Chapter 2; The boy who cried for his mother
Sorry for spelling/ grammar mistakes
Warning; language
Had to type this on google account, so sorry if something is wrong or 'off'
Sorry for the long wait, here's a long chapter to make up for it! :)
Hazel pulled herself up onto a branch on the tree she was climbing. After a good night's rest, she and Annabeth had decided to go back into the woods.
"See anything from up there?" Annabeth called from below.
"No, not really." Hazel yelled back. What was going on lately? All the monsters that would normally be in the woods hadn't been around.
"Annabeth! Hazel! Are you near!?" A voice called from a little ways away.
"We're over here, Chiron!" Hazel replied as she jumped down from the tree. The teacher approached the two girls.
"I sorry to cut, whatever it is you're doing, short but I want you to came back to camp." Chiron looked worried as he said this.
"Why," Annabeth asked. "Is something wrong?"
"Come on," Chiron turned back towards camp. "I'll explain at the Big House."
Once they got to the Big House, they saw Percy on the front porch.
"Hey Percy." Hazel greeted the boy. Percy just nodded in reply.
"Are you alright, Percy?" Annabeth asked with concern in her voice.
"Yeah, just…..thinking." He didn't even look up at her. His face showed no emotion, it was like stone.
"Percy," Chiron stopped and turned towards the boy. "Please, join us."
The three demigods and their teacher entered the farmhouse, entered the dining room area, and sat down around the table.
"Now," Chiron began. "I called you three here because something, or someone, broke into the Poseidon cabin,destroyed and took some of Percy's belongings."
Annabeth and Hazel gasped and whipped their heads towards Percy.
"Percy, why didn't you tell me? Is that what you're so upset about?" Annabeth placed her hand on her boyfriend's.
"That's one of the reasons why." Percy said.
"What else happened?" Hazel asked.
Percy pulled at his fingers. Then he reached into his sweater pocket, and pulled out a small piece of white folded paper.
"What's that?" Annabeth asked. Percy seemed to look at the paper with a longing in his eyes. Without a word, Percy unfolded the small paper, and placed it in the middle of the table.
"P-Percy," Hazel choked from shock. "Is t-that….?"
"I didn't know what to say either, but yeah, turns out that I had a twin brother at one point."
On the table was a photo of an ultrasound. It showed two babies in the womb, both leaned towards each other, they were even 'holding' hands. On the top of the paper, in a white margin above each baby, a name was scribbled. Over one of the babies was the name "Perseus", over the other was the name "Aeacus".
(A.N.: i have no clue how "Aeacus" is pronounced. I know he was like, a great king and stuff. Just don't know how to say his name.)
"Percy," Annabeth stared at the photo. "This is why your mom was so pushy about you visiting her?"
"I hate to break this up," Chiron suddenly said. "But the main reason I brought you here is because I have a feeling I know what is going on around camp. The absence of monsters in the forest, Percy's cabin, and other things."
"Really," Annabeth turned to her teacher. "What was it?"
"I've been in the forest myself looking for clues, and I found these." Chiron stated as he pulled out a long pitch black cloak from, gods know where. The cloak was midnight black with silver threads weaved into the rim of the hood and at the bottom in the shapes of stars and moons.
" Who's is this?" Annabeth leaned over the table and took the cloak in her hands. It was a cross between a cloak and a tail coat. It had the hood and 'flowiness' of a cloak, closed around the waist, then opened up at the hips and spread into one wide tailcoat end.
"I did not see their face, but I know that the person was male. He was also…...not human" Chiron rubbed his chin.
"What do you mean, 'not human'? Percy asked as he too looked over the cloak.
"He was more powerful than a normal demigod, I could sense it. If I had to guess, I'd say he could be compared to a minor god." Chiron answered.
"What's the other thing.?" Hazel leaned in her seat to see behind the teacher.
Chiron reached behind him, then put two more objects on the table. One of the objects on the table was a white quiver with silver threads woven into patterns of stars and crescent moons, like the cloak. The arrows in the quiver where also something to see.
Each one had a metallic head laced with razor sharp sliver on the edges. The neck (idk. The wood part. Don't know the names for the parts of an arrow ;p) of the arrow was neatly polished dark wood, then at the end were three small white owl feathers.
"Wow, they're really pretty." Hazel pulled one of the arrows out and examined it in her hands.
