Cesar or Tempest here. It seems like every chapter just keeps getting bigger. There's so much stuff I want to add. I also need to look back and fix my grammar. As like all my chapters ninety nine percent of the words are written when I'm half asleep.
Also since Fanfiction doesn't make edits updates chapter one is a rewritten combination of the original first two.(If you don't want to read the whole thing just read the prolouge.) Chapter three is now chapter two and the new chapter three is brand new. Well anyways I hope you enjoy.
A wasteland. I was in a wasteland of bodies around me. The smell was overwhelming, making me want to puke. The sky was dark with a thick fog overhanging. But it was all eerily quiet. Through the fog I could see the man with the ram helmet walking with the brown haired man from earlier. They had armor on though it was battered and torn. Golden blood leaked from their wounds. "I want to go home." The man with the ram head said.
"As do I. I miss my daughter and wife." The brown haired man agreed.
"When will this war be over? Why did my brother's children drive him this far?"
"I do not know uncle. No matter who we are, we cannot escape prophecy. This war was destined." The other man nodded.
"Hopefully we will be freed from this war. I wish to see my wife without being in pain after battle. I believe you agree Perses?"
"Yes I do. My daughter is still young. But her strength is undeniable. I wish to see her matured."
"Much like her father." They both chuckled.
"We must head back to the palace to give our report." A bright flash of golden light flooded my vision and I was in the castle from last night. They walked back to the grand hall. Kronos wasn't there and both Perses and the man with the ram helmet were confused. Kronos silently appeared behind them and rested his arms on their shoulders. They didn't flinch. They stood silently until the man with the ram helmet spoke. "We succeeded brother."
"Good. You seem to be a bit battered however Krios. Was the opposition able to challenge the mighty Titan of the East?"
"Without a handicap the battle is disinteresting." Kronos walked past them heading for his golden throne.
"A handicap? I wouldn't be wrong inferring Perses did the same."
"If I had tried any fodder near me would be incinerated by my presence." Kronos nodded.
"That's what I like to hear. However, we must end this war as soon as possible. I do not wish to kill anymore than necessary. As such I ask you both to use your powers to demoralise the opposition."
"As you wish." They both answered.
"You are free to leave. Rest and spend time with your child Perses. You as well Krios spend time with your wife. I will have Hyperion look after your front in your leaves. But please take a drink before you leave. A sign of my thanks." He snapped and two servant girls appeared from the shadows. Wearing long gold and black dresses with bracelets and necklaces to match. They walked up to the men. Taking their time to give them their drinks.
"Our thanks." Krios said, lowering his head slightly. They smiled and bowed, walking back into the shadows. Both men drank and their wounds healed vanishing from their bodies. They nodded at Kronos and walked to the exit. Two more servants appeared, this time men. They wore golden armor from head to toe. Engravings were all along the armor. They bowed, took their glass and vanished.
The scene changed. This time I was in a small grassy valley with all fifth-teen men and women from the council earlier with seven others. Three men and four women. No words were spoken. All stood in silence as they each stared at each other. Prometheus cleared his throat and walked forward. The seven others tensed their fingers began to twitch. "We have agreed this will be a peaceful arrangement. No blood will be spilled until we have all decided negotiations are over. Prometheus will speak for the council. We wish for this bloodshed to be over. You will all be given amnesty for your crimes. But you must pledge loyalty to the king till Chaos herself blesses us with her presence." A green eyed man with black hair spoke.
"Prometheus you are the titan of forethought. Tell me, do you not realize what will happen in the near future? A revolution must happen. We will not be forsaken!" A man with silver hair walked forward, his eyes as cold as ice.
"Who forsakes you all? Did we? I do not recall ever forsaking you nor your siblings. We gave you the option to pledge loyalty and those of you who did have gone back on your pledge. Following an usurper I expected better from those who I helped raise and treated as if they were my own." A gorgeous woman spoke. Her hair was beautiful constantly changing color just like the rest of her body always fluctuating.
"We want nothing but our birth right! It was spoken by the primordial Uranus. I was there as you must remember the last child of Uranus." Her voice was as smooth as butter. Enchanting me to listen. A man with peculiar green hair and light blue eyes came forward.
"We gave you your freedom. We never withheld anything from you. Yet you chose to go back on your pledge. We could have killed you on the spot where you emerged from the sea but we spared you and gave you a home. I gave you my home!" He cried pleading to her.
She looked away in disgust. Lighting struck the ground. A man with light blue eyes like the sky and dark hair walked forward. "Enough! Tyrant, your reign will end by our hands! I will not have you deceive us!" A whistle was blown. Kronos looked hurt and walked up to him.
"Deceive you I just want my fam…" An arrow was shot through his skull and he fell back. All the others of the council looked shock. Some rushed to his aid including the long haired woman from earlier. But others summoned weapons and got in a protective circle protecting Kronos. Rumbling could be heard and a swarm of centaurs attacked the members of the council. Their defense held but damage was done. A lighting bolt hit a man with blue and white hair and he disintegrated into golden dust.
