AN I'm back...so I was thinking of doing a "12 Days of Christmas" thingy for PJO but I'm short on ideas so if you have any please help me out! Thank you. Okay so I'm totally sorry but this is like a full week late. See I had finals and I couldn't do anything but study and stress so this story kinda went to the back of my mind. I don't even know my grades yet but wish me luck! I don't own PJO because I'm pretty sure Rick Riordan doesn't take tests. Also there may be a little time skip because I'm writing this on my phone and forgot what I put on my laptop so yeah. I think I left off on "The Sphinx". This may be the last Labyrinth chapter cause I wanna move on to the good stuff. :)
The Sphinx is a terrifying creature. Sure all she does is ask questions but I mean you obviously have never been part of her evil game, like Annabeth is right now.
"Welcome young heroes! This is my game Answer That Riddle. You must answer 20 questions correctly to escape. If you answer a question incorrectly then you will be eaten! Of course, since you have teammates then you may sacrifice one of them. Ready?" The Sphinx shouted with happiness. She must be hungry. Annabeth nodded and we all turned to see what the question would be.
"Don't make me get eaten Annie." Thalia called out helpfully.
"Gee I love the vote of confidence." Annabeth responded sarcastically before focusing her attention on the Sphinx.
"Your first riddle is... What is the product of 4 squared?" The Sphinx called out proudly while we exchanged confused glances. That was a question not a riddle.
"The answer is 16 but-" Annabeth started before the Sphinx interrupted her.
"Correct next riddle! Which president signed the Emancipation Proclamation?" The Spinx asked and I could tell Annabeth was getting angry. That was never good, she becomes like Hulk when she's angry.
"Abraham Lincoln and these aren't even riddles! What happened to the one about four legs in the morning?" Annabeth retorted, frustrated.
"Please everyone knows that," the Sphinx exclaimed. "Why not give them a challenge?"
Well I refuse to answer another question." Annabeth huffed.
"Wise girl can't you just answer them to get us outta here." I sighed.
"The child of Poseidon makes a good point." The Sphinx added from her spot by a grading machine. I wonder how that works down in the maze. Focus! I turned to my teammates and saw they were all trying to make Annabeth answer the questions. Gosh and she calls me stubborn! Before they could continue to press her, I looked around. Bingo. There was a small puddle of water in the corner, dripping from the ceiling. Using my super awesome watery powers, thanks dad, I blasted her grading machine. The Sphinx wailed as I grabbed my friends.
"We need to go, like, now!" I exclaimed and led us out of the room. Luckily, the Sphinx was too worried about her grading machine to care. We walked through the complex maze until the temperature began to rise. Nico, Bianca, Thalia, Grover, and I suddenly stopped when Annabeth slowed down.
"What's the hold up Annie?" Thalia asked but Annabeth just shushed her.
"I think there's a god close by." Annabeth explained.
"Friendly?" I asked and Annabeth rolled her eyes.
"Gee I don't know. Seaweed Brain I stopped to investigate!" Annabeth sighed, with an incredible facepalm if I do say so myself. Geez she didn't have to be so rude about it. I huffed but bit my tongue.
"Well it's a god with heat right? Who has an element with heat that's powerful enough for us to fell their presence?" Bianca offered and we all turned. She's practically a second Annabeth. Only one person came to mind. Hephaestus. Like forges equal heat and good old Hephy is an Olympian, they're like the Avengers of the Gods. Not bothering to listen to the rest of my team I cleared my throat.
"Um Hephy...bro...what's up?" I offered and Nico turned to me with a 'was that necessary' look. Yes Nico it was. Wait he can't hear me. Anyways, after I said that the heat was cranked up. Whoa slow down there boy it's still summer! Hephaestus appeared in front of us and turned to me. Uh oh. When I thought he was going to smite me he instead just looked at Annabeth. Ooh the silent treatment. I see how it is.
