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From Previous chapter:
"And the Council of Cloven Elders had an emergency meeting," stated Annabeth.
The Council
"The grove that the council used was filled with hundreds of satyrs, dryads and naiads. The three elder satyrs were there, along with Chiron in his wheelchair due to his broken leg," said Percy.
"Juniper, Percy and I stood by Grover," informed Annabeth.
"Silenus wanted to exile Grover immediately," stated Percy.
"Wouldn't you want to hear what the search found?" questioned Artemis.
"Grover was allowed to give his evidence to the council but only after Chiron persuaded them to hear him out," explained Annabeth.
"Then several eyewitnesses described the sound Grover had made that had drove the Titan's army away," said Percy.
"Juniper insisted that it was a panic and that Grover had summoned the power of the wild god," reported Annabeth.
"That was Pan's greatest power," said Hermes.
"That massive wave of fear helped us win the first Titan war," admitted Athena.
"Chiron explained that Grover had used that power, that he had called it from himself," said Percy.
"Silenus is not going to like that suggestion," moaned Dionysus.
"He called it preposterous. That the wild god had favoured us with a blessing," advised Annabeth.
"Or his other suggestion was that Grover's music was so awful that it scared the enemy away," complained Percy.
"Now that's cruel…" said Thalia "Grover is not the best musician but he is not bad enough to scare a whole army."
"No music is that bad," argued the god of music.
"Grover calmly told Silenus again that Pan had let his spirit pass into all of us. That we all must act and work to renew the wild and to protect what was left of it. Pan was dead and the word needed to be spread as there was no one left but us," stated Percy.
"Silenus wouldn't believe that," exclaimed Dionysus.
"Even after two hundred years?" questioned Aphrodite.
"Silenus wanted to continue the search and exile the traitor," admitted Annabeth.
"Some of the older satyrs muttered their agreement. Silenus wanted a vote demanding to know who would believe the ridiculous young satyr," said Percy.
"I would," stated the majority of the room.
"Dionysus strode into the clearing. He was wearing a black suit with a deep purple tie and violet shirt. His eyes were bloodshot and his face flushed but more from grief than wine-withdrawal," described Percy.
"Dionysus made a throne of grapevines appear next to Silenus. All the satyrs were respectful and bowed and one hurried forward with diet coke and snacks," explained Annabeth.
"The satyrs fawn over Dionysus," gossiped Travis.
"It's sickening at times," whined Clarisse.
"It can also get annoying," grumbled Dionysus.
"I bet Dionysus hadn't missed camp while he was away," said Will.
"Dionysus stated that he had bad news. The minor gods were changing sides. Morpheus, Hecate, Janus and Nemesis had all gone over to the enemy," advised Percy.
"What, how could they?" questioned Zeus.
"I was afraid of that," sighed Hestia as even then there was discontent between the minor gods.
"Dionysus asked to hear Grover's story. Silenus protested that it was nonsense. Silenus was informed by Dionysus that he had just learnt about the death of his son and was not in a good mood," stated Percy.
"That scared Silenus and he indicated for Grover to begin," said Annabeth.
"The Dionysus campers are lucky," said Katie.
"Why are they lucky?" questioned Will.
"They get to see their father every day," replied Katie.
"They rarely get to talk to him," said Clarisse "He barely pays them any attention."
"Except for the monthly cabin report they have with …. Mr D," exclaimed Travis.
"Our cabin doesn't have a monthly report," said Katie and Will simultaneously.
"Ours does," admitted Travis.
"Because your cabin is always in trouble," pointed out Annabeth.
"But it is always with Chiron …. Never just Mr D," admitted Connor.
"Our cabin has never had a private meeting with Mr D, we always deal with Chiron," stated Clarisse.
"His cabin is never empty, it is always occupied by someone," remarked Will.
"Ever since he became camp director there has been children in his cabin," admitted Hestia.
"Our children are safer at camp," argued Dionysus.
"And it means you can keep tabs on them," argued Apollo.
"And you don't?" criticised Dionysus.
"Let's agree that we all try to keep tabs on our children," proposed Athena.
"What …" shouted Zeus but was interrupted by Thalia,
"Continue the story, I'm sick of this argument."
"Dionysus stated after he had heard Grover's story, that it was something Pan would do," responded Annabeth.
"Dionysus said that Grover was right, the search was tiresome. That the satyrs had to start thinking for themselves," added Percy.
"Silenus would still want to exile Grover," groaned Dionysus.
"Yes a vote was called. You and Chiron voted not to exile. Silenus and his two council members voted to exile," reported Annabeth.
"Two against three," gasped Thalia.
"But I get to vote twice," boasted Dionysus.
"Which ties the vote," said Hephaestus.
"Silenus thought it was an outrage. The council ended up being dissolved and Silenus and his two council members left the grove with about twenty other satyrs," informed Annabeth.
