Mist erious (Part 1)

Hello everyone, Mist here. I suppose I should tell you a bit about myself, I'm a demigod, simple as. Well it's not that simple really, since my mother is Diana, goddess of the hunt and moon, which means that I'm one of the most hated demigods of all times (and the smelliest apparently). I've managed to last 14 years so far even though the gods will try anything to get rid of me, the only gods that don't seem to want me dead is my mother Diana, Apollo and Mercury.

My demigod life started when i was only 4 years old. Up to that point everyone considered me an orphan, I didn't even have any relatives to go and live with, so i was put in to foster care. However nobody really wanted me since I wasn't your average 4 year old. They would try to lock me in the house, but i would always find a way out because I just couldn't stand being confined to a small space, I needed to be outside. When the family came home they would usually find me high up in a tree or if they had a pet I would be outside playing with them. The family would take me straight back and say that they couldn't handle me because I kept escaping and putting myself in danger. Being so young, I could never understand why everyone would always take me back, I always felt unwanted and uncared for. My parents had abandoned me, no family wanted me and even when I did go to a family, I would be back at the social-services agency within a week, the only friends I had were the animals. They seemed to understand my loneliness, they wanted to help me. But I never realised just how much they could help me, until the unthinkable happened.

It was an ordinary day for me, my foster family had left me at home once again, so I went to entertain myself in the forest behind their farm. I took their german shepherds, Rosie and Jim, with me so we could go swimming, play fetch or something like that. We had been walking for about 5 minutes when they started acting funny, I wasn't sure why, so I just carried on walking ,until they started howling.

"What's wrong guys?" I asked them as I turned around and knelt down beside them.

Rosie looked me straight in the eyes. I could see the distress in her caring, warm brown eyes.

"Wha-" I was cut off by a deafening roar.

I turned sharply and looked up the hill in front of me. I couldn't make out who it was at the top of the hill but it look like a human.

"Helloo-ohh, umm" I stuttered, as the human shape suddenly grew wings and turned to look at me. I'll never forget those eyes, they still haunt me today. They were completely gold and as soon as it looked at me I froze, paralysed. I heard Rosie and Jim barking and howling madly, but then I heard them whimpering and running away. I wanted to call to them, I wanted them to help me, but my voice wouldn't work. The creature tilted its head at me, then to my horror, started too stalk towards me.

Just when it was only 20 yards from me I heard thumping in the distance, I didn't know what could possibly make that amount of noise on its own. But what if it wasn't just one creature? What if it was a massive army of them?!

When the creature was 15 yards from me it stopped abruptly, with a confused expression on its face, it had obviously heard the thumping. For some reason its cold, terrifying eyes drew away from me, to look behind me. A look of horror crossed its face, it looked back at me with pure hatred before quickly leaping in to the air and flying away. Relief washed over me like a warm blanket as I stumbled and collapsed. Just before I blacked out I turned my head to see what had scared the thing away. I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw all the farm animals running towards me, but what startled me the most was that when they reached me instead of barking, neighing or mooing, the animals where talking, shouting, asking me if I was okay. Before I could say or do anything, it all went black.

I woke up to the sound of strange, unfamiliar voices.

"-not possible" One of the unfamiliar hissed, in a angry tone.

"Shhhh, please Lord Dionysus, we are all shocked at this development, none of us thought this was ever possible. However, to our surprise, she is now here. She is so young we could not possibly expect her to understand what has happened" The other voice whispered, much in a much softer tone than the other person, who must have been Dionysus.

"Or what will happen if we don't-"

"Hello?" I said tentatively, as I sat up slowly. My head began to spin though, so I collapsed back down on to the soft bed.

"Careful, careful sweetie, nice and slowly now." The man said as he approached me in his wheelchair "You've had quite an ordeal haven't you? How are feeling now?" He asked politely.

"Umm, I don't know, my head hurts a bit...Who are you?" I questioned.

"I'm Chiron sweetie and this" He gestured to the other man. Who was oddly wearing a very busy, hawaiian shirt and shorts. "Is Lord Dionysus, Mr D for short"

"Yes, well hello. I should be going now, I have some satyrs waiting to play a card game with me outside. Goodbye" And he left, just like that.

"You'll have to excuse Mr D, he has a, uh complicated life" Chiron explained, with a small smirk on his face.

Suddenly I realised that I didn't know where I was so I asked Chiron.

"You're at Camp Half-Blood sweetie, come on, let me show you around"