"Koios!" A man with golden hair yelled before an arrow struck his shoulder. He was lost in the sea of centaurs afterwards. The other seven were not attacked. Two looked away. A young woman and a young man. the woman with brown hair and her face turned away. The man did the same his black hair shining from the sun. The defense had crumbled. Only three remained trying to protect Kronos and the others still alive. The Perses and a man with dark black hair and tanned skin.
"Stop!" The beautiful woman yelled. Perses and the other man stopped moving leaving them vulnerable. They too were cut down and lost. Only a few remained, the woman from earlier and Prometheus the ones I recognized. The woman was shot with an arrow. The others were cut down by centaur blades. The centaurs stopped circling leaving a barely alive Kronos and an injured Prometheus.
"How are you father?" The man with light blue eyes asked with a smile on his face.
"Where is Rhea? What have you done to Rhea?" He cried out. Tears and golden blood flowed from his head. The five men and women still watching smiled and walked over to him through the horde of centaurs.
"Rhea is dead. Just like the rest. Did you not notice that? Perhaps Chiron hit you too hard? Nevermind that we have a prophecy to fulfill. Summon your scythe."
"Why are you doing this my children? What have I done to you?" "The light blue eyed man slapped him.
"What did I tell you. Summon your scythe!" Kronos obliged and a golden scythe appeared in his hands. The man took it from him and began slicing his skin. Kronos was screaming. Nothing but pure agony while the man slicing him smiled. His smile was sinister. He felt nothing but enjoyment in his actions. His screams became groans until there was silence. The man continued slicing till there was nothing left of Kronos but dust. Prometheus was silent, his eyes wide in fear.
"You did your job well. All that we promised you will be granted." Dust was all over the man with the scythe. my
"What are we going to do with his scythe?" The green eyed man asked.
"Hades brother when you go to the Underworld, throw his scythe in Tartarus. What are you and Hestia doing so far away? Come, we must celebrate the beginning of our rule!" Cheers were heard from the centaurs and gods. Hestia had a part of this? I knew Kronos was killed by his children but this was not a murder it was a slaughter. Hestia and Hades were the only ones not smiling. Hades blended into the shadows and Hestia shifted into her normal form and was ignored.
My vision shifted to Kronos on his throne. "Now you know the truth. The gods and goddesses lied about the war between titans and gods. Do you see how they killed me and their own mother Rhea. I want my throne back. I have lived in Tartarus long enough. I wish to step on the grassy plains once more with my wife at my side. However the Olympians as they call themselves now have bolstered their defenses and rewrote history. We are now the villains. Not many will join up for our cause. Except for those who know the truth. My time is limited tonight. And I will not be able to contact you through dreams again or I will be hunted. Perhaps someday we will meet in person." He said with a sad smile. A single tear ran through his cheek. My vision became blurry and all I could see was darkness before I awoke.
The cabin was dark. But small rays of light could be seen in the cracks. It seemed waking up early was a normal occurrence for me now. I got up and walked outside. There was Travis and Connor rolling paper up into small bottles. "Nice we don't have to wake him up Connor."
"So that whole game of rock paper scissors was useless? What was the point of me even trying?" Travis ignored his brother and walked over to me.
"Remember when I said you were going to help us prank the Ares cabin."
"Yes it was yesterday." I said confused.
"Yeah that was yesterday Travis. Why are you even asking him that dumbass?"
"Shut up Connor, it's five o'clock. Anyways so now you're going to help put these on each of their beds without waking them up. Got it? Nice now off we go."
"I didn't even answer?"
"At the moment your opinion doesn't matter." Connor chimed in.
"Damn." A short walk to the Ares cabin later and we were outside the door.
"Originally we were going to just send you in. But now you can shape shift. So imagine yourself as a blur or something." Connor said.
"Just not a creepy one that would be a problem." Travis jumped in.
"Got it. But before I go I would like to pitch you a deal." Travis and Connor both raised an eyebrow
"We're listening."
"I help you both with pranks using my shape shifting and you both have to steal me items."
"What type of items?" Connor asked.
"Money, snacks, shit like that you know." Travis and Connor huddled together. They occasionally glanced at me till they both nodded. Travis broke off and put his hand forward.
"Deal." I shook his hand.
"Pleasure doing business with you both."
After leaving me alone with a bag full of bottles I went inside the cabin. It was cold and I went to the nearest bed. It was a normal looking dude. He was asian with a long scar on the left side of his face like Luke. There was also an eye patch on the nightstand beside him. I used him as my back up plan.
