United

The Begining

Ithaki (Greece)

Perseus Jackson looked down at the letter in his hand and cursed.

"Zoë!" He called for his best friend. "Zoë, you have to see this!"

A dark haired head popped up from behind the kitchen door.

"What is it?"

Perseus shook his head, his hair flying in his face. Wordlessly, he passed her the envelope.

"We've been summoned."

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Glasgow (Scotland)

Thalia Grace sighed as she reached down to pick up the post. In her hands was a letter addressed to both herself and her brother, Jason. She tore it open and paled as she read the content.

"Jason, get doon here, now!"

"Why?!" Came the reply from up the stairs.

She should have guessed he was in his room.

"I hae a letter 'ere for the both o' us."

Her brother ran down the stairs faster than you could say "Rabbie Burns".

"What's it say?"

She passed the letter to him. He read over the letter twice then sighed.

"Looks like we're going to America."

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Dublin (Ireland)

Samuel Valdez tore open the letter in his hand, purposely not looking until his best friend arrived.

"Hazel! Hurry up!"

In response, a mass of curly hair peered through the door.

"What now, Saammy?"

"A letter, Haazel." He mocked.

"Can I see it, then?"

"No," He laughed at her face. "Of course you can! Why do you think I called you?!"

"Three! Two! One!" Sammy yelled.

Hazel shook her head, sighing about silly boys, but complied non the less.

"What is this?!"

"I believe that it is called a letter."

"Hilarious, Sammy, but you know what I mean."

"America, here we come."

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Barcelona (Spain)

Calypso Nightshade looked up from her phone as the doorbell rang.

Silently, she stood and made her way to the door.

It was the postman, a letter in his hand.

She thanked him and closed the door, glancing at the envelope.

"Leo, get down here, por favor."

"Coming, coming," A mop of curly hair popped around the top of the stairs. "What?"

"We have a letter."

"Well, what does it say?"

Calypso tore open the envelope and sighed.

"I always wanted to see the Big Apple."

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Ontario (Canada)

Clarrise La Rue glanced out the window as the Hermes Express disappeared from view. Just moments ago they had arrived and handed Clarrise and her very confused half-brother, Frank, a letter.

Carefully, she opened the envelope and took in the content.

"We have a train to catch."

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Roma (Italy)

A dark skinned boy collected the post from the front door.

"Mother, Mother, Mother ... Me? And Bianca?"

Nico Di Angelo shouted for his sister. The old staircase creaked as she flew down it.

"We have a letter, Bi. And, judging from the stamp, it's from the US."

Bianca rolled her eyes. "Tell this isn't going to be another one if your obsessions. Mythomagic was bad enough."

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La Tania (France)

"Merci." Piper thanked the postman and closed the door, looking at the envelope in her hands. She opened it quickly and skimmed it over twice.

"Lacy, pack your bags. We are going to the USA."