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A.N. I'm so so so sorry it has took me so long to update, I wasn't planing on waiting this long, but my labtop had other ideas, hopeing it's fixed now and dosen't go out on me again. So sorry for not answering any reviews or Pms, I wasn't ignoring anybody, My laptop went out and I had no way of getting on Fanfic and letting you all know.
Chapter 13: Piper joins a club
Harry's POV.
I decided I would wait into we were done helping rebuild camp before I went on Zeus' quest, so it wasn't into the fall before Piper and I finaly went. One morning I got up at 4:00 am, took a shower and dressed, in fadded blue Jeans, and a bluesh-grey t-shirt with a picture of a hawk. I brushed my teeth then went back to my room, and very quitly so not to wake Piper, I begin to pack up what we would need for this quest. I packed both mine and Piper's things in my bag, it would be easier that way.
That night I had told everone that I was not allowed to discuss what Zeus and I talked about, and after a few more questions, they finaly let it drop. Percy and Sirius knowing me so well they dropped it after just a few mintues, knowing no matter what they say, they wouldn't get it out of me, but Annabeth kept on into Percy finaly took her home. And ever day since she still kept on me about it. When Piper and I went to bed that night, I told her everthing, from what Zeus wanted to the prophecy. Which had scared Piper. That's when I realized how much the thought of losing me really scared her. And she has barley let me out of her sight since then. I didn't mind though becaues I wasn't about to let Piper out of my sight either.
After packing up what we would need, I watched her sleep for a few mintues, she just looked so peacefull, I couldn't bring myself to wake her yet. During the night she had tossed the covers off herself. She had rolled over to face the wall, (she had been faceing me into I got up) I hated to do it to her, but I had to go ahead and wake her. I sat down on the edge of the bed next to her and gently shook her shoulder.
"Baby, it's time to get up." I said. Piper didn't move, so I shook her again.
"Why, are you up?" She demanded. Not even opening her eyes. "It's too early." She smacked my hand away from her shoulder. "Go back to bed."
I sighed got up and walked over to the door and fliped on the light switch. Piper groaned and threw one arm over her eyes. I chuckled a little and went back and sat down on the edge of the bed. I ran a hand through her hair and leaned in and said.
"I hate to do this to you, love, but you have to get up." I pushed her hair back, then kissed her forehead. She lowed her arm from her eyes and glared at me.
"Why...do I have to get up, I want to sleep." She said, reaching around trying to find the covers, I guess maybe we shouldn't of stayed up so late fooling around. I knew I was planing on leaving this morning, so maybe I should of told Piper this so she would of knew, but ...well when we came to bed last night we started kissing one thing led to the other and I forgot to mention it to her.
"Come on, baby." I said when Piper had found the covers and pulled them over herself. "Get up." She shook her head. "I know it's early, but you have to get up, I hate doing this to you, but we have to go."
"Sure you do," She said sarcasticaly, then narrowed her eyes. "Wait, go where?"
"The quest, remember, I think it's about time we went on it." I said. "But right now if you want a shower before we go you're going to have to get up."
"Fine," She snapped. I stood so she had room to get up, and ignoring me, she walked over to my dresser and got in it, I had taken some of my clothes out so she could put some of her things in it. Then still ignoring me she went out my door and headed down the hall.
While I waited for her to shower, I decided to clean my room, I made my bed and picked up our dirty clothes we had thrown all around the room. And went to put them in the hamper, when I went into the bathroom, Piper was already in the shower, and when she heard me come in, she started mumbling not so nice things about me. I just smiled picked up my t-shirt she had been wearing and thrown on the floor to get in the shower, put it in the hamper and then I left the bathroom and went back to my room to wait for her to get done, and make sure I had packed everthing we would need.
After about ten mintues Piper came back into the room, she had her hair just a little past her shoulders, and light brown with two little blonde braids on one side, she was wearing black skinny jeans, and a white top. She glared at me with ice blue eyes and went to my closet and opened the door.
