'Ello people of the Earth! I'm bringing you a gift of joy, the 3rd chapter of Percy Jackson, The Forgotten Guardian of the Hunt
Oh, and those who think I meant war glaives instead of twin hooks, you are wrong. There's a link on my profile page to twin hooks or you could just type in 'twin hooks' in google images and see what they look like
Chapter Three
The Guardian's Story Told
Artemis POV
I'm watching my Hunters eat and pack up so we can head out to retrieve a pair of demigods and bring them to Camp Half-Blood. The gods have had more demigods ever since he told us that Oceanus and Pontus had drowned every demigod except children of Poseidon/Neptune and immortal demigods before he stopped them.
Since he was the only demigod of Poseidon, he was the only mortal demigod alive. It's just too hard saying his name without feeling remorse because of what happened. I can only think of all the good times while he was Guardian. I was shaken out of my thoughts when Thalia said,
"My Lady, we are ready to go"
"Good, we should leave immediately if we are to get there in two days"
'If he was still alive, we could get there by tonight' I thought to myself. I mentally scolded myself for thinking about him again.
"My Lady, are you all right? You seem to be staring into space"
"Yes Nina, I'm fine." I said convincingly
Nina joined after her boyfriend not only cheated on her, but also killed her father and her two younger brothers and raped her mother and older sister.
'Men are so disgusting' I think with distaste. But then another thought comes to the surface
'But not him, he was not disgusting. He was kind, gentle, humble, generous and everything a man wasn't' I shook my head mentally again to rid my mind of those thoughts
The Hunt seemed satisfied with my reply but Thalia, who has been with me the longest other than Phoebe, looked at me skeptically. We left to go to the school to pick up fraternal twins, Kevin and Kaitlin. This pick-up reminds me of when I picked up Nico and Bianca di Angelo, who were son and daughter of Hades and when I first met him. I shook my head trying to forget about him; but no matter what, everything I think of reminds me of him.
3rd Person POV (the previous night)
All the demigods at Camp Half-Blood enjoying the campfire listening to stories when one of the campers asked Chiron,
"Hey Chiron, why is the moon changing colors so often? Is Artemis mad or something?"
All the demigods avert their attention from the story to look at the moon, which was changing colors from white to blue to red to yellow to purple and back to white.
Chiron looks at the moon and sighs, "The story behind the reason is a tragic one and one I should not tell." This only make the demigods want to hear the story more and they start to yell and beg for him to tell the story. Chiron raises his hand for them to be quiet and they do.
"Do you all know who Percy Jackson was?" Chiron asks
All of the demigods raise their hands because they've heard of the legend of Percy Jackson. Chiron rolls over to the center of the amphitheater in front of the fire
"As you all know, Percy Jackson was a son of Poseidon and did many impossible quests and feats that no other demigod has other done-"
"Oh, yeah? I bet he didn't beat Hyperion to a pulp after he escaped from the tree he was trapped in!"
"Patience child and let me finish before you can boast about what you have done." Chiron says before he could continue.
"Percy's first quest was to retrieve Zeus's Master Bolt.
His second quest was to rescue to Grover and retrieve the Golden Fleece.
His third quest was to rescue Artemis and Annabeth from Luke and Atlas on Mount Tam.
His fourth quest was to find Daedalus and get Ariadne's string but found out that Rachel, a mortal who could see through the Mist, was better than the string. They found Pan before he faded. They came back just in time for an invasion from the entrance to the Labyrinth inside the camp. The enemy fled back into the Labyrinth when Grover caused a Panic."
"What's a Panic?"
"Back in the First Titan War, Pan opened his mouth and emitted a sound so terrible it caused the enemy to flee.
Percy's fifth year, he bathed in the River Styx and led a defense against Kronos and the enemy. On Olympus, Percy battled Kronos and in the end he made the decision to give Luke the knife so he could stop Kronos from rising."
"The next year, Percy went missing for 8 months. While this was happening, Gaia and the Giants were rising and planned to attack the original Olympus in Greece. The gods agreed that the Greeks and the Romans had to unite if they were to succeed. It turns out that Percy was at Camp Jupiter the entire time.
While he was there, he was sent on a quest with two others to set Thanatos free and retrieve the Golden Eagle of the first cohort. They then set out to Greece where Percy and the six others battled Gaia and the Giants. They defeated the Giants and Gaia was sent back into her slumber."
"I still don't see what that has to do with the moon changing colors." The same boy who bragged said.
