Chap 2

Greek's POV

Mike

It's finally summer vacation, and its finally time for Jake and Helen to come back home. Chiron had cancelled today's activities, so Kiara, Seth and I were on a branch in a big tree, hoping to surprise our 2 best friends. But it's been hours and they weren't here yet.

I felt Seth start to doze off, dangerously close to falling off the branch. I nudged him sharply in the ribs. "For the last time, keep your eyes open, sleepyhead. We don't see Jake and Helen often enough." Seth rolled his eyes and replied, "Oh please. You just want to make sure I don't accidentally knock you guys out."

"Well, I don't think that anyone of us would want to fall from a branch 10 feet off the ground and end up as a miserable splat on the forest floor.", Kiara said, without looking up from her manicure. She spotted a flaw and immediately used her arsenal of files to eliminate the blemish. Satisfied, she resumed looking at her nails.

"Ten feet isn't that high, Kiara" I said leaning against the tree trunk.

Just then I spotted a figure rushing… galloping , I mean, towards us from a distance. When I got a closer look, I saw it was just Chiron. He stopped in front of our tree and called out "There you are! Argus has come back!"

"But where are Jake and Helen? Aren't they suppose to be with him?" I asked.

"Well", Chiron looked down and stomped his hoof furiously, "They've been kidnapped by Empousai."

We jumped down from the branch. Even Kiara who was usually very careful about her clothes immediately went down without question. Apparently 10 feet isn't that high anymore.

"We're joining the quest!" she said determinedly.

"What quest?" Chiron said, feigning innocence.

"The quest to rescue them, of course" I said matter-of-factly, "The ORACLE and the son of ZEUS were taken, Chiron, so obviously there's in need of some quest to save them."

Chiron sighed, "Alright, come with me to the Big house. The meeting is about to start."

Ray

I was sparring with James, the son of Hades. He's been helping me in my short range combat, but it's still difficult since he's got a 5 foot long deadly scythe and all I got are my bow and arrows. The fight was evenly matched. Whenever I shoot an arrow he blocks it with his scythe, and whenever he hits swings the scythe at me I manage to block it with my bow. But even with a celestial bronze bow I think it's about to break. It went on for an hour then I manage to find an opening and shot an arrow to his ankle. He stumbled from the pain and ended up lying on the ground when he removed the arrow. I was about to disarm him and declare a win when I saw a familiar shimmer of light from the corner of my eye. He took the advantage and swung his scythe from behind my feet and causing me to fall down. And when he got back on his feet then next thing I knew the tip of the scythe's staff was in front of my face. Unfortunately I was holding my bow in front of my face breaking my bow.

"Looks like I win again, Ray" he said proudly.

"Dude you just broke my bow!"I said "it was an unfair game anyway I saw something from the corner of my eye"

"That would be our dear friend Aurie" he said mocking me then Aurelia was really coming over.

"Hey guys, Chiron would like me to tell you that we're having an emergency head counselor meeting after lunch" she said then again left.

"Thanks" I called out to no one. "I still don't know how she keeps doing that"

"Well she is the Daughter of Hecate so…" James said but I had to intercede

"Dude!" I said, "It's a rhetorical question."

"Okay…" he said holding his hands up in surrender. We said our goodbyes and went to our respective cabins. I got back to the cabin. Apparently even after Percy Jackson, the son of Poseidon, made that deal with the gods Cabin7 is still one of the most crowded. When I got there I called everyone out and we went to lunch.

…..

I had just begun eating after throwing my offering to the gods. James passed by he threw a part of his meal to the fire. I waved my hand then he just nodded at me. I am amazed on how fast some one could change in a matter of months. He has always been nice but lately he has been 'emo'. He started out as a happy and annoying kid we found in San Francisco. Now he is an Emo know it all that can be a scary as Death himself especially with his Scythe. And as if called James showed up… as the saying goes "speak of the devil and the devil shall appear"

"Hey we need to get to the meeting," he said

"Alright, alright just let me finish my lunch" I raised my half eaten burger and bit into it again. James rolled his eyes and gestured at the door while adjusting his Scythe strapped to his back.

"I'll be waiting outside, hurry up" he said before he walked away

Nervous stares from the rest of the Apollo Cabin made me raise my eyebrows "What?"

"That James dude is pretty freaky, I heard he collects bones and use them to reinforce the blade of his Scythe." A kid said. I nearly burst out laughing.

