Son of Death and Home

Chapter 7 : Camp

Chapter 7 is here. After this another chapter of this.
Then Betrayed and Forgotten.
//Hunters' camp//
3 months later
Percy's POV
Well it was certainly enjoyable being back in the hunt. We hunted a lot usually and sometimes talked about what all had happened in the last two years.
Many new hunters had been recruited and those were the ones who glared at me. Now as I had a sense of love I began to realize that I had taken a certain liking to Artemis.
I knew it would never happen so I decided to drop it. I was walking through the woods when my foot caught in a trap and I was hanging upside down from a tree. I could hear giggling from the woods.
"Very funny, P. Let me down will you?"
"Certainly not Percy."
I made my cute puppy eye face, "Argh! Who can resist that face?"
She let me down and I fell to the ground. I decided to be more careful from now on. As I was walking I saw a silver glow around myself. I ignored it for the moment.
10 months later
20 days before summer solstice
We were waiting in the hunt for Arty to return from the meeting on Olympus. We sat around the fire. I had turned 12 years now. I could take down 3 monsters at once at least with my training without my Helm.
A silver flash alerted us to Artemis's arrival. Wait, silver flash? I had a silver glow that night. Does that mean Artemis blessed me? Anyways, Artemis told us about the meeting.
"I have grave news. Father's master bolt has been stolen and he blames it on Poseidon's son." All eyes turned to me.
"Not him. The other one. Zeus fears that the son of Poseidon is the child of the prophecy. We know better. Percy here is elder to that boy by two months. We need to reveal Percy now." She turned to me, "Percy you have to go to Camp Half Blood."
"But Artemis it's been an year since my arrival. I can't go just yet."
"Sorry Percy. You have no say in this matter." I grudgingly nodded.
"We'll be taking you to camp secretly. You must not reveal your stay with the hunt to anyone." I nodded.
Artemis touched my shoulder and I soon found myself near a straw berry field. I walked towards the huge pine tree. There I saw a man in Bermuda shorts and a boy about my age with the same sea green eyes but blonde hair.
They passed the pine tree and entered some sort of barrier. This must be CHB. I followed them and stayed hidden. A centaur came forward, "Lord Poseidon." All the campers bowed as well. Ah, time for some sweet revenge.
"Rise campers. This here is Brendan. I'm his father so treat him well." As he said this I stepped from behind the tree.
"Hello, father." I said the last word with as much venom as possible.
He scrutinized me for a moment, "You're my son alright. But I don't know you."
"Don't call me your son. You left my mother Sally Jackson and me with a walrus. He killed my mom!"
He flinched at my mother's name. That means he recognizes it. "I claim Perseus Jackson as my - "
He was cut off by the appearance of 4 symbols above my head. A fire, Helm of Darkness, A flower and A plant.
"Well campers as you have never seen I will explain you my heritage. My biological father is this excuse of an Olympian who can't take care of his children. My adoptive dad is Hades. My adoptive mothers are Hestia and Persephone. My grandmother is Demeter who I love like a mother."
"You dare call me an excuse boy?"
"Try me, Lord Poseidon."
He raised his trident but Dad and my mothers appeared in front of me. The campers were scared. Not because of the appearance of the Lord of the Dead but because of the anger Mom was radiating.
"Touch my son brother and I will send you to Tartarus." Mom said with anger. Poseidon looked out rightly scared then he turned to dad with a look of anger, "You will regret taking my son from me Hades."
"Your other son Brendan will regret stealing the bolt and my Helm." With that all 4 of them flashed away to his knows where.
"Well that was certainly eventful. Hey Chiron."
"Hello Perseus. Nice to see you. I guess you'll be staying in the Demeter cabin?" I nodded. A girl came forward,
"Hi. I'm Katie Gardner counselor of Demeter Cabin."
"Suitable surname for a child of Demeter right?" She turned angry.
"I'm joking. I actually love grandma a lot. She loves me as well. I guess because I like cereal too much." She gave me a smile after hearing this. From the crowd came a boy and a girl. They looked familiar.
"Percy how are you?" The girl hugged me. That voice was familiar. Then it struck me when I saw the girl's eyes.
"Annabeth. How are you?" Then the boy would be,
"Luke. What's up and where's Thalia?" Both their expressions darkened. Then I realized something, I could sense a faint aura of life coming from the tree as if it was about to die.
"Chiron, is that tree a manifestation of a person?"
"Percy let's go to the Big House and we'll explain everything." I nodded and started walking towards the Big House.
