Chapter 8

Finding Poseidon

Poseidon is apparently fishing somewhere in Maine. I mean, I guess God's need to have their relaxation, too. So the question is where in Maine is he? I guess Connor and I will have to find out.

Connor and I decided to take Luna to Maine, which, luckily, isn't that far from Long Island. I asked Connor if he knew how to drive a motorcycle, and he said he didn't even know how to drive a car. I guess I forgot that most people at Camp Half-Blood don't get to live pretty normal lives like I did.

I got to go to school, which I wasn't too great at, you know dyslexia and ADHD and everything. Still, school wasn't terrible for me, and everything else I did wasn't terribly weird. I never really thought of what it was like for Percy and the other's here at Camp Half-Blood, but it must have been very different for them. Anyway, I'm getting off track.

I told Connor to pack his bags and say goodbye to everyone he wanted to say goodbye to, since we might be gone for a while. I already had everything I needed, since I put everything in Luna's storage compartment. I decided to look for Percy and Annabeth.

I found them hanging out by the lake, just talking. I decided to scare them, since they were sitting right along the water's edge. I know that water doesn't hurt Percy, but hey, why not try to get him a little wet?

"Boo!", I yelled. They both fell into the lake, but Percy regained himself right away and tossed a water ball at me. Annabeth popped up out of the water and gave me the most intimidating glare I had ever seen.

"I was just coming to say goodbye to you peoples, since I won't be seeing you for a while."

Annabeth said, "Yeah, well maybe you could've done it in a nicer way. Honestly, you and Percy are freakishly similar."

Percy and I laughed and looked at each other.

Percy said, "Well, bye cuz, and good luck! Where are you going, anyway?"

"Oh, just to visit your dad."

"Oh, really? Well, tell him I said 'hi'. Do you want me to come with you to find him? He is my dad after all?

"No, sorry, but Hermes said I couldn't have any help from you. I have to do this on my own."

"Isn't Connor helping you, though?" Percy said, with a confused look on his face.

"Pshh… I mean, yeah, but whatever. I meant by myself, without you Percy. See you both later!"

Annabeth and Percy waved at me and turned back to the lake. I then started walking back to find Connor. I found him sitting in the Hermes cabin, talking to someone who looked exactly like him, just a little bit taller.

I said to Connor, "Who's this, your evil twin or something?"

"Oh, hey Arrow. No, actually this is my regular twin, Travis. He was away at college and I haven't seen him in a while."

Travis said, "Hey, Arrow, Connor's been talking about your quest. Going to the moon, huh?"

"Uh, yeah, but first we have to deliver a message for your dad. So that kind of sets my plans back a little bit. I was hoping to get this prophecy overwith in only 3 days. You know, like they do in movies. Well, it was nice to meet you, but Connor and I really have to go."

Connor and Travis said their goodbyes while I took Connor's stuff and put it in Luna's storage compartment. Connor came by really quickly and I gave him my extra helmet.

He laughed and said, "So you care about safety on a motorcycle, huh?"

"Well, yeah. I mean, bad things happen on motorcycles, and why not try to be as safe as possible anyways? You never know what freak Greek accident might happen."

"Nice rhyming, Jackson, now let's get this show on the road."

"Absolutely."

So Connor and I put our helmets on (of course) and hopped onto Luna. I started the engine and we got going. As we were driving we talked about our lives. Connor told me about Travis and all the pranks they had pulled on people. It sounded pretty awesome when he talked about it. I told him a little more about me, also. I was never really a prankster, I was mostly the one who got pranked, since I was different, at least at school. Sometimes, though, I'd hold my own. I told Connor about my power to control people with the power of the moon. Sometimes I'd tell my teacher to let us have extra-long recess, and everyone in class would love me for it. There was this one girl in school that I told him about, her name was Christina Olympia Smith. She was the most popular girl in school and she always made fun of me and my pure white hair and my ADHD and dyslexia. One day I decided to get back at her and I controlled her to walk into the cafeteria at shout at everyone that she pooped her pants that day. It was pretty funny because she looked ridiculous when she said it. See, I wasn't the greatest at my powers back then so she could fight against me a little bit, so it looked like she was doing a weird dance when saying it. She could never get away from all the teasing and everyone started calling her "Poopsie Oopsie". Pretty lame nickname, I know, but it felt good knowing I got a little payback. She was still the most popular girl in school, but she could never live that down.

We spent all of our time telling ourselves about each other, that when we finally reached Maine, we were somewhat disappointed that we had to be done talking.

Maine's actually a pretty cool place. Lots of little towns with small businesses and everything. But I'm getting off track again.

Now, we have to find Poseidon. I decided to ask a local at a gas station we stopped at where the best fishing places in Maine were because I thought, "If Poseidon's going fishing he's probably going to go to the best place." So I asked the woman at the gas station and she said that best place she knew for fishing was Moosehead Lake. I asked her for directions and we decided to go there.

It took us about another hour to get there, but we made it. So, we just have to find Poseidon along the lake somewhere. I started to manipulate the mist to see if anything around was weird. As I moved the mist around I thought I saw a hippocampus jump out of the lake, and then I saw a middle-aged man with a long black beard holding the most ornate fishing pole I had ever seen. I guessed that that was Poseidon. I ran up to him and said, "Uncle! We have a message for you."

Poseidon turned around and said, "I'm sorry who are you?"

"Well, I'm Arrow Artemis Jackson. Daughter of Sally Jackson's brother Samuel and Artemis."

"Wait, you're telling me Artemis had a child? She vowed to never have children. You're coming with me."

And with that Poseidon and I were transported to an underworld land, where, apparently, I can breathe. Connor wasn't there and neither was anyone else. I was alone with Poseidon.