"You want to about Daedalus and the maze right," Hephaestus started before giving us time to respond. "Well if you find out who has been using my forge in Mount Saint Helens I will tell you anything you want about him. So we have a deal?" Hephaestus finished while crossing his arms, showing off his scary forge muscles. Annabeth nodded quickly 'cause let's be real, you don't just refuse a request from a God. He looked at he in approval. Yay Annabeth saving us from scary smiting Gods! Pointing to the right, or the left this maze is pretty freaky, Hephaestus wished us luck and we were off. After we had walked for hours Grover stopped.
"He's here." He announced.
"Who?" Nico asked.
"Pan. I need to find him! Can we split up?" Grover offered hopefully and he was making these sad little goat eyes and gosh he is really good at making people feel guilty. I sighed and agreed but the rest of the team was harder to sway.
"Do you guys even see the sad little goat eyes he is making?!" I exclaimed before throwing my hands up. Thalia sniggered but at the glare I shot her she backed down. Still got it.
"Fine," Annabeth sighed at last. "But take Nico and Bianca with you."
"What? Why can Thalia stay but we can't?" Nico whined.
"'Cause this isn't your quest. Now go!" Annabeth snapped and with that the Pan crew was off. Walking quite quickly if I do say so myself. Must be Wise Girl.
She's pretty terrifying.
"Let's go." Annabeth barked.
Needless to say, we followed.
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"There it is." Thalia whispered as we arrived at Mount Saint Helens. More specifically, Hephaestus's forge.
"I'll go check it out." I volunteered and walked ahead of the protests. Crawling across the dusty floor, I looked around the middle of the volcano. Daughter of Poseidon plus lava doesn't mix. Ever.
Using my super spy skills, not really, I saw the creatures. Telekhines. They were talking about Kronos. That's not good. Turning around I winced when my foot hit a pebble. Smooth Percy. The telekhines looked over at me and I scurried to Thalia and Annabeth. Thalia was mouthing something that looked vaguely like 'Nice job Kelp head' but I'm not sure. I slid in next to them and we all stood.
"What do we do?" Thalia whispered harshly. In the corner Annabeth was staring straight ahead, her gray eyes gleaming.
"Okay someone has to stop them. We know the forge is being used to recreate Kronos' scythe correct?" Annabeth question, to which we nodded in reply. "Then we need to tell Hephaestus so we can fix this whole situation."
"Let me stay. I brought attention to us I should also be the distraction. They think I'm alone. Let's let them continue to think that." I persuaded and the two sent me glances of concern before running back to where we last saw Hephaestus. Gathering my courage, I walked back into the forge and waved at the Telekhines.
"Oh hello! Is this the restroom? Wrong place? Well I better take my leave." I scratched my head. Maybe they didn't buy that lie. Okay they're advancing, they totally didn't believe that.
"Can we be peaceful?" I questioned as I backed up.
"Never you know of our master's plans!" One of them wailed and I sighed. Concentrating on my navel (get it navel can be naval which is nautical like the sea...or not alright whatever works for you) I summoned the water from inside me. While I'm not the smartest person one of the residents of Cabin 6 kept blabbing about anatomy and how we were like 70% water. Wait it may have been Annabeth. Anyway, I used my energy and attacked the two but the one with the scythe escaped. Ugh of course, they always escape! The second one began to fling lava at me. Ouch! This is making me mad.
"You're the enemy? Please we won't even need to resurrect Kronos with how weak you are." The Telekhine snarled and I growled back. I. Am. Not. Weak. Now I'm angry. Summoning whatever power I had left and sending prayers to my parents I released all my energy.
The last thing I remembered was an explosion and me being flung into the air.
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"They send me a female?! Is this some sick joke?" A voice above me muttered as I felt a wet bandage wrap around my arm.
"Gee. Nice to meet you too." I rasped out and the girl looked down in shock.