I entered and saw a man dressed in shabby purple clothes sipping a Diet Coke. This was Dionysus.
"Lord Dionysus." I bowed. He looked at me as if trying to recognizing me.
"Who are you?"
"I'm new to camp."
"Percy you bowed to Mr. D but not Lord Poseidon why?"
"I bow to those who respect it. Like I would never bow to Ares but I would bow to Hephaestus."
They nodded and we sat down. "So, Percy the day we left from the hunt we met a satyr. His job was to protect the Thalia and bring her safely to camp. Instead he tried to get all three of us because he was kind hearted. He took some some wrong turns and we were being chased by Cyclopes. Thalia bravely tried to defend us but she got hit. As she lay there dying Zeus turned her into a tree so that nothing like this would ever happen to a camper."
Well Zeus at least has a kind side towards his children if not to others.
"I'll just go to my cabin. Chiron any important announcements for me?"
"Yes Percy. Capture the Flag is in three days on Friday. Athena and Ares cabin are leaders. Athena has Apollo, Hermes, Demeter. Ares has Poseidon, Dionysus, Aphrodite, Hephaestus." I nodded and went towards my cabin. I crashed on my bed thinking about how life at camp would be.
Next Morning
I woke up when a conch horn sounded.
"That's breakfast." I heard a voice beside me. I saw it was Katie. I instantly got up.
"Can't miss breakfast most important meal of the day!" With that said I ran towards the mess hall.
After breakfast
"Campers as you all know we have two new campers. Brendan White and Perseus Jackson. They are in the Poseidon and Demeter cabin respectively. Now off you go to your daily activities." I decided to go to the arena and watched the campers train. After a while I couldn't hold it I bursted out laughing. Everyone looked at me weirdly.
"It's just that the way your train is not professional. Dagger users are using hammer grips instead of ice pick."
A bulky girl scoffed, "Ice pick is for beginners." I shook my head, "Its the most useful stupid daughter of Ares."
She got angry. "You think you're better! Well then fight Luke he's the best swordsman in three hundred years." I nodded.
I jumped from the stands into the training area. Luke was standing there with a sad expression, "Percy I don't want to this."
"You think you can defeat me? No offense Luke but I'll destroy you within a few minutes." He scoffed then gestured me to begin the fight.
Well this was surely going to be interesting. I took out my hoodie and my true arsenal was revealed. I took the two pens in my hands. The red bracelet was on my left wrist. It was for the bow. The blue bracelet on my right wrist was for the spear. I uncapped the two pens and my two three foot swords were revealed in all their glory. Shadows latched on to Deathnote. I twirled the swords when Chiron came in. "This is a sparring match. Powers are allowed and no maiming or killing." Oh this was going to be fun. I summoned the shadows and my Helm appeared in my head. I lunged at Luke. I'll tell you he was pretty good but for someone who has trained from various heroes he was nothing. I kept attacking when I backed up. I looked Luke straight in the eyes. He looked into my eyes and was caught up in his greatest fears when I held my swords to his throat in an 'X' manner. "I yield." He said.
"What the hell was that?" He asked after I lowered my swords.
"That my dear Luke was the power of the Prince of the Underworld."
He looked shocked but registered it ever so subtly.
All the audience looked shocked at what I had done. Probably thinking I bested their best swordsman in a matter of seconds.
I bowed to them and walked out. Well a nice way to start your day at camp. I went straight away to the Big House,
"Chiron, I need you to put restrictions on me during Capture the Flag." He looked confused, "You weren't there in the sparring match. I used my Helm to defeat Luke so it was easier. Therefore I need you to make me rely on pure skill."
He nodded and waved for me to go. And go I did. I went to the cabin to find Katie gardening. I went and joined her.
"So Katie what should I call you Katie or aunt or cousin?"
"What?"
"Well I'm the son of Persephone your half sister so you are my aunt but I'm the son of Hades so you are my cousin."
"Just call me Katie. Please don't think to much about Greek family trees. It's very confusing."
I nodded and helped her in her gardening. We stayed there for about three hours and we bonded pretty well. We became very trustworthy brother and sister. My stay at camp was just beginning to get interesting.

Well, chapter 7 is done! Chapter 8 will be out by tomorrow.
Then we will meet on Betrayed and Forgotten
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Words : 1797 words ( excluding A/N)
Published : 23 October 2018
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