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Chapter… uh… 5? Disclaimer J
Will POV.
My first thought was,
"HOLY CRUD. I'm a prophet, and I know what DoubleH's parents look like!"
My second thought was,
"I always knew that." I did, I had always knew I was a prophet.
When I was 5, a couple of years before Chaos recruited me, I remember a man with black hair and green eyes… like Kaze's eyes.
"What do you see?" He asked. I stared at him before screwing up my eyes. Suddenly, I wasn't with the man anymore. I was watching him walking down the beach, white foam lapping the shores to his feet. A golden trident with black outlining was clasped in his hand.
A women with long, wavy brown hair and sparkling blue eyes waved at him down the length of the beach, and the man smiled.
He opened his mouth to speak, but then everything wavered like water, and rippled into reality. The man seemed satisfied, and walked away. My mom came outside a couple minutes later to find myself drawing his face in the sand.
A few years after that, I was watching the pond at my old school, and I saw a red Nissan fly off a road, and crashed to the ground. That night, I discovered that a red Nissan had been discovered off the edge of Magnolia St, right where I had seen it fall.
Holy crud. I'm a prophet.
Suddenly, I realized that I was at the end of the tunnel; everyone else was gathered around DoubleH who was a few feet from me.
"Alyss?" (MAH NEW OC! Er… Everlastingice277's OC J plus… I LOVE RANGERS APPRENTICE! Alyss +Will FOREVAHHHHH)
A 17 year old girl with perfectly straight, silky black hair that flowed to her waist stepped out of the shadows. She had gorgeous amber eyes; faceted like amethysts or some kind of gem. She had a rich, light, mocha color and a cat like face. Then, her eyes seemed to change to a purplish color, then to lilac
Her eyes were up tilted like a cat's and were lined with black eyeliner. Her mouth fell into an easy pout, and she was about 5'5. Her body was curvy, yet slender. She had on a dark purple cape that complimented her eyes.
She was barefoot, and underneath the cloak, she had on a one strap chiffon. There was a golden brooch with an amethysts in the center on the strap. The dress fell to her waist where a leather belt with two dagger sheaths on either side. The dress fell to her knees, and was kind of swishy, but wouldn't give anyone a peek if she jumped on something or ran really fast.
The dagger sheathes were empty. On her wrists, there were two matching bracelets, like one of those Egyptian ones that curled around your arm. They had pearls for eyes. She looked like an Egyptian princess, her regal face regarding us with an unnerving look.
Her eyes seemed to see into my soul. She paused her eyes on me longer than anyone else, and then slowly nodded.
"You are from Chaos." She said. Then, I realized her cape was made in the Chaos assassin fashion, like nay normal cloak, but the cloak seemed to lightly shimmer, and blend into the background. So light, no one ever noticed except for top assassins and knights, but to me, it was obvious.
"You are to." Kaze acknowledged. DoubleH smiled.
"Chaos knights and assassins, meet Alexandra Alyssa Avalon. Daughter of Poseidon." She announced. Alexandra didn't even smile.
"Call me Alyss." She said simply
"Alyss was a Chaos assassin like some of you. She was found when she was running from a pack of 6 to 7 hellhounds, a couple of years after she was kicked out of the house for fear of monsters when she was 5. She didn't train at the Chaos fort though, Chaos decided to let her train on her own because she was so independent and because she wanted to." DoubleH said. Alyss nodded her head.
"I have a seeker." She added in, before falling silent. Well. Wasn't she a bucket of sunshine.
"A seeker is a pet, or a familiar. They help us channel our magic sometimes, and give us advice." DoubleH explained.
"What is your seeker?" I asked. Her eyes turned to me. There was a mysterious, knowing look in them. Like she knew everything that had happened to me. It was creepy.
"My cat." She said, just as a midnight black kitten about the size of a tissue box prowled out of the mist. It was pure black, and short haired; like a witch's cat. The only thing was that its eyes were exactly like Alyss's.
The cat purred, and leaped with inhuman agility onto Alyss's shoulders.
"What are your powers?" Grace asked.
"Forms of water. Like ice or water." Was the short answer. Interesting. Kaze's power was in most of the water power areas, but he wasn't very good at formation. Formation was when you could form different types of water; like making ice crystals, or melting ice without a second thought. It's a whole lot different than earthquakes.
