Here is the next chapter of What's the 21st Century? I hope you enjoy it! The gang from Berk will speak Norwegian in this because it was the closest thing to Norse I could find. I am using Google Translate for the Norwegian. Translations are in the bottom A/N. Chiron can understand and speak Norwegian/Norse because since the Vikings were around during and after the Roman Empire, Chiron could have learned to speak it. I am going to try to update on Saturdays now, but I most likely will not get to it until later in the day since I have skiing until 12, but sometimes stay later. I hope you enjoy!(This has exactly 1,260 more words than the last one. I counted. Sort of. Then I used a calculator.) ;D
Percy's P.O.V
I was sparring in the arena when the alarm went off. Faster than most of the demigods in the arena could blink I was outside asking what was happening. I grabbed Travis Stoll's arm. "What's going on?" I asked.
All he did was point to the sky. I turned and saw a black monster flapping its wings desperately in the air, seemingly not able to fly even though it had wings. A flash of red near its tail distracted me for a second, but then I was moving with every other demigod in the area towards the landing site.
The monster hit the ground with a loud thump and a large puff of dust.(A/N I would have used plume, but Percy isn't the brightest tool in the shed) The demigods gathered around it in a semicircle with our backs to the woods. We prepared for a first move that never came.
The monster stared around uneasily. About twenty or so of the fifty campers surrounding it walked forward to kill it. In a flash it shot bursts of-was that lightning? At the feet of the campers.
The campers scurried back. I walked up to the front of the semicircle and found Annabeth. After about ten minutes of advance and retreat, we found that if we stayed at a minimum of twenty feet away, the monster wouldn't shoot at us.
For the first time I got a good look at the creature. Black scales covered its entire body. It was lying on its side while facing us, and its wings were folded over its legs and its tail was tucked under them. Its eyes were a bright green with slit black pupils, reminding me of a cat but without the whites of the eyes. I asked Annabeth, "What do you think it is?"
"I'm not sure yet it could be a rare species of drakon or-"She was interrupted when a young camper got within fifteen feet of the monster and it shot at his feet. He yelped and dashed back into the semicircle where his friends welcomed him back into the semicircle with what seemed to be praise, judging by the look on the boy's face.
"What do you think its holding?" Annabeth asked. "Huh?" was my intelligent reply. "The monster. It seems to be holding something in between its wings judging by the way it puts its head in between them whenever we leave it alone for a short while. See its doing it now." She was right as usual. The monster was putting its head in between its wings.
"Do you think it could be an egg? I remember something in monster classes that some monsters laid eggs…" I said. Annabeth looked at me in surprise. "Looks like you actually managed to learn something for once Seaweed Brain!" I looked at her woundedly. "I'm not completely dumb Wise Girl! I managed to learn it because it sounded interesting and maybe it wouldn't get me killed so that you and mom wouldn't have to go get me from the underworld and scold me, or in your case stab me too and then shove knowledge in my mind until it's about to explode!" Annabeth looked at me surprisedly again.
"You managed to think that far? I'm surprised. The egg theory is a good one though…" and then she trailed off on another think quest. Think quest? I'll have to give that one to Leo later… I'll tease the Athena Campers a little bit with him… I snorted a little at that thought.
Suddenly a girl with an axe ran past me. I grabbed her arm and told her, "Whoa, if you run at that monster like that you'll be killed for sure!" She ripped her arm out of my grasp and yelled something in a language I didn't understand then continued running. "What was that about-what is she DOING?! She'll get herself killed!"
Annabeth yelled cutting herself off mid-sentence. "I tried to stop her." I said. "She just ripped her arm away and yelled something at me. Besides, she's got an axe, she'll be fine." "Wait a second- I've never seen her in camp before and the only reason I wouldn't is if she was brand new, in which case…" Annabeth said. I suddenly came to the same conclusion Annabeth did. If she was brand new she wouldn't have any training meaning she wouldn't be able to defend herself…I shared a panicked look with Annabeth, pulling out Riptide in pen form.
When I turned to the girl the monster was looking at her as she threw her axe away from herself and spoke to it softly in that strange language. Some of the campers realized what was going on and as the realization spread that she was approaching the monster without a weapon, people started yelling at her to come back.
"Come back!" came from roughly where most of the Apollo campers stood. "Are you crazy!" yelled some of the Hermes cabin. "Are you trying to commit suicide!" yelled the Ares campers. The girl just kept moving towards the monster. I started to run forwards, drawing Riptide fully as I ran. The girl reached the monster, which miraculously had not hurt her yet. "Get away from there!" I yelled. "You're going to get yourself killed!" The girl turned from the monster and saw me with a sword.
