Gales POV
Me and Ky were walking towards the Dining Pavilion. Ky wasn't mentally prepared for the attention me and him were about to receive. I was. I don't know why he did that or how he even knew it would work.
"Dude spill, why did you do that?" I said.
He just scratched the back of his head, "We we're in his situation before, bullied constantly, so I just told him what makes the most sense to me concerning Grans domains so he could defend himself"
"You did good, I get that, but know Camp is gonna be talking about us, and last I checked, anxiety attacks are the last thing you want." I pointed out.
A panicked look came over his face, "Shit! What am I going to do?! I can't ha-"
I interrupted, "Calm down, bro. We're going to be sitting at my table. My moms rep keeps people away", trying to calm him down.
He calmed down a little. We got to the Dining pavilion and the whispering started.
"Isn't that him"
"I heard he beat up a 8-yr old"
"Dude don't look, we could be next!"
"But my little sister told me the kid wasn't hurt when he left the arena. He was happy"
"What about the rumor that the kid shot lightning out of his hands. He's a Nemesis kid, so he shouldn't be able to do that"
I caught only some of, but Ky heard all of cause of his hearing. We got our food and sat down at my table. Ky has his hand balled up.
We ate our food and was about to leave we someone poked me on my back.
I turned my head. It was a kid, about 7-9. He was Hispanic with caramel-colored skin and had amber-colored eyes. He was skinny and he looked sleepy. His t-shirt was purple and orange.
"Can I help you?" I said. He was smiling, "Can you guys teach me too?"
I looked at Ky. He was fine now. He grinned, "Sure, but tell me, what you can do already?"
"My name is Anthony and my dad(s) is the god of Sleep, Hypnos/Somnus. So I can put people to sleep through touch, sprout wings and fly, and I can lucid dream and astral project. Ichor-tapping just makes my powers stronger."
"Sit down and give us...two minutes. We'll be with you shortly" I said.
He sat at my table, sluggishly, and waited.
Me and Ky started talking talking each other mentally. We don't normally do it unless we're trying to do something important and we need to think. We got our connection cause we do a "blood brother" ceremony every time on our birthday, which is September 21. We've been doing it for 4 years.
(A/N: Ceremony in which too people cut there hands and place them together, thus seal a bond deeper the brotherhood)
After we done mentally conversing, we looked at Anthony and debated on how we should start.
"Ichor tap, then go to sleep and astral project over us" I said. He slept just like that. Wish we could do that.
"Listen closely", Ky instructed, "Instead of moving your spirit, focus on your body and move it. Since sleep is your domain, your most powerful when asleep, and you should be able to move your body as if your were awake while astral projecting"
Soon enough, while still asleep, Anthony got up from the table, but this time, he was more energetic. He move so much like he was awake, you couldn't tell he was asleep. His eyes were glowing under his eyelids.
"Since you're at your strongest right now, your body should have a boost of strength. I want you to lift this table, but if you can't, don't push yourself" I instructed. Faster than his skinny frame should have been able too, he got under the table and with us on it, and just like we suspected, he lifted the table!
The pavilion exploded with gasps and people trying to comprehend how he did that. Anthony put the table down and came out from under it, his sleeping face smiling.
"We call this Astral Command and Sleep Steroid. Don't wake up yet. Your body just used strength that requires you to rest, and since you're resting in your domain, you can keep astral commanding. Keep astral commanding, so when you come back to your body, you feel the same way you were before you went to sleep" I said.
"One more thing", Ky said, standing up. He pulled out his bow, "Go stand near the tree over there"
Anthony went to were Ky was pointing to before Ky even finished. Ky shot 6 arrows and Anthony caught all of them, them through them back and Ky. Ky caught them all and said, "Very go-!"
"EXCUSE ME!!! WHAT ARE YOU DOING?! YOU COULD HAVE KILLED HIM?!" Interrupted a worried looking Hispanic girl with black hair dyed purple. She looked a lot like Anthony. Everyone else at the pavilion was looking at us like we were crazy.
Before we could even say anything, Anthony's sleeping body came to defend while holding a thumbs up. This confused her and everyone else watching, so her took a marker that was in his poker and wrote on his arm. Whispering in the pavilion came to a stop as the girl read it out loud
"Sis, I asked them too, don't worry. They weren't actually gonna hurt me. In fact, they're teaching me about what I can really do.
