A/N: Wow… I got as more for the last chapter than I did for the past 3-4 weeks. Thanks for the reviews! Hopefully I can make another good chapter! At the end some people will be claimed, so I am going to give you what figures the Gods use to claim their children in this story(Excluding Hera, and Artemis): Zeus's is a golden Eagle with a lightning bolt in it's talons, Poseidon's is a green trident, Athena is a grey owl, Hades is a black cap of invisibility(like the one Ares stole), Hephaestus's will be a hammer and anvil, Dionysus will be red wine grapes, Aphrodite's will be a pink dove, Demeter will be a purple sheaf of wheat, Hermes will be blue caduceus, and Ares is a red bull's head. Some of you guys got Tucker, but only one of you guessed who Sam's godly parent was! I was a little surprised at that. By the way, just because Danny wasn't shot out of the sky yet, doesn't mean that he's a son of Zeus. He could be a son of one of Zeus's godly children, or Zeus might not know it is Poseidon's or Hade's children when he's in ghost form. Hmmmm… shooting him out of the sky isn't that bad of an idea; MUH ha ha ha ha! Enjoy.
Disclaimer: I own the Percy Jackson series and Danny Phantom as much as this is a story about Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Chapter 5: New Cabin Mates
Sam's POV:
They took Danny over to what looked like a four story farmhouse with a wraparound porch and blue roof; I turned to the girl and boy from the taxi and saw that they were talking to a big looking girl. The boy started to walk towards the farmhouse with a huge kid. Before the girl from the cab left, I asked her,
"Where are we? And why do most of the buildings look like their ancient Greek, without the ancient?" She looked over at me and Tucker and bit her lip. Then she said,
"Well… you're at a camp called Camp Half- Blood and uhhhhh... um, you know about the Greek myths and Gods?" Tucker and I nodded. "They uh… they're real. And you two are probably demigods, like your friend." She said pointing at the farmhouse, where Danny was. "Here demigods train safely from monsters." I thought about it for a while, and then my thoughts were interrupted when Tucker said,
"Yeah right! Like we'd believe that; we aren't stupid." He waved his hands in the air and looked a little mad. "What is this place really?" The girl looked at us then said,
"Come on, I'll prove it to you." She said as she nodded to the farmhouse. Tucker and I looked at each other and shrugged. There was no harm in it, was there? So we followed her into the farmhouse; when we got there we could hear something like 1960's lounge music. When we walked in we saw something strait away out of the ordinary. At first I thought I saw a bearded man riding a horse inside, then I took a closer look and saw that he had no legs; human legs for that matter.
"Y-you're a Centaur!" I exclaimed in surprise. The man, horse, man horse, whatever, looked at me and gave me a smile.
"Yes it would seem so, wouldn't it?" He said. Tucker looked like he was in shock. The girl that led us here ran up, hugged him, and said to the Centaur,
"Chiron… you're not leaving, are you?" Chiron looked down at the girl and said,
"Hello, Annabeth. Percy, my goodness you've grown over the year." We looked behind us to see the boy from the cab; I guess his name was Percy, and with him was, amazingly, a Cyclops. Percy looked up at Chiron,
"Clarisse said you were…" Chiron finished the sentence for him.
"Yes, fired." That's went my mind started to drift off; Greek myths, all real. Amazing! Gods, Cyclops, Centaurs, possibly even the Minotaur. I could only imagine what Tucker was thinking.
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Tucker's POV:
'OH MY GOD. Correction; OH MY GODS, OH MY GODS OH MY GODS OH MY GODS.' I couldn't stop. I was in complete shock. This could mean that everything was different than thought to be today: all sciences, electricity, and the creation of mankind. All where actually what the ancient Greeks thought.
But wait, this could be a dream. Yeah that's it; a dream. I had staid up to late watching Clash of the Titans our sciences were proven, it couldn't be Greek Gods causing this. It just couldn't. And what had that girl called us? Demigods? What was that again? Something to do with being half god half… something else. Right? But we couldn't be demigods. It's not possible. Greek Gods don't exist. I pinched my self, and it actually hurt. But of course I could have pinched my self while sleeping. So I walked over to a fire in the room. I put my hands close to the hot flames. This was real. I could feel the heat.
This was crazy.
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About an hour later.
Danny's POV:
I woke up with something in my mouth that tasted like buttered popcorn, in liquid form. I swallowed than began to get up when my back and knee hurt. I immediately fell back onto the bed.
"…did anyone catch the license number of the truck that hit me?" I mumbled to my self as I opened my eyes. I saw the girl from the cab, Annabeth, there with a spoon full of popcorn pudding. She had a look of surprise as I slowly twisted and sat up, leaning against the wall behind me.
"You shouldn't get up." Annabeth said.
"Why not?" I asked.
"Because you probably broke your back bull fighting." I looked behind Annabeth to see Sam.
"It feels fine." I said as he slowly got up. I thought my back was better, but when I stood up I felt a shocing pain surge from my back to my whole body. But I didn't collapse because of that. My leg caused me to fall.
"See." Annabeth said with a bit of victory on her face. I looked at her and said,
"It wasn't really my just back just my leg. My back just feels a little soar; well, it only feels a little soar when I sit down." Annabeth seemed perplexed at my statement. She unwrapped my bandages to take a look at my back, surprised at the fact that there was know a closed cut that would probably become a scar. She pressed on the point, which made me flinch; but not collapse like before.
"Odd…" She said. Then she put pressure on my spine, and I felt the same pain as when I stood up. After that she put pressure on my knee cap and I yelled in pain.
"Didn't I just say that my leg still hurts?" I asked her in annoyance. I looked around and asked,
"Where am I? What happened?" I asked while looking out a window to see fields of strawberries, and a pine tree at the top of a hill.
