REMODIFIED CHAPTER 7

CHAPTER 7

Athelia

It started out like this. A wild boar was chasing me, and a bunch of other kids. I couldn't recognize them because we were running so fast, but I had a feeling I knew them.

"Guys! Stop!" I yelled, though, in my opinion, I would have kept running. But, this was, I was assuming, the future, so I couldn't change it.

Everyone skidded to a stop. So did the boar.

"Nice boar! Do you want sugar cubes? Yeah? Some sugar cubes?" I said, holding my hand out, which consisted of sugarcubes. The boar, hesitantly, sniffed my hand and ate the sugar cubes.

"Go off now, little one," I said. The boar skipped off, and we sighed in relief.

The scene changed. I was invisible, on a ship. I could tell this was not actually me looking into the future, but eavesdropping on someone.

"Sir, we have the information," Luke's voice said.

"Huh?" Another voice grunted. "Okay. Hand it over."

I couldn't see who was talking. I only heard the voices.

"Lluukkeee," A voice hissed, and I realized it was an Emposai, Kelli. I had met her before, when I was with Kronos.

"Hhhonnneeyyyy pooooo? Where arrreee yoooouuuuuuuuu?" Kelli said.

"Kelli, I'm right here," Luke said.

"I love you," Luke said.

"I love you-" Kelli said, but she realized I was there.

"Youuuuuu," Kelli hissed. I finally saw her. She was wearing a jaw dropping gown, but the rest of her was ugly. Luke was looking at me in shock.

"Athelia," Luke said, in shock. The reason Luke was surprised to see me was… well… last time we saw each other, we were in a deep relationship. Together. So, it was just as awkward to him as to me.

The emposai rushed up to me, and bit me. Then I only saw darkness.

I had died.

I woke up sweating, having a pounding headache. I looked over at my alarm. It was only 3 A.M. I couldn't go back to sleep, so I went outside my cabin, hoping the harpies or Mr. D wouldn't mind. I hadn't gotten a tour of Camp Half-Blood, and everyone expected me to know everything. I hated it. They acted if I should be better. But, I was still a kid. Technically, I was 13. That's right! I was going to turn 14 in 2 weeks. I walked over to the stables. All the pegasi were asleep, except one. The pegasi grunted when I came in.

Boss?

No, I'm Athelia.

Then how can you hear me?

I have no idea. Which pegasus are you?

My name is Blackjack. Do you have any sugarcubes?

Plenty. I made a bag of sugar cubes in my hand, and held them out for Blackjack to eat. He swallowed the hungrilly.

Wow! You're better than Boss. Maybe I should name you boss! Wait, nevermind. Boss will be mad. I'll call you My Lady.

S'kay with me. Can you take me for a ride?

Well, boss might be mad. But, I want more sugar cubes, so, sure!

He walked out of the stables, and I climbed onto his back.

Where do you want to go, My Lady?

Let's go over the ocean, but DON'T drop me in it!

Okay, My Lady.

Blackjack steered over to the ocean and flew up. I could see almost the entire ocean. It was beautiful. I just wish I could go in it. See, I have a problem with water. A medical condition. Whenever I go into water, my skin rips, and I get blisters. I start bleeding, and excruciating pain washes over me. I can only go in distilled water. Which, isn't in the ocean. It's rare to find distilled water. Not that it mattered if I took showers. I could just refresh myself.

"Woah. The view is beautiful!" I said, amazed. I looked down at the sand on the beach, and saw two people were there. I told Blackjack to move down towards there. The 2 people were my parents. I was just shocked to see them together. For maybe 5 minutes, the just talked. Then, they hugged for a while. At last, they turned and watched the Ocean. Then, all of a sudden, I saw a bubble go up. 1 person was in the bubble, and the other one was next to it. Both people were breathing heavily. They looked into each other's eyes and kissed. For a long time. Until, one of them noticed my parents.

"Hey!" The voice shouted, and I realized it was Percy. He was probably with Annabeth. They both swam back to shore. Percy's clothes were perfectly dry, but Annabeth's was soaking wet. That was weird. Then, Percy noticed Blackjack, before he noticed me.

"Blackjack?" Percy said.

Oh no, Boss is mad.

I don't think he's mad. He is confused.

Athelia? A new voice said, and I realized Percy, Blackjack, and I had formed a trio conversation in Blackjack's mind.

Percy?

Boss, My Lady, calm down. Blackjack swooped down.

"My Lady?" Percy said.

I grinned. "I gave him a ton of sugar cubes. Now he likes me alot."

"He is my horse!" Percy wailed.

I am BOTH of your horse. You can share custody.

I shrugged "Fine with me. But, why were you up so early?"

Annabeth blushed. "A certain seaweed brain wanted to 'hang out'."

Percy blushed. "I showed her the underwater palace."

"Cool. I would love to see that too, but…" I said, but trailed off.

"But what?" Percy asked.

