Daughter of Mother Earth

Chapter Nineteen

Jason nodded and turned to Piper, "You ready?"

She nodded, "As I'll ever be."
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Crystal sat in the very front of Festus, helping Leo steer. Two ropes, used as reins guided which way Festus went. Leo was perched behind her, Piper was behind Leo, and Jason was in the very back.

The air was very cold because they were high in the sky, but Festus generated heat and kept them warm.

"Won't we get spotted?" Piper asked.

Crystal shook her head. "The Mist. It stops mortals things from out world. We probably look like a plane or something."

Piper looked over her shoulder and looked at Jason, "Where are we going?"

"To find the god of the North Wind. And chase some storm spirits."

They sat in silence for a few minutes, then Leo spoke up, "Jason, didn't you say something about catching wind? Breaking wind? Anyway, what's the plan?"

Jason told them the plan as they flew over New England.

First, they had to find a guy named Boreas and get some information from him. Second, they need to find the storm spirits that attacked them before they came to the camp at the Grand Canyon. Finally, they had to find out who the spirits were working for so they could find and free Hera.

"Wait, wait, wait. You want to find Dylan on purpose? He threw me off the skywalk and nearly killed me. He also took Coach Hedge!"

"Pretty much, yeah. There also might be a she-wolf too, but I'm pretty sure she's friendly. But don't show weakness, she might kill us." Jason shrugged.

"Oh, that's fun." Crystal sarcastically replied. "So, do you even know where this place is?"

"Not at all," Jason replied.

"The prophecy also said there was giants," Piper added.

"Hold, up. Giants? As in, plural? Why not just one angry giant? That'd be so much easier!" Leo frowned.

"I remember Annabeth told me something about an army of giants," Crystal said. "They could throw, um... mountains, yeah. I'm pretty sure they were related to the Titans. During this war, they nearly destroyed Olympus. If these are the same giants, then..."

"Okay, so now we have mountain-throwing giants, friendly wolves that can kill us if we show weakness, evil espresso drinks... Maybe I should bring up my psycho babysitter." Leo said.

"You're joking, right?" Crystal nudged him.

"Er, sort of." Leo explained everything about his crazy babysitter named Tìa Callida. He also told them he saw a vision of a strange woman in earth robes, who looked asleep and seemed to know the future.

"Hey, now that I think about it, she kind of looked like you. Same nose, same hair..." Leo looked over his shoulder at Crystal.

"Must be a coincidence..."

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Crystal watched as the dragon kept flying north. She had heard Leo tell him to take them to Boreas's palace and Festus kept going north. The snowy scenery calmed her and soon her eyes started getting heavy.

"Hey, go to sleep. You were up all night." Leo said in her ear.

Crystal nodded and leaned against his back. He wrapped his arms around her waist and set his head in the crook of her neck.

"Are you comfortable?" Crystal asked, raising an eyebrow.

He nodded and hummed into her neck, ticking it.

"I better not fall." She said, closing her eyes.

"Wouldn't dream of it."