The Dining Room... And Others

Calypso

We all gathered in the dining room after the Deck War1. Well, that's what I called it. Thanks to Percy, I was dry in an instant. I only have half of my original powers. I can feel weird source. I feel myself draining bit by bit.

I never mentioned this to Leo or anyone else. I still don't know what's wrong. All I know a balance is thrown was off course. "MEETING IS STARTING!" Leo's voice threw me out of my own thoughts to what is happening. "Do any of you guys know where we are going next?" Percy asked. No one answered. I saw Reyna, and she had a big panic attack in her eyes. They were saying, Oh no. A plan. I should've known! What should I do? No, no, no!

"We should check the prophecy. And that means another thing to discover. Like who is going to rise and what stuff we'll need."

"I think we need to find the 'seer' first." Thalia said.

"Agreed, but where to start?" Frank asked the group.

At the corner of my eye, I saw Bianca close her eyes and say, "Puerto Rico". I saw Reyna and Hylla stiffen at the mention of the place. Something bad happened there to them? They looked at each other with fear. I saw Jason and Nico look at those two. All four were having a little conversation. "How do you know?" Hylla asked, leaving the conversation. Bianca replied, "Because I can feel her. She seems… Dead. As in her life is fading."

We all exchanged looks to each other. We knew who we had to find and set free. And she was the oracle.

"Ok, that means she is trapped and we need to set her free for something. Check!" Leo said.

"But it's harder than it sounds." Piper said." Who knows what or who is keeping her trapped." We all nodded in agreement.

"But what about the stuff we need to find?" Jason asked.

"I guess we'll have to keep that on note, Annabeth said. I looked at Percy. He seemed to be under some kind of pressure.

"I STOLE THALIA'S SHIELD!" He sighed. "Good thing said." Thalia looked extremely mad.

"I have an announcement to make," I said. I did this to make sure Thalia wouldn't chop his head off or anything like that. Everyone looked at me. I sighed.

"Every minute that I am away from Ogygia, the island begins to fad. And if that fades, I will fade too. So that means I will be merely a ghost with no power."

"So what does that mean?" Percy asked.

"That means, I can't fight or even do anything. And anyone who lives on the island will disappear too."

"But no one lives there, right?" Hazel said, speaking up for the first time.

"Someone does live there. Her daughter and best friend are trying to find her."

"And who would that be?" Annabeth said.

"Brooke and Antonella. They are trying to free her. She is a great link to the gods of Olympus and when she 'disappeared'," I said while using air quotation marks," one of the goddesses put a forgetful spell on them."

"But a person with that much magic must be really strong. Wouldn't they?" Piper said.

"So who is this person?" Nico said.

"That would be Alayla. The original goddess of war."

"So that means Bellona isn't all roman," Reyna said surprised.

"Yup, would you like to hear her story?" I asked the others. They all nodded in response.

"There once was a goddess named Alayla…"

Alayla

"… She was originally Roman, but the Greeks persuaded her to be a Greek for a change. She soon decided to make a counter self. She decided the name Alayla. It meant war goddess in Greek. And that was who she was. After the first war with the Titans, they sent young Calypso into the island Ogygia. Her curse was set and she was banished.

A certain goddess was mad and enraged by Alayla. It wasn't that she was prettier or smarter. It was that this goddess thought she was trying to take over a special spot that was kept to her boyfriend. Ares.

Though Alayla was part of the eldest gods, she wasn't treated like her brothers and sisters. She deserved more attention. One day, she asked for more power. She still kept a good reputation but was less like her counter parts brother. Mars. She kept her cool and was very much more mature. She was best friends with Athena and Ares.

Aphrodite was mad and she thought that Alayla was trying to take his spot on Olympus. That wasn't true. So she asked her husband, Hephaestus, and so called 'best friend', Hecate, to make a magic mirror that could capture a soul and keep it there. It was god and goddess proof. So if someone was stuck inside, they wouldn't have enough power to get out.

While all the gods were sleeping, Aphrodite captured Alayla in the mirror and, on the same night, threw the mirror on the island of Ogygia. Aphrodite knew that one day, someone will take Calypso off her island and leave the island to disappear with the ones living and used to live there, as in Calypso.

Alayla discovered that the mirror contained the same world but the other way round. All the signs, words, and letters were backwards. She learned to read it. Like a mirror, it reflected everything that was happening. Once she saw her family, she ran to them to find that she couldn't touch them and that she was a ghost. She could hear and smell everything. But the problem was that no one could hear or see her. She was sad and depressed.

Until, one day, a man saw and touched her. She knew this man was different from others. He could pass back between the mirror world and back to reality. They had a child and sent her with him. He found a way to pass people through. He couldn't do it to Alayla because she was too powerful. He was a mortal who landed on Calypsos Island and found her.

That is why Brook lives. My name is Alayla and I am the original war goddess. I saw Athena get my power and feel power eave me. I knew they would do better without me. Or that is what I think. I have been trying to get out for millennia but nothing worked. I guess Aphrodite is smarter than people say. I know Brooke is lonely and afraid with her somewhat cousin.

My time is coming when I must leave. I have been trying to leave signs of my appearance and hints to find me so I can get off this island safe. Wish me luck. For I may never escape.

