Legends of Olympus: Awakening

Chapter 12 (The Oracle)

Chapter 12

The sky was a brilliant red as the sun began to set. They had stopped at the bottom of a hill. Thalia told them all to dismount and begin walking up (Half-blood hill) which is what she called it. The wolves ran into the forests, waiting for when they would be needed again.

Elliott and the rest of the gang followed Thalia up the hill and past a large Oak tree; she looked at it for a moment with a slightly pained look, a bad memory perhaps. The seven of them stopped as they reached a large woven willowed arch way structure in the middle of the woods, the rest of the hunters behind them. On top of the gate it read (Camp half blood)

"Come on follow me, at this time they'll be at the dining pavilion" Thalia said as she walked through the gate.

As Elliott walked through the camp, the first thing he noticed was that it was huge. In the distance there was a large blue farm house and to the left were rows and rows of luxurious strawberry fields.

As they got closer to the Dining pavilion, Elliott could hear lots of voices along with laugher and cheering. He could also see smoke rising into the darkening sky.

As they entered the pavilion everyone went silent. Elliott looked around, in the centre was a large glowing orange fire, scattered around the dining area were benches with different banners above them. All eyes were on Elliott and his friends. On one of the benches was a boy, sat by himself, he stood up looking directly at Elliott. The boy was wearing the same orange Camp T-shirt as everyone else; he had sea green eyes with shaggy black heir. Elliott assumed the boy was about seventeen or eighteen years old, not much older than himself.

The boy then saw Thalia, a grin on his face "Thalia, it's been ages" he said walking over to them, everyone else still silent and staring "who are your friends?" he asked

Thalia went to reply when suddenly a glowing blue owl appeared above Megan and Archie's heads, everyone's attention now on them.

"Two new children of Athena, nice" the boy said

Archie and Megan looked up, Archie waving his hands through the symbol

"what the hell, what's going on?" Archie stammered

"You've been claimed" Answered a beautiful blonde girl her eyes a wise grey, she walked over to them, standing next to the boy.

"Claimed, by who?" Megan asked

"Athena, Goddess of wisdom" The girl smiled

Archie groaned "what? Come on, wisdom! Seriously?"

The boy and the girl laughed slightly then both of their attention was on Rosie

She glared at them "what you looking at?" she grumbled

"Look up Rosie" Archie smirked, her head shot up to find a fiery red ancient Greek helmet glowing over her. Archie laughed "ha! It suits you Rosie, goes with your fiery temper"

Rosie shot an annoyed look at him then grumbled "shut your face"

"What does all this mean?" Megan asked the blonde girl

"your Godly parents have claimed you, your friend here" she pointed at Rosie "she is the daughter of Aries the God of war, and you are children of Athena like me" she then held out her hand to Megan "I'm Annabeth Chace" Megan took her hand and shook it then replied "I'm Megan and that's my brother Archie, this is our cousin Rosie and ..." she stopped when she got to Elliott

"Elliott" he filled in for Megan "or so I'm told"

Annabeth's face turned curious "what do you mean by that?"

Elliott sighed slightly "Hestia took my memories, and she said I should consult with the oracle?"

"What... are you sure it was her?" Annabeth said

Elliott nodded and pearl then spoke up "she visited us yesterday, she said it was for his own good"

" it's very strange for Hestia to get involved with half-bloods let alone take their memories, if it was Hera I wouldn't be surprised as she's done it before" she looked at the boy as she said this.

"Yeah Thalia and Pearl said the same" Elliott said

"And for Rachel, she's not here" Annabeth apologised

"Who?" Elliott asked

"Me"

A gasp went across the pavilion, walking towards them was a girl, her hair ginger and scruffy, with freckles scattered across her face.

"I am the oracle of Delphi, or Rachel Elizabeth Dare either is fine " she smiled

Rachel continued walking over to them, never taking her eyes off Elliott

"I've been expecting you Elliott!"

THE END IS COMING, chapter 13 this Saturday !

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