AN: Hey guys! Welcome to the sequel of the story, "The Child Of The Prophecy. To those who haven't read that story yet, I suggest you better go and check it out first before reading this. But, if you insist, I won't mind. To those familiar guys who already read that story, welcome! As I said before, I will take a break in writing. But I just can't leave you guys waiting. I'll give you a little treat before I take my break. So here's chapter 1-Prologue!
Disclaimer: I do not own Percy Jackson and the Olympians!
Jason, Grover, and Jasper hid behind a fallen marble pillar. Two Laistrygonian giants are tearing down the possible hiding spots for the three campers. Grover was shivering and Jason peeked at the giants. Jasper was so uncomfortable with the temperature of the ruins.
"Curse it; this place has very little sunlight. Who would live in such place?" Jasper muttered as he brushed snow from his winter jacket. Jason rolled his eyes at the son of Helios
"There is no time, Jasper. We must get that demigod before it's too late."
Jasper just snickered. He hated the environment; it's just not, sunny for him. One pillar crushed down to the floor. The crash echoed through their ears. Grover gripped his reed pipes; the giants will find them sooner or later.
"Jasper, don't!" Jason yelled all of a sudden as Jasper jumped out from their hiding spot. Jasper expertly took a slide in between the legs of one giant and kicked the back of the giant's knee with full force.
"Why did he-" Grover asked as he put his reed pipes to his lips, but Jason cut him off. The son of Zeus stood up abruptly and looked at the demi-titan with disapproval. Grover played his reed pipes and grasses began to sprout and hold the giants' legs on the ground.
"He's too impatient! I was beginning to form a plan!" Jason scowled and Grover stifled a laugh.
"You sound like Annabeth…" Grover whispered to himself but Jason rolled his eyes at the satyr. Jason took out his electric charged bronze sword. Jasper fired a quick blast of light at one giant and it dissolved into dust. He smirked at the golden dust before him but the other giant pinned him to the ground. That the time Jason went to action, he pointed the tip of his sword at the giant and blue lightning blasted to the giant who was thrown back.
"Jason! The storm is getting stronger by the minute! We must search for that demigod, now!"
The snow storm became a lot stronger. Grover tried to steady himself as he stood up. He stared at the overlooking view of the city nearby the rocky mountain. Winter was upon the country this time.
Jason plunged his sword at the giant and it dissolved into dust. Jason walked over to Jasper and lends him a hand.
"Follow the plan next time, Jasper. It won't be as easy as this the next time we face more of those." Jason warned and Jasper averted his eyes from the demigod.
"So, where's the demigod?" Jasper asked, crossing his arms. Jason looked around, he can only see a campfire, remains of the once Temple of Boreas, and a few half eaten raw meat.
"No sign of any demigod" Grover went in, he approached the two. All three of them has looks of confusion painted on their faces.
"Maybe the demigod is the piece of half eaten raw meat there…" Jasper suggested discreetly but the two campers heard him.
"That's gross, Jasper" Grover put his hands on his stomach.
"So not cool, man" Jason frowned at Jasper. As Jason recalled, it was last summer since the camp welcomed the demi-titans. They seem to cope up well to the camp activities, but no one said a word about what happened in Castle Lismono. Jason has not even heard of Leo since then, Piper complains that he promised an IM to the two of them.
"Is the Oracle right about this? I mean, we've been searching for days and yet no sign of any demigod" Jasper complained and Jason cast a cold glare at him
"The Oracle is always right. Rachel can see the future. Hedge the satyr knew that there's a half blood missing in these mountains. I have no idea how he got here, but those giants seem to be much of a threat for any satyr to go in. Weird thing is, Coach Hedge never backs down in a fight, why did he not try to face off these giants by himself? Rachel also saw the whereabouts of that demigod for a reason" Grover explained, wrapping himself with his arms.
The wind howled and more snow fell from the sky.
"We really must go find a better place to stay…" said Grover. The two half bloods nodded in approval. They searched for a place to stay for a while until they stumbled in a cave nearby the camp site of the giants.
"Now I was expecting rocky stalagmites and stalactites in here. Instead, I saw icy ones" Jasper muttered as he looked at the crystal like appearance of the ice. Grover knew that there's something inside the cave. He walked deeper into the ice cavern.
"Grover, what-" Grover shushed Jason and continued walking. The scent became stronger, the satyr walked even briskly. The campers tried their best not to get skewered by any of those stalactites and stalagmites as they venture around the ice cave.
"Wait" Grover made them stop. Jasper groaned and Jason raised his brow. Grover leaned closer to the stack of large ice crystals. His eyes widened as he peeked at the ice.
