After a horrible night at the Hermes cabin, I woke up when the breakfast bell sounded. I went to the bathroom and I noticed that everyone was looking at me, trying to hide their laughs. When I arrived in the bathroom, I saw in the mirror that I had a moustache drawn in my face. I washed it and I stormed out of the cabin.
When I arrived at the dining pavilion, I went to sit in the Hermes table, nearby Harry and that undetermined guy, Derek. While in the table we started talking.
"I'm sorry about the prank" Harry said
-"You did that?" I asked
-"No, our cabin leader, Connor Stoll, and his brother Travis Stoll did it"
-"Oh, and why me? Because I'm new?"
-"Because you fell asleep to deeply, kids of Hermes are natural prankers" he said
-"That is why I wouldn't like to be a son of Hermes" Derek commented
-"Yeah I agree" I said
-"Who would you like to be your godly parent?" Harry asked
-"Hephaestus. For sure" Derek said
-"I dunno, but why Hephaestus?"
-"He is by far the most helpful god I can imagine. His kids are awesome too"
-"Oh, okay" I said thoughtfully.
Suddenly a white aura surrounded Derek. In his head a glowing flower appeared on his head.
"He, Derek Young, is the son of Hebe!"
While Chiron was saying that, Derek's face, while full of concern, seemed to turn younger and younger. The guy was no more than 17, yet his face turned as if he were 10, then 8, and then not much older than a baby.
Then, Derek went to another table, leaving me with Harry to talk to....
After breakfast, Tina, Jay and I went to the training area, where Clarisse and some other kids of Ares were. Clarisse gave me a terrible look like she was about to kill me, but then, a guy came to calm her down. She called him Chris.
We went to the other corner of the training ground, where we started talking.
"So, how were your nights hugh?" Tina asked
-"It was great. My cabin, has a tree holding the ceiling" Jay said
-"I hated it" I said
-"I slept wonderfully. This other kid of Dionysus, Pollux, taught me a few tricks and stuff. He's cool" Tina said cheerfully
-"Tricks? Like what?" I asked
-"Look" Tina said.
Then, she grabbed an empty can of Coke from a bin, and with a snap of fingers, the can was full again.
"Cool" Jay and I said at unison.
-"Yeah, well, I can only do it once for each empty bottle, can, glass, goblet or whatever"
-"Well, that reminds me, in my cabin, they told me that kids of Demeter like me, are natural cooks" Jay said proudly.
-"Great, though I imagine I am a natural cook too, since, you know, daughter of Dionysus, god of food and all"
-"Well, I can also do this" Jay said
Suddenly, the floor where Tina and I were standing fell apart, leaving a hole in the ground, just big enough for a person.
"Hahaha!" Jay laughed
-"That is gonna be so annoying" I said...
Later, at the campfire, I walked alone towards the Hermes cabin's grades. While going there, I wanted to greet Hestia, but she wasn't there, instead, a little girl with orange hair and fire-y eyes stood in her place. I imagined that must have been her since she could look how she wanted.
"Hi Lady Hestia" I greeted
Suddenly the girl looked at me and her image flickered. Then the same woman who I had seen a day earlier stood.
"Hello" she said nicely
And then I went to the grades near Harry and Shaggy.
We sang, told stories, jokes and stuff, but I couldn't help but looking at my head every so often to see if my godly dad would claim me. He didn't.
After that, we went to our cabins. I went to sleep and I noticed that the bed on which Derek Young used to sleep was now occupied by a girl, around seventeen with brown hair. She was called Maddison.
I went to sleep being careful not to be the first one. And when I did I hoped I wouldn't have had, I because I had a dream....
The night before, I dreamt about Arachne in a dark cave with a huge statue of gold and silver talking to a tall blonde girl with storm grey eyes called Annabeth. But this day was different.
My dream started with me on Half Blood hill talking to Rachel about something I don't remember. Then, I was laying near Canoe Lake, when the sky darkened. From the storm, a figure of a man descended, and then materialised. The man was tall, blonde, had electric blue eyes and seemed to be quite strict and disciplined and was wearing a golden armour. He seemed to be in his 30's or so. Zeus. No doubt.
"Zeus!" I said
-"No!" He screamed, and then his image changed and he turned into another man. This one also had electric blue eyes and was tall, only that this one had black-grey hair, a suit and didn't seem as strict as the one before. This one was NOT in his 30's.
"I am Zeus!" He yelled
-"And the other guy, wasn't he Zeus too" I asked
-"No, he was ahh, roman" Zeus told me
-"You mean Jup-" I started saying
-"DO NOT speak his name" Zeus interrupted
-"What? Why?" I asked
-"Listen, I don't have much time, but I need you to do something for me" Zeus told me
-"Me? For you? Supreme commander of the universe?" I asked
-"Yes, I'll explain. I made a promise to Hera years ago. 16 or 17, I don't remember. Well, I had son named Jason and she didn't like it. She was mad that I had children without her for like the trillionth time so she made me promise never to have children with mortals again. It was a Styx promise. I have to keep it or I'll die. Thing is, I can't keep this promise. I ah... just can't. It's my nature. I have to break the promise. To do so, I would need to do many things that I would usually do, but right now, us, the gods are incapable of doing this. We are having hard time with our split personality. But if you promise to help me, I'll tell you who is you father." Zeus said
-"Why can't you wait until you can do this?" I asked
-"Well, you see, Hera is busy with a little quest of hers and her "heroes" and so I have to act now. It is the first time Hera isn't obsessed with watching what I do in millennia, it has to be now, so?" Zeus asked
-"I ah, well, what do I even do? I ah..."
-"Yes or no kid?" Zeus asked impatiently
-"Yeah, I guess"
-"No, swear it on river Styx!" Zeus commanded
-"Yes, I Nate Foramen, swear to help Zeus in this quest on the river Styx" I said
-"Perfect. I will give you a prophecy tomorrow. Go with the oracle of Delphi, it will take all of Apollo's power of prophecy, but you will have a prophecy tomorrow, now I have to go before I-" Zeus started to say.
Then, Zeus turned back into the blonde man I saw earlier, Jupiter. Then he spoke, but when he spoke, he spoke with Harry's voice
-"Wake up, man, it's late" Jupiter said. Then I opened my eyes to realise Harry had said that, which, was obvious, since Jupiter wouldn't say that to me.
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Son of Tartarus
FanficThe god Tartarus, doesn't have kids with mortals. He hates demigods. But what if he didn't? This story is the story of a young demigod whose father turn out to be Tartarus himself! For such a powerful demigod, a powerful quest awaits, the almighty Z...