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Hey guys another chapter lets go.
John092: thank you my friend same to you as well.
Austin: Yes let's hope she does Lawbringers tend to be very intimidating. I have something planned for that axe that I think you will like. And Atol's team is on their way, but they are going to be sneaky about it.
Yes I did see that and in all honesty I have no idea that I'm going to do with it… I will figure something out.
Oh man that Is a lot of story ideas… but I am but one man if I were to do them then that means less time I spend on this story are you sure you want this?
Goldfish: Yes to both but a small part of me thinks they're just going to throw in a few new Heros and put them in one of the existing factions you know.
It's been a few days since I spoke Latin and people have started to look at me differently, with the exception of Aithne and Chiron. They would give me evil glares aimed at me to a point where I just stop going to the mess to eat. I just sat at the fire in the center of the camp and ate my food. Chiron had tried a few times to get me to come to the mess and join them but he came to find out just how stubborn I am.
Another odd thing about the fire was that I notice that a part of it was not the same color. A bit to the side from the center of the fire was this blackness that burned their like it was a flame of its own.
I never did find out who that girl I recognize as someone and when I asked Chiron about it he said he did not know of any nine year old girl who maintained the fire in the center of the camp. Aithne also learned how to control her fire and she was now able to summon it at will. She also made her own weapon, a mace, made from this Celestial bronzes stuff. She tried to use it on me once when we were having a "friendly" spar.
That kid that came here in the middle of the night three days ago also woke up and started walking around. The pig nosed girl already tried to give him his "initiation", which I found out when she take said new camper and dunk their head in the girl's restroom toilets, but a busted pipe must have saved him because she came flying out of the bathroom all wet.
That was not the only thing that has been happening these days. Yesterday I notice that I was starting to feel weighed down, I could not run for as long, and some of the other older campers seemed to be unsettled by my presence but the younger camps were always asking if I could play with them. My muscles were starting to become more apparent, they weren't showing unless I was flexing but I was definitely getting stronger.
I was not allowed to shoot arrows anymore because I nailed one of the kids in the Ares cabin in the knee. I was also forbid, by Chiron, to spar with anyone other than a camper from Ares cabin. This came to pass when I nearly broke one my cabin mates collar bones, and when I punched one of Aithne's cabin mate's lights out. Needless to say Aithne was not too pleased with me for knocking out one of her siblings and she attempted to punch me in the gut.
The key world being attempted, because as soon as Aithne's fist had made contact with my torso she hissed in pain and held her hand in her arms. When I asked her what happened she said it felt like she just punched a steel wall. Come to think of it I did not feel the blow from her punch; It was like I was wearing a suit of armor or something.
Today we were supposed to play a game of capture the flag, and from what I heard it was not your average game of capture the flag. That was supposed to take place later today in the forest, but for now we were having free time.
"Come on John It will be fun." Aithne said enthusiastically from the back of a winged horse.
"Yea I am not getting on that... Horse. Rather not ride something that can throw me off whenever it pleased." I replied firmly a good ten feet away from her, my arms crossed.
"You've got nothing to fear." One of the female campers from the Aphrodite cabin said. "Demigods rarely fall off and they won't throw you off unless you give them a reason too."
I looked at the winged horse that was looking at me, waiting for me to get on. But there was a sort of mischievousness in its eyes, like it was telling me nothing wrong was going to happen but had a plan to scare me a little bit.
I looked back to the camper looked her in the eyes. "I will stay on the ground."
I then sat down on the ground as to say that my mind was made up and that it was not going to change. The horse that I was supposed to get on huffed and I glared back at it. The girl shook her head and told Aithne some commands that she could use to direct the horse. She was up in the air and flying around only five minutes later letting out heart filled laughs and yells of excitement.
I rolled my eyes and let go of a sigh. She was doing that on purpose to get me to come join her, and because she was starting to become more confident of herself since we came here. Aithne was no longer in the back as often as she used to be, it was like being around other demigods gave her a confidence boost.
However I was not the same. I really didn't care for it here, sure it was nice and all but I felt out of place here. I just felt like I belonged somewhere else like something was calling me somewhere else. Somewhere I would belong.
