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Chapter 7
The next day at breakfast the Gods arrived in a bright flash of light. A man in pin stripe suit with long black hair and a long black beard held out his arms and said "Heroes, in honour of the defeat of Gaia we have decided the time is right to spend some time with our children." as they mingled a woman wearing a simple white blouse and jeans came over and said "Annabeth, Percy, Poseidon." Percy and Annabeth bowed and said "Lady Athena." and "It's been a while Mom." respectively while Dad simply said "Athena" without even looking at her. Then Athena noticed me and said "And you are?"
"I'm Amelia, Percy's half-sister My Lady." I said bowing respectfully in my seat. Without a second glance at me Athena turned to Poseidon and said "Poseidon can I talk to you for a minute?" as Dad and Athena walked away I turned to Percy and Annabeth and asked "Is she always like that?" feeling a little miffed that she so blatantly ignored me. "Pretty much." Annabeth replied looking a little angry until Percy put his arm around her and kissed her on the cheek. After breakfast it was Percy and Annabeth's turn to carry out cabin inspection and invited me to help them. The first stop as the Cabin 1 the Zeus Cabin who sole inhabitants were Jason and Thalia and there was a real contrast between them. Jason's side of the room was very Spartan with a neatly made bed and a simple wooden wardrobe and bedside table.
Thalia's side of the room as a mess. Clothes were all over the floor, the bed was unmade and the walls were covered in posters for Green Day, Led Zeppelin, AC/DC, Metallica, Guns 'n' Roses, Def Leppard and Aerosmith who were playing over a CD player. "And here I thought Jason was starting to rub off on you Thalia." Percy laughed. "I wish I was then I wouldn't have to put up with this music all the time." Jason replied as he came out of the bathroom. I laughed and said "Hey, there's nothing wrong with Aerosmith." Percy, Annabeth and Jason looked surprised as Thalia laughed and said "Yes, that's what I'm talking about" as she gave me a high five. Percy, Annabeth and Jason shook their heads as Percy wrote on a clipboard and said "4 out of 5 and that's being generous." as we left the cabin the music got a little louder and when Percy and Annabeth looked at me I shrugged and said "I have a very eclectic taste in music." and stared singing along to prove my point. As we headed to the Cabin 3 the Poseidon Cabin. I was very confused.
"What about that cabin?" I asked pointing to the cabin next to the Zeus Cabin. "That's Cabin 2, the Hera Cabin, she doesn't have any kids but she'd be hacked off if she didn't have a cabin here." Percy explained as we opened the door of the Poseidon Cabin and were greeted by a six foot odd tall Cyclops with messy brown hair and a large brown eye in the middle of his forehead. "Tyson!" Percy and Annabeth exclaimed happily and he smiled revealing crooked, yellow teeth as he hugged them tightly. "Tyson this is our little sister Amelia, Amelia this is Tyson." I waved nervously smiled and said "Hi Tyson." he immediately picked me up in a bear hug, almost crushing me, spinning me around till I was dizzy as he gleefully said "Sister!" I managed to let out a strangled gasp and say "Can't breath, getting dizzy." and he put me down and said "Sorry, I am excited to meet you." I was breathing heavily and rubbing my sides as I sat don on my bed and said "It's nice to meet you too."
Percy and Annabeth looked around and Annabeth said "I gotta say Tyson, you always make this place look spotless."
"Yeah, definitely 5 out of 5." Percy added as I stood up putting a hand on the bedpost to steady myself. "Are you alright sis?" Percy asked looking over at me concerned as Annabeth and Tyson chatted about nothing in particular. "Yeah I'll be fine." I replied as I straightened up. "Well we've gotta get back to Cabin Inspection so we'll see you later Tyson." Annabeth said and as we left Tyson said "Bye sister!" and I waved back at him and said "Yeah, see you later big guy."
"Sorry about that Amelia, Tyson's not very smart but he's not a bad guy." Percy said as we walked toward a cabin with green walls, a window box under every window, vines growing up the pillars and a grass roof "Don't worry about, so I take it this is Demeter's Cabin?" I replied looking up at the grass roof. "Yeah Cabin 4." Percy replied as he opened the door knocking as he did so. A pretty brunette girl about the same age and Percy and Annabeth turned around, smiled and hugged them both warmly. "It's so good to see both again and looking so well." she said as I noticed she had leaf green eyes "It's good to see you to. Katie this is my sister Amelia, Amelia this is Katie Gardner daughter of Demeter and Head Counsellor of Cabin 4." I shook her hand as Percy and Annabeth went about their inspection and said "It's very nice to meet you."
"Nice to meet you too and a word of advice, stay away from my mom unless you want a lecture about how important eating cereal is." Katie replied with a friendly smile and I said "I'll keep that in mind." as Percy and Annabeth came back over and Annabeth said "5 out of 5 as always Katie."
"Yeah I don't know how you do it." Percy added. Katie and Annabeth laughed and Katie said "That's because your cabin's only clean when Tyson's here." Percy laughed as well and said "I can't argue with that." as we left the cabin I asked "What did Katie mean when she said I should stay away from Demeter unless I want a lecture about cereal?"
"It's all she talks about." Annabeth replied.
