Chapter 13~The Dark Secrets

 Hello, reader! I was playing around with the tools on the bar thing and it accidently came up with white bars around the text! :') So I guess you'll have to read this one with white bars... sorry about that! :D ~Kallik

 Lucas








    I opened my eyes, seeing water nymphs frown and douse the fire. the sky was a dark orange, and the fires were almost out. I sat up, wondering how I survived the bomb arrow attack. My clothes were smoking and my skin was powdered with soot. I saw Celestia and Sara to my left and... oh no. I scanned the scarred field and saw Annabeth laying on a tree, with a glowing green shoulder.
   I got up and ran to Annabeth. My sister was deathly pale, which scared the gods out of me. Celestia and the ichor-covered Sara sat up, groaning. Celestia's green greek dress looked like it was originally black. This time, I actually saw what she was actually like. Her dark brown hair was in a tight bun and I noticed there was a glowing emerald necklace in Celestia's hand. She handed it to me.
   "Take it. Make a wish." Celestia said calmly. She winced, holding a charred area in her dress. "You only get one wish."
   I stared at all the campers dying, then at the only Annabeth. "I'm sorry, sis." I whispered. Then I closed my eyes. "I wish the campers would get healed, and the field will flourish."
   The black grass began to turn to a healthy green, becoming dotted with dandelions.  The campers' wounds healed quickly, with color returning to their faces. The only pale camper was Annabeth.
   "CHILDREN OF APOLLO, COME HERE!" Sara yelled. Some of the campers ran to us. "Do you know how to heal her?" Sara pointed to Annabeth, and the campers began whispering and murmuring.
   A boy camper, probably 11, stepped forward. "Hello! My name is Alec, at your service!" The boy raised his hand over Annabeth. He frowned.
   "Well?" I asked impatiently.
   "She is..." Alec pouted, as if trying to process what he was getting. "She isn't alive, or dead. It's as if Hades was trying to block her soul from the Underworld. Quite strange."
   Celestia cleared her throat. "This Annabeth," Her blue eyes turned to me. "She's a daughter of Hades, isn't she? The last thing the TCFD needs is another child from the Big Three! This could be an omen!"
   Sara's eyes darted back and forth.
   "And you, Sara! You're not a demigod at all! More like a demititan!" I could hear Celestia's rapid breathing. Alec blinked.
   "What?" Sara asked, genuinely confused. "There's no such thing!"
   "Can we just skip to the point where I heal this girl?" Alec complained.
   Celestia ignored him. "Sara isn't a child of Athena. She's a child of Oceanus, one of the Titans!"
   Sara burst into tears. Her seashell jewelry glowed. "I'm so sorry I didn't tell you guys! I just..." She wiped a tear from her cheek. "I favored Poseidon. I wish I was smart as Athena! I wanted to make warm fires nicely like Hestia! I hate being a daughter of a titan!"
   Alec groaned and began healing Annabeth.
   For once, I felt pity for Sara. "You know, you could pretend to be a daughter of Poseidon."
   Sara began weeping. She buried her face in her hands. "Oceanus is a son of Gaea and Uranus. That means Gaea is my grandmother."
   Me, Celestia and Alec paused awkwardly.
   "And I can't hide from Gaea, or fight her!"
   I played with my thumbs nervously.
   "War is beginning to happen now, and the commander is Gaea, meaning we have to fight the earth itself." Sara finally said, and winced as if it caused her pain.

