Hi guys! I hope you all enjoyed the last chapter and the fun fact. I have another cool/funny one today. Also sorry I have not updated for a while, I had a sleepover at my friends, then promptly got grounded. Well enjoy!
"Well child you see, since you are my daughter, you are very powerful. But since you are also my brother's granddaughter, you are even more powerful than most. You already know that you can do anything with all substances. You can control molecules." My father explained.
"But there is one thing I still don't understand. How can I turn into a wolf? And how can my friends?" I asked.
He looked at me, no behind me. I got up and turned around. Only to be faced by Lupa herself. I immediately turned into a wolf, ran up to her and headbutted her. She returned my affections. She sat down in the middle of the triangle. My father's mouth was open. I got back on the couch and sat on Noah, whose mouth was also open. My friends and my father stared at me and Lupa in shock.
"She says I need to stay in wolf form so I can translate, for you all." I replied.
Lupa and her pack had rescued me when I was about 10 from a group of nasty cyclopes. It was the start of summer break then, so I stayed with her for a while, there she gave me the power to turn into a wolf. But she had never explained anything to me. I had to figure it out on my own.
Fyi guys you will see what Lupa says but not the translation from Grace, just the others' comments. It is because that is too much to write and way too repetitive. What Lupa says will be in Italics, since no one but Grace knows what she is saying
"It is good to see you once again child. I have missed you very much, though I would never admit it to anyone but you. Let's get down to business though shall we?"
"Same to you Lupa." I replied, gesturing for her to continue.
"Child this is going to be hard for you to accept, but I am your godmother. You may think that the first time I saw you was when you were ten, but in fact I first saw you when you were an infant."
"W-what? How is that possible? Y-your… Nevermind, just get to the point." I stated, not wanting to overreact before I should.
"I know it is a lot to take in but know this had to be kept from you until now."
"Is that because apparently I'm the bane of Olympus and can kill the gods?!" I shouted at her.
"Grace, what is she telling you?" Noah asked, he looked concerned.
I was standing up on the couch now, looking Lupa dead in the eyes, and growling at her.
"Talk before I decide to fight you." I said through gritted teeth
"Child, when I saw you at first I knew you were powerful. Once your mother told me who you were, I blessed you, so that the very next time I saw you when I gave the word, you could turn into a wolf. I only did this because I saw your potential. I knew that in the long run being part wolf, physically, and mentaly, would help you control your power."
I chose to relay this part to my friends.
"Wow," Yali said after a few seconds of silence.
By now Noah had been able to drag me down so I was laying down like a puppy. I knew Yali thought it was cute, but she knew that it was the only thing keeping me from pouncing on Lupa.
"Grace, you were part wolf even before I gave you the ability to turn into one. I saw it in your eyes. Now I'm sure you are fairly curious as to how I was able to turn you into a wolf and how your friends can?"
"Heck ya, wolf lady." Lucas said.
In an Instant Lupa had him pinned to the ground.
"Oh, and by the way don't call her 'wolf lady' she takes offense to that, since she is not a human. She is a she-wolf."
"Point taken." Lucas replied in a tone of voice that was an octave higher than usual.
Lupa got off of him and went back to her original spot.
"As my friend was saying," I shot him a dirty look, " Please do explain."
"When I blessed you, as you know, it allowed you to become a wolf. But only because, somehow you are part wolf. I don't know how or why you just are. I also knew that you would want your friends to be able to share the experience, and if they could, they would be like you. So you see, all your friends are part wolf. I'm still trying to figure out the human race, but I'm fairly certain that somehow, all demigods are now part wolf. It gives you heightened senses, or in some easier terms, for others," She looked at the boys, " 'Spidey sense'."
"Cool!" Both the boys replied in unison.
Me and Yali laughed. My father on the other hand looked stunned.
"Most everyone thinks that demigods have such great battle reflexes because of their ADHD, yes, that is part of it, but not all of it. Being part wolf, for some reason unknown to me, helps them as well."
"Lupa, you know that by sharing this information with me, that it must be investigated." My father said.
Then Lupa said something that I did not expect, and by the look on my dad's face, she made it to where he could understand her..
" If you know what is good for you Poseidon then you will let me and my pack handle it, as we are doing. Or so help me I will embarrass you so much that you will be known for what I do to you and that only."
My fathers face paled so much that if he was mortal he would be dead.
"What did she tell him?" Noah whispers to me.
"You don't wanna know." I replied, this made Noah also pale slightly.
"As for going into more detail, well, your friends and your family are your pack, hence why they alway listen to you. This is all I know right now child. If I find out more I will tell you. I must leave n-"
She never finished that sentence. At that very moment a bolt of lightning came down on her and disintegrated her.
I turned back into a human and screamed.
"NO! LUPA!"
I ran up to the golden dust that was once the only real mother like figure I had ever had in my life. I tried to fix her, but It did not work. My friends were staying away from me, well aware that I could be unpredictable when I was mad. I turned and looked at my father, his mouth was open, but we locked eyes. We both knew who had done this. Zeus or Tartarus. Well he thought it was Zeus, I knew it was Tartarus.
"F-fix her. Please. Please, dad, please." I was begging, I never begged.
"I-I'm so sorry child, but I don't know how." He replied.
"WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU DON"T KNOW HOW?" I screamed. I knew this wasn't me, this was the sadness and anger. But I couldn't stop it, believe me I tried.
He backed up. I looked him dead in the eyes and said,"Why?"
He had a look of pure fear in his eyes. I could sense that my friends were right behind me. Lucas and Yali were ready to defend me, or fend me off. But Noah, he was right behind me ready to comfort me.
My father finally answered, " I don't know."
I broke down, I let the tears flow, I fell down to my knees. I was beat. I never cried, never. Even my friends rarely saw it happen. Noah was at my side in an instant. He hugged me tight. That calmed me down enough. Was I ok? NO. Not at all, I still needed to let loose. So I did the only thing I knew how to do, I ran. I pulled myself away from him, got up and ran as fast as I could to the elevator. When I got there I got in and pushed the button. I have no recollection of the ride down. I only know that when I got out the front desk guy was dealing with my brother.
"Listen here, she is my SISTER! I need to see her. She has been gone for nearly three hours. Let me up there, NOW!" He screamed.
I paused for too long. As Piper was glancing around the room she saw me.
"Percy, Stop! She is right here." She told him.
The second her turned to see me and smiled he saw my tears and started to say,
"Grace, are you ok?"
I bolted for the door, but Valdez stopped me, he was pretty strong for such a small guy. Not strong enough though. I grabbed his arm and easily slipped under it, sliding, and making him fall down. I got up just as fast as I had pulled him down and ran. I ran all the way to the East River. I stopped for a moment to catch my breath, only to hear my brother and our friends calling for me. Apparently they had met up with Yali, Lucas, and Noah, because I heard their voices to.
Fun Fact: Apollo is best known as the God of the Sun… but what's less commonly understood is that he also had a dolphin-like from, called Delphinius.
Hope you guys enjoyed it! I am posting this at 12:25am so I have stayed up late! I am working on the next chapter too. In case you have not noticed, Grace is REALLY powerful. She is also very determined, so don't try to stop her.
