Chapter 1, Erin's POV:
"Welcome to Camp Half-Blood!" said Chiron the centaur. He welcomed the three of us in with a grin. Everyone gathered around to poke at us like we were on display in a science lab.
"Rachel had a prophecy about these three girls, so we will watch and wait."
I turned and looked at my two friends. They looked as confused as I did. Bailey and Lauren had been my friends for years, and we were tight-knit. Of course we were summoned to this camp together. It was just natural. Lightning flashed, and everyone's mouth dropped open, staring at Lauren.
"All hail Lauren, daughter of Zeus!" Everyone got down on their knees and bowed to Lauren. There was a ringing sound, and all their heads snapped up again. There was a ghost-looking thing over Bailey's head.
"All hail Bailey, daughter of Hades!" Everyone's head dropped. The earth rumbled, and their heads snapped back up. They were staring at me; I had a trident over my head.
"All hail Erin, daughter of Poseidon!" They bowed once more, then everyone stood up. Bailey, Lauren and I were giving each other physco looks. What the heck?!
"So it's true," said Chiron. "These must be the three from Rachel's prophecy! It went;
Three daughters from Zeus, Poseidon and Hades
Will have their adventure and not catch rabies
The underworld is very bad
But it's also where they'll find Zeus's iPad."
"So we have to go to the underworld and find Zeus's iPad?" asked Bailey.
"Exactly!" said Chiron. They kicked the three of us out of the camp after giving us some ambrosia and nectar. We were taking the bus to the underworld entrance when we saw a MASSIVE tornado terrorizing all of America.
"Hey Lauren," I suggested, "Since you're his daughter maybe you should calm him down before the USA gets destroyed. Lauren used her wind powers and flew to Olympus to calm down Zeus. It must have worked because by the time Bailey and I got to the Underworld the tornado was gone.
Bailey and I just breezed past the guy with the boat who wanted a coin because she was a VIP to the Underworld so we got comped. We went to Hades's castle and Nico diAngelo was in the garden trying to keep Persephone from trying to turn him into a flower. Bailey gasped.
"Who is THAT?!?!?!" she asked Persephone.
"Eugh, that's Nico," said Persephone with disgust. Bailey and Nico ran up to each other and their eyeballs were replaced with pulsating hearts like in animated TV shows and anime. Just then Hades happened to walk out with a huge iPad in his hands.
"Alright, what's going-- EUGH!!! WHAT ARE TWO OF MY CHILDREN DOING HOLDING HANDS WITH HEART-EYEBALLS!?!?!?!?!" he screamed.
"But daaaaaaaad--" protested Nico.
Hades got so mad he threw the iPad out of the underworld and it landed in the ocean. "Two of my children aren't supposed to fall in love with each other!!! THAT'S SICK!!!"
"But daddy, Nico is so perfect, with his pale skin and dark hair and all the awesomelyhandsome stuff..." fawned Bailey.
At this point I felt really awkward so I went back to the guy with the boat and paid him a drachma to take me out of the Underworld. I went to the ocean where Hades had thrown the iPad and dived in. I saw it at the bottom and I swam down to it. I was running out of air, but I figured being the daughter of the sea god, I would be able to breathe underwater. I took a deep breath and started to choke. Apparently I hadn't inherited that ability!! I grabbed the iPad and quick swam to the surface before I drowned completely.
I surfaced and started coughing up water. Some old surfer-hippie looking guy started to give me CPR.
"Sorry, dear, you didn't get to inherit that ability from me."
I sat up. "Dad?"
"Yeah."
"COME ON, HOW COME PERCY JACKSON CAN BREATHE UNDERWATER BUT I CAN'T?!?!"
"Well, you get Bermuda triangle privelages and he doesn't."
"Sweet."
"Now, you better get to Olympus before Zeus throws another tornado again." Then my dad disintegrated into a bunch of seawater which blew and hit my face.