If I get caught I will look like him. That'll give me enough time to escape. After a bit of waiting I pulled out my phone and checked myself out. I looked just like and I continued with the plan. I left one of the bottles beside him and moved to the next. I made it halfway through before I noticed a problem. I was setting a bottle like usual but as I walked up she turned to me still asleep. I waited for a bit and took another step and her eyes flickered. She was wary of me even in sleep. An easy solution came to mind. I will go around her and place the bottle next to her feet. I carefully sidestepped around the bed and placed the bottle next to her feet and moved on. After that small scare all went smoothly and I exited the cabin without any problems or bottles. "Nice going Jaxson!" Connor called. He and Travis were sitting next to a bench.
Travis got up "Did everything go smoothly?"
"Yeah everything went smoothly" He smiled.
"Do you know what day is today?" I looked at him confused.
"It's Friday isn't it?" He put a hand on my shoulder.
"And Fridays capture the flag days. Ares cabin won't think we pranked then because we're on their team. And the prank is something one of the Apollo kids would do. I won't ruin the surprise."
"Don't worry I won't. But what do you mean by capture the flag?" Connor stood up
"Travis can I tell him?" He nodded. "Basically the camp splits into two parts. Each cabin aligns itself with another. Today's teams are Apollo versus Ares. Hermes cabin is aligned with Ares and Aphrodite cabin. The rest are with the Apollo side. Each team has a flag and we gotta get that flag to you know win."
"I'm guessing you both don't care too much about the match?"
"Nope, not really. Well we'll be on our way to set an alibi. You should too."
"Yeah I probably should. Thanks again."
"No problem. You're our new partner in crime anyways." Travis replied. We both walked our separate ways. They walked back to the cabin and I walked to the arena.
Luckily the practice dummies were still out. Unluckily I forgot my swords. I took a better look at the practice weapons. There was one for everyone. One that stood out to me was two spears side by side one smaller than the other. It reminded me of the Lancer from Fate Zero. Thankfully I'm luckier than Lancer and my practice weapons from yesterday were right next to them. With the practice weapons I started going at the dummy. In the corner I saw someone watching me. I stopped and turned. "What's up." He scratched his head.
"Nothing much wanted some early morning training before the match. You mind if we spar?" He had long golden hair, fiery orange eyes and blue stud earrings.
"Sure." He walked over to the array of practice weapons and grabbed a short blade and circular shield.
"You wanna take a couple of swings on the dummy." He popped his elbow.
"Yeah I need to warm up." He walked up and stood next to the dummy. He took a deep breath and began slicing. He switched into a defense stance and began thrusting his sword. When he was done he walked over and got into his original stance. "That might have been weird to look at. It looks better in live action." I nodded.
"I sure hope so." He gave me a quick smile and I went into stance. He took another deep breath and his eyes became colder and his face more stern. He charged with his shield out. I hopped to the side dodging. My sword aiming for the back of his neck. He swung his shield back deflecting my first blade. He thrusted his own. Using the edge of my palm I hit it out of his hands. He improvised sending an uppercut to my chin. As brief as it was, the sting of his knuckles was still felt. I fell back regaining my stance. "Not bad for a child of Apollo huh." A child of Apollo? Aren't they supposed to be archers?
"Not bad at all." With a smirk he continued leaving behind his blade. I threw my left sword to the ground. He then threw his shield and I threw my last sword. We moved forward with no weapons. His stance was like a boxers protecting his face. Mine remained mostly the same like an MMA fighter. I swung first with a hook. He blocked and I continued my strike as an uppercut. He leaned back dodging the punch. With my hand still in motion he grabbed my arm and threw me over his shoulder. I got my breath knocked out of me and got on my knees trying to breathe. He helped me up. "Thanks." He smiled.
"Least I could do after that throw." He started laughing.
"What's your name Blondie?" "Carnus Burns and yours?"
"Jaxson Morrigan son of Hecate." "Well Jaxson seems like we may see ourselves on the battlefield tonight."
"Oh you won't see me." "He looked at me confused.
"What do you mean?"
"I don't want to ruin the surprise." As I walked away I heard him say to himself.
"Better not be another fucking invisible hat."
I didn't want to be in the arena after getting my hand handed to me by Carnus. So I decided to see if Beckendorf was awake. And to my surprise he was hammering away at a red hot sword. The sound of the hammer hitting the sword could make me go deaf. I walked up behind him and tapped his shoulder. He swung around sword and hammer still in hand. He's holding the sword bare handed? "Whoa. Why are you holding that bare handed? Are you a sadist or something?" He lifted the sword.
"Special ability of children of Hephaestus. We are highly tolerant against fire, almost invulnerable."
"Oh ok that makes sense. Also I'm here for my first day."
"Yeah I got a job for you. It'll be quicker than normal as this is just a side project and we have a match today. I need you to go to the storage here in the forge and get the shiniest gold metal there. Then you're going to help adjust the flame and you'll be done." I went off to look for something resembling a storage room. Luckily it was right across the forge Beckendorf was using. How I missed the storage room I have no clue. It was better kept than the armory to say the least. The door didn't creak as I opened it either. The inside was neat and organized unlike my room back home. I can't wait to go back home. The Hermes cabin is not for me. So far the people I met have been cool enough. It's just the organization of the camp that is fucked up. I found the shiny gold metal ore. Is that what it's called? Who cares I'm honestly surprised there hasn't been a little revolt. Maybe there was and I just wasn't told. I have only been here for two days. I'll have to ask Cecil. I walked out of the storage room and went back to Beckendorf. "Hey I got the shiny gold metal thing."
