Praetor's legacy

Chapter 21

Percy was completely and utterly confused. He didn't know how long he'd been unconscious. He didn't know how he was going to get to Alaska. He didn't know where he was going to find Ravena and the Inuit demigod camp. He didn't know anything, really, besides the few details Ravena gave him. He didn't even know who Ravena was besides the fact that he could remember her name and that she was the daughter of the Inuit god Raven.

Speaking of the Inuit gods, how did Percy even find them? He's already in the middle of a war involving the Greek and Roman gods. Did he really want to get involved with the Inuit gods as well?

Percy sighed and let the tension relax from his body. He shakily stood up and stiffly started walking to the door of the infirmary. He couldn't be cooped up in there forever. Aidan and Reyna were here and he wasn't going to let a lightning strike stop him from seeing his family. He walked out the door and... ran straight into Chiron.

Chiron was holding the hand of a small little girl who only looked to be about six or seven. She kept glancing up in wonder at the horse half of Chiron. She seemed too young to be a camper, but if she was here then she must be a demigod.

Percy cleared his sore throat. "Hey Chiron, who is this? Is she a new camper?"

Chiron gave him a disapproving look. "You shouldn't be out of bed yet, Perseus. You should be resting and healing. And to answer your question, yes. This is our newest camper, Eleftheria. She goes by Elly. She is the daughter of Themis. A protector satyr found her at a group home. She's been in the system since the day she was dropped off on her biological father's doorstep. She's a little young for training, but this is her new home and she's going to be welcomed here as part of the family."

Percy looked over at the blonde-haired little girl. She wasn't even at his waist in height and her arms looked like they were the size of toothpicks. She was brought into this dangerous world very early in life. She almost reminded him of a younger Annabeth.

Percy cleared his throat again. "I could take her to the orientation video and take her to the Themis cabin if you'd like, Chiron. I was about to head out and find Reyna anyway."

Chiron allowed a small smile to show on his "disapproving" face. "That would be great Percy, thank you. Apparently an Ares camper got in a fight with a Demeter camper and there are broken weapons and new plants all over the arena. I was going to stop there right after Eleftheria was settled in but I could use the help."

"No problem, Chiron. No problem at all."

Percy held out his hand to Elly. She put her small, pale hand into his larger tan one. They started walking to where a screening of the orientation video was about to start playing. She watched the video with excitement and kept clapping her hands. Once the video was over, she looked at him a little suspiciously and asked, "Is everything on that video real or was it just a movie?" For a little kid, she was pretty smart.

Percy assured her, "Everything in that video is real and this world is very dangerous. Bad things happen sometimes, but we have to all stick together because we're all one big family. Okay?"

Elly put her small hand back into Percy's. "Okay."

When Percy dropped Elly off at the Themis cabin, the children of Themis were very surprised. "Isn't she a little young to live with us? We're all teenagers here, and she's six. Is she even potty-trained?"