Hey people! The second chapter (if we count the prologue) of "Heroes of Middle-Earth"! I'd like to thank you for reading and enjoy!

Clarisse's POV

I landed on what seemed a hard marble floor, but it didn't hurt, it didn't seem the others were hurt either.

"Arise, demigods" said a low voice "We have been waiting for you"

I looked to where the voice came from, he looked like a king god, and all the others were the other gods. Is this the Roman Olympus? I couldn't stand the silence, so I decided to kneel, the others followed my lead.

"Oh, great, errrrm… Jupiter? Zeus?" I said, my voice seemed to be very silent so I doubted he even heard me. If you think I was scared, I'll go to your house and wedgie you like there's no tomorrow.

Malcolm's POV

I decided to take on the conversation by my own. But the god decided to respond to Clarisse's question.

"I, demigod, am Manwë, King of Arda and lord of the skies." The god Manwë said "You are surely wondering why thou are here. The king of the other world, Zeus, has sent you to aid us defend Middle-Earth."

"Oh, Great Manwë, we are simple demigods, I am Malcolm son of Athena, and they are Clarisse daughter of Ares, Percy son of Poseidon, Katie daughter of Demeter, Travis son of Hermes and Jake, son of Hephaestus." I said pointing at each person as I spoke. "I am sure your power, and that of the other gods is enough to defeat this threat"

He looked at me with a concerned eye, had I said something wrong? But he spoke; I could even notice sadness in his voice.

"We're Valar and Valier, the equivalent to gods and goddesses, call us this, Malcolm son of Athena. We're not fighting anything weak; we're fighting my brother in full strength… He has been slowly recovering his energy beyond the walls of the night... And after 6 and a half millennia more or less, he has decided to strike. We need every possible help."

I decided to counter so he would send them back to camp so we could have at least one summer without ANY quests for ANY campers.

"We do not have any power in this realm, Oh Great Manwë" I said. This had actually been pretty clever, we actually didn't have any power over elements here and all my knowledge is a waste, here, things were different.

Ulmo's POV

I knew the solution and looked at Manwë's eyes for approval, sure he was my friend, but above all, he was still my lord.

"Greetings, demigods" I actually liked that word, was it maybe a Khuzdul word? I do not know. "I am Ulmo, lord of the waters, it is true you have no power here, but we can grant you some." I glanced at Percy "Percy, come with me, if thou wouldn't mind" He followed me to the beach, I could hear each Vala/Valië taking one of the demigods so they could be their heroes.

Percy's POV

"What do you want?" I said; I should probably mind my language, I was in front of a god, VALA! Percy you're in front of a Vala! I could hear Annabeth's voice, Annabeth… I thought.

He shot me a concerned look , fuck, I'm dead, how ironic that a son of Poseidon will be drowned probably "I shall grant thou three gifts of my choice, one of them, shall be that you can speak the elven languages, they're of great use. I shall also grant thou the gift of healing thouself in water and most importantly, the last gift is one I haven't given to anyone. The ability of transforming into water. Do not use it lightly, it takes a lot of energy and doing it twice can end with thy life. However it is a great escape method and even thou vaporize or freeze thou are still water and thou can move, only that slower."

"I thank theee." Speaking like this reminded me of a certain Hunter of Artemis… Zoë Nightshade…

"Thou should get ready for the dinner feast." He said to me and gave me a key "The key is for thy chambers. Thou shall find elven tunics and many other clothings"

With that he disappeared and I went where the keys indicated me, very useful if I ever got Paul's cars and forgot where I left it. When I entered most of the room was blue, he then checked the wardrobe. It was inmense! Name a kind of clothing in this place called Arda and it was there! Also everything there was blue! He picked up an elven tunic and tried it on. Not his style. He chose some clothes that had pants and shirt took them from the wardrobe, ready for tonight's feast.