"Guys! Look at this! He might be the demigod we're looking for!" Jason and Jasper approached the satyr.
As they peered into the ice, they saw a boy. The boy was about the age of 9. He was wearing an old tunic. The boy looked like he was sleeping.
"Grover, that boy might be dead. Look, he's trapped inside the ice!" Jasper protested, but Jason tried to melt the ice by running a bolt of electricity on the tip of his fingers, "What the heck" Jasper sighed.
He used light to help Jason melting the ice. Grover just stood there to watch since he can't do anything to melt the thick ice.
"Grover! I can't believe it! He- he actually has a pulse!" Jasper exclaimed, and Grover took a close look.
"He's freezing we must leave now." Jason said, placing a hand on the boy's cold forehead. Grover immediately took out a drachma and notified Chiron about what they found. Jason carried the boy on his shoulders as the group went out of the cave.
"Oh gods…" Grover gasped as they were approached by a group of monsters. Jasper unsheathed his sword and went ready to fight. Jason gave the boy to Grover.
"Give him some nectar and ambrosia, we'll hold them" he pointed his sword at the monsters. Grover nodded and took out some nectar.
Jason and Jasper charged at the monsters. Jason hacked and slashed through the crowd and made a whirlwind of dracanae in the air. Jasper blinded and scorched some monsters with light. More monsters kept on coming, Jason and Jasper has no idea where they come from. They began to grow weary, but they must defeat this band of monsters to get to camp.
"How? We finished a lot of them already!" Jasper yelled, dodging a dracanae's attack. Jason was pinned to the snow covered ground by one dracanae while trying to defend Grover and the boy. Then a silver arrow pierced through the dracanae. Gold dust fell on Jason; he looked up and saw the Hunters ready their bows and hunting knives for battle.
Flurries of silver arrows shot at the band of monsters, while some Hunters and the two campers fought the remaining monsters until there is no more of them.
Thalia Grace ran to her brother and gave him a hug. A young girl with auburn hair and silver eyes walk to them, Thalia made way to her as she approached Jason.
"No need for formality, Jason. You fought well, son of Zeus. I figured you could use our help when Thalia saw you fighting some monsters. What is your purpose here?" Artemis asked Jason who bowed down before her.
"We are searching for a demigod, Lady Artemis. Apparently, he is not in a good condition right now" Jason explained and Artemis nodded.
"My lady, if I may, can we help them go back to camp? Since we are heading there before you go back to Olympus, I wondered if they could join us…" Thalia suggested though some Hunters looked very disgusted by the idea. Artemis looked a little hesitant but she agreed, much to the other Hunters' dismay.
"Pardon me, my Lady. We are traveling with boys?" Phoebe protested, glaring at every man in the area.
"What so bad about-" Jasper began to argue, "Oh yeah, right. You're Hunters"
As the group discussed, Jason went inside the cave again. The place still intrigued him, how can that kid get lost in the mountains?
"So you found another ally, I believe" Jason unsheathed his sword and turned to see the cloaked boy leaning on the wall of ice. His raven black hair swayed when the wind rushed in and he was wearing his casual black cloak and blindfold.
"What are you doing here?! Are you following us?!" Jason demanded
"Actually, I came here to do the same task as yours. But you got it first, I'm afraid" he answered. Jason knew it was foolish to do this, but he charged anyway.
A small gust of wind pushed him away, Jason staggered to stand from the ground. The cloaked boy took out his bronze sword and lunged at Jason. He and Jason clashed swords.
"Who are you?!" Jason yelled as he shot a blast of lightning at the cloaked boy. A wall of ice shielded him, and then it dissolved into water. Jason's eyes widened, he lunged at the boy nonetheless.
He successfully penetrated the cloaked boy. The boy groaned and his blindfold loosened, Jason saw only one eye for the other one is still covered. But the eye has a color of sea green and looked intensely at him. Jason caught a glimpse that the boy was smirking, that's a bad sign.
Jason was stunned, the boy dissolved into water. Then a pang of pain went through him on his shoulder.
"Honestly, son of Zeus. I don't know who I am" the boy replied seriously as he removed his sword from Jason. Jason plopped down to the floor, he saw the boy walk away through one of the caverns. Then his vision became blurry, he heard Thalia's voice somewhere, calling out his name. No, he must not end yet. There are still a lot of things he's supposed to do; he will bring that kid back to camp along with the Hunters, fight the war alongside with the campers and see Piper again. Not yet, just not yet. Then his vision blacked out.
AN: Okay, this chapter is so-so. But I'll update whenever I feel like it. I would love to hear from you guys again! So read and review please! :D