Chapter 4
Three months later...
Sweat pours down my face as I fall to my knees breathing heavily, frustrated that I lost again to my black haired opponent. I hear laughing and look up to see Thalia and Annabeth watching us, that means they saw me get my ass kicked.
"You surprised me there I wasnt expecting that final move Dam's" Percy said sweating but not breathing nearly as heavy, he holds out his hand and I take it, him pulling me up.
I lean on my Zweihander for balance and smile wearily. "One day Seaweed brain, one day" I responded, Percy had been in charge of my training for weapons and I have never beaten him, so it's 0-26, fuck.
I did manage to beat everyone else in the training sessions, i'm first to third in every subject except for archery which i'm only above Percy so second to last.
"Not bad ghost head but you still need more practice." Annabeth said and I rolled my eyes, my fear is still there but I am able to control it unless I get agitated then I go out of control and do stupid things.
"Shut it Annie, if you forgot I beat you my first attempt." I said and Annabeth's face reddened.
"Well atleast i'm not scared to fight Thalia" She retorted and I turned into a tomato. I wasnt scared! Okay fine I was scared to fight her, I dont need that kind of negativity in my life just yet.
"Children please, enough of the fighting." Thalia joked and I mock glared at her causing her to laugh. She was wearing a Three days grace shirt and black jeans instead of the silver parka that the other hunters normally wear and she wasnt wearing her lieutenants tiara which I found strange.
Her laughter was cut short when Chiron galloped into the sparring hall, he was wearing a smiling excited face when he came so the news must be good.
"Children! Glad your all here, we have a new demi-god girl here with us. She's a daughter of Posideon." Chiron said and Percy immediantly bolted out of the training hall grinning along with Annabeth shortly behind.
"I'll be there in a minute sir, just let me clean up." I said. There was debris lying around on the ground mostly due to my sword hitting the walls while Percy dodged my attacks.
"Well hurry along then. Let's go Thalia child."
"Uh i'm gonna help Damien clean this mess up, it will go faster with two people, i'll make sure to be there soon aswell." Thalia said. Chiron nodded and galloped back out the sparring hall
"I wonder who it is." I said while picking up debris and throwing it into the incinerator that was near the sparring arena. Thalia was also helping out by using the wind to throw it in there aswell. Cheater.
In ten minutes it was done, as I was about to leave Thalia grabbed me and stopped me. I raised my eyebrows at her when she handed me a small blue box.
"It's your birthday isnt it? Happy 17th birthday Damien." She said grinning while I stared at her in shock. I had never recieved a birthday gift before.
"I- thank you Thalia. This is a first for me so im a bit shocked." Very shocked actually, my birthday is February 13th, very close to Valentines day and I wasnt expecting anything.
Thalia looked at me expectantly and it took me a moment to realize she wanted me to open it right there and then, I had to force red from my face for some reason.
I opened the box and the item inside is a purple necklace that had the initials TXD on them, not only is purple my favorite color but it fit perfectly around my neck. I felt a lump in my throat and look at Thalia.
"Thank you Thals, this... this means a great deal to me, I will protect it no matter what, but I have a question. What TXD stand for?" I say.
"Not telling" Thalia says and I scowl at her playfully before she starts dragging me away from the sparring hall.
Me and Thalia, we had somehow managed to become basically best friends in the time I had been at camp half-blood, despite the hunters almost never being there whenever they were here she bugged me to death, at first I found it incredibly annoying, but after awhile I looked forward to her visiting, somehow she managed to weasel my birthdate out of me but I never expected her to remember.
I appreciated her presence, yeah I got used to Annabeth but I still struggle to trust her but for some reason I trust Thalia completely call me crazy right?
The dining pavilion was filled with demigods, most likely anticipating the introductment of the newest demigod, I had my introduction about two and a half months ago.
"Demigods, I have someone to introduce to you, some of you may recognize him, most will not, his name is Damien Machiavelli, and he hasnt been claimed yet, I ask that you treat him as you would any other demigod with respect and companionship." Chiron said and the demigods cheered their concent.
Short, sweet and to the point. That's how that went and I liked that. Anyway we were expecting a daughter of Posideon, but I wasnt expecting a nineteen year old daughter of Posideon.
She walked out with Chiron and the entire pavilion went silent, the almost adult had curly medium length black hair, Violet green eyes, a lightly crooked nose and full red lips. She was incredibly beautiful to put it lightly.
"Holy crap she's older than me." Percy whispered.
"I thought she'd be younger, how did she survive for so long?" Annabeth wondered.
"Keep in mind I survived for sixteen years alone." I whispered.
"Yeah but your powers werent manifested then." Thalia reminded me.
Right. Three months ago I had no idea I was a demigod, then me, Percy, and Annabeth were attacked by my former step mom Maurice who turned out to be a monster in disguise. We barely got out with our lives thanks to Thalia and the hunters of Artemis, unfortunately like an ass I passed out before the fight even finished and woke up in camp halfblood were I have lived for the past three months.
"Demigods!" Chiron began. "Today, I introduce you to another demigod and child of the big three. Nineteen year old Alice Yamnel (Yahm nel) daughter of Posideon."
