Daughter Of Light- Book 1: PJO

Chapter 11: What is Love? Baby Don't Hurt me! Don't hurt me, no more!

My eyes snapped open and I gasped. Rolling onto my side I coughed and dry heaved. Remnants of green smoke came out in little puffs. It tasted disgusting. I tried spitting it out. My head was pounding and my body shook violently. I felt like I had the flu.

"Oh thank the gods!"

"Nora!"

"Percy's little Big sister! Are you okay?"

"What happened!"

"Are you okay?"

People above me and around me started talking over top of each other, making my head hurt. I gasped again and with a groan rolled onto my back. There was a crowd of people around me. All of the Apollo cabin, Percy, Tyson, Chiron, Selina, Annabeth and for some reason Raph. I groaned again the laid an arm over my face.

"What ..what happened?" I croaked. Even my voice felt as rough as my body.

"Shh. Quiet a minute. Drink some water and eat this." Will demanded.

Percy helped me sit up. Will shoved a cup of water into my hands and then something small that looked like a mix of a cracked and a cookie.

"Eat!" Will demanded and practically shoved it into my mouth. It tasted like the nachos dad used to make on Friday night movie nights when I was home. With a hint of his homemade pancakes. It was a weird combination. And it made me feel homesick.

"What-?"

"Ambrosia. The food of the gods. It's used when someone gets injured in battle or something. Demigods can consume it, but if they have too much it can make them feverish and mortals cannot eat it at all without it, turning their blood to fire and bones to sand. So good thing you're a demi god!"

"Why does it taste like Friday night nachos and Saturday morning pancakes?" I asked with the mouthful of the cracker cake.

"It also tastes like your favorite food." Annabeth said.

"Oh."

The homesickness increased. I swallowed hard, but felt the headache lesson, and I wasn't so dizzy. And the weird ferverish shivers stopped. I took a second to gather myself and then asked, "Okay, now tell me what happened?"

I could feel everyone pushing closer, trying to see. I shifted, placing my arms around my knees. Physically I felt okay, felt fine, but I was shaken and had no idea what was going on. I could still hear the harsh whispered voice of Delphi swirling around my head. The after taste of the green smoke and the uncomfortable feeling of someone being inside my head. I felt a shiver run down my spine.

"The Orical breathed the spirit of Delphi into you." Annabeth said.

"I have seen on very rare occasions the Orical share Delphi's spirit with Apollo's blessing...it is rare." Chiron said, frowning down at me. He was frowning AT me, just frowing deep in thought.

"Delphi's spirit has been cursed though." Annabeth stated with a frown.

Chiron gave her a hard look, I felt Percy squeeze my hand and the group sucked in a sharp breath.

Chiron's tail swept back and forth. "How are you feeling?"

"A little freaked out, Mr Brunner!" I cried. "Some hippie boho grandma just gave me unwanted CPR and then I heard voices in my head! I spoke some weird riddle while choking on green smoke and convulsed for a while! How do you think I'm doing?" I glared at them, that seemed like a really dumb question.

"To be given a blessing if Apollo, to have been breathed into by Delphi's spirit herself!" Chiron tried reasoning.

"That's huge! A huge honour by the gods! Know how many campers would die for a blessing like that from their godly parent?" Annabeth snapped.