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Zoha Ven: You're right! But then Astrid would get charged of murder, then the demigods get angry (Annabeth will be furious) and they fight, and Poseidon will send a flood (fatherly overprotection), Camp Half-Blood get involved, and it'll turn into a battle worse than... you know what? Let's not dwell on the negative effects, shall we?

Oh, and you might find this term in the chapter: Jotunheim: the Land of giants, in Norse mythology.

On with the story! But before that: disclaimers apply...

FRANK

"Uh, Hazel? Can I ask you something?"

Frank readied another arrow. The Earthborn was advancing. The arrow Frank shot bounced off the beast. It kept advancing, waving its six ugly arms in the air, as if he was dancing. Frank should be lucky that they were fighting only one.

"Yes Frank?" Hazel clenched the grip of her golden spatha even tighter. "You better make it quick, though!"

"Remind me to never go in strange Viking woods where Earthborn are waiting!"

"Back at you!" Hazel stabbed at one of the Earthborn's arms and it fell to the ground, finally disappearing. "Another sign Gaia knows we're here!"

Then Frank heard a familiar roar. He saw a black shape above him, firing a plasma blast at the Earthborn. It didn't seem affected, and it raised the remaining arms at the black shape. Dragon... Thank the gods, it was Toothless! On his back was Hiccup and Percy, Annabeth with Hiccup's girlfriend - what was her name? Oh yeah - Astrid - and the rest of the demigods on Cloudjumper. Astrid shot a dirty look at Percy. "That thing's hideous! What is it!"

Percy jumped to the ground, Riptide in hand. "That's a monster called the Earthborn. They're evil. We have to kill it."

Hiccup landed and swiped at the Earthborn with his awesome flaming sword , but it didn't even make a single scratch. The Earthborn looked as if it wasn't affected by Hiccup's sword at all. Frank swiped, and left a scratch the size of Frank's arm then stepped back.

"How come your weapons work and ours don't?" yelled Astrid over the Earthborn's roar, as she threw her battleaxe at the creature and all it did was shake its head.

"Because our weapons are made of a different metal than yours!" Jason shouted back, slicing away one of the Earthborn's arms. "Only our ones work on monsters like this! You guys are lucky that this is only one of the Earthborn!"

"There's more?" said Astrid. Frank heard her muttering "Their fault" and "Endangering the island" and "Hiccup why did you trust these strange weirdos?" Frank decided to think about it later.

"So how do we help?" asked Hiccup, ordering Toothless to fire another plasma blast.

"Distract it," Frank replied, "We'll finish it off!"

"Go away, Earthborn," soothed Piper, using all her charmspeak. "Go away from us." But her charmspeak didn't have much effect; the Earthborn felt woozy for a few seconds then looked determined to kill again.

"Piper, d'you think this is the time to pretty talk this thing?" shouted Leo. "We gotta kick its butt!"

"Can we tame it?" asked Hiccup hopefully.

Leo shook his head, taking a Celestial bronze mallet out of his magical tool belt and throwing it at the Earthborn. "Nah, it's un-tameable!"

"Okay, Toothless," said Hiccup. "Hit him with all you got!"

"AH!" The Earthborn took Hazel by the neck, and looked ready to throttle her. Frank boiled up with complete anger. He stabbed and sliced the Earthborn with Hazel's spatha as violent as he could, yelling, "DON'T HURT HAZEL!" and the Earthborn dropped her, with so much force she hit the ground unconscious. Frank ran up to her and noticed a gash on her forehead.

"I'll take care of her!" said Valka. "I'm going straight to Gothi's! You just find a way how to get rid of that thing!" Hiccup's mother hopped on her Stormcutter, and they flew back to the village.

Frank looked back at the Earthborn, looking weak already after plenty of attacks. It had one arm left and all his friends looked dirty and battered, some bloody. Frank, holding Hazel's cavalry sword in his hand, ran towards the Earthborn's chest, then leapt. It stabbed the Earthborn straight in the heart, and it disappeared. Panting, Jason congratulated him in a mock posh voice and said, "Well done, Praetor Zhang. Incredible sword skill. You saved our lives."

"Woo-hoo Frank!" cried Leo, jumping in the air with air-punches. "That is officially amazing!"

Astrid looked uncertain. "It's gone?"

"Yeah, Frank finished it off neatly," Percy smirked, patting Frank on the back. He felt proud for himself, but then frowned. Hazel was hurt! "Uh, I wanna get back to Hazel as soon as I can."

"Sure, we all need to clean up," grinned Hiccup, but Percy stopped him as he climbed onto Toothless.

"Guys, can we walk now? I don't care if it's a long way. I don't want to fly. Again."

Hiccup laughed, and the demigods, including Frank, joined in. Astrid didn't laugh. She turned to her boyfriend. "Hiccup, that thing-" then she turned to Frank. "What was that?"

"An Earthborn," Frank said, "it is a horrible monster. It's gone now." But a tiny voice said in his head, Not for long, though? The Doors of Death are still open, and he's probably going to make his way to Greece.

Shut up, Mr Sunshine, the other bits of Frank thought back.

"Come on, let's walk back."

ASTRID

Astrid didn't like these newcomers. She trusted them for a while, but then soon began to question them.

That strange boy, Leo, couldn't have made two weapons in such a short time. Their village blacksmith, Gobber, had said it was almost impossible to do such a thing, and he was much older and more experienced than Leo. And that boy, Percy Jackson, or whatever he was called, had a glowing bronze sword. She never thought it was possible for a glowing blade like Percy's to exist.

