Hey ppl! Super sorry that I took FOREVER to upload but I'm really busy this summer taking summer CLASSES not SUMMER SCHOOL (gosh I'm not dumb lol jk)...yeah so I wanna graduate on time with the rest of my classes in two years so I have a lot on my plate. Also, thanks to everyone who submitted a character and reviewed! For the characters in this chapter, I had to do some extensive research so let's hope that it pleases you
FYI: There are two Katie's in this so from now on in order to differentiate them if in different pov's, Katie Gardner will just be 'Katie' or 'I'(if in her own point of view) while Katie Knapp will look like this Katie(K) when she speaks or does something. You all got it?
Everyone in the whole freaking world knows that I don't own PJO so I'm just depressing myself every time I have to state this OBVIOUS fact.
On with the story!
Katie's Pov:
After saying bye to Violet and finding a Camp Half-Blood shirt, Travis and I walked to the Big House. We entered through the doors to find the other Cabin Leaders, even some of the leaders for the minor gods and goddesses. We quietly took our seats with the others at the huge oval-shaped mahogany table. Everyone was having small conversations so I took the time to notice the leaders who were here (other than me and Travis).
Malcolm Mason: son of Athena. 17 years old, straight blond-hair, grey eyes, 5"11, black thin-rimmed rectangular glasses but still pretty darn good-looking but definitely not my type. He is a pure genius but is definitely impatient at times. Anyway, he actually managed to find himself a girlfriend, which brings us to the next person.
Vanessa Hathaway: daughter of Aphrodite. 16 years old; she isn't all about make-up or whatever crap regular Aphrodite children talk all day about. Vanessa is super smart; not Athena smart but you get what I mean. With mid-length dark brunette colored hair, deep violet eyes, and ruby red lips, she is absolutely stunning.
Mary Turner: daughter of Hephaestus. 16 years old; Super-fit, African-American, and the best blacksmith in the whole world. Thank the gods that Beckendorf made sure that she knew as much, if not more, than him about creating and fixing things in the instance if he died in the titan war.
Chris Evans: son of Ares. 15 years old; just like any Ares kid but at least he thinks about stuff before just fighting anyone. He is definitely good-looking with dark reddish-brown hair with brown eyes and muscular body. Totally blunt and honest with anyone and doesn't beat around the bush.
Leila McCarthy: daughter of Khione. 15 years old; she is probably one of the most determined people I ever met. Definitely not afraid to speak her mind or stand up to anybody. Although it takes time for her to warm-up to you, with raven black hair, pale skin, ice blue eyes, and pale pink lips, she can definitely intimidate a lot of people.
Katie Knapp: daughter of Nike. 14 years old; totally fits the definition of a jock. Sporty all the way even with her looks; dark brown eyes and hair with a streak of red. She is the youngest cabin leader at only 14 years old but she has proven that she has the skills to win every time.
Jake Ryan: son of Apollo. 17 years old; what can I say? He is basically the definition of a hot dude. He has tanned skin, sparkly blue eyes, and soft blond hair with a few streaks of grey to bring out that mature look in him. He makes girls swoon everywhere he goes and an extra bonus is that he has a good personality and isn't a jerk.
Jake waved me over to give him a hug. I rolled my eyes before running up to him to give him a hug, a friendly peck on the cheek, and then flicked him in the forehead.
"Oww! Damn you are mean..." Jake said, feigning a hurtful look while rubbing his forehead.
"Ugh, you are such a baby." I snorted.
"Eh, but you love me anyway." He replied, sticking out his tongue.
Whoa now... before anyone gets any ideas, first off, Jake is my cousin by mortal blood. My father has another sister named Linda Ryan. Even though my dad and my aunt Lillian had that whole abnormal mortal thing, Aunt Linda was still kinda considered the black sheep of the family due to her not becoming what their parents wanted all three of them to be: scientists, doctors, or researchers. Aunt Linda was always more of the adventure type and wanted to travel the world so she left to live her dream and met Apollo somewhere along the way and BAM! Jake is born. Then about one year later... BAM! I was born. I can still picture Aunt Lillian cracking up and dad cursing her out under his breath when she is retelling us the story of that 'very informative' Christmas when two siblings are pregnant and their parents' reactions or should I say lack of a reaction to the news. Ahhh... so many colorful and creative words were exchanged that night.
Yeah so some people know about us being cousins...okay well everyone in the whole freaking camp knows except Travis. I honestly wanted to tell him a long time ago but Vanessa basically freaking kidnapped me and gave me the longest lecture about "how to lure a boy in" and that one of the rules is to "show that a lot of guys are interested in you"... blah, blah, blah. Vanessa somehow managed to make the camp keep it a secret too.
I walked back to my seat as Travis was trying to burn a hole through Jake's head with his eyes. Rachel, our oracle, stood on a podium in front of the room. She cleared her throat, obviously requesting our attention. "Yeah so..." she started, looking awkward, "this has never happened before. Usually someone goes to the oracle to receive a prophecy but now the prophecy is requesting you guys so let me know how bad it is." All of laughed uneasily at her joke. Usually anything new immediately equaled a whole new level of bad.
She walked around and stood in front of the podium, head down. Rachel took a deep breath before her head snapped up unnaturally fast, eyes glowing bright green.
Within a year...
A family from night and darkness shall rise
To redeem their power through the Gods demise
Council Leaders of seven shall step forth
Daughter of Harvest and Son of Commerce
Bond of Unknowing love will strengthen or decease
All eight will return alive but one is lost forever
Secrets between others shall be revealed
Trust between Gods and Demigods
Shall be put to the final ultimate test
Rachel's eyes returned to their normal state. "So how was it?" she asked.
"It didn't seem as bad as we all thought it would." Katie(K) admitted, playing with her red streak of hair.
"But then again we need to decipher it so we know what we are up against." Leila added.
Malcolm nodded. "Leila's right. We can't afford to take anything for granted now." He turned to Rachel. "Rachel I don't know if you want to stay or go-"
"Eh I'll leave. I think I did my part of the job already and I got some paintings to finish anyway. Good luck you guys!" Rachel said, walking up the stairs.
"So... Let's get started shall we?" Jake announced.
Sorry...I know this chapter is crappy and short but this chapter is mostly informational about the characters in the story but now the real plot and action is going to start taking place. Once again I apologize for the long wait so to make it up I'm going to update chapter 4 later today and hopefully if I have time (if I don't hang out too long with my dad for father's day lol) also a chapter 5! People can still submit characters and please tell me how you want them to look like lol. I forgot to add that in the last chapter so I had to private message some people to ask. Use the same format shown in the last chapter to submit a character!
Review plz! On second thought... Don't review...I don't wanna be reminded on how crappy it is :/ wait for chapter 4 and then review lol
-PhoenicianKnight