"Are you mad?" I asked her. I would hate to have to start this quest with her mad at me. I hated when she was mad at me, which has only happened twice. Piper looked over at me, she had been getting her jacket down from a hanger.
"I guess not." She sighed and walked over to me and bent down and gave me a kiss. I smiled and pulled her closer for a longer kiss. Piper finaly wiggled out of my hold and went back to the closet to get her shoes, she chose to where her knee high sneakers.
I even kept my closet neat and tidy. My dress shirts were hanging on hangers, along with the only two dresses Piper owns, and mine and her coats and jackets. I had mine and her shoes neatly lined up at the bottom of the closet. I couldn't help being so neat and tidy, after living with the Dursely's where I would get beat, if Aunt Petunia didn't think I had the houes clean enough. It was a habit of mine now to make sure everthing was neat and clean. And after Piper came here to stay with us, I soon had two people I had to clean up after. My dad and my girlfriend. Piper had a habit of leaving her dirty clothes laying on the floor or not putting the dishes she ate out of in the dishwasher or even in the sink. I had to go behind ever move she made and clean something up. I didn't mind though, I loved her too much.
Piper sat down next to me and begin to put her socks on. "Did you get any drachmas?"
"Yeah, why do you need them?" I asked. As she put her foot down and brought up her other one up, to put on her other sock. After I told Piper about Zeus saying ask the graeae, she said she would ask Annabeth about them, and for a few weeks now she has been asking me to get hold of some drachmas, I had sold some of Fred and George's joke stuff to the Stolls to get some.
"It's too hard to explain, I'll show you." Piper said, now putting one of her shoes on. Besides finding out about the graeae Piper has been trying to find out all she could about the blade of Olympus or where it could be, which she didn't find much.
"You still haven't really told me who the graeae are?" I said. Piper put on her last shoe zipped up the back of it and stood. Piper hadn't explain anything she had found out about the graeae from Annabeth or what she had read.
"They're these three old ladies who share an eye and seem to know everthing." She said. "I'll explain more in a little bit, but first don't you think we should be going, incase Sirius was to get up." I didn't have to worry about Marauder, becaues I had talked him into going to camp to stay with Leo and Jason, so I wouldn't have to worry about him wanting to come with me. But I did have to worry about Sirius waken and demanding to know where I was going or trying to stop me or go with me.
"Yeah, we better get going." I said.
"Do you have any money we could stop somewhere to get something to eat." She asked. "I'll tell you about the graeae then."
"I have plenty of money." I told her as I got out a grey hoodie and sliped it over my head. Since it is fall it was starting to get chilie outside, mainly in the morning, not enough for a heavey coat, just enough for something on your arms. I watched Piper slip on her sweater jacket and she zipp it up then put the hood on her head.
"Lets get going." I said taken her hand. I then leaned in and kissed her.
"What about a bag so we can take stuff we need?" Piper asked, as I kissed her again.
"Got it covered," I smiled. And reached down to pick up my bag. "I put your stuff in here with mine, hope you don't mind, but it'll be easier that way."
"That's fine, babe." Piper said, leaning in and kissing me again.
"You'll have to hold on to it while we're on my bike." I said. Piper nodded her okay. "Everthing we need is in here, even my cloak." We kissed again and I wrapped my arms around her, and deepened the kiss.
"I love you." I told her, I lifted my hand and rubbed her cheek. She smiled put her arms around my neck and kissed me again.
"I love you too," Piper said. We kissed one last time before pulling apart. "We better get going," Piper said covering her head back up, her hood had fell off when we were kissing.
I smiled. "Led the way." When she turned around to go out the door, I grabbed her from behind and pulled her too me (making her hood fall off again). I kissed her neck. Right on a hicky I had put there last night. Piper wiggled out of my grip and headed out the door, turning around and smiling at me as she did, she threw her hood back on, winked at me then ran out of the room, and down the hall and out the door.
