Sorry I haven't updated in a while. Two words: SCIENCE FAIR. I'm supposed to be doing it now, but I decides to write this quick before I get crack-a-lacking. Anyway, on with the story.
My dream was about sleeping. Yes, sleeping. I saw a man in a Blue pin striped suit with long grey hair and a matching beard sleeping with a look on his face like he was having a nightmare. The man seemed like he once radiated power, but now he looked old and weary. He was strapped into a vertical board and the man was gagged.
Then, a voice full of hate echoed through the air muttering, "I will not be minor, not minor, not minor. I will not be degraded. They will pay. I am more powerful than any of them imagined! And you!" He yelled, obviously talking to me, "You," he chuckled, "There is absolutely nothing you can do about, stupid demigod." The room started to spin and I woke up in cold sweat.
Suddenly, there was an urgent knock on the door. Griffin immediately jumped out of his bunk in a t-shirt and boxers, bounced to the door, and swung it open. Standing in the doorway was a familiar satyr, the one who rescued me. What was his name? He was panting, and bending over exhausted.
"Trevor?" (Oh, yeah, that's his name) Griffin asked him, "What are you doing here? It's three in the morning."
"Get," He panted, "Your cabin up, and come to the dining pavilion immediately. Chiron has an extremely important announcement."
OoOoO FIVE MINUTES LATER OoOoO
The whole camp was packed in the pavilion. Most of the girls were in there PJ's and most of the guys were shirtless and had boxers on (although the girls didn't seem to care at three in the morning). Luckily, Griffin had finished laughing at me earlier and decided to give me a quality pair of boxers: blue and green plaid. I was lucky I had slept in my camp shirt, or I would've been shirtless, too. Griffin literally yelled, "WAKE UP!" and everyone sprung out the door. Even the Aphrodite kids didn't look as groomed and manicured as usual.
"Campers," Chiron started. He looked nerve-racked. "There is some terrible news. I mean terrible. It could destroy Olympus as we know it."
"Spit it out already!" shouted an angry Aphrodite boy who needed his beauty sleep.
"Lord Zeus," Chiron's eyes flashed. "Lord Zeus is missing." A loud gasp erupted from the crowd. The air seemed to catch its breath.
"What do you mean Zeus is missing?" asked a tall boy about sixteen with black hair and sea green eyes. I guessed it was the famous Percy Jackson. A girl that looked like an older version of Braylee held his hand lightly. I assumed that was Percy's girlfriend, Annabeth Chase.
"Last week Zeus disappeared. Olympus figured he was just out for a couple days, but a whole week? He would've at least given some warning. All that was left on his throne was a single poppy petal."
The whole camp went into rampage. I had only been here two days and I even knew that Zeus was pretty much Olympus itself. His disappearance could mean the worst.
"Is it Kronos again?" asked an Apollo boy.
"No," Braylee piped up, "Kronos is done for. He's not coming back for a really long time."
"Then what could it be?" yelled a girl from Nemesis cabin. The camp broke out into arguments and Chiron had to scream and pound his hooves before he could get everyone's attention.
"Listen, demigods, we need to remain calm and Olympus will tell us what to d—" Chiron trailed off and gasped. All heads turned to where he was looking—me.
"What?" I asked nervously as I blushed. Did Griffin play a prank on me? Did he somehow pull down my boxers and now I was standing in the middle of camp with nothing covering my parts? I looked at my legs with dread, but my boxers were still there. Everyone around me was staring at me. Oh, great. I did not want attention.
It took me a moment, but then I realized they weren't staring at me, they were staring at the area above me. I looked up and there it was.
A floating silver moon. I stared bewildered at it for a moment, and then I tried to swipe it away. I threw my hands around the air, but no luck. It was a hologram. I gave up and saw Chiron bow.
"Hail Maxwell Everglade, son of Artemis, eternal maiden."
"What? My mom's Artemis?" I asked, "Eternal maiden? What does that mean?"
Chiron looked into my eyes and said without emotion, "Yes, you were claimed by Artemis. She is your mother. Eternal maiden means she will forever be a virgin and swear off men."
"But, I'm here. So that must mean…"
"Yes, Lady Artemis broke her eternal promise."
"So…I'm illegal?"
"Technically, yes."
"Chiron," Annabeth Chase gasped, "The prophecy."
"Ah, yes, Annabeth. You see, Max, about a month ago, we received a prophecy about a son of Artemis coming. That would be you."
"So, you knew?" I asked him. This was all too much.
"No. I knew it would be someone, but I did not have any clue that it was you. Rachel?" Chiron called into the crowd.
"Yes, sir. I'm coming." A girl with curly, bright red hair and emerald eyes walked stiffly up to Chiron.
"Can you summon the prophecy?" Chiron asked her cautiously.
"I'll see." Rachel pinched her eyes close and pursed her lips together. After a few seconds, her body relaxed, and her eyes flickered open, but instead of green, they were a sickly yellow, like poison. Green smoke drifted out of her now open lips. Then, she began.
"An endless sleep will overcome,
The gods will fall to power one.
A hero that should not be alive,
What will be gained is what's been deprived.
This hero shall be arriving soon,
The only hope, the son of the moon."
That's when I passed out.