Family of Fire

Two New Cousins & Nemean Lion

Third Person POV

"Really Uncle Hades?" Jada said flatly. The Lord of the Underworld stood in front of her sheepishly, rubbing the back of his head.

"I really don't have a lot of choices. And I trust you with my children." Hades said to his niece. "They have been in the Lotus Hotel & Casino since WW2, and I thought it was time to get them out."

The legacy of wine and madness pinched the bridge of her nose. But Bianca and Nico were really nice, and Perenelle and Nicholas had welcomed them with open arms to Flamel Chateau.

"You should have waited till the war ended but fine, they can stay Uncle Hades." Jada said, but secretly happy to have more new family members.

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When Jada learned about Annabeth's kidnapping, she left Hogwarts under the pretext of her mother being sick and joined the questers.

Aphrodite approached Connor have him try to get Phoebe off of the quest, but Jada walked up to them, told Aphrodite 'I respect you a lot, but please do not mess with the quest.' and dragged Connor away.

"I need you to watch Ethan. He gives me the creeps and I'm pretty sure he'll join Luke's side of the war." Jada told Connor.

"Got it. I'll tell Travis and the other head councilors." Connor said.

"Than you Connor." Jada said.

Connor nodded and Jada turned to walk away before Connor said "And come back Jada."

Small Timeskip

After Zoë got the keys to the camp van, Jada turned to Grover and said "You can show us which path to take, right?"

"Huh? Oh yeah, I got the acorns. First we need to head south to Washington D.C."

"I shall drive." Zoë said, claiming the driver's seat.

"There is someone in the back of the van." Luna said. Luna and Jada had been chosen to represent the campers.

Phoebe got up, unsure. "Is she right?"

"Most likely. She did this once when we where back at England and there was a pack of hellhounds behind us." Jada shrugged, getting up to help Phoebe.

And Phoebe headed to the back of the van and pulled out Percy Jackson. "Uh...hi?"

After dragging him out, Jada tied up Percy to a tree so he wouldn't follow them while he pleaded with his cousin to let him come along on the quest, but she ignored him and all the while Chiron looked at them in amusement.

Climbing back in the van, Jada nodded to Zoë who took off driving. They didn't stop until they reached a rest stop in Maryland.

Luna, Grover, Phoebe, Jada and Zoë all went to the nearest convenience store and bought essentials, AKA candy, chips, water, first aid, and candy bars before they started to drive again. "So we are on the right track for Lady Artemis, right Grover?" Phoebe asked.

Grover nodded. "The acorns never lie."

Around an hour later, Zoë parked on the curb of downtown D.C. and the questers got out.

"H-How are y-you not freezing?!" Grover demanded to Jada, who wasn't even shivering at the freezing temperatures unlike her companions.

"My mom is the goddess of fire remember? I never get cold." Jada explained.

"Lucky." Luna chattered as she huddled closer. Phoebe and Zoë exchanged glances, the firstborn of Hestia surprised them when the legacy of wisdom motioned for them to come closer.

Grover looked at one of the big buildings. "Its one of these buildings here. The clue we need to find."

Zoë and Phoebe were skeptical but still agreed to follow him while Jada and Luna had no problem following him.

Jada  smiled faintly as she looked around America's capital. Grover lead them to a huge square building next to the mall that said NATIONAL AIR AND SPACE MUSEAM.

"The Smithsonian?" Phoebe said, confused.

Grover shrugged. "Hey, I'm just reading the acorns and they lead us here. Maybe there was a monster here and Lady Artemis stopped here before she got godnapped?"

No one had a better idea and the place wasn't that busty when they walked in. School was out and it was freezing outside so they had the place almost to theirselves.

The legacy of the moon altered the Mist in order not to pay admission, they started to look around the exhibits.

The place was three stories high, with huge spacecraft's hanging on wires from the ceiling while several other various ships and planes where on display.

Zoë and Phoebe looked particularly smug at the mention of the space program dedicated to colonizing the moon. For some reason, it kept on breaking down.

Because awe jee it wasn't like a certain moon goddess didn't not like the idea of mortals on her property and cursed it to never work.

Yup, most not be that.

The child of fire's eyes went wide as she looked around the second floor. "Um, guys?"

"What is it!?" Zoë snapped, annoyed.

Luna pointed to the bottom of the stairs where they saw the monster. They all backed up as a little boy yelled "Kitty!".

The beast that currently bounding the stairs was no kitty. It was huge, with large claws, fangs, and that it was the size of a pick up truck squashed any hope that it was a kitty.

Phoebe looked faint. "Nemean Lion, don't move."

The lion gave a huge war and bared its fangs.

"Separate on my mark!" Zoë barked "Try to keep it distracted."

"Its fur is impenetrable to weapons try to attack its mouth!" Jada hissed.

It took twenty minutes of attacking dodging, Jada having to create magical barriers when it got too close to any of the questers when Luna landed an exploding arrow into its mouth.

The lion dissolved into golden dust and left behind a fur coat. Luna picked it up and it shrunk into a brown female trench coat she put on immediately.

"We must leave, now." she said while putting it on.

That is today's chapter, I hope you have enjoyed it.