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nearer, she saw her father standing beside Diana. His hands were on his hips and he didn’t look happy.
    Emily stole a look over to Joel on Chrysaor’s back. He glanced back at her. ‘I think we might be in trouble.’
    Emily was tempted to tell Pegasus to turn around and go back to the palace. But it was too late. With Pegasus glowing in the dark sky, everyone had seen them coming.
    When the stallion touched down on the ground before the three figures, Emily frowned. Standing beside her father and Diana was a third figure that she didn’t recognize.
    Emily’s father came forward to help her down from the stallion. ‘Isn’t there something you want to tell me before you sneak away from Olympus?’
    Emily’s heart nearly stopped. Diana had told him everything. She dropped her head. ‘I’m sorry, Dad. I wanted to tell you, but I know you’ll want to stop me.’
    ‘Darn right I’m going to stop you. Emily, you can’t go back there, it’s too dangerous. What were you thinking?’
    ‘It’s my fault, Steve, not Emily’s.’ Joel stepped in to defend her. ‘I was the one who suggested we go. We told Diana so at least someone would know what happened to us.’
    ‘This is about that stupid racehorse, isn’t it?’
    ‘Dad, listen to me please,’ Emily begged. ‘Tornado Warning looks too much like Pegasus and runs too quickly to be an ordinary horse. You know that. If you didn’t think so, you wouldn’t have brought the newspapers to show us. We need to find out. If there’s even a small chance he’s a clone we’ve got to know. Don’t you see; if the CRU can clone him they can do the same with the other Olympians.’
    ‘Or Nirads,’ Paelen added.
    The third shadowy figure came forward. ‘Do you seriously believe this is possible? The CRU could create New Olympians from our blood?’
    When he moved closer Emily saw how much he looked like Jupiter and Neptune. But his eyes were more intense and as black as the night’s sky. His skin was pale as parchment. This must be the third brother, Pluto. He was the owner of Cerberus and leader of the underworld. She had heard all about him, but had yet to meet him.
    Emily bowed her head respectfully. ‘We’re not sure, sir.’ She turned to her father. ‘Dad, you’ve seen him on TV. Can you say for sure that Tornado Warning isn’t some kind of clone from Pegasus?’
    Emily’s father combed his fingers through his hair. He looked from Diana to Pluto. He shook his head. ‘No, I can’t. Human science is moving so quickly, I have no idea what they can achieve.’
    ‘Don’t you see?’ Emily pleaded. ‘That’s why we must go back there and see for ourselves. If Tornado Warning is just a horse, we can forget all about him. But if he is actually a clone from Pegasus then we’ve got to know. What could the CRU do with an army of cloned Olympians or Nirads? They could take over the world!’
    ‘Or maybe even challenge Olympus,’ Joel added.
    Pluto’s voice dropped. ‘If that horse you speak of really has been created from Pegasus, all of Olympus will be outraged! Jupiter will go to your world to stop them.’ He paused before staring Emily directly in the eye. ‘I will join him. The development of such creatures from our blood must not be tolerated. If this is true and they have created New Olympians, we will have no recourse but to destroy Earth.’

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    Emily looked at Pluto in complete shock. Could it be true? Would the Olympians really destroy her world? Jupiter had always been so generous and treated her like a granddaughter. Would he actually do it?
    ‘It is true.’ Diana looked around and started to whisper. ‘Should my father hear of this, he would not hesitate to destroy your world even before there was proof. I have seen him do it before. Jupiter is capable of anything if it means protecting Olympus and the order of nature.’
    Emily’s father shook his head. ‘But Earth has billions of innocent people and animals. Jupiter wouldn’t destroy