Mist erious (Part 2)

I couldn't believe my eyes! This place was like nothing you've ever seen before! There were people running around in shiny armour, people shooting arrows into tiny targets, people just chatting and relaxing with each other and there was so many new creatures! There were dragons, drakon, pegasus', satyrs and many, many more! But Chiron had probably surprised me the most, catching me off guard when he stepped out of his wheelchair to reveal that the rest of his body was a horse. I was so surprised I nearly fell off the bed. Chiron had to catch me before I hit the hard, wooden floor of the big house, which startled him more than me. However he did let me ride on his back all the way round camp. He showed me the climbing wall which dropped boiling hot lava on you if you weren't quick enough, the training arena and finally the cabins which were in a U shape. There was twelve all together, I wondered which one I would be living in.

Wow! A home, somewhere I would be safe (well, as safe as a demigod can get). I had lived feeling unwanted and uncared for (I know, only 4 years, but it takes its toll on a young child), but for some reason I felt protected and loved here, I felt like somebody might actually care for me. I would be able to live my life here, with friends. That's what I planned to do for the rest of my life.

Well, that lovely, peaceful life I had planned lasted for a day. Great. I hadn't been claimed yet, as you might of realised, so it was my time.

We were all sitting down at the dinner pavilion, we'd already gave some of our dinner to the gods, now everyone was chatting and eating. I was sitting with the Hermes cabin, I wasn't talking to anyone though because the were all much older than me and were already talking to someone else. Chiron was sitting with Mr D over on one of the other tables, but my eyes drifted away from him to look at the 4 empty tables over the other side of the dinner pavilion. Chiron had told me that 4 of the cabins stood empty because those gods couldn't have demigod children, so the cabins were just honorary. The cabins belonged to Zeus, Hera, Posidon and Artemis. Artemis' cabin looked the best to me, it had animals all around it and inside it. It was decorated with paintings of stars, but the centre piece was the gigantic picture of the moon it really seemed to glow like the real thing. I had been mesmerized when I saw it. Then I noticed that one of the tables seem to be glinting in the sunlight, just like Artemis' cabin had been. So I figured that was her table. Then suddenly I began to feel drawn towards the table just like I had been when I was near the cabin. I couldn't help myself. I got up and walked over there, as if I was in a trance. People had turned their heads to look at me and very soon the whole pavilion had gone silent. As I reached the table, Chiron spoke up.

"Mist? Mist? Mist what's wrong?" He called, you could tell he was worried by the tone of his voice.

Without warning I was lifted of the ground. Then I was encased and blinded by a bright silver light, however I could still hear. Everyone was panicking and I could also hear Chiron and Mr D try to calm everyone down.

"-she's dead?!"

"-never happened before!"

"Hel-"

"EVERYONE CALM DOWN!" Chiron shouted, as he tried to regain control of the panicked demigods.

"SHUT UP YOU BRATS!" Mr D boomed.

All of a sudden, there was a searing pain in my back. It felt like my spine was snapping in two like a twig. I couldn't control myself, I let out a piercing scream of agony. Then, out of the blue, the pain subsided, the light faded and I was gently set back on the cold ground. My head was spinning and I felt completely off balance. Everyone had gone silent again and was staring directly as me, with awestruck expressions. I groggily rose to my feet. It felt like I had a backpack on, but I knew I hadn't got one on, so what was it? I reached my hand behind my back and felt ... feathers? But that means ... I have wings? I have wings! That's why everyone was staring at me! Before I could say anything someone started shouting but I couldn't hear them properly.

"Hel- hou- hel- houn- HELL HOUNDS!"

Suddenly everyone started screaming and running under cover. Before I could run, something tackled me to the ground. I looked up to see a terrifying creature. Its eyes were jet black and it was snarling and frothing at the mouth and its filthy, mangled coat smelt terrible. All of a sudden, the hideous creature reared and howled in pain, out of the corner of my eye I could see Chiron shooting arrows at the beasts, but they were too fast so most of his arrows missed. I seized my chance and ran. I ran as fast as my little legs could carry me. Then I realised I was running straight towards the forest. Chiron had warned me that the forest was full of monsters and was unsafe unless some one was going with me. But I didn't have a choice. I had to go there.

As soon as I was in the forest I stumbled on a tree root. But someone caught me and threw me on to something else, it started moving at a tremendously fast pace. When I opened my eyes I realised they had thrown me on to a horse. No it wasn't a horse, it was a pegasus, a black pegasus!

"Hey sweetie" He shouted over the wind.

"Whoa wait. You talk?!" I stuttered.

"Yep sweetie, I'm the one and only Blackjack. Not many people can understand me though. You're one of a kind sweetie, you can understand all animals. I can't believe Artemis has finally had a daughter!"

"But Artemis can't have children. Chiron told me that"

"Ohh so you don't know? You're the daughter of Artemis sweetie!"

"But-" I was cut off by a loud but distant roar.

"Don't worry sweetie, I'll look after you but we'll have to stay in the forest for a while before we know that its safe for you to go back to camp"

"...Umm okay. If you're sure Blackjack"

"Like I said sweetie, don't worry, I'll look after you."

Blackjack slowed down to a trot then stopped completely. I carefully slid off his back, then he walked over to a large tree and sat down against it. He opened one of his wings.

"Come on sweetie. You can sleep against me here."

So I trudged over to him and plonked myself down next to him. He curled his soft, warm wing around me and I fell asleep almost instantly against my new friend.