"I heard that he spends his time with his dad and is in charge of guarding the entrance to Tartarus" another camper from my cabin said.

"No!" I said laughing out loud "he is not that bad, guys."

"Really?" asked one of the newbies in our cabin with wide eyes.

"Really, I promise" I ruffled the kid's hair before finishing my food and headed to the Big house.

"Took you long enough," James smirked

"I had to clear something up with my cabin "

"Anyway we better hurry up" he said "the meetings about to start"

"Okay… RACE YOU THERE" I said then ran towards the big house.

"Hey no fair" he said as we raced to the Big house.

When we go there Chiron had just arrived along with the other demigods, Kiara from the Aphrodite Cabin, Mike from the Nemesis Cabin, and Seth from the Hypnos Cabin.

"Sorry we're late" I said as we reached the porche of the Big House.

"Hurry up and let inside" Chiron said "the meeting is about to start"

This meeting seemed really serious, unlike usual. Everyone was so...quiet and no one was talking or messing around. This was extremely unusual especially for the ones in Hermes and Ares Cabins. Another thing unusual about this meeting was the number. In this meeting, Kiara, Seth and Mike were here and two of the most important people in the meeting, Helen, the Oracle and Jake the son of Zeus. James and I sat next to Mike as Chiron entered to start the meeting.

"Right, so since we're all here now, I shouldn't keep you waiting. Helen and Jake have been kidnapped. Argus who picked them up said they were attacked by empousai, Greek demons." Chiron said then his expression darkened " From what is seems it looks like they werent just hunting they were sent"

"We need to save them! They could be used against us" Mike and Kiara both got to their feet causing Seth fell back from his chair followed with an "ouch", a few mumbles from Seth, and snoring from the person next to him. Fortunately is the counselor of the Hephaestus Cabin who is the easiest to wake up.

"If you were to look for them what are the chances that you'd get caught too?" said Danella from the Athena Cabin.

"I don't care, they're our friends! We are not going to sit here and let them get killed" then all Hades broke. The way Kiara said it using charmspeak causing many to agree. But those who aren't affected started protesting.

"We need them here at Camp" Mike insisted

"How are we going to find them then?" Aurelia asked "We can't exactly send everyone on a search mission and leave camp. What if this is a trap?"

"We don't care they're our friends we're going to look for them" Mike insisted then everyone was arguing again. I was really getting impatient.

"GUYS!" I said quite loudly "why don't we just have a vote?"

"All those in favor?" several hands shot up even my own, around fourteen agreed

"Those who aren't?" Danella, Aurelia and 3 other people raised their hands

"That settles it then" Chiron said "when will you leave?"

"As soon as this is done" Kiara said eagerly

"Kiara" Chiron said calmly "Are you sure about that maybe we could discuss more about this…"

"No, the longer we wait the farther they'll get" Kiara was really getting persistent and aura of pink started glowing. Then she stormed out of the room

"Okay I think that's enough for today" Chiron said "back to your activities"

I saw Kiara, Mike and Seth at the top of the hill a few minutes after the meeting. I was heading to the armory to find a way to replace my bow. I went towards them.

"Hey guys" I called

"Hey Ray!" Mike held out his fist. I bumped his fist

"Good luck on your quest guys" I said as I gave Seth and Kiara a high five "I hope you find them"

"Yeah we hope so too" Seth said half glaring Kiara

"Hey guys we've got to go" Mike said

"Bye, Ray wish us luck"

Camp fire

The camp fire was eventful. We would usually get some new couples, some pranked campers or someone getting claimed but this time it was really different. We had a little concert instead of our usual camp fire that night. We made an amazing stage just a normal four foot high platform with a huge fire behind it. And as the head counselor of the Apollo cabin I had to arrange everything and post as the Emcee. I went onstage to introduce the next performer.

"Alright everyone that was awesome wasn't it?" there was a cheering from the crowd "alright lets welcome our next performer, my newest pair of siblings, Beth and Bell." Cheering came from our cabin mates as our newest siblings stepped onstage with their instruments and started to play. They sang their song and danced around the stage. They were amazing everyone enjoyed the show, even James, who I manage to convince him to come to the camp fire. Everything was great. When I stepped onstage when they had finished a bright flash came from the camp fire then stood there, in shining Greek armor with a bow straped behind his back, was none other than Apollo, the god of Medicine , Archery and the Sun, My father

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*PS. sorry for the bad grammar our editor/s are either out of town or band :P sorry ~Alyce