"The council is no more. I look forward to that, I won't have to sit through boring meetings," said Dionysus.
"Except the ones called by Zeus," said Poseidon.
"My meetings are important, not boring," protested Zeus.
"I NEVER get invited," grumbled Hades.
"The last meeting wasn't important," exclaimed Poseidon. "You are lucky you missed it," Poseidon told Hades.
"GROVER told he remaining satyrs that they didn't need a council to tell them what to do, they would figure it out themselves," said Percy stopping the argument that was going to break out between the three brothers… again.
"Grover started to divide the satyrs into groups. Those to go to national parks, those to defend the parks in the cities and those who would search out the last wild places. They would save the wild a little at a time," stated Annabeth.
"Later that afternoon I found Tyson and Braires on the beach. Braires was building sandcastles and Tyson was drawing in the sand," informed Percy.
"So that is who constructed that sandcastle," exclaimed Travis.
"It was so cool," said Connor "It was a three storey compound with fortified walls, a moat and drawbridge."
"So that's why you were pestering the Hephaestus campers," muttered Katie.
"We wanted to know who built it," admitted Travis.
"Tyson was drawing a map and explaining to Braires how to get to the forges. Braires wanted to help, and he could remind and teach the Cyclopes how to make better weapons and armour," said Percy.
"That would be helpful, especially if the war has begun in my realm," admitted Poseidon.
"Braires admitted that he wanted to see the Cyclopes and to not be lonely anymore. He was soon wading out into the ocean to journey to the undersea forges," informed Percy.
"It was nice to have a regular dinner at camp. The camp was safe. We were alive and Kronos had suffered a setback," stated Annabeth.
"I agree, the only thing that bothered me was Nico," admitted Percy.
"He was creepy," said Katie.
"I was not," argued Nico.
"You were hanging out in the shadows at the edge of the pavilion," responded Annabeth.
"Even though we offered you a place at our table," remarked Connor.
"You were even offered a place at the head table with Chiron," commented Will.
"Which you rejected," accused Travis.
"Everyone was heading towards the amphitheatre except Nico, so I followed him into the woods," said Percy "I found him talking to ghost."
"I was saying a final goodbye to Bianca," admitted Nico.
"I was informed by Nico that he was leaving," said Percy.
"You can't just leave. It is dangerous for a lone half-blood," exclaimed Demeter.
"You need to train," exclaimed Zeus.
"I train with the dead," said Nico "I don't belong. There is a reason they didn't put a cabin to Hades at camp. He is not welcome there any more than he is here on Olympus."
"He is welcome…" said Hera.
"Once a year… and I am not even given my own throne," accused Hades.
"Nico was going to try to get some of the questions he had answered," informed Percy.
"What questions?" asked Will.
"Who was my mother, who paid for Bianca and I to go to school, who was the lawyer who collected us from the Lotus Hotel? Why I knew nothing about my past?" said Nico.
"You have a lot of questions," said Hestia.
"Tyson had found the Mythomagic statue Nico had abandon the last time he had left camp. With some coaxing I talked him into keeping it," admitted Percy.
"Good, you need to be a kid at times," said Thalia laughing at the glare Nico gave her.
"I had a lot of things to investigate and informed Percy if I learnt anything useful I would be in touch," said Nico.
"What things could you find out?" questioned Hera.
"Some very important things," said Nico.
"As Nico left I heard a voice tell me there goes a troubled young man. It was Dionysus who stated that he had started to feel better, so he thought he would talk to me as I always managed to annoy him," stated Percy.
"You are very good at annoying people," laughed Thalia.
"Especially the Titans and some of the gods," stated Annabeth.
"We walked towards the campfire. Dionysus informed me we had had many betrayals and things were not looking good for us," said Percy.
"That's for sure," exclaimed Apollo.
"He pointed out that Annabeth and I had saved camp," said Percy.
"It was a group effort," grumbled Clarisse.
"Which I informed him," said Percy.
"Did he really say my name or did he call me Anabelle?" questioned Annabeth.
"No he called you Annabeth," admitted Percy.
"First time he has called me by the correct name," said Annabeth.
"And you weren't even there to hear it," said Chris.
"Dionysus informed me that what we had done was mildly competent and that it wasn't a total loss. He then pointed towards Clarisse and Chris, who he had cured," informed Percy.
"Madness is my specialty, it is quite simple," said Dionysus.
"He did something nice why?" questioned Thalia.
"Maybe he felt grieved by his son," suggested Hestia.
"Or perhaps he thought Chris deserved a second chance," said Percy.
"It certainly improved Clarisse's mood," said Travis who received a hit to the back of the head for that comment.
"Dionysus told me that a kind act can sometimes be as powerful as a sword. Sometimes small things can become very large indeed," stated Percy.
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