The demigods cheered loudly at her arrival and I felt a spark of anger, they barely gave me a second glance while they gave her a standing ovation. I dont have a right to be mad really but I still am.
"Now Alice, would you like to say a few words?" Chiron asked, Alice hesitated and nodded before stepping up to the plate.
"Hello demigod brothers and sisters, i'd give my imformation but the horse already has, i'm just gonna say I am happy to be here, and if you respect me, i'll respect you, because I am the strongest demi-god here I will take charge of the Posideon cabin because there isnt another Posideon child." She said arrogantly and was doused with ice cold water.
"Excuse me? You wanna repeat what you said?" Percy said menacingly and Alice's jaw dropped and she glared at her brother.
"How dare you you insignificant brat! You are younger than me so it's mine by default. So stand down and I wont harm you." Alice screamed at him, Percy's eyes darkened and I grabbed him before he could do anything.
"Calm down Percy, this bitch is just goading you, let it go." I said this loud enough for her to here, I was getting agitated so I was losing control of my fear and hatred.
"Bitch? Who are you? Name yourself or be silent." Alice demanded and I was in awe at how rude she was, she doesnt know anyone here and she comes in talking trash? Nah it doesnt work like that.
"Damien Machiavelli, son of whoever because I havent been claimed yet." I said and she started laughing so hard tears started running down her face.
"You have the gall to talk trash when your parent still doesnt even want you? That's almost as funny as your white hair, what are you some sort of freak?" She snorted.
I know I said to let it go but thats just to much right there. "Pack it in before you get yourself hurt." I growled at her and she smirked.
"What could you possibly do against me?" She asked still smirking.
"Kill you." I said and her face morphed into shock instead of arrogance. I ran my scarred hand through my hair, the scar came from Percy's sword Riptide when I forcefully wielded it to fight until I got the Zweihander from the now dead Zodiac.
"You cant even come close to killing me, at best your a child of Demeter and even then you can only move plants, that's about as useless as a child of Aphrodite." Alice said.
Anger boiled in my blood. "Then how about we test it? We fight and if I win you change your attitude and apologize to Demeter and Aphrodite's children, if I lose then... Then I will leave camp half-blood and say you are the strongest demi-god here. How about it?" I proposed.
At my offer protests started coming from demi-gods all around, particularly from Percy, Annabeth and Thalia. You can call it a bit rash of me to make such a decision when i've never seen Alice do so much as flip a pen, let alone fight.
Alice grinned evily. "I accept your challenge foolish unclaimed, prepare to lose your place here and become my bitch." She taunted.
I had to choke down anger and murderous intent as I got up and left the pavilion but not without some parting words. "Tomorrow at 1:00 in the afternoon, prepare to lose your arrogance and pride." I said and walked off my friends following me.
"What the hell was that! You just put your life on the line when you should have let me handle it damnit!" Percy exclaimed.
"I can understand the feeling of not being claimed but for you do that your an idiot Damien." Thalia said.
"You have no idea how strong she is, none of us do, what if she beats you? Then you have to leave." Annabeth said.
I flinched, my friends were right but I didnt currently care about the consequences of my actions. Instead I drew my Zweihander and swung at Thalia, she jumped out of the way with a look of shock on her face, I thought Percy and Annabeth were gonna pee themselves.
"If you actually care then help me fight by practicing with me, if you dont want to thats fine i'll just do it on my own." I said. I dont know where all this courage is coming from but i'm relishing in it.
They hesitated, and I had my answer. "Whatever, i'm going to bed." I sheathed Zweihander and continued the walk to the Hermes cabin, I hadnt been claimed yet so I was staying in the Hermes cabin, but I found I really wanted to be by myself so I went to a cabin of a deity that has no kids.
Hera's cabin, I walked into the cabin and took in the scenery, there was not a single bed because she has no kids, making it the smallest cabin, the area itself was all white gold tile and in the middle of the room there was a golden fountain with fish swimming around in it. I sat down in a corner of the room and started thinking.
Why the hell did I do that? I let my ego get the best of me thats why. Did I have a right to be angry? Yes and no, yes she was being arrogant and rude but not to me. Can I win the fight? Can I prevail despite three months of training? Probably not.
Who is my immortal parent, it cant be a male because of my father so it has to be a women which is ironic, but who? Why do I have so little power despite my 'demigod scent' being stronger than Percy's and Thalia's?
So many questions, so little answers, much like life in general really, you never truly figure it out until you lie on your death bed and realize you wasted so much time trying to answer the questions and figure out the meaning of life that you forgot to truly live it while you could.
Kinda screwy aint it? Thats what it's like for everyone, because it's not about how long you live, how many houses you own, how many cars you have, how much money you got, it's about living life to the fullest while you can so you can be content when you die.
Wisdom with Damien machiavelli boys and girls that'll be twenty bucks.
I also think about my fear of women, I have gotten better, it used to be so bad I coudnt be near a female or I would panic, but now I can actually talk to them normally, I do still get overly nerveous around them but for the most part, I feel more comfortable around them than I used to. I guess time away from the source really does heal. Granted that Alice girl made me lose my crap a little.