You see… I'm obviously a son of Poseidon, and making earthquakes require a large amount of energy and rage or a strong emotion. Formation requires a huge amount of concentration, quick thinking, and endurance.
"Weapons?" Jace asked.
In response, she threw her hands up like she was holding a lunch tray, and then slid her hands back down quickly. In her hands were golden twin knives, razor sharp and in perfect condition. I realized her bracelets were gone.
"Nice." Leo said.
"We have to get going." DoubleH said, and Alyss twisted her wrists. With a soft snick, the blades formed into bracelets again. As we walked on through the hallway, Alyss slowed down to walk with me.
"You are a prophet." She said. It sounded so simple and casual, like she was commenting on the weather.
"So I've heard." I replied. She looked at me.
"Most people find me cold and distant. They think that I am to quiet. You aren't. You are… very… bright." She said. I paused for a moment, and then said,
"Bright?" She smiled slightly and laughed a little.
"I mean, you're aura is bright. I can see your power. It's like moonlight; soft and calm, yet strong and unwavering." She said. I looked at her.
"You seem to like moonlight." I said.
"Yes. I like moonlight; it isn't harsh like the sun, it sooths your skin; yet it lights your way. My blades are gold though. Like the sun. I guess I want a little sunlight in my life." She said.
"Yes. You seem skilled with your blades." I agreed.
"I like practicing." She said simply. I found it hard to see that this easy going girl, talking like she hadn't a care in the world was just a few moments ago giving us the cold shoulder.
"Night is very quiet." I said.
"Yes." She said quietly.
"One of the things I enjoy so much about being alone. I don't like loud noises." I nodded.
Then, I saw that we were in a cavern. The cave was lit though, with an iridescent glow; like moonlight. I smiled.
"Your home." I guessed.
"Home sweet home." She agreed.
Out of the corner of my eye, I saw a pool of water in the center of the tavern. I walked to it slowly. Alyss kept pace with me.
When I looked into the water, I realized we were standing on a rocky kind of coral; layers of rocky, jutting coral layered down into the gloom. A ball of shining seaweed was floating in the middle, lighting up the water and the cave with silver moonlight. The water was calm, and the pool was about 3 to 4 feet wide.
I watched the calm water, and before my eyes, it rippled and showed images; visions.
Alyss slicing her combat knives; leaping with the grace of a cat while her seeker traveled through the shadows.
DoubleH crying at the pool; kneeling right where I was sitting.
DoubleH's father standing along on top of a craggy hill, lightning illuminating his form; his face twisted into a look of agony and fury.
Us. The battle raging around the knights and assassins as we fought. Kaze formed tidal waves to surf on. Alyss leaped agilely from ledge to ledge on the cliffs. I myself was forming water shields and swinging my sword.
Then, the Earth's crust opened, and inside… inside was…
Then, I was back in the cave, Alyss was kneeling beside me. The water was calm again. I stared for a long time. I felt cold and clammy; like my insides were frozen and were thawing out right this second.
"It's ok." Alyss said quietly. I knew she knew what I had seen. I took a deep breath. DoubleH lightly touched my shoulder. I knew that everyone was looking at me. What had DoubleH said?
A gift that would take great skill to master and great skill to control and use.
I slowly stood up. Alyss supported me as we walked in silence through the cave.
"Your rooms." DoubleH said, before leaving us in a hallway. It was made of stone, but was lit with moonlight, and had a soft, fluffy feeling, not hard and rough like the impending stone.
I eased into a room. The inside was somehow magically made so that saltwater flowed up to my thighs, yet didn't seem very difficult to wade in. Instead, it was light and feathery. Ocean life swam beneath the water; a long mako shark nuzzled my heel before leaving in sight of food.
On the walls, sea shells decorated the sandy granite, and my bed was perched in a clam shell. How cliché is that?
Even so, the clam seemed alive, but the bed was a nice seaweed green and was plush. The pillows were in the shape of scallops, and they were a teal-ish sea blue color. The blanket was thick and plush; the top was striped with the sea blue and teal, while the rest was the color of sea green; lighter than the seaweed green, but not lime.
I fell onto the bed and Alyss flopped down next to me. She wasn't wet either. My room, like everything else was lit with the silver seaweed growing everywhere in the room.
