Chapter two

I sat on the dock silently and decided that I might as well swim. I started to take of the animal pelts and left my bag on the dock and jumped in the water. I had found out while living the forest I really enjoy being in water. I sank to the bottom and opened my eyes. To my surprise it was salt water but I noticed it did not sting like I had expected. I unconsciously gasped then realized what I did. I looked around and thought about it before testing. I took a deep breath and to my surprise I could breath.

I was taken aback but I just looked around in surprise as the fish thought nothing of it. Wait what? Why do I understand what the fish are thinking?

I jumped as I felt a large hand wrap around my shoulder. I turned to see my grinning father and he said "So Percy, you discovered one of my powers. Great job." I looked down at my naked self and covered my boyhood. He looked down and said "Oh, sorry. I didn't mean to catch you naked." He looked at my body and said "Oh my gods..." He hung his head and wrapped me in a hug. He then Solomly said "I am sorry I couldn't do anything. Gods are not allowed to contact their children until they get to camp. It is a law I am so sorry for what you had to go through. You look amazing even though the scars. Except you need some more sun, you need to get out more." He pulled back laughing at his joke and I rolled my eyes.

I looked at the God of the sea and the earth shaker I timidly asked "Should I call you dad or Poseidon? You are a god." He laughed hole heartedly which made me feel a little more calm and he said "I am your father you don't have to address me formally unless in an Olympian council." I nodded and said "So dad... Does this mean that I am related to everyone here at camp?" He looked at me and thought for a minute before replying "Well not really. I mean in a way you are but you aren't. Heck there are demigods here who are even in a relationship. Think of it like this. Gods are not their godly themselves in the human world. They can change to what or whoever they want to be. So... You are kind of only related to your parents and any mortal children of your parents. Does that make sense? So take for example you and Artemis, she is the daughter of Zeus but you two are not related because he was not in his true form and therefore had different genes and other stuff but to put it simply, you are genetically the son of Sally Jackson and a question mark that the fates filled in with us three names and our powers." I nodded and he said "I would like to train you to become a hero Percy, as would Zeus and Hades. Chiron agreed. So, for the next two years on Monday and Friday you will train in Atlantis, Tuesday and Thursday you will be with Hades in the Underworld, and Sunday and Wednesday you will be with Zeus." I nodded and asked "What will I do on Saturday?" He grinned and said "You will train at camp." I sighed knowing already this would be hard. I looked up and he said "Go back to camp and get used to the people here. You should ask Chiron for a weapon before the game later. Oh yeah, by the way Zeus Hades and I agreed you should stay in my cabin because Hades doesn't have one and mine is more home like than my other brother's... And Percy, good luck son." With that he flashed away leaving me alone at the bottom of the water.

I swam to the dock after clearing my head and put on my pants and put my shirt in my bag. Being used to walking around shirtless in the woods was only natural because I was by myself. I walked back to camp and found that breakfast had just ended. I ran up past a few people who for some reason we're starring at me and I found who I was looking for. When I reached her I bowed and said "Excuse me lady Artemis, but I have no clue where the Poseidon cabin is..." I was a little surprised when she laughed and said "Percy stand up, please. The entire camp is looking at you." I stood and looked around and blushed. I looked back to Artemis and the hunters who were looking at me with worry. I was confused at what they were looking at but then Artemis said "The Poseidon cabin is cabin three." She pointed to a sea green blue one. I nodded and yelled "Thanks!" I started to run and Artemis called after me "And put on a shirt Percy!" I looked down and realized why everyone was staring at me and tripped while running. I rolled and stood back up and continued running. I heard a few laughs and giggles behind me and I mentally blushed. I stopped in front of the blue cabin with a big number three on the door and walked to the front door.

I turned the nob and when I walked into the cabin. With the first step I got a large whiff of the sea. The smell was not overbearing but it was calming and as my dad said made me feel at home. I went to the bottom closest bunk and put my bag down and laid down on the twin bed. I smiled to myself as I noticed it was a water bed. Without realizing it, I fell asleep as soon as my head hit the pillow. I was awoken by a horn. I shot up and looked around. I looked at the clock on the wall and saw it was five thirty, time for dinner!

