SUE.

I glared at Sky and Ice. It was their fault that we are now facing the divine continent version of Tartarus. Kung hindi sila nag-asaran ay sana ayos pa ang cabin namin at hindi namumula sa galit ang babaeng nasa harap namin. It was just because of the stupid nickname they both give each other.

Because of that stupid Yelo and Langit.

I'm giving them a death glare pero hindi ko alam kung saan nila nahuhugot ang kapal ng mukha nila para mas samaan nila ako nang tingin.

Madam Stone was thumping her feet with her arms crossing each other. We are now at her office. And she's now fuming with anger while looking at us.

"Ano sa tingin niyo ang ginawa niyo? Nasa pinakamataas na section kayo pero what have you done?!" Galit na galit siya at gusto niya na manakit. Kulang na lamang ay lagyan ko si Madam Stone ng imagenary smoke sa kanyang tainga. At nakakaawang Ice dahil hindi siya nakatakas sa lagim ni Madam Stone.

"Pakitandaan na nababasa ko ang ibang inner thoughts niyo!" Madam Stone exclaimed. She was directly looking at me.

"Belat." Phoenix teased using his telepathy.

Madam Stone gave us a grimace expression that made us stop, "Hindi parin ba kayo tapos?! As your punishment. I will send the four you to a mission,"

"Mission about what?" It was Ice who asked. Buhat nang pumunta kami rito ay puro tingin na masama lamang ang binibigay niya sa amin. Minsan ang tingin ko sa kanya ay isang babaeng 'di makabasag pinggan.

"Kukuhanin nyo ang hourglass na ginawa ng mga deities na Horae—deities of time."

"Location?" Biglang imik ni Sky habang hawak ang baba niya kunwari isa siyang matalinong nilalang. Kunwari lang.

"Mount Seraphyl," Madam Stone answered.

Mount Seraphyl is one of the sacred grounds in the Divine Continent. Aside from the twelve kingdoms in the Divine Continents, Mount Seraphyl is considered as the 13th kingdom. It was the kingdom exclusively for the fairies and the most powerful among them was the Queen. Queen Freya, the most elegant fairy among all the fairies.

It was said that Queen Freya was a good friend of Queen Savannah. Queen Savannah was known as the 'Queen of all', that even her mother Aphrodite approved it. I saw her once during the Grand Olympian Games and her beauty is unexplainable. She's literally captivating.

Too bad, dahil tanging ang reyna pa lamang ang nakikita ko. Nalaman kong ang mga prinsesa lamang ang maaaring makakita sa bawat isa. And the people will be clueless about their faces kapag may nawala sa kanila.

"Are you sure? Hindi kami pwedeng pumunta do'n. Land of the fairies 'yon." Phoenix said. Fairies don't want to be disturbed and especially that some of the demigods that are bad badly wanted their wings.

"Pero wala kayong choice. Bago tayo maunahan ng mga Titan. They wanted the hourglass." Madam Stone said.

"Hindi pa ba susuko ang mga 'yon? Lagi na lang tayong pinahihirapan." I exclaimed.

"Be cautious. Rhea's apprentice will go there. And I heard one of them is Euterpe's child."

"Rhea siya ba yung pinuno ng mga—" Hindi ko na ituloy ang sasabihin ko nang nagsalita si Ice.

"Reapers."

"Tama." Sabi ni Madam Stone.

"Euterpe? Do you mean the goddess of music?" Phoenix asked.

Euterpe is one of the nine muses. She is the Goddess of Music. And the inventor of the double flute.

And I didn't know that Euterpe's child will be part of the Titans especially that Euterpe is an Olympian herself.

I just know that the blessing that Euterpe's child has is they can control any non-living or living things around them using their musical instrument. And their voices were used for defenses. But the scariest shit that Euterpe's child can do was the forbidden spell that enables them to control other demigods at their own will.

"Anyway, why do they need the hourglass?" Sky asked.

"'Yon ang hindi namin alam. But we are concluding that they wanted to resurrect Kronos. It's been how many years after he faded, maybe they wanted their king back." It was the last thing that Madam Stone said after we exited her office. Nasa likod kami ni Ice ng dalawang lalaki. We are going to stay in the other cabin because our home sweet home is no longer a home.

"What do you think about this mission, Ice?" I asked.

She gave me a shrugged, "It might be a dangerous one."

"Of course, it is. What I mean is the hourglass."

"Ah." She said. Ang wala niyang kwentang kausap. Pasalamat siya at maganda siya.

I squinted my eyes while staring at her, "Ang ganda mo." I whispered.

"I know." She languidly said. Gusto kong sumabog at sabihan siya ng masasamang mga salita.

"May kamukha ka." I said. Hindi na siya umimik pa't diretsong tumingin sa landas na aming tinatahak.

She really resembles that person.

"Kamusta ang pag-bisita sa office ni Madam Stone?" Aizelle teased. She was grinning when she opened the door for us. At her back was Aizen and Light who was sitting on the sofa while smirking at us and playing Ps4.

Light was actually smirking at Sky and not to us.

"May mission kami," I answered.

"Eh, talaga? Sirain din natin 'tong cabin natin para mabigyan tayo ng mission!" Aizelle squealed. She was telling it to Aizen and Light.

