Hello guys, I got only one revies, so no one was able too guess it. I thought it was pretty clear but hey! Still I worked hard for this chapter and it's my first attempt at spicy. Hope you like it. I thought it would be better to see things from Ness's view so it's in her POV. Do read and ignore mistakes, if any!
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Henessey's POV
The child shall either be snatched by the Doors,
Or the child will join forces and burn their foes."
I stood there, looking open mouthed as Rachel suddenly collapsed. The serpent green glow faded as she rubbed her head. Annabeth and Percy helped her up.
I instinctively said, "What did just happen?"
Annabeth looked at me, her cold grey eyes boring a hole through me. It seemed as if she was thinking of a million possibilities at the same time. She spoke,
"Rachel just spoke a prophecy and I think it was it was about you."
"Me?"
I shrieked out. I was always the loser nerd in school. I was always the girl who never went out. I was the girl who Dad loved the most in the world. But a prophecy spoken by a stranger holding a spirit, mentioned me... Yeah, fat chance!
"There must be some misunderstanding. She clearly said some dangerous things. I can't be that important."
"But, you are Ness, you are the child in the prophecy. You can't escape your destiny."
I wanted to be angry at Annabeth, the way she stated the words as if my life story was written way before. But I couldn't. I saw as she looked at me. It was clear she had so much experience in these matters. She was acting wisely, like a hardened strategist.
Chiron said, "This is bad."
I looked at him as he got out of the wheelchair. Surely but slowly, a body kept appearing. Finally after a few moments he appeared as a true centaur. Half-man, half-horse. He said, "This is bad, I have a feeling about who she is but gods forbid, she can't be! Hazel take Rachel to the caves and make sure she is rested. You two take Ness to the Hermes cabin and make sure she properly rests. I have to call someone."
He looked at me, his expression sympathetic. It was as if he knew I was gonna die. I knew Chiron has lost hundreds of heroes who were trained by him. He must be absolutely resolute to live an eternity and see his heroes die. What would he feel if I died too? Hell, I wasn't even a hero he had trained. He would just forget me and continue.
He looked at me like he could read my thoughts clearly.
"Rest a bit, child. I have a feeling the prophecy wasn't a normal one and someone special is coming."
Annabeth rolled he eyes and she looked upward. The sky was slowly getting overcast now, clouds were slowly approaching towards the Sun which was a bit on the West. It looked as if it was gonna rain soon but of course Camp won't receive any rain.
Chiron shifted his right hand to a three fingered claw and thrust it out his heart. It was an ancient ward-off evil gesture Dad used to tell me about.
He then mumbled something to Annabeth and went away.
"Come on Ness, let's get you to cabin."
"So, I have to stay in this overcrowded cabin till my mother claims me?"
Percy grinned. He said, "Yep, that's about right."
Annabeth shrugged and smacked Percy in the head. He instinctively put his hand on the smacked spot. She looked at me and said, "Don't worry. The Hermes cabin is nice but make sure you keep your belongings safe and don't even trust anyone of these kids."
"Hmm, okay."
She hugged me and left as Percy smiled and followed her. I looked at my mat. I had a comfortable spot in the floor and I lied down on the soft pillow. Thoughts started entering my mind.
I was lonely despite the large group of people hustling and bustling in the large cabin. I started thinking about my dad. I missed him now. I always missed him but now I missed him more. He was my best friend and advisor. I loved him and did everything with him when suddenly I came home after my first freshman day and found out that he had slipped off a bridge of Western Concord due to an oil spill and plunged into the forest.
I started tearing up. I wept bitterly and sobbed and somehow fell into the soothing embrace of sleep.
I woke up as I felt someone shake me.
"Whaaa, what the hell!"
"Wakey wakey Ness."
I rubbed my eyes and saw it was Annabeth.
"Whoa, how long was I asleep for?"
"A half and an hour."
"Oh."
"Come on, let's go, the sun is calling!"
I mumbled something and followed her out when I saw no sun at all. It was totally overcast with dark clouds on every speck of the sky.
"But there isn't any sun!"
"Yeah because he is here."
I couldn't understand anything as I took out my hanky and wiped my face. I never had any make-up so there was no issue there. I followed Annabeth when I came outside the meadow where Chiron, Percy, Rachel and a strange guy were standing. Rachel and the dude were chatting furiously when Chiron noticed me and loudly directed them to me.
The dude instantly said,
"Ah, the half-blood appears,
Basking in my presence,
Still mystified as ever."
What the hell did he say? He was a dude in his early twenties with blonde hair. He was attractive and rather handsome. He looked at me askance as if he wanted me to clap or something.
Annabeth spoke up, " Meet Apollo, The Sun God!"
I was dumbstruck. Apollo was my favourite god. Well, he is of many others too but he is so cool.
"Uhh, I... uhh"
Apollo looked amused. He blew a kiss at me. I blushed like a tomato.
Chiron wearily sighed. He motioned to the Big House and said, "Come on people, let's talk in the house."