"What was that?" I croaked when I finally felt in control of my body.
"That was the pool of tears. It brings sadness, yet hope. Most people find visions there. Will. You need to learn how to control your visions or they might drive you mad. They can fill you up, make you obsessed with them. They can distract you. You need to learn control." Alyss said. Her purple eyes looked up at me.
"Promise me you will." She whispered. I could only nod.
"I'll leave you for now. Thai will need rest for now." She said, gesturing to her cat which had shadow traveled to my bed. I nodded, and she slogged out of my room.
The next few days I walked around like I was in a trance. Alyss helped me control visions, and helped me learn more about them.
"I think your gift only works with water." She told me once I had informed her about all my past visions. "You need to concentrate on the water, imagine the water rippling, and then once it has cleared, it shows what you want it to show. Concentrate and try to imagine something… umm… do that book over there."
It helped that she had the gift of seeing visions with a special sight her cat allowed her. I imagined the book, and thought of its image imprinted on the water… like its physical image was knitting with the water. The water rippled, and I saw a vague picture of the book before it vanished.
"No good. You need to also focus on making sure no one else can see the vision. Imagine a long, narrow tube that channels the picture from your mind to the water. I can see the vision without my cat's magic." Alyss instructed, and I once again, set to work.
At dinner, lunch, and breakfast, everyone cast small glances at me, wondering why Alyss and DoubleH spent so much time with me. Indeed, Alyss hadn't even thought about acting nice to anyone else. She only truly felt what I felt, and was one of my friends. In fact, her real personality was completely different from the cold shoulder everyone else received.
She was bubbly, and happy, but not like a perky cheerleader. She was more kind and nice. She had a warm, soothing voice and understood anything. Also, she could bring a smile to anyone's face.
During the mornings, I would work with DoubleH with developing my visions while Alyss pushed me in the afternoons with doing the visions. DoubleH also worked with everyone else, helping them adjust to things and helping their powers. When we asked about when the campers would arrive, she snapped her fingers and we all were sent to Camp Half-Blood… which is where I am right now.
Annabeth, who, for some strange reason, went back to normal, welcomed us.
Chiron had informed us that we had left, the remnants of Jaffa's powers had filled everyone, and Annabeth had changed. She got kicked out of the Mark/Adam/Samantha posse. Now, she knew where to place her feet.
She was nice to us and always helped us out. She still missed Percy, but knew he wasn't the one for her, and they were really good friends now. She led hunts for monsters, led quests, and also researched odd things for us. Today, she grinned excitedly and waved as we arrived.
"Hey! What are you guys here for?" She asked before realizing that DoubleH and Alyss were there.
"Umm… hi." She said awkwardly. I read her mind, a handy thing to do since I was a son of Poseidon. The brain is filled with water, so we can catch a few words here and there. It was obvious that with Jaffa's cloak on and with a figure similar to Jaffa's, DoubleH could have been her twin if not for the obvious hair differences and personality differences.
Annabeth had been quite rude to Jaffa when they were first acquaintances. I decided to introduce them.
"Annabeth, meet DoubleH. She stepped in and took Jaffa's job when she… died. We just met a couple of weeks ago. DoubleH, meet Annabeth, the former girlfriend of Kaze." I said. DoubleH smiled.
"Don't worry. I don't hold you for the things you did in the past." She said like she had known all along. DoubleH was unnerving like that. Annabeth's eyebrows shot up and she looked questioningly at us. We all shrugged our shoulders.
"Who's that?" Annabeth asked, nodding to Alyss.
"My name isn't important." Alyss said quietly. Campers were gathering now. Chiron cantered up to us.
"Knights! Assassins! Welcome!" He exclaimed. DoubleH smiled at him.
"DoubleH." She introduced herself. Chiron's eyes widened.
"Ah yes… you look so much like…" He began.
"Like Jaffa? Yes. I get that a lot." She sighed. Alyss hid a smile.
"Well, well, well. If it isn't the poor wittle knights back from Chaos." I heard. Mark sauntered in with Adam and Samantha.
"Go to Tartarus, Mark." DoubleH snapped. I stifled a laugh. The past few weeks, everyone had been surprised at how… ah, blunt DoubleH was. When we had first met, she was powerful, beyond us, mysterious, but now… god, it was hilarious. She frequently made random speeches, acted like Anna, one of the assassins, and liked telling people to go to Tartarus… or other things like that.
