5. Perseus Son of...

Chapter 5

Percy's POV

I turned my head towards where the noise was coming from. Out of the woods came 2 of the biggest dogs I had ever seen, with big black beady eyes and a scowl on its face it. I decided to do the only reasonable thing a demigod like me would do, I charged one of the hell hounds with my sword in my right (Percy's Right Handed now) hand, while Annabeth, and Katie went to the other one. The Hell hound perked its ears up and wags it tail a little bit (I assume it's thinking, sweet dinner's delivered today) "Travis, get back, I've got this" I shout as the Hellhound comes bounding towards me before tackling me. It pins me on the ground and swipes at my head but I tuck it in and kick at the dog of the underworld hard enough for it to let me get the hell hound off. The hell hound scampered away quickly before recomposing and getting ready to charge again. I get up quickly and brush off some dust before beckoning the hell hound to charge at me. The hell hound did as I wanted, however I underestimated its top running speed, because it again barreled into me and before I had an opportunity to react, i lose my sword, due to the force of the impact. Now defenseless and with nothing to attack the Hell Hound with, The hell hound circled around me, occasionally striking and pushing me back against the rock face, before getting ready for some kind of final strike. It walked back a little and got ready to pounce. "Percy Catch!" I hear before seeing Travis' hand throw a ... pen... 'now's not the time for an essay Travis...' I looked at the Pen and clicked it on, just as the Hellhound leaped. I ran forward so I could get a clear shot at its chest and closed my eyes waiting for the impact of the Hellhound to land on me. After a couple of Seconds I open my eyes and see Travis with a smug look on his face, leaning on his sword, I lowered my sword a little confused. "Well, my brother. How did that work out for you?" He said his smug look only getting bigger.

"Shut up" I replied before grabbing his hand that he had offered. "So what happened to the Hell hound?" I asked unsure of where it had gone as there was no sign of the body of the big ugly brute.

"Well Perce, your little doggie friend had to go back to Tartarus, and he vanished in a puff of golden flecks when I saved your sorry but." Travis Taunted

Before I could come up with a decent come back, the sound of galloping hooves was heard and moments later Chiron appeared, with a dozen other campers behind him. "What happened here Annabeth?"

"We were attacked by a hell hound." She replied solemnly

Chiron's face had a look of disbelief and suspicion before he went back to his normal neutral stare. "Okay, You get Percy to the infirmary before he passes out."

"Wait," Annabeth shouted a little to loudly. She rushed over to me and said "Do what you did before, for you and Katie, I mean,you know, heal yourself with the water."

I looked a little unsure at her before agreeing with her request and I hobbled over to the creek and stood in the water. Just like before it closed up the scratches that the hell hound had given me and healed them until they were nothing more than scratches and then they were no more.

Chiron's POV

After hearing of the hell hounds within the borders of the camp I began to feel worried about the safety of the demigods that were here, but the way Annabeth had said wait intrigued me as if she knew of something that he could do. I watched the pair as they held a private conversation of sorts, before Percy made his way to the creek and started concentrating. He had never come across to me as an Apollo kid because they all had his blonde hair and blue eyes just like their father. But maybe he just showed more of his mother's side. He could have also been one of the minor sea gods children, however the sea-green eyes and the raven black hair were just like Poseidon, in fact he was almost an exact replica. My suspicions were confirmed when a shimmering trident appeared over his head signalling that he was the son of the Sea God, but something was peculiar about this one, as it was there the colour of the trident shimmered and changed between blue and silver, flickering between the two. There was something more to the mystery that was Percy Jackson. (He's going to be involved in a lot). I look around at the Campers. They are waiting for the Announcement of whose Son he is. I take a breath"Behold, Percy Jackson, Son of Poseidon"

Artemis' Tent (Somewhere in Kentucky)

Artemis sat on a chair looking into a bowl of water, that had been enchanted by Poseidon to always keep an eye on Percy, as she watched the scene unfold at the creek of Camp Half-Blood, she watched her son take down the Daughter of Ares. Pride filled her and she was brimming with tears as she watched Percy knock her and her siblings down with the water powers he had been blessed with. Her pride was then turned to worry when she saw the hell-hounds come out of the woods. She felt useless as she watched her son being almost mauled by the dog of the underworld , but relief overcame her when the son of Hermes had basically saved him from being killed. When Chiron and the other campers finally arrived at the creek, Artemis couldn't help her self, she was so full of joy and love for her son that she just had to claim him right then and there. However the scene in front of her showed a flickering blue trident going from blue to silver in colour.(Oh no, what have I done, I have screwed up Poseidon's plan. How could I be so stupid?). She watched the scene a little while longer as the blue trident continued to flicker silver. "Artemis, my niece. Do you mind not trying to claim him again for a while? I used up a lot of my strength just keeping the symbol that I couldn't focus on maintaining the colour as well." Poseidon said as he breathed heavily.

"I'm sorry Uncle. It's just I was just so proud of him for..." Artemis quickly apologized. As she looked over to see the old sea-god laying back on her bed still breathing heavily.

"It's alright Artemis. I was doing the same thing as you" Poseidon said gently as he got up off the bed minutes later feeling refreshed. "I was so proud of him I just had to claim him, but let's just be glad that our plan isn't completely ruined."

The two gods talked for what must have been hours about how much Percy has grown since they both last saw him. But then Poseidon needed to go back to his realm and sort out his daily business, Leaving the Auburn haired goddess to ponder.

End Chapter 5

So you may be wondering how Travis got Riptide. Well when it comes to a son of Hermes I think the answer is pretty obvious.not included in the story. but basically Travis had seen Chiron give it to Percy earlier on and had decided that it was pretty cool and that he would borrow it for a little bit. remembering it in the heat of battle he chucked it to Percy.*Battle scene changed so that there can be legitimate praise given to Percy for the Hellhound fight. Thanks for the advice.