Chapter 4
Percy POV
Personally I could have stayed and hung out with Malcolm all day but Annabeth said we need to get on with the tour if we were going to finish before dinner. "So who's your mortal parent" Annabeth asked. "My mom" I said remembering the warning from my father. Annabeth seemed confused by this answer "what is it" I asked. "It's just your eyes and they way you just understood what Malcolm was talking about. If your dad was a mortal I would have easily assumed you were a son of Athena but now I just don't know." She said and I could tell she didn't like not knowing.
I noticed she kept glancing up at my head or rather right above it "What are you looking for" I asked. "I'm waiting to see if you get claimed" she said. "what do you mean claimed" I asked. "You know how demigods are half mortal half god?" she asked. "yeah". "Well sometimes the gods don't own up to having certain kids leaving them unclaimed. We can guess at who their godly parent is but unless their godly parent claims them we can't know for sure." she said "Some demigods go their who lives waiting to get claimed." I was actually kinda shocked 'really if you're going to have them you should at least own up to it' I thought, then I remembered how my dad promised to claim me in a week when some gods wouldn't claim their kids at all 'thanks dad'.
"Do gods ever visit their kids at all?" I asked. Annabeth shook her head "no, there are ancient laws set up by Zeus that limits exactly how much contact they can have with their kids. My mother Athena visits us in our dreams on our birthday but that's about all the laws will let her do.". 'so that's why I can't tell anyone I saw my dad often let alone at all, Zeus would have his head for breaking the rules' I thought.
I was shaken out of my thoughts by the sound of a horn blowing "time for dinner" Annabeth said. Since I was still 'undetermined' I had to sit with the Hermes cabin, the table was way too small so I had to sit half off the bench but I tried not to complain. The head counselor of the Hermes cabin was a guy named Luke who actually turned out to be a pretty cool guy. I gave my offering to my father as per instruction from Luke and an offering to Hermes as a thank you for letting me stay in his cabin.
After dinner everybody went down to the campfire but as I was leaving I noticed a little girl with brown hair tending to the fire so I went back, "arent you coming to the campfire" I asked. She looked up at me and for the first time I noticed her eyes were red like a fire but they felt comforting instead of scary like you might think "thank you Perseus" she said "but I must be getting back to Olympus".
"How do you know my name" I asked. "I know your name because I was there when your father gave it to you, I was your mothers midwife" she said. I was little unsure of what to say so I asked "how do you know my dad". She gave me a small smile "you'll find out soon enough, but for now you can call me aunt Hestia" she said before flashing away.
The next two days were rather uneventful, I went to classes with the Hermes cabin ate dinner and went to bed. On the third day I got to try pegasus riding for the first time and I just have to say it was great. The pegasus did everything I told it to and even our teacher Selina from the Aphrodite cabin said I was a natural.
Next up was sword practice, I was actually really excited for this. When I was 9 Triton came home with a set of wooden swords, he taught me the proper way to hold it and we practiced all day. Triton has been teaching me how to use one ever since so I was kinda excited to see how well I compared to everyone else.
"Ok so for this I'm going to need a volunteer" Luke said "Percy how about you". "newbie is going to get his but kicked" one of them said as I stepped forward. I pulled out my sword and got into the starting stance my brother had taught me, the sword didn't feel quite right but it was the best I find. "Um Percy, how do know the starting stance" Luke said shocked by my actions. I almost said my brother taught me but my father said I wasn't allowed to tell anyone about him "I don't know" I said "it just feels right".
Luke POV
I wasn't really sure what to make of Percy as of yet but right now I couldn't shake the feeling that he wasn't giving me the whole story. 'I'll find out what he's hiding later but for now I got a class to teach' I thought to myself, I walked everyone through the simple disarming technique and then asked Percy to try it himself. I came at him barely even trying but when he blocked my sword I could tell this wasn't going to be as easy as I thought, the look in his eyes told me that much.
