CHAPTER 14

A/N: And another chapter, right on time. I'm glad you guys like Daedalus coming back. Or should I say Maddox;) (And, Idk if I did before, if I said rape, I meant abuse. Just to clear things up.) I had no idea what name to choose, so I just smashed Max and Nox together, and Maddox was the best name I could get. Because I didn't think it made sense that the labyrinth was back without Daedalus, I just "unkilled" him. Ta da!

I returned back to camp(Which, yes, took her 7 hours. She stopped at McDonald's), but didn't feel tired anymore. It was dawn, and everyone was waking up. Chiron was the first outside(besides me), and looked worried. I walked over to him.

"Are you okay Chiron?" I asked, which startled him a bit.

"Huh? Oh, yes, my dear. Will you go get your parents, Percy, Annabeth, and the all ther cabin leaders? Tell me to meet them here please, then you go to your breakfast. This is none of your concern. Oh, and please show Maddox where the breakfast is," Chiron said, frantically. I nodded slowly, and woke everyone up and told them what Chiron had told me. After leaving Clarisse's cabin, I saw Maddox standing in front of me. I smiled at him and he looked relieved that I was coming out of the cabin.

"Oh my gods, I'm so happy I didn't have to get in there and get you. I really didn't want to go in her cabin," Maddox said.

I laughed at that. "Clarisse isn't that bad. She just loves to fight. So just stay out of her way, then, if you don't want to die."

"I do stay out of her way. She just comes in mine!" Maddox protested.

"Allright. Come on. Aren't you hungry?" I asked.

"Yeah. Let's go," He said.

"The food court is over this way," I said.

"Okay. And, hey, did you see Chiron was acting strange? I think, he now too, knows, a war is happening. But I think he only suspects this," Maddox said.

"Really? He told me I shouldn't worry about whatever he was talking about, that it wasn't 'my concern'. I don't understand it, though. Nobody here trusts me," I said, sadly.

"You don't know why? Everyone here is, first off, afraid of your dad. And, second, everyone is afraid you'll go join Kronos's side."

I stopped dead. "What? No way! Why would they think that? Oh, wait, they don't know about my past. But, still, why?"

"Because. You're a quarter god. All quarter gods end up joining Kronos. Some people here think you're a lost cause, but most people are trying to prevent that from happening, so their keeping a close eye on you. You could be lured easily to Kronos better than any of us here. So, just watch out. I trust you, but some people don't trust you like I do," Maddox explained. I nodded grimly. Maddox and I walked past the Big House.

"-don't tell Athelia. This can be told to everyone, but remember. NOT HER! The gods strictly informed me of that. Alright?" Chiron finished saying as Maddox and I walked past. I looked at him, confused. He just shrugged his shoulders, and we went into the dining pavilion.

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After eating a whole lot of pancakes, Chiron called everyone back to their cabins except Maddox and I. While waiting for everyone to come back, Maddox turned to me.

"Aren't you a cabin leader?" Maddox asked me.

I laughed. "Yeah. I'm the only one in my cabin."

Maddox turned to Chiron. "Then shouldn't Atlas have gone to the meeting.

"No," Chiron simply said.

Maddox turned toward me, puzzled. I just shrugged. They were definitely keeping something from me, hence Chiron telling all the Cabin leaders to, 'not tell Athelia'. I mean, come, he could have at least said Atlas!

I whispered to Maddox, "Do you want to check on you-know-who to see where they're at, like, tonight?"

"Sure," He whispered back. Then, all the cabins came flooding back in. My parents were glaring at me, probably for seeing me whisper to Maddox, and they probably never saw me that close to a boy before. But I had no love interest for Maddox, who could be a dead man any second now. I just shrugged, and my dad stomped over.

"You better go off before my dad beats your head off," I quickly whispered to Maddox, before my dad got over.

"That's your dad? You've got a lot of explaining to do later. See ya," Maddox whispered, before scramming.

"So? What were you too talking about?" My dad asked.

"Hmm? Oh, nothing, just the fact that I was excluded from something BIG!" I practically screamed. My dad shushed me and pulled me over to a corner.

"Athelia, it's best you don't know," My dad said.

"Why? Because you guys are afraid I'll go to Kronos? Seriously?" I said.

"How do you know about that?" My dad asked.

"I'm not dumb, dad!" I said.

"Athelia, if I were you, I would just be cautious. You could end up going to Kronos," My dad said. And suddenly, I just snapped, and burst.

"You think I would go to Kronos? Everyone thinks that? Because you're ALL WRONG! I'd never go back there! It was torture every day. You know those 4 months when no one could find me? And how I suddenly reappeared when I was 5? I was with Kronos, except, IT WASN'T MY CHOICE to be there! HE HAD KIDNAPPED ME! HE PHYSICALLY ABUSED ME! I STILL HAVE SCARS, OKAY? IF IT WASN'T FOR MY FRIEND LUKE, I WOULDN'T BE ALIVE! SO WHATEVER YOU HAVE AGAINST HIM, DROP IT! AND I WON'T BE GOING THERE ANYTIME SOON!" I said, shaking, choking back tears. I realized everyone here had heard me.

"Just leave me alone," I said, and ran off to my cabin, as I felt the tears flow.