I went to run to the pavilion but looked in a mirror and saw I was only wearing pants and had no other clothes. I looked in the drawer and found it full of clothes. I grabbed an orange shirt that said "Camp half blood" and put it on. What caught my eye was a watch I shrugged knowing no one else was here so I took it and put it on. I looked in the mirror and notice my torso looked like everyone else in camp but I still wore my hide pants and didn't have any shoes. I sighed heavily and put on a pair of boxers and sports shorts. I decided if I compromised this much I was fine without shoes so I ran to the pavilion letting my hair get even more messy. I got to the pavilion and looked around and found an empty table that said "Poseidon" and sat down. A plate appeared and I thought "I want a blue Sprite, and venison stew with bread" I grinned as the wished food appeared. I walked to the fire and poured half of my stew and thought "Thank you dads, Poseidon, Zeus, Hades." I then broke half of my bread and threw it in and said "Thank you lady Artemis" I smiled and went back to my table and was to busy eating the godly food that was in front of me to notice someone watching me.

After everyone was done eating Chiron stood and clomped his hoof. He then loudly announced "All listen, today because the hunters are here, we will play them in our monthly game of hunters vs campers capture the flag." There were lots of groans and I looked over to Artemis' table and saw them grinning. Chiron put his hands up and said "Yes I know they have beat us the past sixty games but hey let's not loose faith. We have a trick up our sleeve's. As you all know Annabeth is our strategist so she will explain." Everyone was interested and I was shocked to see a ten year old looking girl stand on the Athena cabin table and she pointed at me and said in a high pitched voice "We have him." Everyone looked at me and I was confused but everyone was silent. I just asked "How many people per team?"

Chiron laughed and Chiron replied "We will have thirty hunters and thirty campers." I nodded and I said "My dad said to get a new weapon from you before anything." He nodded and said "Breakfast dismissed. Percy come with me." I followed the centaur to an old white she's and he unlocked the padlock with the key and I awed at how many weapons there were. He pointed to the table in the back and said "Percy walk to the back and grab that pen please." I nodded and grabbed the silver ballpoint pen and looked it over and saw it said "Anaklusmos" for some reason I could read it and I said out loud "Riptide." Chiron looked at me and smiled saying "Long ago it was given to me by a goddess who said "Give it to someone who will become a true hero." And therefore I hope for you to wield this weapon in battle." I looked at him skeptically wondering how a pen would help me and asked "Why would a hero need a pen?" He laughed at my expression and said "For battle." I pointed at it and nodded saying "But it is a pen." He laughed shaking his head.

Chiron had a mischievous glint in his eye and said "It will always come back to your pocket if you lose it. You will know how to wield it when you need it." He closed it but I was still unsure what he meant so I shrugged and thought to myself "I will just use my bow until he realizes it is a pen." I walked back to my cabin and found my bow and quiver. I counted and I had seventeen arrows in my quiver. I had lost the three when I caught the Minotaur. I looked over my recurve bow that took me about three months to perfect. I smiled remembering how much effort I put in to make sure it would last.

Flashback

Even though I failed probably a good five times on this bow, I used stone tools I made and cut down a tree and cut out the general shape, then I used the laces on my shoes took off the covering of the laces and used the strings and strung them into a chord that would stretch the length of the bow. I carved out the more defined shape and used a flat rock and some sand to smooth it down. I tied the white chord around the bottom notch wrapped it around my right leg and tied it around the other making the shape of a backwards D. I grinned and got to work on the arrows. After a lot of trial and error I mad arrows with stone tips and the fletchings had turkey feathers I picked up on the ground and washed. I made twenty in total and went hunting the day I finished my arrows. I had done some target practice and was actually quite decent at shooting. Because I had not eaten any meat except some small game I trapped or the fish I speared I needed the bow for big game.

End Flashback

I walked to the edge of the forest and was stopped by one kid and he asked "Wait kid you are a son of Poseidon how are you using a bow? You should be cursed by Our dad?" I looked at the other four kids holding bows and Artemis butted into the conversation and said "When I first met him he put two arrows in the pupils and one dead center of the heart of the Minotaur I don't think you should question his skill with a bow." I nodded my thanks to her and I saw Chiron walk to us and he said "The boundary is the creek, camp's banner is red hunter's banner is silver. You have fifteen minutes to set up and hide the flag beginning now." We ran and I was stopped by a girl who was playing and she said "You head to the creek. You are on guard duty." I nodded and ran off towards the west. After a few minutes of walking I made it to the boundary and I heard Chiron in the distance yell "Go!"

