WOOOO HOOOO! New chapters peasants! I am feeling extra Queenly today (I don't care if that ain't a word), so we are introducing a couple new people, I mean we have since the last chapter, but these people are… special….. mwahaha! Also so to be a little more specific I'm going to set this in the six months that Apollo was missing. Anyways, Shadow…. ONLY THE QUEEN MAY DEMAND! MWAHAHA! Okay let's actually get onto this chapter~~~
Sam's POV
My dreams wouldn't leave me alone. What did it all mean? First, I find out I'm a son of Poseidon, then this? Honestly, can I catch a break? The dream went something like this: I was in a room with 11, ah, people, I guess you could call them. Each one was 12 feet tall and had a powerful aura around them. There were 12 thrones, but one was empty. One of the people was standing and yelling at another. She had eyes the color of the moon, and a bow and quiver slung over her shoulder.
"It doesn't make sense Zeus! It wasn't his fault!" she was screaming at a man with light gray hair and electric blue eyes. He looked very annoyed.
"It was Artemis! And unless you would like to be turned into a mortal too then you can sit down!" He yelled back. She looked at him in utter disbelief and sat on her throne. Then she looked at me and nodded. What the heck? Why was she looking at me? Then the man called Zeus realized what was happening, and looked at me right in the eyes.
"Are you one of them?" He asked.
"Um, yes sir," For some reason my voice worked, even though it was only a dream.
"Then do me a favor, boy, er, tell Chiron that the Fates have something important for you and your friends planned." He said. Then I realized who I was talking to, how could I be so stupid? These were the Olympians. I looked to the throne that was to Zeus' life. There he was. My supposedly biological father. He stood there like nothing was wrong, the look on his face seeming bored. How did he not even recognize his own son? How could he do this to me?
"Sir, Zeus, with all do respect, I would like to talk to my father," I said. He gave me a surprised look, but I walked up to Poseidon.
"Er, son?" He said. He looked very, very confused.
"How… are you my father?" I asked. I had to keep my voice from cracking.
"Son, come with me." He said, and suddenly we were sitting on the beach at Camp Half-Blood.
"You see, Sam," Interrupted. My anger was red hot as it exploded.
"How could you? You left us! Not only did you leave us, but you left us heart-broken! I used to hear Mom cry every night when I was eight! Everyone judged me, all because you didn't stay!" My eyes stung. I wouldn't cry, I couldn't, I was too angry to. This man, if you could even call him that, left my mom and me, and he left us bleeding. I couldn't accept that. Maybe Percy had gotten over it, but I don't think I ever would.
"Sam, I know what I did. Yes, I was the man who told you to go to bed every night. But I had to leave, Sam, I'm sorry." He said. He seemed genuine. I guess he was the guy who tucked me in every night. Now, what do I say? I had looked up to the man standing in front of me for years before I left. Quite awkwardly, he gave me a hug. I didn't know what to do. It was a fatherly hug, usually one a Dad would give to a five-year-old.
"Da- Poseidon. I don't know if I'll ever forgive you, but if we start fresh, maybe then." I said hesitantly. I couldn't leave my father hanging, I had to be the taller person.
"Sure. I have to leave now, some riot going on between the hippocampi and the swordfish." He chuckled and disappeared. I looked out onto Long Island Sound. I woke up in a cold sweat, and accidentally sat bolt-upright. I smacked my head on the bunk above me.
"Ouch," Percy said from the pool in the corner.
"Are you okay, dear?" Asked a woman standing in the rainbow.
"Oh, yeah mom, I'm fine. Just have a, ah, new half-brother." He said casually. The lady looked slightly pregnant, her midsection slightly swollen.
"Guess you have a lot of new siblings, dear," She laughed. There were smile lines under her eyes from years of laughs.
"Alright, honey, you tell him to watch his head on those beds. I gotta go, or Paul will burn the entire apartment trying to cook," she said.
"Alright. Love you, mom." Said Percy, with a homesick look in his eyes.
"Love you too," And the rainbow disappeared. Percy turned to me.
"Your head okay?"
"Yeah, so was that your mom?"
"Yeah, technically I guess she'd be your step-mom in a way."
"Yeah, I guess. She seems nice enough, unlike that awful father of ours." Percy raised his eyebrow, and I told him about the dream I had.
"Man, that is really gutsy of you. I guess what he did is unacceptable though. I didn't realize he had stayed for so long," He said longingly like he wished his father had been around.
"Yeah, well, I guess you can't just leave your family," I said.
"Alright, I'm headed out. Just shout if you need me," Percy said, ducking out the door. I looked around for my new bag of clothes and got dressed. I walked around camp a couple times, at about the third time a girl with freckles and a red bandana with white polka-dots jogged over to me.
