Chapter 2

3rd person POV

Late one night, about a hundred people were yanked from their houses while they were sleeping. They didn't have much in common, except that all of them were newlyweds. After a few hours, they were all sent back without any memory of what had happened, and without anybody noticing their absence.

Hera POV

This is perfect, I thought to myself as I watched everybody whom I had chosen. I know what most of you are thinking. No, I did not cheat on my husband. If I can't have demigods, then those mortals are going to have them for me. You see, every person that I have chosen now have a certain gene that they will pass on to their first born child. This gene will make their children just like demigods. Then, I will get them to camp and have them trained.

But why, you might ask, would I steal a child from their parents? Well, I am not going to. These children will actually be duplicates of the real children, except that the duplicate children will be exactly like demigods. No one will have any memory of them whatsoever. My plan is foolproof.

Nine Months Later . . .

(3rd person POV)

Rita Ciyode appeared, seemingly out of nowhere, in the dining pavilion at Camp Half-Blood. She couldn't have been more than a week old, but she looked tough. Floating above her head was the hologram of a peacock. Campers gasped as they took in what this meant: a child of Hera had been born.

Chiron walked cautiously to the empty bench where she was laying, kicking and screaming. As he got closer, he found a note:

Chiron, it said.

This baby, Rita Ciyode, is not my child; however, she is special nonetheless. She is to live in my cabin at camp and be trained when she is old enough. More will follow, and you are to treat them the same way. Do not fail me, Chiron, or you shall feel the wrath of Hera.

-Goddess Hera

Just as Hera had written, more babies came, each with a peacock hologram floating over their head. They all grew up to be strong, brave heroes, just like Hera wanted. They all lead wonderful lives and some of them even had kids with other people, creating more and more heroes. Hera finally had demigods.