Demi-Goddess (Percy Jackson Fanfiction)

This Land is Your Land

"I had a dream about it last night.", I explained. I've never heard myself so frantic before. Maybe this one time in Mr.Blofis class when he threatened to tell my coach I wasn't going to be at one of the basketball games. Things got real ugly with Mr.Blofis.
"I heard the baby crying. I remember the figure handing the baby to someone-"
"Who?", Grover asked, leaning forward with so much interest.
"I couldn't see. I got pulled back by, I don't know, like an invisible force just pulled me into darkness and then I woke up."
Chiron and Rachel glanced at each other.
"We're guessing the baby was you. Maybe it's a flashback, it's very common with demigods.", Rachel began.
"The thing about being an oracle...I see a lot of things. The black figure was just one of many. No telling who or what that thing is."
That made me way more confused. Maybe I should just take it slower and let the answer come to me.
Chiron sighed, or neighed, or whatever a horse man does when it's stressed. 
"We will figure out something soon. Being claimed is one of the most important things to keep an eye on. Your godly parent must know that you are no normal demigod. Possibly even more powerful than a child of the Big Three."
I tiled my head at Chiron.
"A child of Poseidon, Hades, or Zeus.", he explained.
"Oh...so like Percy and Nico."
Chiron's eyes lit up at Percy's name.
"Yes. Exactly like them.", Chiron seemed to get lost in thought, then shook his head back into reality.
"Go now, train with the rest. I'm sure Grover can find you someone who will help you aroun-"
"I'll do it!", Clare's voice exclaimed from outside. I knew that girl was eavesdropping.
Chiron sighed.
"This goes out to no one, understand?", he whispered to Grover, Rachel and me. We all nodded, and were dismissed.
I should've known, Clare being a child of Athena, would begin to wonder who I really was.

"So what happened before you got to camp?", she asked, her grey eyes focusing on the target in front of her. We were with a large group of about twenty-some demigods, all practicing archery. Clare hit the bullseye with such ease, it made me rethink what Chiron had said.
If I'm so powerful how come I can't use this bow?
"Nothing happened.", I dismissed the question, and with my frustration I pulled back the arrow in the bow, and accidentally breaking the string.
"There goes fourth dramachas.", Clare smirked and handed me a smaller and simpler bow.
"I can't do it.", I muttered, taking a seat on the grass.
Clare rolled her eyes, her blonde hair swishing as it was tied back. She crouched down next to me, picking specks of grass like a nervous habit.
"You wanna know what happened the first time I tried archery?"
"What?", I asked, wrapping my arms around my knees. I still had on my jeans from last night, but it feels like they've been on me forever.
"I was ten, and I had really bad temper issues. All I'm gonna say is that Chiron's horse tail caught on fire."
I laughed. I couldn't imagine a little ten year old with a flaming bow and arrow.
"I could only imagine how that turned out.", I chuckled. An arrow hit the ground next to my foot, and Will's head poked out from the line of archers.
"Sorry!", he called out.
"Aren't you the son of Apollo?", I asked and saw Nico stick one of the arrows into Will's golden hair. Boys are weird.
"Come on.", Clare helped me up and handed me a new bow.
"Just follow what I'm doing."
She aligned her arrow with the bow, and pulled the string back. I did the same.
"Just breathe and aim.", she said, waiting for me to shoot my arrow.
I stared at the red center of the large target. It became a deeper red the longer I stared at it, until it became a pitch black hole.

I was wrapped in something, and I felt so small. I was in a forest, leaning against a large wooden tree.
A women with black hair looked down at me, her fierce grey eyes seemed concerned.
Where have I seen those grey eyes?
She knelt down running her fingers along the side of my face, then simply vanished.
Then I saw the black figure, running toward me. The trees seemed to lean away from it as it charged toward me, it's hands outstretched until the darkening voice rumbled in my mind.
ΔΎΝΑΜΗ ΣΑΣ ΕΊΝΑΙ ΟΡΥΧΕΊΟ.
"YOUR POWER IS MINE."

"Terra?", Clare snapped in front of my face, and I shot the arrow with haste, making it fly into a tree near the target. I took a deep breath, but Clare had more of a "this girl is insane" look on her face.
"Are you okay?"
"Yeah. I'm done.", I set the bow and arrow down, noticing my hands were still shaking.
Clare must've silently waved Will over, as him and Nico both came running. They were like a package deal, but it was actually really cute.
"You okay?", Will put his hand on my shoulder, then it happened again.

