The forest surrounded them. Backpacks on their backs, trashed clothes, and bloody faces. The two were siblings. The oldest was female. She had black hair with bright purpel and green streaks reaching her shoulders and feathering out. The youngest was her brother. His hair was white with silver and blue streaks. Their bangs hung over their eyes on opposite sides her's on the right, his on the left. Holding hands they walked past the large pine tree and into a clearing. The clearing was full of teens and preteens running around. Cabins streatched out in a 'U' shape and a large house away from those. Tightening their grips on their hands they walked towards the big lone house. On the porch was a man in a floral shirt drinking soda. His expression was bored when he looked to the two new comers it was still bored but he waved a man with wavy brown hair over. The man walked over about to ask a question till he spied the two siblings. Coming around the porch showing that from the waist down he was a horse. As he stepped closer the girl who was in the most tatters stepped in front of her brother with an aggressive expression and stance. Her wounds were large and bleeding making wince at the pain moving gave her. But she staryed strong wanting nothing to happen to her brother. As the centaur walked closer he held up his arms in surrender. The girl loosened her stance but still showed signs of a fight.
"Now, now. Easy. You're safe now. Just relax."
The girl slowly relaxed. But once relaxed she passed out from her injuries. Her brother fell to his knees holding her crying. The centaur picked her up along with the boy and went off at a gallop towards a medical tent.
~Time Skip~
Later when the girl opened her eyes she winced from the brightness. Groaning she lifted her arm to cover them till the pain stopped. With the pain gone after a minute or two she removed her hand now realizing she was covered in bandages. Easing her body into an upright position. When upright she slowly moved her head trying to take in her surroundings. Sighing she slowly got up on her feet, wobbling to a nearby sink she cupped water in her hands and splashed her face. With her face cooled off she looked at herself. Her skin was pale and covered with gauze. Her hair still covered her right eye. Taking a deep breath she slowly moved the hair to show an empty socket. She wimpered and tears left her left eye. Looking at the place where her eye was she started looking around frantically. Her eye turning in its socket till it landed on the opening of the tent. Wobbling as fast as she could on her tired legs she left the tent. Stepping out on a field of green grass. The wind blew in her face and pushed her hair down to cover her eye socket. Looking around she saw a familiar head of white with silver and blue streaked hair. Smiling she started walking towards it but stopped and looked around again. On the ground near the tent was a bronze dagger. Picking it up she hid it in the leg of her pants. As she walked to her brother's supposed location a boy about her age stopped her.
"Hey I heard you're on of the new campers."
She nods as she looked at the boy in the eyes. They were blue like the sea and gave a concerned look her way. The girl didn't want any of this just get to her brother and protect him. But when the boy reached out his hand for a handshake her manners kicked in.
"I'm Percy. Percy Jackson son of Posiden."
"Enderdura. Enderdura WolfQueen daughter of Hephestus."
"Whoa. Now that's cool. How'd you know already?"
Enderdura grit her teeth. She didn't have time for this. She didn't know these people. But her mother told her they could be trusted. Sure but was that true? Her dad was the god of the forge and her mother a key master so their relationship was tolerated but still just barely so she got to see her dad more than most demi-gods. Slowly her right hand was reaching for the dagger. Till her brother's voice made her hand freeze.
"Sissy. You should be resting from all you've done. Come on go sit down."
"Nivis. I'm so glad you aren't hurt. And don't worry about me. I'll be fine."
Enderdura smiled at her little brother and hugged him. She winced at the pain of her injuries. Percy saw this and pulled out a water bottle from a bag on his side. He grabbed her arm and poured the water on it. But as the water moved up her skin turned to rust and made her scream.
"What the Tarterus are you doing!? BAKA!
Enderdura rips her arm away from him scowling. Percy just gave a bewildered and sorry look.
"Sorry. It's just that it works on everyone else. But apparently not on you."
"Oh course it won't work on me and it won't on Nivis either. Water won't heal us."
