Well I'll explain what Artemis was talking about later. First I'll tell you what happened with Apollo and why he killed me. "Would you like to go first or should I go first." Apollo asked as we walked over to the stage. "You can but no nine muse's choose a few of your children."
"Deal." Apollo got three of his kids then took the stage. Apollo and his children did Paint It Black by Rolling Stones. It wasn't a bad performance but as Apollo has told me before, 'How would I know? I'm the son of Thanatos.' When Apollo finished the crowd went crazy. "What did you think of that?" Apollo asked smugly.
I shrugged, "Not bad." Apollo gave me a dark look. "Not bad?" "Hey you asked so just be happy with that. Now it's our turn to take the stage." "Our?" Apollo asked confused. I smiled mischievously then summoned about four or five shades.
The crowd went quiet as me and my shades and I took the stage. "Alright guy's Apollo may think he's better but I just don't care. So there's a lot of you here gods included. I only want you to yell one word." I said slipping on my guitar.
Apollo scoffed. "One word and what is it?" I looked out at everyone then yelled, "HAIL!" I don't know if anyone knew what I meant so I just went right into it with my shades. Immediately I got a lot of people's attention. They all began to crowd closer to the stage as I sang Hail To The King by Avenged Sevenfold. As I played I looked out into the crowd and saw even gods getting in on the fun. Zeus even showed some enthusiasm by tapping his index finger on the table.
When I finished I could tell Apollo was royally ticked off. "So... What did you think?" I asked a little out of breathe. Apollo lifted an eyebrow then said, "Not bad little mortal, but they still have to vote." Apollo said joining me on the stage. "Alright. Let's see who they all liked." I said grinning like crazy. I made everyone (even the gods) swear on the river Styx that they would be honest on their vote.
"WHAT! YOU CHOOSE HIM!" Apollo yelled popping my ears. "Hey I'm as surprised as you." I said with a cocky smirk. Apollo turned on his heels with golden fire in his eyes. "This all your doing isn't it?!" Apollo asked angrily. "Hey I didn't do anything." I said sly using a little charm speak. I could tell Apollo was mad so I decided to whisper somethings into his mind. As soon as I back out of his mind Apollo was holding his bow. "You dare try and charm speak me so you can get away?!" Apollo asked pulling back his bow string making a glowing arrow appear.
"Actually yes I do. What are YOU going to do about it 'music man'." I said mockingly to Apollo. 'That's it now let the arrow fly! Make him respect you! Make him know who truly is better!' I said into Apollo's mind. As if on Cue Apollo let go of his arrow, which hit me directly in my heart. "Gods Of Olympus!" "Someone help him!" A few of the campers yelled freaking out. "Apollo what were you thinking!" Zeus boomed from his chair. "I... It wasn't... I don't know." Apollo said realizing what he just did.
As all this was happening I laid there on the ground bleeding out. "I guess this is the end of me." I said grinning. 'I finally ended this stupid curse.' I thought to myself. I was wrong. My blood stopped then went in reverse flowing back into me. I stood up and examined myself then looked at Apollo. "I think you missed." I said as gods and demigods looked at me with surprised looks. the only three who weren't surprised were Persephone, Hades, and Artemis. All three of them already knew about my curse. "What just happened?" Apollo asked with his jaw hanging open.
"You missed." I said smirking just a little. "No I can still see the mark where my arrow went through your shirt and pierced your heart." Apollo said recovering from his shock. "Nah I'm pretty sure you missed. Right Artemis?" I said looking over at Apollo's sister who looked very amused. "He's right Apollo you missed." We probably could have kept the joke going until Zeus got involved. I then explained to everyone there WHO I was, WHAT I was, plus some.
"Interesting. I think I know what to do with you." Zeus said stroking his beard. "You can end my curse!?" said a little too happy. "No but since Dionysus has returned here to Olympus, I'd like you to go to camp Half Blood to help Chiron." Zeus said said burning my happiness. I shrugged then said, "Usually I would make an excuse or something but instead this sounds kind of fun." I said looking over at the group of demigods with a cruel smile.
After that was decided the party lasted another five or ten minutes. I left to go and pack a few things for my stay at Camp Half Blood. By the time I came back the party was over and all the demigods were getting ready to leave. "So how'd you guy's get here?" I asked Nico. "We took a bus which is probably waiting for us." Nico said looking at me cautiously. "Okay let's go." I said pushing past them and walking to the exit/ elevator that took us to the mortal world.
The ride to the camp was both a quiet one and a boring one. Half way there I fell asleep which for me REALLY sucks. Demigods don't have good dreams just nightmares of our past or things to come. For me my night mare is usually about something from my past cough Anna's death cough. Thankfully it didn't last long because we got to the camp fast. I woke up to some one shaking me awake and kind of scared them to death. As soon as I opened my eye's I pulled out one of my dagger's and had it pointed at their throat in a matter of a second. "Uh Vlad. please put the dagger down." A camper with black hair and sea green eye's said scared.
"Yeah sorry." I said sheathing my dagger then grabbing my bag. I walked through the camp noticing how much of it had changed. I saw that there were cabins for all the gods, a few newly added things (the golden fleece), and more. "Chiron how long has it been?" I asked as I made it to the big house.
Chiron was in centaur form standing on the porch with a cup of tea. "Vladimir? This is a surprise." I nodded then handed Chiron the letter Zeus that had given me."I see." Chiron said stroking his beard. "I could use some help around here with a few of the activities." Chiron said as he stepped off the porch.
"Hey whatever you need help with I can handle it." I said confidently. "I hope so." Chiron said then motioned for me to follow him. "Where are we going." I asked as we started walking down to the camp. "Too the camp fire. I want to at lease let the campers get to meet you before they see you in the arena tomorrow." Chiron said calmly.
'Great he wants me to train them to fight better... Well at least I could get some blood around here.' I thought as my stomache growled hungrily. I was glad Chiron didn't hear it because I didn't need him worrying about any of the campers. Then again the campers were the least of his worries at the moment because apparently word about my arrival got around.