I stood up while Aithne was flying around and started back towards the campfire. For some reason I did feel better there, if only slightly. Once I got back to the fire I sat down and stared into the fire, my eyes quickly tracking the black fire near the center.
I folded my fingers and let my head rest of my hands while I stared into the fire. Something was happening to me and I had no idea what and I had a feeling my dad knew exactly what was happening to me. The sound of hooves came up behind me as I sat wallowing in my own thoughts.
"John I thought I might find you here." Chiron said coming up next to me. "Thought you were with Aithne."
"I was until she decided we should go winged horse riding." I said not taking my eyes off the fire.
"I see well as long as you are here I have something for you." He said pulling something out of one of his shirt pockets.
My eyes widen when I turned to look at him. In his hand was my lighter that my father had gotten me. I took it from him and inspected it closely. It looked like just like it did when my father gave it to me, but it also felt warm in my hand as if a heart of fire was beating in my hand.
"How did you get this?" I asked looking at the centaur.
"Found it in my office this morning with a note saying it was for you." Chiron said with a smug expression on his face. "Guess Hephaestus is thinking you for saving Aithne."
I had a feeling he knew more than he was letting on but I let it slide because at the moment I really don't care. I thanked Chiron before I went back to inspecting my fixed lighter. Once I was done I slipped it back into my pocket and went back to sitting and looking at the fire happier than I was before. To my surprise the black fire had vanished like it had just changed colors to match the fire around it.
The campers that were around the area started to head towards the armory, most likely getting ready for the flag game , I was about to join them when someone grabbed my arm. I turned to see a girl with blue eyes and blond hair that flowed down her back. She had a stare that was oddly similar to my mother's.
She was wearing the camp t-shirt and blue jeans. Her face was devoid of any blemishes but her skin was a little pale. She had a gorgeous figure but she also had a bit of muscle to her, I could feel the blood rushing to my face as she stared at me.
"Come with me we need to talk." She ordered gesturing with her head in the opposite direction of where everyone else was going.
Despite my instincts I nodded and followed her towards the cliffs. She kept her hand on my arm as she led me away. It kinda felt weird being pulled somewhere by a girl I just met but I didn't feel any hostile intent coming from her so I let her pull me along.
We came to the cliff overlooking the beach where she let go of me and checked behind us for a moment before starting down the road that went down the cliff. I followed her on instinct checking my surroundings as we went, not because I was expecting an ambush but because it felt right while moving with her.
Once we came to the beach she started to head down the beach away from the forest area above. She glanced back at me to see if I was still following before she went back to checking her surroundings. She came to a stop in front of a small cave before she turned and slapped me hard enough to send me to the ground.
Anger started to flow into me as I got back up I was about to say something when I saw she had the same face my mother had whenever she got mad. She also had that book that Ras gave to me.
"You know where I found this?" She asked clearly angry. I was going to reply before she started to talk again. "Next to your stuff out in the open, do you have any idea what this is and how much info you could have gave to the Greeks?!"
"What info? It's just a blank book." I said defensibly.
She sighed and shook her head muttering something in Latin underneath her breath. "This is not a blank book it's our fucking lexicon you idiot!"
"Our lexicon what are you talking about?"
"This is our history, our heritage, a detailed record of who we are and all we stand for. And you just left it on the floor of that overcrowded cabin. Someone could of stole it and used it against us."
"It's just a blank book there is nothing in it!" I repeated yelling now.
"Yea because all new lexicons have a seal on it to stop new knights from showing it off to anyone and everyone. What if they found a way to break the seal?" She said opening the book like the lock wasn't even there. She placed her hand on the book and it soon started to shine.
"Their now read that message." She ordered me shoving the book into my arms.
I looked at the first page to see my mother's handwriting.
Dear John.
If you are reading this it means that you have broken the seal on this book, or at least a little bit of it. The book in your hands is the lexicon of our people, The Knight Faction; NO one must know of this books existence let alone read it. I don't know how much of your powers you have awakened but know that they will come soon, if they haven't already. I took a risk in giving this book to Ras to give to you but I know you will safeguard it's secrets.
The next page will described how our faction came to be. How God chose a select few to be his elite guard on this planet. After that it will describe our knight class and everything we stand for as Knights of the Iron Legion.