"Ew," I said. I got on another bus and travelled to the Empire State Building. Bailey was waiting there for me.
"What happened?" I asked.
"I got grounded," pouted Bailey. "And I'm not allowed to see Nico again until I'm dead. Ugh. Fathers can be soooo annoying. Anyways, did you get the iPad?"
"Yeah," I said, holding up the 10 foot wide iPad I had in my hand. The two of us got in the elevator and went to Olympus. It was sweet. When we got out, we were greeted by Lauren. The three of us took the iPad to Zeus who was really glad to have it.
"Marvelous!" exclaimed Zeus, playing Angry Birds. My dad was beaming down on me from his throne next to Zeus.
"See," my dad started to say, "Our children really can work togethe-"
"Shove it, Poseidon," said Zeus. "You made me shoot a bird too high! But they did do a fine job, didn't they." Zeus actually put down his game and gave us a smile.
"Oh, by the way, you three," Zeus continued, "I recently lost my iPhone... could you do me a favor?"
Chapter 2, Bailey's POV:
“I recently lost my iPhone.” The sentence has an air of accusation at the few last words. I groan inwardly as Erin gives a begging look to Lauren.
“Dad, um, well, the thing is that we’re kind of busy with some…stuff…that’s really important. I don’t think we can find your iPhone for you, this time.” Lauren says as kindly as possible. Zeus’ triumphant grin turns into a deep scowl and he looks between the three of us. I’ve always been surprised by the look of the head leader of the Greek Gods. Before I met him, admittedly, I had always imagined him to look like a fat, ugly, Santa Claus; but surprisingly he looks like an aged version of Ryan Gosling.
“What could possibly be more important then doing a deed for your father, Lauren?” Zeus roars. I glance around the room and see Aphrodite flinch as she takes out a pocket mirror and examines her reflection.
“How DARE you insult me that way!” He points a finger our way and I'm afraid Lauren will be sizzled to a dark, measly pile of ash when a wave of water hits Zeus in the face.
“Now, now. Calm down, Zeus, my wise brother.” Poseidon’s deep voice wanders through the air. “Was that really necessary to shout at your daughter who just got your iPad for you?” Zeus’ dripping face slouches.
“You’re right.” He mutters. “Jeez, lay off seashell breath.” Poseidon’s calm face lays emotionless. Suddenly, the room goes silent. The temperature decreases and I jump as a rough hand clamps me on my shoulder.
“BAILEY!” A loud voice booms from above me. My father. I am still unhappy that he has banned me from seeing Nico and to respond I turn around and stomp on his foot.
“YOW! YOU LITTLE…” he shouts. I hear Erin snort and not until my father gave her a look of death did she immediately turn it into a cough.
“Father,” I say, evenly. “Good evening.” My father, who has regained his composure, wipes his hands across his very modern jeans and walks to sit on his throne next to the silent Poseidon. Lauren and Erin stand awkwardly watching my father and I with wary glances.
“I can’t believe you BANNED me from ever seeing NICO, again!” I hiss. My father’s face wrinkles in disgust.
“He is your brother,” He hisses back.
“I know,” I say. “But why does it even matter? We’ve only known each other for all of 10 minutes. I didn’t even know I had a brother.”
“You sound just like Hazel,” My father says, crossing his arms.
“Hazel?” I snarl. “I am an individual! I don’t even look like my half-sister.”
“Not now, Bailey,” I hear Lauren mutter.
“Wouldn’t you rather be with Leo?” My father asks, with mock concern.
“EWWW!” I yell. “Gross! Sick! Scandalous!”
“Ouch,” Hephaestus says aloud.
“Yeah, Dad,” I say. “Why don’t you just stick your head in a pot full of poop from the dead?” I hear a snicker and look to see Zeus covering a smile with his large hand.