I laughed and chased after her, we made it out to the parking garage before I caught up with her, and grabed her from behind and pulled her to me. We laughed and I kissed her neck, Piper turned around and put her hands around my neck. We stood there a good ten mintues kissing, before we finaly pulled apart and got on my bike and speed away.
We stopped at a McDonald's to have breakfast, Piper got a pancake breakfast, but all I got was a sausage biscuit, no mater how much Piper tried to get me to eat more. We sat at a table far in the back, thankfuly there wasn't too many people up this early, so there was only a few that had stopped to get a bit before heading to work.
We sat in the back booth and ate as Piper told me about the graeae. "They are three sisters said to have been born old, some stories say they're the sisters to the gorgons. They each share one eye and one tooth, Perseus, the first Perseus, not our Perseus, but the one from greek mythology, stole their eye once and wouldn't give it back into they told him where the gorgons was hiding."
"Gross," I made a face as she took a sip from her pop. "I'm not doing that."
"I'm with you." Piper said. "I'm not touching some eye ball." I snickered at her. "We'll just have to think of something else. But if anyone can help us find the sword it is them, they do know everthing."
"Maybe we can bribe them." I said, reaching over and grabing my bag Piper had sat on the table. "I know I put some drachmas in here."
"Babe, I don't think that'll work." Piper said. "Maybe we can do a favor for them or somthing. As long as what they want is reasonable." I shrruged and clossed my bag back.
"We have to find them first, then think of something." I said. "But I'm not taken anyones eye. That's just gross." Piper nodded.
"Annabeth told me something about them, so I think I know how to get them to come to us, but I guess we'll go from there and see if they'll tell us anything about the sword."
"If you're ready, I am." I said, picking up my trash and going over to throw it away. As Piper was eatting the last bit of her food.
"That's him." Someone said from behind me. I ignored them, knowing they knew me from the news yesterday. Another reason I had to wait to go on the quest, becaues I had to wait for my court date into I could leave. The camera man might of dropped the charges, but I still had to go to court over it, mainly for fighting in public. Sirius ended up having to pay a big fine, and pay the camera guy's doctor bills, apparently I had broken his jaw. Sirius threatened if I ever did anything like that again, I would never see the light of day. It had been all over the news for days after and the only place Piper and I could go without being followed by media was camp.
"The one dating the movie star's daughter, he beat up a camera guy for taken her picture." The person talking about me continued.
"He got off easy if you ask me." The person he was with said. "He should of got jail time."
"Bet his parents have a lot of money." Someone else put in.
"I heard he lives with his dad." The first person said. "And he is real rich. So of course he got off easy."
"Yeah, I heard that too." The other person said. "I also heard his mom won't have nothing to do with him, becaues his nothing but trouble."
"No, " Another person put in. "His mom's dead I think." Did I forget to mention that they were all kinds of rumors flying around about me. Who I was and who my parents were.
"No, she's an actress, I think." The second person said.
Soon the whole place was talking and pointing at me. They suddenly seemed like there was a lot more people here then before. When Piper heard she got up and came over to me.
"And there she is." Someone yelled. Soon people were pulling out thier phones and taking pictures.
"Come on, lets get out of here." She ordered tossing her stuff in the trash and sitting her tray on top of the trash cans. We made it out ignoring everone pointing and whispering. Piper led me a few blocks away to the corner of Thomas and Trimble, then stopped so suddenly I almost walked into her.
"Piper, what are we doing?" I asked. "We just left my bike about five blocks away."
She didn't answer instead she tossed a coin she just pulled out of my bag into the street and said. "Stethi, O harma diaboles!"
"What?" I demanded. I knew as much Ancient Greek as I she did, so I knew what she just said. Something about a charrot of damnation.
Instead of clattering with the asphalt, the drachma sank right through and disappered. For a moment, nothing happen. Then right where the coin had fallen, the asphalt darkened. It melted into a rectangular pool the size of a parking space-bubbling red liquid like blood. Then a gray taxi erupted from the ooze.
