Hello everyone, this is killer shadow15. please note that this is my first ever story, so pleas read and review. This story is about a young Greek boy living his eventful life.
My name is Logan, and this is my story. I was only the age of 4 when my mother, Alexis, died of a strange illness. I was removed from here so I didn't get sick. Oddly enough, I never knew my dad, but I feel like he is watching over me, keeping me safe. After my mother's passing, I was given to a pair of farmers who were very kind to me. My foster mom's name was Mary. Mary was very compassionate when it came to my well being. If I did harm, or caused mischief, she never punished me or got mad. My "Dad" was quite the opposite, he would always joke around, but he was fairly strict when I would be out playing, if I wasn't home on time, he made me regret it. But I still love them as if they were my real parents.
One day, while i was in town selling milk and eggs, a man tried to take my 20 drachmas I had obtained through selling milk and eggs, then the royal guards of king Philip II tackled him to the ground and arrested him. Then out came His Royal Highness, king Philip II. He walked up to me, knelt to my height, and asked "Son, are OK?". I responded "Yes, sir. Yes I am. But may I ask you a question?" with a gleam of awe in my eyes. He responded with a smile and a nod. I asked him "What are you doing this far away from your palace? And why did you help me? Nobody else did.". He gave a slight chuckle and heaved a sigh and told me that he was here to buy livestock entered in the market. I was in awe. He had everything. From the finest foods, to the finest clothes, yet he came all this way to buy a peasant's cattle! Then he asked me if I had any cattle in the market. I told him no, but I was selling other items for my "parents". He asked "Well, if you don't mind, i would love to see what your parents are selling." I told him that I sold all that I had brought, but I would be willing to bring some more. He was delighted. i quickly ran home and got the rest of our surplus items such as milk, eggs, spun wool, and sweaters for the cold seasons. when I arrived where i met the King, there was a small crowd while the king made a speech on how he saved me from the thief. When I managed to push past the people, he walked up to me and picked me up saying "This young man, this brave young man has been blessed by the gods. He is a fine young man, he is kind and a craftsman! As you can see from this small statue of Zeus, his attention for detail is tremendous!" As he said all this, everyone had smiles on their faces, and some were even counting out drachmas! After all the excitement settled down, i asked if the king would have dinner with my parents. He thought about it, smiled and ruffled my hair and said sure.
When we arrived at home, Dad came out, he had a look of fury, that is until he saw King Philip. When he saw the king, he had a look of fear in his eyes until he saw us talking and smiling, laughing. When we reached Dad, he bowed his head and asked " Your Highness! To what do we owe the pleasure of your visit?! Did Logan here do something to offend you!?" As he asked, he shot me the evil eye. Philip just stood there shaking his head. "Quite the opposite mister….?" "Sorry sire, the name is John! This is my wife Marry. Wow, this is so unexpected! We are so unprepared!" I was smiling and shaking my head as my parents just had a look of complete and utter shock. After the introductions, we all went inside and had beef stew, a rare but amazing delicacy in our house. When we all finished diner, King Philip told my parents how we crossed paths and that I was an amazing craftsman. When he said the part about my crafting skills, i had face palmed myself, remembering that I didn't want my parents to know about that skill. They looked at him quizzically as he pulled out the Zeus statue that he had bought from me for over 30 drachmas. They looked at the statue unable to believe that I, a 13 year old, was able to create something of such beauty and elegance. As they looked between the statue and me, they had a look of pure shock and a look that I have never seen. It looked like they were so very proud, not even the worst of things from pandora's box could dampen their spirits.