You may have not been my blood, but I love you as if you were my own. Oh and if I find out you got a girl pregnant there is no place you can go that I will not find you not even your birth mother will be able to hide you from me.
Love you and stay safe.
Jessica Jaeger
I was speechless. My parents were hiding something from me and what's worse was that they knew who my birth mother was. Now here I was in a camp meant for demigods but here I am now being told that there are people out there that are also like me.
I looked back at the girl in front of me. "I'm a Knight?"
"Yes you are." She said her voice softening. "Now it's time to leave."
"Wait I can't leave what about Aithne and my stuff?"
"I already got all you stuff loaded onto the transport and your friend is where she belongs. She is a demigod, you have seen her she is happy here. Will you take her away from here just to be with you?"
I was quite for a moment. "No I wouldn't but I'm not ready to leave just yet." I said turning around and running back to the camp.
The peacekeeper watched as John ran back to the camp. Atol came out of the cave and stood next to the peacekeeper.
"How close is he?" Atol asked coldly.
"Today and very soon no doubt about it." She replied.
I made it back just in time for them to call out teams. Turns out it that two teams were Athena, Apollo, and Hermes cabins VS Dionysus, Demeter, Aphrodite, Ares, and Hephaestus cabins. That means I would be up against Aithne, guess I could get back at her for all the times she has been punching me.
The rules of the game were pretty simple. Every camper who is not injured has to play, the creek is the boundary line, the entire forest is considered fair game, all magic items are allowed, the flags must be prominently displayed and can have no more than two guards, prisoners may be disarmed, but may not be bound or gagged, killing or maiming is NOT allowed, and guards aren't allowed to stand within ten yards of the flag.
The teams were already spreading out and I was not armed. I ran over to one of my teammates and asked where I could find a weapon. He looked around for a moment before he gave me his dagger and said to try my best.
I looked at the dagger in my hand and sighed. This was not my type of weapon. I was assigned to flag guarding by the counselor of the Athena cabin with Will. Once we were all in position a horn was sounded the game began. Campers rushed out into the forest while Will and I stayed behind.
Will suggested I take a forward position while he shot at them while I fought them off. I nodded and took up a position a good ten yards in front of him. Nothing was happening for a while so Will sat down on a nearby stump, while I remained on watch.
"So John there a reason you don't have any armor on?" Will asked me trying to strike up a conversation.
I thought about my answer for a second before replying. "I was busy with something; I only got here when Chiron was giving the rules."
"Dude you really need to stop wondering off no telling what might happen to you."
I looked at the ground in thought. "Hey can I ask you a question?"
"Shoot."
"If you found out that you were a part of something else, other than being a demigod, would you leave here to join it?"
Will bought his hand to his chin as he thought out the question. "I guess I depends. If I didn't really like it here I guess I might, but I do like it here so I think I would try to learn more about it while remaining here."
'But I only loosely feel like I belong here.' I thought.
Suddenly another camper from the other team came out of the bushes and spotted us. I drew my dagger and got in a battle stance going back handed with my knife. Will got up from his stump and fired at the camper.
He rolled out of the way and charged at us being up his sword and shield, along with a battle cry. He slammed into me with his shield knocking me back but I recovered and planted my feet in the ground. He brought his sword down on me but a quick side step rendered the attack harmless. I responded with a quick slash of my dagger but his shield stopped it with ease. I could feel the same feeling that I got when I fought pig nose building up in me.
Will was moving around to get a shot at this guy's back while I engaged him directly. He was about to take a shot at him when another camper from the other team came out of the bushes with a dagger in her hand. Will drew his dagger and tossed his bow to meet the new opponent in battle.
Left with no support I was forced to fight a guy with better equipment, and armor, by myself. I could not get a good hit in with that shield in the way and I did not have anything to disarm him with. I tried to take a few swings at him but he just blocked everything with that damn shield.
The fight became a slug out that I could not win as we tried to take shots at one another. I was dodging his attacks while I could not land any of mine. That was when another camper from the enemy team came out of the bushes and joined the fight. I rolled out of the way just as their weapon was about to hit me.
When I came back up I came face to face with the smiling exploration of a childhood friend. Aithne had her two-handed mace in her hands and she was armored.
"John why are you not wearing armor?" She said teasing me.
"Because I am that good." I growled back.
