The Olympians and the Hunt for the Goddess of Nature
" Here we are Tyler Half Blood orphanage" Jackson said as he approached a house that looked worn down "Trust me it looks better on the inside than it does on the outside" he continued. Jackson a Satyr a servant to the god of Wine and Parties also known as Dionysus. He was tall had blonde hair and had a slight beard and also wore special shoes that covered his hooves so he could fit in normally in the real world. Tyler was tall, muscular and had sun bleached hair he had gotten from spending hours in the sun. He had just found out his father was none other than Lord Apollo god of the sun, music, poetry, medicine, archery and prophecy.
"Okay Jackson so you expect me to believe that the greek god are real and that the Apollo is my father." Tyler asked still confused. "Yeah that's basically it " Jackson said obviously annoyed. He had been asked the same question for the last 24 hours during the trip from L.A. to Vancouver, Washington. They heard a loud roar as a Cyclops came charging at them from out of nowhere. "WATCH OUT" Jackson shouted rolling out of the way. Tyler looked and the Cyclops grabbed him and threw him against a wall on the other side of the street. Tyler groaned "ow that hurt" he stood up just as the Cyclops went to grab at him again this time he got smart and jumped over the hand wincing from a sharp pain in his leg "dang it must be broken" Tyler though he ignored it and looked around for something to use as weapon.
The Cyclops swung at him and he had to duck under a car to avoid it. He looked up and the sun glared directly into his eyes. He put his hand up to block it out and the beam of light reflected off his hand like a mirror right into the Cyclops eyes. It howled in pain and covered his eye to block the beam of sun. Tyler smirked and charged at the Cyclops leaping onto its back. He then used the sun and directed it to a spot on its hand it howled again and Tyler grabbed a stick from a tree above his head and shoved it into the exposed eyeball and the Cyclops collapsed and disappeared into dust leaving only the eyeball. The other Demi gods who had been watching the whole time looked at him in shock. Tyler finally collapsed from the pain in his leg and blacked out. Hours later he woke up to a young woman approximately 16 years old drinking diet coke using grape vines to wrap his leg in a cast. "ah I see our newest hero has finally woken up hooray" The girl said unenthusiastically.
"Yeah hooray that's the first thing I wanted to seen when I woke up some random girl I don't know wrapping my leg up with vines and really doesn't seam to care if I live or not." Tyler shot back "Look you may be the son of Apollo, but nobody talks to me like that got it?" she said anger burning in her eyes "Hey Selena calm down" said a small fat satyr with a heavy Brooklyn accent. "Sorry phil" Selena muttered "you must be Tyler we've been expecting you for some time now glad Jackson got you here safely I'm Philoctetes but everyone calls me Phil and this pleasant young lady here is Selena Gomez Daughter of Dionysus the god of Wine and Parties" He said "nice to meet you" Tyler said shaking Phil's hand. "Selena can you show Tyler around I have an Archery class to teach. Phil asked "Have Miley do it" Selena said takinga drink from her soda picking up a fashion magazine. Phil groaned "you young lady are so much like your father you wouldn't believe it alright Tyler follow me I'll walk you to the Aphrodite dorm and Miley can take you from there.
"They walked down the long hallway passing doors with different symbols representingt each of the gods. Until they reached a doorway where a tall brunette with hair that reached halfway down her back was arguing with a taller guy with short black curly hair. "NO I will not go out with you Nick" Miley said angrily. "why not I really like you Milez." Nick said "I am a daughter of Aphrodite I can tell who I am meant to be with and it's not you besides I hate you so does everyone else around here even your own brothers and sisters now leave me alone before I make you fall in love with that lamp over there." Miley said glaring at him Nick stormed off to the dorm across the hall way which had the symbol of Ares on the door.
"hey Phil whats up said." Miley said calming down "hey miley meet Tyler son of Apollo can you take him on a tour I have an archery class to teach." Phil asked "yeah no prob now get going the advanced archery class hates it when you're late" Miley said watching Phil walk away. Miley looked into Tyler's eyes but she saw more than his sea green eyes she saw everything about him she looked into his heart and into his soul. "wow" was all Miley could say. "What" Tyler asked with a confused look on his face. "I was saying wow you have a nice set of muscles on you." Miley said smiling. "oh thanks yeah I would spend at least 3 hours a day working out when I lived in California." Tyler bragged, Miley giggled. "god he is so cute" Miley thought "come on let me show you around" Miley said leading Tyler towards the basement.
"why are we going down here" Tyler asked "this is what we call the Ant Hill because under here is where the forge and all the rooms for the minor gods are located." Miley said opening the door and walking down the dark staircase. "wow this is cool so the gods built this?" Tyler asked "well kinda son and daughters of Hephaestus and sons and daughters of Athena did most of the work." They entered a room surrounded by anvils, forges and all kinds of smithing, equipment.
"this is the forge" Miley said as they approached a tall muscular kid with muscles the size of baseballs, singing to himself as he pounded away at the sword he was working on. "HEY JOE" Miley shouted over the banging Joe stopped and lifted the welding helmet he wore up. "hey miles do we have some new blood." Joe chuckled as he wiped the sweat off his brow. "Tyler this is Joseph son of Hephaestus" Miley said getting mesmerized in the movement of the hammer on the blade watching it go up and down. "that's a nice sword you got there" Tyler said "Thanks it's made of Stygian Iron a hard to get substance my dad gave me this last year on my birth day as a gift." Joe said "Well Joey we gotta go I still have to show him the rest of Half-Blood Orphanage and the ant hill." Miley said as she started to walk out Tyler following right behind her.