After Philip told his story, he asked "How did you two come across a child of talent like Logan? He told me that he was adopted by you, but never went into detail." After he said that, i had the oh so familiar feeling of sadness and pain that I have tried to for many years. After a fairly long silence, the King shifted uncomfortably in his seat. Then Mary was the first to speak up and say that after giving birth, my true mother, Alexis, had contracted a fatal illness and fought it for many years before she was forced to give me up for my own safety. After 2 more years of her fighting it, Hades appeared before her and gave her a safe trek to the fields of asphodel to spend an eternity at. After hearing our terrible tale of woe, Philip had a sad look on his face. After a few seconds he asked "Is there anything I can do to help? If there is, please let me know." My parents looked at each other as if they are having a mental conversation. I'm not sure what else happened because Mom and Dad sent me out of the room. While wandering around the house and found myself in my 'workshop'. As i looked around, i noticed a figure I had never seen before. It was a 6ft statue of Poseidon. As I looked at it, I felt that same feeling like someone was watching over me. When I left my 'workshop' I headed pack to my parents and the King. When I got there, I noticed Mom and Dad were crying. I looked at the king with a confused look. He looked at me with a sad smile. Mom and Dad walked over to me and gave me a hug as they were apologizing. Among the mumbling I heard "We will miss you very much, Logan. We are very sorry son." When i heard that, I was mortified. I jumped back a few feet when I heard that and demanded answers. Mom chimed in and said "Logan, The King asked us if there was anything he could do to help, so we thought about it and…" "We think it's best if you go with King Philip." My dad finished. I had a look of terror thinking that they didn't want me. Then the look they gave me, reassured me that it was not for the reason I thought it was, but there was still pain. I could tell the King was reluctant to take me away from them after all that happened. That was 2 years ago.
Now a days I'm considered King Philip's new son, or the son he never had. Life has been good to me, don't get me wrong, but i still miss John and Mary, but the last i ever heard of them, they were sailing to the island of Crete and not one word sense then and that was a year ago to the day. As I'm thinking about all of this, I fall asleep. As I'm dreaming, I see the 12 Olympians in their throne room on . I could tell they had been arguing, but about what, I'm not sure. Then after about 5 minutes, they look at me, and I see Poseidon look at me, smile and mouth "Time to wake up son." I wake up in a cold sweat. His words ringing throughout my head. Son. Son. Son. The realization hit me like a ton of bricks. I am a demigod! I was so scared, I ran out of the palace, and into the forest. As I climbed in a tree, I started sobbing, I don't know why though, maybe it's because everything I knew about my life was a lie.
Out of the blue, I heard a deep bellowing and low growling. I looked around and saw a massive lion snarling, and slowly crawling at me with a determined look in his eyes. I gasped in fear and shock. when I tried to crawl away, it roared and I froze. Then it lunged. As it came at me, i jumped out of the tree running for my home. When I thought I lost it, i stopped running, and took a took at the sky. What I saw scared me more than the lion. The Kingdom was on fire! When I reached it, there was flames and bodies everywhere. As I stared in at the destruction, I noticed that there was hoof prints from a wild boar that looked to be 10 feet tall and some horse hoof prints. As I ran to the castle, I see the creatures that caused all of the destruction. At the palace doors, I see a large maybe 20 foot tall wild boar. And with it, about 10-20 half horse-half man creatures firing arrows at the boar taking it down. As the horse-men are finishing off the beast, I turn to run, but I see the lion that chased me in the forest, on the outskirts of the kingdom running at me. I turned and ran for my life. within 2 minutes, I was nearing the palace doors with the creature right behind my screaming form as I'm running. The horse-men things hear my screams, the turn around and see the lion right behind me. They all start running to me. When they reach me, one picks me up and puts me on his back and turns around. After that I'm sure that I passed out on the creature's back. When I wake up, I'm sitting on a patch of grass surrounded by the horse-men. When the realized I was awake, they looked at me, bowing. One of them stepped forward, and spoke. "I am Nessus, the Centaur. My brothers and I are the guardians of the human race. When we heard the Erymanthian Boar attacked the town, we came as fast as we could. Unfortunately we could not save everyone. We are sorry, Son of Poseidon." "Wow, my day couldn't get any weirder, now can it?" After about 15 minutes of introductions, I asked "how is it possible that I'm Poseidon's child, and nobody knew?" they responded with an answer that i couldn't quite grasp, but from what I can gather is that the gods can change their appearance to look like whoever or whatever they want. Very complex if you ask me. After that brain melting explanation, we all went out hunting.
