A Demigod Tale

Chapter 22: I'm Warning You

Jordan looked a tad surprised, but he smiled. "Thanks! I guess I should let you know that Jade and Jake know too."

Annabeth smacked her hand into her forehead. "Of course! They were on the quest with you when Jimmy arrived!"

"Does anyone else know?" Percy asked. Jordan put his hand up to his chin in mock thoughtfulness.

"I think the queen of England does, and possibly the whole of North Carolina."

Leo and Percy both laughed and everyone else smiled.

"And that's why I'm a comedy YouTuber! Well, technically I'm a gaming YouTuber, but everyone in the comments says I'm funny, so yeah."

"We should get back to camp now. It's nearly dinnertime," Frank said, looking at his watch. "I don't know about anyone else, but I'm starving!"

They walked back to the dining pavilion, a light breeze making the branches on the trees sway. When they got there however, any peacefulness they had felt vanished. Standing by Chiron was none other than Apollo, who was wearing a grave expression.

"I've tried everything, but I can't get old Whiny to wake up. He's just laying there looking like Zeus told him he has to stay here for another millennia," the god was saying. "I don't think he's going to get better until Jimmy is defeated."

Jordan and his friends all went to their tables. The only seat left at the Apollo table was next to Jake. As soon as Jordan sat down Jake started questioning him in a hushed tone. "What happened? Why did Chiron want you? Why were you in the forest with those guys?"

"I'll tell you later, right now I need to eat," Jordan said, eyeing the barbeque on his plate. He dug in and kept his mouth full throughout the meal to avoid answering Jake's questions. He went straight to bed after dinner. That night he didn't dream about Jimmy. He dreamed about his family.

He was standing in his living room, right in front of the couch. His siblings were all sitting on it, watching Doctor Who. They weren't paying attention to the show, but were having a conversation.

"How do you think Jordan's doing?"Isaac asked.

"I hope he's okay. I mean, do you think any more monsters attacked him?" Bethany fretted.

"What if that couple were actually monsters too and killed him when they took him to that camp place?" Ceirra said in a terrified voice. Jordan wanted to tell them that he was safe, more or less, but he knew they wouldn't be able to hear him. Then he saw it. A shadow lurking outside the window. He passed through the wall and gasped before getting filled with anger. There was a Fovos, watching his siblings and laughing. It was enjoying their fear. Jordan wanted to make it go away, so he went over to shove it. He knew that wouldn't do anything, but he tried. When he did, the monster looked right at him and smirked.

"Come to see your family? They are very afraid for you. Of course, my presence isn't helping," it said to Jordan. Then the dream vanished, replaced by the sight of Jake being way too close to Jordan's face.

"Gah!"

"Sorry! You were muttering something about wanting something to get the crap away and I wanted to hear what you were saying better."

"Please don't do that again. I didn't need to see up your nose, especially not that close."

"Okay. Um, did you tell Counselor Jackson and his friends about Jimmy? Because they just pulled me and Jade aside and said they know your.....uh...you know."

Jordan laughed. "Yeah, I told them. Well, they sort of guessed it. Thanks for not saying the word, by the way. Just say hidden truth."

"No problem. Come on, it's breakfast time."