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Through The Eyes of Solace
Chapter 2
It wasn't until Will started attending Camp Half Blood that he realized just how dangerous things could really be for demigods. He had finally accepted who he was, a son of the god Apollo who was both blessed and cursed with amazing gifts. Blessed because he could do things that were not as easy for the average mortal, cursed because as a half blood he was especially vulnerable to monster attacks. He had gone home for the school year after that first summer at camp and things mostly went well. He was able to avoid monsters for almost the entire time he went to school. But like most demigods it was always too good to be true.
Naomi took the news that her son was half Greek god surprisingly well. She worried constantly for him of course and Will assured her that camp was training him to fight, and to be prepared to defend himself. She worried about him being so far away from Texas and Will wrote her letters weekly. Naomi would've preferred phone calls of course but she understood when Will told her just how dangerous technology was for demigods. Now that he knew who he was and where he came from Will finally began to live the kind of life he always wanted.
Of course the main thing that Will learned at camp was healing. All children of Apollo have some degree of skill with healing, just as Will had some degree of skill with archery. He never would be as good of an archer as his siblings though and most of them didn't have his level of skill with healing. He loved the work even though it could be incredibly heartbreaking at times. He knew again that he would be a doctor some day but for now he was in the perfect training ground at camp. There was always something to treat; cuts, bruises, broken bones, illness, and the occasional amputation.
Will's first real test as both a demigod and healer was the summer of the Battle of the Labyrinth. He stood with his siblings as they fought off the Aethiopian Drakon in the woods surrounding Camp Half Blood as Kronos' army made their way inside the magical barriers and started their assault. Will was scared of course, facing off against a giant lizard was not his idea of fun, and nor was facing an army of monsters. Still, Will knew his duty as a camper of cabin 7 and a son of Apollo and he did his duty.
It wasn't very long into the fighting that Will's skills as a healer would be required. When demigods started falling, Will took to his post at the infirmary and treated everything he could. He could hear the fighting still happening outside but Will was laser focused on his job. Soon enough the fighting was over but at a terrible cost. There were so many wounded, Will himself set Chiron's broken leg. He went without resting, and only cared about saving every single life that he possible could.
Will learned soon enough that despite his best efforts, there were still many casualties. He found out that his brother and counselor Lee Fletcher had perished at the hands of a giant's club. There were in all so many deaths that it was hard to swallow, and when Will watched Michael Yew light Lee's burial shroud it was hard not to start bawling right there.
In a moment of reflection, Will was very grateful that his father Apollo had so many kids. The god of course wouldn't win dad of the year by any means but Apollo had given Will an amazing family. He was especially close to his siblings Michael, Austin, and Kayla, and through their grief they became closer. All of them had been through so much together and their shared experiences were more rewarding than anything provided to them. In fact none of them had even met their father Apollo, yet the god was usually pretty good about claiming his children. And for that Will was grateful otherwise he would never have such an amazing family at camp.
A few days after the battle, Will finally had a chance to sleep and to recover from working almost nonstop to heal the injured. He finally had a good meal and was now exhausted and desperately needed to get some sleep. But as he closed his eyes the memories of seeing Lee's shroud burning, of death, and grief, and the horrible feeling that he just wasn't able to save everyone finally got to him. He was numb when he was in the infirmary and did what he had to do, but now that he had a moment to himself he let the tears finally fall.
"Father," Will cried out, wiping his tears. "I wasn't skilled enough to save them, but I tried. I really did."
Of course Apollo didn't answer, it was not surprising. He opened his eyes and looked around cabin 7, glanced at Lee's bunk, and sighed. He looked around the room, the bunks tidy, a few personal belongings, strewn around, a bookcase at the front that had reference books to Apollo, archery, medicine and more. He glanced up at the bright yellow flowers from Delos that flourished only in cabin 7.
Will stood up and walked to the mirror and looked at his reflection. He looked like his father of that he was certain, every image he ever saw of Apollo was blonde and tanned, the same as him. Perhaps Will should be thankful he took after his father, but looks were certainly not everything. As he looked at his reflection suddenly something happened. His skin was glowing, literally his skin had a faint luminescence that wasn't there before. It was so strange because despite his father being the sun god, he had never heard of a child of Apollo who glowed light a glow stick. It took him awhile to figure out how to shut off his strange new gift, but soon he had the hang of it. It was the type of ability that would win any awards of course, but Will was strangely proud of his newest ability though he wasn't exactly eager to share it with anyone.
"Thank you Apollo," Will said softly as he returned to his bed and finally got the deep sleep he had needed for days.
AN: Thanks to the kind person who reviewed and to those who favorited and followed this story. I will try to have the next chapter up next week. It will be Will's POV of The Last Olympian. I'm excited since that's Will's first canon appearance so it should be good I hope.
