Chapter 2

I tried to walk towards the big table, since I saw Sea and Shayna there, but I was blocked by more angry demigods. I put two fingers into my mouth and whistled as loud as possible. Every head turned towards me as I put them down. I caught Sea's eye and she nodded at me to signal that I should come up. I walked through a path that opened before me to the table. I pulled Sea and Shayna into a hug and saw a couple of our other friends and family.

"Thanks…we couldn't figure out how to get them to stop." They whisper into my ear.

"You're welcome." I mouth back. "Now where do I sit?" I ask looking for an empty seat.

Sea patted the seat next to her and I went around to the other side. I quickly sat down, but stood back up when the rioting started back up. I whistled again and shouted across the room, "If you guys don't stop, I will keep whistling until you do stop!"

Everyone started to settle down and sat back down in their seats. I nodded at Sea and sat down again. She stood up and started to speak saying," Family, I know all of you are distressed with the current situation on Olympus," people started to murmur when she said this, "but we can find a way to fix this. We have our two most favorite and trusted minor goddesses, Leila and Shayna, with us today, so we can ask them for help. We need them to go to Olympus since they are the only ones not forbidden there. They are our only hope." She turned to us and asked with a lot of pleading in her voice, "Shay and Lei, can you guys please go to Olympus for us and report back? Please?"

I nodded at her since I knew that if I talked I would definitely lose it. I looked at Shay and she did the same.

"We will be back as soon as possible," we both chorused at the same time. Let's go. I told Shayna using our sisterly telepathy. She nodded and we exited out the double doors. I walked back to my place on the sand and again willed my body, but changed the location to the throne room above Mt. Olympus in Greece.

Again, I crash landed, but this time I landed outside the throne room. I waited for Shayna to appear in a flurry of sparkles and mist. She was the only minor goddess that I knew that could land on her feet. I had been begging her to teach me how to land but she has been really busy lately. She helped me up and I dusted myself off before opening the grand double doors to the throne room. When we entered the enormous room, each of the 12 major gods looked up. Our father, Poseidon, smiled as he saw us enter. Our uncle, Zeus, scowled knowing that we were one of the few not exiled currently from Olympus.

"Hello, my lords and ladies." I say ceremoniously as I bow along with Shayna.

"Welcome back, children," our father responds back.

"We are here to state a new rule that has been in effect for some time now and the other children of the gods are angry with it. The rule that states that no demigod or demigoddess is allowed to enter Olympus without the help of a minor or major god seems unfair because—"

"Unfair….UNFAIR! I decide what is unfair on Olympus because I am lord and ruler of all!" Our uncle's voice literally rumbles as he loses control of his powers. The air starts to crackle with electricity and sparks start around us.

"Please uncle, listen to our pleas. All of our cousins and siblings are counting on us. Their other option or condition is you don't repeal the rule is war. As one of the heads of the Demigod Council, we are trying at all costs to avoid a war. Some of our new allies know magic….dark magic that could start many uprisings, like the release of all of the Titans….including your father, Kronos."

A sharp intake of breath is taken as I mention the father of the lord of the gods. Each god or goddess looks to the one next to them until every eye reaches Zeus. His face is red with shame and hatred for the father that he has tried to keep under a watchful eye that began at the start of the eternity of his rule.

"I have made my decision. If it is a war you demigods want…it is a war you shall receive! Now leave before you are killed. I will do it in the presence of your mother and father, Leila and Shayna and I shall do it in front of the very people you call family. Now go!" His voice echoes in the hall and we quickly disappear.

When we land on the beach, I look at Shayna and say, "How do we explain it all to them? Everyone has wanted a shift of power for years, but I don't want anyone to get hurt in that process."

She replies with sadness in her eyes, "Leila, I really don't know…there is nothing more I think we can do."

We trudge up to the beach and stand in front of the doors to collect ourselves before we enter.