So here's the next chapter everyone. It's called Camp Half-Blood cause that's where we are! Also the other OC's from before will be back, and have a little more in depth part in the story. So here it is everyone, the next part to my story The Three Gorgons. Also sorry for not updating I've have school and after school sports, so expect slow updates.
Chapter 2: Welcome to Camp Half-Blood
"So why has the first son of Thanatos come here to Camp Half-Blood?" Chiron asked me after leading me into what looked like a big house.
"Why to speak with the lovely oracle of Delphi of course. Now, what's this building called?" I asked.
"It's called the big house." Chiron said. "Now why do you want to talk about why your father wants you to talk to the Oracle?" Chiron asked.
"Why do get a quest dear centaur, so where is the oracle these days? I here she's chosen a rich red-headed host. So where is she?" I asked.
"Miss. Dare is still in school right now, your at least a two weeks early." Chiron said.
S'all right, I'll just wait in the Thanatos cabin, provided it wasn't destroyed by the Romans?" I asked him, not wanting to sleep in another empty building or roof top.
"No the Thanatos cabin wasn't destroyed, so you may stay." Chiron stated.
"Thanks." I said, and got up to leave but Chiron grabbed my arm. I looked at him, and he gave me very cold eyes.
"While you may be a temporary resident at this camp, be warned that if you try to start any trouble I won't have any qualms about kicking you out. Do you understand me?" Chiron asked in a very steely icy tone. I smiled under my bandages.
"Yes sir." I said, making a mock salute before walking off, at the same time thinking "I should have some more social interaction, this is fun." I walked out the door, but knowing me I bumped into a person. Being my ever coordinated self, I quickly got my balance and grabbed the person who I bumped into. I looked at her and saw it was the girl who scowled kept on scowling at me before. She scowled at me again and pushed herself out of my arms. "Hello beautiful." I said, I read in a book that girls liked to be complimented. Since I've never actually talked to one I thought this was a good start. Now that I was closer to her than before I was able to see what she actually looked like. She was tall, around five foot six. She had a dark athletic tan that looked like she got it from doing track or something. The sword that she had pointed at me earlier was sheathed at her waist. I didn't see her shield, but I saw a nike shaped charm bracelet around her left wrist so the shield must've been magic or something.
"What are you still doing here?" she asked harshly. "Well she's nice." I thought. I held up my hands in another surrender sign.
"Woah hold the aggression. I came here under the flag of peace. Besides I just saved your life." I stated. She scowled at me again. "You know it's said that people who smile more live longer."
"What do you want?" she asked. Her hand resting on the hilt of her sword.
"Well daughter of Nike, if that is your godly parent?" i asked. She nodded her head, but still kept the scowl. "Well daughter of Nike, I'm to stay here till the Oracle of Delphi comes back... from where ever she is right now."
"You mean Rachel?" the girl asked, her scowl for once gone. "She usually comes a week after everyone else comes."
"Dammit. So uh... do you know where my cabin is?" I asked. She nodded her head, and pointed to a general direction. "Can you show me?" She sighed, then said something that sounded suspiciously like "idiot." and grabbed my arm and lead me towards a circle of strange looking buildings. I passed few, and let me tell you they where the strangest collection of buildings I've ever seen. One was built low and strong like a bunker and had sea shell printings on it, another looked like it came straight from a war movie with the red paint and barbed wire, and another looked like it was made out of pure obsidian and had green fired torches hanging on it.
The girl led me to another building, somewhere of to the side. From the way it looked it was definitively my father's cabin. It looked like a mausoleum (no surprise there.) it was made from white marble. The door looked like it was made from a dark wood, and had my father's symbol, and skull, expertly carved into it. It wasn't generally giving a "warm" feeling per-say to anyone near it, but to me it was home. I opened the door and was hit my a strong stench of some sort. The girl next to me cringed, and covered her nose.
"Gods what is that smell?" she asked waving a hand in front of her face to waft away the smell.
"That's the smell of death. Or it's the smell of hand sanitizer, the two are usually confused for each other." I stated.
