Fanfiction: More Than It Seems
Percy Jackson and the Olympians: Book 2: Sea Of Monsters
Chapter 1:
I was in the trees, shooting off the arrows, trying to see a weak spot, anything to help. "Stay out of this weirdo!" Clarisse yelled and dodged the raging bull. "H, Move!" Travis called and I barely missed the fire as it was consuming the tree. I hit the ground in a roll and hit my bow, transforming it into a sword. I sliced the back leg of one of the bulls, but it was barely a scratch.
I dodged the other one and noticed three figures running our way. Clarisse was trying to get her warriors into formation, but only got about six. I switched back to my bow and notched a light blue arrow, then fired it at the charging bull. It hit and then bubbles starting foaming from the arrow and the bull started running in circles.
The arrow vanished, then the bull was angrier than before, charging right at me. I switched the sword once more, then sliced upwards as it slammed into me. A huge gash appeared, but I was thrown back by the sheer force of the metal beast and hit a tree. "Connor! Get her!" Travis yelled and I was shielded by a tall figure, then picked up. "I'm fine." I tried to say, but my voice was lost in the battle.
He was running with me, I felt his breathing change as he would slow down or pick up the pace. "Just hold on. Stay with me." he mumbled, then we were thrown to the side because he couldn't dodge the flames without falling. Something hit my side and I gasped at the pain, then realized that he wasn't near me. "Connor! Hesperia!" I heard Travis yell and then I realized that one of the bull's were running this way.
I glanced and saw Connor, he was knocked out, Travis was running for us, but a tree fell and he was blocked. We were too far to get help from anyone else that wasn't already busy with the other bull. I realized that I was on my own, so I grew my bow and winced at the pain that pulling it back caused. "Just run!" I heard someone yell at me, but I would never leave them.
I locked on it, almost at me, I could feel the heat almost burning my skin, like a tingle. It didn't slow down or change, but was locked on me. I launched my arrow, but it just got stuck in it's shoulder. I tried to dodge it, but my legs weren't fast enough and it caught my feet in mid-roll, spinning me against the roots and dirt. I almost screamed at the pain, but bit my lip instead, refusing to let them know I was in so much pain.
I found my bow, changed it into my sword and slowly made my way to my feet, barely standing. The bull was already running toward me again, I slowly decided and started to twirl the sword until it was just a blur. I slammed it into the ground, half way to the hilt and the ground shook, then a bright light consumed me and the bull just as it reached me, then the ground stopped.
I slowly opened my eyes and found myself in the hospital tent, surrounded by other wounded warriors. "Oh gods and goddesses! She's awake! Travis!" I heard voices around me, footsteps and then I was being eased into hugs. "Con? Trav?" I whispered and their faces quickly came into my view. They both kissed my cheeks and I saw their eyes were red, like they had been crying.
I sat up and I saw Percy, Annabeth and a boy I hadn't seen before staring at me. "What was that?" Percy asked and I tried to move off the bed, but Travis gently pressed me back down. "Just rest for now, we can talk later. Percy, y'all get outta here." he seemed to be in a bad mood and they quickly left. I tried to smile, but my whole body felt like I had just been used as Cerberus's chew toy for like 300 years. "What were you thinking?!" Travis whispered harshly at me.
I sighed, they were both so protective of me, over the last summer, they acted as if I was such a fragile thing that couldn't so much as carry a bag of food. "I'm not as easily broken as you think." I felt like I hadn't spoken in years, but gently touched his face, then took his brother's hand. "You both need to understand that I'm capable of taking care of myself. Yes, I'm sorry I got careless today, but I can still fight."
"You don't know do you?" Conner asked and I blinked at him, not understanding. "Hesperia, look at yourself." Travis gently pulled the covers back and I gasped at the state of myself. Every inch of my body was wrapped in bandages from my ankles to my chest and my arms too. "You nearly died!" Conner said and I noticed he had many bandages of his own. I blinked, was I able to actually die?
I had never thought about it, I was immortal in the sky, but when Zeus formed my human form, did it also mean I was capable of dying? I looked at them both and smiled as best as I could. "I'm immortal guys, I can't die." I tried to sound as sure as I could, and just hoped they would believe me. They shared a look and nodded, then each of them kissed my cheeks, standing up. "We will be back, gotta help some campers and stuff." I nodded, relieved that I would have a moment alone.
I tried to move my legs as soon as they were gone, but it was terribly painful. I sighed, guess I was stuck in bed for a little while. I thought about what had started happening since last summer. Chiron was fired because Thaila's tree had been poisoned by we assumed Luke, son of Hermes. Her tree was dying and nothing would be able to heal it. I had secretly tried almost every night, while no one was around of course.
My powers were useless, heavenly to the Gods and Goddesses, but they had no effect on the protector of the borders. Travis, Conner and I had decided to stay at camp instead of going out into the real world. My sweet protectors, my strange relationship with them both. Mr. D still disliked me since last summer when I was still angry and took it out on everyone. Tantalus had quickly replaced Chiron and kinda freaked most of the kids out, after all, how could he not?
I sighed and slowly touched my face, feeling the bandages on my cheeks and forehead. I sat there staring into space until nightfall, when Travis and Conner returned, shaking their heads. "Poor Percy!" I blinked, "What happened to Percy?" they turned to me and sat on each side of me. "Poseidon claimed another… son." I jerked my head to stare at Travis, but winced at the pain it shot through me. "Poseidon had another child?" I couldn't believe it! I swear I was going to kill that god for breaking the pact again.
"So wait, why is this bad?" I asked and they shared a look, "H, Percy's brother is a Cyclops." I was dumbfounded for a moment, then smiled. "Ah I see now…A Cyclops…" I thought about the guy that was in here earlier with Percy and Annabeth. "That was the boy earlier?" they nodded and I rubbed my hands together, trying to see if it would hurt too much.
"Hey it's late, do you want us to stay with you tonight?" I shook my head gently. "You are both head of Hermes cabin now, you need to be there for the other campers. I'll be fine, I'm not getting outta this bed anytime soon, it just hurts." they nodded and Conner tried to hide a yawn. "Now please, go to bed, I will see you both tomorrow." I kissed each of their cheeks and they got up, but paused at the door. I nodded and then sighed as soon as they left. My entire body was sore, but I pulled myself into a sitting position.
"I hope you know what you are doing Hesperia…" I mumbled to myself and slowly twitched my toes, then started on my ankles after that. (4 hours later) I smiled to myself as I threw my legs off the bed, I healed quickly and I was determined. I tried to stand, but stumbled and bumped into a table, then fell completely onto the ground, making crashing sounds. The nightly border patrol was Percy that night and he must had heard and ran into the room to find me. "What are you doing?" he asked, staring at me trying to get up.
