Hi!

Thanks for reviewing again, a lot of you have said that you liked the characters but some wanted more descriptions.

Also, AphroditeMatch Maker: Tom and Veronica have swords, Summer a bow and arrows, Toby a sword, Lilly a knife and Leon prefers his double-handed sword but he will fight with anything. Also, thank you for the outfit ideas.

AnnabethChaseMoA: It says some of their ages in Chapter 1 but just in case: Tom is 14, Summer is 13, Leon is 15, Veronica is 13, Toby is almost 14 and Lilly is 14.

This Chapter is dedicated to ChildOfWisdom again, for putting this on her profile AND her story, it's brought me so much attention so I have to thank you! :D

Also I'd like to thank Hanzi55, Daughter of Zeus!

-Silverhand9028

Summer's POV

Lilly was slumped in a chair with her head in her hands. Tom was pacing backwards and forwards, Veronica had her arm around me. Leon was lying on a bed in the Big House, a cool cloth on his head and a medic from Apollo testing his pulse.

Suddenly, Toby ran in, his curly hair streaking behind him. He wore a purple party shirt, skinny jeans and dark pumps.

"Tom, Summer, Veronica: Chiron wants us downstairs for a meeting," he said, then turned on his heel and ran out.

Tom looked back at Leon. He was dressed quite nicely in a woollen grey hoodie (A/N Americans do use that word right?) and charcoal coloured chinos. Veronica broke away from me,

"Come on Summer," she beckoned. She was dressed gorgeously in a royal blue knee-length dress with a stony grey trim. She also wore chocolatey brown Veronica Frye boots with her hair plaited as usual.

I followed my best friends out and down the winding staircase to a meeting room in the Big House where we found all the people who were present at the hellhound attack.

Jack from Apollo was chatting to the big burly boy from Hephaestus who was wearing a leather apron over his Camp shirt. Magenta was there too, but daydreaming as usual. Two nervous dryads and a satyr sat twittering quietly.

As we sat beside Toby, Chiron smiled.

"Ah, you three," he greeted us, "I have called a meeting with everybody who was present during the hellhound attack. Now, we need to work out who sent the hound."

Silence.

"Well, it wasn't me!" declared Jack.

"Nor me!" Magenta added.

The two dryads exchanged glances.

"Chiron, sir," one said.

"Yes Rosa?"

"The hellhound was heading for the four demigods. It ignored us and only stopped when it found Toby, Summer, Veronica and Tom."

"Thank you," Chiron mused.

"All the strange things have only happened once we knew the demigods were all in the same school," the boy from Hephaestus spoke up. "I'd guess there's a connection."

Chiron nodded, "As a matter of fact, that's true! Good observation Eddie."

The boy, Eddie smiled.

"Strange stuff?" I asked.

Chiron nodded. "You see child, Lief sniffed you out and sent a message that he had found you at school. However, the next day, the Camp's barriers seemed to... malfunction. Nobody could get in or out. It was like someone had placed a curse on Thalia's tree. Then later, a beast that had died long ago attacked: the Erymanthian Boar. Now that you're here, someone has summoned a hellhound to kill you."

I swallowed.

"Is there anyone else who was there?" asked Eddie trivially.

We all shook our heads.

"There were a few satyrs in the forest," recalled Veronica, "but I only recognised Lief."

"Hmm..." Eddie looked deep in thought: "We should ask them where they saw it." He turned to Rosa, the dryad.

"Can you ask everyone who was there at the time what they saw?" he asked.

Rosa got up and left.

"Good sleuthing there Eddie," Chiron was clearly impressed, Eddie had brains for a child of Hephaestus, "I didn't think anyone would cope with this change but-"

Eddie grinned: "Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change."

Chiron was baffled but Veronica shrieked beside me: "That's a Stephen Hawking quote!"

Tom erupted with laughter, "Never had you pegged for a science geek Veronica!"

Veronica blushed but Eddie laughed.

Chiron nodded, keen to continue. "Well, we'll continue the talk some other time. We have a bit of information, and I'll send searches in the woods. If push comes to shove, we'll examine the cabins."

Magenta and Jack exchanged worried glances but I said nothing.

"Right," Chiron finished, "meeting adjourned!"

There you go!

Oooh spooky! What do you think of Eddie eh?

PS, I've just noticed in a previous chapter I said the word 'bang', trying to use American words (because here we say 'fringe') but the word is apparently 'bangs' so I must apologise!

Thanks!

-Silverhand9028