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By the way, before I forget (just to clear things up) this takes place after the Last Olympian, and during the Summoning (after Chloe is sent to Lyle House and Liz is taken away)
Percy POV
I grabbed her hand and we ran.
Chloe panted, her eyes wide. "P-Percy!" Her grip on my hand tightened.
"Chloe, don't worry. Just come with me." I said. We didn't have time to stop so I could explain everything.
"No!" she said, motioning at something behind us. "L-look…" Suddenly, Tori screamed. Okay, maybe something bad was happening. I turned and saw that the two nurses were morphing into some sort of thing…their bodies shrank and they sprouted wings. Their faces got lined and wrinkled. I sighed. Harpies. Harpies weren't the smartest, but they were hard to lose. I uncapped Riptide.
"Okay." I said. "Chloe, Rae, Tori, Simon, and Derek. Run. I'll take care of them." I kinda felt like a general, directing troops.
"No!" Tori said. "I can help you fight these…thingies." She raised her hand and created another orb of energy above her hand. I looked at it.
"Uh…alright. But the rest of you- run!" Everyone else did, except for Derek, who immediately rushed one of the harpies and pinned her to the ground. She squawked in protest.
"Get off me!" He held her down.
"Percy," he said. "Take care of her." I walked over and prepared to cut her head off with Riptide, but her talons flashed and she wriggled out of Derek's grip and flew up in the air, cackling. I had almost forgotten about Harpy #2, until she attempted to dive-bomb Rae. Rae jumped out of the way and caught the harpy's wing in her fingertips. Her hand began to smoke, and soon the harpy was covered in flames, shrieking. Slowly, she disintegrated into a pile of dust, like all monsters do. Rae stared at her hand in shock.
"Did I just…burn her?" she asked, studying her hands as if afraid they would set on fire at any minute. "How…?"
I sighed. "We've been over this! You're demigods!"
She turned to me angrily. "Would you like to explain what that means? We listened to you, we came with you, only because we wanted to get out of this prison! You said you'd explain, boy. So start explaining." She crossed her arms, waiting.
"I-," I quickly ducked the remaining harpy's flying attack. "Can it wait until after she's dead?" I asked, gesturing at the harpy, who was rearing for another attack. This time she aimed for Chloe. She flew at her. Chloe screamed, her hands flying up to protect herself. I ran over to her and jumped, swinging Riptide and hoping I would hit something. My sword connected, and I heard a shriek as the harpy exploded over me. Dead monster dust rained down on our heads. Lovely. Chloe got to her feet shakily.
"A-are they gone?" She brushed monster dust out of her face, blinking.
"Yes." I said, capping Riptide. "They're dead, for now."
"For now?" Simon asked. I had almost forgotten about him. He'd made no move to fight the harpies, just stood there and watched.
"Monsters don't die." Grover said, trotting up, his stupid Scottish kilt swaying. I made a mental note to remind him to never wear it ever again. Chloe's eyes bugged out when she saw his hooves, but she didn't say anything.
"Don't die?" Tori sneered. "They just did."
"It's hard to explain," Grover said. "They can be killed, but when they are they just go back to Tartarus- that's the darkest part of the underworld, where really evil stuff happens- and eventually, they reform."
"Listen, Percy- whoever you are, you better start explaining!" Rae said. "I want to know what I just did!"
"Rae, I can explain." Simon said. Wait, what? How could he know about being a demigod? "Rae, I think you're a fire half-demon." Excuse me, what? What was a half-demon? This guy had it all wrong.
"No," I said. "You're all demigods."
"Last I checked," Derek rumbled. "Me and Simon are supernaturals. And the others are too."
"Yea," Simon said. "I'm a sorcerer, and Derek's…he…" He looked at Derek, who shook his head. "He's got super-hearing and strength and stuff."
"Well," I said. "You're not…whatever it is, supernaturals. You're demigods. All of you."
Rae threw up her hands. "Would SOMEONE tell me what the hell a demigod is?"
"Well, to start," I said. "I'm a demigod."
"That really clears things up." Tori said. "What about him?" She gestured at Grover. "Is he a demigod?"
"No, he's a satyr." I said. "Greek mythological creature. Half-man, half-goat."
"Oh," she said in a small voice.
"Percy." Chloe said. "Back to demigods?"
"Right. Demigods are people who are half-human, half-god."
"What kind of god?" Derek asked.
"Greek gods. You know, Athena, Zeus, Ares…" They all nodded.
"We've heard of them. And some Greek myths and stuff." Simon said. "So which are you?"
"I'm the son of Poseidon. My mom's mortal- that is, to say, regular human. You guys might've thought you were mortal, but you're not. You're all demigods."
After I spoke, I left a ringing silence. Finally, Chloe spoke.
