Chapter Four

  Annabeth




    "I'm sorry, but what? What if there are worse monsters along the driveway..." I began, but Zeus cut me off.
    "Your half-brother can take you there. And with you a daughter of the Big Three, you have special powers like summoning the dead..." I saw Zeus make a face a that thought.
    "Half-brother?" I followed Zeus' gaze to Lucas. "Oh, right." I said, feeling awkward.
    Hera groaned. "When are we gonna drop this conversation, and start moving on? We can't take all day!" Zeus nodded. Hera was right. They had to head back to Olympus and tell the Olympians they spared my life.
    Zeus got a thunderbolt, and Hera did this weird peacock song that called a flying... yes, flying... peacock. Me and my half-brother watched them go off. Lucas got comfortable in the driver's seat.
    "Yes, finally! I get to drive the Master's Bolt!" He sighed with a proud note, then turned the key.
    I felt my legs feel like jelly. I screamed. "Stop! Ow, stop!"
    "Sorry!" Lucas turned the key the other way. The electricity stopped. "I didn't understand that electricity stuff."
    Lucas stomped on the gas pedal, and we zoomed off.

                                                          ~|*_*|~

    It was nighttime. We were in the Colorado Mountains. Lucas parked the Master Bolt on a dry tree, then began to start making a fire.
    I checked the trunk of the Master Bolt. Luckily, there were some sleeping bags and pillows we could use. On top of that, canned fruit! We began eating.
    "How much longer?" I groaned, eating my second-to-last tangerine. I rubbed my eyes.
    "The camp is in Oregon." Lucas said. He was eating pears. "It's not that much longer..."
    "I feel homesick already, on our first day!" I put the can down and continued to rub my sleepiness out of my eyes.
    I walked to my sleeping bag, and closed my eyes. How could I be the daughter of Hades? I mean, Hades isn't my type! He just has misery and torture for games. I play hopscotch, tag, even Wax Museum!
    It wasn't long until I fell asleep. Maybe it isn't so bad to be a daughter of Hades. I thought. Maybe I could make those monsters die with a snap of my fingers.
   It isn't that simple, my beautiful pomegranate. I heard a voice echo in my mind. Soon you will realize the trouble of being a daughter of one of the Big Three.