The Legacy of Aphrodite

The Daughter of Aphrodite

Michaels POV

AN: I know I usually put my AN's at the end, but read this and I might save you some time. This is somewhat of a filler chapter. You don't HAVE to read it, but I've just realised I haven't described Jess properly. It won't be as long as the other chapters, but if you want more of an image of what she looks like, read on. :)

I watched Lily and her friend-whats her name? Oh yeah, Amy, or somethin' like that, walk into the Hermes cabin. Another girl was with them. I hadn't seen her before. She was obviously new-her brown hair was still dirty and matted with grass, like most peoples were when they first arrive at camp. She was looking around nervously, half listening to Lily ranting away, as usual. Gods, that girl talked too much. Maybe if she kept her mouth shut a bit more and weren't so intimidating, she might attract more guys. Just at that moment, her voice screeched over the din. "STOLLS!"

I sighed, and got up from the bed. Our camp counsellors were absent. "Pranking" the Demeter cabin. Everyone knew Travis was hitting on Katie Gardner. Meanwhile, however, I had to make do. Oh well. At least I could annoy Lily. I darted stealthily through the crowd, and stopped behind Lily. Th new girl looked surprise, as if I had materialise out of nowhere. I put a finger on my lips, then turned to the back of Lily's head, who was still scanning the cabin for our twins. I reached a hand out and yanked her hair."MI….CHAEL….." she growled, and whirled around, her long ponytail almost whipping my face. "WHAT are YOU doing here?" I put my hands up in an act of fake innocence. "This is my cabin, isn't it? I should be the one asking what you're doing!" I could see her face growing red. This girl. She needs to control her temper more. To my surprise, however, she didn't try to lunge at me and try to whack me. Emphasis of the try.

"We're looking for the Stolls", Lily muttered through her barely contained anger, gritting her teeth. "Know where they are?" Behind her, the new girl and Amy were having a fit of giggles. The girl was actually pretty. Maybe she was a child of Aphrodite. Her hair was dirty, but her dark eyes, set in her pale face, sparkled with amusement as she tried to hold in her laugh. She wore no make up, but that was probably because the dryads in the infirmary had washed it off, when they were cleaning her up. I swear, NONE of Aphrodite's spawn went without makeup. Except for maybe the head counsellor, Piper, but she was a different story. Privately, I think they would look a lot better if they didn't cake themselves with glamourised rocks and powder. I turned my attention back to Lily.

"Actually, yes", I said cheerfully. "They're off pranking the Demeter cabin." HAH. Pranking. The only funny thing happening there would be Katie blatantly ignoring Travis as he vainly tried to get her attention. "Why?"

Lily breathed deeply. "My friend here, Jess", she gestured to the new girl, "needs to stay here for a bit. Do you know where they put her stuff?" Come to think of it, I had saw a satyr carry a battered bag in and set it down on a bed set in the corner of the room. That was probably it.

"New girl, hm?" I said, facing the girl, Jess. Jess. It was a pretty name. Not all big and fancy, but simple. Easy to say. "Come with me", I said. I walked in the general direction I had saw the satyr walk in, Jess, Lily, and Amy trailing after me. I gestured vaguely at the clump of beds in the corner. Jess seemed to notice her own bag though, and plopped down on said bed. I stood to the side as Lily and Amy said some stuff to her. When they left, I darted after them, and flicked her hair. She yelled a lot of things in Greek which you probably do NOT wanna understand, but I ran away before she could try and catch me. I walked back to my bed, where, surprisingly, I had a clear view of Jess. She was smiling. She pulled out a hairbrush….WOW. Out of all the the things she could've brought, she had a HAIRBRUSH. If she wasn't Aphrodite, I would shoot myself. She ran it through her hair, sorting out the clumps of tangled hair. It always fascinated me how girls had the patience to do that. It was almost magical, in a sense, how her hair would flow down in a flawless, dark brown curtain, after being so matted. She kept brushing it, even after all the knots were out. Her hair was a smooth, chocolatey brown, straight, not like Lily's, but with a couple of wisps at the end. She didn't have a fringe-that was good. It really annoyed me when girls had hair that was constantly falling in their eyes. It was really distracting.

I heard the horn blow. Hm. I had been watching her for longer than I thought…I walked out along with everyone else, to dinner. Good too. I was starving. I got to the mess hall, and sat down at the Hermes table. I saw Travis and Connor, Travis' hair was soaking wet, while his brother beside him was laughing his head off. "How's Katie?", I said, nudging him, winking. He silently fumed under his wet mop of hair. "She…poured…a bucket of…water over him", Connor managed out between wheezes of laughter. I smirked. "Good going, bro", I said. "Shut up, Michael", he muttered.

Chiron stomped his hoof twice. We fell silent. I could see Jess at the Apollo table with Lily, still smiling. Chiron said a few words, then raised a glass to the Gods. "To the Gods", I echoed. Then I turned back to my plate, which thankfully, was piled high with food. I dug in, tearing into it.

Half an hour later, people were already standing up to scrape their food into the fire. How did these people eat so FAST? Or maybe they just ate less. I looked at the food still on my plate. Meh. It's not like I was on a diet, or anything. YOLO, right?

I saw Jess stand up too, looking around at the campers sacrificing part of their dinner to the Gods. She walked over to the fire, and put something in the flames. I saw her eyes close, and her lips move.

The fire blazed up in an inferno of golden sparks. Jess jumped a little. The whole hall fell silent. The orange of the flames turned golden, then pink. It spat out a few glowing sparks, which flew out of the fire and shimmered above her head in the shape of a dove. The soft pink light from the flames covered Jess' body. Her jeans and shirt morphed into a snowy-white greek-style dress. Her hair glowed, and twisted itself into a complicated hairdo, wrapping around her head, then landing over her shoulder in an silky brown intricate braid. A silver necklace and bracelet shimmered on her neck and wrist. She turned to face us, her lips fuller with more colour, her eyebrows more prominent, her eyes wider. The blessing of Aphrodite. Unnaturally glowing dove faded away, the sparks dispersing like the end of a firework, and the fire died back down to its normal orange glow. Jess stood there, blinking in confusion. She patted her hair, and looked down at her dress. There was a brief moment of stunned silence as the camp looked upon her stunning beauty. Even I was taken aback at the transformation, even though I had expected it. Then Chiron stamped his hoof, and raised his glass.

"ALL HAIL JESSICA LANG, DAUGHTER OF APHRODITE!"

I clapped and whooped with everyone else.

-PurplePegasus

AN: And there you have it! I hope you weren't disappointed. This was actually my first time writing from a guys POV, so I hope it was ok. TY!