A/N: I am actually almost finished this story, so expect regular updates...and I am sorry for the sloppiness of the first...five paragraphs. There is no excuse except that I tried to edit the best I could but it still came out...weird. :/
Chapter 1
I huffed and glared at my hands, as my Aunt jabbered on about a 'scandalous' woman she had caught wearing a short skirt. I glanced at the clock, "Hey Auntt Gillian, can I go now? Aaron is waiting for me." She sent an impatient glare at me, then sighed, "Bloody thirteen year olds! Fine, don't stay their for too long Orion." She told me. I gave her a small grin and hurried out the door.
I lived with my Aunt Gillian and always-working Uncle Nathan. My mother had died in childbirth, while my father had drowned on one of the Navy ships. My shoulders sagged as I trudged down the lane too my best friend's house, the thoughts seemed to be weighing me down. A vicious growl, erupted in the bushed next to me. I froze, and turned towards the sound slowly, it was a dog the size of a truck, with large red eyes. It snarled at me again, and made to leap at me, but I dodged it instinctively, but slid onto the ground as it began to rain.
I cussed, and the rain hammered harder, as the Hell sent dog drooled as it bared it's teeth at me. Again it made to lunge at me, but as it's muscles bunched it turned into golden dust, "Wha?" My jaw swung open, seeing Aaron with a glowing golden sword stood behind . He smiled half-heartedly at me, "That was a Hellhound." he groaned, and covered his face, the sword shrinking into an action figure. I eyed him suspiciously, "Good prank." I scowled.
His face seemed surprised, "You are kidding! You didn't see that giant-" "Yes I saw it. It was a prank, wasn't it?" I asked, uncertainty rich in my voice, it looked very realistic, but I was still waiting for someone to pop out of the bushes and yell, 'We got you.' But nobody did, and Aaron replied, "We need to go to Camp Half-Blood, it's closest." He told me, pulling me away.
We arrived, and I had been given a brief on his- well now my- world. It had been ten years since the war of the Earth Born, and the Seven (including a boy named Nico and some other faithful demigods such as Will who became god of Archery and Healing) had been given immortality, and sent back in time to learn their duties. Aaron was a son of Jason. Jason was the god of lightning, flight and friendship with his on and off girlfriend Piper being the goddess of accidental love, hope and wishes. Annabeth was goddess of Architecture, battle strategy and intelligence. Nico was god of shadows, determination and orphans, with Leo (who was dating Calyspo) being the god of fire, playfulness and inventions. Frank was god of soldiers, hard decisions and change with his wife being Hazel, the goddess of gentleness, gold and speed. Last but not least was Perseus, or Percy, who was god of heroes, Tides, loyalty, animals and other things I couldn't care to remember.
"Orion?" Aaron asked, and I snapped out of my day dream, "Yeah?" Aaron pointed to the tree with a golden fleece on it, "We're passing through the border now." I nodded, about to ask why, when a person on pegasus swooped down to greet us. "Hi, I'm Butch, son of Iris." The twenty something year old greeted us. I felt a rush of adrenaline run through me and I smiled, "Hi, I'm Orion." I held out my hand for him to shake as he clambered off the horse. "Horse?" The pegasus snorted. My eyes widened in shock, "Did you guys hear that?"
The two looked at me weirdly, "Hear what?" "Yo boss, better not tell them you can hear me. Other boss needs to keep you safe, just play it cool. Oh, and I am MidnightStreak, the son of BlackJack, so I am awesome, and not a horse!" The black pegasus told me. I gulped, "Er, nothing." The two looked confused, then Butch shrugged, "I'm surprised you haven't been claimed yet, Percy's always been avid about it, ordering the other gods about." He chuckled. "It is your dad right?" Aaron asked. I nodded, "My mother was definitely a mortal, she died in child birth while my dad-" "Careful there boss, no clues about your dad, please." "-he went missing a couple of weeks before."
Aaron nodded, "Okay, well, it's about dinner time, you can sit with me on Jupiter's- I mean Zeus' table, no one really minds anyway." Butch waved slightly, "I'll be going." "See ya later boss! Whistle when you need me!" I grinned at the pegasus as it soared away with the demigod on it's back. "You seemed infatuated with that horse, I mean, you practically stared at it the whole time." Aaron commented. I shrugged it off, "He was beautiful, and remember I've never seen a pegasus before." I reminded him, still confused with what MidnightStreak had told me, Why couldn't I tell anyone what I knew about my father?
