After the training, and tacos from yesterday. Andrew, Gena, and I all went to bed early just so we can get ready faster.
Sunlight battered my I lids, waking me from my dreams. "Sunlight? It should be early, why didn't I wake up?" I asked myself getting out of bed. It then dawned on me that Gena always woke me up.
'She probably slept in as well. I'll go wake her up.' I thought to myself as I changed clothes. I headed out the door to the Hephaestus cabin.
I arrived to find it only occupied by one teen. He was cleaning the door with a strong smelling polish. There was no sign of her, or anyone else from the cabin. 'She is probably getting food. I guess if I get there fast enough I can get breakfast.' I thought as I turned to walk towards the dinning hall.I walked in to find it stormed with kids of all ages, laughing, or eating as usual. I walked around a bit trying to find her. Then I spotted them, Gena laughing and wrapped against one of his arms while she eats a small slice of pizza. A small pain started erupt in my chest, but I ignored it as I walked over to them.
The moment they saw me, Gena let go of his arm. "Oh hey, I forgot to wake you. Me and Drew decided to get something for breakfast, but that was six hours ago. So now we are having lunch." Gena said cheerfully just before taking a bite of the pizza. "Do you want a bite?" She asked offering out the pizza.
"No, I'm not hungry." I said without even looking at the pizza. "Ok, but we leave in twenty minutes." Andrew trying to change my mind.
"Oh my god, Cory you have to hear Drew's joke. He is so funny." Gena said while patting his arm trying to get him to say it. "Ok so these three nuns were....." Andrew started, but I cut him off by standing up and saying. "Quite frankly I don't care, if you need me I'll be by the lake." I turned and headed for the door. "Okay then have fun." Gena said as she got back into her original arm holding spot.
My spear tip slams deep into a sparing post. "Sorry I forgot you Cory. Oh Drew tell me more please, I love your jokes." I ranted as I struck the post over and over. Mocking what had basically happen, only made me more and more unhappy. "Oh your muscles are so large. Rahh!!" I continue then yelled as I attacked the defenceless post. I spun the spear behind my back like I did during my duel, but this time I brought the blade part down instead of the blunt side. The spear part cut through the post like butter and sunk into the ground from the force. "Awe, why should I care? Its not like we were dating." I said arguing with myself. I slapped myself for thinking this way. Didn't help.
I grabbed my spear and sliced through the post next to the destroyed one. I changed it back into a ring and headed back to the dinning hall to get ready to leave.Walking back into the dinning hall felt different since the little pins of jealousy were invading my mind. I arrived back at the table, to a barrage of questions.
"Cory, I just realized we don't have a destination. Do we know where we are going? How are we going to start the quest? Also will or could we die out there?" Gena said worried.
"I know where I am going. I'm going to find my family's killer, and make their head roll. We are going to see Prometheus, he gave fire to man and Hephaestus, so he can forge for the gods. But I don't know were he lives." I answered her explaining what I believed to be part of the Oracles thoughts.
"Well Prometheus lives in Georgia, he has a curse on him that makes him die every day then get revived. Its funny, Artemis was the one who convinced Zeus to let him down from that mountain." Andrew said filling in the holes of my information. "To Georgia it is!" Gena said very enthusiastically. "Ok guy and cute girl, we are heading out now. Andrew announced like we were an audience as he stood up with a backpack in his hand. "Why Georgia though?" I asked no understanding the significance.
We followed Andrew to the entrance of the camp. Dionysus was there as long with a man on a horse. Getting closer I realized it wasn't a guy on a horse, it was a part man part horse. We slowed to a stop to talk with them. "Before you leave, Chiron wanted to talk with Cory. Says he has a gift for you." Dionysus said while rolling his eyes as if he couldn't care less.
"Cory, you should head to Georgia. Prometheus is the only giver that is in the country, so that would be the obvious choice." The horse being said filling us in on information we already discussed. "And here" He said holding out a small grey hoodie. "Your mother wanted me to give you this when you arrived here. Its a birthday present that she didn't get to deliver. She isn't here though, she has immortal teens to take care of." He explained for me as I took the hood in my hands.
"Wow, a hoodie. Thanks mom, every kid loves clothing to match with their dead family for their birthday." I said what I was thinking out loud, but barely loud enough to hear.
"Also I gave Andrew here some supplies to get you through your journey. What a fine crafty swords man, he underestimated you in your fight. You can trust him to be a worthy companion during your endeavours. " He motioned to Andrew, before turning and trotting away. Dionysus had already disappeared while our backs were turned and talking with Chiron had taken place.
"Ok, I guess we're heading out." I said to break the last amount of silence that lingered in the air after the talk. "Yeah, lets get a car. I call shotgun!" Gena said. Sticking out her tongue at me she mocked me for not calling it.
We walked in silence through the small path that lead us into the camp when Gena and me first arrived. After ten minutes we arrived at the camp entrance, which crossing over it felt like a small goodbye somehow. We walked for three more minutes before we found the highway. "So which direction next?" I asked but no one seemed to have a clue. Demi gods do whatever needs to be done, but stealing wasnt our best decision. To the people whose jeep we stole. I'm sorry.
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Artemis Child
FanfictionCory, a cursed demigod fights his way through the many changing worlds, to find his family's killer or so it started. He is joined by mutiple demigods who are not how they seem: Gena, Andrew, Serena, Toni, Kaylyn, Max, Louis, Helena, Darius, Jake, M...