"Good place it on the tray over there. Then you see the lever there? I need you to pump it up when I tell you." He pointed both items with the still red sword. He's going to kill someone swinging that thing. I placed the golden metal on the tray then went to the lever. "Three, two, one go start pumping!" I started pumping the lever.
"How fast am I supposed to go?" He ducked his head over the forge. "As fast as possible we can't let the sword get cold." I followed his orders. The heat made me feel like I was going to melt. My sweat evaporated as soon as it arrived.
"A little longer we're almost done." A sigh of relief. I couldn't keep this up for much longer. He pulled the sword out of the flames and stuck it into a barrel. He pulled it out and inspected it. It's golden blade reflects the flames. "Okay we're good. Thanks for your help. I'll need your help tomorrow too." Stretching my back
"Okay that's fine it is my job now right." He nodded.
"Breakfast should begin soon. I have to wake up my cabin. Leave the sword and everything else where it is." He walked off and I was going to do the same till I remembered that the forge is still on fire. I wanted to go ask Beckendorf about the forge but it died down on it's own so I left it alone.
I decided today I'll actually go with my cabin to breakfast. Walking back to the cabin I could see many had already left. Beckendorf already got his cabin up and was ready to go. Luke was also getting the cabin ready. As usual everyone looked tired. I actually feel quite refreshed. Maybe it's because I've been awake for a bit. "Well it seems like you've been up early." Cecil said behind me.
"Yeah I woke up early and didn't want to go back to sleep." He shook his head
"Yeah I can't do that. I need my full eight hours or else I won't work." He faced towards me.
"I don't think you ever work properly." He put his hand over his heart.
"You've known me for less than a day and you're already bullying me? You're definitely related to Lou. Speaking of Lou. Are we still going to do the magic thing?"
"Yeah why not? But who are we going to turn into? And I'm not even sure if I can shift other people." He shrugged.
"Worst case scenario I'm a hot girl for the rest of my life."
"I'm pretty sure that's a good scenario."
"Don't mention that to me again please." We walked with the herd to the mess hall. Lou and Jules were already there. "Hey Lou are you going to help us sneak through to the Apollo flag?" Cecil asked. She turned to him.
"Depends. What do I have to do?" I jumped in.
"We need to hide our tracks and find traps." She nodded.
"I can erase our traces but I can't do the traps."
"I can find the traps." Jules chimed in.
"What are you good at again Cecil?" I asked. He looked at me hurt. "My good looks of course." Jules scoffed.
"Sure, keep telling yourself that. Confidence is good." Cecil ignored her and sat down.
"Yo, Jax. Can I call you Jax? Do you want me to pitch our plan to Luke and Clarisse? Cause Clarisse is pretty serious about capture the flag."
"Um yeah that's fine. You can tell Luke and I'm fine with Jax."
He smiled "Sweet!" The rest of breakfast was filled with banter between Cecil, Jules and Lou. I stayed in the background. I enjoyed watching Cecil get bullied.
Instead of going to sword practice I and the rest of Hermes' cabin went into the woods. This is where I first noticed what happened to the Ares cabin. "Thou shall not commandeer the Eastward flank. Thou shall engage the opposition westward. I and my brethren shall breach the center. I must avenge our lost honor. My brethren and I must remove this alien tongue from our mouths." Who I assumed was Clarisse spoke.
"Yeah sure. You can take on the Apollo cabin." Luke answered back deciphering her words. Cecil walked up form behind me and walked over to Luke
"Hey Luke I got a plan. You mind if I shoot it at you?"
Luke turned to him. "Sure."
Clarisse enraged. "Thou shall not forget I commandeer thou's forces." Cecil scratched his head.
"My bad Shakespeare." I shook my head. She's not going to accept the plan now. But I don't blame him, that was perfect. Luke seemed to agree trying to hide the smirk on his face. Cecil told them the plan and Luke turned to me.
"I saw you looking like Hermione Granger earlier but can you do that to the others?" Luke asked, an eyebrow raised.
"Probably but I haven't tried it on someone else yet. Luckily Cecil has volunteered to be my guinea pig." Cecil turned back to me.
"Hey Jax, turn me into a hot actress." He asked and I'll deliver. How about Megan Fox. I'll never forget her name after watching Transformers.
"Can you come closer? I think it'll be better if I can touch you while I do it." He walked over and I put my hand on his shoulder. I focused, imagining and feeling a stream of energy going from my arm to his shoulder. I waited till I felt all the energy go through. I opened my eyes and looked towards Cecil. He definitely looked like Megan Fox. Even wore the short shorts and crop top from the movie.
