i don't own PJO or HoO. This is multi-chapter short story that has been rolling around my mind for a while. Hope you like it!
Zoe's P.O.V.
I was holding my little sister close as she tried not to cry. I tell her it will be okay and tell her even the bravest heroes cry. She's only seven with innocent blonde princess curls -as dad called them- her grey-green eyes were tinted a light red. My twin brother -who is older- put an arm around my shoulder. We were crying over our older brother, Luke. He was on a mission. A mission, not a quest.
A satyr had said said he found two powerful half-bloods. Luke went to get them, honoring our dad's promise to bring the children of the gods to camp. Luke and the half-bloods haven't came back and there was an explosion at the school where he was getting them from. Luke hasn't sent any sign or called.
"Oh gods, Luke's gone?" the daughter of Hades asked after running in.
"He'll be fine, guys. Luke always is." Charlie tried to comfort us but I wondered, what if his luck came to an end?
Luke's P.O.V.
I felt a warm unpleasant sensation on my back and legs. I didn't have to look to figure out it was because the school had exploded, courtesy of a couple monsters. I still had the two half-bloods i was scent here for and hat's what matters... at the moment. I found the boy then I saw the girl in a corner. Her black hair was tied up in a ponytail and her eyes were reflecting the flames. I looked around and saw the fire safe blanket was definitely not reachable. I knew what I had to do.
I closed my eyes and stretched out my hand. My gut tightened and I could sense the new presence of water in the room. It washed away the flames in front and behind me. I grabbed both the demigods and ran out of the building. About eleven blocks away I crashed into the grass with my back and legs tensing up.
"He's burned." one of them said but then I slipped into a dream.
"He'll be back. Let's not fret." Chiron said.
"Oh no." a girl with brown hair and green eyes cried. She sat at the Aphrodite table in the pavilion. Did I even know her?
"Pray to all the gods you can for my brother's safety." my fourteen year old sister, Zoe, said. Her black hair hung in front of her face hiding the green eyes we both have. She sat back down and sobbed a little.
"Zoe." I said out loud when I woke up. I looked around and noticed I was on a park bench in a park I'd never been to.
"Shh. It's Olivia." the girl said with worried orange gem-like eyes.
"Olivia?" I asked.
"Yeah. Max went to get some food."
"Food."
"Are you okay?" she asked me checking my temperature. "I gave you that stuff you called ambrosia. You started to burn up."
"Too much can kill." I told her she nodded.
"We figured it was something extreme like that."
"Um, thank you, Luke. For saving me that is," she said then kissed my cheek. "You were really brave, even with the fire on your back." she said. I'm sure I blushed.
"Wait, my back was on fire?" I asked.
"Yeah. You didn't notice?" she asked worriedly.
"Poseidon's nature must have been protecting me."
"So your a son of Poseidon?" she asked.
"No I'm-"
"You seemed super smart so I assumed..." she said.
"I have Athena in me too-"
"Oh my titans." she said which I had never heard before. Then Max came back.
"Luke stay here." she told me and got up to meet Max. They talked for a little while then they came back they stood me up -which I could've done myself- and they began dragging me.
"Where are we going?" I asked.
"You're the one we've been looking for. He'll be so glad we found you!"
"Who?" I asked.
"Our father." she said. The way she said made it seem like she, Max, and me had the same dad. She took us to an out of the way place where she snapped her fingers and our clothes were different. She had on a halter black dress that went to her knees. Max was wearing camouflage gray pants -that didn't look like the hunters of Artemis' pants- and a white t-shirt. I was dressed in tan Bermuda short and a white shirt.
The shadows seemed to come towards us and Olivia grabbed both of our hands and lead us into them. My dad had told me about this before, it was called shadow traveling. His cousin Nico had him try it with Mrs. O'Leary. Now I was doing it and it was just as creepy as he described it but also just as cool. They don't have rides like this at Six Flags. When we came out of the shadows a cold chill ran down my spine. I looked at my surrounds and instantly knew something was off other than the huge group of kids.
"They're kind of like demigods." Olivia informed me. I looked out at the opening over the land triggering memories as I did so. We were in San Fransico on a mountain. Judging from the view it wasn't Mount Diablo… Mount Tamalpais also known as Othrys, the titan headquarters.
"What are we doing here?" I hissed.
"Coming home. Somehow you strayed away and I'll tell father your back."
"Who's your father?" I asked then a man with a scarred face came into the room. He had his black hair in a ponytail and he wore a suit. He noticed me and I could feel my eyebrows scrunch a little bit.
"Prometheus?" I guessed.
"Well done. It took you under five seconds and on one try. I don't remember creating you… but I guess you left while I was still creating."
"Creating how?" I asked.
"I assumed you can figure that out given my history. If you do have Athena in you, which I suspect you do, you should get it."
I thought on the myths of Prometheus. Pandora's box -or pithos-, creating man- creating man. My eyes widened.
"You created humans but now…"
"A generic version of gods. Two of them into one. Mainly used Olympians."
"How'd you do it? Clay and breathe life into them?"
"Yes and a little bit of no. I did do that but it took a little extra work. My secret recipe."
I stared at all the mini gods? How could no one have known about this?
"I assume you are Athena mixed with Poseidon?" he asked.
"Yes… sir."
"I had debated making that combination but somehow I did…"
"Why would you debate it?" I asked.
"Because that combination already exists in the world," I tensed up. He was talking about me and my siblings. "Two demigods had kids, twins in fact. The parents of the twins are possibly- no are- the most famous demigods of this century."
"So am I, like, made to oppose them?" I asked confused. Prometheus smiled.
"You remind me of the demigod son of Poseidon." he said then turned toward the rest. "Resume with training. Power training today, physical fighting tomorrow."
I turned to Olivia and Max.
"What are you?" I asked. Olivia giggled.
"I'm a combination of Aphrodite and Hades." she said. I thought I sensed Big Three material though it was stronger than usual.
"Hephaestus and Ares." Max said. He was a fourteen years old of very few words. Or was he even fourteen?
"So are yo- we immortal?" I asked. Max rolled his eyes.
"Yes and no. We can get older but to an extent and we can be killed, that's obviously why we train." Olivia explained with icy blue eyes that stood out from her black hair, eyelashes, and dress.
"If we're training why are you wearing a dress?" I asked.
"We aren't practicing with our powers today and plus I can fight in a dress. Don't give me a reason to." she said with a half-hearted glare.
"Luke, you should slap yourself real hard." Olivia said to me.
"Okay," I replied with an intense desire to follow her orders and unfortunately for me, I did. "Ow!" I said then realized what she'd done. "You charmspoke me into slapping myself." I whined.
"I needed to practice and Max has been the target for too long." she said with a smile at him. He smiled back and I could sense they had a thing. That kind of bothered me even though it shouldn't.
"Well let me try." I said then I splashed her getting her hair and dress wet.
"Your lucky my makeup is waterproof." she grumbled.