"You're kidding right?" she laughed. I didn't. She stopped. I walked into my new cabin, and noticed one thing. It was big. Then again having wings tend to mean you need more space to stretch out. I shrugged more space for me. I looked for bed room. I found it in the forms of a fool sized bed with black sheets and head pillows. I jumped on it, and tryed it out.
"This is really comfy." I said feeling like dozing off would be good for today. I was slapped out of my trance, and looked to see who slapped me. Then I remembered the girl that came with me. "What was that for!?" I yelled. She rolled her eyes.
"You where about to fall asleep, and it's dinner time. Aren't you hungry?" she asked. At the mention of lunch, my ears hiddenly perked up.
"Where's that?" I asked.
"You know that place with a bunch of picnic tables?" she asked, I nodded my head. "That's where it is." She said. I bolted through my door, and towards the dining pavilion. "Asshole! Wait for me!" I heard her yell. By the time I got their people where already sitting down and eating. However I noticed that they looked like they were ordered in certain groups. A bunch of blonde gray eyed kids sat at a table, another table had a bunch of angry and muscular looking kids, and another was littering having small fireworks going off as they ate. I just stood there looking dumb, until the came running up behind me.
"Uh? I'm guessing that seating arrangements are by cabin?" I asked, she nodded. I sighed, then I saw a familiar dark head sitting lonely and emo like. I walked over to him and put my best Lord Hades impersonation and said "Son, why do you always look so emo. You give me a bad name." the dark head turned around, and almost jumped five feet.
"Seg!" he said. That everyone is Nico, son of Hades. My dad's bosses son. He's 16, and reasonably tall. He has black shaggy hair, and pale olive skin. He's got the kind of eyes that either belong to a genius or someone in a loony bin, a trait from his father. his stygian iron sword hung loosely on his chain belt, and he was wearing his usual all black jeans and shirt today. (Seriously can you picture him wearing orange?!) You could say where friends considering our situations. Children of the Underworld gods tend to stick together, or live horrible depressing lonely lives. He punched my bandaged face, and the dining pavilion became quiet. Then they all began to laugh at Nico's steamed expression. He muttered something like "I'm not emo." and "I'm going to kill you." But then realized the fact I was at a camp... with PEOPLE!
"Seg why are you here?"He asked. I shrugged. "Thanatos needs me to see the oracle. I apparently have to do a "special" quest." I put hand quostes over special.
"Really?" Nico asked incredulously. "Your doing a quest for your father? Doesn't he just usually go and tell you to kill whatever and be done with it? I shrugged again. "Maybe it's a really big thing this time." I answered. All of the sudden the girl who kept on following got to us.
"I see you know Nico." She said.
"You me and him go way back." I said, then a thought crossed my mind. "Hey I never got your name? " I asked her. She looked at me funny, but answered.
"It's Liana, Liana Price." she said before walking to a table full of more atheltic looking kids.
"Dude so you know her from somewhere?" Nico asked. I shrugged. (I shrug a lot) "I honestly don't know." I answered. "Hey can I sit here? Thanatos doesn't exactly have a table." He nodded and I stated eating. Okay first things first, when you practically eaten only donuts, burritos, and the occasional sandwich your entire teen life, anything other than those items will taste like ambrosia and nectar. After I finished I actually was famished as I usually was, and I didn't feel as malnourished as usual.'
"Hey Seg?" Nico called to me. I looked at him. Then he spoke in a very hushed tone."Does anyone know about the wings?" I stopped drinking, then stared hard at him.
"No. And no one will ever know, unless I tell them." I answered coldly. Nico got the under meaning. I don't want to be a freak among freaks. After everyone had finished eating, Chiron stomped his hoof on the marble floor.
"Campers!" He announced. "Today we welcome a visitor to camp." He then pointed at my bandaged form. "Welcome Segador Nekros! Son of Thanatos!" there was some sort of cheer. Whether it was from Chiron's announcement of me, or the fact he got everyone riled up with the next announcement he said. "Tonight we are playing Capture the Flag!" The dining pavilion erupted into even louder cheers.
"What the capture the flag?" I asked Nico.
"Capture the flag is where you try to capture the other teams flag." He started.
"Doesn't sound so fun." I interupted.
"While dodging and fighting people." He finished with a half smile.
