I did this as a quick write, half of the next chapter, so I will make this just one chapter. Review and you get the other half!
I woke up in a bed, faces looking down at me. "Where in Hades' name were you?" Thalia demanded, her eyes with bags under them.
I saw that they were all around me. Percy, Annabeth, Nico, Will, Piper, Jason, Thalia, Nyssa. I didn't know what was wrong. Chiron stood in the corner, in wheelchair form to be able to fit in the room. "What's wrong?" I said, trying to sit up, put pain rushed to my head, and Thalia pushed me back to lie down.
"Don't get up. Percy hit your head against the wall when he ran into the Big House with you in his arms." I was about to ask why when she answered. "When I went into the Athena cabin to talk to you and tell you the schedule, you weren't there. We all searched everywhere, but you had disappeared. Then Percy finds you in the grass near the woods and rushes you to the Big House, hitting your head along the way." She sent a glare to him and he looked down at the ground. "Will told him to bring you to the infirmiry for a check-up, but you were fine, except for your head, and you kept murmuring one word."
I felt a weight fall onto my chest. It was harder to breathe, looking at Thalia and the others who looked back with worry and concern. "What was it? What was the word." I had a feeling about what it was, but I felt worse as she confirmed my suspicion.
Annabeth was smiling in the opposite corner of Chiron, and when everyone was silent, she answered for them. "'Astraues.'"
Back in the Big House, since my head felt better when Will gave me some nectar, we were discussing what had happened in my disappearance. I had told them that I didn't remember anything, but I remembered it clearly: The talk with him, putting my hand on his shoulder before he turned and kissed me, I kissed him back, Astraeus admitted loving me since he first saw me sufferring in my home, and his disappearance. Maybe my mind had been stuck to him. I couldn't think when we kissed, my thoughts leaving me as he gave me warmth. I leaned on my elbows, oh he got to me alright, just worse than it should be.
"So, we have know information on who he is?" Nico asked, his hand in Will's. Everyone looked at Chiron, who stared thoughtfully.
He nodded, sadness in his eyes. "The situation is worse than we could've imagined. Astraeus is the son of Krios and Eurybia. He became the titan of stars, hence the name Astraeus. He is more powerful than the titans before them, and I have an idea of who are his second and third in commands."
"Who do you think? Are they powerful?" Nyssa, the girl from the Hephaestus cabin, raised her arm as she spoke.
"Helios and Selene, titans of the sun and moon." Everyone gasped except for me, because I had no idea who they were. "Apollo and Artemis are the gods of the sun and moon, but that only happened when Zeus fought Helios and Poseidon Selene. They were tossed into Tartaurus when the titans fell. Myths say that they faded after being on the side of the gods, but those are false. Helios and Selene have grown stronger together down there, and if Astraeus is leading them, then they are a great threat against us."
Something Astraeus had mentioned hit me hard. "How are they stronger?" Chiron seemed surprised by the question, but he answered nonetheless.
"They have grown together, and as long as they are together in a fight, they are nearly unstoppable. The power of twins is stronger as they protect and fight together."
"So if they are nearly unstoppable together, how is it when we add other titans with Astraeus as the leader?" It was Percy who asked this, and everyone silenced when Annabeth laughed.
"Are you all that blind? They are nearly unstoppable together, but with the power Astraeus has and the amount of titans he has by his side, you are all doomed."
Yes, I know this is cruel, but since I wrote this one as well we need 20 reviews for the next half. No cheating on the reviews though, so enjoy!