"Bloody hell." I cursed taken a step back. I went to pull out my wand, but Piper stopped me, just as the passenger window rolled down, and an old women with a mop of grizzled hair covering her eyes stock her head out the window.
"Passage? Passage." She shouted.
"Umm, take us to umm..." Piper looked to me, and I just stared back at her confussed. So she turned back to the women. "Um...the mall." She said. Now I was really confussed.
"The mall, Piper...what are you doing." I demanded. She grabed my arm and tried to get me to get in the back. "I'm not getting in there." She rolled her eyes and climbed in and looked up at me and gave me a smile. She knew once she was in there, there was no way I would let this cab speed off with her. Groaning I got in, but before I could shut the door, a familiar lion came running from down the street and jumped in the cab next to me.
"Marauder," I said shocked. "You're suppose to be at camp."
"I knew you were up to something." Marauder thought. "You've never had me go to camp and stay with Leo before, so I got away and have been following you all morning." I rolled my eyes as I reached over him and shut the door, the moment I did the old lady driving speed off.
"Turn right," The old lady by the door told the one driving.
"Well, if you give me the eye, Anger." The one driving said.
"No, it's my turn with it," Anger said. "Tempset had it yesterday, you had it the day before, so I get it today."
"But I'm driving," The other yelled.
"That's your exceus evertime." Anger shouted. "Watch out for that truck." She added. and the one driving swiveled to miss the tuck and nearly ran down some guy on a bicycle.
"Hang on the one driving dosen't have the eye." Piper asked, paling a little. And confussing me even more.
"Piper, what do you mean dosen't have the eye, don't they all have eyes." I asked, then my eyes widen. "Wait...their the..." Piper nodded.
"Makes you feel safe dosen't it." Marauder thought.
Piper leand forword. "Look we didn't really want a ride to the mail."
"We know," They all three said. She looked back at me, I shrrugged.
"Turn left," one shouted and Piper was thrown toward the door as Wasp took a sharp turn left.
"So, you know we're looking for the sword." I asked. As Wasp swiveled to stop from running over a mail man as she ran a red light, the mail man threw the arm loud of mail he had been carring across the street in the air as he dodged out of her way.
"We know everthing," They said togather.
"But the sword you seek is very dangerous" Tempset added.
"Only a true hero may with stand the power it pulls." Anger added.
"Can you prove yourself a true hero, Heracleitus Potter?" Wasp asked.
"Watch out." Anger yelled as Wasp moved off the road onto the side walk and nearly taken five people out. Why dose everone from the demigod world have to call me Heracleitus. How do they even know my full name anyways.
"What do I have to do?" I asked.
"Umm..good question." Wasp said. Missing the turn that would of took her to the mall parking lot.
"We are going to give you a chance to right a wrong your mother did enos ago." Anger said.
"What?" I demanded. "A wrong my mother did?"
"Turn around Wasp, you missed your turn." Anger demanded, they ignored my question as they begin to aruge and Wasp took an U turn right in the middle of the steet and headed back down the way we had came.
"Yes, a wrong your mother did." Tempset said. "It is becaues of her that an evil monster hides along roads sides attacking innocent childern." When she said that my heart sunk.
"What?" I demanded. "I don't unserstand, what monster?"
"We are talking about Lamia." Wasp said. "She is alive again, and lerking along road sides in England, snatching up childern and devouring them."
"Who or what is Lamia, and what dose she have to do with my mother." I demanded. I didn't really understand any of this. How could it be my mother's fault that some monster is devouring people in England. I was starting to get a very bad feeling about all of this. "And how dare you blame her for what this..this whatever it is is doing. My mother would never have anything to do with a monster that hurts innocent childern." Piper reached over and took my hand.
"Clame down, babe." She said.
"But what or who is this...Lamia thing?" I asked.