"Wow you heal quickly! Maybe it was the saltwater bandages did the trick. I'm Calypso. Welcome to my prison, Ogyia." The girl finished bitterly. Wow she's got issues. Wait Ogyia?! I've heard of this place before. But isn't this for male heroes?
"Um hi. I'm Percy Crescent. Most just call me Percy though. Do you know why I'm here?" I asked kindly and Calypso smiled down at me.
"You were probably very injured and your godly parent sent you to me so you could get healed." Calypso responded as she held out a hand to me. I took it and we walked to a small cave like structure.
"So what happened to you?" Calypso asked with a small smirk. I almost laughed.
"I don't think you'll believe me" I smiled but Calypso merely leaned back in her chair.
"Try me."
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The days passed quickly as I spent my days on Ogyia. Calypso became a fast friend and most of my time was spent chatting with her. Well there wasn't much else to do considering it's a phantom island. I had just finished a tiny water show for Calypso to show my gratitude when Hephaestus arrived.
"Lord Hephaestus. What brings you here?" Calypso asked while sinking into a low bow. I just waved and smiled cheekily. Gods he probably hates me by now.
"I need to speak with Percy." Hephaestus responded and beckoned me over. Walking with Hephaestus away from the beach, we reached a tiny forest. How have I not noticed this before?
"How are they?" I asked him, fidgeting with my bracelet.
"They think you're dead," Hephaestus stated bluntly and I had to stop myself from gasping. "See when you released all that energy you started a earthquake that may have woken Typhoon. I know you like it here and you think of Calypso as your sister but they're lost without you. With the attack coming so soon, they need everyone they can get and you inspire many of them. I must go and you must too but remember, when the time comes choose Dare." Hephaestus finished as if it was a inside joke but before I could question it he vanished. What, was I going to play Truth or Dare later? Shaking it off I jogged back to Calypso, only to see a raft. Calypso was holding in tears and I flinched.
"I know your answer but... Do you wish to stay?" Calyspo asked softly. My heart clenched. How many times has she asked this same line to get the same painful answer? What if she felt lie, it could change since a girl came?
"You're like the sister I never had but I have to help them. I promise to try to get you off this island Calypso." I said, my eyes overflowing with the tears I couldn't stop. Calypso couldn't stop her tears either and we hugged, both of us needing the support. Hiccuping I pulled away, heading to the raft. Calypso smiled a bitter smile but still waved me off as the raft carried me back to camp with a heavy heart.
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"She was the kindest person you could ever meet. I wished we could have been better friends." Annabeth said as she wiped away tears. I watched from the back after entering the amphitheater a few seconds ago. Pushing my way through the crowd, I heard gasps and murmurs of shock.
"Is that?"
"I thought she was dead. . ."
"Are we imagining this?"
"Did Nico bring her back?"
How could he? He still isn't back? Kinda glad, he emits death."
Ignoring them I walked up to my shroud with a small smile.
"Sup?" I winced as Annabeth's stormy eyes stared me down. Uh oh they may need to keep the shroud to actually burry me.
"Sup? Percy you've been gone for a week- heck we thought you were dead and all you have to say is 'sup'?" Annabeth hissed before crushing me in a hug. Thalia was next to her along with Will and the two waved at me. Chiron suddenly appeared and pulled me to the side.
"Welcome back Miss Jackson. Care to tell us where you've been?" Chiron asked lightly as of he was wondering the weather forecast but I could see the mischief in his eyes. Oh he totally knows.
"I was on Ogyia with Calypso." I replied and heard a snicker.
"I didn't know you swung that way." Will exclaimed. Thalia smacked him while I glared.
"In case you forgot I don't swing any way! Remember I'm in the hunt?" I retorted but smiled at him anyway.
"What happened to you?" Thalia asked with a smirk. With that I told them everything, finishing with the clue Hephaestus gave me.
"Wait dare? Or was it like a name, Dare?" Annabeth questioned, her eyes sharp and focused.