I saw a volley of arrows come towards me as half of the hunters came out and I barely dodged their arrows. I jumped side to side and barely got off one arrow and it hit a girl in the stomach knocking her to the ground. As I was notching my next arrow, Zoe had charged across the creek and kicked me in the stomach knocking me into the tree and ripped my bow from my hands. I almost cried as she said "I don't know why Artemis respects you but I don't and I don't believe you should be able to carry this bow after shooting a hunter in the stomach." She snapped the thing That had allowed me to survive those two years and I felt the rage in me build. I yelled out loud and pulled out the pen leaving the cap in my pocket. Both to my and Zoe's surprise riptide appeared in the form of a sword. She looked at me in disbelief and asked "Where did you get that?" I was too blinded by rage to answer and I ran at her and swung.

For the next few minutes I let my anger and instinct take over. I don't remember anything but seining my sword plenty of times and then it stopped. I was back to normal and my rage ended. I touched the cap of the pen to riptide and it shrank into a pen and I put it in my pocket. I turned around and to my disbelief I saw fifteen hunters on the ground with lots of cuts and unconscious. I walked over and saw my bow. I walked over to it and started to weep silently. I held the shattered dark brown wood and sat down holding the pieces close to my chest. I saw Annabeth run over to the creek with a silver banner and froze looking at me.

I heard a horn signaling that camp had won and the entire camp and the rest of the campers flooded out to the middle of the creek. They all froze as they saw me and the hunters. I looked away and then I saw Artemis stomp over to me and she practically shouted "What the hell happened to my hunters?!" Myself and the rest of camp was surprised as we didn't notice the boy before but he fell from the tree I was beneath and bowed to Artemis answering for me. "Lady Artemis, fifteen hunters ambushed Percy with arrows, he hit one in the stomach with his bow after dodging all of their arrows then your lieutenant in anger walked over kicked him against the tree and snapped his bow in half. Not sparing him from some verbal retorts about his gender. Apparently the bow was important to him because he got pissed and wrecked the fourteen standing hunters in five minutes with a sword." She looked at me in surprise then to the other guy who looked twelve and said "Thank you Michael. Now Iris message your father, I want him to heal my hunters." Everyone was listening to his story in disbelief then looked at the hunters. He threw a drachma into the creek mist and said something I couldn't hear.

Five minutes later all fifteen hunters that were unconscious were giving me a stare of anger and respect. But Zoe was just fuming. I was still shocked and sitting on the ground until Apollo walked over to me. He was wiping his hands with a wash cloth that had blood on it. He said "jeez Percy you did that by yourself? That takes some skill dude." I just nodded and said "Lord Apollo, what should I do about this?" I don't know why but his eighteen year old stature seemed really inviting and nice.

He stood and said "May I see it?" I nodded and handed it to him. He chanted and it began to flow in his hands. He handed it back to me who was now standing so he had to lean and whispered in my ear "I enchanted it to be unbreakable, and removes the curse I placed on sons of Poseidon and put a new better string on it." He handed it to me and I looked at it, the bow was fixed and had a brand new yellow string and had a mark burnt into the handle that looked like the sun. I jumped and said "Thank you so much." We laughed and he sat me back on the ground he turned to walk away before he could I asked "Wait what curse?" He turned back and said "I didn't like kids of Poseidon for a while and made them naturally suck at Archery. So because you were already good your skill will probably double because you don't have that restriction anymore." I thought for a second but realized he was gone.