They all learned fairly fast that I'm pretty good with a bow. They all seemed shocked that fired off a shot and landed a large deer before them. Once we finished our dinner, all of the centaurs, started telling stories. These centaurs seem more civilized than the stories everyone tells.
After about a week of traveling, I had a dream that Poseidon wanted me to travel to the island of delphi to speak to Apollo. I told the centaurs this, and Nessus said they could only take me as far as the beach. Once we parted, I prayed to Dad for some help, yet like many times before, no reply. After about 3 hours of trying to contact my dad, I finally gave up and started to build a raft out of fallen wood. It was hard, but when I finally finished, I was ready to set sail. among my items were a bow and some arrows the centaurs had given me, a fishing rod, some meat from the Erymanthian Boar and a few jars of I set sail,I could feel as if I could never get lost at sea. I sailed for 4 days, and I finally made it to the island of Delphi. I decided to set up camp on the beach.
As I was fishing for my dinner, I looked to the sea, and saw something rising from the surface. I looked at many, many heads pierce the surface of the ocean. I looked in horror as a multi headed serpent looks at me, then spits acid at me. "Why does everything want to kill me!" I screamed. As I dodged the acid, I noticed a trident made of water appear behind the creature, known as a Hydra, and rocket into my hand. To my surprise, my hand did not go through the watery trident. As I held it, the Hydra almost looked scared. I smiled at this, then threw my weapon at the Hydra. It landed a direct hit, killing it instantly. I walked up to it, and grabbed my tredent from it's gut and saw the the tips were dipped in poison and I thought about taking some of its' poison to help against other monsters.
It took 7 days and 8 nights, but I finally reached the temple of the Sun God. The moment I reached the top, there was a bright flash and Apollo appeared in front of me. I stared in shock, then bowed to him. As I rose, He looked at me and told me that I needed to help my father by killing a beast that comes from the darkest depths of Tartarus, though he never said the creature's name. He did say that the creature would be more determined to kill me than all of the other monsters I have encountered. And with that, he disappeared. I was puzzled by what he meant by "beware the Moon." I found it strange that he said that with a smile.
I walked back to my camp to find a lady with a bow and silver arrows looking at me with a fearful gleam in her eyes. Almost as if she were afraid of me! Now this struck a nerve! I walked up to her and said "What is wrong with me! I've done nothing and yet you treat me as if I was a rabid wolf about to lunge! I have done nothing but kill monsters, and people look fearful!" I looked at this strange woman. She seemed very familiar somehow. After I finished ranting and yelling, she seemed very angry. When she drew her bow, I found that my trident was in my hands even though I left it in my tent. She noticed this and lowered her bow and said "So it is true. you are the son of my uncle Poseidon. I thought they were all overreacting. I am truly speechless. You might be the most powerful demigod ever." I was shocked that I didn't make the connection earlier. My eyes went wide. "My gods! Lady Artemis! Had I known it was you, I…" she cut me off with a wave of her hand. "Calm down child. Had you angered me more, I would have killed you. But you have proved your worth." I looked at her with an annoyed look. For some reason she feared me. I asked her why she was here and she glared at me. I glared back at here, and the fearful look returned. She tried to hide it, but sighed in defeat and said "I am here to present you with a gift. A gift that is very powerful." As she said this, she pulled out an arrow. "I present you with this arrow. When you fire this arrow, you summon me to join you in battle. You only get one shot, so use it wisely." I looked at her with a surprised look on my face. She smiled triumphantly, and disappeared. "I should stop trying to question my life." I put the arrow away and decided I should go to sleep.
