The story has begun! Thank you to all the support I have received to start this up! I am glad to present the first chapter XD
Disclaimer: I'm not Rick Riordan ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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Dominick Salvatore
Grinning Dominick swung his backpack onto his shoulder. He had finished a surprisingly accident free Junior year and it was finally summer, finally time to return to Camp Half-Blood.
"You sure you don't need a ride?" his dad asked standing at the door with crossed arms.
"Yeah I'm fine, I'll just take the bus to the city," Dominick answered hurriedly as he waved bye and shut the door simultaneously. He always looked forward to summer, especially since school wasn't exactly his forte. Putting his headphones on he walked over to the bus stop with a little hop in his step, and got got to the bus stop just in time as it drove over.
"It's $1.25," the bus driver said as Dominick tried to get on.
Mentally smacking himself he sheepishly smiled. Dom never took the bus, but his parents wouldn't let him bring his car to camp with him. "Do you accept credit card?"
The bus driver looked at him with narrowed eyes as she pointed at the door for him to leave. Dominick sighed and began to open his mouth to charm speak but was interrupted.
"Oh don't worry dear, I'll cover you," an elderly lady said behind him. Turning around he saw the sweetest lady ever who just radiated grandma vibes.
"Thank you so much," Dominick smiled as the bus driver finally let him on. Charm speaking was embarrassingly his best asset in battle along with novice knife fighting, but he felt guilty using it on unsuspecting mortals. Dominick slid into one of the front seats relieved.
"Make sure you have money next time young man," the lady said with a wink as she sat down in front of him.
"Of course, this is a lesson learned," Dominick responded earnestly. It was a short drive from his house to the bus stop in the city, only about 45 minutes. He planned on meeting a friend there who borrowed the camp's van to pick him up.
He mainly listened to music during the ride, but got bored most of the way through and started to look around. The bus was relatively full with only a few open seats in the front where he was. Dom happened to catch the eye of a girl around his age sitting with her friends, which elicited excited chatter and giggles, which he had come accustomed to being a son of Aphrodite. Politely smiling at them he turned back around to face front. Dominick nearly jumped out of his seat to see the old lady turned around and staring right at him with a sweet smile on her face.
"So you off to camp?"
Dominick tilted his head slightly confused, "I'm sorry what was that?" The bus slowed to a stop. "Oh um, sorry this is my stop I gotta go. Thank you so much again for the money" he stood up but was stopped as the old lady stood up in front of him.
Her smile seemed to be growing and seemed to be getting too big for her face. "My children never get to go your camp, nor their children."
Dominick had been exposed to the demigod life and knew something was up. His hand instinctively went to the knife he had in his jacket pocket.
"Oh dear, I was supposed to make this big, but with you being a son of Aphrodite I fear it'll be too easy," she said shaking her head sincerely before she started to morph. Her smile turned into a sneer as her head morphed into that of a dog with a curly haired grandma wig on top, along with a seal body covered in a flower dress.
Jumping back Dominick swiped the knife at the telekhine, only recognizing it from the description Alec, a son of Athena, had given him during a Greek monster lesson. The telekhine easily dodged as it lunged at Dominick baring its fangs. He dove to the side into another empty seat in the knick of time.
"What is that?!" screamed a lady somewhere on the bus.
"The grandma morphed into a dog!" exclaimed a high schooler. Looking back the surprised bus lady opened the doors and ran out. Everyone on the bus surged for the exit. As the telekhine got back up it turned to face Dominick, "just let me kill you dear, it'll be quick," she said, her voice still sounded like the sweet old grandma who helped Dominick get on the bus. The telekhine's muscles tensed as it prepared to pounce.
Dominick finally returning to his senses started to talk. "Wait, don't move," his voice was laced with honey and everyone in the bus, monster included, listened and stopped. The frantic screams and desperate shoves for the door ended as everyone froze like a statue. "You don't want to really kill me," he said this time directing his speech at the telekhine.
"Yeah… why would I want to kill you?" the telekhine mused aloud confused.
Dominick smiled a smile that did his mother justice. "Exactly, you want to read the ad up there reeeeeeally slowly." He pointed at an ad on the bus wall for some lawyer. The telekhine's eyes turned to stare intently at the white smile of Kenneth S. Nugget: Attorney and Counselor at Law. With the telekhine completely distracted, Dominick easily lunged forward and stabbed it with his knife causing it to disintegrate into a pile of gold dust. He also inadvertently broke the charm speak spell he had on everyone else on the bus, and they all turned to him and started screaming once more.
"He killed her!"
"But it wasn't an old lady?!"
"Why couldn't I move?!"
"I swear it had a seal body."
"It was a monster!"
The bus was filled with the confused shouts and screams as everyone tried to get off of the bus through the back exit, scared to try and go around Dominick and the pile of ashes to the front.
"Are you okay?" asked the girl he met eyes with earlier. She stood a distance away from him, no doubt because of his knife he just used to kill the telekhine.