Mark took a step back.
"How do you know my name?" He demanded. She shrugged.
"I know plenty of things." She said mysteriously. Kaze stepped up.
"Listen up campers, the Primordials are rising, and we need your help. This is DoubleH, an assassin whom has decided to help us. She had taken over Jaffa's job of assassinating all the uh… bad guys, and we have currently met over the past week. Anyone who wants to join line up." Kaze announce. Annabeth immediately raised her dagger, and stepped over to us.
"I join." She announced. The Elite campers, Clarisse, Grover, Marcus (Ares), Bruce (Athena), J.C (Demeter), Conner and Travis Stoll, Katie Gardner, Dwyer (Apollo), Frank, Hazel, and Justin (Hermes), all stepped forward.
"We join." They announced. Adam sneered.
"Yeah? What are you going to do? Die like that silly Jaffa?" He demanded. In a flash, Kaze had him pinned.
"Listen carefully." He said in a controlled voice.
"Jaffa was not only one of the most powerful beings on the planet; she was once your girlfriend. Does that strike you memory? Don't you remember the girl whom you cheated on with Samantha? Huh? The girl who was mistreated by you, and left camp to join Chaos? Do you remember?" Kaze demanded harshly, shaking Adam like a rag doll.
The camp was silent for once. Jaffa was once Adam's girlfriend? Talk about bad taste. Samantha gasped. Kaze turned on her.
"Yes. Your wittle, little friend was the very girl who came back to camp and kicked your butt, Samantha. You little friend who had a boyfriend that you cheated on with. Don't you remember her? Don't you remember her saving the camp and saving your butts? Do you?" He said coldly.
No one knew what to do. When Kaze was in a rage, Jaffa was always there to soothe him. Now, everyone who approached him was almost literally landed in the hospital. Sometimes, though, Kaze overshot and they landed somewhere outside the Chaos forts.
Suddenly, a movement caught my attention from the corner of my eyes. Alyss swiftly walked over to Kaze, and touched his arm. He dropped Adam, and spun around at full speed at Alyss. She was too quick though, and had his arms behind his back.
"Calm down." She said coldly. Kaze was breathing heavily now. Tears streamed down his face.
"Stars." He said like it was the last thing in the world.
"Stars." She agreed. Kaze sagged against her frame, and sobbed his heart out. This was the most unexpected thing we had ever seen. Kaze never cried, never felt pain. Not after what had happened back at camp.
Alyss held his lean figure, and turned to me for help. I instantly jogged over and helped her carry Kaze. I looked at his tears, and wondered what the stars meant.
The tears shimmered, and I saw a girl wearing silver clothes with 4 other people. The other girl dressed in shimmery clothes had dark hair and looked like Fear. Kaze… a much younger Kaze was also with them along with Grover and Blaze.
When the girl with silver clothes turned, I saw that it was a girl who looked like Alyss. I shook my head, and looked at Alyss. Her eyes were fastened on me like she knew that I had seen that vision. Kaze slumped against us.
"Stars." He repeated before we managed to transport him back to the Portal… the place where DoubleH was hiding out.
Then, he shimmered and disappeared. We turned to find everyone watching us.
Annabeth stepped to us.
"Not to be rude, but I think we need to know your name. You name and what the significance of stars are." She said.
Alyss sighed, and I gave her an encouraging look.
"Why?" She asked, petulantly like a little child, but the ice in her voice made it seem more mature.
I rolled my eyes.
"Don't mind her. She's terrible at being social. And yes, you have to introduce yourself." I added at Alyss. She sighed.
"I'm Alyss." Alyss said, flipping back her hood. Everyone from the past years and Greek camp gasped. Annabeth stepped forward.
"Zoë?"
MEHEHEHEHE! I'm so evil… thanks so much for the OCs, the next one will be in future chapter… but I need a variety… NO MORE POSEIDON SPAWNS. J sorry for the long wait… the next one will probably take forever to write... sorry. IT'S CAUSE OF MY EVIL TEACHERS! And homework :) Thanks so much for the new OCS! Please send more of them :)
PS... my next chapter will take forever to write, so I would appreciate it if you guys don't pressure me so much on typing it up... it's 9 freaking pages on word! So... luv yall!