So this is chapter 2...
I honestly didn't know what to think. I mean, how would you feel if you were blown up, teleported, and then a dead friend from your past walked up to you claiming shes a dragon?
"That is my name Percy" Zoe said almost giggling
"How are you alive!?"
"Well I never really died...i just sent my essence back here after the poison started giving me a headache." she said nonchalantly
"But i saw you get struck down by Atlas and what do you mean it gave you a headache it should have killed you?"
"Half-dragon remember" she then began walking down a dimly lit corridor leaving me both confused as to how long the corridor was there and now frustrated at the lack of answers I'm getting.
"Hey! You can't just leave me in the dark like that! You kidnapped me and I demand answers!" I said as I followed her like an angry little kid following his mother that told him to put something he wanted back where he got it.
"Okay. I'll answer your questions when we get to where we're going." Zoe said as we exited what I now realized was a fucking volcano.
"And where exactly are we going?"
"To my house"
I was about to complain about her inability to answer questions when we finally exited the corridor. To say that I was surprised would be the biggest understatement on the earth if I was even on earth anymore. We were on a medium sized beautiful island surrounded by water. There were clouds that were so close to the ground that it seemed you could almost reach them. There were also these cool purple trees that orange fruits on them. Large huts the size of house covered the island for as far as I could see. And the craziest thing was that there were both people and dragons everywhere. Yes...dragons. You know...giant, flying, fire-breathing lizards... yep those. The people didn't really seemed to mind though. I even saw a few kids playing with a baby dragons.
"Uhh...Zoe"
"Yes Perseus"
"There are dragons everywhere"
"You are correct"
"Okay I give up lets just go"
Zoe laughed and continued to walk through the city. She remained silent the rest of the walk while I continued to gawk at everything I saw. Eventually we arrived at what I assume was Zoe's home. It looked like a 2 story hut. As we walked in I noticed what Zoe was wearing. She had on a solid red tank top and boys basketball shorts which was very strange attire considering she was a hunt... nevermind. She wasn't wearing any shoes and her hair was in a pony-tail.
"You can sit down anywhere Perce "
"Um okay, but why are you calling me Perce now?"
"Because there's no need for formalities when your at home right? "
"Well I guess not but can you answer my questions now? "
"Yes I can"
"Okay first question. How are you not dead?"
"As I said I wasn't really a hunter. I was playing the part to see how you were doing in the Greek world. When that dumb Ladon bit me the poison started giving me a headache so I sent my essence back to my body hear in Drako"
"That doesn't make sense. How come people like Atlas and the others seemed like they've known you for thousands of years. "
"Magic...i mean Hera erased your memory and made you think you were Roman right? " she said simply
"Fair enough. Next question. What are you?"
"I'm a half-dragon. Half human half dragon. I'm the only of my kind...well until you become one at least."
"What do you mean until I become one to"
"Only someone with a dragons soul and blood can defeat the coming threat. You have the soul just not the blood."
"What's the coming?"
"His name is unknown but, we refer to him as Ruin. He is the eater of world's and destroyed our last planet. We, the drake people, have ran away from him for millions of years.However we've run out of options. Earth is the last habitable planet for us and you have been chosen as our hero. You will defeat Ruin and save us and this world from him. "
"Chosen? By who? "
"Me Perseus. I've lived on this planet for a for hundreds of thousands of years and you are the most selfless and powerful hero I've met. "
"What about Annabeth and all my friends at camp?"
"Theyre memories of you have been erased temporarily."
"Why!"
"They would only come after you and get in the way. I know you Percy. Ruin is too powerful for your Greeks. He will kill them if they try to fight him. You don't want to put them in danger right?"
"I guess your right, but what makes me more powerful enough to fight this Ruin guy"
"You're not powerful enough...yet. You have the soul of a dragon king Percy. You have the potential to become more powerful than even Zeus thousands of times over. "
"How am I supposed to do all this. I was just thrown into what's basically a whole new world, I'm being told that I need to save the world AGAIN, and that I'm some kind of dragon? I can't. I don't know what to do. "
As I began panicking Zoe got up and slowly walked towards me. Then she let a hand on my cheek and immediately calmed down and looked directly into my eyes. Her eyes were beautiful. They were two colors, a bright redish orange like fire on the outside and a vibrant purple around the pupilpupil around the pupil. I was captivated by how bright they were until she spoke.
"I am here with you Percy. I am in this with you. We can become stronger together. Ill be with you the entire way okay? And if you choose to go back to Olympus I will revert everything to the way it was and you'll forget about all this. Ruin isnt gonna be here for another 300 years. I can try to find another to take your place before then."
As I digested her words I made my decision. Then I noticed her hand heating up.
"Zoe"
"Yes Percy"
"Can you get your hand off my face its starting to get hot. "
"Oh! I'm sorry I got caught up in the moment...you know?" she said blushing. I don't know why she was blushing but it looked cute. She sat down on a couch and waited for me to continue.
"It's fine but I've made my decision"
"And what is it"
"I'm going to stay and help you defeat Ruin"
"Really! Thank you so much Percy!" She jumped up and hugged me.
I hugged her back and locked eyes with her again
"So where do we start?"
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Short chapter but I don't want to right too much in case the story doesn't catch on you know? Well leave me a review of you want me to continue the story or don't.
