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As I was walking towards the Big House, I noticed most of the campers staring at me. I suppose a guy in a green hoodie and green pants, wearing a green hood that somehow covered their entire face, it would seem kinda weird, wouldn't it? I reached the Big House steps pretty quickly, not worrying too much about the weird looks I was getting.
When I walked up the steps, I saw 'Mr. D', as he likes to be called, and Chiron, immortal trainer of heroes. "Hello, you must be Chiron, my name is David Hunt, Son of Apollo." I told him confidently. I knew of the respect that this half horse, half man deserves. If Artemis respects a male as much as she respects him, said male is respectable.
"Well, you seem to know enough about the gods to know who I am, but how do you know who your father is?" he asked uncertainly. I wander why he was so hesitant to ask that, I thought to myself.
"Have you realized that the gods have spent more time with their kids and that two of the ancient laws have been removed?" I asked him with pride in my voice. I was actually quite proud of my wish from the gods. Having to ignore your kids and just let them die at too young of ages? That's just not fair.
"Well, yes my boy, but how does that relate to my question?" he asked patiently. I smiled kindly at him as I replied.
"I am the reason that they lifted the laws and that they are spending so much time with their kids. I did a great favor for the gods and they gave me a wish. I used my wish for that. I had nothing that I wanted or needed that I didn't want to get or earn myself, so I used it for the good of everyone." I told him humbly. He had a surprised look on his face, then he gained a happy and prideful look.
"You remind me of a camper, a Son of Poseidon, actually. Are you sure that you are not a Son of .Poseidon?" he asked me curiously.
"Yes, Chiron, i am positive. As a matter of fact, this is the bow of his first champion, the bow that he gave me." I told him, pulling my bow off of his back. He gasped and took a hold of it when I held it out to him.
"The bow of Paris of Troy, the very bow used to kill Achilles!" he exclaimed, shocked beyond belief that I had that bow. (AU: ignore the fact that that bow was actually golden in the stories. At least, I'm pretty sure it is.) I winced a little when he said that. I didn't like the way the Paris killed Achilles much, it was cowardly and Troy fell anyways, so there was no point in killing him.
"Yes, although that is not a story that I much like. Anyways, I am the most powerful Son of Apollo to date. He has told me that he loved my mother more than any other mortal he had ever been with." I told him, although he could clearly tell that it wasn't necessarily the way that I wanted it.
"Well, my boy, how did you get here unharmed, and not out of breath?" he asked, once again, very curiously.
I gave a sigh and sat down at the table. "This is a very long story, so you might want to stretch first." I told, to which he responded with a shrug and out of his wheelchair came his horse half, and with that, I began my long and painful story. I told him almost everything, not including what I did with the hunt other than hunting and traveling.
By the end of the story, Chiron's mouth was hung so far open, I probably could have looked in there and seen his intestines. "Now, I assume that I will be introduced to everyone at dinner, so how about a tour of camp?" I asked, to which he just nodded mutely, before clearing his throat and shaking himself out of his shock.
"Right, right this way, my boy." he said, gesturing towards the sword fighting arena. I followed him quickly, my head held high and my posture straight and firm. I, again, received odd looks, people obviously confused about me. I assumed that people normally didn't talk to Chiron for so long.
He showed me the sword arena, archery range, stables, cabins, and woods. I really liked the archery range, but it didn't have much to it, it was simple and not challenging at all. I realized, as we walked past it, that my brothers and sisters were there teaching an archery lesson. As we walked past, I took out my bow, notched three arrows, and fired them at a target without even looking at it. After I shot, I looked and smirked, all three hit the center.
My siblings gave me awe filled looks, wandering how a new camper could have done something like that. I'm sure that some of them were kind of taken aback by my look too, with how muscular I was, anyone would be intimidated and no one would expect me to be an archer. I just winked at them, and continued on walking.
"Well, my boy, I knew you were good at archery, but how did you do that? Not even the eldest sons of Apollo can do that. Hades, not even the eldest hunters can do that!" Chiron exclaimed.
"Well, you haven't seen them shoot lately. I taught them how to do that." I told him proudly.
