Title: Daughter of the Sky, Hero of the Galaxy
Summery: Shepard never cared much about her father. She was just trying to survive. Learning he was a god? Well… she just had to wonder why on Earth she had to live like she did.
Time went on rather quick for Shepard, as she gained friends and learned tricks of a demigod.
Most lessons were done with Sparatus, who taught her how to call lightning and how to fly.
Flying was fucking awesome, and she adored it with all of her heart. But wind tunnels were amazing to play with to. Shepard loved the feeling of power it gave her- the ability to control the very elements themselves. She was filled with this desire for more she couldn't quite understand.
Part of being a big three kid though was being rather isolated. Her loud cursing, anger issues and her way of punching people tended to freak people out. However, she did find some good friends among her fellow demigods.
Targun, Felix and Ashley became her close friends, though Jamie also joined in on the conversations, having already been friends with Targun for years.
"Dude, that is so fucking awesome!" cheered Shepard, as she casually stole Targun's book. "How many battle plans did she create?!"
"Thousands." The krogan said proudly. "My mother had given life to many great generals and strategists, George Washington being one such, but Annabeth Chase would always be her star in a way." Anyone who knew Targun knew he was a bit of an outcast among his cabin. He was a krogan- and with that came the belief he was an idiot, a warmonger with no brain. However, truth was, Targun was probably the smartest of them all. He possessed double the organs of his siblings- meaning he had two brains. Add demigod brain processing, and you got someone who could think almost at the speed of light.
Sure, he loved to fight, but he wasn't an idiot.
"She was also the mother of a few asari strategists over the years." Said Felix, as he looked through his own book on strategies. Shepard had crashed their little reading fest out of boredom- searching for Ashley. The daughter of Ares had turned out to be off with a few of her siblings, including Jamie, killing a pesky dragon disturbing a village on the other side of the planet.
"Huh… so it wasn't just recently that the gods banged aliens?" Shepard asked. Targun snorted and Felix groaned.
"Wow, Sparta ain't teaching you shit." Laughed Targun.
"Cause he's an ass." Shepard said dryly to her friend. Sparatus was way to much a goody-two-shoes for them to get along long enough. Sure, her brother, and she'd punch anyone if they mocked him, but damn was he a stick in the mud. "Now- teach me." And he was honestly busy with other things, but it was more fun to complain about him then anything.
"Alright, bossy." Felix muttered. "The Greek and Roman gods are mainly human orientated. However, they did participate in the evolution of the other species, so there is that."
"Ares is my race's main creator." Targun said. "Hence why most of the krogan demigods are his kids." He motioned to cabin five where a large group was huddled. Turians, krogan, asari, batarians and humans all hung out around the cabin, listening to rock music. "He also created the batarians I believe."
"Athena was the driving force behind the salarians, and since she doesn't need sex to have a demigod baby, all salarian demigods are hers." Felix said, pointing to a brother of his as he bickered with a child of Aphrodite- a beautiful purple asari. "Asari are a joint creation between Aphrodite, Athena and Artemis I believe…"
"Not sure about Artemis- that's more a guess given they're all female." Said Targun. "Quarians are Athena and Hephaestus… right?"
"I think so." Felix said. "They stay on the Flotilla mostly- except for Mel." They looked towards cabin nine, where a quarian was arguing with his brothers and sisters. "Monsters don't go on there- never do materialize on ships, and there are demigods on the Flotilla that protect the place- kill any monsters trying to sneak on."
"Elcor… I think they just evolved without outside help. Same with hanar…"
"Aren't-"
"You guys are such geeks." Laughed Shepard. "Now, so, they don't just get busy with the humans?" Felix blushed, and Targun just shrugged.
"No. But it's only since all the species know about one another that Camp Half-Blood and Camp Jupiter are accepting of all aliens." Targun said. Shepard hummed in interest, and then Felix began talking about how Gods influenced the galaxy.
Targun and Felix got into a debate and Shepard left. She did not want to get into another big fight between those two- fuck no. They were bad when they fought- it was kind of awesome but also terrifying.
Her first capture the flag came a bare three weeks after she came to camp. She was really excited for it, finding the idea awesome- mwhahaha, she was going to win!
Then she learned that flying wasn't allowed during capture the flag- to much of an unfair advantage.
Asari could use biotics! All biotic kids could, why couldn't they fly with the flag? Even if they couldn't 'pull' the flag towards them, they could still use biotics!
"Cheap!" she announced upon hearing the rules. Chiron ignored her, and she pouted. "So unfair." She told Sparatus.
"Look, let's just go and help Athena cabin, alright?" he asked tiredly, as he headed to the meeting place. "I want one of my last capture the flags to go well."
"…Oh yeah, military for you, huh?" she asked, remembering how turian culture works.
"Yeah, all turians go through it. But I hope to take it a bit farther." Sparatus looked off, a turian smile creeping up on his face. "Think I could be a good Councillor?" Shepard hummed, looking thoughtful.
