Chapter two: Late night Talks

Percy's Pov:

The night we had arrived in Brooklyn I had decided it would be smart to contact my father and ask for some advice about life at camp because I did not want to get blasted by his royal thunderer. So, when everybody had gone to sleep, I had quietly gotten out of bed and gone up to the roof to talk to him, I got out the small polished mirror, it had taken a few tries to figure out how it worked but once I did that it became more practical than not. To talk to someone all you had to do was speak the incantation on the back "I pray to Hermóðr for the passage of my message, I wish to speak to Aegir" I then placed the object on the ground facing the sky and waited a moment, then I holographic image of my father appeared floating just in front of me. "hello Percy what can I do for you" he said "I hope I'm not interrupting anything important dad but I needed to ask a few questions about what to do when I get to camp" "no worries my boy ask away, but first I wanted to say that I am so proud of you my boy that wolf, Fenrir is not an easy kill let alone to a newly realized demigod, I have seen glimpses into your future and know you are destined for great things. You have made me so proud and know your mother would say the same thing"" thank you so much dad that means a lot coming from you I had to try very hard to make you proud. However I'm a little anxious to arrive at this camp though I don't know what I'll do or where I'll stay I know they have cabins and such Thalia told me about the kind of place it is" "I have a few ideas on how I can help, and don't fret when Zeus learns of whose son you are I do not think he will not try anything, us Norse gods have always been a lot stronger than the Olympians it's funny really" he said, humor prevalent on his face and in his voice "thank you, father, I have been practicing my forms and I think my endurance is increasing, I have been experimenting with meditation as a way of strengthening my will and honestly, I need to learn some patients" I said "that's wonderful Percy I wanted to tell you about some other cool things you will be able to do as I have many domains such as banquets and alcohol but that last one will be for later in life or as I suspect it might gain you the favor of Dionysus " he explained "to make food appear you need to have a clear image of what it is you are making, the same way water manipulation works, then focus on bringing that food or drink into existence, one last thing Percy before I go I have something I want to give you. I saw that your backpack is starting to wear thin so I made you this" he said as a duffel bag appeared at my side it reminded me of those Patagonia bags I used to see when my mom I would go into backcountry stores but instead on the side it said Hléysey, the homeland of my father. "it's durability is guaranteed and it will hold as many things as you need, it will also appear on your back should you lose it or call for it, I even placed a charm on it so it will adapt to the needed use." "thank you so much dad I will put it to good use, but now I think I am going to try and get some sleep goodnight" "goodnight Percy call if ever you need me."

The next morning, I was woken with Thalia shaking me, we got up and ready to leave when the trio noticed I had a new backpack. "where did you get that" "gift from my father I think I was just here when I woke up" I noticed Annabeth looked at me funnily when I said that but moved on.

We were determined to make it to camp today as we had been journeying for a solid month, Thalia had a golden drachma and decided to test something she had a dream about. She threw the coin in the air and yelled "come forth chariot of damnation" as much as I liked the sound of that I liked the look of it less. A gray smokey cab materialized in front of us, it looked like the whole cab was made from a fog. So, we all piled in and waited for the three old ladies in the front to stop talking, one of them turned around and asked "where to" I was extremely startled because the lady did not have any eyes but had one mossy tooth in the middle of her mouth. "C-Camp half-blood please" by the time she had finished her sentence the one driving had slammed on the gas and we were off. The whole ride was very unpleasant, between the hard turns, fast-paced speed, the arguing between the sister, and the fact that they only had one eye for all three of them, well it was a rough car ride. The results were promising though because after Thalia Annabeth and Luke with me about to join them one of the sisters spoke "Be wary Norse one" that was enough for me and I quickly exited the car and they peeled off to serve another.

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They had dropped us off at the bottom of a hill on some farm road in the middle of nowhere. Atop the hill sat a large pine tree, Thalia pointed and said the camp was over that hill, by this.

point my nerves were shot and my anxiety at a max, surely Zeus would not kill a seven-year-old. So, we all set off up the hill towards the tree. When we passed the tree a conch horn sounded twice and a couple of dozen campers came to see what all the commotion was about, I felt very uncomfortable being stared but when a middle-aged centaur came up to us, we introduced ourselves. "Thalia Grace" as a bright miniature lightning bolt appeared over her head as soon as the symbol appeared everybody present knelt except me Annabeth and Luke. The centaur came forward he looked like a middle-aged man with salt and pepper hair and a neat beard grafted to the body of a white palomino at about eight feet tall. Then he spoke "All hail Thalia grace daughter of Zeus, thunderer, lord of the sky, king of the gods." Then above both Annabeth and Luke floating symbols of light appeared above their heads, an owl, and a winged sandal the symbol for Athena and Hermes, respectively. Then everybody looked at me waiting, I felt uncomfortable but spoke up all the same "Percy Jackson son of Sally Jackson" they kind of looked disappointed but I did not care I was not gonna risk death for their entertainment even if according to my father I would be safe. Chiron continued "all hail…" he waited "I'm Luke castellan and this is Annabeth chase," I said before either of them could talk. "All hail Luke son of Hermes god of thieves, travelers and medicine, messenger of the gods" "and hail Annabeth daughter of Athena goddess of war strategy, wisdom, and crafts patron of Athens." Finally, everybody stood up and Chiron led us into camp where the other three were led off to their cabins by their newly found siblings and Chiron led me to the Hermes cabin. I learned that Hermes took in all the unclaimed campers as he was the god of travelers and took in all.

After all the chaos of a big three child coming to camp, yes my father informed me of the prophecy and the oath the three elder Olympian brothers took, I was given a tour of the camp it was a cool place and it seemed as it would be my home for the foreseeable future was put in cabin eleven with Luke and his siblings until I was claimed, I guess as Hermes is the god of travelers he takes in all the unclaimed campers.

I talked to my father a few more times over the next couple months and he said that he would claim me at the right time and how this was not it. As time passed, I slowly became more and more distant to the people who talked to me, I had noticed that Annabeth was always weird around me to I stopped blessing her with my presence. For the first few weeks I practically only left the Hermes cabin to eat and train in the arena with Luke and Thalia that was about the only time I spent around them, however my sword play was improving a lot and I had even managed to beat Luke for the first time about three months into my stay. However, spear fighting on the other hand was a bit more challenging, but I eventually got better even if it was rather slow going. In the mornings I went to their arts and crafts area or the forges attempting to learn new skills and pass the time away the first thing I had made was a dagger, with the help of the Hephaestus cabins head counselor at the time a tan boy about 6 feet in height and bulging with muscles from heavy work in the forges he was about 15 and he was very kind despite his large stature. It was silver and about the length of forearm maybe a couple of inches longer.

About 3 months after I had finished my trident and it was about mid-September, I needed to leave camp. There was not anything necessarily bad about it, I… Well, it was miserable to me I didn't feel at home and Annabeth and Luke had really been pissing me off as well as Clarisse of the Aries cabin. I was so entirely alone and I wanted a friend one who was from pantheon.

Time skip: two months

For the last two months I had been in a sense roaming around the country with minimal contact with the gods, of any pantheon really. I had still talked to my father every once in a while, but that all changed when I entered Nevada