1600 years ago was the end of the second Titan war. It ended with the destruction of the titan lord Kronos and the death of the hero Percy Jackson. No one really knows what happened to the hero because his soul never made it to the underworld and no body was ever found. Even after all this time. A statue was built at Camp Half-Blood in his honor. Everyone thought that with the defeat of Kronos everything would go back to normal. If only. Chaos is the only reward that came from that war. It didn't happen all at once though.
Well first off during the war the bridge between Olympus and the mortal world had collapsed and they all thought that it would be repaired when the gods had won. It never happened. Now the gods had to stay in the mortal world because Olympus couldn't move to another country nor could the gods live on it. They adjusted to the mortal world they were forced to live in and they got to be with their children more often. So they were content.
Then the mist started to deteriorate. Mortals became aware of the presence to the gods. Riots ensued shortly after and war was declared on the mythological world. Demigods were forced to flee from their homes to Camp to avoid being killed by the mortals. Later they learned of the existence of Roman demigods and both sides were having such a hard time defending themselves against the mortals that they set aside their old rivalries to join forces to survive the onslaught. For a while the Greeks stayed in New Rome with the Romans until the camp and city were destroyed and they all had to go to Camp Half-Blood. Unfortunately that was no longer there either.
The weather and climates have got all wacky since the war and natural disasters have increased to a leave not seen in all of recorded history. The gods could do nothing to stop it. When New Rome was destroyed the gods and demigods found that the east coast had been swallowed by the sea shorty after they had gone west and that the temperature was more tropical than it should have been. It had been a century and a half since they had been there and in that time the trees in a swamp-like area had grown accustom to the oceanic salt water and were really tall and strong. With that they built a new base that was in the trees above this swamp land that had up to fifty feet deep water in some places. If they had to go inland for something they took boats through the swamp.
The mortals couldn't find their new home and so they stopped the war and went on to try and fix the world that had broken. Peace became the norm throughout the world and it lasted a good long time. Demigod numbers slowly started to go down since the gods couldn't go out into the mortal world as much as they had been able to before everything went to hell but there were still some that managed to. Other demigods just got together and had kids to keep the small population they had going.
Me, I was one of the few demigods to have been born in the hell called the 'New Age'. At least I wasn't born when all the mortals were hunting us down to extinction; I was born a hundreds of years after. The year is now 3647. My name is Andromeda 'Andy' Wilx, the first child of Poseidon to be born since the last one died. That was back during the second titan war if you were wondering. Poseidon is very protective of me and as much as I love him, I hate that he never lets me do anything dangerous or even remotely fun. This is why I took to sneaking off whenever the chance arose. That's how I came to find my two favorite places and why I was at one of them right now.
It was night time and that made everything darker than it normally is in this place. Not that it really bothered me since I can see underwater naturally. Yes, I am underwater and I can still breathe and see what's around me. Perks of being a sea brat. The place I was at used to be above the water. Most of the building that were here are now mostly gone and the ones that remained are covered with sea plants and providing homes to different creatures. Some of them are very territorial. There were also some ruined marble columns that may have made up a pavilion. All those didn't matter to me though only the statue that was here did. It was of a guy that was around the same age as me, maybe a little older, and he wielded a sword as if about to kill a monster. I haven't been able to find anything saying who he was or why he was placed here in the first place. He was a mystery to me.
This statue was the reason I kept coming back here. I wanted to know but never got any answers. It was a great place to think though even if I never got the answers that I wanted about him I always was able to come up with answers to my other problems. I might have even started talking to the statue after a while but I think that's ok as long as it doesn't answer back. He was very helpful when I had gotten my first boyfriend who then promptly broke up with me a month later, his nose is now permanently crooked.
Today though I didn't come to wallow in my miserable life or solve a problem I have. Only here for the company of my statue guy. He never judges me, though sometimes I swear he laughs at me when I tell him about something stupid I did. He's my friend and he'll always be here for me and I like him for that. Gods I think I falling in love with a statue. My life is so messed up.