"…Yeah, you like bossing me around enough." She laughed at his face, and nudged him with her shoulder before they were drawn into the game. It was rather simple, their job. Targun had suggested it. Everyone would expect them to go after the flag- they were the children of Zeus after all. So, act like decoys. Poseidon's kids lurked by the river, while the solitary Hades child was on the other team, most likely guarding the flag.
Nisix Betis was a terrifying Asari. Unlike most asari, she had black scales mixed in with her pale blue ones. She had this really freaky shadow power mixed with biotics that just grabbed people and paralyzed them.
It was fucking awesome in Shepard's opinion.
But it made her really hard to fight against- unless an Apollo kid with photokinesis was around and could use it well enough to disrupt the shadows.
Good thing everyone agreed that Nisix was not allowed on the Apollo cabin's team. Even Mr. D agreed. It was just way to cheap.
During the Jupiter game, Nisix wasn't allowed to use it, given the Apollo kids on that side didn't have any such power… yet.
"You never talk about your mom." Said Shepard as they moved along the river into enemy territory. She was bored, and itching to talk or something.
"Not much to tell. She's a high ranking official in the Hierarchy. Some scandal with me being a bastard, but really, turians don't care. I'm a good soldier." Sparatus said, also bored. Ah, ADHD, fun thing for demigods. "That's all they care about."
"She nice?"
"Yeah. A bit racist towards humans, but she fought in the First Contact War." Sparatus said, sounding a bit tired.
"What she think about you coming here then?" Shepard asked.
"… She doesn't know. She can't see through the Mist and… I use it on her so she doesn't know I come here." Was the honest answer. Shepard jerked back, looking at her brother in shock.
"…No shit?"
"No shit." Sparatus said. "It's… easier. She's never known about my being a half-blood. As far as she knows, dad was some random guy she hooked up with." The turian sighed. "I never see her anyway. She's always working, and when I do- she just tells me to train more, or to stop slacking off."
"…We both got fucked for moms, huh?" Shepard said as an observation. Sparatus didn't agree- and they continued to run distraction, until… Shepard stepped into a trap.
Hermes cabin's counselor, Peter, had a thing for Nisix. As such, he had to be on her team, in hopes of getting her in bed. And one of the many trades Hermes kids could do was traps- which lead to Shepard hanging upside down from a tree, while Sparatus laughed his ass off.
"Fuck off Sparatus." Shepard told her brother, as she glared at him.
He just laughed at her, and then positioned himself to catch her when she cut herself free, as she growled at him bitterly.
That was when the ambush started. No Asari kids, they were at the fore front of the battle, but three humans and a turian were ready for battle.
"Shit fuck." Swore Shepard as she fell out of the tree and Sparatus caught her.
"Language." Said Sparatus dryly.
"It's Greek," Shepard said sarcastically.
"… Isn't it supposed to be 'it's English'?" Sparatus asked, confused by the weird idioms Shepard often said.
"I'm Greek dude- it's funnier to say I speak Greek." Shepard pointed out before arrows were shot at them. Shepard flipped backwards, while Sparatus jumped away. "Oi, talking here!"
"And it's game time." Said an older teen female. She had the typical mischievous looks of a Hermes kid. "Now, let's dance." She shot some more as her siblings ran at the children of Zeus, swords drawn.
Sparatus drew his own sword and used it to parry, shaking his wrist and causing a shield to appear to block a blow from the turian. The finale Hermes kid ran up against Shepard, who dodged his strike, and used the sword she carried- slashing at his stomach.
A lightning strike also seemed to deter them, and they dodged back. That was when Shepard spied a blue flag in the trees.
"Oi! Only two guards allowed!" she snapped- thrusting at the boy she was fighting.
"Ah, we're border patrol, not flag guards." Laughed the archer.
"That-" Sparatus began, before the turian answered, a grin on his face.
"Is a valid loop hole!" He laughed, and kicked out. Sparatus dodged, grabbing the foot and shoving it away. Shepard growled and threw a lightning bolt in her annoyance at the boy attacking her.
They are right… fuck, what do we do? She wondered to herself, glaring at the flag. It seemed that Hermes and all of them had figured they'd put the flag near the boundary and hide it. It was a sound idea. But how to counter it…
"So, where is Nisix?" asked Shepard. "She running a dummy flag? Smart."
"Duh!" laughed the female. "I am a legacy of Athena!" Ah, Janet Jackson- great-granddaughter of Percy and Annabeth Chase-Jackson. The kids had all split who got what last name, given it was a pain to write out. Her being Hermes' daughter just made her more cunning.
Shepard dodged and shot a lightning bolt, her eyes roaming the area. Think like the street kid you are. How did you get out of that other 'offer?'
Shepard had been offered five different times positions on gangs. One of which happened during a street fight in a pit. The deal was to get out of the pit, and she would be left alone. She could join, or she could die.
