Darius Morgan and the Constellations
For all of you who liked Ancient Gods, it will be back up soon. I will not be writing in it very much though, because I've grown to love my other fanfictions. Enjoy this new series based on Percy Jackson.
Chapter 1: Introduction to Me, Darius Morgan
Hello there, I'm Darius Morgan. You remember that Percy Jackson kid from those books? Yeah, I live with him. Well, sort of, but not really. You see, Percy's a son of Poseidon, and I'm a son of Zeus. Turns out that the Big Three had way more than just two children between the three of them during the Pact era.
So, introduction to me – I've been at Camp Half-Blood for three years, I fought in the Titan and Giant wars, and I'm from Miami, Florida. I usually wear my green Hurricanes hoodie every day, much to the dislike of Chiron, who claims that "New York weather is the only weather for me." I'm a Florida boy, I don't do well with cold. Otherwise, I wear the regular orange camp shirt, jeans, and my necklace of three beads. The first one is black with the Empire State Building, symbolizing the Titan War. The second one is green and brown depicting a dead Gaea. The third and final one is purple and black, showing the time when Hades appeared at camp and made it pitch-black for five days – that one's kind of my fault.
My weapon of choice is a sword called Parthenos. It's three and a half feet long, made of celestial bronze, and was actually given to me by Athena, but that's a story for another time.
Well, I bet you're wondering when I'll actually get to the story. I mean, this is about Darius Morgan – that's me – and the constellations, so let's talk about the constellations . . . eventually.
"Ugh! Annabeth, why do I always have to be the clean police?"
I'm the head counselor of Cabin One, seeing as I'm the oldest of Zeus's children at the camp. Jason, my half-brother on my dad's side, is on the other side of the country at Camp Jupiter, leaving fifteen-year-old Darius in charge. Of course, Annabeth gives me what I call "clean police" on the first day of summer.
"Because no one else is willing to do it," she snapped.
"What about Clarisse? It's always fun to see her get angry when people get one out of five. Or Butch? He puts rainbows over the cabins who did a bad job," I protested.
"One more word and I'll assign you to Mr. D's assistant," Annabeth glared.
I trudged off into the Ω shape of cabins, disregarding the others in construction, and I walked around, starting with my own.
I looked inside Cabin One to see my eight younger half-siblings desperately trying to clean up. My bunk, which was actually the canopy that Thalia and Jason had told me about, was the messiest; I had stuff strewn all over, with plugs and headphones dangling over the edge. My laptop was hovering dangerously on the edge of the canopy, and I quickly snatched it up and put it back on my sleeping bag.
"Two out of five, guys. Better luck tomorrow."
I walked past Cabin Two, which was Hera's cabin, and headed to Cabin Four. Cabin Four was the Demeter Cabin, which was gleaming with sunflowers and green drapes and all that flowery fluff. Even the greenhouse looked relatively spotless. I gave it a four out of five, mostly because there were a lot of seeds on the floor, and I headed next door. The Athena Cabin, Cabin Six, was disgusting. Strategy maps and computers were all over the floor, and Annabeth's bunk was literally filled to the ceiling with papers. Marking off a one out of five, I made a small singe mark on the front door with a quick burst of sparks.
I kept going around, occasionally spotting an amazing cabin. Most of them got threes or fours, but some stood out. The Aphrodite Cabin was looking perfect and pink as always, the Iris Cabin had jumping rainbows in addition to being squeaky clean, and Hades was full of bones, which earned it a giant goose egg. I really hated doing it too, since my girlfriend was a daughter of Hades.
Oh, how I longed to see my beautiful Taylor Drake again. She was finishing up sophomore year at her boarding school in Nevada, and I had to wait for two weeks after finishing my sophomore year at my school back in Miami.
"Alright, Annabeth. Here are the results," I said, handing in the report to Miss Control Freak herself. Don't get me wrong, it's not that I don't like Annabeth, it's just that she's really controlling at times. She thinks that being Olympus's prime architect makes her queen of the demigods.
That of course brings us to Percy, who we rarely saw that summer anyway. These past two summers, he was just . . . I guess the right term would be "burnt out." So many things happened to him, and he sort of lost his fuel to keep going. Of course, Paranoia Princess thought he was cheating on her with our Oracle, Rachel, and that's why he wasn't talking to her. But I know things, because I find out things.
The day went by as normal, with swordfighting and lunch and canoeing and all that jazz. But after dinner, Chiron had a special announcement and called us all to the amphitheater.
"Campers, I have a most important announcement. Mr. D has made plans to leave Camp Half-Blood, given that his tenure as decreed by Lord Zeus had been shortened greatly. As a result, we have a new divine Camp Director. Please welcome Lady Theia!"
A sounding applause burst like a thunderstorm, and for good reason. Lady Theia looked stunning in a red dress and golden high heels. She looked like she had just won American Idol. However, I knew who she was, and I really didn't like her. Annabeth, Percy, and a couple of the other counselors were wondering the same thing.
"Is that who I think it is?" asked Leo Valdez.
"If you're thinking it's Theia the Titaness, I think so," I assured him.
"Is Chiron out of his mind?" Piper McLean chimed in.
"He needs to get off his high horse," Leo said, fake laughing afterwards. A brief silence followed, then, "Nothing? Come on, you guys."
"Thank you Leo," Katie Gardner frowned. "Anyway, if Lady Theia is really a Titaness, we have to act fast."
"Not so fast, you guys. Theia fought on the Olympians' side in the first Titan war, and she was neutral in the second," Annabeth offered.
"Isn't she like the Titaness of the moon or something?" I asked.
"Yeah, and her husband was Hyperion, which isn't good," Annabeth replied.
"At least it's not like he hired Koios or anything. We at least got someone cheery for once," I chuckled, and I got a few dirty looks from Dionysus kids around me.
"Whatever the case may be, we need to be on alert. Titanesses don't show up at demigod camps for no reason," Percy said, looking into the night sky. "Does the Big Dipper seem a bit crooked to you?"
It seemed like an odd observation at first, but he was actually right. The Big Dipper was bent down and was very narrow, almost like it was crawling down from the sky.
"Yeah," I said, "Pretty crooked to me."
I wondered what that was about for a long time, and honestly the only thing that took my mind off of it was Taylor coming to camp.