Dominick nodded, sheepishly sheathing his knife. What did everyone see? They couldn't possibly have seen the telekhine for what it was.
"You saved us all. That dog monster was trying to eat you or something."
The sound of sirens got his attention. He didn't have time to stay and find out what was going on. Turning around he ran and exited through the front door. The people who had gotten off of the bus were starting to cause mass panic as people started to run from fear of getting attacked by more "dog seals".
The only one running towards the bus was luckily a familiar daughter of Ares. Presley Boone was one of Dominick's closest friend. In fact she was the first person he met at camp. She had long wavy dirty blonde hair that she always has in a ponytail no matter how many times Dom told her she looked nice with it down. Presley has a round shaped face with big grey eyes and freckles dotting her cheeks and nose. Dominick stood a whole 10 inches taller than her being at 6'0" which seemed to frustrate Presley to no end. Just like Dom though, Presley dressed for comfort rather then style which helped the two get along.
"Holy shit, Dom what did you do?" she asked stomping towards him.
Hurrying over to his friend he shook his head and speed walked away from the bus, "we gotta go… I'll tell you in the car." Presley opened her mouth to retort but the sound of sirens began to pierce the air, so instead she settled for a death glare before the two ran towards the van.
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Skye Rayo de Nube
"Si por supuesto, mamá te amo," Skye said with a smile before hanging up. Her mom always requested that she call her as soon as she made it to camp since she didn't carry a phone with her and would have to use the Big House's landline. Being a child of Zeus she already had a giant target on her back, she didn't need any more help as a monster magnet.
Yawning Skye walked out. It was a long trip from Argentina and always wore her out, but she wasn't going to miss her first bonfire of the summer no matter how ultimately lame it was.
"Hey Skye, is Chiron in there?" Presley asked as she walked over with Dominick who waved at her with a smile. Dom was a good looking guy, but, what else would you expect from a son of Aphrodite. He stood tall at 6 feet with a muscular build and light brown hair that always fell into his eyes, but in an endearing way. His hazel eyes were framed with thick eyelashes and he had a strong jaw.
Skye crossed her arms and stuck her chin up, "I see how it is. I've been gone 7 months and you only ask about Chiron."
"Yeah pretty much, he was always cooler than you," Presley responded with a smile.
Skye stuck out her tongue, "I'll let that slide this time. Anyways, he's down by the bonfire that's about to start," she said jerking her thumb in the direction of the amphitheater. "Wanna walk there with me?"
"S'mores sound so good right now," Dominick nodded enthusiastically.
"What did you need to talk to Chiron about?" Skye asked nosily as the three of them started walking.
"I think something is off with the mist," Dominick said concerned.
Raising an eyebrow Skye looked at Dominick, "what do you mean off."
"He killed a telekhine on the bus and thinks everyone saw it for what it was," Presley interjected.
Before she could respond, Skye turned the corner and nearly ran right into Dimitra, the camp's oracle. Dimitra had straight dark brown hair that went just past her shoulders and bright green intelligent eyes. She was born and raised in Greece so she had a thick accent, which is one of the many reasons her and Skye get along.
"Hey Dimitra, good to see you," Skye greeted with a smile.
"Ah Skye, it is good to see you back as well" Dimitra said happily with her thick Greek accent as she pulled Skye in for a hug. "Dominick hello to you too," she added as she gave the son of Aphrodite a hug as well. Dimitra had a hard time getting close to people at the camp since she was different, but she had become close to a few people here, Skye and Dominick included.
"Vera," Presley yelled looking over Dimitra's shoulder. "Is Chiron nearby?" she asked.
"Um, I think he is talking to Renard about pranks again, but he'll be right back."
Skye scrunched her nose up when she saw who started walking over. Vera Akiyama wasn't exactly her best friend… not even close. She wasn't opposed to Vera's caring side, it was just the fact that Vera took charge of everything. She has it in her head that she needs to protect everyone and unite them or whatever, but Skye wasn't a fan of authority. She didn't like someone telling her what to do. Call it a Zeus kid thing or whatever. Vera is of Asian descent with dark green almond shaped eyes and long wavy brown hair.
Dimitra turned around to greet Vera, but as soon as their eyes locked Dimitra's eyes changed bright blue and green fog started to leak from her mouth. Skye had received a prophecy before so it didn't exactly surprise her, but it still unnerved her nonetheless.
Vera took a step back but continued to make unbroken eye contact, that Skye wasn't sure was forced or not, when the oracle started to speak. Her voice was no longer her own, but a symphony of many, creating an eerie sound.
"The eyes of mortals forced to see,
no longer ignored, no longer free.
Eight heroes will rise and west they will go,
the witches finger holds the torch aglow.
All be warned of the eternal light's power,
only fire bringers blood can stand before it and not cower.
In the place where water runs through rock,
you shall find your guide the sun god's hawk.
An enchanted torch and feather of fire,
together to free the dark lady in mire.
The final choice is one hard made,
to expand Olympus or let it fade."