He switched to writing on her arm cause he ran out of room on his
Sis, we can finally do more than just put people to sleep. I think all the children of minor gods should study under them.
It was complete silence for 7 seconds. Then a little girl, 7 years old, walk over to us. She was a blonde with greens eyes. She was wearing a orang shirt. Everyone watched as she walked up to us.
"My name is Carly and my mom is Hebe, Goddess of Youth, Rejuvenation, and Forgiveness. Can I really do more than healing myself and looking young?" She said.
Me and Ky looked at each other wide-eyed, "What do you mean by healing your self?"
"If my arm or legs were cut off, they would grow back In under 25 mins." Said the girl proudly. Me and Ky thought the same thing.
Her body isn't developed enough yet to be able to handle the dangerous power we think she can use.
"Yes. BUT, we can't teach you anything that will allow you to fight, not right now. Your too
young for what have thought of and it could and will kill you if we try" I said.
"Oh" she said, crestfallen.
"However, that doesn't mean we can teach you anything. Go get a cup and come back" instructed Ky.
Carly smiled and ran and came back with a cup. Everyone else in the pavilion was just watching us.
"Can you Ichor-Tap?" I said. She nodded, saying, "Ichor-tapping is taught when we turn 5"
"Your mother is the female cup-bearer of Olympus." I said, as Ky cut himself with one of his knives.
"Ichor-Tap and focus on heal others instead of yourself, but look at the cup" I instructed. She look at the cup with her gold-glowing eyes. 8 seconds later, it started filling up with Nectar. Ky took the cup, took a sip, and the cut closed up.
She looked shocked, "B-b-but h-how?!"
"You always heal yourself, so if you want to heal others, what you need will appear if you focus" I said. I patted her shoulder, "FYI, keep practicing your self-healing. If you do, it will make it easier for us to teach you about the dangerous power we have in mind."
"Wait a minute!" Said someone. It was Zoe.
"What do you mean 'dangerous power'? And how are you too even coming up with these new talents we no one here could do them for 25 years?" She asked suspiciously.
"By watching Anime and thinking with creativity and logic. Duh" me and Ky said at the same time.
"And as you know, The human brain places limiters on itself to keep from self-destructing from the true power it is able to use. The human body only uses 20-30% of its actual power in its entire life time. That's why In some extreme situations, people can lift cars off people from abnormal adrenaline. If someone were to some how remove those all of the limitations, their body would be able to access god-like strength, but the would die afterwards" I said.
Ky pointed at Carly, "When she's older, she could be able to take her limiters off and on whenever she wants, cause her body will heal itself up afterwards"
She was flabbergasted at how much sense we were making, "Oh...um...I can't believe no here thought of that"
"And there's more she can do." I said looking at Carly.
"Carly, I want you to take this knife, focus on stopping me from healing, and cut me" I said as I handed her Ky's knife. She looked a little concerned.
"Yes, I'm sure" I said. She took the knife, focused, and cut me.
I drink some of the nectar she summoned earlier. Just as me and Ky thought, the cut didn't heal. I got a cup of water and pour it on my cut.and it still didn't heal.
Everyone watching was shocked.
"It didn't heal!"
"WTF?!"
"She can stop people from healing?"
"Holy shit!"
"Remind me not to mess with the Hebe/Juventas or Hypnos/Somnus kids"
"What other things are the minor Demigods capable of?"
"Dude we need to learn from him!"
"What about us? We wanna learn!" Said 2 boys. They were both 9 twins. They were both Polynesian but one had greens eyes and was wearing a orange shirt while the other had black eyes and was wearing a purple shirt.
Green-eyes said, "My name is Kane and my mom is Tyche, Goddess of Fortune, Luck, Destiny/Fate, and Chance"
His brother said, "My name is Kyle, and My mom is Bellona, Goddess of War, Devastation and Destruction"
Me and Ky looked at each other, "Oh shit"
"What?" Said Kane. I instructed them, "Kane, Ichor-Tap then focus on dice or any other objects of luck you can think of. Kyle, go get a spoon"
Then did as the were told. Kane summoned some multi-colored dice and gambling tokens that glowed green, which floated in front of face, mesmerizing him.
Everyone watching gasped. I saw a bunch of others immediately copy him, shocked, that they've been able to do this the entire time.
Kyle came back with a spoon, "Uhh...what will this do?"
"Ichor-Tap and focus on making it explode" said Ky.
