Mystery POV:
My plan goes into effect tomorrow. Percy planned to go to Atlantis that morning, but I'm not going to let him. I refuse to let him give the gift to the gods, it belongs to my lord, to Kronos. I was not going to let those nine bubling idiots have that sort of power in their hands and, on the slight chance they are bright enough to figure out how, give it to the gods. I won't let them. I will get it to Kronos if it's the last thing I do.
PPOV:
"Let's go! Have you ever been to Disney? It gets packed! Let's go go go!" Clarisse yelled. Apperently when she was younger, the summer before she came to camp, her mother took her to Disney, so she was our Disney expert.
"I'm moving! I'm moving!" I yelled as I fumbled to do up my belt. I was still shirtless, and I was aware that as mad as she was, she was still checking out my chest.
She had walked into our room at six thirty and saw me in only my boxers and Annabeth in a spaghetti strap tank top and boxer shorts from Gilly Hicks. Clarisse flipped out. She all but ripped me put of bed, in fact she would have if I hadn't woken up and caught myself. Then she threw cloths at us, and they hit hard, now she was standing there watching us get dressed. She's just bitter since Chris isn't here.
That thought earned me a slap in the head from Annabeth, although she was smiling. She had been learning how to read minds like Athena was able too. Annabeth could only read minds that she was familiar to and she knew the person well enough to have an idea of what they were thinking with out mind reading. Which leaves me, maybe Thalia and possibly Luke.
"Done." Annabeth said. I glanced over at her. She looked hot. (She giggled reading my mind and I chuckled in response). She was wearing a pair of short jean shorts, a baggy-ish silver/gray tank top that sagged a bit, but not enough to make it look like a sack. Then on her feet she had a pair of silver strapped Greek sandals. Her hair was down in soft waves, but she had a couple ponytail elastics on her wrist.
"Go get the others breakfast." Clarisse barked. Annabeth rolled her eyes at Clarisse and walked out into the kitchenette/living room, kissing me on the way out.
I sat on the bed to pull on a pair of sneakers. I was aware of Clarisse watching my every move. I concentrated on the second shoe since I kept screwing up since Clarisse was glaring at me. I felt the bed shift and knew she had sat down beside me. I looked over at her and thought I saw a shimmer on her cheek, but she whisked it away with her hand. Was Clarisse crying? First Katerina now Clarisse. God I hope the other three don't start. I'm not good with crying girls...
"Clarisse. I'm sorry. I'll get dressed quicker next time." I rushed out. I can't believe my slowness made her cry.
She gave a watery chuckle, "It's not that."
"What is it then?" I really wanted to know. I hated when girls cry.
"You wouldn't understand." I gave her a look. I had been through a hell of a lot, I think I would understand. She sighed, "Chris called. He, um, he said, he said, he, he..." And then she broke down. She fell back onto the bed, sobbing. She covered her face with her hands. I had no idea what to do. I hardly knew what to do when my little sister was crying, what was I supposed to do with a girl who hated me for most of the time we knew each other.
I settled for placing my hand on her thigh and squeezing slightly. She sat up and shifted, sobbing into my chest. I wrapped my arms around her. She wasn't punching me or anything for the action, yet. We stayed like that for a while. I was almost positive everyone was up and either eating or watching tv.
"Now what happened?" I asked after she calmed down a bit.
She leaned away from me so we were no longer touching. "He said that when I get back I either lose it or he can't see me anymore." She said not looking at me.
"Lose what?" She gave me a look, and I realized why she wasn't looking at me. "That jackass!" I yelled. She laughed.
"That was my response, 'Whatever jackass. Go see some Aphrodite girl. I'm sure you can get some there.' And after that I remembered Silena. And I felt horrible."
"So you aren't crying because you broke up with your boyfriend, but because you accidently insulted you dead best friend's half siblings?" I asked, sure it was harsh, but it was accurate.
"I guess a little of both. Mostly because of her though. I miss her so much."
We paused for a while, "Do you want to stay here? We can go tomorrow..."
