Hey guys I'm back. Is Aria is going to die today? Oh and Aria is a daughter of Gaea for people who didn't get that.

Aria: (Silence with angry glare)

Me: Oh chill!

Luke: I don't kill her!

Me: No duh!

Aria

I was getting tired of landing in the middle of strange conversations. Let's back up, shall we? Before I fell out of thin air and landed in the middle of Shezmu's appearance, the gods sent me on a little side trip to Camp Half Blood.

I tumbled out of the air and onto the thankfully empty ping pong table. The chairs at the table were unfortunately occupied. I landed on the table with a thud and sat up to meet eleven sets of confused eyes.

I stood up rubbing my head. "Okay. I could be wrong but I'm pretty sure this isn't Memphis."

They shook their heads.

I nodded. "Great. I think I'm on the opposite side of the country."

They nodded.

"Aria?"

I turned at the familiar voice. "Percy!"

"So I guess I'm not dreaming then."

I blushed furiously and started thinking, why would the gods send me here.

I turned to Percy again. "Is anything major happening?"

Kronos laughed inside my head. No I'm just about to kill all of you.

You're always about to kill us all. I pointed out.

You're right.

Shut up.

Percy was still standing there. "Well Kronos-"

"Is about to kill all of us." I interrupted. "I'm always about to die before the world ends."

Percy looked extremely confused.

"Nothing." I said with dismissively. "Where's Dionysus?"

"I'm right here." The god said over his magazine.

Everyone else was just staring at me. "What!" I asked.

"Percy is at his mom's house." Annabeth told me. "How are you talking to him?"

"Oh!" I exclaimed. "So I am insane! Great!"

No you're just a Diviner. A voice said inside my head.

...

Fast forward to Land of Dead.

As we docked at the island, Bloodstained Blade came down to say good-bye.

"I hope to see you again, Lord and Lady Kane," he hummed. "Your rooms will be waiting aboard the Egyptian Queen. Unless, of course, you see fit to release me from service."

Behind his back, Bast shook her head adamantly.

"Um, we'll keep you around," Sadie told the captain. "Thanks for everything."

"As you wish," the captain said. If axes could frown, I'm sure he would have.

"Stay sharp," Carter told him, and with Bast and Khufu, we walked down the gangplank. Instead of pulling away, the ship simply sank into the boiling lava and disappeared.

Sadie scowled at Carter. "'Stay sharp?'"

"I thought it was funny." Carter and I said in unison.

"You're both hopeless."

We walked up the steps of the black temple. A forest of stone pillars held up the ceiling. Every surface was carved with hieroglyphs and images, but there was no color—just black on black. Haze from the lake drifted through the temple, and despite reed torches that burned on each pillar, it was impossible to see very far through the gloom.

"Stay alert," Bast warned, sniffing the air. "He's close."

MY mind had been back home in my room, but that brought me back to earth with a bump. "Who?" I asked.

"The Dog," Bast said with disdain.

There was a snarling noise, and a huge black shape leaped out of the mist. It tackled Bast, who rolled over and wailed in feline outrage, then raced off, leaving us alone with the beast. I suppose she had warned us that she wasn't brave.

The new animal was sleek and black, like the Set animal we'd seen in Washington, D.C., but more obviously canine, graceful and rather cute, actually. A jackal, I realized, with a golden collar around its neck.

Then it morphed into a young man, and my heart almost stopped.

He had a pale complexion, tousled black hair, and rich brown eyes like melted chocolate. He was dressed in black jeans, combat boots, a ripped T-shirt, and a black leather jacket that suited him quite nicely. He was long and lean like a jackal. His ears, like a jackal's, stuck out a bit, and he wore a gold chain around his neck.

The boy in black stood and brushed off his jacket. "I'm not a dog," he grumbled.

"No." Sadie agreed. "You're-"

"A- Anubis." I interrupted

He turned on me and took a step back in confusion. "You- look, different."

I sighed in exasperation. "I'm dying! That might be it or it could be that I've gotten taller."

We argued for a minute then I face palmed myself. "Yes! I know where Osiris is!"

He opened his mouth to respond but was cut off by Carter.

"You're Anubis?" he asked. "We've come for the feather of truth."

Anubis frowned. He locked his eyes with Sadie's. "You're not dead."

"No," Sadie said. "Though we're trying awfully hard."

"I don't deal with the living," he said firmly.

Then he looked at Khufu and Carter. "However, you travel with a baboon. That shows good taste. I won't kill you until you've had a chance to explain. Why did Bast bring you here?"

"Actually," Carter said, "Thoth sent us."

Carter started to tell him the story, but Khufu broke in impatiently. "Agh! Agh!"

Baboon-speak must have been quite efficient, because Anubis nodded as if he'd just gotten the whole tale. "I see."

He scowled at Carter. "So you're Horus. And you're..." His finger drifted towards Sadie.

"I'm—I'm, um—" She stammered. It was very unlike her to be tongue tied. Carter looked at her like she'd gone crazy, (Which she had. [Ow! Sadie!])

"I'm not Isis," She managed. "I mean, Isis is milling about inside, but I'm not her. She's just...visiting."

He smirked. "And Aria is hosting..."

I blinked. "I'm hosting a god?"

Anubis smiled. "Yes I suppose so."

Hahahahahahahah! I'm evil. I know.

Aria: I'm hosting a god!

Me: Kinda

Aria: Amber!

Tell me in the reviews who you think Aria is "kinda" hosting. Later!