I stepped up my game and Percy did also, we weren't fighting at full strength yet but more just trying to get a feel for each others style. 'if he's never had any training than I'm a satyre' I thought, while I was thinking I dropped my guard and Percy saw it expertly disarming my. The rest of the Hermes cabin was silent so I decided to speak up "Nice job man" I said as I tried to catch my breath. "Not bad yourself" Percy said, the conch horn blew calling everyone for lunch. "Percy can I have a word with you" I asked, he nodded "everyone else go and head up to lunch".
Percy POV
"Where did you learn to do that" Luke asked after everyone left "I've never met anyone who could fight like that without any training, not even a child of Ares someone has to have taught you". "No one taught me" I said "the closest thing I've had to training is horsing around using sticks with some friends". Luke looked skeptical but dropped it 'I'm going to need to be more careful' I thought 'if I keep this up people are going to start asking questions I can't answer'.
Later that night we had capture the flag, the Athena, Hermes, Hephaestus, and Aphrodite cabins were on the blue team while the Ares, Dionysus, Apollo, and Demeter cabins made up the red team. Chiron announced the rule, no killing, maiming, etc then we left to make up our battle plan, since I was one of the newest campers having only been here a week I ended up getting border patrol which I was ok with because I didn't really want any more attention.
I sat next to the river that served as the boundary for the game for almost an hour with nothing but the sounds of the forest for company. Although I was beyond bored I was glad no one could see me, my armor was way too loose and my helmet was 3 sizes too big. I felt like five year old dressed in his dads armor.
At around the two hour mark I heard some rustling in the bushes and got into my ready stance, 3 kids stumbled out of the woods laughing like lunatics "did you see the look on that kids face when we ambushed him" one of them said. "ya he was all like 'just leave me alone the flags that way' too bad for him we weren't looking for the flag" another replied. At that point the three of them noticed me "well looks like we found another punching bag" the first one said advancing.
He made a wild swing to my left side but I was able to par it easily before countering, he made a few attempts using the same wild swings which didn't make sense to me. 'Why he would he attack so carelessly' I thought 'wait where did the other two go', realization dawned on me too late as another one of his buddies slammed into me from behind with his shield forcing me to trip and fall in the river. The second I hit the water I felt energy surge through me, I rushed to my feet only to roll away when the same buddy who hit me with his shield attempted smack me with the flat of his blade. The third one who was wielding a spear attempted to jab me with it. I caught the top foot or so of the spear mid thrust and snapped it off before slamming my shield into the guys face knocking him out.
The first guy came at me again, I was able to catch both his sword and shield with my own but I was stuck there. His other friend made a swing at my shield arm that would easily have taken the whole thing off so I made a rash and dumb decision, I slammed my head into his giving us both a huge headache but releasing me so I could move but I still ended up with a deep gash on my arm. "No killing or maiming remember" I said. "oops looks like I lost my deserts for a month" he said laughing. He charge at me but I stepped aside and slammed the but of my sword into his head making him drop like a sack of lead.
"Percy" somebody called behind me and I turned to see Annabeth and Malcolm running towards me. "Hey guys" I called "you just missed the party". "What party…never mind where's the three sons of Ares" Annabeth asked. "You mean them" I said point to the guy's I just knocked out. "Yes…Percy! your arm " Malcolm asked. "I know I got cut in my little fight…". "Percy look at your arm" Annabeth said, I was somewhat annoyed about being cut off but did as she asked. To my surprised the wound was closing, a thin layer of water washed over it wiping away the blood and healing the wound.
We heard some screaming and Luke burst through the trees with the other teams flag and crossed the stream with it tailed by half the other team. The rest of two teams showed up along with Chiron "Blue team wins" he announced, he looked like he was going to say something else but instead he just stare at me with wide eyes. "what?" I said, Annabeth tugged on my shirt and pointed up at a sea green holographic image of a trident above my head. Chiron knelt down and the other campers followed his lead "Hail Perseus Jackson son of Poseidon god of the sea, storm bringer, and earth shaker.
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Also I thought about giving Percy a sibling but I'm not sure so I'm leaving it up to you guys.
Please vote on whether or not he should have one and if it should be a boy or girl (the baby will also be a child of Poseidon and Athena) use the review option to vote. voting ends July 9th at 8:00 PM so hurry