"You're at a camp called Camp Half- Blood," Annabeth said. "You're here because you're a demigod. And what happened was you where rammed into a tree by a bull, then did that yelling shock wave type thing." I looked at her with a confused look.
"Demigods?" She looked at Sam then back at me and said,
"Ok, do you know about the Greek myths? The 12 Olympians, the Minotaur, Cyclops, things like that?" She asked. I nodded and said,
"Yeah."
"Well they're all real. The Gods are real. And you're a demigod, which is half human half God." Annabeth told me. I raised an eyebrow. Sam nodded her head and said,
"Yes, she is telling the truth. This isn't a joke." I looked at the two girls for a while before realizing what Annabeth told me.
"So the secret about my powers is out?" Sam looked at me and said,
"Yep." I began staring into the middle distance. This may be a problem; secrets out. But now that I think of it, I don't think it will spread anywhere. Because if what they're telling me is true, then they are keeping a lot of secrets here. I think my secret is safe.
Annabeth started to explain everything to me; About what this camp was for, the twelve cabins, what the popcorn putting was, and when she mentioned that it looked like she remember something and told me to drink out of a glass with something called nectar in it. Then I asked her,
"So, how do we know who my godly parent is?" I asked, as Sam looked over at Annabeth and said,
"Yeah, I was actually wondering the same thing."
"Nobody really knows until they claim you... if they claim you." She said. Just then I remembered something important that I shouldn't have forgotten in the first place.
"Ah crap! My parents and sister are probably worried sick now since I haven't shown up at Central Park!" I exclaimed, and Sam followed with,
"Ah! My parents are going to kill me for not calling!" She took out her cell phone and was about to call her parents before Annabeth stopped her.
"Why aren't you letting me call my parents?" Sam asked her with an annoying look.
"I forgot to tell you, cell phones are like huge signs that tell monsters, 'I'm here! Come eat me!' You can call your parents, but I suggest you go outside the camps boundaries and wait for tomorrow morning. We're about to have dinner at the mess hall." Annabeth headed over to a closet, while Sam helped me get up on my good leg. Annabeth brought out a wheel chair; she said that it might work better than a set of crutches because of my back not being completely healed. I took the crutches; then balanced my weight onto them. As I got onto the crutches, I just realized that my right hand had a cast over it, and my knuckles felt soar.
My back injury wasn't that bad. But I saw what she meant. When I started to go forward I felt the pain from before come back. I could manage.
As we made our way to a pavilion outlined with Grecian columns, I noticed at the pavilion torches where around every marble column; and one big fire burned in a huge bathtub sized bronze brazier. There where about 12 tables; one for each of the Olympian Gods, I guess. Annabeth explained to Sam and me that since we were undetermined, we would be sitting at the Hermes table, and staying in their cabin until we are claimed, if we were claimed. As soon as we found Tucker and sat down, someone brought Tucker and I olive and pepperoni pizza, and Sam some salad (I don't know how they knew she was a vegetarian). Right as Tucker was about to slam the pizza into his mouth, we noticed everyone was scraping some of their food into the fire. Sam asked one of the Hermes kids what everyone was doing, he explain that we should make a sacrifice to the gods.
I left one of my crutches behind so I would have one hand to carry my plate, and one hand to keep weight off my bad leg. Once I got to the fire I scraped off some of my food and whispered, "Whatever God you are, accept my offering and show me a sign." I sat down, and began to eat, then stopped eating when I heard the activities director, Tantalus I think his name was, was speaking.
"And now some changes! We are reinstitution the chariot races!" All the tables began to murmur good and bad things about the chariot races.
"I know that the discontinuing of these races a few years ago due to, ah, technical difficulties." Tantalus continued.
"Twenty-six mutilations and three deaths," Someone at the Apollo table yelled.
"Yes, but I know that all of you will join me in welcoming back this camp tradition. Golden Laurels will go to the winning charioteers each month. Teams can register in the morning! The first race will be held in three days. You will be dismissed from your regular activities in order to work on your chariots and choose your horses. Oh, did I mention, the victorious cabin will have no chores for a month?" Excitement burst through the campers. These chariot races sounded exiting; and if I'm staying here, no chores for a month sounded great. I was lost in thought about chariots and didn't snap out of it until Tantalus was finishing his sentence,
"Any suggestions as to where this beast should be kenneled?" He was pointing to the Cyclops, when everyone, including me, gasped. Above the Cyclops's head was a bright green glowing green trident. I was wondering what it meant until Tantalus said,
"Well! I think we know where to put the beast! By the gods, I can see the family resemblance!" Everyone laughed except for Percy, Annabeth, Sam, and I. Tucker was chuckling a little, but not hysterical laughter.
I realized that the Cyclops must have been claimed by one of the Gods. Everyone stopped laughing, and they were looking next to me; where Sam and Tucker were.
Above Sam's head was a purple glowing sheaf of wheat. Above Tucker's head was a glowing blue caduceus. They've been claimed.
"Well, it looks like we have a new camper for the Demeter cabin and a new camper for the Hermes cabin as well." I was upset that I wasn't claimed yet; but I was happy for Sam and Tucker. I was glad they've been claimed.
Then, all eyes went off Sam and Tucker, and above me with confusion, suprise, and blank stares. I could see the green glow coming from my head. I looked up to see an almost holographic small figure above me.
A/N: Yeah, I know. Everyone hates cliff hangers, including me. But I couldn't resist. Look through the story and try to find that evil fish, the red herring; or green herring, whatever you want to call it. If you want to guess who Danny's parent is again, look at the top for the claiming colors and symbols. The people guessing Hades as Danny's parent because Danny is half dead; Danny wasn't born with ghost powers, it was a lab accident. So just because Danny is half ghost doesn't mean he's a son of Hades.
