The Heroes of Olympus_The Demigod Diaries (Heroes of Olympus 1 by Rick Riordan

Author:Rick Riordan [Riordan, Rick]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction - Upper Middle Grade
Publisher: Disney Book Group
Published: 2012-08-14T04:00:00+00:00

There was only one answer to that.

“Yes!” Leo yelped. “Absolutely. I am Dionysus.”

He got to his feet and tried to match the girl’s smile.

The nymph clapped her hands in delight. “Wonderful! My lord Dionysus? Really?”

Jason and Piper rose, weapons ready, but Leo hoped it didn’t come to a fight. He’d seen how fast these nymphs could move. If they decided to go into food-processor mode, Leo doubted he and his friends would stand a chance.

The Maenads giggled and danced and pushed each other around. Several fell off the rocks and landed hard on the ground. That didn’t seem to bother them. They just got up and kept frolicking.

Piper nudged Leo in the ribs. “Um, Lord Dionysus, what are you doing?”

“Everything’s cool.” Leo looked at his friends like, Everything’s really, really not cool. “The Maenads are my attendants. I love these guys.”

The Maenads cheered and twirled around him. Several produced goblets from thin air and began to chug…whatever was inside.

The girl in red looked uncertainly at Piper and Jason. “Lord Dionysus, are these two sacrifices for the party? Should we rip them to pieces?”

“No, no!” Leo said. “Great offer, but, um, you know, maybe we should start small. With, like, introductions.”

The girl narrowed her eyes. “Surely you remember me, my lord. I am Babette.”

“Um, right!” Leo said. “Babette! Of course.”

“And these are Buffy, Muffy, Bambi, Candy—” Babette rattled off a bunch more names that all kind of blended together. Leo glanced at Piper, wondering if this was some sort of Aphrodite joke. These nymphs could’ve totally fit in with Piper’s cabin. But Piper looked like she was trying not to scream. That might’ve been because two of the Maenads were running their hands over Jason’s shoulders and giggling.

Babette stepped closer to Leo. She smelled like pine needles. Her curly dark hair spilled over her shoulders and freckles splashed across her nose. A wreath of coral snakes writhed across her forehead.

Nature spirits usually had a greenish tinge to their skin from chlorophyll, but these Maenads looked like their blood was cherry Kool-Aid. Their eyes were severely bloodshot. Their lips were redder than normal. Their skin was webbed with bright capillaries.

“An interesting form you’ve chosen, my lord.” Babette inspected Leo’s face and hair. “Youthful. Cute, I suppose. Yet…somewhat scrawny and short.”

“Scrawny and short?” Leo bit back a few choice replies. “Well, you know. I was going for cute, mostly.”

The other Maenads circled Leo, smiling and humming. Under normal circumstances, being surrounded by hot girls would’ve been totally okay with Leo, but not this time. He couldn’t forget how the Maenads’ teeth and nails had grown just before they tore the drakon to shreds.

“So, my lord.” Babette ran her fingers down Leo’s arm. “Where have you been? We’ve searched for so long!”

“Where have I—?” Leo thought furiously. He knew Dionysus used to work as the director of Camp Half-Blood before Leo’s time. Then the god had been recalled to Mount Olympus to help deal with the giants. But where did Dionysus hang out these days? Leo had no idea.

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