Chapter 12~War with the Mini Oracle

    Annabeth


  "Whoa." I breathed.
  "Definitely." Lucas agreed. Then he winced.
  Celestia stared down at my hurt brother. Ok, get this: the girl breathed out green mist. Someone needs to brush their teeth! The mist flowed out of her and circled Lucas. The mist became bigger and faster until it consumed Lucas. Celestia's eyes glowed bright blue. The mist returned to Celestia's mouth, and the girl's eyes returned to a regular blue. Lucas seemed just fine, no wounds anymore and he stood up cheerfully.
  "Thanks." Lucas said to Celestia.
  An arrow skimmed my shoulder. I turned my head to see a person riding the hydra. The person, I mean, skeleton had fiery eyes behind dark sunglasses, and a thick, course mohawk on his dirty skull. He wore a leather suit, with a crossbow at his hands. He shot an arrow again.
  I deflected the attack with my knife, with it barely impaling me. I narrowed my eyes at the monsters, and the skeleton dude.
  "I AM THE MIGHTY SKELETON, SIR KNIFER! I HAVE COME TO END THIS GROUP OF DEMIGODS!" The skeleton jumped into the air, and shot a volley of arrows. We barely missed them by a hair.
   "I've never heard of him." Lucas muttered.
   "Because he's an outcast, like me." Celestia said.
   Another wave of arrows came, but we were unprepared. Fortunately, Celestia blew them away with a gust of green mist.
   "Thanks." Lucas said.
   A flaming arrow came towards Lucas, and he blocked it with his shield.
   "We need to get up close!" I announced.
   Celestia hooked us with her arm, then launched us towards the battle with green mist surrounding us. We landed right on top of the hydra, next to Sir What-his-face.
   "RAWWR!!" Sir Knifer screeched. "You can never defeat moi! By Pluto's command, I shall slay you all!"
   "Pluto?" I asked.
   "He's the roman name for Hades, as you call him!" The skeleton blinked, remembering his thought of killing us. "NOW, I SHALL KILL YOU!"
   Sir Knifer took out a double bladed sword, sharpened to the tip. He was about to throw it at us like a spear, but the hydra suddenly roared. I looked down and saw golden water flowing out of a hole in the hydra's chest. Sara was being coated with the golden water.
  "Ichor." Lucas said. "The blood of the immortals."
  The ichor was now jetting out of the hydra, when Sara stabbed the monster again. The hydra roared in pain, then turned to sea colored dust. I landed on my back.
   "GRAAAAAH!!!!!!!" Sir Knifer charged at us in rage, his flaming eyes gradually getting wilder.
   Celestia blocked his attack for me with a solid mass of green mist. The skeleton was knocked back, but got his crossbow out and started shooting a volley of bombed arrows. The volley landed with so much nuclear explosions, the minotaur turned to brown dust. I held my breath as I saw many of the campers get knocked down from the energy. The attack stopped when fire was all around me. I saw some campers struggling to stand up.
  The fire stung my eyes, and there was no sign of the skeleton. When I saw him, the skeleton launched a green glowing arrow at me. It skimmed my shoulder, injecting pain and poison into me. The skeleton laughed and disappeared. As for I, the world turned black, with me wondering if I died or simply blacked out.

Chapter 11~Battle Wounds... Emotionally and Physically

    Sara






     I froze, which is usually never like me. But hey, when the Minotaur and Hydra are attacking, you have to be scared. Annabeth was obviously scared out of her mind and Lucas looked paralyzed.
    "Guys, fight!" Apollo encouraged.
    Why won't you? I retorted in my head. You are a god, aren't you?
    But he was right... demigods needed to fight first.
    "Annabeth, Lucas!" I slapped them across the face. "Snap out of it!"
    Annabeth rubbed her cheek. "Oh yea... right."
    Lucas blinked. "Of course, fighting the 'Dangerous Duo' should definitely be encouraged!" He said sarcastically.
    "It definitely should!" I said to him. I ran over to the window. There stood a great man-bull and a how-many-heads dragon, crashing through the lobby of the camp.
    Thousands of campers charged at the two monsters, while the children of Aphrodite used perfume bottles since they forgot their weapons. Anyways, the children of Ares were attacking fiercer than ever, but getting more wounds than ever. The green mist around the house in the water was getting thinner. That meant "Bad news!"
    "They need help." I announced.
    "Noo, really?" Annabeth who was watching also, said sarcastically.
    "Yes really!" Lucas had taken out his sword, Bolt, and his shield, Lightning. He began to charge down the steps.
    "Lucas, we need battle strategy!" I said.
    Annabeth raised her eyebrow. "Children of Hestia aren't that wise. Only children of Athena would think that... I think."
    Snap! Think, Sara, think! "Because I'm not a daughter of Hestia."
    Annabeth didn't seem surprised.
   "I'm a daughter of Athena." I lied.
   "Knew it."
   "But now is not the time! There's a war and..." I scanned the crowd for Lucas. Just in time to see him get flung 20 feet across the air, hitting a tree so hard, the tree trunk broke. "Lucas needs help! C'mon!"