Whenever anyone asked a question liked that, those strange folk would either blush, turn away, say "I cant tell you" or change the subject, or sometimes do them all. Percy had said they were on a sea voyage. Where to? They seemed so young; maybe the ages ranged from thirteen to seventeen? They wore strange clothing - one half of the group of seven wore orange, the other half wore purple. Even Hiccup seemed so secretive. This was shown when she walked up to Hiccup at dinner. Her boyfriend was sitting with the strangers, laughing at a joke, but he stopped when Astrid approached him, and told him she needed to have a private chat with him.

"What is it, Astrid?" Astrid felt the young Chief trembling. She said, "Those people. Why are you trusting them?"

Hiccup looked at Astrid uncertainly. He's hiding something, she thought, but yet she continued, "That boy, Leo-"

"Gods, Astrid, you still going on about that? Leo Valdez, heck, he has a talent. He-"

"Are you standing up for them?" she asked. She was getting angry now. "How about Percy Jackson? He has a glowing bronze sword. Swords don't glow."

"His sword... he says it's an ancient model."

"But swords don't glow! It's not natural, and I've never seen anything like it, Hiccup! And they're on some 'sea voyage'!" She made air quotes with her hands. "They're young! I think that girl Hazel, she's thirteen, she said so herself, and that other girl, Annabeth, she said that she and Percy are almost seventeen!"

"Oh, the good ol' times when we were seventeen!" grinned Hiccup. "That was only a while before we got involved with the Dragon Eye, and Viggo and Ryker and the Dragon Hunters, and the good ol' Defenders of the Wing... Good memories. Good times. Cool dragons. Bad enemies."

Astrid supressed a smile, but quickly extinguished it as she said, "Anyway, Hiccup, they might've drawn that monster giant thing to Berk. They've put us in danger. They could be from Jotunheim, or spies. I don't know if they're trustworthy."

Hiccup glared. "Of course they are. You just don't know them properly."

"Hiccup-"

Her boyfriend cut her off. "You just don't understand. I'm sorry, Astrid, but... you can trust them. It isn't their fault they had to fight the giant monster thing."

"You're hiding something, aren't you?" demanded Astrid.

Hiccup stared at the ground, and Astrid knew that he knew things that she didn't. Hiccup was never so secretive. He said, "Sorry, Astrid," then walked away. Astrid couldn't believe him. That 'Earthborn' definitely put Berk in danger. Surely they were enemies! Maybe one of Drago Bludvist's armies! Was Hiccup actually believing that they were good and it wasn't their fault? The Vikings didn't look like they believed that Percy Jackson and his friends were enemies... but maybe they didn't know. As every day passed, Astrid's trust of the people dwindled. She didn't know how to convince Hiccup that something was definitely strange with those new people.

As she went to sleep, she dreamed. She dreamed she was standing on a hilly field, alone. Grasping her battleaxe, Astrid called out for Hiccup, but no-one was there. It was an endless plain of green. There was no Stormfly there to be with her either. She felt the earth rumble beneath her.

So... the young warrior. Lots of promise. She'll do.

Astrid raised her axe higher. "Who are you? Where are you?" she called.

My name is of no importance, Astrid Hofferson. This voice sounded feminine, and Astrid sounded as if the speaker was in some kind of trance as she spoke. She sounded as if she came from the earth. But I know what you want.

"Who are you?" Astrid repeated. She sensed danger, like the not-so-good old days where Berk killed dragons five years ago.

Percy Jackson and his friends are enemies, Astrid, said the Voice From The Earth. They seek to place your home in danger. They summoned the Earthborn to place you and your comrades in jeopardy. They work not just for Drago Bludvist, but also a more complex enemy, one that seeks to destroy the world. Percy Jackson is a spy, like the rest of his friends.

I knew it! thought Astrid. Hiccup was wrong!

I can help you get rid of him, said the Voice From The Earth. Team up with me. I will help you fight Percy Jackson, prove your friend Hiccup Horrendous Haddock the Third wrong. Will you team up with me, Astrid Hofferson?

Astrid hesitated. One part of her body yelled, Yes, Astrid! Percy Jackson and those friends of his are bad! BAD, I tell you! She'll help make your life better! She'll send them away! The other part pleaded with her: No, Astrid! Be good! How does that weird Voice know your name? And Hiccup's too? How does she know about the Earthborn? You're smarter than this Astrid! Percy Jackson might have some reason why he's not telling you everything! So does Hiccup! Let's do this the diplomatic way!

Clenching the hilt of her battleaxe, Astrid gave in. Percy Jackson brought trouble.

"Yes," said Astrid finally. "I'll help you."

Astrid woke, guessing it was midnight. That dream was just a dream... however, it felt so... real. She felt weird, though; her head was hot. Maybe she had a fever - she'd better get Gothi for this. She had plenty of remedies for fever. The Voice From The Earth still pounded in her head like a man knocking in her mind like a door. Team up with me. I will help you fight Percy Jackson, prove your friend Hiccup Horrendous Haddock the Third wrong... she glanced at her Deadly Nadder, Stormfly. She was peacefully snoozing.

Suddenly, the Earth rumbled softly. Astrid had the distinct feeling that she was the only one who could feel the earthquake. She heard the voice, You made a good choice, Astrid Hofferson. You will not regret this.

"What will you do?" Astrid whispered. She reached for her battleaxe.

I will do a few adjustments, the Voice replied. Do not worry, Astrid Hofferson. One of my servants will guide you.

Astrid felt someone breathe on her, and she gained unconsciousness.

Okay, I guess it's a little shorter than the other chapters, but PLEASE forgive me!

Sorry, I guess I kinda left the chapter with a cliffhanger. P-PLEASE FORGIVE ME!

I'll make sure the story gets more longer and exciting.

You might've guessed already who Astrid had an encounter with.

What will happen next?

Tune in for next time!

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