Legends of Olympus (On Hold)

Price of Power

Reign's POV

Sa likod ng bawat dorm ay mayroon kaming sariling training field. Pinalibutan ito ng kakahuyan dahil nga, nasa gitna kami ng kagubatan. Pero nasa'min na rin kung anong gusto naming ipatayo sa surrounding area ng dorm namin.

May iba na gumawa ng garden, pool, pati na rin basketball courts.

Isa ring halimbawa ang residential park ng Gamma Class, para sa libo-libong students nila. Nasa gitna ito ng dormitories nila, at kompleto ito sa fountain, rock pathways, tables and benches.

In the Omegas case, mayroon kaming malawak na field at sa dakong entrada ng kagubatan, ay isang greenhouse para kay Grey.

He had a knack of making flowers bloom so as a birthday gift, we built him a greenhouse filled with nothing but different kinds of flowers.

Hugis hexagon ito, at sa gitna ay mayroong white table and chairs kung saan kami nagtsa-tsaa minsan.

Sa loob ng see-through glass, minasdan ko ang lalaking marahang pinapatakbo ang kanyang mga daliri sa nakahilerang mga palumpong ng rosas.

Tumigil ang kanyang kamay sa ibabaw ng isang rosas na nakasarado pa. Pinitas niya ito at sinuri-suri sa kamay niya.

Habang nakatitig siya rito, unti-unti itong namukadkad.

Napangiti ako, pero mabilis ding naglaho ang aking ngiti pagkatapos makita ang bulaklak na dahan-dahang nalanta.

Nakapamulsa ang isang palad niya nang itapon niya ang patay na rosas, saka ibinaling ang kanyang atensyon sa kabilang mga palumpong na naman.

Grey, son of the scion and the rose, is known to have inherited most of Mnemosyne's abilities. From being able to see memories, to creating portals to places he has already been in.

Kaya rin may Omega class dahil sa kanya. When my parents tried to enroll him, the school gave him a series of test to determine which class he belongs to. They expected him to be a Gamma, but no, he was not.

They realized he was something else when he pointed at a teacher and revealed her childhood to the others. He even shared some of her secrets, including that she was silently stealing medicines from the clinic.

All was well, though. Hindi naman nagalit ang guro sa kanya.

Sinabi niya rin kasi ang dahilan kung bakit nagawa nitong magnakaw: may sakit lahat ng mga anak niya.

It was an unusual ability, nothing like they've seen before. But what's even rarer is his ability to hold objects and change it into their past and future forms.

He'd finish an apple, and he'd eat it again after restoring it to its form before he took the first bite.

Natawa ako nang mahina.

Nabulabog din kasi ang Academy, n'on. Buti nalang at nagpakita si Mnemosyne para sabihin sa kanila na may gano'n din siyang kapangyarihan.

Lola to the rescue, ika nga ni Tita Thea no'ng kinuwento niya sa'min ito, dahil ipinaliwanag din ni Mnemosyne kung bakit nagawa ni Grey na makuha ang mapanganib na kapangyarihang ito.

If it was our grandfather that said we lived in a golden age, it was our great-grandmother that said we have too much gold in our blood as a result of having descended purely from gods and heroes.

We were less than gods but more than demigods.

Dahil sa sinabi ng titan goddess, kumuha ng blood samples si Doctor Seht mula kina Grey at Vance para suriin ito.

Ichor is the golden blood of the gods. Normal demigods, sons and daughters of the gods, usually have 50% in their body, for they are half-mortal and half-immortal.