"I think it works." Cecil said. "I feel different." He looked down at his chest. He started smiling and jumping around. "Yes Yes Yes! I fucking love you Jax." He ran and hugged me.
"Thou should not curse. Young children are within earshot." He pulled away from me.
"Hold it Shakespeare. Luke what you think?" Luke raised his eyebrow and checked out Cecil.
"Well Jaxson sure can shape shift other people. But it's going to be hard to steal a flag looking like Megan Fox and Hermione Granger." He's got a point. After a moment of thought Luke came up with an idea.
"I Have an idea. Why don't you and Cecil turn into some Naiads or Dryads?"
"What are Naiads and Dryads?" I asked.
"They're basically nature spirits. We can head down to the lake and see if they'll let us use them as examples." Cecil answered.
"Then it's settled. Go to the lake asap. Take Lou, Jules and whoever else you need." Luke said, sending us off. Clarisse slammed her first against a tree.
"Luke thou was told all decisions shall be finalized by I." Luke turned back to Clarisse and smiled.
"Well I'm sorry Shakespeare I think we can handle sending four people. You two go off, I'll handle Shakespeare." Me and Cecil walked away. The sounds of a enraged Shakespeare and a laughing Luke in the background.
"Why can't we just look like Satyrs? I don't like the Naiads." Jules asked. Cecil said they're nature spirits they can't be that bad
"Why don't you like the Naiads?" She sighed.
"They're a bit on the crazy side." A voice called from the woods.
"Hey I heard that!" I jumped and looked around.
"My best friend is a Naiad! I won't sit around and listen to you rant!" A beautiful young woman walked through the woods. She had a loose white dress, messy brown hair past her shoulders, dark green eyes like mine and tanned skin. I whispered into Cecil's ear.
"I think I would be fine with the trees speaking Vietnamese if they looked like that." He held back a laugh.
"Hey sorry about my friend. But can you help us out we're trying to find some volunteers." She looked at me questioningly.
"Volunteers for what capture the flag?"
"Well sort of. I'm a child of Hecate and I can change mine and other's appearance. So we were looking for some Naiads or Dryads that would be fine with us looking like them." Still skeptical, she asked.
"Can you show me?" I focused on the lady in front of me and I closed my eyes.
"Why didn't you tell me my hair is messed up!" She yelled.
"I thought you looked good with messy hair." Cecil answered.
"It doesn't matter, I don't like it!" Lou giggled.
"I think I understand what Jules was saying now." I noticed Cecil seemed to be thinking the same.
"Yeah what he said you look great with messy hair. That's why I chose to turn into you instead of some actress." I said complimenting her.
"Really?" I rubbed that back of my head.
"Yeah definitely. You're really beautiful. But what's your name?"
"My name's Beatrice. But my friends call me Bea." I need to say this.
"Can you do me a favor and say I suppose?" She looked at me confused.
"I suppose?" She saidy confused. I smiled, "Oh you're definitely a Beatrice, Bea." Her face got flushed.
"I never said you can callme Bea!" Come on Jaxson this is your chance! Don't fuck this up. Who can say they met a real life tsundere. I took a deep breath and walked over to her.
"I'll let you call me Jax. I'll even let you be the only person who can." However before I could get a response Lou jumped in between us.
"Alright! Stop right there Casanova! We have a job to do. Flirt with Beatrice later." I frowned.
"Why do you have to ruin my moment? I thought I was finally going to have a chance at getting a girlfriend." Ignoring the blushing mess that is Bea. And the booing from the crowd. Wait crowd? Other people saw me? Oh no.
"Welcome to the club Jax. Welcome to the club. That's Lou for you she'll ruin any chance you get." I smiled again.
"You can't call me Jax no more Cee. Only Bea can call me Jax." He looked at me confused.
"You were serious? It was my idea! I was the one who gave you that nickname!" I shook my head and looked up at the sky.
"The things I do for love." Now Cecil was shaking his head.
"Don't you go quoting Jamie fucking Lannister!" Now it was Jules' turn to jump in.
"Hey you two stop talking about incest and nicknames. Beatrice I'm sorry for insulting your friend. I should know not to judge an entire species from one bad apple."
"I accept your apology and Jax… can you go back to your normal body please." Oh I forgot. I'll do it right now. I don't want her feeling uncomfortable. I concentrated and shifted back to my normal appearance.
"Sorry about that Bea." I said apologetically.
"It's okay. And I guess I'll take you to the Naiads."
"Are you sure they aren't already watching us?" I ask.
"No, those are Dryads like me now." She began walking forward. "Follow me."
After walking through the forest occasionally stepping on popcorn left from the Dryads we arrived at the lake. Now this was like a scene from an harem anime. Just a bunch of girls in the pool some barley wearing anything. I look over to Cee and he looks over to me and we both smile at each other. Unfortunately Lou saw us smile. She smacked both of us on the head. "Keep your dick in your pants, understand?" Recoiling from the hit Cee answered first.
