Disclaimer: I am not Rick. I just own the "next generation" demigods.
It was night 2 of the Modern Heroes series, as Chiron liked to call it. Everyone was excited for tonight, and the campers were bustling with talk of who might the hero be of tonight's tale.
The Zeus cabin wanted tales of Thalia or Jason (even though all they really knew was that they were camp legends, Thalia was a Hunter, and that Jason had been one of the 7).
The Poseidon and Athena cabins wanted tales of Percabeth. No surprise there. THey were sppported by the Nemesis, water-related cabins, and half of Aphrodite, who was split between Percabeth and Piper McLean.
Hephaestus, of course, wanted Leo and wanted Clarisse La Rue.
Hecate and Hermes wanted some pranksters-the Stolls were a core favorite.
The Hades cabin, which had a grand total of 2, along with Dionysus (3) Hypnos (who were asleep most of the time), and Nike (who were only concerned with themselves playing the hero)...well, they just didn't particularly care. Especially the Hades cabin.
And those were just a few of them. A large number of the minor god/goddess' cabins were split between varoius heroes. It was rumored that the Demeter cabin was even supporting Grover (who, to his credit, kept refusing to tell his tale, instead hiding out with Juniper in the woods).
That night was full of anticipation, all right.
Chiron called up the Poseidon head counselor, a boy who used the nickname Crest, to pick out the next hero, which turned out to be Zoe Nightshade.
"Ah, I remember her well. She was the one who gave Heracles his sword, Riptide." Murmurs from the crowd. The Poseidon cabin pumped their fists-they knew who had the sword now. "Yes, indeed, the same one that Percy Jackson weilds and, although he says he's retired from all the fighting, he seems to have decided to keep his weapon with him anyways." Chiron chuckled.
"Now, Zoe, was the Lieutenant of Artenis, before Thalia Grace. About a year and a half before the Battle of Manhattan, Artennis was captured, took hold of the sky in place of Annabeth Chase. Five were chosen to go on a quest to save them both-Thalia Grace, a daughter of Zeus and the current lieutenant, Grover Underwood, a satyr now a member of the Council, Bianca di Angelo, a Hunter who we did not realize at the time was a daughter of Hades, and Zoe Nightshade, Lieutenant of Artemis a former Hesperide and daughter of Atlas, titan of the sky. Phoebe, a daughter of Apollo, was originally planned to go as well, but was injured. And true to nature, Percy Jackson decided to sneak on as the fifth member of the quest." A few laughs at this.
"So what happened during the quest?" A Hermes kid yelled.
"Many things. But anyways, Zoe died because her father, Atlas, struck her, which made her lose her immortality, and died of her injuries. Artennis made her into the constellation known as "The Huntress", which I know many of you will remember."
Looking up, the campers found that a certain constellatio was shining much more brightly all of a sudden. There was a long silence afterwards, before Chiron dismissed everyone and the constellation went back to normal.
Sorry it's short, I haven't read TItan's Curse in awhile. I'm holding off Nico for a while, becasue I feel he'd be like a climax or something. Same with a lot of the Big Three. I'm also adding a "checklist" of sorts as a first chapter too. Reviews, please, and enjoy.