She yelled something at me, something she had been saying to the monster. I heard a long stream of nonsense, and the only word I could make out was 'Hikke'. I was confused. She pushed me back, and took my sword out of my hands, then ran back to the monster. It asked it something, and I heard 'Hikke' twice. "She yelled something at me." I said to Annabeth. "She yelled something about a 'Hikke' and she just asked the monster something with that same word."
Suddenly Annabeth gasped. I turned to face the girl. The monster was looking at us with what I could only guess was suspicion. "Tannløs, hvor er hikke?" She asked. "Jeg trenger Hikke." The monster looked at us again, than slowly opened its wings. The entire group of demigods gasped, Annabeth and I included.
"Not what I was expecting." I said. Annabeth just shook her head in agreement. I suddenly realized that we needed to inform Chiron of this situation. I turned away from the scene. "You and you!" I said, pointing at two random Hermes campers. "Go get Chiron!" They ran off, not even bothering to ask questions.
The reason was simple. In between its legs, the monster held an unconscious boy. "Hikke!" the girl exclaimed. "Hikke!" "Takk Tannløs. Takk." She said to the monster.
Then she turned her attention to the boy. The Apollo campers were in frenzy. They had bows and quivers full of arrows over their backs as they rushed around grabbing random healing supplies. I saw one that in his haste had grabbed a roll of duct tape instead of gauze, and realized when he tried to put it on a camper's leg. Chiron came galloping up.
He slowly approached the monster and the two people. Now that I got the time to look, they appeared to be about 18, if not a couple years older. Chiron stopped when the monster came up to him, growling.
He said something in some strange language to it, and then he passed. The girl looked up at him. "Hvem er du?" she asked looking at Chiron. To my surprise, he replied in the same strange language. "Jeg er Chiron. Jeg er her for å hjelpe."
"Kan du hjelpe ham?" said the girl. "Ja. Sette ham på ryggen min." The girl stood and heaved the boy onto Chiron's back. "Før vi forlater kan du fortelle dem om ikke å drepe våre drager?" the girl asked. Chiron then said, "Ja, men drager? Jeg ser bare ett."
The girl smiled and said, "Dette er hans. Mine er her." Then she turned around and whistled. A big blue monster with wings came bounding out of the woods a minute later. The campers retrieved their dropped weapons and stood at the ready.
Suddenly Chiron called out. "Campers! Do not hurt any of the dragons! They belong to these two behind me. Anyone who harms them will suffer the consequences from three places. The dragons themselves, their riders, and me. Is this clear?" A chorus of "Yes Chiron" came from the demigods. Then the girl said something to Chiron.
He seemed to reassure her, and then said, "Astrid here says that her dragon, the blue one, has a rock spike stuck in her wing. Astrid will show you where, Apollo campers."
Then the girl, Astrid, turned back to Chiron. "Hikke vil vaere trygg, ikke sant?" She asked. Chiron assured her with "Ja. Han vil vaere trygg" Annabeth said to me "So I guess Hikke is the boy…"
The girl hopped up onto the dragon, and had it extend its wing. "Det er rett der, se?" The Apollo campers started helping the dragon along with Astrid while Chiron told us to bring Astrid to the infirmary when they are done with her dragon. Chiron then galloped over to the Big House, the black dragon following. "What is going on here?" I asked. "I have no idea." said Annabeth as we walked towards the Big House.
Translations:
Tannløs, hvor er hikke?=Toothless,where is Hiccup?
Jeg trenger Hikke.=I need Hiccup.
Takk Tannløs. Takk.=Thank you Toothless. Thank you.
Hvem er du?=Who are you?
Jeg er Chiron. Jeg er her for å hjelpe.=I am Chiron. I am here to help.
Kan du hjelpe ham?=Can you help him?
Ja. Sette ham på ryggen min.=Yes. Put him on my back.
Før vi forlater kan du fortelle dem om ikke å drepe våre drager?=Before we leave can you tell them not to kill our dragons?
Ja, men drager? Jeg ser bare ett.=Yes, but dragons? I only see one.
Dette er hans. Mine er her.=This one is his. Mine is here.
Hikke vil vaere trygg, ikke sant?=Hiccup will be safe, right?
Det er rett der, se?=It's right there, see?
Phew. Getting all the correct Norwegian and English in there took forever because I didn't have all the accents on and then the English translation would change...*heavy sigh* Well, that's over now! I hope you enjoyed this chapter! Fishlegs, Meatlug, Snoutlout, (I always want to spell that Snotlout because that's how you pronounce it...) Hookfang, the Twins, Barf, and Belch will be coming in over the next 2-3 chapters. Please Read and Review! And check out my new one-shot Blackjack's Donuts! See you next Saturday!
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