Chapter 9: Amber
"The blessed united as twin." That was it. The blessed united as twin. What in HADES was that supposed to mean? Everyone kept staring. I saw a glow fill the camp grounds and I turned to see the Gods behind me.
"What is wrong with you, giving my daughter the gift of flight?" A man asked the white-blonde man to his left. The man had sea-green eyes and curly black hair with a matching goatee. He didn't even let the man start and turned to the gold-blonde to his right. "And you, why did you give the twins the gift of Prophecy!?"
"Well, kelp beard, I had a feeling that girl was special-" The gold blonde started. Chiron cleared his throat and the three men stood straight, facing the crowd. A giggle passed around the crowd.
"Poseidon?" I whispered to the man with black hair. "Dad?" He looked at me and nodded.
"Have I ever told you that you are my favorite daughter?" He asked me.
"Uh, no, Lord Poseidon, You've never spoken to me and, frankly, I'm your only daughter." I said, bowing my head. Laughs and giggles from the crowd.
"Oh, that's right, well you are my favorite daughter so call me dad or father or daddy or whatever floats your boat." The camp snickered at the joke. "Why?, you might ask, because you are a strong talented young woman who is-" He said only to be cut off by the men he was arguing with about... giving his twins gift of flight and prophecy?
"A true beauty, better than Aphrodite herself if I may say so myself." The white blonde said and the gold blond nodded.
"Hey!" A goddess who must be Aphrodite said, arms folded angrily. "You may not say." The blonde men ignored her. He had mischeveous gold eyes and gold-blonde hair. They could be twins. Very handsome twins. But, they weren't my type.
"Hello, I am Hermes, God of the Messengers, Travel, and Thieves... Thieves of hearts." He whispered the last part to me and wiggled his eyebrows at me. He had mischevious blue eyes and white-blonde hair. Like Draco Malfoy.
"And I, Apollo, God of Prophecies, Medicine and the Sun. So, I would like to shine some light on this situation. You. Me. New Year's Dance." I glanced at Leo, whose jaw was at the floor.
"I have a boyfriend..." I said. "Leo Valdez."
"That's my boy!" A muscled god that must be Hephaestus shouted.
"Oh, what a shame... Anyway, tell the lucky fellow that he is, well, lucky." He said and winked.
"Why are you all here?" Athena asked
"We are here to confirm who the gifted demigod in the Prophecy is. Amber, Alex come forward and bow." Said a man who had to be Zeus. I did as told and so did my brother. I felt a tickling sensation in my spine. "Amber and Alex Swenson the prophecy child. Gift of prophecy, children of Poseidon, Blessed by 5 gods, mortal parent is also Greek, and gift of flight and prophecy. We are here to see to it that they go on the quest with the children chosen in The Great Prophecy of Thirteen."
"Yes, Lord Zeus. But, What aout the traditional three?" Chiron asked
"I shall outlaw that, Chiron. The leader must bring at least two demigods along." Zeus said and with a flash, every god was gone. Chiron turned towards me and my twin.
"Well, we shall discuss the prophecy after Christmas, the day after tomorrow. And Alex?" Alex turnd to look at Chiron. "Bring your things to Cabin 3 where you will stay with your siblings, Amber and Percy." Alex grinned at me and I hugged him again. I lead him to the seven and, most of all, Leo. Percy had come back from the Big House, acting a little more mellow. I took Alex's hand with my left hand. I took Leo's with my right hand.
"Alex?" He looked up from my hand. "This is Leo Valdez."
"Your boyfriend." He simply said and he took Leo's right hand and shook it. "Alex Hermes Swenson, Son of Poseidon, I guess. Nice to meet my sister's first boyfriend." I blushed at this. I was glad everyone went back to dancing. Leo wrapped his arm round my waist. And kissed the top of my head.
"It's alright, you are my first girlfriend." He looked back at Alex. "It's nice to meet my girlfriend's twin. As you know, my name is Leo Valdez, Son of Hephaestus." He accidentaly lit his hand. "Oops, sorry. That hasn't happened in a long time."
"Aw, it's okay, man. As long as you don't hurt Amber I'm fine." Alex said. I smiled at this. We may not look alike [feternal twins] but, he sure was my brother.
"This is Hazel Levesque, Daughter of Pluto, Roman version of Hades, my best friend who is actually my age." They shook each other's hands. I gestured to Frank. "This is Frank Zhang, Son of Mars, Roman version of Ares. He's dating Hazel." I looked at Jason, his electric blue eyes tense than ever. "Jason Grace, son of Jupiter, dating Piper, daughter of Aphrodite." I gestured to Piper and Jason holding hands.
"Wait, so, you three are the kids of PLANETS? 'Cuz, if you are that's totally AWESOME!" Alex said. We all looked at each other then at him. We broke out laughing.
"No, they are the children of the roman version of their godly parent." I wiped away a tear and looked at Annabeth. "Annabeth Chase, daughter of Athena engaged to Percy Jackson the idiot half-brother."
"Wait, so our half-brother is already engaged? How old is he?" Alex asked, impressed. "Where is he?"
"Right here!" Percy said cheerfully, pionting to himself. "I am Percassy, first known child of Poseidon. I am seventeen." He looked down at my twin with his Nemo sunglasses [still won't take them off].
"Dude, nice sunglasses! Finding Nemo is my favorite movie!" Alex said. He turned to me. "Are we gonna do the Christmas thingy we alwasy do? Maybe we can all do it." I nodded
"We didn't know you were here and Leo, being the sweet boyfriend that he is, arranged for us all to stay in the Poseidon cabin tonight, so I won't feel so homesick."
"I've been in the Hermes cabin since the 23rd. That's a nice boyfiend you got there." He said, high-fiving Leo. "It would be awesome to spread our traditions."
After the party, we all went to my cabin and layed sleeping mats on the floor. For the first time, I slept in Leo's warm hold that night. On another mat, Alex slept with his girlfriend, Lizzie, daughter of Hermes. Annabeth and Percy slept on a mat together. So did Frank and Hazel and Jason and Piper. I ran my hand through Leo's soft curls. I wore a long sleve light red nightgown that went down to my ankles and said 'Naughty?' in a white thought bubble and 'Naughty.' in a black one below. Like 'The Fault in Our Stars' cover. Leo wore the flannel flame pajama pants and a red shirt that, ironicaly, had the same quote that my nightgown did.
The night was chilly and, thankfully, Leo is like a human radiator. Leo kissed my cheek and smoothed out my hair. I kissed his lips lightly and fell asleep quickly after. The next morning was weird.