It was at this time Annabeth and Luke walked over to me and asked "How the heck did you take out fifteen hunters Percy?!" I shrugged and replied "They were mean and broke my bow. But it is ok now, Apollo made it better." Annabeth's eyes lit up and she looked at it and yelled "You have an enchanted bow?!" That got the attention of the campers who then joined in the question and I was backed against the tree with the swarm of people asking me questions until Chiron walked in front of me and said "alright alright, give young Percy some space. I'm sure he can tell us his story at the bonfire tonight." I looked at him and said quietly "Thanks Chiron." He nodded and walked me back to camp. We were silent until we got out of the forest he then said "Tomorrow morning your dad will teleport you to his palace to train you." I nodded and he asked "Percy my boy, would you mind telling the story of your life to camp?" I thought for a second and asked "Can I start after my moms death?" He nodded grimly and said "That would be for the best." We walked to the amphitheater and we were the first to arrive.

Twenty minutes had passed and one hundred and five campers were seated behind Chiron Dionysus, Artemis, Apollo and I. Chiron called for everyone's attention and said "We have the story of Percy Jackson son of Poseidon, Hades, and Zeus." I stood in front of camp and told them how I had been abused, my mother was murdered, I lived in the forest, I made my bow, how I lived with only what nature gave me, how I built a cabin,how I shot the Minotaur in both eyes and the heart, how I met the hunters, and my way to camp. When I was finished the campers clapped and I turned when I heard the bonfire laughing. I looked and saw a young girl, probably the same age as Artemis looking back at me. I thought for a second and said "lady Hestia." It was barely a whisper but she smiled and waved before disappearing into the hearth.

I shook off my confusion and Chiron said

"Because of his heritage will only be at camp one day a week all year around for the next two years until he turns twelve." Artemis looked skeptical but say anything if she cared. But Dionysus fist pumped saying "Damn I already like this kid, that Perry kid know what's up." I looked at Chiron in question but he just shrugged. He looked at his watch and said "Everyone be in your cabins in the next fifteen minutes with the lights out or the cleaning harpies have permission to attack!" There was some laughter to which I was confused about but I decided to head straight to my cabin.

When I opened the door I was tired and was contemplating the Idea of jumping straight in bed but I decided I should bathe in a real shower first. I took off my clothes and threw them in a laundry hamper. It glowed and they appeared washed and folded on my bed. I smiled at the enchantment but ran to the bathroom. I was shocked to find two things. The room was a LOT bigger on the inside, and there was a hot tub bath the size of a swimming pool that looked like you could fit forty people in. I shook my head and looked around and found there were ten showers all lined up and I could tell that there used to be more children of Poseidon. I wondered but all my thoughts washed away as the salt water came from the spout with a high water pressure. It felt amazing against my skin and I looked around for soap. I grabbed a bottle of what I assumed was soap and squirted the green gel in my hand. I rubbed it all over my body and the smell of the sea on me that was strong before was intensified. I enjoyed it but I wondered what my other two dads would think.

I finished showering and headed to the bed closest to the door and crashed falling asleep. I had a weird dream and I was standing next to a dark shadow-like figure. Then she began to speak in a soothing and ancient voice, it sounded like she didn't know I was here. "Oh Earth. The first planet I decided to build so many years ago... It has been forever since I visited. I think I should at the start of the third war in a couple years." I was curious and asked "Wait excuse me what wars are you talking about?" The figure visibly jumped and looked over and exclaimed "Oh it is you son of the big three, I was very pleased when I heard you were born with all of your fathers' powers." I looked at her curiously then bowed "Oh my gods, you are lady chaos!" She laughed and replied "Yes young Percy I am. Please do not bow. I don't like to be seen as so old and formal, much like you." I stared at the creator of basically everything ever and asked "Wait does that mean you have seen what I have been doing on Earth?" She nodded and said "I see all and I did create your entire species you know. I do like to check up on the ones that will impact the future."

I looked at her in bewilderment and asked "So I am important to the future of the gods?" She threw back her head in a laugh that was so full of amusement I almost questioned why she was laughing. After full minute of me blushing and waiting for her to stop she wiped a tear from her eye and said "You are so important to The gods even I do not know the extent of the good you will do for the earth. But let me tell you something. You will be tested many a time and the horrors of you past will be happy memories to the pain you will face. You will fight an unspeakable amount of battles gallant unmeasurable amount of evil and monsters and you will play an integral role in at least three wars."

