Storms and Shadows

Chapter 2: Like Black Widow? Exactly like Black Widow!

I've been the archer...I've been the prey.

- 'The archer' by Taylor Swift

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Percy's POV:

Suddenly I'm sitting in a desert by a campfire. Okay but where's the logic in that ? Then I see something in the distance. "Ah he left you here" I hear a deep voice say in a kind of whisper. "Left you here with nothing." The voice continues and I stand up. "I know how you feel. You want what's been taken from you." I turn around to see a wave of sand coming right at me. "You want justice." Then I fall. And bam I wake up. Turns out it was just a nightmare. Luke saw me wake up in terror and stood up from the bed he was sitting on. "You okay?" he says. "Super." I say sitting up.

"We all have the you know. Intense, recurring nightmares. That's normal here" he says tilting his head for a second. I stand up and he continues. "And the daydreams, and the ADHD, and dyslexia. Demi-Gods just process reality differently than humans do..For the first time in your life you're just like everyone else." "So are you also... Do you know who you're-" I start but Luke cutts me off. 

"Am I unclaimed? No. Hermes is my father. That doesn't matter. We're all on the same team here." He says avoiding his dad as a subject. "Why is that okay? Why do they get to bring us here just to ignore some of us?" I say. 'That isn't how it should be.'

"Spend too much time tryna figure out why the gods do whatever it is they do, you'll drive yourself crazy. Sooner you stop worrying about that, the sooner you can enjoy what this place does offer." The black haired guy says. "And what's that?" I asked him. He tilts his head. "Glory." he smiles.

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Me, Luke, Chris and some others walk out of the cabin and Luke speaks again.

"Demigods have always fought for glory. They used to call it kleos. It's like this stuff that attaches itself to your name. Makes it bigger, scarier, more important. People listen closer when you talk. They work harder to be your friend. And they think twice about messing with you." 

Then a girl bumps into me and just walks away like it was nothing, then Chris smiles at her, before she gets the chance to smile back I speak up. "Hey!" I yell at her. She turns around and pushes me on the ground. "Woah." I hear Chris say. "Hey knock it off Clarisse. It's like his first day, come on." The curly, brown haired girl, whose name apperently is Clarisse, just smirks.

Chris helps me up and Clarisse speaks: "Wait, so this is the kid who killed the Minotaur. Is that right?" "Yeah" I say looking away. "I'll bet" she says, smirking. "Look, you want attention around here dummy? You better be ready for when it comes." she says, stepping closer to me. She then comes at me like she's about to attack me (if you know what I mean) and I flinch back. She and her friends laugh and walk away. 

"Well, she seems nice." I smile sarcastically. "Ares kids. They come by it honestly." Luke says. "Well...Clarisse isn't that bad.." Chris says trough nervous gigglres. Me and Luke just give him a look.