As we seated around the table, Chiron got back on his wheelchair and sat with us.
Apollo was still chatting with Rachel. Rachel was the host of the Oracle and Apollo was the god of the prophecies. They must be talking about my prophecy.
Suddenly, Annabeth loudly said, "Lord Apollo, talk with us, not just with Rachel. We want to know about the prophecy too."
I was awestruck at the way she addressed Apollo. Apollo was a God, like as in a real Olympian God. Apollo just shrugged and looked around the table at all of us. He spoke in a raspy voice, "So, I had to come down here because Rachel just spoke a prophecy which even I didn't know about."
Everyone stared at Apollo. He was the patron of Rachel and the god of prophecies. He should know all about the prophecy.
He continued, "Rachel, recite the prophecy once again."
I expected Rachel to once again come under the mane of the Oracle but she sighed and spoke.
"A half-blood shall be born of the manipulating god,
The powers of the child will resemble her patron's like peas in a pod.
The half-blood's actions will make the final say,
For the eternal tormentor to make her way.
The child shall either be snatched by the Doors,
Or the child will join forces and burn their foes."
"Hmm. Nope, no idea where it came from!"
Chiron breathed heavily. It was audible even to Percy who was seated on the far end. Apollo continued, "Chiron, do you think the same as I think?"
Chiron nodded and Apollo sighed. Beads of perspiration formed across his face and then instantly disappeared. He mumbled, "This is bad."
A load of tense anxiousness set upon everyone. I looked askance at them, as did all my friends, expecting to hear a simplified version.
Apollo spoke with a rather deep tone, "The prophecy Rachel spoke is one of the Lost Prophecies. These were exclusive prophecies only the Oracle of Delphi knew and she died carrying the prophecies with her. They were called as The Lost Prophecies as no one knew what they were. Chiron has a pretty clear idea about this one and I need to cross-reference it. Chiron, your turn."
"This is the prophecy of The Forbidden Child, a prophecy made by the ancient Delphi upon a time so far into the future that she herself wasn't sure if it was going to come true."
"Ha, Chiron, have you been having the dreams too? By no earthly way could you know this!"
"Yes, Lord Apollo. Last night I had this dream where a smooth clear feminine voice said about an approaching prophecy. She told me about ancient times and the Delphi's unspoken prophecies. So I at once went to my collection of ancient books and found about it. I thought about what could this be when Ness came and Rachel spoke the prophecy..."
He breathed, "I at once iris-messaged Ella, the harpy and recited it and she said it was The Forbidden Child Prophecy which was labelled in the Syllibine books."
Annabeth had mentioned Ella. She was an extremely fortunate-to-find harpy as she had memorised The Syllibine books, the boat-load of prophecies.
Apollo sighed. He said, "Hmm Chiron I had been having visions too, a feminine voice talking about ancient prophecies. I was happily riding the Sun-Bus when I had a vision, the same feminine voice said to me, the prophecy is near. After the slight vision, I sensed something. Suddenly I could hear Rachel reciting and I knew it was not a normal prophecy. So I promptly came here."
Rachel spoke up, "I could also sense it wasn't a normal prophecy. After the prophecy ended I saw deadly destruction rake the mortal world. What is so dangerous about this prophecy I couldn't understand."
"This prophecy is about the Forbidden Child. A half-blood so powerful who is destined to either die or join hands with a vicious being and destroy Earth. She holds the key to large scale destruction and was deemed forbidden by the Oracle of Delphi. She knew the child will choose life over death and destroy everyone in the process. But, mostly they have double meanings so the Oracle might be wrong too. My point is the part of death and destruction occurs because of a set of actions which can be prevented."
I ignored the deadly parts and recalled the prophecy. According to it, my mother was the manipulating God and I had powers just like her so as to say, I had almost godly powers.
Annabeth spoke, "So, firstly, Ness is a daughter of the manipulating god... Who is that? There are many gods who can manipulate."
Chiron had a look which made me sure of the fact that he knew who she might be but he remained silent.
Percy then said, "I have no idea."
"Hmm but it also said Ness has godly powers... That explains her strong mental grip."
I chirped in, "But who is my mother and what are my powers?"
Annabeth shook her head. She then said, "Let's not think much about that. I am pretty sure you will get claimed soon. But the prophecy said you will decide the fate of an eternal tormentor. What eternal tormentor?"
"I have no idea at all."
I looked as Apollo was again furiously chatting with Rachel. Chiron then motioned them to stop and Apollo looked at him. Chiron spoke.
"We are all forgetting the fact that Ness here is the child in the prophecy and she is entirely new to the godly world. Ness, tell us all about your life starting from your birth and all important incidents which you think are relevant."
Everybody gaped at me as they expected me to speak.
I started mumbling things about my birth about how my mother gave birth then instantly left us. The words then came naturally as I explained about my father's obsession with Greek, his stories, his care, his love, his death and also that I recently turned 16 and still hadn't faced a monster yet as Annabeth was worried about that. I talked about Concord, my family home where my dad's sister and me lived, my grandparents' big house (ignore the coincidence) and my school life where I passed sophomore this summer.
