Prisoner of the Sea

Chapter 4

I DO NOT OWN THE PJO/HoO SERIES!!! ALL RIGHTS GO TO RICK RIORDAN!!!!

Chapter 4

Dinner was held in a large dining room with a long table with only two chairs.

Celeste blinked.

Nora appeared beside her, showing her to her seat at the end of the table.

The plates were empty and Celeste first thought that the food would be served by some fancy merwaiter in a suit and a curly mustache.

She was shocked, however, when Nora told her that the plates and cups were magical. "All you have to do is think of what you want, and it appears."

Celeste's eyes widened. "Really!?"

Nora smiled and nodded, taking the other chair and dragging it closer to Celeste's chair.

A seaweed salad appeared on Nora's plate with sea cucumbers and salmon chunks.

Celeste immediately felt elated and thought of pizza.

When the pizza appeared on her plate, she changed her mind and thought of blue pizza.

Nora laughed when she saw the aqua colored slice of pizza. Everything was blue-the cheese, the bread, and even the pepperoni-and Celeste smiled broadly, digging in.

"You're so adorable!" Nora squealed.

Celeste smiled and nibbled the cheese off her slice.

Suddenly, Poseidon came into the room.

Nora jumped up and bowed. "Lord Poseidon! What a pleasant surprise."

Poseidon motioned for Nora to sit back down and she flicked her tail nervously, sitting back down in the chair.

"Celeste, I'd like to talk to you for a moment." Poseidon said.

Celeste blinked and nodded, rising from her chair.

Poseidon's eyes widened at the sight of Celeste's dress.

"You look exactly like your mother..." Poseidon said distantly.

Celeste pushed a strand of hair behind her ear and looked at her feet.

Suddenly, her vision turned slightly dark.

The next thing she knew, she was on the floor.

The table was turned over and Nora was clutching her cut and bleeding arm.

Poseidon had his hands outstretched, worry etched all over his face.

Celeste sat up, rubbing her head.

Poseidon lowered his hands and helped Celeste stand.

She wavered slightly and saw Nora with a horror-stricken look on her face.

Poseidon looked over to Nora with a hard stare. "Keep this to yourself."

Nora nodded quickly, swimming quickly out of the room.

Poseidon grabbed Celeste by the collar of her neck and dragged her down the hall and into her room.

"Dad, dad, what's wrong? What happened?" Celeste pleaded as he marched into her room and slammed the door.

He placed his head in his hands and groaned. "I told your mother I can't raise a child. She wouldn't listen to me but I knew something was different with you, I just knew."