“OKAY!” Poseidon says loudly enough that Zeus stops laughing and I forget what and who I am angry at. “Why don’t we all just please calm down? Zeus, are we really going to make our children find your lost iPhone? It could be anywhere and then haven’t yet completed their training at Camp Half-Blood.” Zeus smirks a smirk that shows no mercy whatsoever. A piece of lightning sizzles out of his beard and hits the imperial floor.
“Of course, Poseidon. Be wise, brother.” He rubs his hands together like an evil villain. “All in favor of these three demigods finding my iPhone say ‘I’.” At least three-fourths of the of the room’s occupants answer with scattered "I"s.
“They insulted my son!” Hephaestus yells, waving a hammer in the sky. He accidentally lets it go and it spins out of line, hitting the wall above Zeus’ head, and dropping to the floor with a loud metallic bang.
“Hephaestus! Watch where you throw your weapons, son!” Zeus yells. I look up at my father and try to glare at him through my anger.
“This is only the beginning of your punishment, Bailey!” My father yells joyfully. His voice sounds miles away. Several of the other gods and goddesses join in the shouting, Zeus the loudest and proudest of all. Poseidon changes into a bottle of water.
“They insulted me!” Ares yells. Everyone blinks except Poseidon.
“How?” Erin asks.
“I don’t know,” Ares says. “I just have a bad feeling about you three.”
Several minutes later Erin, Lauren, and I shuffle out of the room, held down from despair of what might be coming next in our journey of Zeus’ lost iPhone.
“Hey Bro!” I hear my father call to Zeus. “Can I borrow that iPad thing of yours? I want a chance to play Tap-Tap! I totally rock the Justin Bieber song.”
The following days after our call to find Zeus’ iPhone we decide to return to Camp Half-Blood to stock up on supplies. We decide to visit our cabins since we’ve never seen them before. First we visit Erin’s, which smells strongly of seaweed. There are two small brass beds; one has boy clothes thrown on top and pictures of a blond girl pinned to the wall next to it.
“So that’s what Annabeth is supposed to look like. She looks nothing like the movie version!” Erin says. She steals the trident from the statue of her father and we then walk to Lauren’s. There's hardly anything in hers except three beds and a poster that says in large writing, 'YOU MUST FORGE YOUR OWN PATH FOR IT TO MEAN ANYTHING.' We enter and depart from the room within a few minutes. From there we go to my cabin. As we enter I can’t help but nose my way around the room, searching from anything of Nico. I find nothing but a scuffed pair of sneakers and a collection of figurines that represented the gods and goddesses.
“Let’s go,” Lauren says. Erin looks at me sympathetically. We make our way through the camp muttering hellos to the Travis brothers and other campers. We ride a crowded bus to the inlands of New York and at noon stop at a sandwich shop.
“We should really start planning,” Erin says as she takes a bite from her meal. “We won’t get anywhere without planning first.” Lauren and I agree with nods. I feel the door of the shop open and cold wind tickle my neck. A tall figure passes but I don’t look up from my sandwich. Lauren and Erin are deep in conversation about our plans.
“Bay,” Erin says, breaking my silence. “Would you be so kind and ask if we can borrow a pen from the cashier?”
“Sure,” I say and scoot my chair out from under the table. I walk to the front and open my mouth but before I can say anything the cashier looks from counting his money and flashes me a smirk.
“Boss wants in the back,” He says.
“Oh, I don’t work here or anything, I just wanted to…” I drift off as the person glares at me.
“Boss says he wants you in the back,” He hisses. I shiver and look at the table where Lauren and Erin are sitting.
“Whatever,” I say. “Where is the back? I’ll give him a piece of my mind.” The cashier points to a door behind us and I shrug and walk to it, shouldering it open. It is disturbingly dark and there is no noise. I hear something moving my way and try to open the doors to escape. My fingers slip and I feel something slip in front of me.
“Whoever you are and whatever you want, I don’t care. Just get away from me,” I say. Suddenly the room grows bright and I stare at a wide kitchen. I whip my head around, trying to find whoever was in front of me. What the heck?
