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Percy Jackson: The Shadow Hunter Chapter 3
This is in Percy's A.K.A Dragon's Point of View.
Hades and Erebus teleported away, living me in the forest clearing alone with the trees and silence. Then a thought occurred to me, what's my first mission?
"Your first mission is to aid the demigod near you." said Erebus in my head.
"What do you mean by-" I was cut off my a scream. "Never mind." I mumbled.
I ran off, dodging branches on the way, but I still tripped over a root of a tree. "I really need to watch we're I'm going." I said to myself.
I got up slowly and dashed off again. I spotted a river and jumped over it easily then I heard another scream, but this time it was louder. I must be nearby.
I took an arrow and pulled it by the bow, loading it. I walked slowly towards the direction where I heard the scream then I saw my old enemy.
The Hydra.
Right in front of it was a girl that had several bruises all over her body. "Hey, go run!" I shouted and it did two things:
One, the girl got up and instantly ran away without looking back. Two, the Hydra whipped to my direction.
I fired the arrow at the nearest head and it hit the eye. I ran to the other side of the Hydra and then reloaded my bow before shooting the same head, except this time, the arrow hit the head on the neck. Wow, since when did I shoot this good? Since three seconds ago.
I fired arrow after arrow and right now, all the heads were blind, and I'm being literal. Arrows were piercing their eyes.
I needed to finish this quickly. I hung my bow on my shoulder and willed the hidden blades to come out and then "Shing!". The hidden blades were there.
I ran behind the Hydra and climbed onto its back. Once I reached the top, a presence entered my head.
"Pers- I mean, Dragon, remember the black fire on your tattoos? It symbolizes your power over it." said Hades.
"Okay, what does that have to do with your blessing? I thought your blessing only gives me death-related stuff." I replied.
"Black fire is related to my blessing. In order to use it, you must concentrate on summoning it. That is all." said Hades before he left my mind.
Wow, that's very useful, very useful indeed.
But hey, what's wrong with trying? Well, besides getting in trouble when you're said to not do it. I opened my eyes and imagined fire coming out of my palm and then-
I was cut off in my thoughts by a loud "Bsh!" and when I opened my eyes, fire was coming out of my palm and I was not burning. Sweet!
I fisted my hand, stopping the fire and use the other hidden blade to chop off the first Hydra head. Once I did that, I opened my right hand and fire burst out wildly, immediately combusting the stump.
I repeated the same procedure: close hand, chop head, open hand, burn stump, until all the stumps were burned and the Hydra fell on the ground, limp, before disintegrating to dust.
I jumped off its back and willed the fire to stop coming out my hand and the hidden blades to be hidden again.
I walked off to the forest and bumped onto something.
"Please don't hurt me!"
Well, someone.
I shook my head and looked at the girl. She had blonde hair and orange eyes, she was wearing a yellow T-shirt with the words "What's up, Sunshine?" and an orange skirt with matching yellow step-ins. Wow, talk about fashion statement and I have no doubt that she's a daughter of Apollo, considering she looked so… yellowish.
"I won't hurt you. If I would, why did I save you then?" I said. She seemed to ponder this and said, "Good point." This made me smile through my hood because she reminds me of Apollo. One moment she's terrified, the next moment she's all chillax.
"Who are you?" she asked me. I crossed my arms and said, "You can call me Dragon. In the meantime, who are you and what are you doing out here?"
"Men with guns were chasing me and I stumbled here. The thing with four heads-" I cut her off, "You mean the Hydra."
She looked at me with a confused look on her face, "I'm Sarah and isn't that from Greek Mythology?"
I nodded my head. "Well Sarah, Welcome to the World of Demigods." I said with arms spread. "I'll entertain questions later because I need to get you to camp."
"What do you-" She was cut off my a howl. I glanced behind me and cursed. Hellhounds.
"No time to explain, come on!" I said grabbing her hand and sprinting away. She was trying hard to not trip since the roots of the trees were… annoying.
I hoisted her up my back and jumped over the river then set her back down before running again.
Then, I decided to try and use my shadow powers. "Hang on tight!" I said and focused on the shadows then I was running straight at the tree.
Next thing I knew, we were at the camp borders. "Welcome to Camp Half-blood. I can't go in but you can. Now, go." I said to Sarah and ushered her.
But before she could reply, I ran off to the woods again.
Talk about escape then back again.
"Hold on, Perseus." said a familiar voice in my head. Then I was teleported to the same clearing that I met Erebus and Hades in.
"Was your mission successful?" said a voice behind me. I whipped around to face Erebus. "Yeah…" was all I said. Erebus nodded. "Nice job for your first try. It'll take a while to get used to your new powers. I'll be often sending you to missions so that you will be used to your new powers. For now, rest." said Erebus, pointing to a tree.
He snapped his fingers and a black ladder appeared, heading to the top. "That's a shadow ladder. It leads to your tree house. Enjoy your rest." and then he teleported away.
I climbed the ladder and when I reached the top it was like a hotel room!
There was a bed with black outlines, a table with a lamp and a chair. There was even a rug with a drawing of a black dragon. Hah, it fits my name.
There was a cabinet where I could put my clothes and a weapon holder on the wall right next to it. I put my weapons on the holder and then took of my boots before jumping on the bed and having a peaceful sleep.
