Who knew walking was hard?
I had been in the forest for a couple of hours now and my feet were starting to ache. Flies kept bugging me, the forest was loud, I even ran out of blue sour patches. And those were the best ones!
I wish I was back at home again… back with Paul, no monsters to worry about, no worrying about surviving, dying, finding this camp for demigods.
I kept walking. Trying to get my mind off how horrible my life was at the the moment. I looked down at the ground seeing the bright green grass. I was surprised to see that it wasn't even partially dead. It was like it the grass was Astro turf from how green it was. I looked around and noticed it was only by me that it was like this, other spots had dirt patches. I looked behind me and saw a long trail of bright green grass as well.
What in the world?
I looked down at the ground and started to walk some more. Sure enough the grass around my feet grew rapidly. It spread from around my feet turning dirt to grass, giving it the perfect green color, flowers popped up here and there.
Why is this happening?This never happened before. Not even when I got chased by that Goliath of a wolf.
I was so preoccupied that I tripped over something.
"Umph" I coughed out after falling
I looked back and saw a dead tree. The bark was old, moss was growing on it, the tree trunk was broken half way. It was kinda saddening to me. So I got off my butt and walked up to it. I put my hand on the top half of the tree. Sure enough it began to mend itself. Fibers from the tree connected to the base and help upright it. The leaves grew back in front of my eyes, beautiful light green. The bark became young and dark. The moss seemed to have disappear giving it a garden tree look. It was at an angle but the tree trunk looked brand new. Happy with what I did, I continued my journey.
Line Break
The sun was at its peak, and it was pretty hot. However the thick forest line kept me in the shade. I was getting used to the birds shouting and yelling, I even became thankful for them. In LA ,pidgins were the only birds I saw, and all i beards they say was "coo coo". I was eating some blue M&M's when I heard a loud scream. I panicked dropping my M&Ms and ran behind the closest tree. My heart became increasingly fast, but my mind going 0 mph. My mind was blank, I didn't know what to do. I looked around wildly. I waited a couple of seconds
"HELP!" a voiced wailed
I looked at the way I heard a voice.
Should I go?
This could be a trap.
BUT THEY NEED HELP
BUT YOU CAN DIE
Don't ever run from a fight…
This mental fight happened working five seconds before I heard another yell. I made up my mind. I ran towards the scream as fast as I could.
…
I ran until I saw a huge clearing and stopped right before I entered. From there I saw a huge bonfire with a behemoth sized caldron. Hanging above it were three people tied with a rope. All were unconscious. I looked around for someone that would have called help, but found none. Suddenly a the ground began to hake to and fro. Then exiting the Forest line, was a huge monster, just like the one I saw at the mart. Except twice as big, and twice as ugly. It only wore a loincloth, it's skin was somewhat tan, but covered in dirt and sweat. It's hair was ragged, tangled and oily. Hair came from its ears and armpit, and I could smell it's body odor from twenty feet away. It smelt like manure and a dumpster combined. It's one eye had a evil look to it as well. It's sclera was tinted yellow. It's iris was a dark ,almost black, brown and its eye had red veins popping out of it.
"Need more demigods." it rumbled ,"I hungry."
I grew weary as it said that.
It will eat me if I get caught, but I need to save those people. No one deserves to die like this.
It looked up and opened its mouth. I expected it to yell for other monsters but what happened surprised me. Out its mouth came a young girl's cry.
"HELP!" It mimicked
My heart stopped… this indeed was a trap.
My young mind was having a hard time trying to come up with a plan to help them. Time was running out and sooner or later those fellow demigods were toast.
I ended up just making it up on the fly. I ran around the clearing to the other side and climbed the tree that the rope was tied to. Once above there I chucked a couple of acorns at a girl with black hair. She shifted slightly and stopped. I chucked a couple of more acorns this time harder. This ,effectively, did the job and the girl was awake. She looked around scared before realizing where she was and slumped a little. I threw another acorn to get her attention. She looked up and saw me with here bright blue eyes. The almost glowed in the shade that she was in. She was more than surprised, but I put a finger up to my lip and she kept quiet and nodded.
I mouthed ," I'm going to help. Be ready to run"
She frowned and looked below her.
Again I silently said ," I'll take care of that ,just be ready"
She nodded and started to nudge the other people awake. They looked at her weirdly before she shook her head up and their eyes followed. When they saw me they, the girl almost. But I ,again, put a finger to my lip. The boy looked hopeful, his sky blue eye lighting up. I gave them a reassuring smile before pointing at the giant. They looked over and saw it picking it teeth with a sword.
"Distract" I mouthed when they looked at me again
They nodded and the girl with black hair shouted "hey ugly!"
The monster looked up annoyed
"What you want food." It said rather bored
"We have another friend if you want another demigod to eat" she said loudly
The monster's eye widened a bit
"Where?" it asked more interested
"Under a tree where you found us. It was our camping spot and we were going hunting." She lied
The monster seemed suspicious but took her word for it.
