FIVE MONTHS EARLIER
"What was that" I looked over out towards the beach outside our house. Amelia looks at me, "no, you are not getting out of this that easily, you went out with h-" she was cut off by what sounded like screech of an angry animal coming from Father's study "Dad are you okay", Amelia calls as I run towards his study pulling on the door so fast I almost hit myself with it. When I look through the door something quickly flies out the window opposite me, I didn't get a good chance to look at it. The room is covered in blood and feathers and for some reasons small piles of what look like dust or ash. I look at my Father's desk he sits his face shoved in his book claw marks on his back and neck, blood all over his desk. I hear the screeching louder this time and nearly jump out of the room upon hearing the sound. I look to the wall covered by the closet, at least at this angle. I can see my father's college Javelin sticking out of from behind and there are a lot more feathers and blood over there. I cross at an angle as to not get too close. Behind the closet sat some kind of cross between a Chicken and a person, with the javelin sticking out of its leg.
PRESENT DAY
I started packing, placing enough clothes to last me three days into my pack and slipping some ambrosia I had stolen from the kitchens. When officially sent on a quest you are given it, but as I was leaving on my own accord I had to take a bit, so little by little I stole enough to fill three sandwich bags which should be more than enough. I had heard the prophecy eight days earlier spending that time testing my skills and getting everything I would need. I had the ambrosia, a sword, a shield, my clothes, two flashlights, some batteries, $248 and three days worth of food. I looked around the cabin that had been my home for the past three months and felt the same sad feeling I felt when I left my other home. Unlike the last time I felt this feeling, I didn't have my sister here. Just to get here, we spent two months fighting across America. It felt like I had earned my right to stay here, then she left eight days later.
As I pack I hear the rest of the Aphrodite kids heading back from supper, I slid all my stuff beneath my bed. I needed one thing, the information, I needed to learn where exactly the sword could be and what sword it was. I headed to the Athena cabin someone in there was bound to know at least what sword it was. I was about to knock on the door when someone called from behind the cabin, "James over here." I looked around the cabin and saw Damien, one of the Athena kids, waving me over. I slowly walked over maybe, he could tell me what it was, besides talking to one out here meant no one could overhear and try to get to the sword first. "Damien, what are you doing over here?" I said as I walked towards him "Do you want to know where the sword is or not?" Damien said smiling crookedly. I stop, normally I'm good at hiding my emotions but there was no way I hid the surprise from hearing him utter those words. "You know a few Ares kids came by earlier looking for that info so you better hurry," He says still smiling "What do you want for the info," I say frowning at him. His smile widens "Me, want something, well maybe something small, take me with you." He says.
I look at him completely surprised by his response. "No" I looked at him completely shocked that he would want to go. "well then, I guess I'm heading to the the Ares cabin." He says smiling walking slowly towards the Ares cabin.