(A/N, I won't bore you with the rest of the Cabin Inspection or most of the Camp Tour)
After Cabin Inspection Percy and Annabeth took me on a tour of the rest of the camp. During the tour I told them a little more about my home life like how my mam hasn't talked to her ultraconservative family since I was born because they wanted her to get rid of me and every time they see me they tell me I'm an embarrassment, freak and a mistake how badly I've been bullied for being Dyslexic and ADHD and not having a dad. I also told them a little more about my friendship with Mark and how we've always been there for each other and Percy and Annabeth said they'd probably be telling us a little more about their quests and wars at the campfire tonight. At the stables I was led over to a beautiful jet black Pegasus with huge black wings. I gasped and said "It's beautiful." as the Pegasus reared and I heard a voice that said "Hey Boss, you got any sugar?" I jumped back with a yelp and said "It can talk?!" Percy laughed and said "Yeah he can talk but only we can here him. This is Blackjack, Blackjack this is my sister Amelia and no I don't have any sugar we agreed you were gonna cut down."
Blackjack shook his head and said "I never agreed to that." I took a tentative step forward and Blackjack cocked his head toward me reminding me of Mark which made me smile. As I held out a hand Blackjack said "So you're the Boss' sister? He told about how he saved my life yet?" as I stroked Blackjack's snout I turned to Percy and said "No he hasn't" raising an eyebrow. Percy shrugged and said "Do you want to ride him?" I took a couple of steps back and said "You're kidding right?" that as when a voice behind us laughed and said "I don't blame you Amelia, I was terrified the first time I rode a Pegasus." we all turned around to find Reyna leaning against a post.
"You have a Pegasus?" I asked. "Had, his name was Scipio and he was my best friend. He died last year." she looked down sadly and I said "I'm sorry to hear that but my mam always said as long as you remember someone they're never really gone." Reyna smiled gratefully and said "Your mom sounds like a smart woman." I nodded proudly with a smile and said "She's the best."
"No offence to your mom but you've never met Sally. Anyway I just came to see if Annabeth wanted to spar for a bit before lunch." Annabeth shrugged and said "Yeah sure." as they jogged away together I turned to Percy and asked "Who's Sally?"
"She's my mom." Percy replied as he stroked Blackjack and said "I'll try to bring you a doughnut later OK"
"You got it Boss." as Percy and I walked out of the stables I asked "Does every one here know your mother?"
"Pretty much. After fighting two wars in a row we were all so mentally and emotionally broken with PTSD and survivor's guilt and grief that we had nightmares every night and flashbacks everyday. We started fighting with and lashing out at anyone else who tried to get close to us. My mom and Hestia had the patience to actually try and help us get the support we all needed. They also reminded us that they'd always be there for us and we can talk to them and each other because we understands what each other has been through." Percy smiled to himself and I thought I saw tear in his eyes so I smiled at him and said "Your mam sounds like and incredible woman and Lady Hestia seems pretty nice too." Percy wiped his eyes and said
"Yeah, my mom's like a surrogate mom for a lot of people here because their mortal families are either dead or care about them even less than the Gods do and that's saying something. And Hestia is like and aunty to us all and they both give us all a shoulder to cry on because they also reminded us it's OK to hurt and cry."
"Speaking of the Gods I haven't seen them since this morning, where are they?" I said looking around. "I think I have an idea, you see the thing is Amelia you, me Jason and Thalia shouldn't exist." Percy said and I took a step back, shocked and said "You really think so?" I was pretty hurt because I was starting think that Percy would have been different. As I felt tears welling up in my eyes Percy's expression softened and he said "I didn't mean it like that, it's just that after WWII Zeus, Poseidon and Hades all swore on the River Styx not to have anymore kids. Zeus broke the Oath first when he had Thalia with a washed up 80s TV star then a couple of years later he had Jason with the same woman as Jupiter. After their mom gave Jason up to the Wolf House Thalia ran away then she met Luke, Annabeth and Grover. Hades found out about Thalia and sent all three Furies and a pack of Hellhounds after them. When they got to Half-Blood Hill Thalia as tired of living like a wild animal so she held off the monsters so the others could get into the camp safely. She as badly wounded and as she died Zeus turned her into that tree."
Percy pointed toward the huge pine tree on the hill. I looked toward it and felt tears flowing down my face. Thalia sacrificed herself because she was being punished for her father's mistake. As I turned back to Percy I said "Does that mean my grandparents are right? That I'm a mistake?" Percy hugged me tightly as I cried into his shoulder. "Of course your grandparents are wrong but Poseidon once told me a hero's fate is nothing but tragic. I mean I may be going to college and have an amazing girlfriend but I've seen friends die, been attacked by monsters on an almost daily basis and we all have PTSD." I pulled away and dried my eyes thinking If Percy can make something of himself with PTSD then I shouldn't let my grandparents bullies and society tell me what I can and can't do just because of who I am and where I come from. "You good?" Percy asked and I looked up at him to see genuine concern on his face even he just met me like two days ago. "Yeah I'll be fine."
I managed a smile and Percy said "C'mon we'll meet the others at the dining pavilion." and we set off Percy putting a protective arm around my shoulders.
Sorry it's taken so long to update but I've had a pretty hectic week but don't worry I still intend to carry on with this story