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Odysseus had been reunited with his family and things were going smoothly. The only difference was the constant nightmares from his travels. he had woken up from one of those nightmares and reached a hand out as he quietly called out.
"Polites.." He felt the tears start to fall before suddenly he was somewhere else entirely. He jumped up and spun around. Penelope and Telemachus were with him. He ran over and hugged them both, letting out a sigh. "I thought we had been separated again.." Penelope smiled and ran a hand through his hair.
"You're alright, Ody.." That's when he heard an all to familiar voice.
"Ody? Is that you?" Odysseus felt his heart catch in his throat. He turned around to see Polites. Polites was actually there, standing in front of him. He jumped up and ran over, hugging him.
"Polites!" Penelope got up and joined in on the hug. She couldn't have imagined what it felt like when Odysseus saw their lover killed before his very eyes. Polites chuckled and hugged them back. He pulled Odysseus into a kiss before he did the same with Penelope.
"I missed you both.." He sighed. That's when he noticed Telemachus staring at them. "Is that Telemachus? Last time I saw you you were tiny!" Odysseus chuckled and nodded.
"Yeah, he's grown quite a bit!" Odysseus spotted a familiar person and froze. It was Eurylochus.
"Eury..I'm..I'm so sorry.." Odysseus took a step forward before drawing back. Eurylochus shook his head and smiled slightly.
"Ody..No need to apologize..You did nothing wrong..I understand..Me and Polites watched you from the Underworld." Odysseus smiled slightly.
"Thanks for not holding it against me.." The last person to arrive in the strange room turned to Odysseus.
"Odysseus..It's good to see you..Where are we?" Odysseus smiled slightly.
"Athena! And uh..I'm not sure..Be on your guard..I'm not sure what this room has in store for us.."
Life had calmed down at Camp Half-Blood after the emperors. But of course, life wouldn't be made easy for them. Leo had been in his workshop one second when the next, he was in a strange room. Across from him were several people who seemed to be from ancient Greece. Leo pulled his hammer out of his tool belt and held a fighting stance. They weren't monsters so he shouldn't use his fire. The man in the middle pulled out a sword himself and got in front of a woman and another man.
"Who are you?" The man spoke first. Leo blinked and straightens, trying to look threatening.
"I could ask you the same thing." The man shifted and sighed.
"I am Odysseus. Now what is your name." Leo was so shocked he dropped his hammer.
"Odysseus? Like..Odysseus of Ithaca?" Odysseus looked at him, confused.
"Yes?"
"Oh damn..You should be dead..How are you here? How many years ago was it? I dunno..Um..My name is Leo Valdez.." Odysseus was obviously confused by his words, but he held his stance. That was when another voice spoke up. Leo felt a presence he knew well as Percy came forward with Riptide in hand.
"Hey! Who are you?! Put the sword down!" Leo smiled and placed a hand on Percy's shoulder.
"Perce..This is Odysseus..I dunno how we got here or how he is here..But.." Percy was taken aback.
"Really?" Percy tilted his head at the man. An unknown voice finally spoke up.
"Oh gods, I leave you all alone for a few minutes and you are already at each others throats! Everyone put the weapons away!" Percy looked around but couldn't figure out where the voice was coming from.
"Who are you?"
"My name is not important..But you can call me Slug..I brought you all here to react to each other. Let me get the rest of you and you all can start." Some time passes and the rest of the crew were there. They were sat on different sides. The demigods on the right while the ancient Greeks were on the left. The man who was next to Odysseus spoke first.
"It seems we may be here for a while..So let's get to know one another! My name is Polites!" Leo smiled at the man's energy. "Alright! Let's all introduce each other!" Odysseus grumbled and leaned back from where he is seated.
"I'm Odysseus.." The woman Next to Odysseus chuckled and smiled.
"My name is Penelope." Next to speak was a young man next to Penelope.
"I'm Telemachus!"
"Eurylochus.." The man next to Polites said. And last to speak was a woman near Telemachus.
"I'm Athena." Annabeth blinked and looked at her with a tilt of her head. This version of Athena seemed a lot different than her mother. Percy spoke first from the demigods.
"I'm Percy Jackson, son of Poseidon." Odysseus seemed to tense up at that. Leo grinned as he spoke.
"I'm Leo Valdez, son of Hephaestus!"
"The name's Piper, child of Aphrodite." Frank was fidgeting and glancing around. It was obvious he was nervous. Hazel went next to ease the nerves from him.
"I'm Hazel Levesque! Daughter of Pluto..Or as you know him, Hades!" Frank finally spoke up.
"I'm Frank Zhang..Son of Mars or Ares.." Will smiled and rested his head against Nico's shoulder.
"I'm Will Solace! Son of Apollo!"
"Nico di Angelo..Son of Hades.." Annabeth finally spoke up, glancing away from where her eyes had been concentrated on Athena.
"Annabeth Chase..daughter of Athena.." Athena looked taken aback, seeing as at this time she was a virgin goddess. They were interrupted by the dissmbodied voice.
"Are you all, done? Cause it's time to start..Look at the screen in front." The Greeks looked a little confused before they saw where the others were looking. They faced forward as words popped up on the screen
'The Horse and the Infant."