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I sat there somewhat awkwardly as Chiron gave me a questioning look. "The Ares cabin tried to give me a swirly in the toilets, so naturally, I beat up their leader" I replied smugly, not really caring if I came off as arrogant at the moment. I mean, what do I care, It's not like I have any love for my father, or these campers, the only person I knew here who was tolerable was Chiron.
"Ares cabin, you are put on dish duty for 1 month" Chiron said sternly, I mentally gave myself a high five, then he spoke up again "Perseus, you will be helping them."
That one sentence felt like a slap to the face "But Chiron! THEY attacked me first!" I practically yelled at the old horse, this wasn't fair, why should I have to do dish duty?!
Then a blonde haired girl came up to Chiron "It was the Ares Cabins' fault Chiron, just let Percy off with a warning, it's not like he did anything other than defend theirselves... and make a total mockery of the most arrogant camper" She said with huge grin going from ear to ear.
"Very well, Annabeth, if you will vouch for him, I trust you, you know" He said with a fatherly glare directed at Annabeth.
A few hours later, that Annabeth girl was beside me "Hi" she said, then she motioned for me to follow her as she started walking.
"My name's Annabeth, daugher of Athena" she said timidly.
After a while of walking with her, talking about various things, we had a mutual interest in strategy, my dad had always taught me that you couldn't be a great warrior without great strategy to match. "I'm sorry, I've got to go to my cabin, It's getting rather late and I would prefer not to have to barbecue the harpies for trying to eat us" I said, with a smile tugging at my lips. The harpies unfortunately just loved to patrol the camp grounds for kids out after curfew. After saying our goodbyes, I walked to my cabin, I saw a man in the middle, immediately I recognized his aura "Dad?" I called out timidly to the man.
The man turned around with a goofy grin on his face "Hello son" he called out, if I didn't know him better I would have been insulted by the hint of mockery in his voice, then he took on a serious face "Your uncle Hades has asked a favor of you, He wants you to go to Westover Hall, his two children are there." he finished, not losing a single bit of his composure along the way.
"Why is he just now mentioning them, why couldn't I have done this long ago? I asked, curiosity ever present.
"There is quest" He said with distaste "three demigods are going after them, if the Olympians were to find out, they would kill the two without a second thought.
I nodded "How will I get there?"
"In the morning, there should be a globe on your desk, just chant my Hades name a couple of times and it will take you where you want, Hades said this was a gift to you and you can keep it so long as his children are returned safely."
I gave him a lopsided grin "Sweet" I said, then gracefully passed out in my bed, today had really taken it out of me.
I woke up, groaning, realizing it wasn't even quite 6:00 yet, I was about to go back to sleep, then I saw it. There was a nightmare black orb, it appeared to have pulsing red lightning, never staying in the same spot. I picked it up, remembering the words my dad had said to say, I thought of Westover Hall "Hades, Hades, Hades" My gut lurched, It felt as if my soul was being pulled out of my body, then was put back together again, proceeding to throw up on a tree.
"Hey, WHAT do you think you are doing?!" A nymph asked me, I paled, realizing i had just vomited on her tree. I tried to run, but she got a good slap in before, I walked the rest of the way to the school which was currently having a dance.
I was just about to walk in, when I noticed something appear in my pocket, I pulled out two pictures, must be from the two kids I was suppose to find, I pocketed them. I was just about to walk through the doors when a mortal stopped me, at least I think it was a mortal, it was as if my heightened sense was being blocked off, I assumed it was some sort of magic Hades put up to protect the two demigods, Oh if only I knew how wrong I was. I looked up at him, he looked nothing short of a grumpy teacher being forced to be bouncer for the school dance "You don't go to this school, do you" he asked.
I snapped my fingers in front of his face, altering the mist, a nifty trick I had learned from Hades "You were just letting me through" I replied to him, enjoying the look of sudden confusion on his face.
