Chapter 4
Serena said with authority,"I think it could be a good idea. It might work into our favor."
Thank you. I tell her mentally. She nods back in agreement.
"Now everyone divide into your different groups by parents or powers."
Everyone started to walk onto the beach to find their siblings. I walked outside with Sea and Shay to our family and saw our sister Aqua waiting for us. She had her blue necklace on her to keep her from changing. Aqua was a half-mermaid and her father was our father. She hugged each of us and said, "OMG! You guys are we really going to summon the Titans?"
We all nodded at her and she paled a little. She regained her composure and said, "Okay, should we start practicing?"
"Sure." We all said at the same time. I waved my hand over my body until I had my bow and arrows on my back and my small dagger was in its sheath in my side. My family was doing the same until they were all in their practice clothes. I lunged at Shayna and she parried with her long sword. I teamed up with Aqua and we made small teams. We each take turns lunging and fighting each other. We stop to catch our breath and look around to see that everyone, like us, was covered in dirt and sweat.
"Does anyone besides me think we need a break?" I ask our group and everyone nods in agreement.
I conjure up water for each of us and we each sit down on the beach until sunset. I light a small fire and grab a bag of marshmallows that I had snagged from my parents before I left California. We all grab a stick and roast the marshmallows.
I bite into my first one when the log that I'm sitting on starts to shake. Harpies shot out of the sand and behind them sea serpents lunged out of the water and cried into the night. We all grabbed our battle gear, except Aqua, Sea, Shay, and I. We had left our swords and the harpies were flying over them and all we were left with were daggers. We unsheathed our daggers and ran towards the fight.
I lunged at the first harpy that flew towards me. I stabbed it and before it exploded it whispered in it's craggily, old voice, "A war has started, young goddess, and you cannot stop it."
I was about to ask more questions, when I was covered in guts and dust. I ran towards our swords and dove beneath harpies to reach them. I grabbed my specially made by Hesphetaeus. I gathered the other's swords in my arms and ran to them. I handed them out and rejoined the fight.
After we defeated the harpies and scared of the serpents, I started to tend to the wounded, and thankfully, no one had died. I hurried to find the other girls after I finished and started my story. I told them what the harpy said to me before she was sent to Tartarus. I chewed a piece of ambrosia and listen to their thoughts.
"I really didn't think it would start so soon. We were so unprepared," Shay looked really scared as she said the words.
"What do you expect, they have almost every creature under their control," Aqua stated mater-of-factly.
"I really don't know what we can do now. All we can possibly do is stay prepared." We all nodded after Sea's statement and went back to the beach. We set up our respective tents and went to bed to ponder the night's events.