"No. We go today." She said, whipping the last trace of tears. She stood and walked out, but I thought I heard a "Thanks Percy." But I'm not sure.
I took a minute to change my shirt before I walked out into the main room. Clarisse was back into drill sergeant mode and was currently yelling at Luke for who knows what.
"Clarisse. Lay off. I'm the one in charge of the quest. Not you." I said to her back as I pulled the gallon of milk Annabeth had bought out of the fridge. I just drank out of the container, no one commented.
"You know what Jackson? On the train Annabeth ran things, now it looks as if I am. It seems as though us girls are running the show..."
"You know Clarisse..." I was cut off.
"Clarisse. Lay off Percy." Luke said in a deadly calm voice, that I think he learned from Thalia. He stood up and took the milk right out of my hand. He chugged like half of the thing and then put it back.
"Thank Luke. Now let's go." I said.
We were at the park in less than 10 minutes, but by the time we got through baggage check and all that stuff, it was thirty minutes after we got to the park. Finally we were all through, after all, who would question pens? We gotten everyone else's weapons to change into pens like Riptide before we parted from Gaia and Rhea. We were currently walking to the castle. For those of you who don't know, walking in Disney is either pushing your way through a crowd or not being able to move at all, at least it was now.
"There it is." I said. Looking up at the castle. On the clock, if you look carefully and know what to look for, each of the Olympian gods have their symbols etched into the circle thing around the center.
"Now how do we get in?" Annabeth asked. We were all quiet. Then Luke walked upto a tour guild. He held up a golden drachma. What is that idiot doing? Mortals can't see drachmas!
"We need to get to Atlantis." Luke said. Has he finally gone completely mental?
"Of course." The guild said. He followed Luke back to our group. He proceeded to walk us into the castle.
The place was packed with tourists, but the man navigated us though to a door that looked like it leaded to a dungeon. He turned to face us.
"I cannot take you any farther. You must chose seven people to go through. I will tell you this, children of Poseidon come in handy, children of Hades cannot survive. There are many different doors. You must find the one to Atlantis, then go through it. Go through the wrong one, and you will never find your way out. Go through the correct one and elevators will await you. You must find the one with your parents symbol on it. Take that one and only that one. Your prophecy from the beginning of your quest:
"Seven demigods will embark on a journey with many surprises.
They will be bumped up to eight with a wonderful surprise
They will travel the coast, becoming closer and closer.
Upon arrival they will meet ancient family members.
Another surprise awaits, leaving from the doors of death
They will soon arrive at their destination. A choice to make.
Without trust, none shall succeed, a woman weeps, a single choice
The gift will be found, another choice.
Conclusions jumped to. A man accused. A traitor revealed.
A friend lost, Olympus to preserve or crumble with a single choice."
The man was quiet now. His eyes un-glazing. He walked off, leaving us to think and decide. The prophecy had been completed up until, A choice to make.
Without trust, none shall succeed, teardrops will fall, a single choice. The gift will be found, another choice. Conclusions jumped to. A man accused. A traitor revealed. A friend lost, Olympus to preserve or crumble with a single choice.
The choice would be who was to go. "Bianca, Nico, stay here with Katie." I said.
"What about Luke? With the whole 'A traitor revealed' thing! It's him." Nico yelled.
"Luke, are you on our side?" I asked.
"Yes." Luke responded without missing a beat.
"There you have it." I said.
"You are just going to take his word for it?" Nico exclaimed. Looking at me like I was crazy.
"Without trust, none shall succeed." I quoted the prophecy, "We need to trust him." With that Nico stormed off. Bianca and Katie followed him. Well, now we have our seven.
"Ready?" I asked looking around. Everyone nodded. With that, we opened the door. We were one step closer to Atlantis.
A.N. Okay don't make fun of the prophecy. I know it sucks, but I needed something. Anyway, for those of you who care, my roommate is even more pissed at me for complaining that she left her underwear on the ground. I don't think I was wrong in complaining, but who knows. And the thing is, I can't complain too much since my boyfriend is her older brother. So it sucks.