The Gathering

Chapter Five

So that's what we did. First, we went back to our bedrooms and packed some clothes and other miscellaneous things.

"Wait guys! I have that endless backpack in our stash that we can use, and I think there's enough for all of us to get one!" James exclaimed, eyes alight in realization.

"Great idea! I think were all done here, so let's go and put our stuff in those bags" I said, shouldering my burlap bag. I packed light, only two orange shirts and some cargo shorts. Also, i kept a locket my dad had given me before he left me, of Athena when she met him and of my aunt Jess who went off to Africa to teach kids before the gods left. I curled the silver necklace in my hand, praying to whatever gods were still there that we were able to complete this quest and help them return.

Danny, James and I all walked and met up with Ava and began to walk to our storage shed.

"Wait. I have an idea. If there's an extra bag, we should use that to hold gifts for each of the parentage's that we visit" Ava suggested as we walked.

"Yea, thats a great idea. Im sure anything we can bring to get them in our favor wil help. Why don't we all get our individual things and then each pick out items for three different parentages" Danny said.

We all got to work on getting our stuff together and made quick work of the offerings, sorting through all sorts of items.

"Okay let's make a list so we know exactly what we have.

Ares: Explosive book thing. The leather bound book was incredibly tempting to figure out what was inside, but that would be quite unfortunate for our quest to end so soon on such ridiculous terms

Poseidon: Trident blessed by Poseidon to give advice to the wielder. The hilt was a stainless silver taht shone even in this darkly lit room. As my eyes moved up the pole to the top, the three pokers melded right into a celestial bronze tip that was refined to a point, where it could probably shear singular hairs off the top of my head.

Aphrodite: Elegant dress. The top had pink flowered straps at the top and as it made its way down to the bottom it moved from body tight to free flowing and the colors perfectly melded into the deep forest green that made up the bottom.

Iris: MLP coloring book and skittles. No explanation needed.

Hades: Stygian iron ore. With each cabin so isolated, theres no doubt that this Stygian Iron woud  be immensely helpful.

Hypnos: Tempur-pedic pillow. Who of them couldnt want a nice nap on such a luxurious pillow.

Apollo: Prophecy books. Apollo's kids always had a knack for prophecy and with no oracle, we needed all the proper quests we could get when the gods return, as there would be much work to get us back in the path to how things were before.

Hermes: Invisibility cloak. The cloak was simple enough,made of sheepskin and covered on one side in leather and patched up with random strips of fabric, so you wouldnt thtink anything of it, but it definitely was something special.

Hephaestus: Journal of designs by Annabeth, some daughter of Athena. I'm sure theyd love any new challenge to build.

Hecate: Spell book of summoning. Lets hope some of them are good with summoning spells because this book could become very useful in the future.

Zeus: Bottle containing winds. The metallic casing shone bright i nthe darkly lit room and we could hear the winds bounce off the sides of the container.

Demeter: Cage of Karpoi. Truly, i dont know what they could do with them, but it was something" I said, as I surveyed the stock.

"Sounds good Vande. Everybody grab some and let's put it in the spare bag" Danny said.