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Chapter 3
Time Skip: Next Week (When he originaly saw the fates)
I was on my way to a bus stop with Grover as we needed to buy something from a store. On our side of the highway was nothing but maple trees and litter from passing cars. On the other side, across four lanes of asphalt shimmerind with afternoon heat, was an old-fashioned fruit stand.
The stuff on sale looked really good: heaping boxes of bloodred cherries and apples, walnuts and apricots, jugs of cider in a claw-foot tub full of ice. There were no cus-tomers, just three old ladies sitting in rocking chairs in the shade of a maple tree, knitting the biggest pair of socks I'd ever seen.
I mean these socks were the size of sweaters, but they were clearly socks. The lady on the right knitted one of them. The lady on the left knitted the other. The lady in the middle held an enormous basket of electric-blue yarn.
All three women looked ancient, with pale faces wrinkled like fruit leather, silver hair tied back in white bandannas, bony arms sticking out of bleached cotton dresses.
The weirdest thing was, they seemed to be looking right at me.
I instantly recognised the three figures. The Fates.
I looked at Grover who wasn't seeing them. I toke the chance and walked towards them. Either magicaly or by the doings of fates the cars made a way for me to walk. When I reached them I bowed and said.
"Lady Fates."
"Perseus Jackson. At last we meet." The three replies in unision.
"What do I owe the pleasure of meeting you?"
"Well, we are very interested as your life goes. Do you know the 'Great Prophecy'?" Asked the one on the left. I shoke my head.
"Hmm… We will let you wait. Do not ask what did the prophecy said. All we can tell you that you are the child from the prophecy." Said the one on the right, "Your fate is quite troublesome. It was extremly hard to set you as the prophecy child. That was the only succesfull thing we could set in your life, rest, is changing every second."
I was shell shocked. The Fates had problems with my fate. 'Wow' I thought.
They chuckled, "It may seem we are heartless and humorless but the video you and your satyr friend made was hilarious." I smiled at their appreciation of our work.
"Farewell Perseus Jackson." They said in unision and disappeared. I turned around to see pale Grover who must've notice my little talk with the fates.
I waled back to Grover and asked "You look like you've seen a ghost. Or maybe three." I started to laugh at his expression.
"T-that, t-they were the f-fates!" He said still shocked. "W-what did they tell you?"
"Oh nothing, just that they only succes in my fate was to make me the child of the prophecy. So yea. Not to much." I replied only to laugh even more at his pale and shocked expression.
"I-I think we should tell this to Chiron."
"I think so too. Hey. Great mind think alike!" I said fist-pumping Grover who smiled weakly.
Time Skip: After they come back from the store
We walked towards Mr. Brunner's office. I knocked on the door and waited few seconds before Mr. Brunner opened them.
"My boys. What brings you here?" He said.
"We need to talk about something." I said
"Come in then."
We waled inside and sat down on a couch. He rolled his electric wheelchair in fron of us.
"So, what is the matter?"
"Today I meet the fates." I said. His face paled and the room darkened.
"F-fates? As in the three ancient ladies who ususaly knit?"
"The same ones" I replied.
"And what did they want from you."
"Well. Where to start this of?" I asked myself before telling him the whole story.
"So your the child of the prophecy." He said with a hint of disappointment in his voice. "It still shocks me that they nearly cannot set your fate."
"You're not the only one." I said, "When are you planning to send him to camp?"
"At the end of the summer. I already sent his mother a letter informing her of the situation."
Time Skip: End of school year
We followed Orion on his way home. I know, I know. That's stalking, but I mainly do it for fun. Since I leanred that he is a jerk and an asshole I dodnt want to help him but when I saw Grover being bullied by him and Mr. Brunner having problems keeping him in tabs.
I bribed a nymph to follow Johnstone's car when they will leave. I was lucky to sneak out my mom's keys to one of her cars. This one was a black Shelby GT 500 from 1967.
As me and Grover was talking about life in camp, Orion exited his house with his mother and walked towards their car. '78 Camaro. We got into the car with the nymph in the driving seat.
We drove behind Orion's car untill we reached a strawberry sign. Then out of no where a Minotaur slamed into the car's side flipping them few times. We stopped the can and thanked the nymph. I tuned car back into it's key form and of course passed Grover my phone smiling. He smiled back as he knew my plan.