"Lamia is a monster from greek mythogly." Piper said. "I'm sure you guessed that much, she use to be a beautful women; once Queen of Libya, then she was turned into an ugly monster that was half-serpent and half-women, when her childern where killed she started hiding along road sides and attacking what childern came along and devouring them, her way of getting revenge for her kids being killed."
"But what dose any of that have to do with my mother?" I demanded. When Hera had put all those books on mythology in my cabin, I remember there being just a few about Hera. But I don't remember any of them mentioning anyone or monster by the name of Lamia.
"Look that dosen't matter." Piper said. "What matters is finding her and killing her, if she's killing little kids we need to stop her as soon as we can." I noded in agreement, I still wanted to know what this Lamia thing had to do with my mother, I really hoped Hera had nothing to do with her getting turned into a monster or with Lamia's kids being killed, but we did have to stop her from killing kids.
"If you do that you will prove yourself a real hero." Tempset said.
"And to prove you have done so, you are to bring us her eyes." Wasp said. Pulling up infront of the mall, It was still quit early, so the mall was closed and no cars or anybody was in the parking lot.
"We are here...now get out." Anger said.
"Gladley." I said, opening the door and grabing Piper's hand and got out, pulling her along with me as fast as I could. Then the car speed away fast, and in no time the cab couldn't even be seen.
"Charming," I mumbled, then looked at Piper. "You do realize we have to walk 14 blocks back to my bike, right, not that my bike would do any good now, not with our little tag a long?"
Piper didn't answer she was chewing on her lower lip and looked troubled about something.
"What dose Lamia have to do with my mother." I asked. Then explained how all the books I ever read about Hera did not have her in it. Piper frowned even more, and looked at me with almost pity in her eyes. I did not like that at all.
"Look, lets just say Lamia and Hera hated each other and leave it at that." Piper said. Now I frowned.
"You're keeping something from me I know you are." I said. "It's about my mother I have a right to know." Piper said nothing she just took off her jacket and tied it around her waist. It was getting a little warm now that the sun was all the way up. I even pushed up the seleves of my hoodie.
"We should see if we can catch a flight to England. I can pay for it with the cardit card my dad gave me." Piper said, ignoring my question. "Maybe we can get them to think Marauder is a big dog or something with the mist."
"I am not a dog." Marauder thought, he sounded insaulted.
"Damn it, Piper, would you just tell me." I snapped. Piper looked at me startled, then walked off down the parking lot. toward the sidewalk. Great now I have made Piper mad. I looked down at Marauder.
"What dose Lamia have to do with my mother?" I asked. Marauder looked up at me.
"How should I know, I'm just a little tag along." Marauder thought. Then ran toward Piper. First my girlfriend, now my lion. Great way to start a quest, why can't I just contral my temper.
I took off running toward Piper, she had already gotten halfway across the parking lot.
"Piper, wait up." I yelled, catching up to her. "Baby, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to snap at you." I ran up beside her and gently took her arm. She stopped and faced me. "I'm sorry, baby, okay, but why won't you tell me?"
Piper sighed and pushed her hair out of her face. She didn't say anything at first, but she took her arm out of my hand.
"Harry, I know how much you've come to care about Hera." Piper said. "You and her have gotten pretty close," She half-smiled, "I've even joked with Annabeth that you were becoming a mama's boy." She turned her head and looked down the road. "I just don't want to hurt you. And I know you'll get hurt if I tell you the story of Lamia, I think it's cruel that out of all the monsters, they have to make you fight it's her. There is a reason Hera didn't give you much books about her, you know somethings she did, but I think she dosen't want you to find out the worse stuff. You know how vengeful and cruel she can get."