“Miss me, Bailey?” A familiar voice whispers. I jump and turn my head to the side my eyes settling on a handsome teenage boy who leans against the sink. His hair is long and dark and has a fringe style. He wears a smug smile and his eyes are a light blue. Is that…no it couldn’t be. It is.
“Nico?” I gasp out. My 13-year-old brother stands in front of me.
Chapter 3, Erin's POV:
"How long does it take to get a pen!?" cried Lauren, pounding her head on the table. I gave an exasperated valley girl sigh and stood up.
"C'mon Lauren, let's go find her," I said, standing up and tugging Lauren's wrist. "With a demigod's luck, she might be devoured by monsters already." That got Lauren up.
She ran over to the cashier and screamed in his face, "WHAT HAVE YOU DONE WITH BAILEY?!!?" The cashier cringed and dramatically wiped his hands down his face.
"Hey girl, say it, don't spray it." Lauren scowled, whipped out a dagger (where did she get that from?! We all know she can't be trusted with sharp objects!) and pointed it at the guy's throat. His eyes widened and he raised his hands up.
"Alright, alright! In the back! She's in the back!!" Lauren put away her knife (thank gods) and the two of us burst into the back, almost knocking down the door. We hoped not to see Bailey getting devoured by monsters, but what awaited our eyes might have been worse. We walked in on Bailey and Nico! I could not believe my eyes! They weren't kissing or anything, but still! They were staring at each other fondly, looking quite shocked when Lauren and I burst in.
"Were you... SNOGGING?!" exclaimed Lauren. She turned green, covered her mouth, and ran outside.
"For your information we were NOT snogging!" yelled Nico after her.
"Dude, can't your dad see everything? You guys are in SOOOO much trouble," I taunted, which probably wasn't the best idea considering I was taunting two death-dad-kids.
"It's called a spell," said Nico, like it was the most obvious thing ever.
Then I realized they were sort of blurry. And a bit darker. I realized there was a thin black veil around the two of them; it seemed to be shifting. I reached out with my left hand to touch it and immediately recoiled. It was freezing! It seemed to be literally draining the life out of my hand. Just the average thing for them apparently, because they were having a ball inside there! Lauren stumbled back in, clutching her stomach, and I gave her a big hearty pat on the back. Apparently that wasn't the thing to do, because she ran outside, covering her mouth again. Nico raised his eyebrows at me. I wanted to change the subject.
"Bailey, we were WORRIED!! You could have come out and told us that you wanted some snogging time with Nico. We would have let you be! We just thought you were in danger or something."
Bailey was just about to reply when the pressure changed and a large pop come from outside. It also got really cold. I heard Lauren outside, hacking her guts out.
"UGH, DISGUSTING!!!" came a familiar voice. "RIGHT on my soul-robes. Now the furies will have to launder them..."
Nico gasped and immediately shadow-travelled away from Bailey. Actually, away from all of us. He just disappeared.
"Your brother/boyfriend's a wimp," I said. Bailey gave me quite a lovely glare. The two of us walked out of the back room to see what on earth was going on. Bailey's dad, looking quite dejected, was holding a barf bucket on his knee while Lauren fulfilled the purpose of it. When she finished, Hades stood up to address all of us.
"Daughter, Romans, Nieces, lend me your ears. I come to-"
"Dad," interrupted Bailey, "We're Greek, not Roman. We have no SPQR arm tattoo."
"I have an ankle tattoo," I said. "It looks like an eye."
I was stared at.
"It doesn't matter, Bailey, the point is I have a pretty good idea of where my insolent brother's iPhone is, and I came to assist you."
"DID SOMEONE JUST CALL ME INSOLENT?!" I turned and saw my dad walking towards us, little whirlpools forming in the places where he stepped.
"Not you, brother, you're not the most insolent of us." My dad shrugged and nodded. We all stared at the sky, expectantly.
After a few minutes of waiting, Bailey shouted, "Hey Lord Zeus, my dad just called you insolent!!!"