We made it to the cabins soon after that. By the time that we finished the tour, it was about fifteen minutes until dinner time, and we started walking towards the pavilion. I made my to the Apollo table to wait for everyone else to show up. Within five minutes, most of the campers had arrived, my siblings giving me weird looks, until one of them decided to talk to me.
"Hi, I'm Will, you a son of Apollo, huh?" he asked uncertainly.
"Yea, David Hunt, champion of Zeus and Artemis." I told him quietly, I didn't want to give away the secret just yet. He gave me a shocked look. His eyes just about bulged out of his head. I put my finger to my mouth in the 'shh' sign. He nodded numbly, and as he did, there were three bright flashes of light, and when they faded, my father, Zeus, and Artemis were all standing there.
All of the campers immediately got down on one knee (AU: each on their own knee, not on someone else' knee). The gods told the campers to rise, and they complied.
"David Hunt, please come forward." Grandfather requested. I complied, striding forward confidently. All of the campers gasped when Zeus and Artemis smiled at me, not understanding why they would smile at a lowly demigod.
I bowed to my father and Artemis, then knelt in front of my grandfather. "Rise, my boy, let us introduce you." Grandfather stated. I rose as he asked, and he smiled again.
"Everyone, I introduce to you, David Hunt, Son of Apollo, Champion of Artemis and myself, and one of the greatest archers in the history of the world." Grandfather stated. I blushed a little at that last part, but hid it well. Everyone gasped, seeing as neither Zeus nor Artemis had ever had a champion before.
"He is also the reason for the removal of two of the Ancient Laws, or more specifically, the Laws that we are not allowed to raise our children or help them in battle." he stated proudly, obviously cocky about the fact that his champion did that before anyone else could. There were a multitude of gasps and some questions being yelled out.
My father held up his hand, and the pavilion quieted down. Then, one camper, obviously a son of Poseidon, if the black hair and sea green eyes were anything to go off of, asked a question that everyone was obviously thinking.
"How'd you get them to lift that law?"
"I did a favor for the gods and they gave me a wish. There was nothing I wanted or needed that I didn't want to earn myself, so I used it for everyone." I said, slightly proud of myself, using a great wish for others instead of just myself.
Then, one camper yelled, "What did you do?" I was hesitant to reply, but I looked at Zeus and he nodded, so I decided to tell them.
"I took the place of Lady Artemis in receiving ten years of torment that Lord Tartarus himself would be jealous of." everyone gasped simultaneously, almost as if it was practiced. I actually almost chuckled at the thought of them practicing their synchronization in gasping.
"Now that my champion has been introduced, you may continue with your meal." Grandfather concluded, flashing out in a great flash of lightning that shook the camp. Artemis teleported away in a flash of silver, and my father stayed, opting to eat with his children.
Dinner went by rather quickly after that, my dad spending time with his children and me trying to avoid questions. When everyone left, I spoke a little more with my father. When he was about to leave, I took out a bag and told me, "There is a laptop in here, it's made of Olympian Silver, undetectable by monsters and was made by Hephaestus himself." he handed me the bag, gave me a hug, and flashed out.
I continued to sit at my father's table while looking through the laptop and listening to music. I felt like being alone, that day having been rather long, and the realization that I didn't really have a family finally setting in. I was truly alone for the second time in my life. I lost my first family to death, and I lost my second family to 'rules and regulations', to put it simply. Boys are not allowed in the hunt and I am a boy. Would never have been able to stay with them.
At around nine o'clock, Chiron came trotting into the pavilion, seeing me and gaining a confused look. "My boy, why aren't you asleep or with you siblings?" he asked concerned.
"My father just gave me a new laptop and I have had enough questions to last the rest of the week. I really don't feel like answering anymore." I told him tiredly.
"Alright, My boy, but you best get to bed, the Harpies will be out soon and you just got here, I don't want you eaten on your first day." he told me kindly. I smiled at him, grabbed my stuff, and walked out towards my cabin. Well, an alright first day, if I do say so myself, I thought to myself as I entered my cabin.
