When In Rome...

Chapter Three: I Get The Gist Of The New War

Chapter Three: I Get The Gist Of The New War

He chuckles.

"We're at Camp Half-Blood, and I think you should clean up the strawberries, because these guys use their strawberries to get money for the camp."

"Oh, is this the greek demigod camp?"

"Yeah."

"I suppose we should get off this mound now."

"Yup."

We jump off the mound, and I use some water to clean us, and then I dry us off. I look towards the growing crowd of campers, all wearing orange T-shirts. The youngest was about five, the oldest seventeen. I turn back to the strawberry patch, flick my hand, and it returns to normal. I could hear people whispering about me, and then a girl walks out towards me. She has eyes that look like flames of every colour, dancing merrily in her irises. Her hair is fiery orange, red and yellow, and it shines in the sunlight in such a way that it makes it look like her head is on fire. Her skin is a creamy, pearly, translucent porcelain, and behind her walks a boy of about five, with electric blue eyes and tousled brown hair. The boy clutches her skinny jeans, and looks up at Nico and I with fear and awe. The girl starts to introduce herself and the boy.

"Hi, I'm Agony, daughter of Hestia, and this is Alec, son of Zeus. I'm his caretaker at camp, cos he's only five. I know Nico, he's my best friend. Hi, Nico!"

Her face seems to glow with happiness and curiosity, and her smile makes you feel happy and elated, makes you want to smile yourself.

"So are you like a true daughter of Hestia, then?"

"Oh, yeah. Uncs Z forgave her, so she's all good."

"Uncs Z?"

"Zeus."

"Oh."

"You gonna tell me your name?"

"Oh, sorry. Saviour, daughter of Hestia and Artemis.'

"Not true daughter?"

"No. Arrow in the fire sort of thing."

"Right. You don't really look like their daughter. Your eyes aren't the same, either."

She has a point. I have short, rich dark brown hair with a streak of glowing silver and a streak of glowing red. My eyes change with whatever power I use, and my skin is a dark tan. I am quite muscular, and I have a few freckles over my nose which gives me a kind of sweet, cute little girl look. And, believe me, I am not a sweet, cute little girl. I a 16 year old killer, for Gods' sake! Well, I've only killed 163 humans, cos they were being really pig headed and stuff, saying that the Greek Gods and Goddesses are gay and everything. I did that during the 3 months that I was in Britain. That was my 'mission'. To kill people who really insulted the Greek Gods and Goddesses. And stuff like that.

"Yeah. I was kinda blessed with every known power on Earth. Every God, Goddess, Titan, and even special family powers were gifted to me. Weird, huh?"

"Woah. Every known power?"

"Ummm... Yeah."

"Cool."

Nico then decides that he should step in.

"Agony, can you call a war meeting? We can have it here. I'm sure Savvy can make us a table and chairs."

He grins at me. I grin back. Agony quickly wolf-whistled, before hurrying away, causing Nico and I to blush. I quickly conjure up a marble, hoop shaped table and about fifty golden chairs around it.

I sit at the head, and Nico sits beside me.

Once Agony has gathered up the heads of all the cabins, Nico and her start to explain the war to me. I kinda know most of it, but I want to see it from the demigod's P.O.V.

Agony starts off.

"So, about a year ago there was the war with Kronos, right? And Gaia got real angry. So she started to wake up, and if she wakes up she's gonna destroy the world as we know it."

Then Nico.

"Hera, and her roman form, Juno, decided to unite the two demigod camps. Camp Jupiter and Camp Half-Blood. Eight months ago, she wiped both Percy Jackson's and Jason Grace's memory. Percy she put into a sleep for most of the eight months, while Jason came to Camp Half-Blood."

Agony speaks again.

"Jason could remember a couple of things, like the names of the Gods and stuff, but he knew the Roman names, and he was in a Greek camp. He is a son of Jupiter, and he went with two other demigods, Piper (daughter of Aphrodite) and Leo (son of Hephaestus).'

Agony seems sad at Leo's name, and I swear I see a clear, shining tear fall from the corner of her eye. Nico steps in, helping her out of a rather awkward situation.

"That was when they went on a quest. This camp saved Hera, who had been captured, built a Greek warship, and Jason grew to trust us. But then the giant Alcyoneus captured Death, the God Thanatos. Percy Jackson had awoken, and was in the Roman camp. He is a son of Poseidon. Him and Hazel Levesque, daughter of Pluto and awakener of Alcyoneus, and another, Frank Zhang, son of Ares, descendant of Neptune and carrier of the Prince of Pylos's curse went on a quest to free Death and re-capture the Roman eagle of the Twelfth Legion Fulminata."

Agony regains her bearings.

"By now, the warriors who were chosen from both Greek and Roman camps will be in Rome, where one of the final battles will be fought. The final battle will be fought in Greece, probably near Mt Olympus."

I’m a bit stunned. I hadn't known that the war was actually this serious.

"Wow, Nico, what are we waiting for? We better go join those warriors before the war is over.”

One of the people gathered around the table, a girl, laughs. She was quite pretty, so I guess that she’s a daughter of Aphrodite, if she’s at the Greek camp.

"Hi, I'm Drew."

She announces.

"Daughter of Aphrodite?"

"Duh. Well, can I just ask how a little daughter of Demeter is going to help the war effort?"

A girl across the table from Drew shoots a glare at her. I guess she’s a daughter of Demeter, because she has tanned skin, freckles, muddy clothes and short, sandy coloured hair. 

Drew screams. I instantly see why. There is a strawberry plant growing around her. Beside me, Agony sighs.

"Anney, cut it out, please. And Drew, don't insult anymore demigods or you will be doing the dishes tonight. Alone."

Drew looks shocked, mainly because of the threat, but also because the strawberry plant that Anney had grown around her had crumbled to dust and was getting in her hair and mouth. Agony pipes up, again. She is quite talkative.

"So, Savvy, do you want to explain why you are the best person in the world to join our war effort?"

"Uh, sure. Well, I'm a daughter of Hestia and Artemis, and I have been blessed with every power, gifted, Godly and Titanly, on Earth. Cool, huh?"

Everyone stares at me in shocked silence. Shit. I really have done it now.