Thanks for reviewing readers! Today is the day of the council! Guess which green eyed black haired boy is going to be there? Props goes to the correct guesser! Tongue twister - Sexist Sixties - That ones is extra hard… for me at least! :) Chapter 9!

Annabeth

My horse whinnied, and I whipped my head around to see if there was anything he was whinnying about. These past few weeks, I have been more on edge than ever. I had recovered quickly and smoothly, thanks to ambrosia and nectar. At the moment, I was now riding to Mt. Olympus, on my way to the council.

No god was with me, but I did have an escort of about ten demigod soldiers, and a few close friends. I didn't know why I had to have so many people guarding me. I mean, I bet I could beat all of them at fighting.

But then Athena told me to be reasonable when I asked her that. I recalled our conversation earlier this morning...

"Um, Mom? Can I... maybe... go on Icarus?" I asked. Icarus was my white stallion. He was an energetic and indignant thing, but I loved him, and he loved me. We understood each other better than a lot of people. If I'm having a horrible day and just run into the stables, jump on his back without a saddle, and just say "go." Then he knows exactly where I want to go. It's probably cause we go there all the time.

The place I am talking about is in the Forest of Athens (thats the one that I can see from my deck). If you venture into there, like I did one time, you might find that there are a few clearings in the densely packed forest. But the one clearing that I found was better than all the others.

It was a clearing kinda in the shape of a circle. A small river runs through it, and on one side of the river is a little beach with soft sand, and one big rock that I like to sit on all the time. On the other side of the river is grass. Just grass, and Icarus likes to graze there a lot when I'm sitting and thinking. In the middle of the mini meadow of grass is a big oak tree that has a really nice perching spot that I sit on a lot. I once climbed to the top of the tree, and from it I could see all of Athens. I could even see my mom's temple, even though it was about two miles away. I loved going to that clearing, and I go there a lot.

Anyways, Icarus has been my horse since I was 5. He was a gift from Apollo. Icarus is a ten year old Thessalian horse, and is the son of one of the greatest stallions. I love Icarus. He's kinda like another me. Smart, annoying, and indignant. Yep, that kinda explains me.

After I had asked if I could go on my beloved stallion, there was a heated argument, and Athena finally agreed to it, after a lot of "But the robbery has gone up twice the amount in a year!" or "You know how dangerous the roads will be at this time of year?" But I finally convinced her to let me go with Icarus.

As long as I have an escort of ten expert demigod guards with me, and just a few close friends. I, of course, protested, but Athena's next words got me to be quiet again.

"Annabeth, be reasonable. You were the victim, you have to be at the council to be the official victim of the assassinator. We need to know if this assassinator is part of a group, or if he was forced, and even where he was trained. And why he wanted to kill you. Anyways, at this council, you need to be either next to me, or with Apollo or Artemis. Do not, under any circumstances, go near or converse with that horrid sea god." She had said "sea god" with so much distaste that I had almost scooted away from her.

Athena was still convinced that Poseidon was the one who had wanted to kill me. And she had good reason, cause Poseidon did murder my father, so many people might ask why he would stop there. But I don't believe Poseidon did it.

Athena explained to me that we would probably being staying for a week, maybe longer. Depends on how well the council goes in Mount Olumpus.

Let me explain a few things. Mount Olympus isn't exactly on earth. It currently sits about three miles above the city of Thessaloniki. Gods can just teleport there (they can teleport, but it is difficult, so they don't do it unless necessary. It also tires them out) but for mortals or demigod, its a bit difficult to get there on our own.

Thats why we have Milo and Theto.

Milo and Theto are demigods, sons of Janus. They hold the key to getting up the Mount Olympus for demigods. They kinda teleport you in a way. They don't send someone up unless they have the "okay" from the gods to let the person up. They aren't just gonna let anybody up.

Milo and Theto, nicknames the Teleporting Twins, died a long time ago, but were made immortal and brought back from the underworld to man the teleporter to the god's home. But where you go to teleport is the middle of a fortress, guarded by many demigod guards trained specifically to protect the Teleporting Twins and the teleporter.

I have never been to the teleporting fortress, cause when I went to Mount Olympus that one time, Athena had gotten permission to teleport me with her. This time, being older and maybe a possible threat, the gods denied the request by Athena.

So I had left a week before the council to get there on time. I, fortunately, got to pick my guards. I knew quite a few of the demigod guards, for I practice with them a lot. I picked my closest friends from the guard group.

There were four sons of Ares, three sons of Apollo, and three sons of Athena. For my friends, I had a hunter, named Thalia Grace. Thalia and I have known each other ever since we were five. I was devastated when she joined the hunters, but my fears were soon concluded, for Thalia visited at least three times a month. She was probably my best and closest friend. And the best archer I have ever seen. Being a hunter means she has sworn off boys, but she is not as uptight about it as the other hunters. She has quite a few friends that are male, but not too close ones.

Another one of my girl best friends, Piper McLean, a daughter of Aphrodite, wasn't with me now, but she was going to meet us on the way to Mt. Olympus. I hadn't seen her for at least a month now, and I was super excited to reunite. Me, Thalia, and Piper were all extremely close, having known each other for at least ten years.

With Thalia by my side, cracking jokes and having target practice with the guards hats, and all my guards were close friends and joked around a lot, and Icarus being as annoying as ever, reaching out to eat everything in sight, especially when I told him to stop, I knew this was going to be a fun ride.

Thanks for reading! And thanks to Daddy Directioner for being my helpful little sidekick, you're awesome, DD! (Daddy Direction ;)) Please review!

Also, Milo and Theo are my OCs, so don't go looking them up on wikipedia or something. Actually, the way that demigods get to Mount Olympus is made up by me... not in real mythology. :)