"Geez Wise Girl it's not like he was writing the clue, I just heard him say it!" I sighed. For my sass Annabeth glared at me which made me flinch. Don't be sassy to Wise Girl.
"Well I believe it's time for a field trip. May we Chiron? It's time to seek out a dare." Annabeth grinned slightly.
"Take Percy and Thalia with you." Chiron agreed immediately and Annabeth dragged us out of the camp quickly, as if she was afraid he would change his mind. Yeah right wise girl, you have Chiron wrapped around your little dagger.
"Annabeth did you think to get a vehicle?" I asked but she didn't need to answer. The sheepish look on her face said it all. Sighing, I pressed the arrow tattoo on my forearm and my beautiful silver corvette appeared.
"Hey baby." I murmured to my car as I hopped in the driver's seat.
"Shotgun!" Thalia practically screamed, leaving Annabeth to the backseat. Putting the car into gear I drove away from the camp and reached the long winding road that leads to New York City.
"Where are we headed?" I looked through my mirror to make eye contact with Annabeth and she smirked. Gosh we really love to smirk.
"To a protest."
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After finding the correct park and seeing our human compass spray painted gold I had some doubts. Apparently Dare meant Rachel Elizabeth Dare, a girl who used to go to Annabeth's school before she transferred but they met at a local Starbucks weeks ago. Thank you Starbucks 'cause if they didn't meet we would be lost. Now we're all walking back into the labyrinth, trust me it took hours to get Rachel or Red as I call her to enter. Just in case if you were wondering her initials spell out Red and she is red headed so that's were the nickname came from. Okay you probably don't care let's get back to the maze.
"How can you not see? There is a little blue path on the floor." Red exclaimed as we continued to trudge forward. Only Annabeth, Red, and I were in the maze since Thalia had to give a report to my mom. Also Artemis, mom, said they needed to talk about something but neither of them would tell me. Rude.
"I guess it must be because you're a clear sighted mortal." Annabeth huffed, for the fifth time in half an hour. I was shocked Annabeth didn't already jump Red but I guess she cared too much about the quest. Hope Red survives after this whole thing is over with. Actually I hope we all survive, since we still haven't found Daedalus' freaking workshop. While I was stuck in my thoughts, don't tell Annabeth she wouldn't believe me, I felt someone's eyes following me. Halting abruptly, I spun around and checked the area. Red also turned back to see why we stopped moving but before anyone could speak we were pushed into a small corridor.
Great.
They continued to shove us until we reached an arena. In the stands I saw random monsters and the giant Antaeus. Next to me Annabeth gasped so I followed her line of vision to see the blonde boy that was working with the general last year. Luke. Thalia told me that the three of them used to be best friends until she became a tree.
"Don't worry Annabeth." I said, turning to her only to see that both she and Red had been trapped in a golden cage. Like the kind someone would put a bird in but for a ostrich or something. I can't describe things. Sue me.
"Are we ready for the fights? Percy come to the ring." Luke sneered and I looked him dead in the eyes with a malicious grin on my face. I may not know him or care enough to learn about him but he hurt my friends. No one hurts my friends.
"Don't have to shout scar face," I nearly laughed when I saw him flinch. Nailed it. "Hope you come in this ring too so I have a reason to kill you."
"You shouldn't be cocky. Ethan! Into the ring." Luke snapped but I put on a calm face, which is incredibly hard for me since my emotions are always unstable. Another demigod came in the ring. He had black hair and seemed to be asian. This must be my opponent. He had a sword strapped at his side so I took out my throwing knives.
"Fight!" Luke yelled, making the monsters cheer while Ethan moved towards me. He places too much weight on his right foot. Smirking, I pounced forward and tripped him. With his distraction I backed up to see what he would do. Apparently he was more powerful then I expected and charged me with a perfectly aimed slash. Well it would've been if I didn't dodge and stab a knife into his back. He collapsed, since I hit a sensitive spot, and the monsters roared.
