Chapter 10

These boots are made for monster slayin

(P.O.V. Alex)

When the sun rose the next morning, to put it lightly I was less than happy. In my first day I managed to get myself dragged into a "quest" as they called it. Even that one guy (Perry Johnson or something?) didn't get dragged in till he was at least a week in. This one didn't even come with some vague or foreboding prophecy. So now here I am dragging myself to the dining pavilion while nursing the black eye Amanda gave me last night when I tried to say no (man that girl can hit!). As soon as I entered the pavilion though I was given another shock when I realized I would have to share a table with my, less than loving, mother and my "sisters" (for lack of a child friendly term.). Suffice to say it was excruciatingly awkward. Between the daggers being glared at the back of my head, and the Literal daggers being held against my back, suffice to say I was not looking forward to Christmas this year. At least the sun was shining and it was a nice warm day. Unfortunately for me, my ease was short lived. Because in that same instant I was struck in the back of the head with a hand. "Ow, gods what was that for?!" I yelled, rounding on the person who wacked me in the cranium. Unsurprisingly, a huntress sitting next to me sat there glaring daggers at me with piercing blue eyes. "pay attention, the lady is speaking to you!" she motioned to my "mother" (won't believe it till I got the blood test) across from me who crossed her arms in a huff. "Honestly, so undisciplined too much like your father ".

Yeah, she wasn't getting away with that one "interesting thing, coming from the woman who claims to be the "eternal maiden" so really who's at fault here for how Undisciplined I am? The man who at least tried, or the woman who left". It was petty of me to say yes, did I care…not really. What she said next though surprised me…she said nothing. Here I was, expecting some grand speech on why she as a god could not be here. All I got instead was a stark an expected silence. Standing up, I pushed my plate full of scraps over in front of her. There was no need to put it all in the fire if she was here after all. Pushing off from the table, I stood and left the Pavilion, not even sparing anyone a glance. As I was walking, I noticed an Uneasiness in the air like everyone was terrified of something. Well that something happened to be a tall blond with a braid who looked very lost. The glares she got weren't helping anyone either. So, showing her some pity, I approached her.

Right away I regretted this decision as within the next few seconds I found myself on the ground with the heel of a celestial bronze boot pressed against my neck (talk about turning anything into a weapon). "I've heard of killer fashion choices but this is a bit much." I jokingly remarked as I stared up at the golden-haired woman above me. Out of all the ways I thought I'd go…death by fashion model was probably not on that list. "who are you and what do you want?!" she asked me as she pressed the heel of the boot harder against my neck. "yo-" I began with a smile while struggling to breath "I'm Alex and I noticed that you seemed a bit lost so I thought I'd help you."

She looked confused for a second before taking her heel off my throat. " I am calypso and I must find my lover Leo Valdez. Lead the way then demi-god"…yep still not used to being called that.

(excuse the length, Its been awhile since I've updated this particular story and I need to get back into the swing of things.)