"Love, just tell me." I said. Of coures I knew how curel my mother could get, mainly to lovers of Zeus or Zeus kids. I've read the stories about Hercules, and Leto, Apollo and Artemis's mother. How Hera had forbide her to give birth, heck, her main reason for having me was becaues she was sick of having Zeus' kids out do hers, and she wanted a great hero for a son. But Piper not telling me what she knew, didn't make senes, whenever I wanted to know something about my mother. Piper was the one who would pull out a book and help me find what I was looking tell me what she already knew, it was becaues of Piper I knew about Hercules and Leto or other things Hera has done. But Piper not telling me was really starting to worry me. Just how vengeful can my mother get.
"Fine," Piper snapped at me now, throwing her hands up in the air. "If you want to know that bad I'll tell you." Then Piper stopped talking, her eyes widen just as I heard a big crash behind me, I turned around and blocked Piper from whatever it was, and saw this huge giant serpent thing crashing out from the big windows at the front of the mall and head right toword us.
I immediately pulled out my wand and twisted it into a sword, dropped my bag then ran toward it. I could hear Piper running behind me along with Marauder. I ran up to the thing and swung my sword, but missed as it dodged out of the way. Then Piper came up to it on the other side and stabed it. It raised it's upper body up and hissed out, swinging it's head around. Piper had to dodged out of the way so it wouldn't hit her. Marauder let out a big roar and snapped at whatever part he could get to, clawing and bitting. The thing swung it's tail and knocked Marauder away, but he just jumped back up and roared once more.
"Piper," I cried as it opened it's mouth and dodged at her, I ran around and stabed it with my sword to stop it from bitting or eatting her, whatever it was trying to do.
"Don't touch her." I hissed at it in parsaltounge.
"Harry, I think thats the python, Apollo killed." Piper said. "From one of the old myths."
"How did he kill it?" I asked. Backing up some as it dodged at me, apparently not impressed by my snake talk. Marauder ran over and stood infront of me growling at it.
"I'm...not sure," Piper said. "I never really read how he killed it, I know it's something to do with a cave and a bunch of arrows, sorry don't really remember."
"Thats alright." I said. "Don't have a cave or arrows, like Percy, I suck at archery anyway."
"Maybe if we can get to where it's heart is, hit it there." Piper suggested."That might kill it."
"Alright, you just becareful." I told her.
"You too," Piper mumbled then we ran into fight again, I tried to get up under it, to where I thought would be it's chest, but I was knocked back and landed hard on the concert.
"HARRY," Piper screamed, she ran forward and stabbed it's- I guess belly, I didn't really see what happen, I was getting back to my feet, but the next thing I knew Piper was flying back and landed on the ground, then rolled off down this little hill to the sidewalk below. I ran down to her, Marauder stayed to keep an eye on the python, he growled and attcked it to keep it from coming down after me.
Piper was laying on her side not moving, I could see a little bit of blood coming from a cut on the side of her head.
"Piper, baby," I said gently rolling her over. She mumbled and moved her head. "Just stay right here, love, I'll help you when I get through with that thing." Piper mumbled something I couldn't understand, I kissed her, then ran back up to fight. When I got up to the top I sent Marauder down to watch Piper.
I ran right up to it and raised my sword and stabed it's chest, the serpent hissed and reared back, my sword still stuck in it, I dodged and rolled out of the way as it tried to bit and snap and bat at me with it's head or tail.
At one time I landed next to Piper's dagger she most of dropped it before rolling down the hill. I picked it up and ran up and stabbed him in the side. The serpent hissed and swung around and smacked me with it's head, I was thrown back and landed hard on the concret, all my weight went on my wrist and I heard it snap.
I groaned in pain as I heard the snake coming near me, I tired to get up, but fell back down, a dark shadow fell over me, and I looked over my shoulder to see the thing right above me.
I sit up a little and backed away, trying to get away from it, I raised my hand trying to think of a spell that would help me, I wondered if I could just banish the thing to Tartarus, but didn't get a chance to do anything. It roared it's big ugly snake head hissing and snapping at me, it raised it's whole upper body, and hissed it's froked tounge coming out of it's mouth. Then it's mouth came at me wide open.
