《 son of neptune - mark of Athena 》
《 oc x jason grace 》
Chiara was thinking for the first time
in her life that
she could have a normal year
without a
family member dying or someone
wanting h...
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🇨 🇭 🇦 🇵 🇹 🇪 🇷 🇸 🇮 🇽 🇹 🇪 🇪 🇳 ༄⁂ "HAZEL." CHIARA SHOOK HER SHOULDER. "Wake up. We've reached Seattle." They were sailing through a large bay, making their way toward a cluster of downtown buildings. Neighborhoods rolled across a series of hills. From the tallest one rose an odd white tower with a saucer on the top, like a spaceship from the old Flash Gordon movies.
She sat up groggily, squinting in the morning sunlight. "Frank?"
Frank groaned, rubbing his eyes. "Did we just...was I just-?"
"You both passed out," Percy said. "I don't know why, but Chiara told me not to worry about it. And Ella, she said you were...sharing?"
"Sharing," Ella agreed. She crouched in the stern, preening her wing feathers with her teeth, which didn't look like a very effective form of personal hygiene. She spit out some red fluff. "Sharing is good. No more blackouts. Biggest American blackout, August 14, 2003. Hazel shared. No more blackouts."
Percy scratched his head. "Yeah...we've been having conversations like that all night. I still don't know what she's talking about."
She looked at Frank. "You were there." He nodded. Something was going on, something big but Chiara knew better than not to wait to press Hazel for details.
"Wait," Percy said. "You mean you guys shared a blackout? Are you guys both going to pass out from now on?"
"Nope," Ella said. "Nope, nope, nope. No more blackouts. More books for Ella. Books in Seattle."
Percy steered the boat toward the downtown docks. As they got closer, Ella scratched nervously at her nest of books.
Chiara started to feel edgy, too. She wasn't sure why. It was a bright, sunny day, and Seattle looked like a beautiful place, with inlets and bridges, wooded islands dotting the bay, and snowcapped mountains rising in the distance. Still, she felt as if she were being watched.
"Percy why are we stopping here?" she asked.
Percy showed them the silver ring on his necklace. "Reyna has a sister here. She asked me to find her and show her this."
"Reyna has a sister?" Frank asked, like the idea terrified him.
Percy nodded. "Apparently Reyna thinks her sister could send help for the camp."
"Amazons," Ella muttered. "Amazon country. Hmm. Ella will find libraries instead. Doesn't like Amazons. Fierce. Shields. Swords. Pointy. Ouch."
Frank reached for his spear. "Amazons? Like...female warriors?"
"Sounds fitted." Chiara said, Reyna's sister was older therefore all the more bold and dynamic.
"If Reyna's sister is also a daughter of Bellona, I can see why she'd join the Amazons. But...is it safe for us to be here?" Hazel wondered.
