Sunniva watched the trident appear above Agius' head, terrified. She felt like she couldn't move. What was worse was the other kid, Rey, was also claimed, a son of Zeus. 'Two very powerful demigods at our camp,' she thought to herself.
She looked over at Chiron who looked her way, effectively telling her 'We'll talk later,' with his eyes. She nodded and turned her attention back to the two boys, wondering and scared for their future.
Agius looked at the still bowing demigods confused, "Is there something on my face?" he questioned feeling his face for mud. Rey snickered before pointing up, Agius followed his hand and saw the fading trident, "Oh." he muttered mouth suddenly feeling ten times drier than it ever had before, Rey nodded at him, feeling an odd sense of relief at finally knowing who his father was. The demigods dispersed with Rey giving Agius one last look before putting his hand in his jacket pockets and walking off.
Agius made to step towards Sunniva to speak to her, before he stopped cold, sea green eyes suddenly unfocused, glazed over, he walked out of the forest towards the large lake and slipped off his shoes, before walking seemingly in a trance towards the water, his bare feet sinking slightly into the sand.
The moment his feet touched the waves, his sea-green eyes seemed to shine a bit brighter. He felt at home, at peace, like he'd been searching for something for years...like a part of himself he couldn't describe was missing..and was finally found.
He was fully submerged within seconds, and he seemed to snap out of his trance, and quickly realized he wasn't drowning, he was breathing fine, better than fine even. It felt easier and more natural breathing underwater than it did on land. 'So many different questions.' He thought to himself as he continued breathing normally, hell even his vision felt sharper down here, the darkness he thought would be prominent this deep underwater after sundown didn't affect him in the slightest it still looked as bright as day down here to him.
Multiple fish swam up to him excited, leading to multiple voices in his head saying things like 'Hello milord' and 'How are you, milord?'
He looked at the fish surrounding him blinking hard, "I can speak to fish?" he asked confused
'Yes, Milord!, all of Sire's demigod children can converse with those under his domain.'
"That's...convenient," He said unsure of how to respond, "Well thank you all.." He said waving goodbye to the trouts and swordtails surrounding him, before swimming up slowly from the bottom of the rather deep lake, taking in the beautiful underwater scenery.
Sunniva stayed put and watched the campers leave, one of them being Agius. She wanted to talk to him but she needed to talk to Chiron. 'No, Agius should be there when I go see him,' she thought. She took a deep breath and walked over him, wondering where he was going. Watching him stop dead in his tracks when he saw the lake, she understood. She didn't stop him, just let him wander into the water, knowing he'd be safe.
As she waited for him to come back out of the water, she sat down on a tree stump and took off her bracelet. She shot arrow after arrow to the other side of the lake, hitting the middle of different tree perfectly. She thought about the prophecy wondering what it could mean, who the hero was. 'Please be safe if it is you…" she thought to herself, worried about her new friend.
Agius walked out of the water, remarkably dry for someone who was just submerged for well over ten minutes. He looked to his left and saw Sunniva on a tree stump attacking trees, "Y'know Lightbulb, from what I know about Greek mythology, I don't think the Dryads are gonna be happy with you shooting the trees." He said with a grin.
Sunniva turned to her friend, losing her concentration, the arrow falling just short of the tree. "Yeah, probably not but there wasn't anything else to shoot at so I had to improvise. How was your dip in the water?" she asked with a smile.
He sighed happily "Invigorating."
Putting away her bow and arrow, she said, "Well I'm glad. But look… I have to go see Chiron and I think it's best if you go with me."
He looked at her confused but nodded, "Uh yeah sure, why not I'll come along."
She gave him a small smile. "Great let's go." She turned and headed for the Big House, Agius close behind. As they walked, Sunniva asked him what being in the water was like.
"It was...odd, it felt like I belonged, it kinda felt like coming home after a really long day and just laying in your bed." He said trying to find the words to properly explain the experience, "Also did you know I can apparently talk to fish?"
Sunniva giggled. "I mean it would make sense, being the son of the sea god and all."
"Yeah I guess, but it was weird man, like they kept calling me milord and stuff, do you know how weird it is having a trout tell you hello?"
She giggled more at that. "Yeah, that would be pretty weird. At least my bows and arrows can't talk to me or that would be even weirder."
He nodded, "Yeah that'd be bizarre." They made it to the Big House and stepped inside.
"Hey Chiron, it's me and Agius. I think it's time…"
"Not quite, my dear, I think it would be better to allow young Agius here to adjust and training before sending him on a quest of that magnitude," Chiron added.
Sunniva nodded. "Of course… have you figured who the second part of it is Chiron? I-it's not Daisy, right? I don't think she'd be able to handle it. Drake maybe, he's strong enough."
He looked at her and lowered his head sadly, "I'm afraid it's neither my dear, but rather the child of Apollo to accompany young Agius will be you."
Sunniva's face paled. "W-wait why me? I don't think I'd be able to be much of a help. What makes me qualified for this quest?"
"You are the most experienced of your siblings, do you feel comfortable sending one of the younger campers in your place?" He questioned his gaze as hard as steel.
She lowered her head a second before holding her head up high. "Of course not Chiron. I wouldn't want to put them in danger. I accept the quest of accompanying Agius."
He smiled at her sadly, eyes bright with pride "As I knew you would Sunniva."
Agius just watched the entire ordeal confused, "Sorry to ruin a tender moment but uh..accompany me where?"
Sunniva looked over at him and gave him a small, worried smile. "On a quest. But before you can go you have to prepare yourself, train. Chiron and I will explain it fully when he sees that you're ready."
He stared at her, "I see.."
"Well come on, let's take a walk. I never really gave you that tour did I?" She gave him a smile before turning to Chiron, nodding to him, before leaving. "So Agius," she said as they walked around, "Any questions about camp? Me? Anything?"
"Hm...two questions and a request." He said with a smile.
"Go ahead, ask?" "Well, how long have you been here?...Do you have any books about children of Poseidon or something, or maybe what powers I should be expecting, and my request was, you take a swim with me tomorrow."
Sunniva walked a little slower as she remembered what Chiron told her. "I… I've been here my entire life. I never knew my mom… and about the books well I doubt it. As for the powers, from what I've heard about the most powerful son of Poseidon Percy, you can control the water, know the coordinates of the sea, you may be able to generate earthquakes, possible hurricane generation, water-and-liquid manipulation, and as you already know, you can talk to sea life." She thought about his request and a smiled formed on her face. "I would love to."
"Yay, I guess I'll see you tomorrow...I gotta head back to the Hermes Cabin..oh wait nevermind, I've got to go to Cabin 3 now right?, later Sunniva!" He called out running towards Cabin 3.
Sunniva laughed and told him goodnight before heading to her own Cabin. 'Tomorrow's going to be fun,' she thought as she laid her head down, quickly falling asleep.
Agius walked into The Poseidon Cabin and the smell of sea breeze hit him, and he felt at home..despite being alone in the Cabin he felt more at home than he did in Cabin 11, as though he belongs here. A true son of the sea