Back in Time with the Demigods

Chapter 4

Hereeeeeeee's Chapter 4! I found this meme and I couldn't not share it with you guys. I think I'm scarred for life from the old art. Also, I'm SOOOOOO sorry for this being late!!! Anyways, please vote and comment!

When Thalia saw her dead baby brother walk out of the swirling vortex, she froze up.

When Luke saw Thalia freeze when the trio walked out of the portal, he got ready to fight. Barely anything scared Thalia, and only something really bad could scare her. 

When Annabeth saw Luke reach for his sword, she reached for her dagger. If Luke was fighting, she would fight alongside him. 

When Leo Valdez, Piper McLean, and Jason Grace walked out of the portal, they just stood there awkwardly, waving to some past people, and swaying back 'n forth on the balls of their feet. 

Apollo nodded to his father, signaling that that was all the demigods for this group. 

"Introduce yourselves!" Zeus thundered. 

The scrawny little Latino elf stood up a bit straighter as he walked in front of his came-out-of-the-portal-with-him-mates.

"Wassup! The name's Valdez, Leo Valdez. Hope you ladies are all right," Leo said, giving finger guns at the end of his introduction.

The pretty Native American girl walked up behind Leo and smacked him on the back of his head.

"Hey! What was that for?" Leo screeched. She just rolled her eyes and pushed the shorter boy out of the way to introduce herself. 

"My name's Piper McLean, daughter of Aphrodite. Leo is a son of Hephaestus," Piper said. 

Before the blonde Superman could introduce himself, the younger version of Leo finally cracked. He had been trying to keep everything in, but after his future self arrived, everything started crumbling.

"Oh my god! Wait—sorry—gods. My bad. But that's not the point! I look so hot in the future! And a son of Hephaestus? I don't have any clue who he is, but I like the name! Is he the god of being super awesome or something?"

Future Reyna let out a snort at young Leo's outburst.

"I've got to say, I'm quite surprised past you made it this long with saying something stupid, but alas, all good things must come to an end," Reyna said with a smirk. 

"Hey! Laugh all you want, but past me just said some solid facts! I am, in fact, so—"

"Not hot like he said," Piper interrupted.

"Hey! What's up with this! Is it 'bully the funniest and hottest man alive day'?"

"If it was we wouldn't be bullying you," Frank muttered, making Leo gasp dramatically.

"Hey!"

"That was the fourth time you've said 'Hey!' since we've traveled back in time," Jason stated.

While the past people watched the interaction between the future people with interest, a young Piper McLean stared at her older self in shock. She knew that she was chosen to be brought to this field because she was important, and that the Greek and Roman gods were real, but she didn't really fully believe it to be true. Even when she was teleported to some field in California, even when a girl walked out of a portal saying she was from the future, and even when a short guy with goat legs showed up, she didn't really believe it to be true. But when teenager with a striking resemblance to herself came forward and said her name was Piper McLean (which was her name, mind you) and said she was the daughter of a goddess, reality came crashing down on the young girl. 

Piper had wanted to say something cool when her future self arrived, but now all she wanted was to stay quiet and let everything unfold. Sure, her future self seemed cool, but Piper's brain was overloaded with too many questions. She didn't even know how to start. 

"Okay, Sparky, thanks for counting. Why don't you introduce yourself instead of pointing out my comfort word?" Leo said.

"That's what I plan on doing," Jason replied with a smile. He turned to face the crowd of mythical beings. "Hello everybody, I am Jason Grace, son of Jupiter."

Thalia let out a small gasp/sob as her younger (older?) brother introduced himself. 

While the Greeks were freaking out because Malcolm Pace had yelled: "You mean the Roman version of Zeus!?!?!", Thalia was freaking out because her assumption she had made when Jason had first appeared was correct. Her dead baby brother was alive. 

"Jason?" Thalia whispered, tears threatening to blur her vision. 

"Thalia?" young Annabeth whispered. "Are you okay?"

Thalia turned to face her younger sister. Even if they weren't related (sort-of), Thalia saw her as a sibling. 

"I—I'm fine. Just a bit shaken up," Thalia responded. 

Luke looked over at Thalia with concern. "Are you sure? You—"

"I'm fine!" 

Luke bit his tongue to keep himself from talking. He instead focused his energy on this Jason fellow. He shared a last name with Thalia, but Thalia had never mentioned him. Did Thalia know him? 

Then the other questions that Luke had been asking himself since the gods explained the scenario popped into his head.

Did I lose? Did Kronos fail? Why are the future gods still alive? 

Luke forced himself out of his negative thoughts. Kronos won't fail. I will win!

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Meanwhile, on the other side of the Field of Mars, a young Jason Grace examined his older self in awe. 

"Why are you so happy? You're the son of Jupiter, of course you were going to be here. What you should be thinking about is these pesky little Greeks on the other side of the Field of Mars!" 

"Shut up, Octavian. Future me came back in time with two Greeks, and he doesn't hate them," Jason shot back.

"That's because you are a blind idiot who doesn't understand the danger beside him."

Jason glared at Octavian. "You're the blind idiot."

Octavian rolled his eyes. "I am the Augor of Camp Jupiter and centurion of the First Cohort. You are the centurion of the Fifth—which is the worst—Cohort. How can I be the blind idiot?"

Jason held himself back from punching Octavian square in the nose. No matter how much he wanted to hurt Octavian, he couldn't. He was the son of Jupiter. He couldn't go around punching whoever he wanted whenever he wanted to. Then he would just be the spoiled brat that he was thought to be. 

Stereotypes and assumptions can really hurt, can't they?

I'm soooooooo sorry for this being late!!!!!! I usually schedule my chapters, but I totally forget to do that for this one. 

Here's the question of the chapter: What's the worst movie ever? Wrong answers only.

See you next week (on time hopefully 🤞)!