Well, hello again everyone!
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This chapter is much longer because I had a long car journey to fill and decided to spend that time writing :) (It was a 3-hour journey!)
In answer to Austyn:
Yes they will return to camp soon much to their disappointment and it is going to be very interesting when they do. I'm going to make it so that there journey was about a year long so they had a bit of time away from camp.
Now go and read the chapter!
I don't own Percy Jackson
Percy's POV
They were walking past Thalia's tree, the three of them, hoping they could survive the next few days.
"I hope we are making the right decision," Thalia said.
"Of course we are, I mean nothing can be worse than that hell hole back there," I declared.
"I still can't believe what they have done, it just makes me feel empty on the inside, and that is a lot to say for a son of Hades," Nico said sadly.
"Yeah, I'm having trouble believing it myself, it all just happened so quickly I didn't have a chance to think about it at the time," I replied.
"I can't believe it either, lets just hope we can make our life better by leaving them all behind." Thalia spoke softly.
"Yeah so where should we go?" Thalia asked.
"I'm not sure," Nico said "but I think the best thing to do now is to find somewhere where we can survive"
"I think that we should go somewhere that is not the USA, somewhere were there aren't many monsters because we would soon get overrun being children of the big three," I suggested.
"Wow, you actually said something that made sense seaweed brain." Thalia exclaimed with a smile.
You would have thought that hearing that name again so recently would have got me angry, but coming from Thalia it just gave me a fuzzy feeling inside me that made me feel at home. It was then that I realised that Nico and Thalia were all that I had left. They were my whole life now and I was theirs.
"Yeah well it is probably because I have left that place once and for all, in fact, I feel better than I has been in ages, I feel like I am finally free," I said happily.
"Me to Perce, me to," Thalia said quietly.
We spent many weeks slowly making our way north. We had decided to go to Canada. Only because now we were together, none of us could go in a plane or boat. We had decided to go north because we had decided that the south was too hot and we all had a better feeling about going north.
Along the way we had to steal food and money to survive and we hounded by monsters all the way. Now, us three had successfully killed the Minotaur, the Nemeon Lion (is that how you spell it?) and the Hydra along with many other ancient monsters.
There was one thing that I didn't understand though. We all seemed to get much closer and more like brothers and sisters every day. But recently, every time I get near Thalia or have to touch her she always finds an excuse to not. She also wanted me to sleep next to her in our sleeping bags (we were camping every night). She said it comforted her, but I was sure that was not the only reason. Being the seaweed brain I am though I couldn't work out why.
Along the way we picked up another half blood. Her name was Amy and her family had chucked her out. The satyr that was meant to look after her had dumped her at the first sign of monsters. Thankfully before he had left he had explained to Amy all about the Greek world and who she was. After a few weeks she had become another part of our small family and we treated her as one of our own.
Then one day she had decided to go and get a treat for us from a nearby shop but on the way back some Cyclops that had turned against my dad ambushed her. They over powered her and tied her up planning to take her back to their camp. When they were tying her up she got really angry at them and summand lightening and roasted them all. It turned out that she was another daughter of Zeus. After that we were even angrier with our dads. They had made an oath after the Second World War to not have children and had now broken that many times. It just shows how they can't keep their word even if they swear on the Styx. But that did not overpower our joy, because now we were all even closer and were as close as a family could be. We worked, ate and slept together which was all any of us could have wished for.
Many days after that we found ourselves at the border. The attacks by monsters had reduced considerably as we got closer and now we were there they had stopped altogether.
Just as we were about to cross the border and start a while new life, a black vortex appeared in front of us and out stepped a tall man in a black suit that would have made Nyx Jealous. The first thing that I noticed was that there were white pinprick of light that seemed to move around his suit.
"Hello demigods," the man said. His voice was unique, it seemed lively and gave you energy but it also sounded old, but not 'old' old, more like when your grandfather tells you a story when you are young. It makes you feel relaxed and safe and like you are in the best place in the world.
"I am Chaos, creator of this world".
"Chaos, as in the Chaos the father of Gaea and the beginning of the universe," Thalia spoke reverently (as in 'in wonder' well that is what I meant anyways).
"Yes child, but do not be afraid, I am here to help you, all of you" he said while smiling. "I am here to offer you a place in my army. A new life for you and a way to help the world that you live in. All the warriors in my army have gone through a similar experience to you, they have been chucked out and forgotten by those that they loved and so I offered them immortality and some of my powers in return for them to swear to serve the earth and protect her with all they are worth. Will you accept and swear the oath?"
Thalia was the one to answer "We will accept, there is nothing left for us here, but only if we don't have to be sent back to that camp"
"And also if you swear that you will keep us together" Amy added while grabbing Nico's hand, which he seemed surprised about but also pleased. But what I was surprised about was that when Thalia grabbed my hand and pulled me closer to her.
"Of course young ones. After all you have been through together I wouldn't even dream of separating you. Also from the prowess you have shown over these months of hardship, I have decided to make you the commanders of my army. The rest of the army will know you by new names but you will call each other what you wish. Percy, you will be known as Aquylus. Thalia, you will be known as Tempura. Nico, you will be known as Inkisus and Amy, you will be known as Spectura."
The new names were cool, but I wanted to know why we would go straight to the top of the army and not forced to start at the bottom.
"Chaos, can I ask why we are going to be commanders of your army straight away and not have to start at the bottom and prove ourselves?" I asked.
"Well my boy, the positions in my army are chosen by what you have achieved in your life before you joined. You three have done many great things; also for you Amy your life as a demigod had been short but full of great deeds. You would be quite high up in my army, but I will respect your wish to stay together and you will all be my commanders."
"Thank you Lord Chaos," Amy said with a smile.
