Chapter 14: Sparkles? Really?
Annabeth's POV.
Okay. I'll admit it. I was really jealous of Sadie. She had solved that puzzle before I had. She could use that bow like an extension of her arm. Plus she had carter as a brother.
I had been finding myself becoming more and more attracted to carter. He was brave, smart and irresistibly funny.
No. I pushed those thoughts out of my mind as I followed everyone up the staircase. I couldn't have feelings for Carter. He was Egyptian. Not necessarily an enemy but not a completely trusted friend yet either.
At the top of the staircase there was an open drawbridge that leads into a stone caste. Underneath the draw bridge was nothing but lava. Real lava that spat.
"Go! GO! GO!" Percy nudges carter along ahead of him. "Fire and water don't mix well."
There are no guards on the archway to the castle. We just walk straight in. In the foyer however, a lady about fifty was waiting. She had white hair and no teeth but her muscles were the biggest I had ever seen on anyone.
"I'm Zellia. Head Iron sister. You request?"
I step forward. The iron sisters are loyal to Athena. Wisdom is useless unless you have the right weapon. "We need a weapon to kill the fates."
Zellia nodded. "We have what you need, of course. However, this is a powerful weapon and we can't let you take it without payment."
Stupid Greek methaglyn. Everyone wants something from you.
"If you tell us what the payment is we might-"
Zellia, who obviously didn't get out much, interrupted. "The payment is simple. Just a feeling."
A feeling? Is she joking that was like the easiest thing to give? I have plenty of worthlessness and doubtful feelings I could give her.
"We accept."
Sadie coughed. "Um. Just a feeling from one of us or... "
"Your friend has already accepted. She shall be the one."
I hear Sadie sigh in relief.
Zellia leads us to a store room in the castle. She speaks ancient words and the door flies open.
There armoury was amazing. It was full of gold daggers, magical swords, everything.
She gestured for us to wait outside. She emerges in a few minutes with a bag of…
"SPARKLES" Percy shouts. "What? We come all this way to get some sparkles? "
"And a piece of paper." Sadie mutters.
Zellia hands the bag and piece of parchment to me. "The deal is now bound."
I tuck the bag into my boot.
"How do they work?" Carter asks.
Zellia smiles. "Killing the fates is not easy. However when you do, sprinkle the sparkles over them and read the piece of paper, out loud together. The dust is off the wheel that spun Pandora's vase. It represents the body which held the soul."
"Our powers aren't working. How is this spell meant to work?" Sadie was shaking her head looking at her hands.
"Soul, of course. You'll find the fates in Seattle. No you must go. "She waved her hands and we were back in the Alcatraz corridor as if we had never gone through the iron banded door.
If you guys didnt guess... Me adding the iron sisters into my story is basically me adding fan fiction into my fanfiction. The Iron sisters are in Cassandra Clare's book: the city of lost souls. So basically they arn't mine.
Tnaks again for reading