"Yeah," chimed Lauren, "and so did Uncle P!"
"Uncle P?" said Bailey, trying to contain a laugh. I put my hand over my mouth and stared at the ground, trying not to break a grin.
"Yeah, what's-- oh," said Lauren, realizing and loosing it at the same time. The three of us fell to the ground, rolling around and clutching our stomachs. We were interrupted when a large boom of thunder cracked through the air, and before we knew it Zeus was standing next to his brothers.
"So, you called me insolent, did you? WELL-"
"I did, brother," said Hades, "Frankly, you annoy me and I think I can do things better than you. I don't know why you got to be head god." There was an awkward silence while Zeus tried not to explode.
"There's a reason you're only god of the Underworld," retorted Zeus. Hades clenched his fists in rage. At a nearby hospital, screams of agony went up while most of the occupants dropped dead.
"YOU KNOW--" Hades was cut off when my dad flicked his hand and zipped both of their mouths shut. All of the big three looked very outraged, so I decided to try to calm everyone down before World War III broke out.
"Uncle Hades, why did you come to talk to us in the first place?" I asked. My dad let his brothers open their mouths.
"I was going to help all three of you on your quest, but now I think I'm going to change it up a bit. I think Bailey should be the leader of this quest," he said.
"Now, brother," said Zeus, putting his say in, "you have the right notions, but you have the wrong child. Lauren is obviously the most capable person on this quest, therefore she should be leader."
"What are you talking about?" said Poseidon. "Erin is the obvious leader." Then the three of them started squabbling again. I looked at Bailey and Lauren, and they returned my look. 'Adults are idiots.'
"HEY!" I shouted, over the din of noisy gods. "I HAVE AN IDEA!" They looked at me.
"What if the three of us split up? That way we can each lead our own 'quest.' Since nobody seems to know where the iPhone is," (I shot a glare at Zeus at this point) "Bailey can search underground, where she's in her element, Lauren can search over the land by flying, so she's in her element, and I can search underwater, where I...well...I can't breathe underwater, but technically that's the obvious choice for me."
They looked at each other and seemed to actually start to be convinced. They gave each other long stares, and I wondered if gods have telepathy.
"It's... not a bad idea," said Zeus reluctantly, "but I don't like the idea of my daughter travelling alone. If something happens, she's by herself." Hades nodded, actually agreeing with his brother on something.
"I don't like it either," said my dad, "And my daughter can't even breathe underwater. I propose we send another hero along with them, just so they're not by themselves."
"And they must be another of our children," added Zeus. "So I choose Jason Grace to accompany Lauren!" Zeus snapped his fingers, and Jason appeared next to Lauren, looking very shocked and in a towel. He was also dripping wet.
"DAD!" protested Jason, "I was in the baths!"
Zeus looked down and realized one of his children was half-nude, so he snapped his fingers again and Jason appeared in full battle armor. His knees crumpled, and he sat down to take off the heavy bronze.
"I suppose I should introduce you two," said Zeus. "Jason, this is Lauren, Lauren, this is Jason."
"...Hi," said Lauren, obviously feeling rather on the spot.
"Um, hi," said Jason, struggling with his breastplate. "Dad, that doesn't tell me very much about her at all."
Zeus looked sort of uncomfortable. "I'll just let you two get acquainted on your own time. After all, you will be going on a quest together!"
"A quest?!" exclaimed Jason, looking genuinely confused. While Zeus and Lauren started to explain the circumstances to him, Poseidon turned to Bailey and me.
"To accompany my daughter, I choose...well, I don't have that many children, so I choose Percy Jackson!" Poseidon snapped his fingers and a very dizzy Percy appeared next to me.
"What just happened?" Percy asked, dazed and stumbling. Our dad put a firm hand on Percy's shoulder.
"Son, this is my daughter!" said Poseidon, which provided no explanation at all.