As Orion got out of the car with his mother they started running towards a lone pine tree (The pine tree was created when making the camp. Its a pine tree to stand out). The Minotaur tried to smell them untill he got the smell and started running in their direction. I heard some girly sream from Orion 'AAARGH! ITS THE MINOTAUR! HELP ME! IM TOO YOUNG AND IMPORTANT TO DIE! SAVE MY BEAUTIFUL FACE!' I rolled my eyes and summoned my sword. I chased after the Minotaur till i got in front of him and shouted.
"Hey, Ground-Beef! Over here. Catch this tasty and easy food!" I taunted. He charged at me but I waited till the last second and jumped left landing on his neck and got hold of both of his horns. I pulled them back with all my might, although I could have killed him already I wanted a spoil of war. The monster tensed, gave me a grount, then - snap.
I held both of his horns in my hands, but I threw them on the ground and picked up my sword. Again he charged at me and last second I jumped right and swinging my sword at his arm holding the Omega Axe. The monster roared in pain as he dropped the axe, I used this distraction to plunge my sword through the monster's back. Finally the Minotaur exploded into golden dust and me to pick up his axe and horns. I opened my infinity backpack - that i got from mom on 7th birthday - and put the spoils of war back in the bag. I turned around to find Grover smiling but still recording so I smirked and he stoped recording and gave me back my phone. I watched the video few times and always made me chuckle when I heard Orion scream like a little girl.
"Hey G-Man. Do you have a projector at the camp?"
"Yea. Am I thinking what you are thinking?" He asked me.
"Hell Yeah!" I pulled out a laptop from my infinity pouch and transfered the two videos onto a memory stick and gave it to Grover.
"Make a good use of it!" With that he run towards the camp.
Time Skip: When he come back home.
When I came through the door I got crushed into a bone breaking hug.
"Hey-Mom-Can't-Breath." I said trying to catch a breath. With saying these words my mother let go of me.
"Tell me everything that happened." She demanded. So I said everything that happened. By the time I finished her emotions were between laughing and worry. But then I showed her the videos which tipped the scale.
"The best thing is that I gave Grover copy of these videos and they are going to have quite a show." I smirked. My mom smirked at this too.
"Then let's go and watchild their reaction."
"That! Is a plan woright of Athena!" I replied.
As we watched the dinner time at Camp Half-Blood Orion got personally claimed by Poseidon and said that he single-handed a fury and a Minotaur. At that Grover stood up.
"Yea right. 'Sigle-Handedly killed a Fury and the Minotaur.' Minotaur crap!"
"You dare to say that my son haven't done these things!?" Poseidon said.
"Yes. Travis, Cornor play the videos." Grover said.
Travis and Cornor played both videos and at the end everyone except for Orion and Poseidon were on the floor laughing while holdings their stomachs. From both Orion and Poseidon steam was coming out of their ears. Literally. Orion stormed of to his cabin while Poseidon evaporated only increasing the laughter.
On Olympus, from Hera's temple was heard a laughter. An uncontrollable laughter. The reason for the laughter? Son of Poseidon, Orion and Poseidon himself were being embarrassed by a hidden Son of Hera who showed everyone that Orion is just a coward.
Zeus didn't know if he should be furious or happy. Furious because his Bolt haven't been found yet. Happy because Son of Poseidon, Orion and Poseidon were embarrassed by an unknown demigod who hurt their ego.
"Apollo!" Zeus shouted. With that Apollo flashed to the throne room.
"Yes faťher?" He asked.
"Does your Oracle have a prophecy"
"Yes it does. I was planning to tell you today." Apollo replied.
"Tell Chiron to give that kid Orion a quest. Although from today's events I believe that the coward could not steal the bolt." Zeus said
"Yes father," with that he flashe'd away.
At Camp Half-Blood there was a flash in the Big House. The person who flashed in is the 'awesome' god Apollo.
"Lord Apollo," said Chiron and bowed.
"Chiron, my father told me to tell you to send Orion on a quest for master bolt."
"Yes my lord," replied Chiron and with that Apollo flashed away.
Nest morning Chiron walked towards cabin three and knocked on the door.
"Get away!" Orion shouted from inside the cabin
"Orion Johnstone. Come out of the cabin. I have a message for you from Lord Zeus." Chiron said.
"Urgh. I'm coming, I'm coming."
"Meet me at the Big House"
Fifteen minutes later Orion came to the Big House to discuss the quest. The discussion carried on for two hours within he received a prophecy. As for his two companions he chose Jack and Jake twin sons of Ares. Two biggest bullies at the camp. Orion's only friends.
In Hera's temple up on Olympus, Hera and her son Percy were discussing the prophecy. They came into a conclusion that Percy will shadow the quest members. Also she will send an automaton with a camera to record the whole quest.