We were in the woods, and our eyes met.
"What's going on?", Will asked, his voice quiet. I was silent with fear.
"Someone's coming to get me...", I said, and Will looked even more confused.
"Where are we?", he asked, and I shook my head.
"I don't know...", my voice was quiet.
The forest was dark and silent, but somehow the figure was still darker. It stood several yards away, next to an old tree. It seemed like just a person, but with a cloak that flowed in the night wind. It's eyes glowed in the dark. They were a silent golden.
"Terra...", Will grabbed my shoulder, tugging me away from it.
"We have to go."
"We can't out run it.", I said, but he pulled me harder, and I stumbled over old leaves, the crushing noise triggering the figure. He rushed at us, and my mind was all like "RUN YOU IDIOT, RUN."
I took off side by side with Will, his skin glowing in the night time. It's harder to run through a forest at night. Especially when the trees kept getting closer and closer, almost on purpose.
It can't get to me, it can't.
Of course, someone had to trip. It was Will as he fell over an old rotten log. I hauled him up, pushing him in front of me as we ran.
This isn't real.
I guess our night vision failed us as we tumbled down a muddy hill, crashing into the first ground below. I landed on my back, my eyes almost closing until Will shook me awake, and above the hill was the figure, it's golden eyes staring at me.
TERRA!
TERRA!

"Terra! Wake up!", Grover shook me awake, and I sat up. Will and I were surrounded by camp members who whispered to each other. Clare kneeled down next to me, her grey eyes bringing back the memory of the women I saw in my other weird day dream.
Will sat up, covered with a mix of mud and blood. I assumed I looked the same. Nico embraced him, his face a bright red.
"You just ran off.", Clare caught my attention.
"You guys looked so scared, and then just ran into the forest..."
Other campers began murmuring thoughts about what happened, and I sighed.
"It was nothing.", I dismissed it and stood up, swaying a little.
Clare steadied me as Will got up.
We made eye contact.
"We'll talk about this later.", he told me with his expression.
Chiron finally joined along with Rachel.
"Everything is taken care of. Get back to your training now.", Chiron ordered, and the demigods headed up the hill and back to their training. I felt nauseous.
Please don't throw up, please don't throw up.
I doubled over and threw up. I'm pretty sure the dryad inside the tree next to me made plans to move out.

I silently got cleaned up in one of the camp showers. My stomach ached and my eyes burned, but I needed to wash off the pain. The cuts and bruises from the forest made the warm water more painful. I needed to explain everything to Will. He seemed trustworthy enough to tell.
No ones suppose to know.
I didn't care. Will had seen the figure, he might help me somehow.
I stayed in the comfort of the warm water, washing away everything I knew from my past life. I was in a new world now, and I had to start all over again. Find who to trust, who to stay with, and most importantly, who to protect. I stepped out of the shower and dried myself, pulling on a grey long sleeve shirt and jeans. I left my wet hair down to dry in the wind of camp.
Night had fallen outside, everyone gathered around the camp fire. Chiron wasn't wrong when he said the camp was busy this winter. Around ninety-some campers sat on logs around the camp fire. Clare had saved me a seat next to her, Will and Nico.
"You alright?", Clare asked, but avoided touching me, probably afraid of entering my day dreams like Will had.
I nodded, the fire's heat warming up my eyes as I stared into the flame.
"It's time for the sing a long.", Will said, and stood up, joining his other siblings as the Apollo cabin was in charge of the sing a longs.
"Yea, go Willy-Boy.", Nico teased, flicking a stick at Will.
They began singing a song called This Land is Your Land, and the rest of the campers joined in. Even Nico, who had a surprisingly deep and sweet voice.
I couldn't help but stare at the fire as the campers sang slowly. The flames crackled and popped, showing off its great power.
In the voices of that night, I could've sworn I heard the deep and dangerous voice singing along, taunting me in the background of the nightly woods.
"Nobody living can ever stop me."
"This land was made for you and me."
I sat there, singing back to him quietly, and I'm sure he heard it.
"I know you're coming for me."