There was no way I was going to win with a dagger against two opponents, never mind one of them having a shield and body armor. I took a step back as I brought my knife back up ready for their next attack.
'Draw your lighter.' An unknown male voice said in my head.
Not having the time to argue with the voice, I did as it told me and drew my lighter. I was just about to flick it open when my body started to burn up from the inside out. I dropped both my dagger and lighter as my body temperature soared.
Aithne dropped her battle stance as soon as she saw something was wrong with me.
"John what happening?!" She said her voice full of concern.
However the other camper did not care what was happening to me and went in to attack me.
It when then I felt it. The need, it was back and it wanted.
Revenge.
I let out a battle cry as I raised my right fist up to the sky. Suddenly I felt a power surge through me restoring my stamina, empowering my strength, and the pain from the few scrapes I got faded. I felt like I could take on anyone.
A golden light shot out from my body knocking my attack to the ground and Aithne was pushed back a few steps. My hands took hold of a weapon that I could not see but I knew it was there and I had a good feeling what type of weapon it was.
I flipped around my weapon to its blunt end and brought it down on the camper on the ground, it hitting him square in the head putting a large dent in his helmet and knocking him out cold. But it didn't stop there; I still felt the need for revenge.
I turned my sights to Aithne who was looking at me wide eyed, like someone appeared out of nowhere. I dashed into her and used my weapon to push her back before spinning and sending the butt of my weapon into her head.
Aithne's helmet was knocked of her head and she fell back hitting the ground hard, letting go of her weapon. I looked at her and felt no remorse in my actions, no I felt that she was not even worth my time. However that did not stop me from bring my weapon around to hit her with a heavy attack from the side.
"John!" Aithne cried out looking at me with something I never expected to see from her while she was looking at me.
Fear.
She was scared of me. Me, her childhood friend and the person who swore to protect her.
I pulled back on my attack bringing it to a stop just as it was coming around. I could see it now. My weapon. It was a black pole-axe. The head had a carving of a golden dragon that wrapped around it. Its eyes were a red gem that seemed to contain a fire; its head was facing towards the axe part of my pole-axe. The axe itself was made out of a black metal with three claw like cuts in it, the blade was a grey metal that reflected the sun's light perfectly.
The blunt end of my pole-axe was made out of the same black metal that the axe was made out of. It was flat but it was about the size of my fist. The spear was also made out of the same black material that the rest of the head was made out of but it was spiraled into a point.
The pole part of my weapon was made out of a dark grey material, except for the center that had a leather area allowing me to grip it better. The butt was rounded but it did have a bit of a point to it so I would imagine it would cut into someone a little bit.
(Think of it as the linebeck pole-axe just different colors.)
But that was not the only thing I saw. My arms were now armored with large plates that traveled up my arm but did not restrict my movements. I also found I was wearing a helmet now, I could see just fine so I assumed whatever I was wearing was not covering my eyes in anyway.
(John is wearing the Haldus armor set minus the helm which is the darosh helmet but he has no helmet attachment)
I looked down at Aithne breathing heavily as I was coming out of my revenge state.
"Oh God no." I whispered as I took a step back while slowly shaking my head. I almost hurt Aithne, my childhood friend and the girl I protected for all those years. I could have killed her.
Aithne seemed to realize she was looking at me with fear and changed it. But I knew that she was still scared of me.
"John wait!" Aithne said, trying to get up.
I shook my head turned and ran, picking up my lighter as I ran, not noticing the bright light above my head.
Hestia was standing on the edge of a street in front of Markus' Pizza store. She could see him working in the shop with the one who help him raise her son. Hestia wanted to go into the store, to run into Markus's arms and have him hold her again. Oh what she wouldn't give to be in his embrace again, to have those strong, but gentle, arms wrapped around her again.
Markus was right the law that forbade her from being with him was an awful law that separated lovers from one another and children with one of their parents. If she could she would burn this law and scatter the ashes in the deepest parts of the underworld.
Markus' brick oven shot out fire causing Markus to duck just as the fire neared his face, but some of his hair caught fire causing Jessica to run over and throw water over him. He felt his head and said something to Jessica causing her to smirk before helping him up. Hestia couldn't help but laugh a little at the accident she caused, even when Markus hurt himself he was always funny about it.