I didnt see the person standing in the cabin until he was pretty much right on top of me, well instead of person more like horse person.
"Why are you in Hera's cabin my boy? Your place is the Hermes cabin until you get claimed. What is your reason for being here?" He asked.
I sighed and stood up. "I dont know sir, I could have went somewhere else but I didnt." I said and turned to leave but Chiron grabbed my shoulder.
"Perhaps you were drawn here for some reason." He suggested, I was about to tell him the ridiculousness of that but couldnt, the more I thought about it the more I realized that I was drawn here. But why?
"Maybe sir, I dont know." I sighed again then with slight hesitation I speak again. "Chiron, what if- what if I never get claimed? What if I die without knowing who my immortal parent is?" I asked and Chiron gave me a sad look.
"I do not know young Damien, I wish I could say that has never happened before, but then I would be lying, some demi-gods never get claimed, but after Perseus saved Olympus twice that rarely ever happens, I know you probably feel discouraged, but dont give in to sadness, even if your immortal parent doesnt claim you, the fact remains is that your still a very powerful demigod with very powerful people that care for you."
His words, while honest and kind didnt ease me much if at all. Out of courtesy I said thank you and walked out of Hera's cabin. I wouldnt be getting to much sleep that night.
Well, I slept but I dreamed, I dreamed I was in a meadow of flowers which is weird because I dont really go to flower beds, above all it was a lucid dream, I could move around and actually felt myself move with my body.
I thought it was going to just be a dream of the meadow, but a massive figure materialized out of nowhere. I couldnt see the beings face but she was clearly female, and powerful.
Now guys, in a dream it is totally common to dream about pretty weird things from time to time, but a demigod rarely dreams, when they actually dream it's usually not good, i've even heard about demigods dying in dreams and dying in real life. So saying I was worried was an understatement.
I knew I had no chance against whoever was standing before me but even so I got into a fighting stance and tried to draw my Zweihander. I didnt have it, I thought I was screwed until the woman started laughing kindly.
"Now child dont be afraid, I am not here to harm you." The woman said and reached her hand out and touched my face.
I recoiled and backed up and I didnt need to see her face to know she was saddened. But why?
"Oh, I forgot about your fear, damn your father for marrying that monster and letting her do this to you." She said angrily.
Damn my father? I might like this woman- WAIT. My father? How in the hell does she know my father?
"Who are you?" I ask and once again her anger goes to seemingly sadness.
"I see your father has not spoke of me much has he? Think about it child, think hard." She says.
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"M-mother?" I asked hesitantly and a wide aura of happiness and love came flooding through me and before I could react she hugged me tightly.
My first instinct was to pull away but my heart made me hug her back, I hardly registered the loud sobs I was making and the equally loud sobs my mother was making.
"Where were you? Why werent you there for me? Dad has made my life a living hell." I asked while crying.
"The ancient laws bound me and didnt allow me to see you, please I beg of you, believe me when I say if I could I would love to have been able to be there for you, I watched over you every day I could and hated the fact that I couldnt be there, your father is not the same man he once was." My mother explained.
"What was he once like? The only person I know of when it comes to him is the person he is now." I said.
"It would take to long to tell you, I am here for a different reason today." My mother said.
"Whats that mom?" I asked. Mom... that word feels so weird on my tounge, I cant recall ever using that word in a kind way.
"I am here to unlock a portion of your powers, remember how I said I always watched over you? Well I saw your little challenge to the Posideon spawn and have decided to help you despite the ancient laws, I could get in trouble for this but I dont care, it's time I start acting like a mother." She said.
"But beware my son, it will be painful, extremely so, only a person with extreme endurance can handle it, but you are my son, you can do it." She said again.
"Okay." I said without hesitation. "Do it." Her hands started sparking white gold electricity, she put one hand on my chest and another on the back of my head then she took a deep breath and my body exploded.
Well it felt like it atleast, I felt pain like i'd never felt before, it was like I was being folded from the inside and out then outside in, it felt like a billion volts of electricity were running through my body.
After what felt like an eternity but was probably only like ten seconds, the pain stops and I drop to my knees trying to catch my breath while my mother hovers over me.
"You did it! I knew you could, I am proud of you child." She said warmly and pulled me up gently.
"Ouch." I said then smile. "What powers did I get?" I ask. I felt like a kid on christmas day.
"You have gained the ability to throw lightning javelins, it is a bolt of pure lightning that can blow an opponent apart so be careful using it. You have also gained an ability called earthcracker, if you punch the earth a small earthquake will fly out from the ground in front of you, imagine one of Tophs attacks from Avatar: The Last Airbender, it's like that." She said.
I hugged her again, that was when I noticed the dream starting to fade. I looked at my mother, her still hidden face and smiled at her. "Mom, thank you, but I dont know what you look like, cant you show me?" I ask and she laughs.
"All in due time my child, I can tell you my name though." She said and I stared at her expectantly.
"My name is Hera." She said and my jaw dropped, then the dream faded.
A/N: Alright guys number four is out, I hope you enjoyed it and I also thank as of my last check my 252 views on this chapter! O.O Thank you guys XD.
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