I woke up the next morning to people screaming in terror. I ran out with my bow and quiver on my back and my trident in my hand. I ran into a town with a creature that had the head of a lion, body of a goat, and the tail that was a snake. I knew immediately who this creature was. The Chimaera. The Chimaera is one of the most dangerous monsters ever created. I smiled thinking that I finally have a challenge. I drew my bow and fired, hitting it in the leg. It turned around and blasted fire at me. I jumped away and fired more arrows. Each arrow hit it. I soon ran out of normal arrows, and used my trident to defeat the beast. I charged. It tried to kill me th the serpent tail, but I cut it off with my knife. As it reeled in pain, I thrusted with my poisoned trident, killing it. Everyone cheered. I walked around picking up my fallen arrows and shaking hands with happy towns people. They all showed their thanks by giving me more supplies.
The next day, I packed up and started to find my prize. as I walked into the forest, Artemis appeared behind me and told me that I needed to head west to find the beast that I am after. It took a few weeks, but I finally reached the spot Artemis told me to wait at. I looked around and saw bones laying on the ground. I also saw a large lake to my left. Then I was thrown to the ground by a massive creature. It was as tall as the sky itself! I quickly dodged another strike. It was as if Gaea herself put every air, land and sea disaster together into one body. I knew this was the challenge I had been awaiting. I drew my bow and fired every arrow I had. That did next to nothing to kill the creature. I was low on options so I took the jar with Hydra poison and dipped My last normal arrow in it and fired. Direct hit! That hurt the creature! I used my trident and did the same thing. Then I used my gift from Artemis and fired into the air. There was a flash of silver light, and Artemis appeared behind me and gasped. "Typhon! It can't be!" She said in fear. I looked at her confused then she said "I'll explain later! short version is that he is very hard to kill." I soon felt a stabbing sensation in my side. I looked down and saw a spear in my side. I pulled it out and felt week. I gathered my strength and dipped the spear in the poison and stuck the creature in the neck. I then felt very powerful and found an ice sword in my hand. I then charged Typhon. I slashed his legs, then for the final strike, I ran up his arms, and brought my blade down on his head, shattering my blade with shards lodged in the monster's head. Then the creature fell, and I with it.
When I woke up, I saw Apollo kneeling at my side, chanting. I looked around and saw that I was in the Olympian throne room. Then I saw Dad. I looked at him and saw him smiling a sad smile. I was wondering why until I felt pain in my side. I looked up at Artemis and saw tears in her eyes. I tried to stand up, but found I couldn't. I was then picked up Hades and heard him speak. "The boy is dying my brother. He was hit with an ancient poison that nobody, not even Apollo can heal. Dad had a grim look on his face. Artemis had new tears flowing. I spoke up saying "Dad, I am glad I get to see you." I said this with a smile, only making him feel even worse. I looked at Artemis and said "What's wrong Lady Artemis?" she looked at me with asad look and said "I am the protector of the young, and I could not protect you." "What do you mean? I'm still alive." I said, not quite understanding Hades words. Hades said "Boy! Do not be pigheaded! You were hit with an incurable poison." I stared wide eyed at the gods. Everyone was upset. Even Hephaestus, who if the stories are true, was never really a people type. I then felt so weak that I could barely keep my eyes open. I looked at Poseidon with a scared look on my face. He couldn't meet my eyes. I heard Hades whisper "Don't worry Logan I'll make sure you are placed in the Isle of the Blessed." I then felt so scared. I barely had enough strength to say "I will miss you all. Artemis, I hope you will get over my death. I hope I made you proud Dad." I saw that Dad had tearful, sad smile on his face as I lost the strength to keep living. I heard Hades start to cry, and Artemis start to sob, and the other gods hung their heads. Then I felt a surge of strength in me as I heard Poseidon say "Son, I will freeze all the water in Greece to commemorate your sacrifice." Then I felt nothing.
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