Everything is Changing

The Gifts

           Maggie's Point of View
       With all the surprises so far, waking up in a room that looked like a hospital room was pretty normal. I went to stand up when my right leg started to hurt. I looked down to see I had the cut still so I couldn't have been out that long. I stood up, ignoring the pain, and walked to the dining hall. I was standing outside the door when I heard talking.
      "Why can't I go wait until she wakes up?!" I heard Nico yell.
      "No one can see her." An unfamiliar voice said. It was a man's voice.
      "But Coach Hodge—" Nico tried convincing Coach Hodge to let him come and see me.
      "No!" Coach Hodge yelled. I was done listening to this conversation. I opened the doors.
      "No one invited me." I said with a sad face.
      Nico started smiling. He ran towards me to give me a hug but Coach Hodge would not let him near me. When Nico fought back, Coach Hodge turned to him.
      "You have to stay away from her. She is too powerful to be a demigod." He said.
      "What do you mean?" I asked.
       Nico broke loose of Coach Hodge's cage and gave me a hug.
       "Are you okay?" He whispered in my ear.
       "Yes. Just glad I'm back with you." I answered. He pulled back and pulled out two seats right next to each other and we sat down.
       I ignored what everyone was saying except Nico. Nico was talking to me. The others were talking about me. After  five minutes of talking we heard a thump come from above. At this point I realize I'm holding the sword Nico gave me. He must have brought it back with us. With the sword in hand I started up the stairs.
       "Maggie! Maggie!" Nico was calling me.
        When I got up on the deck there was a man. I raised the sword, prepared to fight. Annabeth came up the stairs.
        "Hermes?" She said.
"To what do we owe the pleasure?" Percy said sarcastically.
Hermes looked at a post-it note. "I need to take Maggie to Mount Olympus."
         I started to walk towards him.
         "If she goes we go." Nico said.
         "Fine." Hermes said.
          We went to Mount Olympus. Not went, actually we just appeared in Mount Olympus. We walked into a big open area with twelve huge chairs fit for giants. In those chairs were the twelve, ten feet tall gods and goddesses.
         "Margaret, step forward." Zeus said. I stepped forward.
"Poseidon, Athena, Hades, Hephestus, Aphrodite, Apollo, and I want to give you blessings." Zeus announced.
"What does that mean?" I asked.
"It means you get the power to use lightning and control the wind from me. From Poseidon, the ability to control to water. From Aphrodite, charm speak. From Hephestus, fire resistance. From Apollo, great archery skills. From Athena, knowledge. Finally, from Hades, the ability to shadow travel and raise precious metals and gems from the ground." Zeus explained.
"Why me? I did nothing to deserve this." I said.
"This was chosen for you at birth." Hera said.
"By who?" I asked.
"By the seven gods who gave you blessings.", Zeus said, "Now leave."
We appeared on the ship again. Everybody was going about their business. I pulled Nico and Rhaeghan aside.
"What happened? Where was I?" I asked. Nico and Rhaeghan looked at me then at each other.
"Follow me." Rhaeghan said grabbing my arm.
We started go through the maze of halls to a room down two floors. We finally got to a room with machines in it.
"Where are we?" I asked.
"The Engine room." Rhaeghan said. "I hope we're still friends after this."
"Why wouldn't we be?" I asked. No answer. We came to a door and went inside. It was small room.
"We thought it was a monster attack," Nico started, "but it was a distraction. They wanted you. We don't know why. We were up on the deck fighting and heard a scream. We came to check on you when there was an explosion. By the time we saw them they already pushed us down and took you. Rhaeghan and I came after you."
"Wait... I heard a scream." I said.
"That was me." Nico said.
"Why do you scream?" I asked. He pulled up his left sleeve to reveal a huge red cut on his upper arm.
        "What happened?" I was furious.
        "The explosion caught me off guard and a monster got me." He explained. "Anyways back to the story. We saw them land and followed them. Then got you."
         All I could do was sit there and think. Nico looked at me worriedly the whole time. We had to go back before anybody noticed we were gone. When we walked up Rhaeghan went ahead of us. Nico held my hand.
"Where were you guys?" Percy asked.
Rhaeghan went back to her room so it was just Nico and me.
"Showing Maggie the rest of the ship." Nico said.
"Okay. See you guys later." Percy left. Then Nico turned to me.
"I'm guessing you want to be alone." He suggested.
"No. Not really." I paused. "I want to hang out with you."
"Okay. Let's go." He said leading me down the hall.
We walked for awhile before we ended up at the stables. We just sat there looking out of the glass window on the bottom of the ship. The world looked so small.
"Everybody report to the dining hall." Leo said over the speakers.
Nico grabbed my hand and led the way to the dining hall. When we got to the doors I black out but was still moving like normal. I could not see or say anything. After about five minutes I got a sharp pain in my chest. A minute later my vision came back but it was blurry and I fell to the ground. When I looked around Rhaeghan was on the ground too.
"Why do I keep getting hurt?" I asked. "And what happened anyways?"
"Eidolons possessed you two. We got them angry enough that they left." Leo explained. Everybody looked pale. It was really scary.
"Are you okay?" Nico and Leo said at the same time. Rhaeghan and I were both on our feet now. Nico came over to help support me. I'm glad he did. I didn't know if I could stand for long by myself.
"What happened?" I asked again.
"Maggie, I told you already. Eido—" Leo started to talk.
"No. I mean why do you all look so pale?" I said because they were purposely avoiding the topic.
Rhaeghan whispered something in Leo's ear and he whispered something back in her ear. When she turned back her face was pale.
"Tell me!" I said. They all just looked at each other. I gave them two minutes to answer but they keep silent.
          "Fine if you're going to treat me like a little kid, then I'll act like one." I ran to my room and slammed the door shut. I laid down on my bed and fell asleep.