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"No… let him go… NO!" Zack screamed into the air with a cold sweat, his eyes glowed a sapphire blue, making him see into the darkness of the cabin. He calmed down listening to the heartbeats and steady breathings. "Son of a gun" he muttered as he laid back in bed and went to bed listening to the monsters outside of the camp.
-Next Day-
"Five more minutes' mom…" Zack woke up smelling perfume in the air. "Hey sleepy head, time for breakfast" Piper said to him as she shook him. "Your acting more like a sister right now than an aunt right now" Zack chuckled as Piper rolled her eyes. "You think you are the only one of us who was gifted with charm speak?" Zack gulped as she glared at him, reminding him of his mom when she got angry for him slashing the T.V.
Piper smirked as Zack got up and headed to the bathroom to start his day. As the Aphrodite cabin went to breakfast Piper asked who was going with him on his quest. "I may ask that Percy fellow and your boyfriend. Don't worry I'll bring them back alive, I can promise you and Annabeth that much" "if you don't say 'I swear on the river Styx' then we will be good."
They all sat down at the table of their mother as Drew asked a question. "So… nephew, who is the old flame mentioned in the quest?" "I've been wondering that too" a guy on the end of the table asked. "Let's just say if she is with the hunters then justice is served" Zack said getting up to offer some of his meal to his grandmother.
Zack went back to his table and ate his scrambled eggs and steak with toast with jelly. Chiron came up beside Zack and tapped his shoulder. "After breakfast, you should pick two people and you have the rest of the day to prepare for your quest" "thank you sir." Zack said as Chiron made his way to the big house.
After dinner, Zack went over to the Zeus table where Percy was talking to Jason about something about his girlfriend. "Hey guys, ya'll wanna go with me on this quest?" Both boys thought it over and nodded their heads "alright let's both meet here at 7:00 p.m." All three boys nodded their heads and went their separate ways
-7:00 p.m-
"Okay I think I've got everything" Zack said as he double checked the backpack filled with a few clothes in the big part with a few snack sized Ziploc bags filled with the foods of the Gods and a few canisters of the drinks of the Gods in the smaller space of the backpack. "Good now be sure to come back alive with our boyfriends or I will make your life Hades Zack." Piper said twirling her dagger around her fingers.
"Got it." Zack said as he left in a blue American Eagle T-Shirt, faded jeans, and light gray converses with a red hoodie in his backpack. Zack saw Jason in his purple roman shirt, shorts, Camp Half-Blood hoodie and sneakers as Percy wore his blue hoodie with a Camp Half-blood T-shirt underneath, blue jeans, and white sneakers. "If ya'll are ready then let's go fellas" Jason nodded his head "sounds good man."
With the sun setting Zack was looking at the sunset and heard a large branch snap. The guys looked at each other as Percy pointed to Zack and motioned for him to get behind a tree and for him to do the same as Jason hovered into the top of the tree. A figure walked into the clearing and it was a big scorpion.
Zack removed his sword from his back as he motioned for Percy to wait "ensnare the legs of the bug" Zack commanded the roots of the nearby trees to slowly keep the huge bug at bay. "Now!" Percy screamed as the scorpion moved its stinger at Percy and Zack but felt only pain as Jason had stabbed it with his sword and met with the swords of two men and disengaged.
Zack didn't expect for the monster to turn into a pile of gold dust and mad his mouth open. He couched a few times as the two sons of the Big Three laughed. "Does this happen a lot? I mean the gold powder when we beat them?" Zack asked as Percy patted his back. "Yep, you did good man" Zack nodded as their stomach growled.
"I don't suppose you could make some food, do you?" Jason asked as Zack shook his head. "But I can demigods" a voice said as Zack brought out his sword and saw Percy and Jason knell in front of an eight-year-old, sitting by a fire that wasn't there before. "Greetings Lady Hestia/Vesta" both boys said as Zack followed their example. "Hello ma'am, what can we do for the Goddess of the hearth and family?" Zack asked as the little girl giggled as he knelt after her form shimmered for a second into her Roman form due to Jason.
"I was looking into the mortal world and thought I would pay a visit to one of my favorite demigods" Hestia said looking at Percy, who smiled. All three boys stomach growled as the Goddess laughed lightly. "I also came to give you food and to offer some advice to the new demigod." She said as she made three roast-beef sandwiches with melting cheese and bottles of water.
"Thank you Hestia/Vesta" All three boys said as they tore a piece from their sandwich and threw it into the fire. "So, Lady Hestia, what advice can you give me?" Zack asked using the proper words without his Southern slang in fear of burning despite her being a peaceful Goddess.
"You have no need to fear me Zackery Kindler, you may talk to me however you like, I believe your grandmother told you the same thing, only in the presence of Zeus in the throne room do you call us by our titles, besides I like the Southern slang of you North American mortals. Now, as for the advice: Let your instincts of your father take control." She said as Percy and Jason already ate half of their sandwich. "By letting my father's instincts take control, do you mean my senses and speed getting better as the day grows short and the night comes out?" Zack took another bit of his meal as the hearth Goddess nodded her head.
Thank you for reading this story. I won't be able to update any of my stories until the new year because of my work schedule with Christmas coming up.