Chapter 8: Chapter 8 : My Journey begins (again)
"Meg be good" I told the pouting girl in front of me. Meg however didn't let go of me.
"If you don't come back alive, I will come to Hades to punish you myself." She threatened as she let go of me.
Connor and Travis approached me and gave me a man hug. "Please watch over Meg" I asked them, they nodded. "We'll teach her the art of pranking while you're gone."
I gave them a grateful smile.
Luke and Annabeth approached me. Luke had a shoebox in his hand, and handed it to me.
"What are those?" I asked.
He opened the box that contained 2 sneakers. The cursed sneakers who which meant to drag me into Tartarus. Exactly what I needed for my plan.
"These are flying sneakers, look: Maia!" Luke said and the shoes flew up, flapping two newly summoned wings.
They flew around a few seconds before Luke grabbed them out of the air and handed them to me. "Flying shoes, I stole them from my Dad, I think they could help you on our quest." Luke said but Annabeth stepped forward, "Zeus would blast him out of the sky if he flew in his domain."
Nonetheless I grabbed the two sneakers and put them in my backpack, I needed them.
"Well, I will keep them in my magical backpack just in case I need them. Thanks Luke, you're a great friend." I said giving him my best smile.
He gave me a smile back but I saw a guilt in his eyes as I put them away.
I put the sneakers in my backpack and saw Luke shiver at the sight of it. See my backpack has a reputation among the Hermes cabin. A lot of kids tried to steal it but the backpack fought back apparently.
I didn't know what the "Peaceful" Goddess of the hearth had done to it but multiple Hermes kids had bruises on their face and burn marks on their arms when I came back.
"Well we better get going" I said to my companions as I opened the door to Argus's van.
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I sat down on the bench waiting for the bus with the Furies to come. I closed my eyes for a second while Annabeth and Luke were discussing something.
'There are only two mysteries in the universe' I told the three Primordials who were excited for the quest. For some reason Aether didn't like me, Nyx told me it was because of the attention I was getting from his wife.
'Why is Artemis the Goddess of Childbirth?' I asked them.
'Well she does care for women,' Hemera suggested but I corrected her.
'Well mostly Maidens she despises woman who are in love and pregnant women are not maiden'
This silenced all the three Primordials.
I smirked.
'And the second mystery?' Nyx asked, curious.
'Well it actually revolves around you' I told her which sparked her curiosity.
'How can Hemera be your daughter, I mean she is so different from you?' I asked.
'It confuses me too' Hemera admitted while Nyx was blushing.
'Well…' She began but Chaos interrupted her.
'Must be adopted.' She suggested.
'Adoption was not invented yet.' Hemera reminded the creator.
"The bus has arrived!" Luke announced suddenly.
I got up and put the backpack on my shoulder waiting for the Furies in the bus.
Well here goes nothing.
(Annabeth)
I glanced at Percy who was sleeping carelessly on the bench while Luke and I were figuring out how to survive, on the quest he was supposed to lead. Yet the son of Poseidon was more busy with smiling at random moments like he heard a great joke.
I definitely don't trust him. Unlike Luke who grew fond of him very fast, probably because they spend a lot of time in the Arena training. Even Luke admitted to me Percy might be better than him. He thought he was a natural but I had second thoughts.
Coming from New York is not an explanation at all.
And then the fact that Meg never left his side even though they both claimed to never have met before. Or the fact that Percy got the flag within 5 minutes the first time he played.
But most important, the water control. I witnessed it with my own eyes; Percy threatened Clarisse like he knew what was going to happen.
And the water control. It honestly scared me to see how much damage he could have done if he wanted to.
I looked at Percy who was still smirking, he always did that at random times. Even when he thought he was alone and staring at the distance he was showing emotions like something was happening in his head, maybe he was mental.
Whatever was going on with Percy, something here was fishy.
(Percy)
"I can't believe you've lost our bag with food," Annabeth complained while Luke looked down shamefully. Luke was supposed to carry around the bag with food supplies and money. Annabeth suggested that they could put the stuff in my backpack but I refused, saying that there wasn't enough space. Hestia's backpack was endless from the inside so I could've put their stuff in it as well but I did not want to risk missing Medusa. So in the end we let Luke carry around the money and food.
True I could summon food with Hestia's blessing and I could probably get some money from Hestia if I prayed but that would ruin the fun wouldn't it?
We kept walking along the road, seemingly lost until we came across a closed down Gas station.
The smell of food caught our attention and we went inside to 'Check it out'.
'How did we actually run into this the first time without getting suspicious?' I wondered, now seeing it for a second time it was clear something was wrong here.
'Well you were hungry the first time' Chaos commented which made my stomach groan. 'Besides, the Mist here is really thick."
'If Kronos really wanted to win the war all he had to do is cook you some food.' Nyx said snickering. 'That's not true!' I protested, 'when the Gorgons chased me across San Francisco, I survived without eating even one of the snacks Stheno offered me!'
"You're doing it again," Annabeth said, glaring at me.
"What?" I asked annoyed.
"Staring at the distance without any reason" She said, studying my expression.
"Well I feel like I can go the distance.' I said with a smirk.
"What does the sign read?" Luke asked, pointing at the Neon letters.
"Aunty Em's Garden Gnome Emporium." I read out loud.
"How can you read that?" Annabeth asked me with a jealous glare.
I just shrugged, apparently Chaos cured me of my Dyslexia.
"Well let's see if we can get any food inside, follow me Perce" Luke said and I followed him inside Medusa's lair. While the others were only thinking about the food I had something better to do.
'Ready Chaos and Nyx?' I asked.
I had a curse to lift.
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