Chapter two: I finally get claimed! Sort of.

After everyone at camp half-blood thoroughly inspected my new scar from Zeus, I talked to Chiron for a little while. Our conversation went a little like this. I said "you wanted to see me Chiron?" Chiron said "Yes Saren I do. It's about the fact that you survived Zeus's wrath. No person, not even a demigod of Zeus, should have been able to survive that. So tell me Saren, how exactly did you manage to do that?" I said "Well Percy and I were walking back from capture the flag after he got claimed, and I looked up and it started to rain a little. So I said to Percy, hey we should get inside. Then it started to thunder. Then I saw some lightning and I yelled COME ON to him. Then I saw a lightning bolt going for Percy, and I pushed him out of the way, and got hit in the leg with the bolt. I was screaming in pain for about three hours, I looked once at my new burns then I passed out."

"This next part is from what Percy told me. After I had passed out Percy ran as fast as he could while he was carrying me to the sea. He laid me on the sea and I somehow floated on their kind of like magic. He prayed to his father to heal me, and Poseidon did his best, and I got a new scar. When I woke up, I looked at my new scar and realized it has little waves on it. I laughed and said to Percy that his dad left me a gift. He thought that my scar was pretty cool. You know the rest Chiron." He thought for a moment, and then said" Saren I want you to go to sleep for a little while alright? I need to talk to Zeus about this." "Alright." I said.

While I was walking towards the Hermes cabin, I noticed some snotty Aphrodite girls whispering and pointing at me. Normally I wouldn't care, considering I am not that pretty, nor do I care what THEY think, but my gut told me something was up. I'm not used to attention much, and I don't like being in the spotlight so this was kind of weird for me. I just brushed it off as just people staring at me for surviving Zeus's wrath, but it still kind of creeped me out. I got into the Hermes cabin and the Stoll brother were playing strip poker with Katie gardener and Miranda gardener, both daughters of Demeter. "I promise not to tell anyone about this if you leave the cabin so I can sleep." They thought about it, and then all in union said "YES" and left the cabin almost instantly, taking their clothes with them. It took me an hour trying to get to get to sleep, but when I did I was utterly shocked by my dream. Most demigods have creepy dreams so really, I shouldn't have been that surprised but still, I don't think I'll ever forget this dream.

In my dream I got a visit from your favorite lighting god. Yep Zeus has the nerve to visit me after he shot me with lightning. In the beginning, I was walking in I guess was Mount Olympus, and I saw all of the god's thrones, but the one I liked best was Artemis's throne that was silver and glowed like the moon. I also liked Poseidon's fisherman throne, it kind of made him seem more...Hmm whats the word... Ah yes normal. Then Zeus came in from behind me and said "Nice isn't it?" "HOLY CRAP, Don't do that to a demigod! Glad I'm not armed!" He laughed at me and said "Calm yourself demigod. I mean you no harm as of right now. I can't say that for your friend Percy though as the bolt was meant for him. What I want to know is why you took a bolt for him. I'm not the only one who wants to know."

I pondered this for a moment, and then I answered him. "I took the bolt from you because it was the right thing to do at the time. Percy is the child of the prophecy. You and I both knew this, so why did you ask the question? Were you expecting a different answer? If so I'm sorry about that." The god also pondered for a moment if in spite of the especially short demigod. "Well quite the accusation you have there-""Excuse me? Accusation? I don't state accusations, I state the truth." "If you didn't interrupt me you would see that there is no prophecy-""What about the prophecy that the dead oracle wears around her neck hmm Zeus?" He pondered a moment again. "Alright child, you've got me. How'd you figure it out?" "You're a horrible liar Zeus. Also I might have also visited the oracle in the basement." Then he patted my head and hugged me. I hugged him back, he kind of smelled like lightning, if lightning had a smell. He then turned into lightning and left. I was then transported back in time to see a mysterious woman in front of a big cauldron.

The woman started chanting in Latin, I don't know how, but I knew what she was saying for some odd reason. She was saying something like this: Oh goddess please help me in my quest for immortal life, I have collected all you wanted me to collect. I have gotten a hair from all the Greek and roman gods, as you requested. I hope with all this and the other ingredients I will get my immortal life. After she had said this, she boiled the stuff and then drank it(EWW!). Over the next few weeks I saw her life and she was getting pregnant, and then I realized it. She was getting pregnant with ME! I saw my own birth, and then realized why I had no parents. She died while giving birth to me.

Then when I thought it was over, I saw me being discovered by Artemis and her hunters. I saw me being shown to Lupa and Chiron, and the both agreed to keep me half a year. Then I realized that I was Artemis's only REAL daughter (though she considers her hunters her daughter), and that when I am in trouble I hear her voice not anyone else's. I was suddenly transported undersea, and was facing the god of the sea who was smiling at me proudly. "You have figured out your destiny Saren, and of your unique godly parentage. You are meant to be a Goddess dear. You're meant to become the protector of demigods, and with your personality, you'd be perfect for it." "How do I choose the demigod I want to protect?" I said. He smiled while he said this "You simply say I protect you now demigod. I hope you choose my son to protect dear. He needs all the help he can get, with the road that lays ahead for him." I laughed and said "Of course! There was no competition!" We hugged and said goodbye.

I woke up with a grin on my face in the Hermes cabin, with the Stoll brothers looking down on me with grins also on their faces. Oh no! That's NEVER good. I looked in the mirror and realized why they were smiling. I had the Mount Olympus Symbol over my head, meaning I was claimed. I started crying and realized my tears were golden, and then I hugged the nearest Stoll brother, which was Connor.