Really, she should have died, ten guys where on her, and she hadn't killed them. Instead she had electrocuted two, and then ran to the sides of the pit, and climbed up.
She had been told she cheated- until she pointed out they hadn't said she had to kill them, just get out of the pit.
So how to get out of this… oh! Shepard blinked, and then smiled like a wolf.
Maybe she had some Athena in her.
"Oi! Sparta!"
"It's Sparatus!" yelled her brother, slamming his shield into the turian- making him fly back.
"Is passing the flag against the rules?" Sparatus blinked, turning to his sister with a confused look.
"Passing the flag… no." Shepard smiled, and then she dropped her sword, surprising the kid she was fighting against. She launched herself into the air, a grin on her face.
Ah, flying. Terrifying to learn, but amazing to know. She flew to the flag like a bullet, grabbing it and launching herself up.
"GO LONG!" she screamed, and it clicked for Sparatus. He shoved his shield into it's scabbard, and his shield retracted before he flew up himself. Shepard threw the flag- using the wind to have it go farther. He grabbed it, and Shepard sprinted through the air, a grin on her face.
"FOUL!" screamed the Hermes kids. They hadn't brought their shoes, given it was a rule not to fly with the flag.
"NO ONE SAID ANYTHING ABOUT PASSING!"
Chiron wasn't very happy with Shepard or Sparatus- nor was he happy with the blue team. But, it wasn't against the rules, so no punishment was given, and the red team won.
Of course, Chiron made a new rule about it- spoil sport. No more passing the flag in the air, and no more 'border guards'.
Of course, it was just for capture the flag… and he mentioned he had no right to interfere with the games against the Romans…
Camp Half-Blood was undefeated that summer- until they could actually get a council together to ban their tactics.
And then, the summer was over, and Sparatus was about to leave.
"…Well, this is fucking awkward." Shepard announced as she face Sparatus. Shepard was wearing a dark hoodie and jeans, her hair now much longer, pulled back into a high ponytail.
"It somewhat is." Sparatus agreed with his sister. He was dressed in his best casual clothes, about to be shipped off to military training. "I wish you could have come here sooner." He told her.
"Heh, same." Shepard said, scratching the back of her head, biting her lip. She looked away from her brother before she said. "You better call."
"I will." Sparatus promised, before he picked up his bag and headed off. Shepard watched him go, feeling a little hollow as she watched her brother leave. A sudden thought struck her, and she ran after him.
"Sparta!" he groaned, turning to her.
"Don't call me that Shep-"
She interrupted him. "My name is," as she spoke, Sparatus stared at her, and then a turian smile crossed his face.
"Don't call me Sparta."
"If you use my first name, I'm calling you whatever I want." She told him. He laughed, and nodded.
"Guess I'll give you that…" The two siblings looked at one another, and said at the same time,
"I am not hugging you." Loud laughter erupted, and Sparatus was on his way, as Shepard watched him leave. She turned around and walked to the camp, while a thoughtful smirk.
Maybe the military would be a good place for her to.
And so, Shepard grew up in camp. She trained like no tomorrow, and called her brother often.
Targun ended up becoming an adult in krogan culture fairly easily- though he did end up leaving and going back to Camp, stating-
"I am not interested in staying there one more fucking second." When asked. He ended up taking over some drill running from Elizabeth Jackson, the legacy, and granddaughter of Percy and Annabeth Chase-Jackson.
She was pregnant- with a child of Apollo.
Many jokes were cracked about how the Jackson line was irresistible. People began to place bets on the two other legacies, Hannah Chase and Mark Chase- twins, both twenty-five, and who they would attract.
Dana had Janet already, and Sally Chase-Jackson, daughter of Percy and Annabeth, was a Hunter of Artemis.
Felix left when Shepard turned fifteen, heading for the Citadel to work in some super-secret Black Ops program. He cracked a few jokes about the terrible name to Shepard, who found it hilarious.
Cerberus. She just bet Hades hated the fuck out of that name.
Shepard grew up swearing, fighting and having fun. Her life was amazing. And everything was perfect, wasn't it?
Codex Entry: Camp Half-Blood
To Demigods, Camp Half-Blood is a safe haven against monsters. To mortals, Camp Half-Blood is a camp dedicated to promoting peace among the races, as well as a pseudo foster camp.
Mortals see Camp Half-Blood as a cutting edge camp, where only the best are allowed. Many pro-aliens try to send their kids to said camp, only to be refused, given how high end it is. There is a test apparently that sorts children into the Cabins best suited for their personalities- though rumors no one lives in Cabin Two abound. Apparently it's cursed.
CLIFF HANGER! MWAHAHAHAHAH!
Okay- I didn't have much planned for Shep around her first few years at Camp. So, crappy speed up. Next chapter covers a bit more, such as a quest, a first crush and a choice.
And no- no name for you! Her name will be revealed, yes. I debated about using it here, and then went: No, I'll be mean.
Her name will appear when she joins the military though! So yay!
Review Please! And any ideas about what monster she should face?