Chapter 6
A/n Wow six chapters. I never thought that I would get this far into a story and have this many people look at it. Wow. About 200-300 people at the time I am writing this have spared time to look at my story, and for that I must say, THANK YOU! A bunch of you have given me support so again, THANK YOU! Anyway enough of me rambling you want the story. But a question is unanswered from chapter 2. What was the multi-colored cube that has tiles on it? Please answer that question. But to the chapter!
Disclaimer: I don't own Percy Jackson, Heroes of Olympus, or any songs mentioned in this story. (I promise that I am not copy-pasting this thing)
Michael's P.O.V.
I awoke face down, yay. I turned over and sat up, looking around. I saw that I was in a tent, and that I was sleeping on a cot. Also, I noticed that all my things were with me, strange.
I checked through the duffel bag that held my stuff and found that I had clothes, a charger for my phone and headphones, and my cube.
I stood up, groaning. My neck and knee were sore. I pulled up my shorts to check my leg, yup, definitely bruised. But it was totally worth it. I mean that lady was glaring at me all the time. From when she first saw me till after Percy beheaded her with his sword. I still need to talk to him. I walked over to the tent flaps, which were zipped up, and tried to unzip them. They seemed locked. I sat down and thought how, I mean they're zippers! How do you lock zippers? I then realized that there were actually two zippers on the flap. They were probably locked together. So if I pulled down on one it would unzip, but the other would just zip it up just as fast.
I sat down on the cot that I woke up on. Dang-nab-it! Why would someone lock me in a tent? Probably because the moon was straight above me signaling that it was night out. Wait. I just said that the moon was straight up, but how could I know that? I mean, I'm locked in a tent for goodness sakes! Also, there is no shadows, so how could I tell if the moon was above me because of the light reflecting from it?
Maybe Percy knows, I mean he has a stinking sword! He probably knows what is going on. But for now I am going back to sleep.
Time lapse!
I woke up that morning with someone standing over me.
I immediately sat up, prepared for the worst. But it was only Percy.
"Dude, two questions. One, where the heck are we? And two, Please explain why the advisor for the finishing school is Artemis, why was there a monster, and what the heck is going on?" I asked.
Percy chuckled,
"First off, do you know about the Greek gods?" he asked. Of course I answered yes. Why wouldn't I?
"Well, they are real, and they sometimes come to earth and have kids. We call them demi-gods. I am one, the son of Poseidon. And to answer where we are, we are in the hunter's camp. They are led by Artemis, who brought the hunters to our school under the disguise of the finishing school. Why? I don't know, but I think me and you are going to have a rough time until we get to camp, where demi-gods like us, are safe." He said.
I took this all into consideration, I mean I see a monster, a sword wielding best friend and his girlfriend, also sword wielding, and wake up in a camp of boy haters. Yeah Percy was right, we are in for a tough time, but one thing still troubled me,
"You said 'demi-gods like us,' I'm pretty sure that I'm not a demi-god. I mean, I have seen both my parents, they aren't gods. Unless a god or goddess went missing for 14 or so years."
"I don't know either. I can sense the power coming off of you, definitely demi-god power, but you didn't have that before. But maybe Annabeth knows. She probably does. But do you know where she is?"
"No I don't. Oh, and Percy?"
"Yes?"
"Last night, I woke up. I could tell that the moon was above me. But, I was locked in my tent and there were no shadows to go off of in order to tell it's positioning. What is that about?"
"I don't know. You could be the son of a titan. They don't get tracked if they were peaceful, like Selene, the Titaness of the moon."
"But didn't she die awhile ago?"
"No, gods or titans don't die. They fade. They do that if no one believes in them anymore. Selene faded during or soon after roman times. But you could have been transported through time to your current parents now. But I doubt it. While it could be a possibility, it is very unlikely. Now where is Annabeth?"
"Right here, Percy." I heard someone say.
I turned and looked, and there was Annabeth. She had a silvery glow about her and she was dressed in full silver. She had a bow on her back, along with a quiver, and an amused expression on her face. This only means one thing; Annabeth had joined the hunters.
But one, well two things bothered me. One was that Thalia, who was beside her, looked the same, except for the circlet on her head, and I felt a connection with her. No, not love. I was putting that off till collage! Plus, I didn't have any 'love' feeling for any of the hunters.
The other thing was that I didn't feel the same 'connection' towards Annabeth. She had an even more amused look on her face, like she was about to burst out laughing. I glanced at Percy, he was in total shock, he had tears in his eyes and was slightly talking, almost whispering to Annabeth,
"Why? How could you do this to me? To the seven? I thought you loved me. What is going on?" He murmured.
While he said this another hunter walked past, I felt the strange connection to her. I still didn't feel the connection with Annabeth. That only meant one thing, she was pranking Percy! I nearly burst out laughing when I figured this out.
Thalia must have seen me almost burst. She glared at me in a 'don't ruin this or I will ruin you' way. Mean while Annabeth hasn't said a thing, and Percy is still mumbling.
"Why? Why? Why? Why?"
"Because I'm pranking you seaweed brain." Annabeth finally spoke up. Not able to hold her laughter anymore.
Thalia, Annabeth, and I cracked up. Finally, I was about to die from holding my laughter in.
Percy suddenly sat up confused at why Thalia and Annabeth were laughing. Then he saw me, his eyes were as big as fast-food restaurant cup lids. That just made me laugh harder.
"You, you were in on this! But you were just as surprised as me when she walked in!"
"I wasn't in." I said, "I figured it out part way through. It was when another hunter walked behind Thalia and Annabeth. I could compare Thalia's and that hunter's auras to Annabeth's aura."
Thalia immediately shot a look at me.
"No, that's not how you figured it out. I felt a strange connection to you when I walked in. I bet it was when that hunter walked past and you felt a connection to her when you figured it out."
I shrugged, "Yeah, that's it. I don't know why I have a connection to the hunters and you. It's strange! I mean something is really up, last night I was locked in my tent with the lantern on and I couldn't see any shadows but I knew where the moon was. This is just strange, real strange."
Annabeth and Thalia exchanged a look. Then Thalia looked at me,
"Strange or not, Artemis wants to see you. It's the tent that is obvious. It's bigger, and it has the moon marks on it."
I got up and left the tent. I heard Percy, Annabeth, and Thalia strike up a conversation as I left. Honestly, I didn't care. I just headed to the 'obvious' tent. I kept my head down so no hunters could have a reason to tar me.
Every time I passed a hunter I felt that weird connection. But when I got to Artemis's tent and knocked. She allowed me permission to enter and I walked in.
Straight away I felt like I was drawn towards her. I resisted and took the seat that she offered. She looked at me and said the one sentence that would change my life,
"Ah, Michael where to start. I will explain everything, your powers, everything. But the best way to start this conversation is just to say it plainly. Michael, I am you second mother. Yes, I am your mother in everything but birth. We are even connected through blood."
As you can expect, that sentence she told me last changed my life, in a good or bad way I don't know.
A/n Yay! Chapter 6 is done. Now I just realized that my chapters are starting to get longer. Yay again! But please tell me what you think. The only bad things that I want in the reviews is constructive criticism. Plain 'you suck' or 'stinks' doesn't count as constructive criticism. Just an FYI. But until the next chapter comes out Have Fun!