Chiron sighed. He looked at Apollo who was looking at me intently. Apollo spoke, "Ness, don't go anywhere without your friends and keep an eye out. Vast dangers are looming over you, I can feel it. Take care and you too, Percy and Annabeth. Chiron guide these guys. Ness is of tremendous importance...
"Help them thee
For dangers loom
Over their very heads."
Apollo then stood up and snapped his fingers and he disappeared.
Chiron then said, "Ness, did you like Hermes cabin?"
"No."
"Well then, you can spend time with Percy and Annabeth. Anything bothers you, call for me. I will meet you at the amphitheatre after the dinner. I have a feeling something will happen there. You don't mind, Percy, Annabeth, do you?"
"No Chiron, not at all" Annabeth had a wide smile.
Percy and Annabeth took me to the lake as they told me about all the heroics they have done together. I could see they were smitten with each other the way they finished each other's sentences.
"And as they threw me and Annabeth in the water, I created an air bubble and we kissed under water."
"It was so romantic!"
I remarked, "Wow"
They both instantly blushed. Seeing them now, no one could say they had defeated Titans, Gaea, Giants, Gods, Tartarus and many more. They were perfect for each other.
Annabeth spoke, "So, who was your first kiss?"
I blushed a deep shade of red. Annabeth playfully elbowed me.
"Come on tell!"
"Umm, it wasn't as near as romantic as your underwater kiss."
"I don't care, tell me."
"So there is this dashing guy named Ash who is the smartest in the class. He doesn't get the highest grades but one can see his intellect just by talking to him. And, he is a total soccer nut. So he asked me out at 8th grade's last day of school and I had instantly agreed. So, in sophomore year we dated. I refused to get close to him as I missed my dad and just didn't feel like it. He totally understood and was always there to comfort me. On the day of annual celebrations, he took me to his car and we had candle-light dinner in the car. We talked and laughed for some time and then when I saw his dazzling smile, I couldn't hold myself as I went in and smacked his lips..."
"Awww, soo cute! What happened, next?"
"Then we kissed for 2-3 minutes but I was sure it felt like hours. And then we continued and we are still together until now."
Percy chirped in, "That guy was even dorkier than me. You dated for so long without kissing."
Annabeth chirped, "Nobody's dorkier than you, Seaweed Brain, you couldn't get the signal at all." Then suddenly Annabeth regretted what she said.
Percy said, "Oh, In my defense... Waiiiiit, what did you say?"
We plucked some strawberries and ate them while we chatted. They were so great towards me. I hoped Athena was my mother.
"So, Ness, how did you perfect your glaring trick?"
"Umm, it was my dad who taught me this. When I was a kid I was often bullied me so my dad told me to let loose dark thoughts in my head and focus it on the bully. He would tell that it would have a telepathic effect and effectively harm the bully."
"Hmm, you had a nice father."
Annabeth then sighed and she saddened up. Suddenly, Percy came to her and hugged her." You are good with him now, and that's all that matters"
Annabeth hugged him back and then pecked him on the lips.
"I love you, Seaweed Brain."
"I love you too Wise Girl!"
"Get a room, you two!"
It was nightfall and we were in Percy's cabin as Annabeth showed us his childhood pictures.
I remarked, "You were cute, soo cute."
Then suddenly a loud ring was announced. We had chatted, ate fruits, visited parts of Camp with Jason, Piper, Hazel(who had come here from Camp Jupiter about my business), known a lot of things and were relaxing as six hours had passed and it was dinner time.
We made way to the dinner hall.
I sat with Percy at his empty table as Tyson was not yet in Camp and didn't want to make him feel lonely.
He told me about the customary burnt food and he went to drop a piece of steak on the fire.
He returned and led me to do the same
I looked at the fire and dropped a big candied apple in the fire. Please answer my questions, mother. I need your help. Please guide me. I am lonely and scared. I am not angry and I understand your plight but please try to help me.
We ate our dinner and went to the amphitheatre as an after-dinner relaxation.
Chiron called me out and I made my way. I asked Annabeth and Percy to come with me and we stood facing the filled stacks of half-bloods.
Chiron spoke in a raised voice, "Hello everybody we have a new half-blood amongst us and she is Henessey McClenaghan. You can call her Ness. Nessie, the stage is yours." And with that he looked at me. I realised I had to address them.
"Hello everybody. It's so nice to meet a new family. I am eternally grateful to Percy and Annabeth. I have not been claimed yet but I hope-"
I was cut short when all the campers looked above me bowed down.
I looked above me to see a holograph of two fiery torches in an X. I saw that even Percy, Annabeth and Chiron were bowing.
Annabeth mumbled.
"Lady Hecate, the Goddess of Magic and Cross-roads!"
So, how was the chapter? Yes, it's Hecate. Hazel, black hair, black eyes, manipulator etc. Hope you guys like this. Do review and drop ideas, suggestions and thoughts. Bye for now!
