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Chapter 2

Alex's P.O.V.

I dreamed of being in a dark abyss of nothingness – I was the only thing there. Then, suddenly, a hoarse voice that appeared to be coming from all directions said: "Greetings, grandson. It is good to finally meet you. I have an offer for you-"

"ALEX! ALEX! WAKE UP!" came my mum's voice, interrupting my supposed grandfather.

"I guess this will have to wait for another time…" sighed the mysterious voice, before I found myself back in my bedroom just as I was before I blacked out.

"Alex! Thank goodness you're awake. Are you okay?" asked my mum.

"Well, I think so… I dreamed of being in a 'dark abyss of nothingness' with the hoarse voice of someone who claimed to be my grandad telling me he had an offer for me before I woke up." I replied.

I noticed the eight mysterious figures faces' pale before the information they gave me flooded my brain and I realised they were actually gods and I quickly bowed.

"No need for that, my son." Said a woman dressed in a green dress with a crown of leaves on her head who I recognised as Demeter, the goddess of agriculture and also one of my godly parents from the information I had been given. I started getting angry and was about to demand why she hadn't even visited me and my mother when more of the information the gods gave me came into my mind and I realised that Zeus, or Jupiter, had forbidden gods from visiting their demigod children.

"Wait, forgive me for asking Lady Demeter" – I thought it would be more appropriate if I called her that instead of 'mum' as I didn't actually know her – "but how are you here if Zeus forbade you from visiting your demigod children?" I enquired.

"There are times us gods can visit our children when Zeus is too busy to check our exact locations son." She replied. "And you can call me 'mum' or 'mother', you don't have to address me as 'Lady Demeter' my child."

"Okay mother." I responded. Then I looked at the other gods present and recognised them as Ceres, Dionysus, Bacchus, Pan, Faunus, Greek Apollo, Roman Apollo, Artemis, and Diana, before I asked them: "Do you know who the mysterious guy who talked to me in my dream is if it was a proper demigod dream? Because I'm fairly sure it isn't my mom's dad, a Prince of the Japanese royal family."

The eight gods looked at each other briefly before Pan stepped up and said: "Child, it may be your mother's father Kronos (or Saturn for the Romans), the titan of time, who ate his first five children with his wife Rhea (whose Roman form is Ops) before Rhea saved the sixth child, Zeus (aka Jupiter) who, with the help of his siblings, overthrew his father and the titans that served his father."

Pan stopped to take a breath before continuing: "He is probably trying to get you to help him reform so he can destroy Olympus – he will offer you lots of things, but remember that he means none of it and as soon as he gets what he wants, he will throw you away like a used toy."

Then Artemis, Diana, Greek Apollo and Roman Apollo came forward and said: "Alexander, we will now give you our blessing. It will give you enhanced powers over nature as well as powers over hunting, archery, music, poetry, art, prophecy/foresight, the sun and the moon. Also, all of us have decided to grant you and your mother the power to see an immortals' divine form without being killed. This will also make you aware of your other powers and let you use them*1, but now monsters will start coming after you as you grow older and more powerful, especially now as you are aware of your powers. You will need disguised, magical weapons made of a metal like celestial bronze or imperial gold to kill monsters-"

"Wait, sorry to interrupt you my lords and ladies, but I found a really cool and probably expensive analogue watch with buttons that can actually tell the time but turns into a purely metal spear with a circular shield and full body armour (all of which were surprisingly lightweight) made out of an alloy of a gold-like metal, bronze-like metal, a silver-like metal, a material like sandstone, a material like sandstone, a stone with blue, glowing streaks and normal steel*2. I can turn it back into the watch by pressing a button on the handgrip on the spear, and if I press one of the other three buttons, it turns into either two swords made out of the same alloy with the same armour, or a set of hunting gear with a bow made of different types of wood and arrows made of the same wood with arrowheads made of the same alloy along with the same armour and a backpack with a blowpipe and a few darts in, different vials of poison which I assume are for the arrows and darts, and a tiny tent that turns into a normal tent when I throw it on the floor except it has so much room in the tent, with a good-quality portable loo and a luxurious bed as well as more weapons on the wall that I don't get how it can all fit in the tent. Also, for some reason, the watch won't come off my hand now, but I can show you it and the things it turns into now if you would like." I told the gods. They all shared a look before nodding and all of their jaws dropped when I showed them the watch and the things it could turn into.