"Oh and please do not call me Lord, I will be training you for many years and you will call me Chaos only, I am not your master, only your guide to unlocking your powers." Chaos said with a slight smirk.
He then gestured to the black vortex that was still spinning behind him and we walked through with huge smiles plastered on our faces. All I noticed though was that Thalia was still holding onto my hand.
When we got there we found ourselves in a huge hall filled with people. The ceiling was quite high but not hugely and all the walls were black with stars floating around on them. Apart from that the room looked like a normal school lunch hall, complete with long thin tables and a heads table on a small raised section of the floor. The only difference was that instead of teachers at the raised table, there were more children which I guessed where the more senior people in the army. All in all there were about 300 people in the room.
The room didn't become quiet or anything so I guessed that this wasn't an unusual thing. It only went quiet when Chaos guided us to the four seats in the middle of the table, two on each side of a deep black chair that was obviously Chaos's. Thalia and me sat on the left side of Chaos while Nico and Amy sat on the right. Chaos then addressed the whole room and said, "Listen up my soldiers, these four people are to be your commanders, they are the best four heroes and heroines of this age and have been kicked out by the next generation much like many of you. But they have been found after trekking across America being hounded by monsters looking for a new life, which I have offered them. So accept them now as one of your own and wish them a perfect new life with us. I give you Spectura daughter of Zeus, Inkisus son of Hades, Tempura daughter of Zeus and Aquylus son of Poseidon!"
To say I was shocked at his little speech would be an understatement. By the end of it we were all blushing and the whole crowd of kids was cheering. After a while the cheering died down and Chaos came over to us and sat down.
"After your training" he said "you will each be head of your own group of soldiers as well as the commanders of the whole army. Each group already have a leader so you don't have all the responsibility but they will be your lieutenant and will respond, in the main, to you."
After that he left us to ourselves, going out of the main door at the end of the room.
"Can you believe this guys?" Amy said without bothering to conceal her excitement. "We have a home, and it looks like it is going to be great!"
"I know its amazing isn't it. With us being commander of Chaos's army and with him training us we are going to be the most powerful demigods ever!" Thalia exclaimed. I still hadn't forgotten that she was holding my hand. I also noticed that Amy was holding onto Nico's hand and obviously didn't want to let go.
"So do you three know what going to happen now, I mean do you think that we will be given a tour or something?" I asked.
Just as the words had left my mouth a boy and a girl came up to us with small smiles on their faces. It took me a few seconds to recognize who they were.
"Selena! Beckendorf! (I think that is how you spell it) how are you here? I mean why aren't you…well… you know… dead?" I almost shouted.
"Chaos decided that he wanted us in his army after we had died, so he took us out of the underworld and brought us here" Selena explained.
"Well it is great to see you alive and breathing again guys, but do you know what is going to happen now because Chaos kinda just left us here." Thalia asked. "oh, and also this is Amy who is another daughter of Zeus" Thalia pointed out.
"Hi," Amy smiled.
"Nice to meet you Amy, I'm Selena and this is Beckendorf and to answer your question Thalia, Chaos asked us to give you a tour of our base." Selena replied.
"Cool," Nico said "but do you guys mind it if you call us by our fake names while we are around other people because Chaos wanted us to keep our real names a secret."
"Sure thing Inkisus," Beckendorf said. " Well, I will take you guys round, while Selena will take the girls. Follow me".
Beckendorf showed us around the base. There was the main lunch hall and coming off that were 7 doors. Four of the doors led off to the 4 different sleeping and relaxing areas for each section of the army. One off the doors led off to our own private quarters for the four of us. This was because we were the four top people in the army and Beckendorf said that because we were Chaos's favorites meant that we got special treatment. Another door lead off to the facilities that included: an arena, a huge indoor pool, a cinema and a meeting room. The last door led off to Chaos's own personal quarters.
After the tour the four of us met up in our rooms. There was a relaxation area with a pool table a few sofas and a huge TV complete with Xbox and a giant collection of DVDs and games. There were also two rooms, one for the boys and one for the girls with bathrooms in each.
"So what do you think?" I asked the room as a whole.
"Its amazing" Thalia said in wonder "but I think that we should go to bed because it is getting late and we will probably have a busy day tomorrow."
I was just about to turn round and walk towards mine and Nico's room when Thalia said "Percy can I speak to you for a second. In private."
"Yeah sure," I said, "why don't you come into my room for a bit, you don't mind waiting for a bit do you Nico."
"Yeah, go ahead" Nico said relaxing a bit.
On our way to my room I saw Amy lead Nico into her room as well. I didn't think anything of it though as I was more worried about why Thalia looked so worried.
"Thalia, what's wrong?" I asked when we got into my room.
"Perce, I have to tell you something" She said almost stuttering. I just stood there waiting for her to carry one and wondering what all the fuss was about.
"Percy I..I th…think I…I think I love you," She whispered. I just stood there, thinking that I had misheard her. That was until she leant forward and kissed my mouth. I was stunned for a second but then started to kiss her back, it was the most blissful moment of my life. Even better than when she had kissed me. I wrapped my arms around her back and she put her arms around my neck while pulling me closer to her body. It felt like only a few second until we broke apart but when I looked at the clock I saw we had been like that for five minutes.
"So does that mean you love me to?" Thalia whispered in my ear while leaning her head on my shoulder.
"Yes, it does mean I love you Thalia," I whispered softly back.
"I will see you in the morning then," she smiled and left the room quietly. I never realized how cute Thalia's face was when she smiled before.
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P.S – If you want a great story to read go to Starblade176 and read 'Percy, Guardian of the Hunt, Assassin of Chaos' I believe it is one of the best stories out there and it is also very long and has regular updates, so is a perfect story to read.
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