Hey everyone,
This will be a mixed chapter. It will start out easy and relaxed, but then end with a bit of a cliffhanger that will cause for two people to start feeling seriously bad for different reasons. After that, we will get a bit more antagonist action, a bit of manipulation leading into murder and then the final fight.
All things considered, this whole thing will probably be over sometime around February, yet I just want to let you all know a few things. I already have the casualties planned, most of the fighting scenes and how the events will unfold into the final battle as well as what the aftermath will be like for our main protagonists.
Excited yet,
Venquine1990
PS. For Rules Check Chapter 01.
Chapter 19
The Opening Night – Part 02
An Hour Later
Mount Olympus
Sirius' POV
"Our son looks a whole lot calmer than he did earlier this evening." My beloved tells me as he comes to stand by my side as I lean against one of the now empty buffet tables and while I send him a smile, do I say: "He just really takes after his father. He's a born leader, only he's currently struggling with various issues that worry him."
The man frowns at this and he asks: "You think he is taking the prophesy the wrong way?" Yet while Zeus had told me of the Great Prophesy, do I shake my head and say: "It's just Harry being Harry. He sees something he can take onto his list of responsibilities, only at Camp and here, there are a few too many factors for him to handle.
Combine that with how it must still be sinking in with him that he has a family and the fact that he has inherited both our protective streaks –." Here I leave the sentence hanging, yet it is unnecessary for me to go on as the man sighs, causing for a small wind to blow across the grass as he says: "And you get one troubled teenage boy."
At this I nod at him and then say: "Add to that that we are suspecting someone who had been a close friend to his sister and who's very persona drove another friend of his sister to make a horrifying decision regarding loyalty and Harry is constantly on the alert for Luke to make a single mistake – or worse, pull off his job."
Here Zeus growls as he hates the very idea that someone would want to steal his Masterbolt, yet I happily lie my hand on his arm and say: "Hey, don't forget where the power of the Bolt is at this very moment. It's perfectly safe, remember?" And this makes the man smile before we both focus back on the dance itself.
Aphrodite's POV
"This night is just too perfect to let up. I need to cause some romance, I just need to." Goes through my head like an endless spiel, yet because of who my senses have focused on, am I trying my hardest to ignore them as I just know that – immortal or not – Zeus will never let me live if I cause Heartache with his only son.
And this is such a shame too as I have been seeing a perfect match for the boy ever since he first stepped foot in Camp and while the boy doesn't seem totally obvious to the very much apparent sense of attraction that runs between him and Ethan Nakamura, do I just not feel confident enough in the two to actually risk it.
No, these two are exactly the kind of boys I always have to work my absolute hardest on, the kind that has so many emotional issues even my abilities sometimes run short on the chance of the bond working out and after several centuries of working with these types of guys do I know my talent well enough to keep my hands clean.
"They'd make quite the cute couple, you know." A female voice suddenly tells me and I look besides me, my eyes widening as I see Hera actually looking at one of the two boys who have been my target all night and the woman says: "Not to mention their wedding would be the talk of the millennium if not for millennia to come."
This makes me focus back on the pair, only for another voice to interrupt my thoughts and Apollo says: "There are many emotional scars they can heal for each other. Ethan can really help Harry fit into a regular family life. He can give Harry the emotional support of someone his own age that comes with true experience."
Here I cross my arms determined not to give in and prove them why I am a Titan and not a Goddess, even though I prefer the latter over the former and then I get shocked as Athena herself walks over and says: "They're chance of bonding without you is 34%; their chance of bonding with your help is 76%. I'd do my job."
To which I can't help but snarl: "I would if I could. Do you three really think I don't want to? I've been eyeing those two up all evening, let alone all the times I looked at how perfect they are for each other from up here. But I'm not stupid, you know. I know my level of mortality and where I stand with the King and the Prince."
But then Hera smiles at me and asks: "Aphrodite, darling. Who do you think send us over here?" And instantly my eyes shoot from son to father, making me spot Zeus and how he is observing me with an eyebrow raised in a silent challenge, which is all the incentive I need as the Titan of Love within me gets ignited like a Phoenix.
"A phoenix is eternal and so is love. I will make sure that their love story becomes more famous than that of Romeo Malfoy and Julia Weasley." And while I still get shivers as I think of how cute and devoted those two were, regardless of their lines, do I then happily stride over to one of my two targets: The Prince Of Olympus.