"Hey, you new here? You seem a little lost," She said, offering her help. Her eyes were like milk chocolate, warm and sweet. She had cute little freckles and some soot on her nose. She was two heads shorter than me and wore overalls. Her hair was the color of caramel.
"I… Yeah I'm new. Just taking a bit of a walk," I told her.
"Oh, do mind if I walk with you then? I'm Dallas," She said. Dallas, what an interesting name.
"Sure," I said. We started the circle around camp. She was so nice, so open. She made me laugh.
"You okay over there?"
"Oh, um, yeah. I'm fine." I was facepalming in my mind. Wow, absolutely intelligent.
"Ha, okay, just making sure your okay," I don't know whether or not she could see through me. I couldn't even stop myself from liking her, despite that we had just met.
"Alright, it was nice talking to you, Sam, see you around?" She asked. I blushed.
"Uh, yeah, sure, see you around," Wow. Just wow. I was already falling for her, and I couldn't even help myself. Out of the corner of my eye, I saw Leo, Piper, and Jason chuckling. I walked over.
"Hey, guys," I said.
"Somebody's got it bad for Dallas," Leo teased.
"Shush! I don't know what I'll do if she hears you!" I panicked.
"Ha-ha. Yeah, barely know her and you're already falling for her. Maybe I could help you out." Leo elbowed me and laughed. Piper and Jason laughed too.
"Oh, you guys. I literally just met you and you all are already teasing me," I said, laughing along with them.
"Yup. Get used to it, man," said Jason. It was too bad he would die in the end, but I can't change that. It was him or Piper, and Piper is going to do some great things.
"Yeah," I said.
"Well, I gotta get going. I just remembered I need to talk to Chiron," I said, starting to walk towards the Big House.
"Alright man, see you around." They waved as I left.
Chloe's POV
I was headed toward lunch. I was absolutely starving from all the activities they had here. I had done the lava wall, the archery range, and raced with Casey a couple times for fun. As I walked down to lunch, I ran into a tall blonde. At first, I thought it was Annabeth, but oh was I wrong. The boy had green eyes.
"Oh, sorry Annabe- wait your not Annabeth," I said.
"Haha, no I'm not. Sorry for tripping you, I didn't mean to," He said, helping me up. I brushed off my shorts. My knee stung.
"Oh, your knees are all scratched up. Let me take you to the Infirmary, I'm Randy, by the way," He said, and we walked towards the Infirmary. Will greeted us at the door and sat me down on a bench, and started cleaning my knees off.
"So, how did this happen?" Will asked, raising his eyebrow.
"Well, ouch that hurts, I accidentally tripped over this guy," and pointed at Randy.
"Ah, well here is some ambrosia and nectar," Will said, handing me a yellow liquid in a thermos and what looked like a brownie.
"Is there anything else I can do for you?" He asked.
"Check her ankles in case she broke or sprained one," said Randy. This guy has got to be a son of Athena, he's so smart.
"Oh, looks like you sprained one of them," Will said as he was checking, I winced from the pain. I hadn't even realized before.
"Darned," I said.
"Even with the ambrosia, it looks like you'll have to rest it for the rest of the week," He said.
"Okay, I guess I'll be drawing for the rest of the week," I said. Will wrapped my ankle in an ace bandage.
"Just take it easy, okay, you seem to be a little resistant to the ambrosia for some reason," He said. Randy helped me walk back to my table to have lunch. I sat down and thanked him. He walked back to his table and sat next to Athena.
"Oh, Chloe, what happened?" Everyone was asking.
"I just tripped and sprained my ankle. For some reason I'm a bit resistant to the ambrosia, it effects seem to be slower, so I have to stay off it all week." I told them.
Randy's POV
I was walking into the dining pavilion for lunch when a girl with blue hair tripped over me.
"OOOh! Randy, you got a crush there, don't you?" Annabeth said once I had returned to my table.
"Oh shush, I just took her to the Infirmary to get her ankle taken care of," I said. Her eyes were glittering green eyes had a goldish tint to them somehow. Dang, was she cute. Her head was about at my shoulder, and she made the standard camp tee-shirt, shorts, and running shoes look like they were worth a million. I don't know if she thought the same about me, but she was about as cute as a puppy, and a little clueless about what happened. We'd have to get to know each other better, though.
"Yeah, you are totally thinking about her," said Annabeth, interrupting my thoughts.
"Whatever you say, Annabeth," I said, rolling my eyes.
"Yeah. You barely even know her and you already like her. I am so going to tease you two." she said. We continued eating, every once in a while catching myself staring.
That was a LONG chapter! Of course, I needed to introduce Randy and Dallas, those two are the best. Anyways, REVIEWWWWWWW!
