The Daughter Of Olympus

Chapter 14: Reborn From Ashes

Zan happily sat on her bed in Olympus, eating some cupcakes that Aphrodite had prepared for everyone. She admired her room and the serenity of it. The blue walls mirrored the sky outside and the floor was beautifully carpeted with soft fake fur which cleaned itself. She hadn't noticed how comfortable it was when she had first got it because everything had been so heckteck. She grabbed her pillow with the intention of sleeping but realized it was weirdly hard.

"Huh? What's going on?" she asked herself, realizing the pillow wasn't just hard, it was rock hard. Suddenly the pillow sprouted a mouth.

"Zan!" It yelled in Nick's voice. She gasped and threw it against the wall. Just then, two other pillows sprouted mouths too.

"Zan, can you hear me? You ok?" One of them asked in Luna's voice.

"She's obviously not ok!" the Jasper pillow yelled at the Luna pillow. Zan closed her eyes and screamed. What's going on?! WHY ARE MY PILLOWS TALKING TO ME?

"ZAN!" Nick's voice yelled. Zan's eyes snapped open and she stopped screaming.

She wasn't in Olympus anymore. Jasper, Luna, and Nick stood over her, all three of them looking just as worried as the next. It smelled like smoke and she was covered in dirt and ash. And, last, but not least, she was clutching a rock.

"She's finally awake!" Luna called over her shoulder. Zan painfully sat up. In front of her stood an enormous army of teens and children, with skeleton soldiers sprinkled amongst them. They looked dirty and bruised. Some of them had bandaged cuts and casts. Luna had a small gash across her left cheek and her hair was a disheveled mess. Nick's hair was singed black at the ends and he had a small bruise on his face along with a bandaged arm. Jasper also had a bandaged arm- and a bandaged head, and a bandaged wrist, and his hair was no longer flicked up but sticking to his forehead. This was like a nightmare. Everyone was injured. But, regardless of their wounds they were all now grinning happily.

"Is this the army we're going into war with? They're all injured, how will they fight? And what happened to you guys?" Zan asked her friends. They stared at her with disbelief.

"Zan... We just finished the battle." Luna said, her eyebrows knit together in worry, "Don't you remember?" She asked. Zan shook her head. She tried remember the last thing that happened.

They had gotten off the bus when reaching Camp Half-Blood and saw that the monster army was just about to attack. The skeletons made their way off of the bus, filing out like clowns leaving a clown car. The army of skeletons was huge. Once everyone was accounted for they made their way into camp, not knowing where they were actually going. The skeleton army was stopped outside of campgrounds so the four of them went in by themselves.

The camp was beautiful and alive with people suiting up for war. No one glanced twice at them as they made their way through. Suddenly, a centaur had galloped up to Zan and smiled down at her. This must've been Chiron.

"You must be Zan," he had said, he then looked at her friends, "and you three must be Nick, Jasper, and Luna, if I'm not wrong."

They nodded, unsure of what to say.

"Welcome! We really appreciate the help. Let's get you four suited for war, shall we?" He asked.

They nodded again.

Skipping straight to the battle, the last thing she remembered was a migraine from tons of voices as she was attempting to fight.

I want to do it! Let me help you win! I can help, I promise! Ares had begged.

No! It must be I, king of the seas! Poseidon argued.

All of you are wrong! It will definitely be me! Aphrodite interjected.