Well, nothing much to say here. I kind of figured that it's going to be easy figuring out the godly parent, but you see, the mysteries is not over. One question answered, and many more left unknown. Gradually, as we precede the story, mysteries will be cleared away, one by one, showing one whole truth of the identity of the boy. Please stay tuned, and wait for my story. Unless I say that something is on hold, it is not. I may be working on it, or even too lazy to be bothered at the moment. Alright, intros are over. Let's get back to the story yet again. Don't worry, this time, I won't say something that leads to the chapter title.
A Shattered Past
Chapter 5: Family reunion… or NOT?
I just don't understand. I never knew that the river Styx has the power of give the god amnesia. Now, I have a question solved, but more questions popped up in my mind. Why did I wake up yesterday? How long have I been asleep, and the question that still persists is my identity. I dismissed the thoughts a few seconds later, as thinking about them is not going to help me answer anything.
"Do you know my mom?" I asked Zeus.
"No… no, son. I do not remember anything about her. Absolutely nothing at all. I don't even remembering breaking the oath, and I am sure no other person, or god does. I have only broken the oath once, according to my memories." Zeus answered, as he put one of his hands on his forehead. "But do not worry, son. It is clear that I am your father, and I will take responsibility. Now that the oath has been voided, I expect the consequences to be brief, if nothing at all. Chiron" He said, as he turned to Chiron.
"Yes, lord Zeus?" Chiron answered in a confident voice.
"Take care of him for me. Look after my son. I have various matters to attend to in Olympus. I imagine that you would understand, right son?"
"Yes." I said, and then exhaled.
"I will have an announcement to make then. It looks like we have about ten minutes until dinner. Go back to your cabin, boy, join your cabin mates, I fear that this will be your last hours with them." Mr.D said, giving me the hand gesture that says "hit the road."
I walked back to cabin eleven. I opened the door, as they were pillow-fighting. A pillow flew right at me, and got me in the face. I grabbed it before it dropped.
"Bull's-eye!" Connor said.
"I could do better than you, Connor." Travis said, as he threw another pillow at me. I knocked it away with mine, and threw it at him. He ducked, and pulled a pillow from a rug standing next to him, and threw at me. I grabbed it, and blocked another incoming pillow. Someone pillow-charged me, knocking me down onto a rug, and about half a dozen of them swarmed me and started hitting me with pillows, like a swarm of crows on a dead, rotting body.
"Ouch!" I said, as they hit me. "Ow! Ow! I surrender!" I continued, as almost the whole cabin was upon me.
"And I win the day." Travis said.
"No, you didn't." Connor argued.
"Lads, it's time for dinner!" Someone yelled out.
We started putting the pillows and some things that got knocked over to the floor (including my rucksack) back where they were, and some of us quickly dressed up, and we walked as a group to the dining area. One by one, we sat on the Hermes table, which was lined up with cutlery and plates and empty glasses. As I was going to sit down, Chiron galloped to me and told me to come with him. We went to the front of the tables with Chiron standing beside me.
"Attention!" Chiron yelled loudly, his voice echoing in the open sky. Everybody instantly stopped chatting or whatever they were doing and turned to him.
"This is our new camper, who just arrived this afternoon, thanks the doctor for the effort of bringing him here as quick as possible. Unfortunately, he has no name, and does not seem to remember anything about himself. This hasn't happened before that a demigod has not got the name. I am willing to accept suggestions on what to call him."
"Horse-face!" Someone yelled from afar, and people laughed.
"Of course, the name would be the one that our new camper is satisfied with."
"What about John?" Somebody from the Apollo cabin yelled up.
"We've got three Johns already!" An Ares camper yelled in argument.
"John is a very nice name!" Someone yelled again.
"That's because it's your name, 'tard." The same Ares camper argued.
"Alright! Calm down! Silence!" Chiron exclaimed, as the tables became quiet again. He sighed while shaking his head. "Now, one at a time."
"How about Patrick?" An Athena camper offered.
"Hmm… what do you think, boy?" Chiron said, as he turned to me, making a puzzled face. I nodded slowly, like trying to make somebody put their gun down. "Patrick it is then. His godly parent has told us to claim him right now." They waited in silence, staring at me. It took me a few moments to notice that they weren't looking at me. They were looking above me. I looked up, and over my head, shone a gleaming blue eagle and a thunderbolt, the mark of Zeus. "Now, go sit on that table. When you return to your cabin, go to cabin one. That is Zeus cabin, which is your home now, as you are now claimed.
When I was eating, some people whispered about some oath and river Styx. I was quite certain that they were gossiping about me. Zeus and Chiron have been talking about an oath for a while now, and I never bothered to ask them. I figured that I was going to ask Chiron after dinner. After the dinner, I went up to Chiron. He explained to me about the oath that Zeus, Poseidon and Hades sworn an oath not to have a demigod child, but was cancelled out last summer by Percy Jackson, a son of Poseidon. However, judging from my age (which he expected to be about 16-17), I should have been born when the oath was in effect, which would have put me and Zeus in a lot of trouble.
"Go on, Patrick. It's time for capture the flag." Chiron said.
"Capture the… flag?" I asked, puzzled.
"Oh yes, Percy will explain it to you. You will be on his team today." He said, before waving at a boy, who was in full battle armor. His eyes were shining a green shade, and he carried a pen in his hand. "Please take care of him during capture the flag. Make sure that he comes back alive, or Lord Zeus would be very angry. Well, he would be, if he knew that his son is under your care."
"Uhh-okay…" He said, with his voice trailing off elsewhere. "Get suited up in armor, and meet back here. I'll be waiting."
I went to the armory, and strapped my armor on over my clothes. After that, I put my helmet on. It has red quills sticking out of it. I went to the weapons rack. I scanned through it, and reached for Arnold's spatha. I pulled it out of the rack, and brandished it for a few seconds, making sound of metal through air, before returning it into its sheath. I stepped outside and jogged over to Percy.
"Now, capture the flag is simple. We get the opposing team's flag, and take it back to ours. No killing or maiming, all magical items allowed. You can disarm an opponent, and take them prisoner." Percy said.
Before I could say anything, a blonde girl, with stormy grey eyes came up to Percy.
"Percy, it's the roster. You and him, with my cabin and the Hermes cabin. The other side has Ares cabin, Apollo cabin and Hephaestus cabin. Guess what." She said.
"What?" Percy asked.
"The Hades cabin's on the other side." She said, then planted a kiss on his cheek, before jogging away to join a group of campers.
"Your girlfriend?" I asked, turning to Percy, with my head at an angle.
"Yep." He answered with a still voice. "We-we should go. Now, stay with me, we're going left flank."
Now, what about this? Anyways, I don't have much to say post-note. Please review!