Dionysus and the Land of Beasts by Tracey West & Joan Holub & Suzanne Williams

Author:Tracey West & Joan Holub & Suzanne Williams
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Aladdin

CHAPTER SIX

What a Jerk!

What did you see?” Zeus asked.

“It was so weird!” Hades exclaimed.

“You already said that,” Hera said impatiently. “Can you be more specific?”

“I got nervous when all those people started crowding around us,” Hades explained. “So I put on my Helm of Darkness and became invisible.”

“Nice trick, Bro!” Poseidon said.

Hades nodded. “When I’m wearing the helmet, it’s hard to hear things. But I saw that Dion kid get kind of an upset look on his face. Then he opened his mouth, and I think he was singing.”

“I don’t remember that,” Zeus said.

“Well, here’s the thing,” Hades continued. “You got weird all of a sudden.”

“All of a sudden? Isn’t Ares always weird?” Hephaestus joked, and Ares punched him in the arm.

“Hey!” Hephaestus protested.

“Not weird like Ares, I mean weird, like, your eyes all got blank. Then you all started walking into the grape fields. And you just kept walking and walking until you just stopped.”

Athena frowned. “Maybe . . . maybe his song made us do it?”

Zeus nodded. “That’s what I’m thinking. Maybe when he sings, he can get people to do what he wants.”

“That could be the awesome magical power he was talking about,” Hera guessed. “And I bet that crown of ivy he wears is his magical object!”

“Then that dude is definitely the final Olympian!” Poseidon cried. “Come on, Bro, we’ve got to go get him.”

“Hold up!” Zeus said. “We’re not going anywhere near that guy right now. He could sing again and make us go away again.”

“Or make us do something dumb, like pretend to be monkeys,” Hades added.

Hera shook her head. “Why would he make us act like monkeys?”

“That’s what I would do if I could control people,” Hades replied. “It would be fun.”

“Well, he’s not going to get a chance to make us act like monkeys, or bunnies, or whatever, because we’re going to come up with a plan,” Zeus said. “A plan to make sure he can’t use his magic on us again.”

“He thinks he’s awesome, but he’s so annoying!” Hephaestus complained. “We should just leave him here.”

“We can’t do that,” Zeus said. “Pythia said we needed to find the last Olympian before we could defeat King Cronus.”

Hephaestus shrugged. “There are thirteen of us,” he said. “That should be enough.”

Hermes flew over to Hephaestus and landed next to him. “You guys thought I was an annoying jerk at first, and now you think I’m awesome, don’t you?”

Hephaestus answered slowly. “Well . . .”

“Come on, Heff! Everyone thought you were a jerk too, when we first met you, but now we all know that you’re not so bad,” said Poseidon.

“No, he’s still a jerk!” Ares said, and Hephaestus punched his arm this time.

“Notice how none of us girls are jerks,” Hera said proudly.

“And anyway, each of us has our own special talent and magic,” Demeter pointed out. “So we probably can’t defeat King Cronus without Dion and his powers.”

“Demeter is right,” Zeus said. “Now, we just need a plan to make sure he doesn’t use his powers on us again.

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