Thalia sat on her bed, numb. After learning that she was royalty and a warrior's daughter shocked her. Howard had put new bandages on her wound then left, leaving Thalia plenty of time to think. She mostly thought of her dad, and about how he had /lied/ to her. She tried to get out of bed, but the pain had nearly brought tears to her eyes. She was able to sit up, but that was basically it.

"Stupid rat," she muttered. She made another futile attempt to get out of bed but failed. Thalia decided that there was nothing left to do but sleep. She settled into a comfortable spot on her bed, and closed her eyes. She had only just begun to drift off when there was a loud commotion outside her door. Her eyes flew open just as a woman marched in, followed by Howard and another man.

"Queen Luxa, I don't think that this is necessary..."

"Howard, I decide what is necessary and what is not!"

The woman stopped at Thalia's bed. Her eyes softened when she looked at Thalia. "You've grown so much..."

"Do I know you?" Thalia asked, quite confused with this woman's behavior.

"Oh," The woman laughed. "I'm Queen Luxa. Your mother."

Realization dawned on Thalia's face. "You were the one that saved me from the rats!"

Her mother nodded in affirmation.

"I was the one that named you!" The smaller, black haired one piped up.

"Ok Hazard, no need to rub it in," Queen Luxa grumbled.

"Wait, how come you don't look like the other two?" Thalia directed her question at Hazard, noting that his curly black hair and green eyes didn't exactly look "normal" down in the Underland.

"Well, I'm a Half-Lander. My father was an Underlander and my mother was an Overlander."

"Oh, so like me!" Thalia exclaimed.

"Yeah, I guess so," Hazard said with a smile.

Thalia looked from Hazard to her mother. "Why did you tell Hazard to not rub it in? I mean, when he said he named me."

"Well, Hazard thought that Thalia would be a good name for you, but I thought either Aurora or Ares. We had to rule out Ares when we discovered you were a girl, but then Aurora said that Thalia would be a better name."

"That's why you are named Thalia!" Hazard placed a hand on Thalia's shoulder.

Thalia began to speak, but was cut off by the sound of trumpets blaring.

"The gnawers are attacking!"