Welcome backkkk~ Man it has been a long time... Sorry if the paragraphs are short and/or choppy, I'm writing this on my tablet and it's hard to tell if it's a long enough paragraph. Oh also there's a point in this chapter, I promise that she won't be a child of her... Yeah any way... If you're guessing Hera that's a big no-no (just so you know) I also stuck a few friends of mine in so don't judge... ON WITH THE STORY!
DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN ANY OF PJotO OR HoO thank you have a nice day
"Where exactly are we going? Last time I checked the train station was over there." Zelda said as she batted a tree branch away from her face. Hugo laughed, "Just wait Zel. Promise you'll love it."
Even Elaine was starting to get slightly confused. Ashlyn looked over to him. "I thought you knew where Hugo was taking us?" Elaine shook his head, "I thought he was somehow going to hack the train system and make it look like we had tickets. But now I have no idea."
Ashlyn heard Hugo laughing from the front as they walked into an opening in the forest. "I'm surprised you didn't see this place the day we got here, Zel." He walked forward and suddenly three beautiful horses came into view. Zelda went pale. "Oh no. There is no way in Hades you're getting me on one of those things. I'd rather walk than be shot up into the air on another piece of meat."
Hugo sighed. "Well I was planing on riding with Ash, since she's new to this, but if it'll make you feel better I can ride with you." As Zelda blushed, Elaine walked up to one of the horses, that Ashlyn just realized had feathered wings tucked in. "He said they've been waiting here for us. Not just for random half-bloods, but for us, specifically." The horses wined and kicked up dirt. "Maybe Charon sent them here?" Zelda and Hugo gave each other a suspicious glance and started talking to the other.
Ashlyn carefully walked up to the horse with a beautiful gray coat and black mane and reached out to stroke its hair The horse pulled its head back but slowly eased into her hand. She was brought out of her thoughts by a snort from Hugo. "Ah, I see you have already chosen your stead." The horse nickered in approval as if to say yes I like this one! Elaine and Zelda calmed the other two down as Ashlyn's horse kept nudging its head in her hand, wanting more attention.
A few minutes and sugar cubes later, (Elaine where did you keep those?!) the four of them were on there way. With a blushing Zelda and smirking Hugo on one, and pants-less Elaine on another ("Really there a girls present"(Even more weird, he had goat legs.)) they took to the sky, causing Zelda to let out a small shriek of terror making her grab on to the pale pegasus's mane. Ashlyn was laughing in absolute delight, of course after her initial terror, but a warm voice in her mind told her to calm down saying 'I won't let him blast you out of the sky' which somehow comforted Ashlyn. "Do you know if they have names?" She tried to shout over the rushing wind. Elaine shook his head. "Their wild pegasus. I don't know how they got tame or how they got there in the first place." She looked ahead and patted her horse's mane "I think I'll call you... Stardust."
"So what do you think's in here?" Ashlyn asked as she shook the small pouch back and forth, earning a small jingle from inside. "With that warning? I have no idea honestly. Most mortal parents give their child a weapon to protect themselves until they find a protector or find Camp." Elaine said looking back from his spot on his pegasus. She still thought that was extremely weird, but she was starting to get used to weirdness. Silence. "So who your guys parents?" Ashlyn looked over to to the third pegasus, which hosted both Hugo and Zelda, who was still hanging on for dear life. Hugo looked up, "mine's Hephaestus, god of forge. Zel's Ares, though I think she'd rather be an Aphrodite child." With that Zelda elbowed him in the gut making him nearly fall of. He quickly regained his balance and breathed a sigh of relief. "I don't even know what you mean by that," She huffed. Hugo let out a laugh,"Oh really? I've seen how you look at some of the boys," he raised an eyebrow, "and at the campfire how you want to burst out into song with the others, might as well be from Apollo." Zelda gained a bright blush "S-shut up! Stupid Mec" She muttered which gained a chuckle from both Hugo and Elaine.
"So how did you get the name 'Mec' anyway." Ashlyn questioned. It was Hugo's turn to blush this time and Zelda to took a big breath and started the story "Well, for you see-" "please not this story" "-our little Hugo is a child of Hephaestus, who is great with mechanical things and of the like. So one time during a harsh game of capture the flag against the hunters, you'll find out more about that later, we were epicly losing the game, like we do every time, but somehow out of nowhere everyone heard a rumble and then, out of nowhere these small metal animals,like rabbits and frogs, just start running at the hunters causing mass panic from both sides. I looked back and saw the whole Hephaestus cabin laughing, and at the center was the cabin leader Leo and our little boy Hugo a few months younger than he is now, it was all his idea and I was so proud of him," Zelda dramatically sniffed before continuing with her story. "Though we didn't win, and we still would have gotten disqualified, we still treated him like he won the game, not to mention that was also the day he got claimed." Hugo had a wistful smile on his face as if he was remembering that night. Their pegasus nickered with the excitement and sped up, which caused Zelda to grab the pegasus's mane in a small panic.
A few minutes later Elaine looked up to the horizon and saw a big strawberry field. "Look over there! We're almost there!" He looked over at Ashlyn, but Zelda took over this time. "You'll love it there. There's a giant rock wall that has lava, a bunch a training dummies, every night there's a campfire and sometimes, if Mr.D and Chiron allow it we get the Apollo cabin to play the instrumental versions of songs and we have a big karaoke night, and a bunch of other cool things. You just have to look out for the Ares cabin sometimes. Mostly Clarisse and Donovan, and whatever you do don't call him 'Dona'. I made that mistake once, and I got a free trip to swirly world. But that was before I was claimed...Just hang with me and you'll be fine!" Ashlyn's heart was pounding. The closer they got to the ground, the more she could see. There was the obvious strawberry field right next to a big farmhouse looking building, a giant forest of to the side, and a big pavilion but that's where the normal things ended. There was twelve big buildings arranged in a Greek omega shape surrounded by a few slightly smaller buildings crammed in here and there and a giant Greek temple on the other side next to the strawberries. As they landed a few kids fell out of trees aiming bows, spears, and swords in their direction. Ashlyn was still taking in her surroundings as the other three walked up to a giant pine tree with something slithering around the bottom and shimmering in the branches.
Elaine called her over to the groups of kids, some older than her, some younger."Ashlyn this is Kelly," he pointed at a girl with long wavy dark brown hair and dark brown eyes, " daughter of Hermes, Leah" another girl slightly smaller with light brown hair and eyes that changed from brown to green to blue."Daughter of Apollo, those two are Hannah and Dani daughters of Athena," a short blond girl with blue eyes and glasses waved while a slightly taller girl with brown hair and grey eyes glared at him. "And over here we have Clayton, he's like you, unclaimed." He pointed to a brown haired boy with glasses and blue eyes. A girl, Kelly, grabbed her by the arm and pulled her to the top of the hill. "Welcome to Camp Half-Blood!"
I know it's short I'm sorry but I really don't like typing on my phone... So yeah how's it going? Nevermind it's been a long summer, well start of summer. Yeah... so that's it see yah later!