"Yes ma'am!" An idea popped into my head. Sakuta wish me luck.
"My heart is only for Bea!" That gave me another smack. Luckily Jules stopped Lou before I received another one.
"Hey Lou, try not to kill him before the game. We need his ability." Damn they only care about my ability. Someone cleared their throat and I looked up and saw all the Naiads looking at me.
"Um Hi?" One Naiad spoke up.
"We heard you want to tell us something." Damn all my confidence is gone.
"Uh Yeah. Can I get a volunteer? I promise I won't do anything I just need you to stand in front of me. The same Naiad that answered walked up in front of me. Her hair was almost white with a slight glow of yellow, she was also wearing a black and white bikini, and her blue eyes were like the ocean back in a Planet Earth episode. I closed my eyes and focused on what she looked at. When I opened my eyes she was surprised. "Yeah so this is my power. And we wanted to get some volunteers that would let us look like you so we could win the capture of flag match."
"Do me next!" Someone cried out.
"What?" But my voice was drowned out by the wave of voices asking the same. I could barely hear Jules say.
"I told you they're crazy." After some organization we randomly chose five Naiads. Five minutes later Cee is a black haired beauty in a green bikini fondling himself. Which surprisingly didn't piss off the Naiad he looks like. Instead she and many others were smiling and complimenting the Naiad. Lou was a blonde Naiad in a light green dress. Jules was also a black haired Naiad and was wearing a orange Bikini. While I stayed looking like the first volunteer.
"Thank you all! If you ever need anything just ask." Wrong move on my part. While the others began walking away a bunch of Naiads pleaded that they pretend to be them when a demigod or God comes to camp. I don't blame them. I heard enough jokes and stories of the gods looking at you Zeus and Poseidon. I obviously couldn't do them all but another genius idea arose.
"Why don't I just make you less beautiful temporarily. You'll all look the same mainly but I'm guessing the gods only go after super models. So if I take a bit of that shine of beauty they'll probably ignore you."
A roar of thank you's and kisses on the cheek. The later I'm not complaining about. I did a shitty wink towards Bea and now I'm in the woods wearing a bikini with the others. "So do we go back to base or do y'all wanna mess with the opposing team." Cee asked and Jules answered.
"We should just head back to base. Jaxson couldn't you have given us better clothes." I shrugged.
"Me and Cee aren't complaining are we?" Lou shook her head.
"That's because you're perverts." A roar of laughter came from the surrounding tree's. Glad to see we are the new hit reality show in the forest. The others seemed to have the same thoughts. After a bit of walking we found our trail. Cee and Jules said it's a trait Hermes children have. With the trail found it took only a few minutes to make it back to the base. As we walked into the clearing it only took a few moments for someone to wolf whistle. Lou was fuming. "Whoever fucking wolf whistled is going to have their balls crushed." That silenced the crowd before they began. Luke was still with Shakespeare. But now they had a table with a map.
"There you guys are. And it looks like you guys did it." He said checking us out.
"Yeah it was easier than I thought." I said. "You need to change your voice though. It doesn't match at all." Fuck I forgot.
"Don't worry I got this. Cee get over here." He walked up to me and my hand on his shoulder. And tried to give him a new voice.
"Alright now say something." He thought for a moment and spoke.
"Dick." He started smiling as soon as he heard his voice. "Dick! Dick! Dick! Di-! Ow what was that for."
Lou smacked him unsurprisingly. "What do you think it's for?" He wisely decided not to answer. Alright my turn. Focusing I thought about a voice for myself. "How's this?" Cee whistled.
"Now you're a real cutie." I smiled.
"So are you baby." I said, grabbing his hips. "I whispered in his ear.
"How badly do you want this." He did a fake moan.
"I want it so bad." He started biting his lip and we started moving closer. Till Lou ruined our fun. A hard smack to both our heads.
"There's kids here! Also you're distracting everyone! Do this in private!" We looked at her apologetically. "We're just trying to put on a show for the Dryads." Cee nodded, agreeing.
"Yeah it was just a joke. We wouldn't kiss each other. Unless?" He looked back at me. I shushed him.
"In private." He nodded and we turned back to Luke.
"So are we good to go?" Luke nodded, still a bit distracted.
"When you steal the flag, if someone confronts you, tell them it's a dare." We all nodded.
"Got it boss. Also why isn't Shakespeare saying anything?" Luke looked back at Shakespeare.
"Oh I challenged her not to object with anything in your mission. Or anything in my front." Cee nodded again understandingly.
"Oh that makes sense. Shakespeare has always been competitive." Luke nodded as well.
"Alright you guys are free to get into position." Called us over to the map.
"We believe they are at Zeus fist. Jaxson the others know the way follow them." I nodded
"You'll be at the right front the side closest to the lake. Go towards the lake then after start heading for the flag. Or you can go to the lake again and wait till the signal."
"What's the signal?" Asked Jules.
"A firework the Twins stole from the Hephaestus cabin." Luke answered.