"My son, this alloy appears to be able to kill both gods and other beings from the godly world as well as mortals and other beings from the mortal world. It seems like it could even drain a god's power and transfer it to you, its wielder, so please do not use these weapons unless you are forced to." Said Bacchus, one of my other godly parents. "Instead, I will give you this pen, 'vine', which can transform into an imperial gold sword when uncapped. Also, I hate having to be the one to break it to you, but you will have to split into your two different forms, Greek and Roman, for the majority of the next ten years of your life (although you can visit your mother ), as the Greek you will go to Camp Half-Blood while the Roman you will go to Camp Jupiter, as the Greek you may have to fulfil a great prophecy – you will only be Alexander Green after you leave both camps or if something happens that allows the two camps to merge. But I do have some good news – if any of your forms die, they will reform within five years as Pan/Faunus has made you his heir as he will fade soon. Because of this, after he fades, you will inherit all of his power but you don't necessarily have to become a god right after he fades, as the rest of the gods are unaware of your existence, and even when you go to one of the camps, they won't know that you are Pan/Faunus's heir as we will use some of our powers to hide all your powers from the other gods except from your powers from me in the Roman camp and your powers from Demeter in the Greek camp."

"Now, because you will have to split into two forms and only one of your forms will be able to have the weapon Bacchus gave you, and because the Greeks don't know about imperial gold, I will give you a pen, 'reaper', that can turn into a celestial bronze sword." Demeter said. "Also, you will have to split into your two forms soon so that Bacchus can take you to the Roman camp and so that I can take you to the Greek camp. We'll give you a few minutes with your mother before we take your two forms to the camps."

After all the gods had left the room, I ran to my mum and hugged her with as much force as I could, while she scooped me up and returned the hug with even more force than me. I realised there were tears in my eyes as she put me down, but I wasn't embarrassed because the only person there was my mum.

"I love you mum." I said.

"I love you too my son." She replied, with tears streaming down her face as well.

Then, the gods came back into the room and I split into my two different forms, Alexandros and Alexus, before Bacchus and Demeter took my hand and there was a bright white light that surrounded both my forms before both my forms appeared in a place they didn't know but felt was safe.

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Alexandros's P.O.V.

After Demeter took my hand, I was surrounded by a bright, white light and I suddenly found myself in a place that I had never been before but felt safe.

"Welcome to Camp Half-Blood, my son." Said Demeter with a smile.

I saw loads of cool facilities and equipment, including an archery range, something that looked like an Ancient Greek Arena, a climbing wall over a pool of lava, and more, each with numerous children and teens appearing to be in them from all the shouting and chatter. I quickly went through my memory to see if I knew anything about Camp Half-Blood, and I found from my knowledge that it was a safe place for demigods, where demigods got training on how to defend themselves from monsters, survival and combat.

I heard something that sounded like a horse galloping towards us and I looked up in time to see a half-man and half-horse (which was called a Centaur, according to my knowledge) stop in front of us and bow to my mother.

"Lady Demeter, what a pleasure it is to be gifted by your presence." Exclaimed the Centaur, before turning his kind gaze on me. "And who might this young boy be?"

"I'll explain the details in private Chiron." Responded Demeter, before she looked at me. "Why don't you go and make some friends Alex?"

"Okay!" I said, excited at the prospect of meeting other like me, before I ran to a girl who looked about my age that was tending to a hearth, who I was interested in because she didn't seem to be interested in doing anything else except tend to the hearth.

*1As a son of Demeter/Ceres, Alex has power over plants and crops, as a son of Dionysus/Bacchus, Alex has power over wine and parties/festivities/celebrations as well as the ability to make people go mad/control weak minds, as the Champion and heir of Pan/Faunus all satyrs, nymphs, non-human animals and magical creatures (including some monsters) will listen to him and do his will unless they are in the service of another half-blood or immortal or are evil, as he was blessed by Artemis he has power over the moon and has enhanced archery and hunting skills, as Alex was blessed by Apollo he has power over the sun and the ability of prophecy and foresight as well as enhanced poetic, musical and artistic skills, and as Alex was blessed by Ariadne he has the power to solve any puzzle and successfully go through any maze. He also has some other powers that will be revealed in future chapters, and he will also gain more powers in future chapters.

*2The reason for this will become clear in future chapters – I'll just say that it has something to do with Alex's royal blood and gods that aren't Greek or Roman…

Here is the second chapter of my story – I hope you liked it!

Also, Alex will be related to the former Italian and Greek monarchies as well.

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