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    "Nectar and ambrosia will help him." I said to Annabeth. "But if he eats to much, he's done for.
    "But one of us needs to help fight the monsters!" Annabeth said.
    A painful flashback started in my head. Everyone became terrorized, while I did nothing. The Titans were creaming the gods, and I saw two god/titans doing a showdown. One of them seemed like...
   My knees buckled and dropped to my knees. I stared at the two monsters. Creaming the demigods and I was doing nothing. I opened my backpack and gave Annabeth some ambrosia squares and  a canteen of nectar.
   "Find Lucas. Heal him. I'll go... fight." I dusted myself off and ran to the monsters, no weapons provided.

   Annabeth


   "Sara, wait!" I called to her. She stopped dead in her tracks.
   "I'M FINE! I CAN FIGHT, YOU KNOW! WAY STRONGER THAN YOU!" Sara's voice sounded angry and hurt. There was something she wasn't telling me.
   "But I could trap them and put them into the Underworld if I remember how! Don't you know battle strategy?" I called to her.
   "Look, I don't know what's your problem, but I definitely know battle strategy. And my first one is simple; ignoring you."
   I watched Sara run off. I turned around and walked to the fallen tree. I froze when I saw how injured my brother was.
   Blood trickled out of his mouth and oozed out of cuts. He had one black eye and purple bruises dotted him. His leg was bent (Ew!) and his right arm was helplessly broken. Lucas' eyes were shut closed, but I could still see his chest rising up and down barely.
   Nectar and ambrosia will hopefully help his broken body. Now where did I keep it? I felt my pockets and pulled out the godly food.
   I opened the canteen and let it drip into Lucas' mouth. How much was too much? I let a few more drips fall and closed the canteen. I grabbed some ambrosia squares and gave 3 to feed to Lucas. His wounds were still there, but Lucas had the ability to open his eyes.
   "Annabeth?" Came out a croaking voice. "What happened?"
   "A hydra flung you into the air." I told him absently, watching Sara.
   Lucas tried to sit up, but immediately fell back. I watched Lucas. He was so fragile, so weak.
   "That toss must've been tough." Lucas coughed. I managed to give him a weak smile.
   "At least we should try to find Apollo." I offered.
   "Or visit the Oracle."
   I turned my head and saw a mysterious girl appear out of thin air. She had gleaming black air, sea-blue eyes and wore a green greek dress. Her blue eyes seemed angry and intense, yet had gentle and sweetness. The girl's voice was strong and confident, along with the odd aura around her.
   I stood up. "Who are you?"
   The girl gave me a curious look, as if she sensed something weird about me. Finally, she opened her mouth. "My name is Celestia, daughter of the Oracle of Delphi. I doubt anyone knew about this immortal outcast. I wasn't included in the greek/roman stories, and the Titans, giants and even the gods haven't noticed me! Just an immortal, an annoying oracle."

Chapter Ten~Apollo's Medical Sugar Rush

   Hello, reader! I had to change the font because it seemed like it was getting confusing if the words was italic or not... anyways, keep on reading! ~Kallik



   Sara






    I felt Annabeth's shuddering breath against my hand. She was knocked out hard, even I would've gotten injured. Who can't when you're whacked by a mace?
   Lucas burst out of the elevator. "What just happened? I saw someone whack my sister!"
   I stood up. "Stop acting like she's your little sister! She's older than you by 3 months!"
   Lucas pouted. "Well at least I'm not trying to be tough by saying 'no' all the time!"
   "Be quiet."
   "You can't make me!"
   "THAT'S ENOUGH!" A boy wearing some tattered jeans and a sun on his orange shirt stepped out of the shadows. He was pushing a cart full of medical appliances.
   "Son of Apollo," I greeted. "obvious."
   "Actually, I am the Amazing Apollo, God of the Sun, poetry and medical needs at your service!" The boy boasted happily. "Waaay better than my sister. Ugh, can you believe her? She's like, 'Apollo! You're so lazy during winter!' And I'm like, 'You're so lazy during summer!' It get's really annoying. Just because she's the Goddess of the Moon and hunting doesn't mean she has to be a brat about it!"
   I blinked. "Are you on a sugar rush?"
  "Maybe!" Apollo replied happily. He was so energetic, I began to feel faint like Annabeth.
  "Can you just heal Annabeth?" Lucas looked around the attic filled with other injured campers. "And then them?"
  "That's why I am here!" Apollo grinned.
  The smile on Apollo's face melted as he reached for a needle. It was filled with odd, colorful circles. Sweat beaded down the god's face as he was about to stick it in Annabeth's arm.
  "Must be adrenaline." Lucas breathed.
  As Apollo was about to push the button, he suddenly raised it above his mouth and then pushed it. The colorful circles fell in his mouth.
  "Gotta love Skittles!"Apollo swooned.
  I tried to close my mouth. "You did all that, just to eat Skittles? Are you like Hermes?"
  Apollo's facial expression came from happy to furious. "And miss, are you a daughter of..."
  "SHHH!" I told Apollo. "No one needs to know who's my father."
  "Drama queen." Apollo coughed. "Anyways, I am not like Hermes in any such way or fashion. Now, to prove it, I shall keep my very promise."
  "It wasn't a promise." Lucas muttered. Apollo turned bright red.
  "Just be quiet!" Apollo said.
  Lucas closed his mouth as Apollo raised his hand over Annabeth. She finally opened her eyes and the big bump on her head disappeared.
  "Wow." I said.
  "Hi guys." Annabeth said and hugged us both. "So good to be awake again. I saw something odd. Like a dream telling me something."
  Before me and Lucas could react, a voice yelled loud and clear. "CAMP IS UNDER ATTACK! MINOTAUR AND HYDRA HAS CAME TO ATTACK!"