"Okay demigod. I listen, but if lie. I eat first" he said seriously
I saw the girl visibly gulp before nodding her head. The creature stood up and threw down its toothpick ,before walking away whence it came from. While this was going on I had climbed down the tree and looked for anything to put the fire out with. It was easily twice the size of a normal bonfire, so kicking dirt would be useless. I heard the giant leave and drop the sword. Seeing this I jogged over to the sword to get it before the monster came back. Then I jogged over to the fire. The wood looked brand new and wouldn't go out anytime soon. I started getting worried about not being able to save them, until I felt the ground below me shift. I quickly looked down the see the dirt swirling around my feet. My eye widened and I touched it. My hand sunk into it like water, and calmness seemed to wash over me.
After that, I got random gut feeling. I hesitantly raised both my hands like a mummy , and weirdly dirt began to rise up. An awkward tugging sensation filled my gut as more and more dirt began to rise up. Surprisingly within seconds it became more and more like second nature.
"This is AWESOME !" I yelled.
Then, I guess the word would be, willed(?) the dirt over the fire, effectively putting it out.
Now that the fire was out, whatever in the cauldron would coo-
Wait a second…
I raised the dirt again, however this time I imagined it as a staircase. I closed my eyes and concentrated as hard as I could. I felt a little pinch in my gut and when I opened my eyes, there before me were stairs made of dirt. I smiled proudly, then ran and climbed up the tree. I cut the rope, with the sword that I picked up, dropping the people onto the platform that was was connected to the stairs. The people untangled themselves and ran down the stairs quickly. I jumped down the tree and met them halfway. They girl with black hair ran up and hugged me tightly
"Thank you so much" she said sincerely
She was a good four to five inches taller than me. She was very attractive. High cheekbones, full lips, and a slightly upturned nose.
"You did a hell of a job" the blonde boy said patting my back.
He was a tad bit taller than the girl, his hair the opposite color hair of the girl, baby blue eyes instead of sapphire blue, and had a smirk that matched his vibe.
"No problem." I said ," No one deserves to get eaten."
The group chuckled.
"We should get going before th-" I started before I the ground started shaking
*boom* *boom* *boom* *boom*
We all turned our heads just in time to see the monster come back into the area.
"We're screwed." Sighed the girl.
"Don't lose hope yet, I didn't just save you all just to die." I said with enthusiasm
They all looked at me crazily.
"Come one guys four of us one of him. Plus he doesn't have the blood of the gods now does he?" I said
A blonde girl that was an inch shorter than me rose her finger and said ," well actually he could be a son of Poseidon so technically he does have the blood of a god"
I looked at her with a straight face, and then just shook my head.
"Let's just get this over with." I said disappointed
The oldest girl shook her head and said " Luke take Annabeth and flank left. The kid and I will distract "
The other two nodded and ran into the tree line to get behind the monster
Said monster looked at us angrily
"How did you get out of the rope!" He yelled angrily
And then he pointed at me " and who are you puny demigod , I don't remember tying you up."
"Let's just get this over with." I said while looking at the girl
She looked at me smiling, determination set in her eye. We both looked at the monster and ran at him, screaming a battle cry.
"AHHHHH!" We yelled.
She ran holding a spear and shield, that somehow appeared out of nowhere(?) , while I used the sword I picked up. The giant broke a huge branch off the tree and used it as his weapon. Right when we were about ten feet away he swung the branch downwards making us split apart. The girl and I took turn trying to stab the giant, only to back away quickly to avoid turning into brain matter. He suddenly yelled painfully as he crashed down onto a knee. I looked over and saw another sword sticking out from his left thigh.
Ohhhh that's gotta hurt
The giant recovered rather quickly and took the sword out of his thigh before slowly getting up.
"ME ANGRY!" He yelled out
He began to swing the tree branch mercilessly, trying to hit anyone. We all backed away with caution.
"We need to end this soon, before someone gets hurt." I told Thalia
She nodded her head agreeing.
"If you can keep him still, I might be able to finish the job" she said thinking hard.
We then heard a scream. I looked over to see the girl had got hit and flew to the end of the clearing. Right where the forest line began.
"Annabeth!" The girl yelled .
The giant took advantage quickly. It ran as fast as it could bringing down it's branch with all its might
CRACK
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Thank you for reading another chapter of this story. Leave a review if you think this was a good cliffhanger. If it got you mad then my bad. Also I know I said that I would include getting to Lupa's house but this was a good cliffhanger and I want to go in depth with the talking between Percy and Thalia's group. Also if you noticed Percy being more courageous, it's because he found out what he is (a roman demigod) and is it has an effect. Percy will become more outgoing and develop leadership works the same with his powers. I know that ceres isn't technically have power over the ground but crops and plants sprout from the ground, so why not? I'm not good with comebacks but I'll try to keep him the sarcastic demigod that we all love
Anyways this chapter question: should this be a harem? If so how many?
