A Demigod Tale

Chapter 7: Not So Knife Day

Jake and Jade walked back to camp. They weren't sure how to help Jordan. How could they even try without telling him they had spied on him? They passed by the Aphrodite cabin, who began squealing and pointing.

Jake and Jade both blushed and moved farther apart. They began separately  searching for Jordan.  Neither one had any luck. "Oh, where could he be?!" Jade said when they met back up. Jake thought for a moment, then snapped his fingers, the universal sign of having a good idea.

"He's an Apollo kid, like me. When I feel overwhelmed, I go play music! Follow me!" he exclaimed. He took off running, Jade following close behind. They arrived at a small cabin, similar yet also completely different to the Apollo one.

"This is the Musical Stress Remover. At least, that's what I call it. It's really just where we store our instruments. We had the place enchanted so any Apollo kid would be able to find it without directions," Jake said. Jade examined the building carefully.

It was golden, of course. There were black music notes arranged in horizontal lines for decoration, almost giving the appearance of a bumblebee. The roof was slightly less gold than the walls due to the sun always beating down on it, a fact Jade found to be very ironic. If you looked close enough you could see multiple pictures of Apollo carved into the walls.

"Come on, Jordan has to be here. I wonder what he plays. All Apollo kids have at least one instrument they're great at," Jake said. He walked up to the door and beckoned Jade to do the same. As they entered they heard someone playing the keyboard piano.

They found Jordan sitting at the keyboard, playing an adventurous and completely epic tune. They waited until he was done to talk to him.

"Jordan?" Jake said. Jordan jumped in his seat slightly.

"Uh, hi guys. How long have you been there?" he asked without turning around.

"Not long. What's that song called? It's really good!" Jade answered. Jordan turned around.

"Asylum's March. I wrote it for one of my Let's Plays. Why're you guys here?"

"Well, um, we kinda.......saw your talk with Rachel," Jade said, rushing through the last part of her sentence. She expected Jordan to yell at her, or worse, give her a disapproving stare. Instead he smiled.

"Well, at least I don't have to keep that a secret from you guys. I hate secrets," Jordan said. He gave another smile, but it wasn't his usual happy, slightly goofy smile. It was a worried smile, small and insecure.

"We're here if you need us," Jake said.

"Well, I actually do have something I feel like I need to do. Would you guys help?" Jordan requested. Jake and Jade whispered to each other for a second.

"We swear on the River Styx that we'll help you with whatever you're asking for," they both said at the same time. Jordan was a bit creeped out by that, and the thunder that suddenly boomed didn't help.

"I need to know about the original owner of this knife. I need to know who the Banished Olympian is," Jordan said. Jade's eyes widened.

"You mean, you want to go to the Ancient Library?"

"Ancient Library? That's it's name? Um, yes. Maybe something there could give a clue on how to break the curse."

"Well, we can't just leave camp. We're going to have to tell Chiron," Jake pointed out. Jordan sighed.

"I guess you're right. We'll tell him tomorrow. We should try to enjoy camp until then."

The trio left the instrument storage and headed to the climbing wall. They all felt nervous about the future, and about how Chiron would react to what they had to say. Needless to say, they weren't looking forward to the next day.