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Chapter 11: the Plan, the Last Day of Summer, and the History

We all sat down for lunch and started eating. Halfway through lunch Chiron went to Marie and handed her an envelope. She told him thanks and put it in her pocket.

After lunch we went down to the amphitheater and she pulled out the envelope. It was a letter from her parents, it said:

Dear Marie,

We all miss you a lot and wish you were here.

I think that you are right and it is time you find this girl who you've been searching for. We would be happy to give you the funds for this trip for you and your friend. We talked with Chiron about picking up both you and Nico in two weeks and he agreed.

We all hope to see you soon and can't wait for you to come home.

Lots of love,

Dad

Marie looked at me "so when my parents come to pick us up we'll stay with them for a few days and then head off to England ok?" I nodded. So far the only ones who knew that Marie and I were going to England were Marie's family and Percy and Annabeth.

Chiron wasn't aware that we were planning on leaving the country and he didn't need to know.

The two weeks passed by quickly and the time came where Marie's parents were here to pick us up.

I had said goodbye to Percy and Annabeth who wished us both a safe journey. When Marie first caught sight of her parents she ran down the hill and gave them both a hug. I walked down to meet them and they said hello to me and were actually quite friendly.

When we got to the house Marie was hugged by her adopted brother Jason and his girlfriend, Marie's best friend, Mandy

By this point I think I should give you some information about Marie's family.

Mandy Reed was Marie's best friend and Jason's girlfriend. While she couldn't see through the mist clearly, she had better sight than most mortals and she knew that Marie was not normal. Mandy had once said to Marie; "I don't know what you're involved in, and I don't think that I want to know. But if you ever need my help with anything I'll do what I can" Mandy had helped Marie on many different things. What Mandy did know was that Marie was not completely human and she had a hunch that Marie was a demigoddess. While no one had confirmed this fact to Mandy, nobody denied it either.

Well a year before Marie's sister died Mr. Valentine's best friend passed. His name was Tomas Smith; he was a single father of an six year old son named Jason. Jason's mother was never known but he came to live with the Valentine's and soon became a part of the family. Jason was exactly like Mr. & Mrs. Valentine in one way, he could see through the mist, clearly. Jason and Marie were great friends to each other but Jason liked Marie only as a sister.

Anna Valentine was a successful dance teacher who married at the age of nineteen. She married twenty-four year old Jonathan Valentine, who had been the single father of the five year old Rose. Two years after Anna Married Jon, Aphrodite stepped into the picture again and from it Marie was born. Despite Marie's birth Anna stayed with Jon, raising both Rose and Marie as if they were her own daughters.

Jonathan Valentine was a successful sword instructor and the middle child of three. Jon was nineteen when he first met Aphrodite, then Rose was born and his sister moved in with him to help him take care of Rose.

Angie Valentine had been a secretary, she was also nineteen when she met Apollo and had her son Sora.

Aiden Valentine was a blacksmith and a son of Hephaestus and made all the weapons for Jonathan's classes he had also made a few magical weapons for Sora, Rose and Marie.

Sora Valentine had been a son of Apollo who had fought for Kronos because he had felt betrayed by his father and the gods when Rose had died.

And then there was Rose Valentine herself; Rose had been the eldest among the second generation of Valentines. and was the nicest person you could ever meet. She had helped Sora do his chores, helped Jason with his homework, she had tucked Marie in every night and had run to Marie's side when Marie had a nightmare. Rose's death had hurt everyone.


We stayed at Marie's place for a week and finally it was time for us to leave. We got flight tickets (ok yes I know that this was probably a bad idea but I didn't think Zeus would care if I flew, just Percy.) for England and we had two small Carryon bags. She said goodbye to her family and we walked to the plane gate where we would be getting on our flight. We got on and took our seats and got to England safely. When we got off the flight Marie looked uncertain. I took her hand and said "Everything will be okay Marie."

She looked at me and smiled and said "Your right. Let's do this." And so we set off to find Sarah Alexander and Will Stanton.


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