"This is where the sad part begins. A year after the Giants War. Oceanus joined with Pontus and drowned all the demigods who were not Poseidon/Neptune children or immortal before Percy could stop them. Percy then went to see Paul and his mom, but when he arrived he found out that they were killed in a gang shootout. Percy was so depressed that he thought of committing suicide but he believed that was beneath him."
Everyone looked down in sadness not imagining what it felt like to lose all your friends and family at the same moment.
"Percy went to Olympus and told the gods what had happened and they took pity on him. Zeus announced that Percy was to be Guardian of the Hunters of Artemis. After that, he started to have a relationship with Hestia but after 5 years they decided to end it for the safety of Artemis and the Hunt."
"I still don't see the sad part." The boy said impatiently.
"Here is the sad part: 500 years after Percy was assigned to the Hunt, Artemis was captured by Kronos and brought to Mount Tam. As Artemis was about to be tortured, Percy and the Hunt rush up and battle Kronos and his forces. Percy pushed Kronos back from Artemis and he set her free. As Artemis stepped down, Kronos sent a black bolt towards her but Percy stepped in front of her and received bolt after bolt as he was sucking them into his body."
"What was he doing Chiron?"
"That, I do not know child. From what I've heard, Artemis was the only person who knew what he was doing. Even the other gods didn't know what he was doing. Artemis refused to tell them what he did because she was afraid another might try to do the same. She tried to stop him but he prevented her and sent her down Mount Tam with the Hunters. She tried to go back but the Hunters prevented her.
There was a loud explosion from the top and Artemis rushed to the top and saw Percy barely alive. As he died, a green mist exited his mouth and flew into the sky. Artemis then took his weapons, the twin hooks and put them into the sky."
"Where are they?"
"If you look in between Orion and Ursa Major, you can see his weapons in a criss cross pattern."
When they looked in the sky between Orion and Ursa Major, they saw what they looked like and started to ask questions.
"Are those weapons real?"
"Can you make them for us?"
"Can you teach us how to use them?"
They kept asking him these questions before Chiron silenced them.
"To answer the first question, yes they are real weapons, shaolin monks, who lived in China, used them to defend themselves even though they went against violence."
"To answer your second question, no I cannot replicate those weapons for they are made of a specific metal that is not available to me or the gods."
"Then how did Percy get his?"
"At that time, the gods had a sufficient amount of that metal but over time, the metal slowly disappeared and could not be found. The metal was so special that the gods could not replicate the metal"
"To answer your third question, also no, I could not teach you how to use the twin hooks. The teachings of how to wield those weapons were lost centuries ago."
"Then how did Percy learn how to use them?"
"Percy had the ability to learn how to wield any weapon besides the bow and arrow but he eventually mastered it. He mastered the twin hooks after two years."
All the demigods were in awe of what Percy Jackson could do.
"You still haven't answered my question Chiron. Did Percy Jackson do more and better things than I've done?" the boy said cockily.
"Derek," Chiron responding to the boy, "Have you not been listening to what I've been saying?"
"He's killed the Minotaur with his bare hands
battled the war god,
tricked Polyphemus,
killed the Nemean Lion,
wrestled a Titan,
held the sky,
defeated Antaeus (the son of Poseidon and Gaia),
bathed in the River Styx,
trapped Hyperion inside a tree,
defeated Kronos,
battled Alcyoneus and his ghost legion,
freed Thanatos,
brought back the 12th Legion's Golden Eagle,
defeated Polybotes,
defeated Giants and Gaia,
and singlehandedly defeated Oceanus and Pontus before they could kill anymore demigods."
"Is this proof enough to you that Percy Jackson may be the greatest demigod, surpassing Hercules himself?"
Derek just looks down in defeat hearing all the things Percy Jackson had done compared to what he had done.
"I believe it's time for bed seeing it's 45 minutes after curfew. Oh, and Derek, Katy, and Melissa, you will be heading off to the school an hour before breakfast starts to bring the demigods back."
The three nod and head to their respected cabins, Derek to Zeus, Katy to Hades, and Melissa to Poseidon. The other demigods look up at the sky one last time before heading into their cabins looking at the constellation of the Guardian's weapons.
Chiron looks up at the constellation with a sad look on his face which reminds him of his favorite student. Before he goes inside the Big House he looks at the constellation and the colorful moon one last time.
That's the end! Well at least for chapter 3 anyways
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Hero