I thought about her words for a minute and said something intelligent like "Oh ... Cool." She grinned and said "Percy, I wish to give you my blessing in the form of a gift if you accept." My eyes flowed and I almost screamed "I definitely accept. How could I refuse such a gracious offer as being blessed by the creator?!" The shadowy figure did something that confused me and made me at the same time. It smiled and she somehow looked demonic and like an angel at the same time. She reached out and took me in a shadowy embrace and she said in my ear "I am a hugger by the way."

Her hands went across my much younger form and put her hands in between my shoulder blades and began to chant. I felt a tingle then a weight on my back and felt something heavy like two extra big arms. Chaos flash summoned a mirror and I gasped and said "They are beautiful. Thank you so much. How can I ever thank you Chaos?" The things on my back were a pair of wings. They had hundreds of feathers that looked like the softest thing on in the world. But that was not the best part. The wings had a twelve foot span fully spread out and they were dark as the depths of a black hole. But in the wings there were hundreds of galaxies and stars ranging in colors like white, orange, red, green, purple, and blue. I flapped them slightly and accidentally flew thirty feet higher than Chaos. I used the wings and flapped down and I was back face to face with her. I was amazed by the sensitivity and speed of the wings. I hugged her tightly with all my strength and she laughed and said "If you want to repay me Percy train, Percy, become a great man among men, a powerful leader and hero, respect women and nature, defeat evil, fight for Olympus, and live a hero's life."

I vigorously nodded and she said "The wings are indestructible and they represent my domain. If you wish them to they will retract or pop out of your back when you think about it. That image is actually a live video from some galaxies billions of light years away. With these if you practice you will be able to fly at the speed of sound if you incorporate what you learn with the powers of Zeus." I thought about that for a second and thought about how fast I would be able to move. She smiled the stiffened and said "Percy, although I give you this gift I ask you only allow people to see it when you are in the war in six years against Kronos. Ok, Percy if you can do that I know it is hard to keep a secret for that long especially one like this but I ask you to only use them when you are alone, but you may tell the trainer of heroes what happened here today if he swears on my name not to tell anyone is that clear?" I nodded and she said "Ok you will wake up soon so goodbye for now, see you in a few years Percy, good luck and know I have great hopes for you." I smiled and wrapped her in a hug and said "Thank you Chaos so much I will see you. Goodbye." With that I woke up in my bed and looked outside and it was still dark.

I got dressed and looked at the watch on my wrist to find it was only six AM. I shrugged it off as how excited I was to tell the nice centaur what I had just found out. Even though I was just in camp I decided once I was done talking with Chiron I would go to Atlantis to train with my father so I brought my pen-sword thing riptide my quiver and bow I grinned as I saw the string and mark of Apollo.

I was grinning going to wake up Chiron to tell him about what happened but I was cut off when I heard cheeky laughs and looked around to see two certain sons of Hermes looking into a silver cabin through the window and they held a camera. I realized what they had done and drew three arrows with an evil grin. I knew I would lose the three arrows but it was worth it to prank the pranksters. I let all three at once fly towards their targets. The first arrow hit the touch screen effectively demolishing the camera and memory card that held pictures of the sleeping man haters. I had to grin cheekily as I heard two thuds and howls one Stoll twin Travis had an arrow in his left butt cheek and Connor had a matching one on his right. Their screams of pain were heard waking up the hunters and Artemis.

All thirty hunters came out armed to the teeth and in Pajamas. Then Artemis came out bow drawn sleepily with her hair a mess. I thought to myself "Wow she looks cute... WAITWHATNOPE MAIDEN goddess Percy back up." I shook my head and I saw her tired shining silver eyes look at the destroyed camera hanging on the cabin wall with an arrow stuck through it. Her gaze turned to me and looked at me expectantly I smiled a crooked grin and pointed to the limping twins with arrows in their asses. She grinned evilly at me understanding what had taken place as the sons of Hermes slowly got back to their cabin and silently entered pouting. I turned away and continued my walk to the big house.

When I entered the large plantation style home painted a nice blue. I opened the door and walked in. I looked left and right and scratched the back of my head realizing I had no clue where Chiron's room was. I walked around and finally found a room that had his name on it. I knocked and heard a shuffle. After a few seconds, Chiron answered gruffly sleepy eyes looked at me and he seemed to wake up a little when he saw me.