Hylla

So they are saying that my mother isn't all Roman? True? Yup. That Calypso girl is not lying. We need to get this war over with so we can all be safe and done with. But to be reunited with my past… I can't stand going back there. But one must always face their fears. Mustn't one face their fears?

We were all dismissed and left to wherever we wanted on the ship. I decided to go to my room. I went down the stairs to my room. I opened the door and smelled the terrific aroma or cinnamon. I flopped down on my deep red bed. I looked around and felt like I was home.

I closed my eyes and started to drift off into a little nap. I heard a knock on the door. I opened my eye to see Jason standing in the doorway. "What do you want?" I asked him.

"The others asked if you wanted to play Truth or Dare with us," Jason said. I nodded.

"Tell them I'll be there in a few minutes," He nodded and left.

Jason said, "Good, because Leo told me to grab them even if they refuse.

Come on, Hylla, get up. One part of my brain said.

Naw! Stay and rest a bit more. Another part said.

You are going to get up like a true Roman!

But my mom isn't full Roman.

Well, I am born a Roman, I shall get up now!

Ok, but remember that you are going to get lost sleep.

After my little argument with myself, I stood up and went out to the hallway. I walked up the stairs to the lounge room. I knew they would be here.

"Where is Reyna?" I asked while sitting on the couch.

"I'll go get her! I need to get Nico too!" Jason ran off down the hallway. Good luck to him… My sister is quite… well… hardheaded.

We ran from the monsters into our protected cave. We made a fire, ate, and slept. I woke up in the morning and saw my sister sleeping. A few minutes passed and it was about time we left.

"Reyna, wake up!" I whisper-yelled to my sister.

I kept hearing her snore.

"Wake up sleepy!" I said.

She turned and kept sleeping.

"The monsters are here!" I said, trying to be frantic.

I saw her flinch but kept sleeping.

I gently kicked her with my foot. "UP, UP, UP SOLDIRE!"

"I'm too young to be a soldier," She muttered.

I went out and grabbed some water in the near creek and dropped it on her sleeping figure.

She hit my leg and said. "NOPE!" Well you asked for it… I started to tickle her and she started to laugh. "Alright! I'm up!" Fifteen wasted minutes of waking her up. Was it worth it? Yup, it was worth it.

Extra chapter because I feel nice. ;)

Jason

I slid down the railing and went to Neeks room. "Knock, knock Neeks?" I heard shushing and he told me to open it. He was sitting awkwardly on the bed. The covers were twitching slightly and he was giving me a suspicious smile. "Hi, er, Jason," He said to me.

"Hey Neeks, what's up!"

"Umm, nothing! Nothing at all!" That's weird, he always gets mad when I call him that…

"Are you hiding something?"

"NOPE! Uuhhh, I mean nothing, nothing at all!"

"Okeeey…. the others wanted to ask you if you want to play Truth or Dare."

"Um, n-ow, I mean no thanks!"

"Sorry, but Leos orders!"

"What?! NO! I refuse to come and play with you guys!"

"Too bad!" I grabbed him by the waist. He kept thrashing and thrashing saying, 'Let me go Air Head!' and other stuff like that.

I barged into Reyna with a protesting Nico. She closed the drawer and was acting suspicious.

"Learn to knock first before entering a room," She said.

"You and the rest of us are going to play Truth or Dare."

"Nope. Count me out."

"Too bad. Leos orders." I picked her up by the waste and started to carry her.

"What?! NO! LET ME GO GRACE! REMEMBER? BE GRACEFUL AND SET ME DOWN THIS INSTANT!" She yelled thrashing around like Nico.

"NO! TWO ARE FORCED TO PLAY!"

"You suck Grace," Nico said.

"Agreed," Reyna replied.

The joys and advantages of being taller than everyone else. Tallest in the house!

I carefully walked up the stairs because the two were trying to out balance me.

"You two are heavy! What do you guys eat while I'm gone?" I grumbled.

Nico smirked and yelled, "HELP! ABOMINTAION HAS COME! HHHHHHHHHHHHHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEELLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP!"

"Oh, hush, stay quiet, you're going to make them think I'm gonna kill you guys."

"That's the point."

"HEEEEEEEEEEEEEELLLLLLLLLLLPPPPPPPPPPP! JASON IS TORTURING ME!" I heard angry footsteps and saw Hazel making her way to us.

"JASON GRACE, WHEN YOU OFFERED TO BRING THEM HERE, WE DIDN'T EXPECT YOU TO TORTURE THEM!" Hazel yelled.

Once I put them down from Hazels glare, they started to run down the hall.

"Oh Styx… We're screwed," I mumbled.

I forced the wind to bring the two back here, and with some powerful blasts of wind, they were following us to the lounge. Hazel and I were talking about stuff demigods talk about. Once we were there, everyone looked at us like we were crazy. We took our seats and Leo locked the door.

Nico and Reyna were set in the middle of the room. "How did you do that?" Hylla asked surprised.

"Nothing a little of my powers can't handle," I replied. Nico took the windowsill seat. While Reyna quietly sat next to her sister.

"So, let's start!" Leo said.

"Wait," Annabeth said," Where is Bianca?"

"Not me!" Hazel and Jason said.

Once Annabeth opened the door, Reyna and Nico sprinted out.

Styx, we are all screwed.

HI! Have a good day. BYE!