Chapter Nine~Talking about the Training Field

  Annabeth




    "Man, what will it take to wake you up? You've been sleeping on that couch soo long, it's already 12:00 p.m!" A voice shouted in my ear.
    I opened my eyes, seeing Sara sitting next to me, her arms crossed. Her seashell earrings somehow seemed from pink to red. Lucas was sitting on a recliner, holding a plate filled with macaroni and cheese with a hot dog on the side. He was smirking, amused seeing me wake up so late.
  "Sorry." I mumbled, sitting up. "You don't have to yell in my ear like that."
  "Ha! She already knows that, rookie!" Max was coming out of the elevator, holding a battle axe in one hand.
   "Max, get your nose out of this conversation!" Sara shouted at him.
   Sara and Max began arguing.
   "Oh, for the love of Zeus, even the campers outside can hear you argue!" A boy looking 11 walked out of the backdoor. He had glossy brown hair with energetic, curious green eyes. He wore winged armor, probably meaning he was a son of Hermes. "I was just busy slaying these hellhounds when suddenly, I hear, 'Wake up sleepyhead!' 'Ok, jeez!' 'Haha! Rookie!'" The boy first showed his bloody staff, then mimicked us.
   "Sam! Be quiet!" Sara told the boy. She turned to me. "Do not, under any circumstances, trust him. He's a dirty liar, pranker and thief!"
   I stared at Sam's innocent eyes, then nodded.
  "What exactly is in the backdoor and elevator?" I asked Sara.
  "The elevator holds the infirmary, bathroom and meeting room. The backdoor holds the actual training camp." Lucas finished the last bite of his hot dog, then walked into the backdoor.
  "You could go there, if you dare!" Sam and Max laughed. "Have you even fought before?"
  "Yes!" I answered smugly. "Me and Lucas killed the Nemean Lion, just us! And I cut Medusa's head off, also!"
  Sam widened his eyes, and Max' jaw dropped. Sara had an impressed look on her face.
  "If you can do that, that's baby talk compared to the training camp!" Sara punched me in the belly, as best as she could in a joke. "The campers are careful not to kill you, but when it comes to fighting each other and competition in Capture the Flag, we show no mercy."
   I gulped.
   "Capture the Flag is dangerous!" Sam agreed. "You use your weapons! You kick each other's butt! You could get killed, but the person who killed you would get fed to the Underworld, apologize to your soul and then die! I got a battle scar because of the rough game!" He showed a long, but shallow scar on his wrist.
   "Just go to the training field!" Sara said. "But be careful when you step outside."
   I nodded and opened the backdoor. Outside was a beautiful field, dotted with tiki torches and daisies. There were orchards in the east, a lake and 12 cabins in the north,  and a forest filled with monsters and training dummies in the west. On the lake was a bridge going to an island in the center of the lake, holding a house with green mist circling it eerily. Above was a blue sky with fluffy, white clouds and a mama and her baby dragons were flying in the sky. It was breathtaking.
   Suddenly, a camper wearing a rusted helmet and swinging a spiked and flaming mace, ran toward me. "INTRUDER!!!!" The camper yelled, hit me with the mace, and knocked me out unconscious.