He said "Oh young Percy, how are you? Why are you up so early?" I smiled at him and answered "I am in quite a good mood but before I answer the second question may I come in?" He gave me a look of concern but moved out of the doorway quickly. I walked into his room and pulled out his desk chair. I sat and his horse body laid on the ground in front of me, leaving his torso vertical and eye level to me. He looked at me expectantly and I shifted be fore saying quickly "I spoke with Chaos and I am going to fight in three wars, the first will be in six years against Kronos." He looked at me in worry and surprise which his horse half mimicked his tail flicking violently. He pinched the brim of his nose and said with a sad look "Well I had assumed you would be the one the pride you but THREE WARS?!" I nodded and said "There is one other thing but I am only allowed to tell you and chaos said you have to swear on her name not to tell." He nodded gruffly and said "I swear on Chaos' name I will not speak of what is spoken of until Percy or Chaos wishes it so." I nodded and stood up. He looked at me and I just gestured for him to wait. I thought about the spot Chaos touched then felt the ethereal wings expand. Chiron just had his mouth agape and said "Gods alive! Percy, this means you inherited the blessing of Chaos! And are the first being to do so." I looked at him confused and he cleared up what he meant "Every time an immortal gives their blessing it changes some part of the blessed persons body. But the first being to receive their blessing will always receive wings and will be able to control that immortal's domains better than others that may receive the blessing later."

I just looked at him then to my wings and said "Wow." He nodded and asked "May I?" I folded them both down against my shoulders. I let one stretch out to his hand and he gasped "This is... Wow it feels amazing." I smiled at his loss of words and said "Chaos said not to tell anyone about them until I fight in the coming war. But she said once I do start to use the if I incorporate my air powers from dad I will be able to move possibly at the speed of light. He looked at me and said "Wow." I smiled then said "As much as I enjoy talking Chiron, I am supposed to be at my father's palace... And I have no clue how to get there." He scratched his beard as I put away my wings and said "I hate to say it but neither do I." He thought then pulled out a golden coin and said "Throw this into mist and "Lady Iris accept my offering and show me Poseidon"." I nodded and wend over to an out of place misting birdbath and figured that is what it was for and repeated what Chiron said.

After a few seconds of the Skype call sound A large most screen speared and showed an image of my father asleep. I looked at Chiron and we both laughed at his loud snore and small amount of drool and I said "Hey dad! Wake up!" I grinned as his eyes shot open "Wha wat is there an attack again?!" He then realized we were cracking up and relaxed then said "Oh. Hum. Good morning what do you both need?" I smiled and said "Well I kind of realized I have no clue how to get to any of your guys's homes." He laughed and said "We made you a special magic. If you walk up to any door think about going to your special bedroom and you will be able to open and walk into a special room from anywhere. Inside this room you have four doors, one that opens to the place you were just at and one door marked for each of your father's homes. So say you entered from your cabin into your room you can go to the underworld, Olympus, and Atlantis in a few seconds then go back to camp. That is what I suggest. Otherwise, I don't think you want to swim from Atlantis to camp." I shook my head and said "I will see you in a minute." I ran to my cabin and thought about a magic room and walked in.

When I walked in, my jaw hit the ground. The walls were a simple light blue. The ceiling was a morning sunrise. And I don't mean it was like a painting, no it was a literal sunrise. The sun was coming up turning the clouds and sky a light orange and blue. I looked down and almost passed out. Beneath me, the floor was gone. I looked under my feet and found my room was above above New York. The floor was see through. I gingerly took a step and found that to my relief the floor was solid. I walked around the room and found it was just like a hotel room. There was a bathroom with a shower, Jacuzzi tub, a deep sink and toilet. I smiled at how nice it was. I walked into the other room and found a king sized bed with fluffy white covers, a pair of nightstands, a desk, a dresser, and a fifty five inch tv. It was great. I walked to the wall with four doors. The first said return. I assumed that would bring me back to camp. I looked at the other three doors. Each is labeled with a trident, lightning bolt, and a skull. I laughed and decided I might as well begin my training. I pushed open the door to Atlantis and began my rigorous training.