"So what's your decision?" Lou spoke up.
"I say we go near the lake but not close enough for the Naiads to see. Otherwise it may waste some time. As they really like Jaxson's power. And Jaxson and Cecil might ditch the mission to stay with the Naiads." I was offended.
"Hey first off we're not that bad. And I already said my heart is only for Bea." Luke looked confused.
"Who's Bea?" Lou sighed.
"Just a Naiad Jaxson likes." He nodded.
"Well then you guys are all set. Get into position and wait for the signal. No flirting both of you!" He pointed to me and Cee.
"Yes sir!" We answered in unison.
"Alright you're good to go." With that we walked back into the woods headed for the lake.
"So how good do you think our reality show is?" I asked, trying to cure the boredom of waiting for a few minutes for the signal.
"I'd say pretty good. We have to be the best duo in the show." Cee answered. I nodded.
"Oh definitely. We got a special charisma." Lou looked at us annoyed.
"Can you both shut it! I swear you guys go on and on!" Boos came from the woods.
"See, the crowd loves us! And I love the crowd! When you beautiful ladies in the crowd, see Bea tell her my heart is her's!" Cheers erupted for the crowd. Jules and Lou just shook their heads. While me and Cee were basking in the attention. I think I'm just going to stay in the woods from now on. So much better than the Hermes cabin. Boom! We all looked to the sky and saw the word signal in the sky.
Cee was the first to react. "I think that's the signal." The rest of us looked at him.
"No shit Sherlock." Cee looked down at the ground.
"Damn I see how it is." Lou started stretching her legs.
"Come on let's go. We need to finish this as fast as possible." We started jogging through the woods. Wait does anyone other than me have a weapon.
"Hey do you guys have weapons?" Lou answered for everyone.
"I don't use weapons a lot but I have a knife just in case. Cecil has his sword on his side. You hid it with your shifting thing. And Jules has a whip and shield. Her shield is the bracelet on her arm and the whip is enchanted to appear whenever she wants." Damn they're all set.
"Oh that's good I didn't notice any of your weapons." We continued jogging till Cecil and Jules stopped.
"Get down." I listened to Cecil and I was on the floor along with the rest.
"There's people up ahead. We need to watch our step and there might be traps." Jules whispered. And me and Lou nodded. We slowly got up and began walking forwards. Jules stopped again. "We got guards ahead, I hear them walking. Lou you've been hiding our tracks right?" Lou nodded.
"Yes I have. What are we going to do about the guards?" Cee looked through the bushes "
We need to distract them. They have no blind spots. I also see outlines of traps on the ground." I thought for a second.
"Why don't me and Cee distract the guards. We have the best chemistry. Lou, you and Jules get the flag. We are going to tell them it's a dare from the Naiads to bring the flag back to the lake. Once we get out of the vicinity we run. If they give us a escort we attack them as soon as they're out of earshot of the others. Everyone got it?" They all turned to me and nodded. Me and Cee walked out first. There was 6 guards, luckily all guys. Each with a sword and shield. But I couldn't see the traps Cecil and Jules were talking about.
"Hey boys. Can you do us a favor pretty please?" I asked doing my best not to make it seem fake.
"We're in the middle of a match. Not much we can do." A dark haired boy said. Cee walked up.
"But there is. We got dared to bring the flag back to the lake by the other Naiads. As you know we have remained neutral in the match. And if you help us." Cee licked his lips seductively.
"We'll let you all come to one of our private pool parties." That got the guys attention. A voice came from the woods to our left.
"Hey I'm back what's going on…" It was Beckendorf.
"Your friend can join the party too." Cee quickly added on.
"Hey Beckendorf! We're going to let them borrow the flag for a bit. Don't worry they're fine right guys?" The black haired boy looked around at the others who all quickly nodded, staring at me and Cee.
"Are you sure Annabeth is going to kill us?" Beckendorf added on.
"Don't worry. We'll be fine. We'll let them take it and they'll bring it back right?" I nodded.
"Yes of course. We'll bring it back as soon as possible." He looked back at Beckendorf.
"See they're fine." He simply nodded and I motioned for Lou and Cee to get the flag.
"So when's this party?" Another one of the guards asked.
"Don't worry we'll send a special invitation. With a special mail woman." I smiled trying to look seductive. How Cee did it so well I don't know. Lou and Jules walked back with the flag. Beckendorf looked confused.
"Wait, how did they know where the traps are?" Shit.
"Run we gotta get the fuck out of here." We made a beeline back into the woods.
"Don't let them get away." I kept running. My time playing soccer in middle school was useful after all.
"We need to get to the lake!" I said while sprinting. "No, we need to do get the flag to Luke. Quick, hide behind a tree!" Lou answered back. "Jaxson I'm going to make a fake flag. Take the fake flag and run. And Take Cecil too."
I nodded. She stopped and concentrated. Around thirty seconds later and a full sized replica was in her hands. "Here, take it and go!" I grabbed the flag and ran with Cee.