But then from somewhere behind me, a golden arrow fly over my head and right between it's eyes, it raised up and hissed, that was when another arrow hit it then another, and another into finaly one arrow hit it right in the chest where it's heart would be. It hissed in pain, then it's body fell to the ground dead, It started to smok and the body disappeared leaving behind nothing but a giant snake skin with a bunch of golden arrows sticking in it.
I turned around and looked behind me to see Piper standing there, holding a golden bow in her hand, and a quiver of golden arrows hung from her shoulder, she had a determind look on her face, and blood running down the side of her head and a wild look in her eyes. Marauder was standing by her side snarling. It was almost a frighten sight.
Our eyes locked and Piper gave me a little smile and ran toward me. She got down next to me and looked at my wrist.
"Are you hurt?" She asked setting the bow down next to her.
"I think I broke my wrist." I told her, she took hold of it and I hissed in pain. "Where'd you get that bow?"
"I was laying down there on the ground, and trying to get up to help you, when it suddenly appeared next to me, Harry you know who it belongs to don't you?"
I looked down at it and took a good look at the golden bow. "That's Apollo's." I said, surprised. Piper smiled.
"Yeah, he most of sent it so I could help you." Piper said. I reached up and pushed her hair back and looked at her cut.
"How do you feel, your head dosn't hurt, dose it?" I asked Piper shook her head. We fell silent for a while, and Piper got up walked over and picked up my bag and carried it back over to me, she opened it and got out my wizard first aid kit, got in it and took out the flask of nector I had added to it. She handed it to me. I took a drink and immediatly felt my wrist healing, I then handed it to her and she took some to heal the cut on her head. I laid my hand on the side of her head and whispered a cleaning spell that cleaned the blood off.
"Thanks," She smiled at me.
"I think, I should be the one thanking you." I told her. "You saved my life."
"You saved my life plenty of times," Piper smiled. "I thought it was about time I saved yours." I smiled back at her. We leaned in to kiss, but a bright light shined pulling us apart.
"There's my bow, I was wondering where it had gone off to." Apollo suddenly appeard beside us. Marauder who had been standing next to me sat down and rolled his eyes. I guess he didn't care much for Apollo.
"Hey, Apollo," I greeted him with a smile.
"Hello there, little step-brother," Apollo said and then turned to Piper. "And the lovely Piper is here," He held out his arms. "Welcome to the club, sweetheart."
Piper rasied her eyebrows, "What club?" She demanded.
"The- I slayed the mighty python club." Apollo answered. "Though I did kill him in a more creative way." Piper rolled her eyes then looked back at the giant snake skin, and then a shocked looked crossed her face. I believe she just realized she had killed the python.
"Yes, it's a lot to take in when you kill your first big monster." Apollo patted Piper on the shoulder. "Thanks for finding my bow." He picked up his golden bow and quiver. "Sometimes I believe this thing has a mind of it's own, one minture it's there and the next..." He mockingly shook his head. I smiled a little.
"You're mad." I told him, Apollo just laughed and got down on the other side of me to look at my wrist. If it had been any other god, they would of been insaulted, even if they knew I was joking, which I was. That's what I like about Apollo, you can joke around with him and not having to be on your toes, trying your best not to insault him, like most the other gods.
"Good the nector did it's job." Apollo said, letting go of my wrist, he then looked at Piper's head and nodded his approvel. He then elbowed her in the side. "Can't have the only other member of our club hurt now can we, sweetheart?"
"Apollo, stop flirting with my girlfriend." I demanded. "And don't call her sweetheart." Apollo only laughed.
"Since you found and returned my bow, I guees I get to grant you a wish." Apollo said, standing back up. "Need anything-to go anywhere?"
Piper and I looked and each other and nodded, I stood grabing my bag and helped Piper to stand.
"Could you get us to England?" I asked.