Ethan's POV
"So glad to see him enjoying himself, finally." Goes through my head, yet I shake my head from this thought as it just feels wrong to crush after someone who considers me such a close friend, something I never really had before Harry came to Camp, not even when I was sharing the Hermes Cabin with the other Undetermined.
Yet, while it had been a bit lonely for me after it became known that I was Lady Nemesis' only child, was the loneliness easily brought down to a low thanks to the children of the Big Three as Percy, Thalia, Nico, Bianca and Harry always made sure to include me into their actions and made me feel part of the team.
Harry, of course, also did this with the other members of other Cabins and the way he made Nico and Bianca feel welcome had been one of the things that drew me to him, even though it had been the dark cloud of his past that had first drawn me to the loveable boy, even though that was also what made me feel bad and hold back.
"As if anyone would want to start a relationship with someone who gets attracted to you because of the skeletons in your closet. Ha, as if." Goes through my head, making me wonder why I am here as a strong part feels as if I can only enjoy this amazing party if I can share it with the Prince of Olympus, but then it happens.
I am leaning against one of the trees that are stationed to the side of the party area and then suddenly Silena Beauregard comes over, which shocks me as I had thought that the shadows of the other trees near mine hid me well enough and when I look at her, does she smile and say: "Those in love can never hide from kids like us."
This makes me sigh and I say: "I can't be with him. My mum's not even one of the Olympus Twelve. He's better off with either Bianca or Nico or someone like that." Yet the girl rolls her eyes at this and says: "Ethan, leave the pairing decisions to the professionals. Like my mum who is currently approaching Harry. "
This makes me open my eyes wide in shock and as I look at the gorgeous bit of royalty I do indeed see the Goddess of Love and Romance approaching him and to my utter astonishment does she whisper something to him that – horridly enough – makes the boy look straight at me, his eyes searching and with a hint of something in them.
My own eyes are wide as we lock gazes and while the boy tilts his head for a short second, does he then show me a lopsided smile before he seems to ask the Goddess something, the Goddess herself laughing and telling him something that makes him not look back at me, but instead of that turn to where his parents are.
This makes me tentatively turn to look at the two men himself and to my shock, do I see the God of Thunder send an encouraging nod his son's way before Silena says: "You know, if it were up to the King, you and Harry might just find yourselves with a Betrothal contract." Shocking me, yet also doing something else.
The tentative concern and doubt that had been holding me back for all these weeks to months vanishes in a gush of relief and I happily turn back to the boy of my heart, the smile I send him apparently causing him to smile back shyly and the fact that I can influence the strongest Demigod of us all makes me feel really great.
I then push myself off of the tree I am leaning against and send a grateful smile at Silena before moving over to where Harry is at, feeling even greater as I see him approaching me as well, yet just when we are only a few Demigods away from each other, does my inner Demigod ability suddenly start to ring in my head.
This makes me look up, Harry halting his steps as he sees me respond and I can't help but wonder: "What could be going on?" Only for my eyes to roam through the entire party area and instantly I understand why my ability is going off, making me turn to Harry with a worried frown as I say: "Harry, Luke is gone."
And instantly it feels as if the entire party has been crashed as the sound of the party music falls away from the both of us, our worried gazes locked before Harry draws his wand and I draw my sword and instantly the both of us start rushing away, the party going on behind us, yet the both of us focused on a whole other location:
The throne room.
Uh oh, trouble.
Yes, Luke has taken advantage of how a lot of the Gods are now determined to help Ethan and Harry get together and has slipped away from the party. The problem is that Luke is in the belief that Zeus has gotten overconfident and that he has left the Master Bolt in the throne room out of that same overconfidence.
Luke has no idea that the Master Bolt is now more or less useless and will not work in his plan to revive Kronos, yet while his plan will fail, will this not mean that we go from the Thunder Thief to Sea of Monsters. Like I said, this is just one part of the catalyst that will eventually lead to how the Final Battle will commence.
Now I know I ended this chapter off quite short, but just because Harry and Ethan are the only ones dashing for the Throne Room, does this not mean that they will be the only ones confronting Luke. As I said, this chapter will lead to something that will make 2 people feel bad for different reasons and I'm sure You-Know-Who.
Sorry for the pun,
Venquine1990
