From Twin Fangirls To Demigod?

Chapter 7

'Bout to Break

Selena's Pov:

When the big whirlpool opened up, I felt like the gum that I flush down the toilet on occasion when I need to get rid of it. I was stuck, yet the current of the whirlpool was pulling me down slowly. I felt something twist around my legs and held back a string of curses. Enchanted seaweed was tight around my legs and cutting off blood circulation down there. I made sure to keep my grip on the blonde-boy's sword and now I used it to hack at the seaweed. I loved that dad was trying to keep up from getting sucked into the giant black-whole but I absolutely despised being restrained. It made me feel trapped, even if it was saving my life. Percy and the chick next to him jumped into the water, the girl a bit reluctant, and swam toward us. Ash nudged me with her elbow as the pair swam toward us and I followed her gaze to some rather sharp, and way too pink, coral. Before the crazy twin could be stopped, she was at the coral and slicing the seaweed with the coral. It didn't grow back and I grumbled as she pulled me over to it and cut me free. Yes, I love my baby sister, but when she's better than me, I get jealous. She dragged me to the surface like a ragdoll and Percy launched her onto the deck while the other girl seemed to snap underwater and I was shot from the sea like a rocket. Whoever that chick was, she wasn't too happy to see Ash and myself.

Percy and Ash joked around a bit and he ruffled her hair. The Percy-look-alike stomped away from us and I stood there glaring at Ash for getting the lime-light from our half-brother. I mean seriously, I knew Percy better than she did! She was more a Nico fan, but Percy was my idol. But there Ash was, soaking up his attention like they'd known each other since birth.

Chiron stood off to the side of the crowd, shifting his gaze between my sister and I. His three (or so) thousand-year-old eyes looked wearier if that was possible. It was as if he couldn't believe what he was seeing, but I could, and I didn't like it. He turned away and began to trot toward the Big House—to inform the gods, and our dad Poseidon, for sure.

The crowd began to filter out slowly. I caught Ash staring at Travis, then the rather entertaining Connor trip his goofy brother, and then Ash glaring as her little moment was ruined. I grabbed her arm, not to roughly to disguise my anger (I shut out our twin link but she didn't seem to notice). And turned her toward me.
I really took a sec to calm down and told her: "Stop making googley eyes with a Stoll brother, Ash. We have to IM Dad… er, Henry."
Did I mention that I thought her googley eyes looked like fish eyes? Oh well, just a thought.
That snapped her out of her scowling contest with the entertaining Connor. She turned to face me, and said, "Okay. Lead the way."

Percy left us in the Poseidon cabin for privacy so that we could call Henry. I made some mist and tossed a golden drachma through it before I began to recite the saying for Iris, the goddess of the rainbow: "O, Iris, goddess of the rainbow, please accept my offering."

I tossed the drachma in and waited.

The mist shimmered and Henry's worried face rippled in front of us. He was arguing with someone on his cell phone, ending the call with a final, "Fine!" and ended the call with a sharp click. He looked up and his eyes widened.

"Selena? Ashley? Where are you two?"

"Um," Yeah, unless it's thought out already, I suck at explaining stuff. "Would Camp Half-Blood suffice?"

Henry looked at us as if we'd told him we were part of a cult or something. He looked at Ash (something that unnerved me considering he would usually look to me) and asked, "Ashley, is she serious?"

I felt offended by that. Seriously? When have I ever lied about anything demigod/god related? Oh, that's right, NEVER! Well, glad to see he isn't my real dad, I don't need him to believe me.

Ash nodded as she staring at his brown eyes to see how he'd react. I watched him groan and slump down into the couch he was sitting on. "I thought I could keep you two safe," he mumbled underneath his breath. "Guess things don't work out like you expect, huh?"

I snorted in disbelief. Today, nothing was really going as I would have liked. Call me spoiled, call me a brat, but this was hurting me. Jealously is stupid, but the hurt it brings isn't.

I shared a look with my sister as he continued, "You two missed your AP History class. They were talking about your favorite god, Sel—Poseidon."

Well of course he's my favorite, I thought to myself. He's my dad.

"Henry," I started, albeit uncertainly, "if you aren't our dad and Poseidon is … who's our mother?"

I wanted to know mom. There was a chance she was alive! Because Henry wasn't our dad, his ex couldn't be our mom, so who was the women that gave me life?