"S-so one of my parents was a g-god?" She looked terrified.
"Yes. It's the same for all of you."
"Which one is it for me?" Tori demanded. "Is my mom a goddess?"
"I-I don't know…" I said. She was right in my face, and even though she was kinda pretty, it was scary. "Maybe…"
"I hope it is!" she said. "I hope that bitch isn't my real mom…" Wow, wasn't she a lovely daughter. Although, maybe she did have a nasty "mom". Back in her dorm, she had screamed something about her mom. She looked so hopeful, I actually hoped her mom was a goddess. If she wasn't….well, I just hoped she wouldn't throw her angry energy ball at me.
"But which god or goddess is my parent?" Chloe asked.
"Well, what can you do?" Grover said.
"I d-don't know," she said. "Not what Tori or Rae can do. I don't have…magic powers."
"Chloe, you're something." Derek said. She shrank back a little at his tone. "We thought you might be a necromancer, but that's obviously not true." I thought he was being a bit harsh with her.
"Chloe, why were you sent to Lyle House?" I asked.
She stared at her feet. "I see ghosts. They told me I was schizophrenic."
"Well, you're not. You're a demigod. We'll figure out which gods are your parents at camp."
Rae sighed. "Camp? Please don't tell me you're taking us to a camp."
I held up my hands. "It's not a kiddie camp, I swear. It's a camp for people like you and me. We train-,"
"Train for what?" Simon asked.
"Train to fight monsters," I said. "Like the ones we killed. We do activities with swords and stuff. But we don't always have to fight monsters. Actually, most monsters are lying low right now. After we defeated the Titans- I assume you all know the story of the Titan war-" They nodded. "Last year, most monsters have stopped attacking us. Kronos is gone now. And maybe when you get to camp, you'll be claimed."
"Claimed?" Chloe asked. I sighed. So. Many. Questions.
"It's a sign your godly parents send to let you know who you are, I guess. When you get claimed, you'll know who your parent is. It's strange, you guys should've been claimed already, but you haven't. We made a deal with the gods last year after we beat Kronos that they would claim all their unclaimed children before they were 13…but you guys are all…what, 15? 16?"
"Yea," they all said.
"So, hopefully, if we take you to camp, you'll all get claimed, okay? So will you please come with me now that I've explained everything?"
Tori sighed. "What do we have to lose? It's either this camp or we end up in some other mental home. I vote camp."
The others agreed.
"Alright," I said. "Grover? Would you get our transportation?"
"Of course!" he said. "Just a minute…" He played a small song on his pan pipes, and a doorway opened, right in front of us.
"What the-…" Simon said.
"Percy!" Grover said. "You need to hurry and go in! It's not going to last long!"
"I'm not going into a magical doorway of light!" Tori said, her arms crossed. "We're not stupid!"
"Of course you're not!" I said hurriedly. "It leads to camp, trust me. Just go! Please?"
Chloe stepped forward. "I'll go."
"Chloe- you can't-," Derek started.
"I can't what, Derek?" she said. "Since when do you control me? I think it's safe and I trust Percy and I want to go to this camp. I'm going."
"Well, if Chloe's going, I'm going too!" Simon said. We all stared at him. "What?" he asked.
Rae sighed. "Screw it." She walked in and vanished. Chloe followed. Simon ran eagerly after Chloe. Derek rolled his eyes.
"This better be good." And he followed his foster brother. Then I was left with Tori. She scowled.
"I won't do it."
I rolled my eyes. "You have to. Please? We don't have much time."
"Is my mom a goddess?" she asked. Why did she want to know so badly? Jeez!
"I don't know! Come to camp and you'll find out!"
She glared at me. "I want to know NOW."
I thought quickly. Well, she could cast spells and conjure energy balls. Sounded like a witch- that is to say, a daughter of the goddess of magic, Hecate.
"You're probably the daughter of Hecate, the goddess of magic. Now come?"
She nodded. "Fine. But I won't like it." I grabbed her arm and me, her, and Grover jumped into the portal. Seconds later, we joined the others directly in front of the Big House. They all looked around in shock.
"What the…what is this?" Chloe asked.
I swept my arm around, showing off the place. "Welcome to Camp Half-Blood."
Chapter 2! Mwah! Sorry it took me so long to update, I've busy doing stuff and to be honest, I'm a huge slacker. So if I take a while to update on chapters, it's only because I'm very lazy. I hope you liked this chapter, and I hope you like the story! Please review! I got some great reviews last time REVIEWS MAKE ME SMILE! SO DO IT! Thank youuu I have it all figured out as to who everyone's godly parents are! It's going to be veeeerrrrry interesting! Some of my reviewers already have great ideas ;) ;)I will try to update ASAP! Love ya!
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