"Kill him." Antaeus screamed but I shocked him by laughing.
"No." I shot back.
"Why not?" Antaeus asked me, frustrated.
"I don't care if he dies but my friends do. Besides it's not him I want to kill." I said, jerking my head over to Luke. Luke simply curled his lips back in a grin. Cocky bastard. Antaeus didn't seem happy with what I said so he hopped into the arena. During that time Ethan scampered over to where Annabeth and Red were.
"Then let me fight you." Antaeus bellowed. Gosh he needs a breath mint.
"Go ahead." I fired back, man I'm going to get killed for talking at the wrong time one day. He advanced towards me but I made a triangle formation of knives on his stomach. Antaeus stumbled along as if it didn't bother him, and I saw it didn't. The ground climbed up his skin to heal the wound. Of course. He's a son of Gaea. Scouring the room, I saw chains hanging on a wall. I pushed past the giant and hopped up the chains. Well until I climbed and got my arm stuck for a second before I could pry it out. Crack! Ouch that was my left arm. No time to think about it. I turned around to see exactly what I wanted. Being the stupid fool he was, Antaeus jumped up as well but got stuck.
"Aren't you all...tied up." I laughed at my joke, hearing a sigh in the background. Totally Annabeth.
"Release me!" Antaeus demanded but I ignored him and took out my sword. Boo yah riptide! The monsters began to boo me as I slashed Antaeus till he died. My left arm still hurt yet I felt great. Adrenaline.
"We gotta go!" Red yelled so I ran towards them. They somehow found a way put of the cage and only after a few seconds did I realize that Ethan cut the cage bars. Maybe he isn't totally bad after all.
"Attack!" Luke shouted but Annabeth pulled something out of her pocket. A...dog whistle?
"Annie, sweetheart, we don't own a dog." I exclaimed with sympathy while Annabeth just rolled her eyes and blew a short note. Out of nowhere a hellhound appeared.
"Is that for us or against us?" I screamed.
"It's a friend." Annabeth replied smoothly. How is she so calm? How did she even get a whistle to summon a hellhound with anyway. Wait a hellhound... Quintus! He has a pet hellhound that I tried to kill. Was it the same hellhound?
"Is that Mrs. O' Leary?" I gasped. She nodded her head and pulled both Red and I's arms. We darted out of the arena.
"Come with us Ethan!" I ordered and the boy did as said. Smart move. After running through the small corridors we finally reached the labyrinth's main passage way again.
"Say Ethan..." Annabeth trailed off as she saw said boy wasn't with us. Ugh he's gone rogue.
"Red can you lead the way?" I asked, trying to diffuse the tension.
"No problem." Red replied with a toothy grin. Thank the gods she knew what I was trying to say. During our long walk, Annabeth was still clenching her jaw and muttering about how Ethan is a 'no good idiot' and that 'I should've knocked some sense into that lunatic' and of course my favorite 'can't wait till he shows his cowardly face so I can skin him'. All of her ideas made me feel bad for Ethan but he totally deserves it. Once she finally calmed down enough to speak we were greeted with great news. Kinda.
"We're here." Rachel said somberly. In front of us was a door with Daedalus' symbol carved on it.
"No time like the present!" I smiled and shoved open the door. We tumbled in and hit a desk.
"Ow." I whined, rubbing my head as I stood.
"Daedalus?" Annabeth called out not caring about my injury. Meanie.
"So you finally found me." A voice drawled as it echoed off the walls. A figure stepped into the light with a small grin on their lips.
"Quintus!?" Annabeth yelled in shock. Plot twist right there. Boom.
"Yes Annabeth I am Daedalus. Now why have you come here?" Daedalus asked, now in a much nicer tone. Our leader then began to explain the events of the past few days with remarkable detail while I added in a nod every few minutes.