Henry looked super depressed by how I was calling him by his first name, but he answered the question, "Sweetie, I don't know. Poseidon wouldn't tell me when I was taking care of you. But, the thing about my girlfriend—I didn't lie about that."

"About her leaving you?" he nodded glumly, letting his fingers brush through his salt and peppery hair.

"Who was she? Why'd she leave?" Ashley pushed, it was sort of annoying when she did that but I didn't mind since I was usually thinking the same thing.

Henry looked at Ash as he said, "Look, that doesn't matter. What does matter is the fact that you two need to memorize those books. Remember each sentence, each monster, and each way to defeat your enemies. I won't let you two get hurt by your lack of knowledge on Greek mythology."

Ouch. I recall reading his entire library on Greek Mythology in a freakin' month when it took him a year. And I continued my research. Hmmm, now who's lacking, Henry?

"Lack of knowledge? BS!" Ash commented. I held back a laugh. So I wasn't to mad anymore. Can ya blame me? She's my sister, petty things aside, I love her.

Dad raised an eyebrow at her, as though scandalized by her choice of lettering, and she hastily told him, "It's Broken Slinky! Jeez! Get all worked up!"

I rolled my eyes but finally gave a laugh.

Henry stared at the two of us, as he said, "Girls, I need you two to be brave. Braver than brave, even. I want you two to—"

The pounding on our front door cut off his voice. He narrowed his eyes, picking up a disguised knife from the table's flower arrangement and stood up. He unlocked the door but kept the chain in place. He slowly opened the door and asked, "Hello?"

I gulped as the hairs on the back of my neck stood up straighter than needles.

And, that's when things went terribly wrong.

First, the door was smashed off its hinges and Henry was hurled across the room and collapsed onto the wooden coffee table in the middle of our living room. My sister and I watched in horror as the hot blonde bad boy (heh alliteration!) we'd seen almost an hour ago walked through the broken door, flanked on both sides by his shadow pals. Dad groaned as he shook splinters from his clothes and hair, standing up from the broken wooden debris.

The blonde looked up and gave Ash a wink and I held back a gag. I hated when the good guys fell for the bad shadows rushed Henry, howling like a pack of wild dogs as they jumped him. His sword crashed into nothing—air and misty shadow. Suddenly, there he was pinned to the ground faster than humanly possible. But hey, those things weren't human according to common sense.

The blonde guy looked up to stare at Ash. "Told you I'd be back," He told her.

She scowled at him, causing him to grin. He glanced at our pinned pal and watched him with an intense gaze, finally saying, "We'll bring him. He's part of the family."

I gasped as he disappeared into shadow. I stared at the blonde with new interest. How did he do that? Was his parent Hecate, goddess of magic? He was definitely evil, but interestingly so.

"Whatdid you do?" Ash screamed at him.

He smiled. "My boss is getting what he wants. I told you—he always gets it. It was supposed to be you and your sister, but alas, it never works out like you hope." He shrugged, picking up our father's knife from the floor. I noticed it was wickedly cool, and definitely made for good guys.

"Good craftsmanship," He mused. "Probably forged under the sea in one of the underwater volcanoes. Look at that blade! Sharp as a coral reef." He looked up and sneered, and with one last movement he hurled the knife at our faces. The Iris Message was disconnected and I sighed. He'd just taken our father, and I realised it was probably him that sent the Ice Giant after us. It was probably his fault this all started. Gods this sucked.

I walked to a bed by the windows of the cabin and laid down. I pulled the covers over my head and buried my face in the pillow. I began to cry but my sobs were muffled by the soft pillow. Why cry? It made you look too soft. But I needed to cry for a few reasons.

1) I was jealous of my little sister.

2) Henry had been abducted.

3) Percy was nowhere near me right now and I needed my big brother.

4) I had no clue who the angry chick was.

5) Life sucked because of some unknown bad boss.

6) I didn't even know the blonde guy's name.

Definitely six reasons worth crying over when they were all mashed into one girl's life in a total of a few hours. Why did we have to get Henry taken? Why didn't he tell us sooner? This could have been avoided. But noooooo, he just had to pull a Sally and keep us in the dark. Now look what happened! He was kidnapped! I soon got a headache so I forced the tears away and left the cabin with a confused and angry Ash inside, staring at the place where the Iris Message had once been.

I was about to break, and I would not let Ash see me the way I would soon be.

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