would be Saturday, so I didn't bother with setting my alarm clock. I like to sleep in, especially on the weekends. But I was dreaming:

I was stuck. In a tree, maybe? But I was too high up to tell. I looked down, and the houses looked like ants. Then I realized that I wasn't the only one in whatever I was in... or on... or whatever. There was a boy, a little bit taller than me, and he was wearing a black hood that shielded his face. He was lean, but not really thin like me. "Look down and see what we're on," he told me. So it was 'on', I thought.

"I can't." I had a feeling that if I looked down to see what we were on, I would fall.

"Why not?"

"I'll fall," I replied glumly.

"No, you won't. Trust me. Do you trust me?" I don't know why, but I did. There was a connection to him, almost like a pull. I nodded and looked down. We were on an abnormally-high-and-wide telephone pole. But as I looked down, the telephone pole became shorter and shorter, soon it was low enough for me to step off. I was on safe ground. So was the boy, and he began walking away.

"Wait," I called. No answer. "Who are you?" Still no reply. I ran up to him and pulled his hood down. He had shaggy straight black hair. I turned him around to see... Nico? "Nico?" Nico didn't answer, but just pulled his hood back up and continued walking away, leaving me in shock.

I woke up sweating. My bed covers were soaked, so I looked at the alarm clock. Shit. It read 7:30 AM. I didn't feel like getting up completely, so I threw my sheets in the hamper on my silver door handle. Then I took a spare set of them and put them on my bed. Soon I was under the covers again, trying to sleep. I did, and entered a welcomed, dreamless sleep.

Nico POV

I awoke the next morning to sounds coming from the hallway in front of my bedroom. I brought my sword, just in case. You never know. There could be a 12-foot-tall dragon-lizard thing lurking outside my door and I wouldn't know it. But when I opened the door, it was only Azrael walking to the elevator. When she saw me, she gave me a 'what are you looking at' look. I shook my head and followed her. She didn't seem too pleased with my sudden decision to go downstairs with her, which I didn't get. Why does she hate me so much? I never did anything! We reached the elevator, and I pressed the button. Hadyn was already in it, and smiled.

"Tired?" she asked me, referring to the dark circles under my eyes.

"Let's just say that I'm happy the week's over," I replied, a smile creeping up my face. Soon we were both smiling like idiots the whole way down to the kitchen. When the doors opened, the smile got wiped off our faces. Because there, Abbadon was getting scolded by Charnette. We all walked in, and John greeted us by asking if we wanted chocolate chips in our waffles.

Hadyn said, "What? Do you think we're going to say no?"

John chuckled lightly and said, "I thought so," and went back to putting the batter in the oven. We sat down, and had small talk. A few moments later waffles were in front of us. John said, "Since the electricity went out last night, we missed our family meeting. I would like to hold it now. All in favor." Everyone raised their hands. "All opposed." Everyone remained silent.

"He's the mayor," Hadyn whispered to me. Well, that explained the huge mansion with some pretty pointless rooms.

"Alright, so let's get started," John began, "With some orange juice." He got up and pulled the OJ out of the fridge, placed it on the table, and started talking again. Charnette sat down at the table, leaving John to be the only one standing. "Now, you all know why Nico is here." All eyes turned to me. "He is a demigod, and is here to see if you are like him." Azrael rolled her eyes at this. "Is there something wrong, Azrael?" John gave a pointed look to his daughter. She shrugged, and he continued. "Now, in order for Nico to achieve his goal, we need you to help." John began handing out papers. Hadyn, sitting next to me, got one and it read 'Demigod Schedule'. I tried to read it, but John began talking again. "I'd like you to study this, because Nico will be leaving in two weeks, and he will probably have at least one of you going with him. Nico will show you around the camp, and you will spend most of the year there," John finally finished.

"How come I don't have one?" I asked.

"Because you can remember this. And because we ran out of paper," John said matter-of-factly. "So, you will be going to each and every one of their sports and clubs, and look for special abilities that are found in demigods. I am a Son of Zeus, so see if maybe they can make the weather change. We will run some tests today, to see if they have some abilities."

"Okay." There was something powerful about this man, something that made you want to impress and obey him.

1 Hour Later

We were all outside the house, by the pool. "Now everyone," John reminded, for about the fifteenth time, "If you can't do it, don't get frustrated."

Azrael groaned and said, "We know, Dad." Then it began. First up was Abbadon. His assignment was to make the sky turn gray. Abbadon closed his almost-charcoal eyes and took a deep breath. Next thing I knew, everything was darkened. I looked up and saw that not only was the sky gray, but it was almost black.

"Control it," John said. Abbadon cleared the sky, then tried again. This time, the sky became a hazy gray. That was when we heard the scream.

It was coming from the house next door, the one where I asked for a condom. We all ran over to see what the commotion was about. John knocked on the door, and the old lady answered. I hid behind Hadyn, considering last night's event.

"What happened?" John asked.

"Did you see the sky?! It just turned from clear to black and back again, and now it's gray!" the old lady shrieked in a shaky voice.

We all concealed our laughter, and John said, "It was probably just one of those freaky weather patterns."

The old lady nodded and said, "Thank you for coming over to see if I was okay, young man." John nodded, and the lady closed the door. We all burst out laughing, concealing nothing this time.

We walked back to the house and continued with out training. Azrael was next. "Try to make the clouds move in the other direction," John said, taking pity on the old woman.

Azrael did, not hesitating, and walked back to where she was standing before our second encounter with the old lady. John gave her a questioning look, but she just shrugged. He let the matter drop and said, "Hadyn, you're up."

Hadyn stepped forward. Her assignment was to make an airplane appear, using the wind. She did so, and everyone clapped.

"Wow," John said. "That was the hardest one. Looks like you'll all be leaving with Nico. He still has to stay for around two weeks, but we can probably shorten it." We all walked back into the house and continued doing whatever we wanted.

But today was different. Because I could see something new inside Azrael. Hope?