"They're headed for the lake after them!" Shit they're close now. Our head start is gone. Luckily we had no armor on. Even under the mist illusion we had casual wear.
"We're almost there." I stated and we ran to the edge of the woods. Cheers erupted for the lake as Naiads sat watching us run. We stopped the footsteps slowly getting louder.
"Jump in the lake. The Naiads will help, we are fan favorites after all." I listened to Cee and ran into the lake and jumped in. The water was surprisingly warm. We ducked our head into the water. Some Naiads began circling us while we were underwater. I gave them a little wave and went back up for air.
"Throw the flag. They'll see it's a fake and leave hopefully." I obliged. I tossed the flag and it landed barely on the shore. A few moments later the guards fro earlier showed up.
"Hey Kev! They left the flag on the ground!" Some guard said.
"What?" The black haired guy now Kev walks over and inspects the flag. He looked at the flag confused.
"I guess they weren't lying. Come on, let's get back before Annabeth finds out." They took the fake flag and walked back into the woods.
"We fucking did it Cee!" We high fived each other in the water.
"You wanna go back to base?" I looked around. I'm at a lake with a bunch of hot Naiads who think I'm a reality show star
"I think I'll stay until someone comes looking." I answered.
"Yeah I think so too."
For the next couple of hours me and Cee stayed at the lake. I tried getting closer to Bea but was disappointed when I couldn't improve upon my current standing. While Cecil was flirting with any one he saw. We stayed at the party till our hands and feet became so wrinkly we got scared our nails would fall off. We came out of the woods soaked and the biggest smiles on our face. That was till Lou, Shakespeare, Jules and Luke found us."You're telling me for the past 3 hours you guys have been flirting at a Naiad and Dryad party instead of the normal party?" Luke asked bewildered.
"Yes we did." We answered simultaneously.
"We thought you guys got lost or were attacked!" Jules yelled at us.
"That's our fault we should've gone to you guys then back to the party." Cecil answered for the both of us.
"Thou dishonored our fine victory!" Shakespeare yelled.
"A victory that we hold half credit to." I I said right back at her. Luke and Lou had to hold her back from pouncing on me. The smell of wine filled the air.
"Relax Clarisse. I quite enjoy Jamison's company." Mr. D said appearing behind me and Cee.
"So you too were partying? As a god of partying I can't punish you. You two are free to go. You will be exempt for any activity you would like for a week as well." He pointed at Lou and Jules. "You two are also exempt from any activities for a week. With one exception for you all. You have to play capture the flag again. Best debut episode of Hephaestus TV in over a millennium."
"Hephaestus TV?"
Cecil bumped my shoulder. "That's like the Olympian TV provider." Oh ok that makes sense then.
"If you make the next episode just as good you might get an interview." Now that sounds nice. I didn't know I would turn into a reality show star coming here. "Well go ahead and take and head to dinner or go back to the Naiads. I'll make sure you don't have any injuries from being in the water too long." I looked at Cecil and he looked at me and we smiled.
"I think we'll be fine heading to the party." He snapped his fingers and all the wrinkles on my fingers were gone.
"Thank you Mr. D." Me and Cee say in unison.
"Hold on a second. Are you guys going to be doing this all the time now?" Lou asked.
"Of course not. We'll be there every time after capture the flag. And on special occasions. Or when I want to flirt with Bea." Lou sighed.
"You know what. You guys can go. I'll let this slide." Me and Cecil smiled again and continued walking back into the woods. I think I might enjoy the camp.
I know what I said about not wanting a love intrest. But I was just writing and going with the flow and Bea kinda just popped up. So if I have any idea how my mind works she'll probably be the main girl. No promises. She's also kind of generic at the moment. (I really like tsunderes.) I'll have her have her moments and build on their relationship at the time skip.
Another thing somehow I forgot Luke stole the lightning bolt don't ask how. I remember there was a certain time frame where he stole it. So I don't really have a plan on if I want to add on to that. I probably won't but you never know.
As you can see in this chapter I added multiple OCs. That will probably countinue. Also notice I forget to add in Satyrs. I'll make sure to add something next chapter other than Coach Hedge.
I'll also change the description of the story. It's kind of shit.
Also please don't think this is going to be sunshine and rainbows thsi whole story. I'm just trying to build character right now and I guess you can say this is the calm before the storm.
Well that's all I got the moment I'm writing this I've gone almost 24 hours without sleep because I wanted to binge Tokyo Revengers yesterday but forgot I had stuff to do. So I binged it. (Emma-Chan best girl by the way.) So if you have some recommendations, found some errors, have some complaints just tell me I'll either explain myself or fix it. Also not to be a bitch but can I get an interaction even a hateful one is fine. If there isn't any interaction I'll countinue writing don't worry. (I understand if you don't want to like/follow/comment completely understandable.) Well that's it for today or tonight I'll probably post it tommorow night or this morning. Cesar or Tempest out.