Light rolled his eyes and bluntly said, "Huwag kang isip bata d'yan."

"Fuck you," Aizelle said and she raised her middle finger.

Ice remained standing at the door that made us all looked at her. "Ice?" I called.

"Out," she mumbled.

"Saan ka pupunta?" Aizen asked.

"Belster."

"Gabi na." Phoenix said while squinting his eyes, "Kahit naka-turtle neck ka pa d'yan lalamigin ka." at bobo talaga si Phoenix.

"The cold never bothers me." Ice said and she exited the cabin. I saw Light standing and I began to smell something fishy.

"I'll come with her." Light said.

Oh My Demigods. Inaagawan ako ni Light.

Phoenix and I switch glances to each other. Parehas din namin tinitingnan ang controller na iniwan ni Light sa sofa. I did everything with all my might para makuha ang controller na makukuha lang naman pala ni Aizelle.

I was looking grumpily at Aizelle when Sky suddenly stood up and went to his bedroom.

"I smell jealousy."

"I smell love triangle."

"I smell war."

Phoenix was about to speak when a huge amount of water suddenly fell at him. "What the hell did I do?!"

The sun is still not up and we are already on our tracks to the Mount Seraphyl. Madam Stone didn't provide us pegasus because it was our punishment. And the only thing she provided was dark-colored cloaks for us to wear. This cloak was blocking our magical energy so that the fairies won't feel us.

"Malapit na ba tayo?" I asked. I'm already tired. We've been walking for miles.

"Oo, malapit na kayo sa kamatayan niyo." Someone outside our circle said.

All of a sudden the ground shakes. All of us jumped out of the ground and jumps to the tree near us.

"Reapers!" I shouted. All of a sudden Phoenix and Sky lost consciousness.

Our faces were now revealing except Ice and the other reaper.

"Ang excited talaga ni Dylan." Nicole said. Aizelle and I made a research about her yesterday, she was the Daughter of Euterpe. Her eyes were glimmering with an ivy color.

And Dylan must be the Son of Morpheus. And just by looking at how slumber he was sleeping at the back of his companions. It only means that Sky and Phoenix are battling him inside their puny brains.

"Why don't you reveal yourself, Miss?" I teased while looking at the reaper who was still wearing her cloak.

"Don't you dare command our princess." Nicole hissed.

"It's no big deal, Nicole." The woman said. When she revealed herself I squinted my eyes while looking at her mischievous grin along with her eyes that resembles the earth, her dark brown eyes that were looking deep into my soul.

The woman tilted her head and smirked at Ice's direction, "Now, can you say to your friend to remove her cloak?"

"Why are you teasing her friend, Celine?" Nicole laughed.

Ice didn't bother to move. And all of a sudden her cloak was torn when Celine waved her hand and the stem of the flowers around us bound Ice's cloak.

I was shocked to see another of her facade. Her skin turned pale and her ash gray hair turned into blazing red hair and even her eyes changed into red orbs.

"Ignis." Ice chanted. A wall made from fire divided us four. I am still in a state of shock. Crazy thought is now lurking in my mind while looking at her.

"This is nuts." Celine laughed while looking at Ice.

"I see, Daughter of Hephaestus, huh?" Nicole sarcastically said. A loud noise suddenly rang in our ears, it was a screeching sound that was way louder than the normal one. I am gritting my teeth while feeling the pain.

With my one eye open, I saw how Ice made a fire vortex encircling the two women in front. The loud noise subsides.

"I want the red-headed one," Celine said while looking at Ice.

"But I don't like you." Ice smirked.

I've made a lightning arrow using my blessing. I closed one of my eyes and release the arrow when Celine was busy mocking Ice.

"Cheater are we?" I was caught off guard when Nicole used a tree to protect her master. She was mockingly looking at me while grinning.

The ground suddenly lifts up. I shifted the arrow and made it as a thunder sword, I was slashing the ground that was enveloping us and prisoning us inside the cube made from the earth.

I stopped when Ice pulled me. The dusty ground all of a sudden turned into a thick wall of ice. She kicked it all her might and it was destroyed and made chunks of ice. She was now back on her real appearance.

Because of the chunks of ice, the surrounding was suddenly filled with smoke. I closed my eyes bago pa ito mapasukan ng buhangin.

And when I opened it. Celine and Nicole were now inside cold as ice.

"Water chain," someone said. A large quantity of water that looks like chain tied the two ladies.

And with all my might. I concentrated, the tattered clouds suddenly roared and when I felt the heaviness I released my thunder that strikes the two ladies.

They were down.

"We need to hurry," I said. They both nodded. But their eyes landed on one of our friend who was still in a deep slumber.

"You're bleeding." Ice said while looking at Sky. His wrist was bleeding as if it was intendedly cut.

"Well, at least I woke up." Sky meaningfully said. He looks at me and then to Phoenix."He's enjoying his dream at baka dahil do'n mamamatay siya,"

"WHAT?"

"I have a solution."

"How?" I asked Ice. Her face was serious while looking at me. Kaba ang sumakop sa aking dibdib, kahit wala naman talaga. And even Sky was looking at me as if it was the only way to wake up my best friend.

"Kiss him."

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