The sun was rising into the air, the flames from the campfire were rising high into the air, and there was not a monster in sight. A perfect morning in my opinion. I was making breakfast while Carmen and Shade were sleeping. I had been playing guard all night long, and I was going to have a physical and mental shutdown if they didn't wake up to take over soon. The only good, or bad, thing to come out of being the guard was the fact that I had free time to think.
The night started with me staring the skies as the stars finally came out, asking random questions to myself about what I saw around me, and that led me to remembering sad memories, and to forget those memories I asked another question, and it looped like that until it was about midnight, and more noises occurred. From time to time, a small monster would jump out of the foliage and try to rush the camp, but I would cut them to ash with the Bolt.
Then, around 3 A.M. the monsters stopped attacking, and I started thinking. Was this the smart thing to do? Should Carmen and I really be looking for the heirs and heiresses of the gods? Of course we do! The world will be destroyed otherwise! Then, suddenly, a spike of fear shot through me. It was a feeling pretty unknown to me, and I didn't expect it, until I finally figured out what was going on.
A monster was somehow controlling my feelings and thoughts! But, where? I stood straight up, and looked around. I drew the Master Bolt, illuminating the area around me. "Who goes there? Reveal yourself, or be reduced to ashes!" I cried out. Suddenly, a centaur jumped out of the foliage, wielding a sword, and screaming a battle cry.
"Jeez!" I cried out. I blocked the blade, twisted, and disarmed the centaur, smacking the back of two of its knees to knock him to the ground. "Who are you?"
"I am Deimos, the embodiment of fear! You may be strong enough to defeat me, but you will never defeat my deities!" Deimos screamed at me. Deities? I thought, What deities can spirits have? Their practically gods!
"What deities?" I asked. Deimos stayed silent, and I pushed my sword up against his neck. "Tell me!"
"Hahahahaha! Foolish Demigod! You will burn with the rest of the world, as my masters return! HAHAHAHAHA!" Then, the Centaur burst into flames, and I jumped backwards. I let the puppet burn, and I went back to the campfire to keep guard. The rest of the night was surprisingly quiet, but I couldn't complain.
And that's where we left off at the beginning of this chapter. After another thirteen minutes, Carmen finally woke up, and she trudged over to me. Smelling the food, she asked, "What's cooking?" She yawned and sat opposite me, staring at the food that was currently cooking over the campfire. We sat like that in silence, waiting for the food to finish cooking or for Shade to wake up, when I broke the silence.
"What are we gonna do today?" I asked Carmen. She looked up at me, surprised.
"What do you mean?"
"I mean, what are we gonna do today? We don't have a single clue as to where the Kingdom of Poseidon could be, and we still have to fill Shade in. So, once again I ask, what are we gonna do today?" Carmen thought silently for a minute, staring into the fire, before answering.
"I'll fill Shade in during breakfast, and then we'll go from there." I nodded, not having anything else to say. "Hey, is that almost done?" She said, pointing to the pan that I was holding over the fires with a sausage and an egg in it. To my left, a plate of eggs, rice, and sausages were covered by a sheet of aluminum foil.
"Yeah, go get a plate. In fact, make that three. One for me, one for you, and one for Shade." Carmen nodded, set off on her task, and I continued to tend to the breakfast. Then, after Carmen had set breakfast up, Shade finally woke up.
Surprisingly, when Shade woke up, the girl who was practically seething with rage last night in the Underworld, woke up as peacefully as a kitten. She yawned, and trotted over, plotting down next to Carmen, who handed her a plate of breakfast. We ate in silence for about thirty minutes before Shade first spoke.
"All right. So, I've deemed you people trustworthy, since you haven't kidnapped me, and you gave me a great breakfast, and you bailed me out of the Underworld. Now, I only have a few questions. First, who in the name of Hades are you people?" Shade said, moving to a different position where she could see us both.
"My name's Carson, this is Carmen, and we are children of Zeus. And, we don't need you to introduce yourself, we already know who you are." Obviously, that sounded pretty creepy, since she scooted back at least three feet. Carmen laughed a bit, relaxing the tension not at all. "No, not like that. It's just, I know you because I saw you in a dream." That sounded even worse, because she increased the gap by another ten feet. Carmen laughed pretty loudly this time.
"Excuse my brother's failure, what he means is that we know that your name is Shade Tasios, you're a daughter of Hades, and-" And this didn't make matters any better, because she widened her eyes and scooted away another foot. "Let me explain; see, my brother and I are looking for some demigods, and you are one of them. The reason being that the gods are dying, and Carson and I have been bestowed, or more like punished, with the role of finding the ones who'll replace them."
This must have been the right thing to say, cause finally Shade relented and scooted closer. "All right. I trust you there. Now, tell me, what role do I have in this?"
I answered this time, hoping not to force another awkward moment, "You, Shade, are the heiress of Hades. In other words, you're supposed to replace him, put simply." And with that, I stopped my end of the conversation, because there wasn't anything else that I needed to say. I got up, leaving Carmen to fill her in, and got her "inheritance."
I rustled through our packs, trying to find the weapons, and finally found them with the Pegasi. "Ah-ha!" I pulled out Hades's- now Shade's- Helmet of Darkness, along with the Sword of Darkness, which I have dubbed to myself secretly. I brought them over to the campfire, where Shade and Carmen were now talking about personal stuff rather than the mission. "Hey, Shade! I've got a gift for you!" I handed her the Helmet and Sword, which she held gingerly in her hands. "Their Hades's wea-"
"Hades's weapons, yeah, I know. So… I'm guessing they're mine?" She asked. I nodded and Shade gleefully equipped everything I just handed her. They fit perfectly on her, and she did a few test swings just to see, then she sheathed the sword. "All right, now I'm pretty much filled in. Where are we going now?" Shade said, starting for the Pegasi, who had somehow magically packed up the camp on their own and put everything in their packs.
Did that seem off to you? Yeah, I thought so. Something was up here… What it was, though, was still unknown. Apparently, Carmen and Shade had sensed it too, and drew their weapons. Shade turned invisible, and Carmen was cautiously eyeing the woods. "Something's off…" Suddenly, the trees around us erupted in flames. Shade suddenly appeared near the tree line, screaming in surprise.
I was dumbfounded. Why is it always fire that nearly gets us? I had no time to think it over, cause if we stood like that for much longer, we would end up burned to a crisp. "Go, go, go!" I yelled out, rushing for the Pegasi. Shade leaped onto mine, and Carmen was saddled up. "Takeoff!" I screeched, and we took to the air, searching for the cause of the mayhem. Again, we found nothing. "What is it with us and fire? I mean, seriously!" Shade was still clinging to me and the Pegasi, obviously afraid of heights and still slightly freaked out, and Carmen was yelling for us to go left.
We followed her off to wherever she was going, and it went like that until the sun went down.
Or, at least, it almost did. We almost made it to wherever Carmen was leading us. Until, of course, the drakon showed up.
Author's Note: Hahahaha, cliffhanger! What happens next, you may be asking? Well, stay tuned! The next chapter will be out soon! Once again, thanks for reading, please give me a rating or a review or something, and yeah. Until next time, rainstorm24 OUT!