Suddenly lighting cracked in the clear sky Zeus was calling a meeting. Hestia sighed and took one good look at Markus before she teleported in a flash of fire.
Markus looked up and out of the window of his store. He could have sworn he smelled the familiar smell of marshmallows.
Hestia arrived in the Olympian council chamber just as Zeus brought the meeting to order, however the normal twelve members were not the only ones here. Standing in front of the council were the minor gods Hebe, Hecate, Iris, Nemesis, Nike, and Tyche all wondering why they were called. Even Hades was standing in the corner of the council chamber looking royally pissed off. Hestia took up her position in front of the chamber's hearth just as Zeus started to speak.
"I have called you all here today because something has happened in Camp Half-blood." Zeus said grimly his eyes scanning the faces of every god present, except Hestia's. "During the Camps weekly capture the flag game the demigod that arrived five days prior, was claimed."
Hestia's eyes shot wide from surprise then narrowed in anger, something Hestia almost never did. She had a feeling her brother was talking about her son again but now come to find out that someone had claimed him as their own. That was unacceptable John was her son not someone else's, who was it Ares, Apollo, Hermes?
Whoever it may have been they would know just how unpleased she was with their actions. Claiming another god's child as your own was a major offence to the demigod's true godly parent. Never in the history of the Olympian pantheon did a god ever claim another god's child as their own.
"It was come to my attention that an unknown creature entered the camp three days ago, and gave the same demigod five items." Zeus went on. "But I did not call you all here just to tell you this. No, I called you all here because this demigod summoned a suit of armor that I have never seen before and called upon a golden energy to knock down his opponents before attacking them."
"No demigod has ever shown to have such a power until now, this can make him a threat to if he has more hidden powers. So the godly parent of this demigod will reveal themselves here in now or I will banish all likely suspects into Tartarus until you give me an answer."
"But father." Apollo said his voice wavy. "It was voted that his godly parent would not be revealed until he was claimed."
"He has been claimed!" Zeus retorted. "And his godly parent is still unknown! So, whoever you are, you will claim your son before us all here and now." He finished looking around the room.
The room was quite; all the gods looking at one another looking for any sign that would give them away. But no one said a thing.
"No one then?" Zeus finally said. "Fine! Ares, Hephaestus, and Apollo by my authority as king of Olympus I banished you to-"
"Wait!" A female voice called cutting Zeus off.
All eyes shot to the origin of the voice that was now facing them. Hestia stood in there all eyes fixed on her but she had no fear. It was time, she would claim her son here and now. She would fight for his right to live if she had to and she would not let others go to Tartarus because of her brother's insecurity.
"What is it Sister?" Zeus said staring at the goddess of the hearth.
"He is mine." All eyes went wide. "I am John Cross' mother." The brown eyed goddess declared with no fear.
Everyone stared at the goddess with wide eyes, even Hara, who had originally suspected her in the first place, was surprised by the goddess' declaration. Some of the gods started to whisper to each other while others continued to stare.
"He can't be yours you took an oath of maidenhood." Zeus said looking at Hestia seriously.
"He is mine!" Hestia repeated loudly causing the hearth to explode, fire shooting upward causing the temperature in the room to increase. "I swear on the River Styx that John Cross is my son!"
Thunder clacked in the distance as soon as Hestia finished her sentience. All the gods watched and waited for something to happen but when nothing did Zeus stood up from his throne.
"Then you have broken your oath." Zeus stated looking rather pissed. "Who did it, who took your maidenhood?"
"I have not broken my oath, I am still a maiden." Hestia said back not intimidated by the King of Olympians in the slightest. "John was conceived out of true love."
Zeus was about to say something when Aphrodite, now at Hestia's height, crashed into her.
"Oh you must tell me who captured your heart!" Aphrodite said overjoyed. "You must tell me everything about him! Details girl details!"
"I must say I am also interested in who this person is." Athena said looking at the hearth goddess. "You have never been one to look for romance and never mind conceiving a child from said romance."
"Well if Hestia can do it then maybe there is hope for you yet little sister." Apollo said looking at the goddess of the hunt, who was glaring daggers at him.
However Hestia was not having any of it, she was not the type to flaunt anything over other people. Least of all the first lover she ever had. Hestia lightly pushed Aphrodite off of her and recomposed herself, clearing her throat for good measure. The hearth's fire returned to normal after Hestia calmed herself down.