"Ah, of course, however I will need you to be dressed in nicer attire, we have spare dress clothes in the locker room" He said, pointing his thumb towards a door that looked as if it had been to Hades and back.
I walked in, grumbling the whole way, I couldn't alter the mist again so soon, I was far from mastering it and it took a lot out of a person, have you ever tried altering a persons memory, even if it is short term, it isn't easy! I opened the door, which I swear was going to fall off it's hinge, and was instantly assaulted by one of the worst things I had ever smelled, it REALLY didn't help that my smelling was approximately 5 times more powerful than the average mortal. Instead of dressing up in a suit, I merely went through the back door, which led directly to the dance floor "Idiot" I mumbled, glad that I was out of that room, I would rather go to Tartarus than have to smell that again.
The room was enveloped in semi-darkness, the only light source coming from the special effect lights, which weren't so special. The walls had black construction paper on it, probably hiding the beaten up brick behind it, as I was walking, taking in the room, I saw the three quest members amateurishly making their way through the crowd, I almost let out a gasp when I saw Annabeth with them, if she saw me, she would recognize me and start asking questions, best to avoid that, the other two I was coming up with blanks for, the only thing I knew is that they smelled like O zone, most likely Zeus' spawn, but I could never be sure.
I frantically looked around the room until I found something very suspicious, the bouncer, I now read his a name tag on his suit to be "Dr. Thorn" roughly carrying two kids out, instantly I smelled it, "Manticore" I whispered under my breath, well this just became from a search and rescue mission to fighting one of the most dangerous creatures in Greek Mythology, another day in the life of Percy Jackson, I thought bitterly to myself, jogging to the door. As soon as I got outside, I spread my wings, taking for the skies, I knew the three quest members wouldn't be far behind, best not to be spotted.
I continued surveying the area, coming up with blanks, I can't have lost them, right? they were right here, I began to fly up, all the while using my Hawk-like vision to try to spot them, I looked towards a cliff, and I'll be damned, there were the three quest members arrogantly talking with the man, obviously having no clue how dangerous he actually was. I took into a dive formation as I made course towards the man at subsonic speeds. 5..4..3..2.. Right as I was about to make contact I was blinded by a white light, narrowly avoiding the scorpion tail that would have impaled me. In front of me now was one of the most horrible beasts in Greek Mythology, they had the agility of a lion and the deadliness of a scorpion, oh, can't forget that they can shoot poisonous spikes out of their tails.
The manticore growled at him "Who are you?" he demanded.
"I am the man who will kill you for bringing harm to those children!" I replied, trying to keep my composure, this would be a difficult fight and I knew that.
The manticore lunged at me, bringing it's tail down in a deadly arc, I quickly put my wings up in an X position that blocked it, I flew back a few feet from the sheer force of the attack, damn that hurt. I twisted my ring, summoning Wyvernfire, the manticore backed up a little, looking at the flaming sword with caution, I smirked as I tugged my amulet, encasing me in battle armor that adjusted to my form, making slits for my wings and enlarging itself to fit my much bulkier build. What happened next surprised me, as I was pulling out my shield that manticore practically turned white as he paled.
"Where did you get that, it should be locked away, never to be seen again" he hissed, fear dancing all over his face.
"None of your business, my shield got you scared?" I called out, to be honest I had no idea what he was talking about, I always just thought this was a normal shield, and now that I knew otherwise, I would press my dad for information, or better yet, the manticore right in front of me.
"Th-that shield, you have no idea what it can do boy! It absorbs sunlight itself and gives it's wielder powers that are supposed to be untouched!" he spat out, he was backing away now "Until next time demigod" He was about to run, then, out of nowhere, a silver arrow sped by, impaling itself into his heart, turning him into a pile of golden dust.
I wasn't paying much attention as I looked at my shield,I sheathed my wings, thinking the battle was over. I wanted to know what I could do as it's wielder. I'll ask dad when I get back, I told myself.
I looked up, ready to finish the manticore to find him dead, and me surrounded by prepubescent teens all pointing bows at me and Hades children, I quickly moved in front of them as an auburn haired girl came up.