"I wish I could help you, I truly sympathize with the camp, but I already gave Luke Ariadne's string. My anger towards my mother blinded me and I made a unwise choice. Forgive me." Daedalus said sincerely, making my heart clench. He only did it to get back at the gods since they hurt him. Like most of the enemies did.
"How sweet. Don't you just love a happy ending?" Another voice sneered.
"I enjoy happy endings." Nico smirked- wait Nico?
"Shut up." Bianca sighed- Bianca?
"What are you two doing here? Where is Grover?" I threw my hands up in the air and saw the two of them along with King Minos. They each held up their hands and I saw celestial bronze handcuffs. Oh.
"We managed to get Grover away from them before they could take him. The monsters made us summon King Minos and come with them peacefully or they said they would kill you guys." Nico explained. Next to me Annabeth let out a sigh of relief. She must really care about Grover. Behind King Minos were the monsters Nico mentioned. I saw an empousa but there were so many others I couldn't name them all.
"Take these and go! We can hold them off." Daedalus commanded as he handed us all pairs of metallic wings. Ugh, they're all fighting our battles for us. One of these days I'm gonna shove them behind me but now isn't the time. Nico and Bianca shadow travelled across the room, shaking off their handcuffs before they prepared to fight. I guess now that they know we're safe they don't need to act so powerless.
"Quick get out of here and find Grover!" Bianca yelled as she hit a enemy hellhound in the neck with her dagger. Strapping on our wings, Annabeth lead us out of the maze and we reached the mortal world again.
"Where are we?" Red asked but I shook them off. My tattoo turned into the corvette again.
"No time to speak we have to get back into that labyrinth!" My mind was racing as I slammed my foot down on the gas pedal. We reached a tunnel.
"I'll go. Stay here." I stressed. They have all sheltered me but now I will cover them. I will be their shield. I will not let them get hurt.
Wow dramatic monologue much?
The truth is that I'm afraid that if they go in they wont come back out so I figured better to risk my life than their lives. Entering the tunnel I saw a sarcophagus, Ethan, and the Telekhines all together.
"I pledge my allegiance to the Titan Lord Kronos." Ethan kneeled in front of the sarcophagus as he spoke, making me think the Titan was inside. So imagine how shocked I was when out of the sarcophagus Luke emerged. Did they combine essences? Great one more problem. Can this day get any worse? Will I stop asking rhetorical questions? Can we get back to the story?
Yes, yes we can.
"Come out Percy. Why are you so close with everyone? Aren't you a wittle hunter?" Luke, or should I say Kronos, mocked. The jig is up. [The muse is out they finally found us the renegade that we have played...no one likes Styx? I do ;) ]. Eh I can take them. No I can't but I can run away in fear. Am I right? Am I right?
"By Zeus' shorts!" I cussed, running away. Well before Kronos stopped time. So basically I was stopped mid run. Smooth. Suddenly Red appeared. She threw a blue plastic hairbrush that hit Kronos in the eye. He cried out in pain, giving me enough time to make a pure water shield, a trick I learned during my time at camp. With the added time the shield gave us, we escaped.
For now.
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"It was him! That was his voice that cried out in pain." Annabeth defended sharply. We have been like this for hours, me saying Luke is gone but Annabeth refused to believe me.
"Wise Girl he's gone. Even if he is there he is corrupted," I began to sink into a whisper. "He hurt you and Thalia. I... I can't let him harm my friends anymore." Annabeth gave me a look of sympathy that I ignored. I didn't need sympathy when my dad abandoned me, when my mom was killed, when my best friend died, and I definently don't need it now.
"Red do you think-" I stopped abruptly as I saw Grover's cap.
"Annabeth that's Grover's cap." I told her, worried for the satyr. He may not be my best friend but I still care about him.