"Yes, indeed they are," Chiron smiled at the daughter of Pluto. "Now just wait until you see the bow for this set."
Shadow
"What do you mean he lost his gear!?" Shadow shouted at the tall red headed boy in front of her.
"Look, he was doing his job, then his mom and her damn hunters showed up so he had to bail." The boy said.
"Kory, I just don't want us found yet." Shadow sat down with a huff. Kory just nodded his head. The 18 year boy was tall and well built. He wore black jeans with matching combat boots. Kory also wore a skin tight black long sleeved turtle neck with his outfit, which none of the girls in the group complained about. His hair was as red as a sunset, but would you expect less for a son of Apollo, said hair was worn in an undercut.
"So," Kory began as he checked tools on trays around the med bay. "Did you wipe the Roman chick's mind or..?"
"Yeah," Shadow stood to follow Kory around, just to mess up the trays he fixed. "I did it when she was sleeping. Reyna, her name was, she let me sleep in her room for the night. I wiped her memory when I hear her breath slow down."
Kory turned to her, popped his leg and hip out, then threw his hand on said hip. "You know, one, you could have just been a normal person and poked her face or something. And two, do you mind!?" He waved his hands at the trays by the beds.
"Pffft, n-no," Shadow turned away; trying not to laugh. "A-anyway, where's Asteri?"
"Dining hall, I think."
(A.N; 'Asteri' is Greek for 'Star'. Just wait, I have my reasons :) )
Asteri
Stupid. He'd let it happen again. Shadow would definitely kill him this time. The first time it had happened she let it go, but now he had lost his gear which put their crew at risk of being found.
"Hey."
Asteri swore this girl would be the death of him.
"Oh my gods! Will you stop shadow-traveling next to me and just tap my shoulder!? Jeez, heart attack over here." Asteri rubbed his face.
"Sorry but," Shadow swung one of her legs over the bench he was sitting on. "We have to talk." She said. She was expecting the red headed boy to play it off or something. What she didn't expect was for his eyes to fill with tears.
"I-i'm sorry. I just panicked. I didn't want her to find me." The boy explained as he ran his fingers through his hair. Asteri was similar to Kory with body type, only difference was height and hair style, Asteri being an inch shorter and having a full head of hair.
"Look, it's alright, just go chill in the pool or spa. I'll get your stuff back." Shadow sighed and patted her companion on the back.
"Yeah," Asteri sniffed. "That would be nice."
Percy
Percy floated underwater in the camp's lake, in an air bubble with the photo of the ultrasound. When his mom had told him about it, he didn't really know how to react, but now it really bothered him.
What would it have been like to grow up with a brother? What would he have been like? Would they have gotten along, or fought? What would-
"Percy! We need your help! Where are you!?"
Percy snapped out of his mood and swam to the surface. Upon breaking the surface of the water, Percy saw demigods running around, some screaming and others charging over to Thalia's tree. He saw an Aphrodite boy run by with a knife in hand.
"Hey, wait!" Percy shouted to him as he ran out of the lake. "What's going on? Is something attacking?"
"More like someone. It's the Nightmares." The boy said while brushing his pink-tipped hair behind his ear, which made Percy roll his eyes.
"Great," Percy pulled Ripetide from his pocket. "Let's go!"
The two boys ran to Half-Blood Hill and ran into Nico, Hazel, and Annabeth.
"Annabeth, who is it this time?" Percy asked as he raised his sword.
"An Apollo child, an Athena child, and…" Annabeth stopped for a minute.
"What!?" Percy was bouncing, ADHD.
"We think the other kids are children of the Big Three. We also think one is a child of Poseidon." Nico finished for the blonde.
"Wha-"
BOOM!
All four teens were blown back by a huge gust of wind. After regaining balance, their breath was taken away with one look at the Big House. Half of the house was blown off, literally.
"Wh-what the hell?" Nico breathed. Storm clouds swirled in the sky, accompanied by strong storm winds and lighting. Standing on the remaining side of the Big House stood a teenage boy dressed in punk-like clothes with a Nightmare cloak. His hands were raised above his head towards the sky, his cloak blowing behind him like crazy because of the winds.
"LADIES AND GENTLEMEN!" The boy shouted over the camp. "THIS IS THE BEGINNING! THE BEGINNING OF THE FALL OF THE GODS!"
End of chapter 2.
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