Chapter 7
When we were done Reyna said she had to go take a shower and left. I was taking a walk on the beach where I found Lauren and Hazel. "Hey guys, how are you?" Lauren looked at me and smiled; Hazel waved but showed no sign of happiness. "Percy! I'm really glad you are okay. That thing you fought was huge and you didn't even get cut! How are you feeling? Have you remembered anything?" Lauren said excitedly. I answered sincerely "I am okay. I am feeling weird like something is messing with my head and it is getting annoying." When I finished talking I caught Hazel staring at my necklace again.
She saw me looking at her and said "You don't belong here. You are not one of us, yet you are a demigod. What are you? Ugh it's stupid for me to ask, you don't remember. Well I'm going to find out but watch out boy you are not on my liking list. I know you had something to do with Jason, you can't fool me." Lauren stared at Hazel open mouthed but before she could say anything we all heard something.
The moon shines in the sky
You need my advice
I am so cool
I didn't have to turn around to know who was coming but I could see the two girls had no clue. "You already used I'm so cool last time and anyways that's four syllables. Hey Apollo." As soon as I said it the two girls turned around and saw their father come. "Yeah, well they had told me you had no memory so I thought you wouldn't remember. I know! How about I am so Awesome? That's five syllables." I laughed "I remember that too Apollo, but how come? Maybe the memories of you are not important enough to be taken away." I said to bug Apollo. "Ha-ha I see your sense of humor hasn't changed. Okay I have no time to stay Zeus will kill me. Figuratively speaking. I came to talk to you Hazel," he turned to look at her and his face turned serious "you have to trust Percy and keep him safe. Not that he needs it but I need you to know that you have to trust him."
Hazel hadn't known what to expect but I could tell she thought it was something else. Hazel looked stunned at what her father was telling her. I could see she was about to complain but said okay with a disappointed look on her face. Then Apollo's face turned to a happy one and he said "I brought gifts!" First he looked at Hazel and gave her an empty quiver "You shall always find the kind of arrow you need in there" he said. Then he looked at Lauren and said "My child. I brought you a magical arch and quiver that will always be there when you need them," he looked down and saw the guitar "and a new guitar so that you can show your talent in public." I thought he was about to leave when he turned to me "Finally to the young hero the saved us all, I brought you this whistle you may already know. You will only be able to use it once when you are in great distress." He gave me a grin and I thought his teeth shined like the sun.
Just then I realized it was night and Apollo was with us. As if reading my thought he answered "I made a bet with Diana about what Ares would do about you in this camp and I won so we exchanged for 2 hours. She is in charge of the sun and I of the moon. Oh and I will warn you, Ares told his cabin that he hates you so don't expect warm welcomes from them. Olympus is closed so you won't see me again soon. I took a great risk coming. " Hazel and Lauren said in unison "Bye dad" he looked at them proudly and said "Advert your eyes children." We did and with that he was gone.