"Could we get a rainbow?" Asked Will, "We need to send a certain Love Goddess a message."
"Sure!" Said Persephone. She snapped her fingers, and it started drizzling. She snapped again a minute later to stop it, and a rainbow appeared.
"Thanks." Said Orion. I fished a golden coin out of my bag and chucked it into the rainbow. "Lady Iris, accept our offering. Please direct us to Lady Aphrodite on Mount Olympus." Orion asked. The scene changed, and we could see Aphrodite.
"Lady Aphrodite, we were…" I started
"I know what you want," she cut me off, "You want a love for Persephone. Trust me, we get quite bored up here. You're really our only source of entertainment. Anyway, I know the perfect person."
"Great! Who is it?" I asked.
She just laughed. "You think I'm gonna give you the name for free? Hah! You guys are funny. I'll tell you what: I'll tell you the man made for Persephone if you get me the must-have accessory of the season!"
"Umm… uhh… huh?" Asked Will. Both his and Orion's mouths were hanging open. Will was drooling a little.
"Hyppolyte's belt- duhh!" She said, seeming to understand Will's question.
"So wait, you want us to find us Hyppolyte's belt, and in return, you will tell us an appropriate man for Persephone?" I asked.
"That's what I just said…" She replied, and the Iris Message cut off.
"Well?" Said Persephone, "What are you waiting for? Go!" We glanced over at Mrs. O'Leary. The Penguin Massacre had subsided, and the tired dog had lain down to sleep.
"I don't think we should take her anywhere." I said, looking out for her health.
Persephone snapped her fingers again, and stairs appeared out of nowhere, leading into the earth. "It leads to the Underworld." She said.
I had no idea to get out of the Underworld if we took the stairs, but we decided to take the risk. We descended the stairs, but I decided at the last minute that it wasn't such a good idea. The others agreed. A trapdoor had shut behind us, though, and it took all of us pushing to escape. When we got back out, we weren't in Antarctica anymore. We were in a bustling airport. Hartsfield-Jackson International, the departure and arrival board told us.
"We need to go to Brazil," Said Will, "That's where the Amazons are."
"Why would we want to go see the Amazons?" Orion questioned.
"They have the belt. It was a gift from Artemis." I clarified.
"Right." He said. We walked over to Gate 33, which had a plane leaving for Brazil 2 hours from now, and asked if they had any tickets left.
"Sorry…" he said, "We only have one left." We looked at each other.
"You go." Will suggested.
"No, you go! You have more fighting experience. I'm just a bump on a log." I argued.
"It is your quest, you know." Orion interjected.
"Fine." I said, "One ticket to Brazil."
I gave the boys hugs goodbye, and then panicked. I searched frantically in my bag until I realized that Chiron packed my passport and birth certificate. Thank God!
The flight was long and boring, and I had nothing to do but catch up on my sleeping. It seemed like I had been sitting on the plane for years before we reached Manaus Airport. I was just about to leave the airport when I wondered: where will I go? I heard a bump right behind me and turned around. A suitcase was… moving. I opened it up and inside was a living, breathing organism. It jumped out. "Zenia!" It said, "Thank God! I thought I was going to be trapped in there forever. Come on, let's go find Orion." It wasn't hard to find the yelling bag, and soon, the three of us were re-united.
"How did you guys…" I started.
"That's not important. Now come on, we have a world to save." Orion cut me off.
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