"That sounds better." I replied with glee. Time to see what the campers are made of. I thought. Soon everyone left the dining pavilion and we where all running to the forest. When I got there all the campers where around Chiron, as he talked.
"The teams will be Hetcate, Hades, Nike, Hermes, Eris, and Athena on blue. Against them will be Ares, Nemesis, Hephastus, Hypnos, DemeterApollo, Dionysus, Iris, and Hebe will be on red." Chiron announced. Then looked at me. "Which team do you want to join Segador?" Oh great put me on the spot why don't you. All the campers eyes turned toward me. Silently persuading me to join either red or blue. I'll tell you this, I have a rational fear of being put on the spot, and right now this wasn't helping.
"I'll choose uh blue?" I said. Instantly there was a bunch of cheers, and boos coming from both sides. I walked over to Nico who trying very hard not to laugh. "Shut up." I grumbled. I was looking and saw campers putting on armor and grabbing weapons. I just shrugged. I twisted my ring, and my scythe materialized into my hand. Everyone just stopped and stared at my weapon. Nico rolled his eyes and mouthed "show-off". Chiron stamped his foot and everyone went back to there usual duties of gearing up.
Liana came jogging over and looked at my scythe. "Real original Segador, son of Death using a scythe." I stuck out my tongue through the mouth slit of my bandages. She rolled her eyes at me. " 'Come on! Malcolm's giving us our battle strategy for tonight." Liana said and jogged to the where all the kids from the blue team where crowing around. Me and Nico came up behind.
"Okay here's the plan." A blonde haired tan skinned kid started. I guess that's Malcolm. I thought. "We'll be placing our flag on Zues' fist. (A/N: I don't know any other camp land marks sorry XD) I want the Hetcate, Hermes, and my cabin on defense, surrounding the flag. While the Nike cabin will run and bait the other team's sentries. Nico, I want you, Segador, and the Nemesis cabin to go straight in and take the flag." Malcom explained. I was fine with it, cause I get to fight. Our team placed the flag on mound of boulders that I think was to siginify Zues' fist, but to me they looked like a pile of... you know that thunder in the distance says it likes Zues' fist. Who am I to judge what a bit of thunder says.
After we got into our positions, we all heard a conch horn that signified the start of the game. I saw Liana and her cabin start running into the woods, not long after I heard the clash of weapons and yell of battle cries. I looked over at my group. Of course there was me and Nico, but the Nemesis cabin was something else. They looked like versions of me and Nico, dark clothes, and whole dark out look. Except they had an almost angry aura they had around them. That and they smelled like revenge (which in fact smells a lot like lavender). It was as if they were always having something planned. I've met Nemesis myself, and let me tell you she's one scary lady. I was having good luck hunting monsters, and just to take me out of luck I nearly died 7 times that week. Either way you can never tell what a Nemesis child, or Nemesis herself, will do.
Right after the battle sounds were heard, I heard the guy Malcolm yell out "Go!" and my group ran straight trough. Along the way we picked a few stragglers, so the Nemesis kids held the back. Now it was just me and Nico running. When we finally got their flag spot, I saw six tough muscular mean looking guys. The flag however was red and had a boar on spear as the symbol. Nico grinned at me. This is going to be easy. i thought. We rushed out and surprised the guards. I used to the blunt side of my scythe to knock one out, while Nico used the flat of his blade to knock out another. Now it was two on four, and we had the advantage. Apparently they must've never faced kids who trained in the underworld, because the first thing they did was charge us. We easily side stepped, and used my scythe to sweep their legs out from underneath them. They all fell, and I used the momentum to slam the shaft of my scythe on their helmets, knocking them out and most likely give them a headache when they get up. Nico grabbed the flag, and we raced back to our side.
Along the way, Liana came by and followed us. Her shield guarding our left flank from arrows. When we finally reached the other side, the flag changed to a black background with a skeletal head. We heard cheers and whooping coming from our side of the camp, and Nico, Liana,and I were lifted and carried by our teammates in a sort of a victory parade. For once I was actually happy, that was until my luck (Or is it Nemesis) took it from me. I heard the hiss of snake tongues, and everyone became quiet. Dracaena. Ithought angrily. So angry that on an impulse my wings shot out.
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