Enderdura then reached into her pocket and pulled out a lighter. Opening it and lighting she touched the flame to her skin. The skin the fire touched turned gold and looked anatomic. Once the flame left her skin the gold slowly faded revealing healed skin. Enderdura sighed and flexed her hand. Percy just stared in awe at the skin on her arm. He'd never seen a more beautiful way of healing then her's. While still in a daze about the healing he saw Chiron came up to the group of three.
"Ahh. I see the young lady is finally awake. So how are you feeling?"
"Mostly fine. Point me to the nearest forge and I'll be better."
"Why a forge?"
Enderdura scoffs while smiling and shakes her head hand on her forehead. Finishing her little facepalm moment she told Chiron.
"Because my dad is Hephestus. And in Rome he's known as Vulcan. Also god of the forge. Makes Zeus's thunder bolts, all the thrones of Olympus, and so on."
Chiron just stood shell shocked till Enderdura sighed.
"My mom's a key master. So I was able to see him more then other demi-gods. Same goes for Nivis."
Chiron cleared his throat and started walking the group of kids through the filed when a boy with white gold curly hair and glasses was thrown in front of them. He ground then got up saying "I'm okay". Then running back to what he was doing before. Shaking off the brief and random encounter the group walked to a stone out cropping where a small set of stairs led up to a huge forge.(there is going to be a lot of Skyrim references and stuff in this) But the bed was bare and the forge cold.
"This was the place where Hephestus's children would have forged if he had any so it's been eternally cold."
Enderdura and Nivis looked to each other and nodded. Both pulled out a small bottle containing what looked to be lava and red orange salt grains. Enderdura and Nivis opened the little bottles and poured them into the bed of the forge. As the salts and lava mixed together the gorge erupted into flames of many colors before it dided down. Two dragons on the sides of the forge opened their mouths and started to expence materials. One dragons's mouth poured the salt but in three colors. One was the same as the one the siblings poured into the forge, another was white with a hint of blue, and the last was black. All the radiated. The orangs salts heat, the white blue ones cold, and the black static. The salts spilling into three seperate bowls. The other dragon had lava and water flowing from its mouth. The lava into the forge and the waterinto a trough. With the forge giving heat and light a single pillar of fire spurted out of the mouth of the dragon on top of the forge. In the fire a masked man stood in a blacksmith's apron with his hands behind his back.
"Good work my children. You have done well and now I will give you both gifts from your mother and myself."
Hephestus removed his hands from his back and two fireballs exploded on the ground. The rock was surprisingly not damaged but in the place where the ground would've been charred were two objects. One was and 8x8x8 in puzzle box made of cherry wood and gold it looked to be an exact replica from the box in Hellraiser but bigger and with different wood. The other object was a silver mechanical wolf pup.
"The box is for you Enderdura. It's like the box in Hellraiser but afer you complete the puzzle the key your mother gave you will open it. And you'll be surprised how much you can fit in there. The wolf pup is for you Nivis because of the dog you lost. I made you a new one. If he's ever destroyed just rebuild him again. The key your mother gave you acts like a whistle so you can call him to your side. You were each geven extraordinary gifts use them well and know I will always love you as well as your mother.
The dragon at the top of the forge closed its mouth and the firey manifestation of Vulcan dissapated with it. With it gone the siblings picked up their presents. Nivis took the key around the wolf pup's neck and the pup whirled to life. As it stretched its metal body it barked and ran to Nivis. Tears started rolling down his face as he hugged the puppy. With a watery and cracking voice he spoke.
"Thank you dad. Thank you for giving me Kabo back."
As Nivis chocked on his sobs hugging the puppy a smallthin light came from the neck. In flowing cursive the letters spelling Kabo were etched into the metal. Nivis just smiledas more tears streamed down his face onto the metal. When a gentle hand touched his shoulder he looked up and saw his sister. She had her box strapped to her body by thick leather straps around her hips and her key around her neck. A soft smile lighting up her face. Helping her brother up both hugged and looked to the centaur and demi-god with them.
"If you don't mind we'll be staying here from now on. And we can easily make some things that would be beneficial to the camp and campers. That is if you will have us?"
Chiron smiled more than happy to keep these two children of the forge.
"Of course. Welcome to Camp Half-Blood. Children of the Forge."