Before i knew it dawn was almost here and I had to get back to base before my father figured out i wasn't there. Saying goodbye to my statue I took one last look around at everything and it was really peaceful. Sea life swam lazily through the fields of seaweed that swayed gently in the ocean currents. Then i moved the currents to take me home.
It took about an hour and a half to get back and by that time the sun had risen and I knew that I was going to get in trouble. As I surfaced next to the docks I was proven right when I saw Poseidon standing there. Neither of us said anything as I pulled myself up next to him. We stood in silence for a few minutes as i waited for him to say something. Finally I couldn't take the silence anymore so I broke it.
"So, nice weather today, huh?" I asked.
"Where were you?" he asked me instead of answering my question but at least he's speaking to me. "Do you have any idea how worried I was? I've been wondering for hours what might have happened to you and all you have to say is 'nice weather'?" I stood there in silence before he sighed. "I don't want to lose you Andy. Don't do this again." Then he turned and headed up the steps into the treetops.
Around me steam came up off the water as the sun rose higher in the sky and heated up the surface. It was a while before I moved from where I was standing on the docks. Sitting down at the edge I put my feet back into the water. That was where I was when my aunt Hestia found me. She sat down next to me.
"He does love you Andy. You know that right?" Hestia asked me softly.
"Yeah, but I wish he would trust me more to look after myself." I told her and she wrapped an arm around my shoulders.
"He still upset about his last child's fate Andy. He doesn't want the same thing to happen to you. Now come on let's get you feed." She said and pulled me off the dock and up the steps.
It was truly amazing how our home looked even though it was in a swamp and in the trees. The main war council area was the largest part of the entire thing but it also the most important. That was where the gods and other leaders had their meetings. The second largest was the mess hall. Then there were the training buildings and armories and living quarters. We also had some buildings to use as class rooms as Annabeth thought it was important for us to still learn. None of the buildings were too fancy but they all still looked nice and they were functional. Rope and plank walkways and bridges connected all the structures together so we can still get from one building to the next. There were even some zip lines if we really needed to get someplace quickly. Unfortunately we weren't allowed to play on them.
Together Hestia and I headed to the mess hall where most people liked to hang out if there was nothing else to do. I got my food and sat down at one of the tables and Hestia went to talk with Demeter and Annabeth. Who is Annabeth? Some of the gods that were alive back in the titan war faded so they were replaced by younger blood. Athena was the goddess of wisdom and after the war her daughter Annabeth was made immortal and when Athena faded a few centuries after Annabeth took her place in that role. Others that were replaced were Ares by his daughter Clarisse, Zeus by Jason who was his son from his roman aspect, Travis and Conner took over for their father Hermes, the love goddess was replaced by one of her daughters named Piper, and a few of the minor gods but not all of them were replaced though.
About half way through with my meals some of the other kids my age came over to where I was. It was Zack and his 'friends'. Zack is a son of Jason and the others were also children of the younger gods. You still don't want to mess with them. They are mean and violent. So I try to avoid them as much as possible.
"Hey, sea-spawn. I heard you got in trouble with your father today." Zack jeered. "If you weren't such a disappointment to our people maybe he'll like you more."
"Hey Zack, maybe if you had a brain you wouldn't have lost a fight to a girl." I shot back at him. It's true he did lost a fight against a girl. That girl being me. Then my father showed up and I got in trouble because I was fighting when he doesn't want me to. The reason I won was because the guy was an idiot and let his guard down and I managed to trip him.
"You cheated in that fight." He growled. "It doesn't count."
"Keep telling yourself that."
"Zack let her be for now, we have to get to sword training or else we'll be late." Kevin, one of his friends and a son of Conner, said. He didn't seem to happy that his tormenting session with me was being cut short but he was the son of a roman and the king of the gods so he couldn't be late to anything without getting chewed out for it by his father. Poseidon was a little more lenient on that type of stuff. At least for the first time or if your late so many times that it's useless to even try, like with me.
They left me alone and I finished eating in solitude. After that I went to Annabeth's library to avoid everyone. She let me stay in there all the time even if I had someplace else I had to be but didn't want to go. I started reading Treasure Island for the umpteenth times and fell asleep within a few chapters. That was when I had a strange dream, even by my standers.