"No." Hestia said finally. "None of you need to know who John's father is OR where he currently is."
"Hestia Your son has a power never before seen until now he could be a threat." Zeus said seriously putting one foot forward. "He could have more powers he is hiding."
"My son is no threat to you brother." Hestia said while getting a look from Hephaestus. "And as for this power you say he has I will speak with his father about it."
"No you will bring his father here to explain it to all of us should he know something about it." Zeus ordered thunder cracking in the distance.
"I do not interfere with your love lifes. You will not interfere with mine." Hestia declared at her younger brother, causing the sky god to go wide eye and back off bit.
The room went dead quite. Hestia had just called out her little brother on his cheating habits, something she had never done before with anyone. For the first time since Hestia was rescued from her father's stomach she was acting like a big sister and scolding her younger brother.
Suddenly someone started to laugh. All eyes turned to the source to see the king of the underworld laughing his butt off. After a few moments he stopped and walked over from his dark corner.
"I have to say Hestia you told him, but I have had enough of this little drama show and I'm going back to the underworld." He said putting his hands on Hestia's shoulders and giving an extremely rare smile before heading for the exit. Just has he put his hands on the door Hades stopped. "And if Zeus does end up killing your lover I will give him a special room in my own palace so you can visit him whenever you want." He then pushed the door open and left.
The room was silent for a moment before Zeus spoke again. "Apollo I order you to look into Hestia's son's future."
Hestia was about to protest but Apollo, not feeling like being the center of his father's anger, did as he was told. He closed his eyes and opened them moments later looking shocked.
"I can't." He said shocked.
"What do you mean you can't?" Zeus said angrily.
"I mean I can't see into his future something is stopping me." Apollo said a little bit fearful.
Zeus looked at Dionysus his eyes full of electricity. "Go get him from Camp Half-Blood and bring him here NOW!"
Dionysius disappeared from his throne back to the camp, clearly in a hurry, not wanting to be the target of his father's anger either.
Hestia was to busy to object to Zeus' orders as she was busy with her own mind. Apollo was not able to see her son's future that could only mean the Fates themselves were stopping him or… Prometheus but he has kept to himself for a long time. Starting to fear for her son Hestia looking into the hearth to see if she could see John but to her horror nothing appeared.
Hestia's heart started to race. Something was hiding her son and if it had this range of cover on him then just how powerful was the being that was hiding her son from the view of Olympus. She had to find him, she could not lose her only son but she had no leads… other than his father.
Dionysius then came back sweat coming down from his head. "I could not find him, I only found his friend crying on the cliff."
Thunder boomed outside and Zeus turned to look at Artemis. "Hunt him down and bring him here by the Summer Solstice!" Zeus bellowed. "I don't care how you do it just get him here alive."
Artemis could only nodded before disappearing in a flash of silver.
"THIS MEETING IS OVER!" Zeus ordered before disappearing in a large flash of lightning.
(Soon after John ran away from the camp.)
Atol stood on the beach watching the sun go down. He had seen the sun set many times when he spent hours on end on lookout. He had grown used to the sight and didn't find any beauty in it, in all honesty there wasn't anything he found beauty in. That part of him died at a young age. He was the perfect warrior now and he hated it. He hated that woman for turning him into a robot in human skin.
The rest of his team was sitting around the rock face Malik was meditating, the peacekeeper was on look out, and Tola was mucking about.
"He approaches." Malik said opening his eyes.
Atol turned to look down the beach to see an armored figure running towards them. Soon the figure turned into the form of a fully armored lawbringer running at them. If Atol wasn't the man he was he might of felt some fear creeping up in him from the sight of a lawbringer running towards him.
The lawbringer soon made it to them taking a second to rest before speaking. "Take me away from here I can't say here any longer."
Atol nodded and gestured for the Lawbringer to follow him. They were heading home and with one lost Knight.
There it is another chapter done. Also I am moving so don't expect anything from me for a while it will be a good mouth or so before I am back up maybe less. Anyways see you guys later.
Anyways special thanks to my Editor: ZoDiAcKiLlEr315
God bless and remember we party hard when one lost soul comes back.
