Chapter 39.
"Why is she asleep on the floor?" I hear someone say but I'm still half asleep do I don't recognise who it is.
"It's good for your back." Someone replies.
"Isn't she cold?" I realise now that it's Andrew's voice. Then I remember that I'm not wearing any thing other than my bra and underwear because I took my dress off last night and I left my blanket on the hammock. I jolt up and gasp when my hair pulls because my hand is tangled up it.
Liam throws a blanket over my head. "Thanks." I say.
"My pleasure." He snorts.
I wrap myself with the blanket as I stand up. "Probably fell out of bed last night and was too lazy to get back in" I laugh. I notice that Grace isn't down here. And that we've stopped. I stand up and join them in the centre of the room.
"Why have we stopped?" I ask.
"Because Grace, Samantha and Thalia have escaped to find Chiron." Liam informs.
"Escaped." Will repeats.
"Well, this ship is filled with disasters that have names."
"Such as Willy Wonka." Rosie says.
"So, we should get going." Will says,
"Where's my dress?" I ask.
"Nah. You're wearing my blazer." Liam says.
"Where's my dress?"
"Overboard." Liam grins
"Why is it overboard?"
"Because I threw it overboard."
"I'll throw you overboard in a minute." I glare at him.
"Kidding, it's upstairs. Why was it wet?" He asks.
"Because, no never mind." I grin.
"Gods, Katy." Lexi smirks at me.
"Did we seriously waste about a week though?" I bite my lip.
"Well, we did save ourselves. And I don't have to pay for a plane ticket now, thanks guys." Jessica answers. Her now wavy hair is up in a messy bun and her dress looks so good on her. I turn away, blushing.
"Right, I'll get changed and leave in five, because I need a drink and a thousand mints." I declare.
I pull on the still damp dress and put on Liam's navy blazer as well as my boots. I brush through my hair with my fingers and tie it up. "Two seconds!" I hear Olivia call. Everyone else is on the top deck. "I'm here." Olivia comes up.
"Where are we?" I stare at the shore.
"Camp, but this is a different and less popular entrance." Will replies.
I peer down and see girls swimming in the water. One waves at me then swims away smiling. "Let's go," will says then climbs down the rope netting.
I go after Liam and Rosie follows me. After everyone is down, we go to find Chiron.
"Dashing through the snow, on a one horse open sleigh." Liam sings.
"Dude, what the hell?" Nico laughs.
"Over fields we go, laughing all the way." Lexi joins.
"Ho ho ho." Will adds.
"Nico!" I hear a girl shout, and a few seconds later he's tackled by a girl about his age with coffee brown hair in a plait that whips around. She wears a royal purple cape with Roman armour and there is a tattoo on her arm.
"Reyna." Nico smiles. "Guess what we just spent half a week doing? Wasting time!"
"Yeah, I came here on Sunday and Chiron told me what happened, even though Percy and Annabeth were there too." She pinches her lip. "Some thing's going on, nothing major has happened in the past month, and it's summer."
"Yeah, I think we found out what. Is Hazel here?" He asks.
"She's in your cabin. Let's go." She says and Nico runs off with her.
"Ok. Bye then." Will says to no one.
"Rejected." I say.
"Zap!" Someone says. Lexi yelps and screams
"I'm going to bloody kill you." While chasing down the back of someone in a bright orange shirt.
"Welcome back." Jessica rolls her eyes. "I'm going to change in my cabin, then I'll tell Chiron I'm back. See you all later." Then she walks off.
"Let's go tell Chiron that this entire quest was more of a journey." Liam says.
"Slash adventure." Will adds.
After Chantelle almost gets run over by a small child and Liam gets screamed at by a group of giddy teenage girls which leaves him smirking, we arrive at the house. An owl is perched on the roof and glares down at me. I shrug it off, it's an owl. Before Will knocks, we hear a woman exclaim "Thatis not my child!"
"Ooh, drama." I grin.
"You hate drama." Liam says.
"Correction, I hate getting involved in drama. But I like other people's drama" I say.
"Reality TV was created for your type." Will said.
"Nah, it's too scripted and so predictable."
We wait outside and we, or at least I, listen in on what's said inside.
"But, my lady, if you didn't claim her, then who did, and why would they pretend that she is your child?" I hear Samantha reason.
"Most likely Ares. She's as reckless as his other children, and it's the exact type of thing he'd do." The woman argues.
"I wish they'd stop playing the pronoun game." Will laughs.
"Ares, are you serious? I've known Katy for nearly fifteen years and she's nothing like an Ares kid."
"Oh damn." Will whispers. "Looks like it's your drama anyways."
"I'm going in." I announce and I open the door to see a woman with brown hair in a perfect bun and I know who she is from her startlingly grey eyes,
"Katherine, could you wait outside please." Chiron asks.
"Once you tell me what's going on." I cross my arms.
"I'll tell you. I guess that you already know that I'm Athena and I don't know what happened on Friday afternoon, but it wasn't me that claimed you. And, trust me, I don't like not knowing."
"Alright then. But if I am a half blood, then why doesn't my godly parent just claim me instead of saying I'm your daughter?"
"You don't seem upset." Samantha notices.
"Well finding out I'm not Athena's child isn't the worst thing I've heard all week. Especially after finding out that dad is a total lunatic. Plus, let's be honest, it makes a lot more sense." I joke. "Anyways, see you outside!" I leave and close the door behind me after i hear what any one else has to say. "She took that well." Samantha mutters
"A little too well." Athena responds. The door shuts and I walk to the others.
"What happened?" Liam asks.
"I'm not Athena's daughter." I announce.
"Then whose daughter are you?" Rosie asks.
"My Lord and saviour Jesus Christ." I joke. "But seriously, I don't know.
"What now?" Liam asks.
"Well, in about ten seconds time, it's breakfast." Will shrugs.
"Good plan." Chantelle points.
And he's right, seconds later we hear "food is ready fatties!" Scream Through speakers. And I laugh
"That's new." Will pouts.
"Somebody put Leo in control of fixing the speakers." I hear a girl say. Nico is at her side and her eyes are the colour as the setting sun. "This is Hazel, my sister. " Nico introduces and he goes through our names.