"And you zone out again." Aaron rolled his eyes at me. Scowling, I muttered, "So sorry, this is just a little to take in!" The son of Jason nodded, "Sorry, I forgot you were a newbie to all this." He told me, gesturing to the whole camp as we neared the tables. Nobody sat at the Zeus table, I noticed with interest, nobody but Aaron. As I sat down their were whispers spreading around the tables, and people sending me glares, and others friendly smiles.
The tall man (who looked as if he were in his late twenties) from the Poseidon table got up, and walked over to where the Centaur was standing. "Good evening campers!" Everyone erupted into cheers and the man grinned, his sea green eyes glinting in joy, "So, how is everyone?" There were yells of 'Good' and 'Awesome'. The man swept his gaze along the campers, and finally giving me a supportive smile, then quickly darting his eyes away, "So for all those new campers, hi, I'm Percy, god of heroes blah blah blah. Okay so pretty much I come every Friday night to say hello and to make sure everyone is claimed and to acknowledge them."
I looked around wide eyed, this was the Perseus? He grinned, "Kia, daughter of Nyx, goddess of the Night, I'm not sure how she got laid but- oh well." The campers laughed at the joke, and a pretty Asian girl walked up and stood next to the god. "Okay, Jeremiah, son of Hephaestus, god of fire and blacksmithery!" A buff dude stood up and plodded next to the Asian girl. "Janelle, daughter of Persephone, goddess of flowers- I mean springtime." A dainty girl stood up from the Demeter table and hoped up beside him, flowers bursting to life in her wake.
"And last but not least, our newest camp member, Orion, who is currently unclaimed for reasons his father would not like to share." I felt my face heat up, as everyone stared at me. "Why is he sitting at Zeus' table then?" A rude Aphrodite boy demanded. I groaned and buried my face in my hands, with him answering, "Because Aaron is his friend, oh and Orion, you can sleep in my cabin tonight." Perseus told me, his eyes filled with guilt. He sighed, "Also, as demigods you should know that a precious artefact of Ares-" He scowled at the name Ares, ausing me to surprise a smile, "-that he needs soon or the world will erupt into unconditional war and carnage, even the God of War Ares doesn't want that. Rachel will deliver the prophecy tomorrow for the quest to find it." There were cheers, but also low murmurs of fear.
Who I hoped was Chiron stamped his hooves for silence, "As you know next Friday is Capture the Flag, so all new campers ask the older kids for lessons and weapons." Everyone cheered, then stood up, ready to leave. Everybody raced out and I sighed, "I guess no dinner for me then-" "Nah ah, you will eat your greens." Perseus grinned at me, from beside me. Both Aaron and I jumped when we realised he was there. He gestured to the now full plate and sighed, whispering softly, "I am sorry."
I looked down at the plate in shock, it was full of roast meat, baked vegetables and gravy. I looked back up to thank the generous god, but found him gone. "You have to offer some to the gods by burning it, as a sacrifice." Aaron told me. I stood up in the nearly empty pavilion and swiftly hurried towards the fire. A young girl sat tending the fire and I grinned at her in greeting, "Hello, I'm Orion." I introduced myself.
She smiled at me softly, then gestured to the fireplace, "I am Hestia." I furrowed my brow, where had I heard that name before? I looked towards the flames, and scrapped some food into the fire, For whoever you are dad, please claim me, or send a sign. I expected it to smell disgusting, but it didn't, it smelt even more awesome than it did on my plate. I gave the beautiful young girl a lopsided smile and walked back to Aaron's table, a warm feeling of security and comfort curling in my stomach.
He watched me eat with amusement, and when I was done the plate disappeared. "Cool." I muttered and followed him to Perseus' Cabin. "You'll be staying here tonight." He gestured to a tall building, that looked much like Poseidons' except for the carvings of heroes fighting. "Wow." I whispered. Aaron nodded, "Yeah wow. You can pretty much sit anywhere you want until you're dad claims you." I sighed, "If he does."
Aaron gave me a half-hearted smile, "You'll be claimed...umm, Orion, I have to go back to Camp Jupiter tonight so...see you around?" He scampered away before I could say anything. I sighed, my resolve to be strong crumbling, and my shoulders slumped forwards as I entered the cabin. It was beautiful, I would give the god points for that, but it just helped the feeling of loneliness overwhelm me. I sprawled myself onto the closest bed, kicking my shoes and socks off. I stared at the ceiling, and watched at the mighty hero slew an Earthborn with help of a Cyclops, a statue god and a Hellhound. I grinned at the unlikely scene, and even though I wasn't tired, I slipped into sleep.
A/N: Thanks for reading!
