AN: Hey guys! I now officially close the submission of OCs for this story. I would like to thank those who shared their OCs to me and I will really try to put them into good use. The reviews really inspired me to continue this story; I really hope I could live up to your expectations. To be honest, it took me a really long time thinking on how I will make Rachel's prophecy. Making the words at the end rhyme was such a pain, I can't think of the right words. Anyway, back to the OCs. I already made a few OCs myself; I just want to try making some as well ;). Ok enough with my blabbering and let's get to the 4th Chapter of this story!
Jason saw enough weird stuff in a day, earlier in the morning he was called along with the other cabin leaders to an assembly, where he made a very crazy idea. And looking at the glowing eyes and green mist of the Oracle, Rachel Dare. He thought a beauty sleep would do the trick; he could at least clear his mind at the moment before he goes into action.
He snuggled the covers to his face and his body shivered, the Zeus cabin was freezing cold at the moment. He rolled in his bedroll and kept his eyes shut. Jason was having a strange dream. He walked on a sandy beach. At a distance he could see a small beach house, it was so silent. The orange sun was about to set, so he sprinted to the beach house. There was a wooden boat beside the house, Jason placed himself behind it and looked around.
The house has a fading paint of sky blue, a pink roof, and a porch. It was small, but it was warm and looked welcome. In front of the porch, he noticed a red plastic bucket and a tiny yellow shovel. Beside it was a sand castle. Jason figured someone lives here.
The door of the house opened and a tall muscular man wearing a blue pinstripe suit went out. Jason was familiar with the man; he has that dark beard and electric blue eyes... Jason's eyes widened. It was Zeus, his immortal father. A few warriors wearing gold armor and helmet followed the thunder god. One was carrying a small girl, about the age of 7. The girl has green eyes and her black hair was tied in a pigtail. She was crying and pleading to let her go. Jason's heart dropped, he wanted to run to the girl and take her to his arms. Another woman screamed from the house, she ran to the armoured men and tried to take the girl. The woman screamed and tears fell from her eyes, her brown hair was messed up.
Jason then realized, she is the mother of the small girl. He looked at his father again, his face was hard to understand, and he cannot tell if he was sad or he plainly doesn't care at all. Jason hated that. The demigod stood up and screamed at the warriors, he snatched up his sword and launched at the guards. But the sand held his feet. Jason cannot move and watched the scene.
The woman became violent and snatched a bronze sword from one of the warrior's sheath. She swung it aimlessly and threatened to attack the men if they don't give her daughter back. Her hand was shaking and blinked her tears.
A warrior knocked the woman from behind and fell to her knees on the sand. Jason struggled violently to get out of the sand's hold. The girl cried louder, her right hand reaching out for her mother. The woman weeped silently, seconds that seemed like hours passed. Jason can't help but feel sorry for the mother and child. He cannot believe his father was capable of doing such thing.
His father said something to one soldier, and in a blink of an eye, Zeus vanished. Jason wondered what Zeus said to the soldier, but he felt anger in him. How can Zeus leave especially when something serious is happening?
Unexpectedly, the woman took out a knife from her pocket and stabbed one of the warriors. Since it was just a plain knife, it shattered in front of her. She was stunned and a soldier did not hesitate to plunge a sword to the woman's back. Jason was relieved for a second; he thought the sword was made of celestial bronze only. But he was wrong, the mother fell on the sand, her light green blouse was stained with blood. The girl watched in horror as she saw her mother fall before her.
Jason went silent; he was silently grieving for the woman that lies lifelessly on the sand. Then the girl screamed, the seawater rose up, making a huge wall of water above them. The demigod was petrified; did the girl just make that wall?
The wall cascaded violently to the armed soldiers, and they were dragged to the sea, Jason was held by the sand and was not pulled back, even the blue house was starting to break, pieces of wood flowed through the water but the girl was left unscathed. As the sand holding Jason loosened, the son of Zeus was pulled by the water, then he saw one last glimpse of the girl, she was standing ever so still underwater, despite the water's strong current. And her eyes, her green eyes were full of pain and hatred.
Jason woke up and sat on his bed. He ran his hand on his blonde hair and he was breathing heavily. What was that place? Who was that girl and why did Zeus try to take her? Questions Jason wanted to ask but he can't find the answer. He stood up and grabbed his travelling bag, he fixed the contents of his bag while the big question keeps running on his head, "Who is that girl?"
The sun rose and the camp started to life. Breakfast at the pavilion was silent, Jason was alone in his table, as much as his sister wanted to join him, but she cannot. Its camp rules. Mr. D was back from his visit to Olympus, he was informed by Chiron about the Quest for the 13 half bloods. Of course, he just did not mind risking 13 demigod's lives for a quest, that may even made him delighted.
Chiron and the cabin leaders gathered in the Pegasus stables. Jason noticed that one stable is vacant, yet it was marked as occupied.
"That stable belonged to Percy's Pegasus, Blackjack. He went missing with his owner three years ago" Thalia informed him, she even sighed sadly when she finished.
"Everyone, settle down" Chiron called the cabin leaders' attention, "Clovis decided not to join the quest, Di Angelo did not send an Iris message if he will join the quest. So we will start this quest a few minutes from now. Let's just wait for Leo and his bronze dragon..."
As if right on cue, Festus landed behind the campers with Leo at his back.
"Sorry I'm late!" he grinned, "What did I miss?"
"Not much, Leo. But you need to report earlier. Jason and I are worried that we won't get a ride" Piper winked at Jason who turned pink.
"I wish you luck, guys" Clovis said, his drowsy eyes set on Jason and the other campers. He turned back and walked back to the stables.
"Thanks dude" Butch replied and gave the son of Hypnos a handshake. Travis is running for his life when poison ivies are chasing him. His poor brother, Connor was tangled in the vines.
"STOLL!" a female voice yelled; Katie Gardner is chasing after him, dragging a choking Connor behind her. Chiron stomped his hooves and the two stopped, Katie retrieved her vines and released Connor.
Six pegasi are out for the quest, two demigods are paired with each other in one Pegasus. Piper held Jason's hand and dragged him to Festus, the sky prince's face turned redder. The two jumped on the bronze dragon's back. Annabeth and Thalia hopped on a white Pegasus, the same thing with the other pairs.
Jason closed his eyes as Festus, and the pegasi flew to the blue sky, he tried to forget his dream last night, about the girl.
"Are you alright?" Piper asked Jason, the boy gave a faint smile.
"I'm fine, I guess" he replied and looked at the pegasi around them. Travis and Connor are still fighting on who's going to be on the front seat, Katie and Clarisse ended up scolding the two in midair, Pollux and Lou are silently riding their Pegasus, Will lead the way with a compass on his hand, and Butch is just Butch. He stared at the back of Festus, looking back as the camp disappears. They are now out of the safe boundaries of Camp Half Blood.
Jason raised his brow, and set his eyes on the tail of the bronze dragon. He took a closer look and saw a body dangling on the metal tail, revealing a snoring son of Hypnos.
"Clovis! What the hell are you doing there?" he screamed
AN: That's chapter 4! This is just filler; I'm still trying to figure out how I will introduce the demi-titans. As you can see, there's not much hint of romance in the story yet but in the future chapters I will put some. I guess I'll be updating on the weekends, I've got lots of things to handle lately :(. Thanks for reading and R&R pls.!
