"Let me out~!" I shook the bars. "Please!"
The man smiled. "No can do. The cupcakes, the Mistress, Kronos, they all need the maximum power! That way, I can get my reward."
"Re... reward?" I asked.
"I'll get a thousand gold bars, and will be the ruler of this tundra!" The man cackled. Then he lowered his head. "Although, it does sound like someone's pulling my leg..."
Suddenly, a loud boom shook the entire cave. I looked at the entrance, seeing the boulder was gone. There stood the girl named Annabeth....and Cylena! Cylena was there to save me!
"Help!" I screamed.
The man bit his lip. "Those demigods keep popping up like daisies!" Then, he rattled my cage. The chains loosened up, and the cage teetered on one side, dangling above the broth.
"Help me!" I repeated.
Annabeth quickly pushed the broth away, revealing a piece of someone's hair. It was the late demigod that got trapped. I felt a pang of sadness.
The girl then unlocked the cage with a powerful bang of her first, then I jumped out. "Many thanks." I whispered.
Cylena quickly dodged the man's charge. With a powerful roar, the man pulled down a lever. On the other side was a gate I never noticed, and there a loud growl came.
"My cupcakes, seize them!" The man laughed hysterically. "Capture all of them! Many powers you will recieve!"
"What's going on?" I asked as Cylena took my hand.
"We have to hurry!" Annabeth and Cylena said.
"I have a bad feeling about these 'cupcakes'. The growl sounded it like it came from a large beast." Cylena told me.
Annabeth nodded. "Maybe they could be... a monster."
I shivered, and we darted to the door.
Celestia
"Here's your tip!" I said happily, and took a cone of peanut butter ice cream.
I sat on the bench and began to lick the ice cream. Sam and Max ran up to me, worried.
"If you're wondering where I got this, the ice cream stand's right there." I pointed to a cart.
Sam shook his head. "No, it's an olympian emergency! It's about Hades!" Sam said.
I dropped my ice cream. "What? What happened?"
On cue, a black, windy, vortex began to open up in the ground. There came out Hades, moaning in despair. He wiped a tear away.
"Mr. Hades!" I exclaimed. "What's the problem?"
Hades collapsed on the ground. "My dog! Cerberus has been missing! Now all the souls are lost! Confused! The underworld is out of order!" He moaned.
Then, a lightning flashed, and Zeus appeared.
"Brother, all the souls are coming up in my domain! What happened to your system? Is Cerberus feeling ill?" Zeus seemed a little angry, yet concerned.
Hades shook his head. "He's..."
The puddle from the ice cream gurgled. Out popped Poseidon. "Why are souls doing an ocean party in the middle of the seas? Outrageous!"
"Cerberus is missing, fools!" Hades burst out. "My prized possession! STOLEN!"
Zeus shook his head. "No, that cannot be!"
Then I remembered the 'cupcakes' the man had talked about. "Cerberus could be cursed." I said softly. "There's this really pale man."
"Pale man?" Hades said. He paused, and grew angry. "Charon has been acting odd. Then he went missing. CHARON! He must be the one who stole Cerberus! That backstabber!"
"Then Charon said that he would make a broth that granted immortality! And he would give it to a Mistress, and Kronos! And the cup... I mean Cerberus!" I said.
"Argh!" Hades exclaimed.
"What's with the racket?" Sara walked right in the center of the three brothers. "I was taking my afternoon nap."
"CHARON IS A TRAITOR!" Hades was running around. "MEH! GLOBBER-SMACK!"
"Cerberus is being unleashed," I gasped. I always had that weird feeling that something was happening. "He turned evil."
Annabeth
My eyes widened as I saw the three-headed dog, which was my 'pet'. His eyes had turned an devilish red, instead of green. The heads growled and snapped at us.
"Cerberus! Get the demigods! They are the key to unlock your maximum power!" The pale man said.
I dodged a head, and Glinda and Cylena followed.
"We need to get out!" I said.
"No."
I jumped. No. "No?" I echoed, not believing that Cylena would lead us to our death. "No?!"
"Now is a time to test if you even have powers. You've been running away so much from your enemies. You're a demigod. You have powers! Use them!"
"But I still don't know how!" I complained.
Glinda shook her head. "Concentrate!"
I remembered how I made the deathly stinky socks. I could use that death to whip their butts!
I shut my eyes, and that about a death chain, tying Cerberus up. I thought of paralyzing the pale man by using skeletons to pin him to the floor. Then I heard a roar, and an angry yell. I opened my eyes, and there it was! Cerberus was tied, the pale man was pinned! It worked!
"Yay!"
Then, I waved my hand, and Cerberus' eyes turned green. The pale man slowly formed into the boat-keeper of the underworld: Charon.
"Charon?!" We all exclaimed.
He shook his head, then grinned. "I already had to demigods. I just wanted more, greedy me. Cerberus! Drink it!"
Cerberus' eyes turned red again, broke his chains, and lapped up some of the broth. His eyes turned pitch black, and carried the cauldron. He squashed the skeletons.
"Carry it to the Mistress! Feed it to her and Kronos! Victory is ours!" Charon said with glee.
"No!" Cylena cried.
But they were already gone.
Suddenly, Glinda began to weep. "Artemis is fading! The more power evil gets, the faster she fades!"
Cylena gasped. "My mom?" She turned to us, frantic. "My mom can't fade! Hurry!"
I nodded, and Glinda showed us the way to Artemis' cage.
"Life is a risk." Diane Von Furtestenberg
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