"Lady Artemis" I said with respect as I bowed 90 degrees.
"Who are you boy? You aren't of the quest and I haven't ever seen you before" she asked with eyes narrowed, as if she expected me to try to kill one of her hunters.
"I am Perseus Jackson, and the less you know, the better." I said, remaining as respectful as I could, I really didn't want the gods to be interested in my life, and as a son of Draco and Poseidon, it was kind of inevitable.
Her eyes narrowed more, If possible "I demand you tell me who you are, as an Olympian goddess I demand respect!"
"I'm sorry Lady Artemis, but Olympus has done nothing but ruin my life, I take no orders from the gods"
With blinding speed she pressed her dagger to my throat "I will kill you right now, unless you tell me exactly who you are. she hissed.
I shook my head, goddess or not, she would need better than a silver knife to pierce my scales, even celestial bronze was barely able to damage me. "I'm sorry, for any disrespect I have shown, but if you would just leave me alone, then maybe your hunt wouldn't drown" I said, I didn't want to force her hand like this, but she left me no choice.
She looked behind her as a huge tidal wave was above her and the hunt, she looked around for a lake to see where he might have gotten the water from.
"I got the water from the air and surrounding vegetation, if you are wondering, now please remove the dagger from my throat and we can talk about like civil human beings"
She reluctantly pulled her dagger from my throat, I let the tidal wave dissipate and the next thing I knew a hunting knife was being thrown at me, luckily for me, It broke on my scales. I looked at the hunters in rage, to see that it was her lieutenant that had thrown them, her being the only one who had no hunting knives on her belt. Then Artemis spoke up "Olympus has called for you, and the two children behind you."
"I'm sorry, but they aren't going anywhere, I made a promise to keep them safe, and Olympus is anywhere but safe, especially for two children of Hades." I spat. She looked dumbfounded at the revelation, while she was busy thinking I pulled the orb out of my pocket, thinking of the under world "Hades, Hades," I threw the ball at them, when It landed in the middle of them it encased them in a sphere of dark energy "Hades," they vanished to the underworld not a trace that they were there except for the black ball on the ground, I went over and picked it up, looking at the goddess intently, waiting for her to try to gut me.
She started to open her mouth to talk, but a boy pushed his way to the front, a celestial bronze rapier drawn, he was looking at me murderously "How dare you interfere with a quest of Olympus!" he said as he put the rapier to my throat.
I grinned like a madman and spoke 2 words that made his eye twitch. "I dare." He pulled back his rapier, ready to kill me for what he called my "insolence," but was stopped as I grabbed the flat of his blade and tugged it out of his hands, knocking him off balance right to the ground. "Where's that big talk now son of Zeus" I spat.
"Talon, quit being such an idiot." A black haired girl said while walking up, another demigod from the quest, a daughter of Zeus judging by her O zone scent. She looked at me "Hi, my name's Thalia" she said with confidence.
I looked at the demigod, Talon, on the ground, I simply shrugged, stepped on his hand, effectively breaking it, and walking towards Artemis, so when are we going to Olympus?"
Her eye twitched "Now" she said, as handcuffs appeared on my hand, a mixture of mortal steel, celestial bronze and imperial gold. I grinned slightly, if they thought this could subdue me, they were dead wrong. We flashed out in bright silver light, when I opened my eyes we were in what looked to be the throne room, Artemis took her seat and everyone looked at me, regarding me in different ways, some looked curious, some looked at me with suspicion, while some didn't seem to care *cough* Dionysus *cough*
"Perseus Jackson" the voice of Zeus boomed throughout the large room "Do you know who I am?" asked the ever arrogant voice of Zeus.
I got what he wanted, he was expecting me to bow, He had another thing coming, I had ZERO respect for anyone in this room, if they thought they had respect because they were a god, they were dead wrong.
"I assume you would like me to bow to you, however, I bow to people who I respect"
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