The Mortal

A travel, a monster and a discovery (in this order).

A travel, a monster and a discovery (in this order).

You might think that being a choosen-one is something pretty cool no ? Then I have to warn you because it's not. Okay I have some pretty cool new friends thanks to it. And a relationship. And powers. And responsibilities. Oh gosh you might think that it's cool now. But trust me I've never wanted that to happen to me. I've just wanted to live a normal life and now my life is all except normal. In fact I have a pretty crazy and dangerous life that makes me risk my life everyday. Having powers is cool but having to use them to defend my life and to achieve quest isn't at all. It may not seems pretty clear to you but I guess I'll just let you read my story and you will understand what I mean.

My name is Noah Green and I live in France. I was born in the United States, in New York, but for some reasons my parents have decided to travel to France a year after my birth and they have liked it so much that they have decided to stay there and we've lived peacefully in Paris for sixteen years. I was going to school and I had friends there but I still wanted to know what my place of birth looks like. So for my seventeenth birthday my parents offered me the travel to New York. And on the 23 of October, for my birthday, I was on the plane. Everything was okay until I needed to go to the toilets. On my way, I've looked around me and haven't seen anything weird at first sight but when I was on my way back to my seat I've noticed something strange. Really strange. Like not normal at all. The guy who was seated behind me doesn't have human legs but goat's one. Like a satyr. And that's where things are starting to become weird because it seems like nobody have noticed it while I couldn't unsee it. I've seen strange things before in my life, like someone with many arms or a random guy fighting something that was flying high above us, but everytime it was gone by the time of a wink so I've always thought that it was just my imagination (my parents told me I have an incredible imagination since I was a kid). But this time I was pretty sure it wasn't my imagination. And I was still staring at this guy, not very discreetly I have to admit, when he noticed me :

« What are you staring at ? » he said while putting a rug on his legs

« Nothing hum excuse me » I answered while sitting back down

But I was pretty sure that what I've seen couldn't be called « nothing » and I've thought about it for the rest of the fly. When we arrived in the John-F.-Kennedy airport I tried to put that out of my mind. I had to search for my bags and for my mother's friend who was supposed to be in there to take me to his apartment where I could rest a little before the beginning of my alone travel. I've found him in the airport's hall. We've discussed about all and nothing on our way to his apartment and when we arrived we just have a lunch before I go to sleep because I was exhausted. But hey guess what ? I didn't get any sleep because I was way too excited about my travel and because I was still thinking about what happened during the fly. I couldn't help but thought about it so I decided to go for a night walk that would make me think of other things, normal things I hoped. But this walk went wrong too in fact. I was just getting outside when I heard a loud noise coming from the street in front of me. At first I thought that it was just a random drunk dude who would have made a trash can fall so I just decided to go and ignore it. But after a few seconds I heard another noise and this one look more like a beast growl. It wasn't a cat or a dog. Oh no it wasn't. The sound was way too loud for that. I turned around to see what was happening and I just liquefied on the spot. This sound came from a beast that was a lion with a goat head on its back and a tail that ends with a snake's head. Yeah I was facing a chimera and I was scared. I wasn't even able to move as she was approaching me. But it turns out that she didn't even noticed my existence. She was searching for something or someone and that wasn't me. She left me there. I was still trembling when I heard another noise almost inaudible that comes from the street where was the chimera and I couldn't help but go to see what it was. When I arrived at the street corner I've seen an injured guy with a sword in his hand but before I could say anything he was gone. Or I should say vanished because I was sure that he was there. I was sure of what I've seen. But in a second he was just gone. At this moment I was thinking that I should be crazy. There was no other explanation. I've seen too many thing in a day to be a normal and mentally stable person. But in a way I was also sure that I haven't dreamed all the things that I've seen. So yeah maybe I wasn't, and I still not be, normal. After what I've seen I didn't have any certainties left. I returned back to the apartment and fall asleep really fast (back on today, I think it's because my brain needed some rest and something he could have control over). When I woke up, I had a moment just for myself. A beautiful moment where I didn't remember all the crazy things that happened to me on the past day. But this didn't last long and a few seconds after my awakening I remembered everything. I was alone in the apartment. Tony (my mother's friend) was gone to work. I decided to go outside to get some food and left my stuff behind as I was just going outside for a moment. I went to the first restaurant that I can find and took pancakes. Everything was normal for now. But on my way back home another weird thing happened. I saw another satyr walking in the streets. And once again everyone around was acting normal. This time it was enough. I decided to confront him. I ran to him.

« Excuse me man. Everything's okay ? » I asked

« Hum yes but why are you asking me ? » He answered while looking at me oddly

« Your legs are hum kinda strange no ? »

« Wait what ? Why are you saying that ? Are you crazy ? »

He was acting like everything was normal too. Of course. I decided to let go :

« Nah excuse me man I didn't get enough sleep this night. I might be hallucinating. » I answered while letting him go.

But I was way too sure of what I've seen the past days for just letting him go like that. So I decided to follow him. He was calling for a taxi so I did the same thing and just asked my driver to follow him. We achieved following him while he was leaving Manhattan but we lost him near Montauk. Since we were nearby a beautiful forest I decided to stay there for a while. I paid my driver and went in the forest for a walk. I was kinda obsessed with all the things that did happen to me in a couple of hours and having a walk in an empty and beautiful forest before returning to the apartment to get my stuff back couldn't be bad I thought. But I had forgotten that everything went wrong these past days. So yeah this innoncent walk went wrong too. But in a way it was also what would gave me the answers I was craving for (while asking new questions but that's another problem, everything comes at a cost). As I was walking in the forest I noticed something strange. I saw a beautiful pine with a golden fabric on it. And behind this pine there was something that I couldn't describe. Something that seems magical. It was like the forest vanished behind this pine. Behind it there was something which looks like a mirror. A magic mirror that was starting from the tree and which continued endlessly. This mirror didn't show your reflect but hide something. I approached the nearest part of that mirror and started to see through it. There was something behind. I was sure that there was something but I couldn't see anything. I could feel it but couldn't see it. I approached again until I can alsmost touch it. I hesitated for a few minutes but i decided to touch it. But when I did it my arm just pass through it. That was the strangest thing I've ever experienced in my life. I removed my arm anxiously but it seems like everything was fine. My arm was normal. Driven by curiosity I decided to pass my entire body through that mirror. And I discovered that there was something hidden behind it. My feeling was good. A kind of camp stands in front of me. From where I was I can see bungalows, an amphitheater, a lake and a pavilion. As I heard noises coming from the pavilion I decided to go there. I walked to it and saw that there were lot of people eating inside. I entered and someone saw me with my lost face on.

« Hey you ! » he shouted

I turned back at him

« Yeah you ! Who are you ? You're lost ? » he asked

Everyone was staring at me now. Cool.

« Yes I am. Where am I ? »

Some people started whispering things like « Is he one of ours ? » or « He seems like a mortal ».

« You're in the Camp Half-Blood. Somewhere you're not supposed to be. »

Thank you man I hadn't figure it out yet.