DISCLAIMER: I am still not Rick Riordan.
When I wake up, I hear the voices of Annabeth, Percy and Chiron talking in hushed and anxious voices.
"Chiron, she said she was a daughter of Athena and Thoth." Annabeth pesters Chiron. Chiron refuses to respond. I think he knows something he doesn't want us to find out about.
"There is no possible way. Skye cannot be a child of both Egypt and Greece!" Chiron seems shocked, but I think he's just a pretty good actor. He must have had a lot of practice, being so old.
"What does this mean? Are there Egyptian gods, too? And you never told us?" Percy accuses Chiron. Percy's definitely got nerve. But the tone of his voice suggests that he may have had an interesting encounter quite a while ago that had something to do with those 2 hieroglyphs on his palm.
I risk opening an eye. Percy, Annabeth and Chiron are leaning over me.
"Skye! You're awake!" Annabeth hugs me, relieved. "Are you alright?"
I don't reply immediately. I'm still in the Egyptian gown. My head is woozy, and I can't feel my legs. "I guess I'm okay."
"Do you know anything about what happened?" Chiron asks me. "This is a very serious matter, and must be dealt with immediately." Chiron's horse body and face are extremely tense, and he's trying to hide that fact. My heritage must be bothering him more than he'd care to say, even though it's clear that Percy and Annabeth can tell.
"Chiron, maybe a month before I was kidnapped by Hera," Percy begins.
Annabeth tenses as he mentions this, and I don't blame her. The Athena cabin all comforted (or tried to, anyways) her when Percy went missing. Percy notices and squeezed her hand to reassure her.
He carried on, still holding his girlfriend's hand. "I met a strange boy. He was chasing the same creature that was terrorizing Long Island. He said his name was Carter. He wrote 2 hieroglyphs on my hand and told me that if I ever needed help, I should speak his name and he would come to aid me." Percy holds his palm out to show Chiron, but there is nothing on it. They must disappeared when he said the mysterious boy's name.
"I swear it was here before! Where did it go?" Percy starts panicking.
"Percy, you said his name yesterday. The hieroglyphs must have disappeared." I say to reassure him.
"Skye, did you know what they said?" Annabeth asks me, with an eyebrow raised. "Because I have a feeling you do."
I don't want to say the truth, but I do, only due to the fact I trusted these demigods-and the old, wise centaur. "Y-yes, I did. They spelt out a K, then a N. But Egyptians usually didn't write in vowels. The name is Kane. The boy's full name is Carter Kane."
"Percy, why didn't you tell me?" Annabeth demands. Percy let go of her hand and backs up a bit. I guess even his girlfriend scares him at times. "You can be such a Seaweed Brain sometimes."
"I forgot about it after I lost my memories. But there was no point in telling you when I remembered again. There were more pressing matters."
"Children, you're messing with dangerous things," Chiron warns us. There is a threat underneath his carefully controlled voice, but the threat isn't aimed at us. I knew it! He is hiding something from us. But what is it?
"What's so dangerous? Are there really other gods besides the Greek and Roman gods?" I'm a daughter of Athena and Thoth. But how does that work if the Greek and Egyptian gods hate each other?
Chiron purses his lips and refuses to reply.