Percy continued to look stunned. "I have a... sister?"
"Half-sister," I corrected.
"Whoa... are you Roman?"
"Nope, Greek."
"Cool," said Percy, actually grinning a bit. "I'm going to...sit down now." He stumbled backwards into a chair.
"So... Percy, Erin. Erin, Percy," said my dad, looking anxious to get on to the next topic. "Hades, your turn!"
Hades turned to Bailey. "My hero is Ni-- no!" Hades apparently started to realize he didn't want Bailey to see Nico, or Nico to see Bailey. What he ended up saying sounded rather like 'niño.' Hades apparently wasn't fast enough in changing his mind, though, because as soon as he said the syllables 'Ni,' Nico shadow-travelled back to where we were and grabbed Bailey's arm. He really gave her quite a fright.
"I'm here, father!" said Nico, grinning and trying to get on his father's good side. "I think it's a marvellous decision for me to accompany Bailey, because--"
"NO!" screamed Hades, fire blazing in his eyes and more people dying at the hospital. "I will not permit that!"
"Remember, brother," said Zeus unhelpfully, "It has to be one of your children."
Hades seethed. It was frightening.
"Fine, then," seethed Hades, "I choose Hazel Levesque!" Hades snapped his fingers and Hazel appeared, brandishing her calvary sword and charging towards the wall. She stopped when she realized where she was.
"What happened?! I was going to charge cohort 2, but then..."
"Hi Hazel!" said bubbly Bailey. "I'm Bailey, and I'm your half-sister! Well technically, quarter-sister, since I'm Greek and you're Roman. You like horses, right? Well, me, not so much. I haven't even fought anything yet! I'm new, butmaybeyoucanhelpmeoutsinceyou'reallswagandthat--"
While Bailey was rambling, Hades picked Nico up by his shirt collar while Nico frantically tried to grab Bailey's arm. He failed. Hazel noticed him.
"NICO? What are you doing here?!" exclaimed Hazel. "You told me you went to the Underworld but you never came back! Have you been avoiding me?!"
"Um, no," said Nico. He tried to reach for the shadows and escape, but Bailey's dad wouldn't let him there.
"Nuh-uh, young man," said Hades, "you're coming with me today." Nico proceeded to sulk.
Hades then added, "If you don't change your attitude maybe I'll tell Persephone to turn you back into a dandelion. HAHAHAH!"
Hades shadow-travelled and took Nico with him.
"Well," said Zeus, "you all better be on the way to your new quests. Six demigods in one place give off quite a scent, so I suggest you be on your way." Then Zeus disappeared. My dad turned to leave, too.
"Dad," I said, before he left, "what am I supposed to do? You know I can't breathe underwater."
I must have looked pretty troubled because he put his hand on my shoulder and said, "Remember what you have?"
"Bermuda triangle privileges?" My dad nodded and winked. UH-OH.
He disappeared, too. All of us demigods sort of acknowledged each other for a moment.
"Hey Jason," said Percy, breaking the silence. "You doing okay?"
"Guess so," replied Jason. "What about you, Percy? It's been a busy year for you, you know, with all that... Underworld business." Jason seemed to tiptoe around the topic. Hazel bristled.
Before Percy had a chance to reply, Hazel said, "Speaking of which, Bailey and me should be going. You know what Lord Zeus said about monsters."
"Right. See you, Haze," said Percy, giving her a smile. Bailey waved goodbye to Lauren and me, and they stepped down into a tunnel I was sure wasn't there a few minutes ago.
"We should be going too," said Lauren.
"Can you fly?" Jason asked her. "I think dad mentioned something about flying?"
"Of course!" said Lauren. "I flew to Olympus last time."
"Great," grinned Jason. He took her hand and the two of them flew off, looking like Superman and... a flying Lois Lane. Or whatever blond superheroine could fly.
"Well," said Percy, turning to me, "should we be off?"
I nodded, and we set off towards the nearest ocean.
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