I shuddered. I ignored his question. "So, what were you two doing down here so early, too?" I asked my parents.

"Your mom wanted to talk to me about the quest," My dad said. I nodded.

"But, what were you doing, up so early?" My mom asked. I looked around to see if any harpies were coming at us, to save me from my mom's question. But, none were.

I sighed and started trembling, but forced myself to stop.

"You know how demigod dreams aren't just, you know, dreams?" They all nodded. "For me, it's the same, but worse. They are so vivid. And, recently, I think I've been seeing the… future, in these dreams."

They all stared at me with wide eyes.

Finally Percy spoke up. "You should tell Chiron."

"No way!" I screamed. They shushed me.

"He will tell the gods, and I will be the center of attention. No way is that happening."

"I think we have to go," My mom said, saving Percy and I from an argument. We walked back, and Chiron was waiting for us. 2 other people were waiting for us. Phoebe was there too.

"Where were you all?" Chiron asked.

"Swimming" "Hunting" "Sleeping" "Studying" "Eating" we all said at the same time(A/N: I think you can all guess who said what(For y'all who don't know, Percy said swimming, Thalia said hunting, Nico said sleeping, Annabeth said studying, and Athelia said eating).)

Chiron's eyebrows raised. "Okay, but it's time for you to leave. Phoebe is here, and two guests will be accompanying you."

Two people stepped into the light. Artemis and Apollo. Apollo looked at everyone. When he got to me, his eyes narrowed. Mine did, too. Let's just say we had bad history.

"Athelia."

"Apollo." His eyes locked on mine, and I sensed we had an agreement. We would work together only this time. He nodded, and I nodded back.

"So, you need to leave now," Chiron said, and sent us off our way.

"Athelia," Chiron said before I left.

I turned to look at him. "Yes?"

"Be careful. Please. Last time we sent a quarter god on a quest, it didn't work out so well. Quests with quarter gods never turned out well. They always died, so please be careful."

I nodded, and said, "I will. Thats a promise."

"On the Styx?"

"I swear in the Styx, to be careful." I turned and left. Knowing this would be the most dangerous thing that I ever experienced. Little did I know, it was always going to be like this.

"Okay, so we need 2 per car, so buddy up. Actually, I'll choose," Artemis said. We were driving there, and the cars could only hold 2 people. Artemis was veing very stubborn today, so I was pretty sure I would end up with Annabeth. Or Phoebe. Or her.

"Percy and Nico. Annabeth and Phoebe. Apollo and Athelia. Thalia and me. Older one's are the drivers," Artemis said, and walked over to her own car. This. Was. Horrible. I hated Apollo, and he hated me. We would never get along, thanks to Artemis.

Apollo and I hopped into a car. He was driving. Being a '3 year old' and him being a 30,000 year old, I was, obviously the younger one.

"I'm sorry," Apollo said finally at last.

"For what?" I asked, though I knew perfectly well. I just wanted complete confirmation.

"For almost killing your best friend, and cutting you off when you talk," Apollo said.

"Ok, and I'm sorry for sabotaging you and playing that epic prank," I said.

"So are we good now?" He asked.

"Yea," I said.

"Friends?" Apollo said, extending his hand. I shook it. Apparently, Apollo couldn't multi-task, because he swerved into a ditch. The car turned upside down.

"Athelia! Are you okay?" I heard Apollo yell outside the car.

"Yeah! My head hurts, but I'm fine!" I shouted back. I busted a hole through the window and climbed out. He looked at me in shock. I looked down and realized I had no cuts or scratches. Not even when I had broken the window.

"You…" Apollo said in shock. Several cars pulled over, and Percy, Annabeth, Nico, and the rest got out. They rushed over to us.

"Athelia! Are you okay?" My mom and dad asked and ran over to me.

"I'm fine. Really! I-" I said, but my parents brought me into a hug. Apollo smirked at me, and I stuck my tongue out at him. My parents finally let go.

"Brother! I thought your driving was better than this!" Artemis scolded Apollo. He blushed and apologized.

"Well? What are we going to do now? They still need to come with us, and their car doesn't work anymore," Artemis said.

"We can always tie them to the roof," Percy suggested. "Or make them walk."

"Seaweed brain!" Annabeth said, and elbowed Percy in the stomach.

"What? It was a suggestion," Percy complained.

"I could teleport us there," I said.

"Teleport?" Artemis asked.

"Shadow-travel," I said.

"Why didn't you say that before?" Artemis asked.

"Because I can only tele-shadow travel 1 to 2 people at a time. Or else, I get too tired. I can try, if you want. But, I don't know the outcome."

"No! We wouldn't want you to get hurt," Artemis said quickly. "You and Apollo can shadow travel there. We will probably meet you there in 4 hours, depending on traffic. So, is that a plan?" Artemis asked.

I looked over at my parents. They looked a little uneasy, worrying that I didn't have a weapon on me, but they nodded. I looked at Apollo, and he also nodded.

"Okay, let's do it."