"Well follow the trail! We have to see if he's okay. C'mon Rachel." Annabeth nearly dislocated our arms as she pulled us along. Another tunnel. Gee that's swell. After pushing further, we spot an unconscious Grover. Annabeth rushed forward to wake him by speaking of enchiladas and tin cans. Unsurprisingly, it worked. I nearly got plowed over by him once during dinner when I said enchiladas were "alright".
"Hey G-man." I grinned, man it feels good to smile again, and pulled him up.
"Thanks Percy. Pan is right down this tunnel. Shall we?" Grover finished nervously but at our nods he smiled, pulling us along. Did Annabeth get it from him or did she teach him how to injure someone's arm? After stumbling along to the middle of the tunnel we were greeted with a soft glow. In the center was Pan. We all feel into a bow at the sight of him. Hello he is the major god of the wild.
"Rise," Pan spoke softly as if every word pained him. "These are my last words so listen carefully. Grover, tell the satyrs I am dead. I may not be now but it will happen soon, for my domain has been wrecked beyond repair. Miss Dare, do not blame yourself for your father's wrongdoings. I appreciate your effort to save the wild. Annabeth, I have seen you be a great friend to nature and satyrs so for that I'm grateful. Percy. You have been adopted by the goddess of the wild, Artemis, correct?" I nodded to show that he was in fact correct so he charged on.
"I have seen the way you care for nature. All of you have helped me greatly but alas all must end, even gods. Don't change and may you always have the essence of the wild in you." Pan finished before fading into a white mist that entered our bodies. A significant portion entered Grover's but that was understandable. We headed down to the end of the tunnel to be greeted with the mortal world again. Man the labyrinth is so confusing. As we hopped into my newly formed car again, quite possibly the most useful gift I've ever gotten, I noticed Red was still quiet. She was shotgun so Annabeth and Grover could catch up.
"What's wrong Red? You've been out of it since Pan." I questioned, concerned. We just met but she seemed like such a nice person even though she's a little annoying at times, but hey who isn't?
"Pan talked about my dad, a land developer, who destroys the environment for money. Weakening Pan's domain has made him rich. It's also the reason he doesn't care about me." Red finished bitterly. My heart went out to Red. Artemis cares and so does Poseidon but if my actual mom was still alive and practically ignored me I would never be as kind as Red. Before I could offer any encouragement like it's always the darkest before dawn or something, we arrived at camp. Sucking my car back up into the tattoo, we headed to the Big House but not before Red called her chauffeur. When she said her dad was loaded she wasn't kidding. Around us kids scurried to the armory with shields slung across their backs. War is now.
"Hello. Where are Nico and Bianca?" Chiron asked grimly, probably prepared for the worst.
"They are with Daedalus. What's the plan?" I shot back but without my usual energy. There's too much going on. War has always been looming over us but now that it's actually here I feel the pressure.
"We were going to surround the labyrinth entrance and attack them before they can overwhelm us." Chiron told me. Good thing I'm ready for battle with my weapons since I don't use armor. A horn rang through the camp and Chiron looked at me. They're here.
And it's time to fight.
AN That's a wrap! Oh my gosh this chapter is by far my longest and took a week to finish! A week! The sad thing is enough time has passed that I know what I got on my finals. All A's so I can keep writing for you guys which is good! NOW HERE IS THE SUPER IMPORTANT PART THAT I WILL RESTATE IN THE NEXT AN. THERE WILL BE A TIMESKIP BETWEEN THIS CHAPTER AND THE NEXT ONE. WE ALL KNOW WHAT HAPPENS DURING THE BATTLE OF THE LABYRINTH SO I'M SKIPPING THAT AND GOING TO THE BEGINNING OF THE LAST OLYMPIAN. OKAY? GOOD. ALSO NEXT CHAPTER I'M PUTTING WHAT ARTEMIS AND THALIA SPOKE ABOUT WHICH WILL CHANGE EVERYTHING! Well I'm done shouting so have a nice holiday whether it be Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanza, bing watching Doctor Who on Netflix, or anything else.
Bye bye!