Lord Perseus: The god of Heroes
A/N: Please don't hurt me! I've been way to busy to update during the week, and have just now gotten around to it! School sucks. I would like to dedicate this chapter to "PJOseph" who was the 50th reviewer and said I was "on par with Lord Perseus and the forbidden love"! Thanks man, needed that. Any who, PLEASE REVIEW and on with the chappie (where a cliffy may or may not be answered and a new one created, just saying that it could become my thing)
Chapter 4:
Percy's POV
Startled, we quickly broke apart and Artemis turned to face whoever it was that surprised us. I couldn't see the intruder of Artemis' palace, since Artemis herself was blocking my view, but I could tell they were very angry at me.
"WHAT IN HADES IS GOING ON HERE?" they yelled so loudly, in a decidedly male voice, that if I weren't a god, my ears would bleed. As it was it shook the very foundation of Mount Olympus. Artemis quickly rushed to them and tried to calm them down. She spoke to them in a low voice, but it was like I could taste his anger in the air, and I thought I know who it was. It had to be Zeus. No one would be that angry at Artemis for kissing a guy than Zeus would.
That's when the unknown person jumped around The goddess I loved and ran at me, stopped by my bed, and grabbed me around my throat. It wasn't Zeus at all, it was Apollo! He was playing the part of the protective brother once again, as he had with Orion!
I, haven been in much more dangerous situations before, calmly drew Riptide from its scabbard and smashed his forearm with the hilt, shattering bone. He howled, leaping away from me, and clutched his injured appendage. Being the god of medicine, he was healed instantly and his scowl changed into a look of amusement, while I tensed and readied my self for a short battle.
"Calm down, Perseus. I wanted to see how you would react," said the sun god, with a smug smile on his face as he grated over my full name, trying to annoy me. "I see now that you are worthy to date my sister."
"You mean just like that? You jump at me and I break your arm so I can date your sister?" I spewed out incredulously. He just shook his head and laughed.
"You did save her from holding up the sky, you saved Olympus, she likes you... shall I go on?" he asked, counting off each item on his hand.
"No, I understand. Thank you for not making me have to hurt you further to have that honor. I-" I suddenly broke off, hearing voices in my head and smelling something really good.
'Please be better than Mr. D.' 'Please help me with my sword skills.' 'Please tell us where Percy is.' 'Please show yourself and uncover your table and cabin.' 'Please help with- I think you get the idea. Each voice was different and each one was accompanied by a different smell along with the image of someone at camp that I matched to each voice. I clutched my head, trying to block them out, when I noticed that Apollo and Artemis didn't seem to be having the same problem.
'Great, I going crazy,' I thought to myself as they noticed what I was doing. Artemis came over and and pulled my hands away from my head, looking concerned.
"What's wrong Percy?" she asked in a soothing voice. I braced myself for her to jump away from me after I told her what was up.
"Well I'm hearing these voices in my head, who appear to be campers at Camp Half-Blood, asking me for things and I'm smelling something really good with each request," I answered sheepishly, hoping she wouldn't over react.
"Percy, that's the campers burning offerings to you. They want to know who their new camp counselor is and if he's going to help them. You should probably show them who you are," she replied, making me feel better and reassuring me that I wasn't crazy, but it did bring up a whole other question.
"Why don't they know that I'm the new god? Shouldn't Zeus have at least told Chiron?" I questioned, standing up so I could be next to her. She wrapped her arms around me and I returned the favor, each of us uncaring that Apollo was staring with amusement at the situation.
"Zeus thought it best to not let the camp know until you had your training and could control your powers. Dionysus was removed from his position and You do have a cabin and table, but they don't know it's you. The cabin is covered by a large sheet and your table is blank. Only you can remove the covering and if you place your hand on the table, it will be covered with your symbols. The campers know this and I think you should go down and tell them who you are," she advised me, staring into my eyes as she said each word.
I leaned down and sighed into her hair, breathing in her scent as I did so. She smelled like the wilderness, vanilla, and to me, like home. Her smell centered me and I whispered to her, "Alright, I'll go. Please wait up for me."
So saying, I kissed her on the cheek, stepped away, waved good-bye, and popped to camp.
No one's POV
The campers and the hunters were at the tables, having dinner and debating about the new god when a man approached the fire. He was wearing navy blue armor with sea green trim and a sword at his bet with a gold scabbard. He slowly walked from the shadows and just reached the fire when they saw his face.
"It's Percy!" went out the cry, bringing with it murmurs and whispers of why he was here and why did he look like that.
"What happened to you Prissy?" yelled Clarisse, unknowingly insulting a god. This caused the hunters to stare at him expectantly, seeing how he would obliterate this infuriating child of Ares. Percy did nothing except look at each person there in turn, his face not betraying anything.
When everyone had stopped talking and merely waited for Percy to answer their questions, he said in a commanding voice, "Come," and began to walk towards the cabin's.
"Why should we?" Clarisse challenged, but was quickly silenced when Percy set his hand on the blank table. It suddenly became the same colors as his armor and had Riptide, Blackjack, and all his adventures carved on it.
"Come," he said again and this time all the campers and hunters got up to follow without a word. He led them to the cabin with the cover and then turned to face them all. He looked them over and, without a word, pulled the fabric off of the cabin. It looked just like his palace used to except it was a little smaller.
"I am Lord Perseus," he announced, sending chills up their spines. "I am the god of tidal waves, swordsmanship, quests and heroes. I am the Tidal Lord and King of Heroes, but," he continued with a smile, "I expect you to call me Percy."
At the end of his speech, and after they had all gotten over their shock, everyone began to cheer, "Percy! Percy! Percy! Percy!"
Artemis' POV
I smiled, feeling his lips on my cheek. When he left, I raised my hand up to feel the still tingly spot on my face. I missed him already and the confusing feelings were back. It was time to make Aphrodite pay for making me feel this.
A/N: In response to ESMT, "I THANK YOU, INDIVIDUAL!" I thought it was a nice touch, and was waiting for someone to notice and say something. YOU WERE THE FIRST ONE. YOU SHALL RECEIVE BAKED GOODS. MERRY CHRISTMAS. Anyway, I'd like to thank everyone for reviewing, and I'd like to apologize about taking so long. School is a dastard, with it's dastardly deeds and what not. This may be a short chapter, but it's still a chapter. Once again, PLEASE REVIEW!
