Chapter 6
The Trouble With Selene
Okay, well apparently mortals basically burn up at the sight of titans. So titans can't have, like, demititans, right? Then I thought about it for a second, I mean, my mom didn't give birth to me, she created me from pure moonlight. So I guess it makes sense that a titan could have a child with someone, maybe. I decided that I didn't have to think about it too much right away.
So apparently Selene wants to speak to me. I guess this must be what my prophecy means. Percy, Annabeth, and Connor seemed to be astounded that a titan wanted to speak to me and me alone. I asked them what I should do.
See, the thing is, I've never really fought anything that powerful before. As I said, the things that I fought the most of were cyclops, and there wasn't ever anything much worse than that. Also, I've never really had time to fine tune my powers. I get tired pretty quickly if I use any of them too much, besides manipulating the mist, which has always been easy for me since I started doing it.
So, Percy and Annabeth basically told me that they didn't want to fight any monsters or titans or gods anymore. They were tired of having to deal with it, and they basically decided to pass that burden on to me. (Thanks a lot, guys.) Connor was still there for some reason; I mean I barely even know the kid. I seriously just met him. He told me that he would help me with finding Selene.
So I guess now Connor and I have to find Selene. I don't know how though. I mean, how do you find a titan? Then, I had an idea. Why don't I just try to contact my mom, there's not a high chance she'd speak to me, but maybe she could help.
So the moon just started coming up and it's getting dark out. The perfect time to try to contact my mom. I stared directly to the moon and started silently talking to her in my head. I asked her to please help me find Selene, as I had no idea what to do. I probably stood there staring at the moon for about a minute when I saw a silvery glow getting closer and closer. I saw my mom riding in a chariot pulled by four beautiful silver stags.
She then got out of the chariot and the stags lied down on the ground. She then came up to me and said, "Arrow, you are my daughter you know, not Selene's."
I said, "Yes mother, I know. But do I have any connection to her at all?"
"Yes, Arrow, I'm afraid you do. I made you out of pure moonlight, as you know and Selene is the moon titan. She always tries to dominate the moon and so do I. It's a constant battle. Unfortunately, as much as the moon is mine, it's hers as well. When I made you from pure moonlight you became connected to her as well as connected to me. It's almost like she's your grandmother or aunt or something in relation to that. She can't hold any power over you or anything though, at least not as much as anything else. The only place I know where Selene might be is actually on the moon. I know it's hard for mortals to get there, but that's all I can tell you my daughter. Be safe."
Before I could say anything to my mother she rode off on her chariot back into the sky. Apparently Connor had been standing behind me that whole time, so he heard everything Artemis said.
Connor then said, "So… how are we going to get to the moon?"
"I honestly have no idea. The only way I know how is to take a rocket ship and I highly doubt NASA's going to let two teenagers fly into space. We'll have to find a better way than that to get there."
And with that we had our next dilemma.