Chapter 6
Zoë had a pleasant night without nightmares or dreams and she was happy. It was seven in the morning that she woke up. The moment she got out her cabin she froze. Standing in front of her was a colossal dog like creature. From the lessons she had she knew that the creature in front of her was a monster, a hellhound to be precise. Zoë was so shocked that she could not move, even when the hound leapt at her she was rooted to her place. Zoë was convinced that her death had come to her. She waited for the pain to come but she did not feel any. She was relived and thought that death came so fast that she did not feel any pain. She felt something weighing her down and found herself all wet. Surprised she looked up to find the hound licking her like she was the beast's old friend or master.
"Mrs. O'Leary, heal. Stop it girl you are scaring the child." Zoë with difficult saw who was the one to speak and found that it was a guy, no a satyr, he had long brown hair and brown eyes. He was wearing a camp half-blood t-shirt. He had long sharp goat horns.
The hellhound got off of Zoë but was still wagging its tail and acting like any other dog would do the only difference was the ground that moves wherever her tail went. For a blood-thirsted monster the hellhound was still obedient which was odd to Zoë, she slowly stood up and touched her hairpin ready to turn her pin into the deadly sharp sword that it really is. Seeing the hellhound so calm happily smiling at her, she felt a burst of guilt deep inside her; she took her hands off her pin which she thought in the back of her head: stupid and dangerous to do.
"Sorry about that. She is very excitable, especially with new campers. My name is Grover Underwood, the lord of the wild and you are?" Zoë looked at the satyr and from the story she had heard from Chiron she knew that this was a friend of her father.
"You were my father's friend and protector." Zoë said.
"Who is your father already and what is your name?" Grover asked her.
"Sorry, I am Zoë Sally Jackson daughter of Perseus god of Time, Tides, Swordsmanship, male beauty and Lord Regent of the pacific ocean." She said with a hint of pride, she made an effort to remember all of her father's title since she had heard Chiron enumerate them the day she was claimed which was a feat considering that she was lost and out of her mind back then. She wasn't showing off because she said all his title because she was proud of his achievements, and exploits. When she asked Chiron why her father was the regent of pacific when her grandfather was the god of the sea, the old centaur said it was because her father didn't want to stay at Atlantis and that the Council needed a god to keep watch on Mt Tam. A grin lit the satyr's face once he heard Percy's name.
"You are Percy's daughter! By the gods, you have his eyes. The same shade of sea green and the same look, though as dangerous as your mother's. It's so nice to finally meet you. Your father told me about you and he also told me to give Mrs. O'Leary to you. This is really fascinating. It was not many years before that, your father was at this camp and now his daughter is here." Grover would have gone on but Zoë interrupted him.
"Mr. Underwood." But Grover stopped her.
"My dear, you don't have to call me Mr. or something like that, all you can do is calling me Uncle Grover and I will be the happiest goat ever. Your father and I were good friends and we still are. Even after he became a god we have remained friends and he does come and hang out with me some times."
Zoë nodded her head. "Uncle Grover, you said that this hound, Mrs. O'Leary, my dad told you to give it to me. Why would he ask you to do that?" Grover smiled
"Mrs. O'Leary is your father pet hellhound. Now that your father is a god so he cannot have her with him especially because of what she is. So he asked me look after her until you came by to take the responsibility. As I can see she has already bonded with you, she the only tamed hellhound in the world. Rests are all blood thirsty. Come on, scratch her ear and pet her."
Zoë hesitated but did as told after all; the satyr was her father's best friend just like the hound was his pet. Soon she found that the hellhound was more like an over grown pet dog. Grover excused himself and went away to meet his wife and son. Zoë played with Mrs. O'Leary for a while when Sarah who knew the hellhound joined. Edward was horrified to find a large hellhound but soon made friends with beast.
At breakfast Chiron announced meeting of head councilors of all the cabins. He gave them a specific time to be present at the record room. Zoë had to go to the meeting as she was the only member of her cabin and have to represent it. Sharp at ten Zoë found herself in the deserted record room. 'What the hell.' Zoë thought. They were supposed to be at ten and no one had showed up. Just a minute passed and the councilor of Athena cabin showed up. He told Zoë that demigods never make it on time for any meeting. To Zoë's relief the record room filled with demigods. Calypso, Nico and Conner were present as well. Zoë saw that each chair had a specific design on it indicating who the godly parent was. She found herself the one with Pegasus and sat down. She saw that the one with a trident was empty (since her father's godhood she was told). Damian Martin the so called camp leader was occupying the seat with a lightning bolt on it. The guy had black hair and his eyes were electric blue. This was the first time that Zoë was seeing this guy. Sarah had told her about the quest that this guy had undertaken and also that the fifteen years old was favored by the god of heroes. Zoë hopped that if not the god of heroes at least her father would favor her. The room was a mess as all the kids were talking loudly, some having a friendly conversation and some others not so. The group went silent the moment a woman with red hair entered the room followed by Chiron.