Chapter 3
Phoenix
Camp Half-Blood. That's what the camp Annabeth went to was called. I know because I'm standing in it.
"Would you like a cup of tea dear?" The man in the wheelchair named Chiron asks me.
"No thank you." I whisper as my wide eyes gaze around the cabin we were in.
Annabeth taps her foot impatiently. She flicks her blond hair over the side of her shoulder. It was done up in a ponytail, like mine, and she had her baseball cap on again.
"Chiron, when are we going to start?"
"As soon as Percy arrives." He answers her in a kind voice.
Annabeth huffs and begins to pace back and forth across the floor. I've never seen her this agitated before. It was actually very interesting.
"Do you have anything to say Miss. Valdez?" Chiron turns to me.
I shake my head although I was bursting with question. Even if I'd wanted to ask a question, I wouldn't be able to talk over my leaden tongue.
Suddenly the door to the cabin flies open. A boy with dark brown hair that could only be Percy enters with a blond haired kid.
The door shuts of its own accord. Before I can blink, Annabeth has Percy in a huge hug. I see him laughing and hugging her back. Wistfully, I look at them until my gaze falls on the blond kid.
He was laughing right along with Percy. His hair was golden yellow and his eyes were blue. No. His eyes weren't blue. They looked tainted, as if the real colour was being blocked. Other than that, he was pretty much flawless. His skin was smooth and bump free, he was tall, and he was sculptured.
I couldn't help but catch my breath as I looked at him. Then he turns and looks straight at me. He still has a huge grin on his face. My face heats up and I look down at the ground, part of my black hair falling over my face.
I look at the hair in annoyance. For whatever reason, the stubborn hair refused to be swept back in a ponytail. Shrugging, I decide to just leave it for now.
"There you are Seaweedbrain." Annabeth laughs. "I didn't know if you'd even show up."
Percy smiles at her. "I would miss it for the world Wise girl."
The blond haired boy coughs and they let go of each other. Percy is blushing a slight red and Annabeth has a huge grin on her face.
"Percy? Are you going to introduce us to your friend?" Chiron reminds him kindly. I decided I liked Chiron right then.
Annabeth finally notices the blue eyed boy. She then turns on Percy. "You brought a mortal here?"
"He's not mortal Annabeth." Percy tells her. "He got a sign right after you called me."
"I'm not mortal?" The blond haired kid asks, his smile disappearing for the first time since he entered the cabin.
"Please." Chiron starts. "Annabeth, Percy. Why don't you get your friends a seat?"
Hurriedly, they drag over chairs for all of us. We gather around Chiron and everyone sits down. Annabeth and Percy sit beside each other, so I end up sitting next to the blond haired boy.
"So what are we?" The boy asks.
"You're a demigod." Chiron starts. "It means that one of your parents was a god or goddess."
"You mean from the Greek legends?" He asks.
"I thought the same thing at first too." Percy speaks up. "But the gods are real. As real as you and me Lucius."
So the boy's name was Lucius. I guess he was the guy I was supposed to go on a double date with today at that carnival.
My eyes widen as I remember the feeling I had gotten right before he had been about to go there. Before anyone else can speak up, I do.
"Chiron, what happened at the carnival?"
His face darkens. "Lastrygonian attack. Someone tipped them off that a couple of demigods were going to be there today."
My stomach started churning. Oh my god. How had I know that was going to happen?
"Whoa, wait." Annabeth holds up a hand. "There was a lastrygonian attack on the carnival today?"
She turns to me. "You had a feeling something bad was going to happen there today." Annabeth turns to Chiron. "Do you think she's like Rachel?"
Chiron takes a long look at me before answering. "No. I don't think so."
"Then why would she-" Annabeth starts.
"The gods work in mysterious ways Annabeth. Maybe, her god parents didn't want to actually mark her, so to try and prevent the disaster she gave her a bad feeling. Then when that didn't work, Miss. Valdez was marked."
"What about Lucius then?" Percy speaks up.
"Coincidence?" Chiron suggests.
Both Percy and Annabeth laugh. "You don't believe in coincidences Chiron."
He shrugs. "I don't know the minds of the god either."
That silences them. Sure enough though, when everyone else shuts up Lucius speaks up. "So what was the thing that appeared above my head?"
"That, Mr. Masterfield is the marking a god or goddess as put on you. Marking you as their own."
"Well which goddess has a half sun as their symbol? Because I know my father, but I don't know my mother." He looked at Chiron earnestly.
I look at his curiously. He was accepting this completely. I wonder why.
Chiron's face turns sheet white. "A half sun?"
He turns to me. "Miss. Valdez, what appeared above your head?"
"Crescent moon." I manage to whisper with everyone staring at me.
Chiron sighs heavily. "This isn't good."
"What's not good Chiron?" Percy and Annabeth ask in unison.
"The half sun is the symbol for Dawn, the goddess of the morning light. And the crescent moon is the symbol for Nyx, the goddess of the night. They're sworn enemies and have never had children. Before now."
"Why's that a bad thing?" Lucius asks.
"Because there's a prophecy about them." He answers Lucius sadly.
"The Day and Night prophecy." Annabeth says in awe.
"Correct Annabeth." Chiron nods at her.
"Can we hear it?" Lucius asks, looking as lost as Percy and I do.
"It's an extremely old prophecy. I don't have it memorized. You'll have to see Rachel. She probably knows it." Chiron says. "Anyway. Your mothers' aren't in the big three, but they're very powerful goddess, though they don't get much credit."
"Actually, hold on a sec." Lucius puts his hands to his eyes and takes out something. He blinks to clear his eyes and then he looks around at all of us. His eyes were a golden yellow. They looked as much like the sun, as mine did the night sky.
"Well." Chiron starts as he glances between the two of us. "You are both defiantly your mother's children. I'm surprised Annabeth and Percy didn't figure this out already."
Lucius shoots Percy a fake glare. "Yeah, for leaving me out on all the fun."
Percy rolls his eyes. "How was I supposed to know? I've never heard of either of those goddesses!"
"It's not your fault." Annabeth says. "I didn't realize either."
"Well then. I have a question for Phoenix and Lucius." He gives us both a look that seemed way too old for his years. "Do you believe us?"
