Six Years Later
I pick up my hammer and hit the sword. I put it in water as Connor comes in and smiles at me. I ignore him and put the sword on the bench behind me. Connor grabs my shoulder.
"Jason needs us to get a girl with El," I sigh and take off my apron. "She's a daughter of Hephaestus...She might be like you." I look at him and hurry to get my stuff together. In the last six years, we still never figured out how I was able to burn that lion or the times since then and for the first time, my siblings don't have something I have which I hate for the first time, nobody to talk about it with. One of the many theories is that since basically every god had a kid with my family, all their powers made me have these powers but me being a quadruplet makes that very unlikely. I meet Connor and El at the border of camp. El hands me the file and I read it. Ember Hathaway, aged twelve, daughter of Hephaestus, suspected Flame. Flame is the unofficial name for people like me and it's the most accurate, we are flames that will go out eventually. I hand the file back.
"I'll do the talking," Surprisingly they both nod. "Who are you and where's the douches who say no to everything I say?" Connor leans close to my ear.
"People think the three of us are in a love triangle because of how much we say no," He leans back and glares at someone behind me. "Jesus Christ, she's like a sister to both of us, Clarisse." I turn to see my least favourite daughter of Aphrodite flouncing away. I look at Connor, eyes popping out of my head.
"My nemesis thinks we're in a love triangle? How am I only finding this out?" I raise my hands. "Nevermind, there's a twelve year old sister of mine who could be a Flame and needs our help," Depending on how powerful you are, the more monsters come after you until you're twelve then no matter what they're after you. El grabs my arm and Connor's arm; El's a son of Hermes, the god of travel so El can teleport anywhere he wants except Olympus and the Underworld. We arrive in front of a hospital and I look at them. "Please tell me that she's not inside," Connor points at a car where woman wearing a turban and sunglasses is driving, there's a girl with dark brown hair and freckles staring right at me. "I'm assuming that's her grandmother." Connor shakes his head.
"She doesn't have any family left," I look at him. "She had a lot of spirits around her, possibly trying to warn her about something..." Connor trails off, looking at El who seems to be having the same thought.
"That woman's a monster," He grabs me and Connor. We appear in the car and Ember screams while the woman pulls over, unwrapping her turban which seems to be hissing...Shit. "Close your eyes." Ember isn't closing her eyes so I cover them and she's crying. The hissing gets louder and nails bite into my skin. Medusa's snakes hiss in my ear.
"Another daughter of the fire? No wonder you came for her, Phoenix Fury," I squeeze my eyes shut. "Now, why not warm everyone up a bit?" I feel fire going down my arm and it moves off my skin. Medusa screams and lets go. I manage to grab El while keeping a grip on Ember. Connor holds on to me and we land on leaves. I open my eyes and uncover Ember's eyes. Ember pulls away from me and hides behind a tree. I raise my hands.
"I'm Phoenix, I'm like you," I remember how I feel whenever the fire comes out and spread out my palm where the flame comes. Ember edges closer, one of her palms is also on fire. "We aren't going to hurt you...I'm your half sister and them two care about my family," Ember moves slightly closer. "We're going to take you somewhere we can find out why we're so special," I offer my hand. "If you just take my hand." She takes my alight hand with hers and for the first time in a while; I don't feel so alone in the world. Ember smiles at me.
"Have you met our dad?" I nod, remembering my first quest when he gave me my first chainsaw. "What's he like? I mean, is he nice or even care about his kids?" I smile.
"He cares about his kids but he can't express how he feels that well," I try not to remember the exploding centaur fly swatter. "We need to go to Camp Elysium, okay? You'll like it there." When people aren't acting like you're about to set them on fire. El puts his hand on my shoulder while Connor puts his on Ember's shoulder. We appear in front of the main cabin and I see five people running towards us. John grabs me by the shoulders, gasping.
"Know-Why-We-Don't-Have-Fire," I look at the others who nod, grinning ear to ear. "Phoenix, come on and we'll explain." I look at Ember who seems confused and sigh.
"Not until Jason meets Ember, our new sister...And a Flame," John lets go of my shoulders, hurt in his blue eyes. "You remember what it's like meeting Jason for the first time...She needs a sibling there," I smile. "Maybe four siblings?" John shares a look with Andy and Blaze before nodding. I walk Ember up the wooden steps and knock on the maple door. Ember looks at me.
"Is he scary?" That's a really difficult question. I look at the others who shrug. "Is it a difficult question?" Thankfully Jason opens his door and Ember gasps. Jason from the waist up is a hispanic twenty one year old with a beanie while from the waist down he's a black morgan. He smiles at Ember.
"So, you're the Flame," I have to stop myself from shivering, that's what he said six years ago. "You'll be sharing a room with Phoenix and also her workbench in the forges until the renovations are done." He closes the door and Connor snorts.
"Does that make you feel like the rest of us?" I flick his ear and he yelps. "Why did you do that, Phoenix?" He focuses on someone behind Raegan. "WILL THE APHRODITE CABIN STOP FOR TEN SECONDS TO SEE HOW INSANE IT IS TO SHIP US?!" The Winter twins sashay away and El watches them until he notices Raegan watching him. I smile at John.
"So, why am I the only one out of us?" Blaze says something I don't catch. "What did you say, Blaze?" Blaze clears her throat loudly.
"The necklaces mom gave us," My hand goes to mine and I feel the crack on it. "They're suppose to stop us from having our powers but yours is cracked so you have your powers," The three of them remove theirs and Andy shoots fire at a target...Suddenly I feel lost in a crowd but I smile and hug the three of them.
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