"All the way to England...umm." Apollo acted as if he was thinking. "Maybe if I could get a kiss from a lovely daughter of Aphordite." He winked at Piper who blushed, making me frown.
"There's a whole cabin full of them back at camp, take your pick." I snaped. Apollo laughed out right at that.
"I was told you have Hera's jealousy, but I didn't believe it." Apollo said. Laughing even more. "I guess I owe Hermes fifty drachmas." I glared at him as Piper started laughing too.
"Can you get us to England or not." I demanded. Apollo stopped laughing and patted my back.
"Just chill little bro," He said. "I was only playing with you. I wouldn't take your girl. I've seen you angry, and believe me, I wouldn't want that anger pointed toward me." He shivered. "You didn't only get your mother's jealousy, you got her temper too."
"So, can you get us to England?" Piper asked.
"Well...you did find and return my bow, I guess I'm allowed to return the favor." Apollo winked at us. "Is getting to England what you really want?"
"Yes please." Piper said. I smiled, my sister Eilethyia had been right, Apollo was a lot smarter then he let on. He found a way around the whole not helping demigods on their quest by saying he lost and we found his bow, and by returning it to him he could help us.
"Alright then." Apollo said. "Oh but first I think I should give Piper a reward for slaying the mighty python." He thought a mintue. " I got it." He slug his bow and quiver on his back, then held out his hand and another one appeared in his hand, it was a little smaller and the gold was less shiny and lighter gold color, but it pretty much matched his. Apollo smiled and held the bow and quiver out to Piper. Her mouth fell open as she took it.
"You'er...you'er giving me this?" She asked. Apollo nodded.
"You showed you are good in archery." Apollo answered. "And that dagger can't always help you. With a bow you can kill an enemy from far away if you had to." He ran a finger down the back of the bow and greek letters appeard there, they said: Piper McLean, daughter of Aphordite, second slayer of the mighty python.
"Thank you." Piper told him. She then glanced at me and I smiled at her, like Apollo I too had noticed whenever we had archery lissen at camp that Piper was pretty good with a bow. I had wonder a few times why she didn't use one, but never got around to asking.
"You're welcome." Apollo said. "Now I can't wait for my sister's reaction to a young lady carring around my bow. Gold is a lot better then silver. Don't you think, Harry." I just shrugged and said nothing, yeah I thought gold was better then silver, for one silver was a Slythrine color and gold was a Gryffindore color. And Piper looked good with a gold bow hanging from her shoulder and her dagger hooked to her side. She looked like a real worrier. A beautful one at that.
"Now lets get you two love birds to England." Apollo said rubbing his hands togather and grinning real big. And then a big light shined and Piper, Marauder, and I disappeard, then reappeard standing on some country road somewhere in England.
"Well...I guess, all we have to do now is find Lamia, then kill her." I said. Piper slipped her hand in mine. Our little spat has been long forgotten.
"She can take her eyes out." Piper said. "I remember, Zeus allowed her to be able to take her eyes out so she can sleep." I wanted to know way she would need to take her eyes out just to sleep, but I didn't want to fight with her again.
"Okay...maybe we can use that somehow." I said.
"Just what I was going to say." Piper nodded.
"Lets find where she's at, then we can make a plan." I said. "And remember the graeae wanted her eyes as pruff."
"I'm not touching them." Piper said. I snickered.
"And now you're really starting to show you're a daughter of Aphordite." I teased. Piper gave me a dirty look.
"Come on lets go find this Lamia." I said. Walking down the road and pulling Piper with me. We didn't get far when it started to rain, I put my hood on my head, and Piper put her jacket back on and threw the hood over her head. I just knew this wasn't going to be an easy quest. Why do they always have to be hard.
A.N. Hope this was a good chapter and again, sorry about waiting so long to update. If I disappear like that again you know it's my labtop, but I'm getting a new one in a few mouths so it should be okay to then.
Oh and about Lamia I got her from a book about greek mythology so I hope I get her story right, I'm going by what my book says.