He concentrated, his black eyes glowing gold. The spoon started glowing a magenta color. It float in front of his face. A few of his siblings in the crowd copied him.
I stepped out the way, "throw it to were I'm pointing", pointing to a clear space. He threw his hand towards where I was pointing. The spoon zoomed towards the space and exploded, leaving a scorch mark on the ground. Because of the size of the spoon, it was small, but it could still do major damage if use properly.
Everyone gasped. His siblings did the same, creating different sized explosions on the ground.
Chiron walked up to us, "While I enjoy the sight of seeing potential heroes use new tools for them to use later on, please don't do anymore explosions on camp Grounds."
"Yes sir" we said. Gale summoned a disc
"Kane, think of a gun, but make the dice and tokens the bullets. Aim at the disc."
Kane concentrated. The dice and tokens he had stood still, but the shot towards the disc like a bullet.
I grinned and looked at Kyle, "I'm gonna call you Kid Gambit from now on"
They both smiled. And Ky said, "It doesn't stop there either. There's so much more you can do.
"Everyone attention please!" Said Chiron. Every stop what they were doing and listened to Chiron.
"From now on, Ky and Gale will be the new Ichor-tapping teachers at camp. I know everyone here is looking forward to it." Said Chiron. Everyone cheered, especially kids of minor gods.
Once everyone quieted down, a pale skinny kid with brown hair and onyx black eyes, wearing a purple shirt, walked up to us, "What about me? My name is Luke and my Dad is Orcus, god of broken oaths"
People had a different reaction to him. Most looked disgusted and/or afraid while others looked on in wonder.
He seemed to be ready for disappointment. And I really couldn't blame him. There's not a lot that can be gotten from the domain of Broken Oaths. But surprising people is what we do.
"Yes, but he's also a punisher of broken oaths. And a god of the underworld" said Ky.
"What does that mean?" Said Luke. I said "Ichor-Tap then focus on your shadow, but instead of traveling through it, try to shape it into a unique weapon"
He closed his eyes and held his hand over his shadow. A few seconds later, his eyes were glowing gold under his eyelids and soon after, his shadow grew and grew, then mold its self till it was a huge six foot long Kunai knife.
Everyone gasped. Luke his eyes with surprise. His shadow went back to normal. I said "Since your father is a punisher, he's constantly working with weapons. He's an Underworld deity, which mean he's master the shadows like other Underworld gods."
Luke's shadow started moving erratically. Then it suddenly stopped, and out came a huge pile of various knives, whips, swords, and other unique weapons that seemed to be suited for torture.
On top was a note made of black paper. Luke put his hand out, and the weapons receded back into his shadow.
(A/N: this is for Luke's eyes only. No else will know)
Dear Luke,
Your new teacher is a genius, finally someone who understands what I'm about and what I can really do. All those weapons are made out of metals under your control. They will only hurt if you want them to. They're linked to your shadow. I'm not allowed to tell you any secrets to your abilities, they are also stronger than the average Minor demigod, as I really have children cause of my job. I can only tell you the obvious, you become stronger when you BREAk oaths, especially magical ones.
Sincerely with love,
Orcus
He read the note, smiled a little, put it in his pocket, came up to us, and and gave us a hug.
He looked towards everyone in the pavilion, "I, Luke Ethan Torchler, Swear on the Styx to let this camp burn to the ground of the time ever comes. To not protect it with the best of my abilities in what ever way I see fit"
A bolt of lightning struck him, but instead of killing him, he stood with a smile on his face, his eyes glowing purple.
Ky ruffled his hair, "You, sir, are a genius"
It everyone a minute to to realize what he actually did. Some smile at him
Zoe looked at me, "Did you guys know those weapons would appear?"
We both shook our heads, "That was all Orcus" said Ky
And then he addressed everyone, "And a lot of you should be ashamed of yourself. He's not his father. You don't even know his father, so don't judge him based on what happened with someone else!"
Some looked down with shame.
"Wait, are Olympian demigods excluded from you teaching us?" Said Silena.
"No, we were just under the impression you already know about all of your powers" said Ky.
"Ok, ok, ok everyone! Let's give them a break. Ichor-Tapping will resume tomorrow" said Chiron. He turned to us, "Go to the arena tomorrow after lunch. Gather what ever supplies you need. I'm so glad to see the true talents of potential heroes flourishing"
And with that we went back to our cabins..
