House of Heroes: The Child of Death
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After the council, I decided to take in some battle and endurance training before we left. The good thing about me was that I was skilled in multi combat and I could fight, run and still do almost any kind of flip in a dress.
Arriving at the battle cycle gear, I smiled. Julissa was there. She rarly decided to train, but when she did, she was obviously worried. Julissa sported the fabled female warrior getup: a rose pink, longsleeve shirt,a battle armor, shin gaurds, elbow pads and a red bandana. Julissa was always interestingly beautiful, she could make any outfit work for her, which was kinda annoying.
Readying my self, I stretched my arms, before the whistle blew. Glancing at her, I smiled as I held a stare of sheer force and pride. At the whistle, I sprinted up the gears, tossing and turning as levers released traps and gears of which I wouod step on.
The course was timed, and this helped me keep up with strategy and battle. I mean, without time everything would fall apart.
Seconds breezed as I slipped and fell, Glancing up, I saw Julissa was at the top. Rushing for her foot, I smiled. Tugging her down, she flipped and landed on a rope latter behind me.
"Cheater!" She cried.
Glancing back, I looked at her confused. "Cheater? There are no rules here. Julissa this is a test of endurance and strategy." Turning my attention towards the top, I climbed.
Levers unleashed upon me, at one point I almost fell, but luckily, I had the upperbody strength of a gymnist. Crawling my way up a confind space, I smiled as I rose at the top of the obsticale, victorious.
With the bell, I gazed at the clock to see I had completed it in 14 minutes 13 seconds and 12 miliseconds. Dropping down from the top, I smiled and shook hands with Julissa.
"I see you never change." She murmured.
"Sorry, but i've been competative ever since I was little, haven't change yet, so why start now?" I replied. Laughing she turned. "Maybe because I'm a daughter of Aphrodite. I could fix that hair of yours, if you asked nicely."
"I don't mind the rats nest. It's whatever." I smiled.
"So, what's up with that quest, do you really think you'll find Icaris, I mean, he's far too ancient to locate just by chance." Julissa wondered.
"No, but Clorissa could help, if she is still alive, she would help with something like this. Besides, we need to find Persephone before, Demeter grows sad, we don't want an early winter now do we?"
"Heveans no!" Julissa replied. "I like autumn, it's the second most beautiful season, well behind spring of course. But the thing that sucks is that Max is going on this quest."
I nodded. I didn't know how it felt to be in a relationship, but I knew disappointment all to well. It was the one thing all demigods endured, weither it be through parents, love or both. It all ended the same, feeling unwanted and unloved.
"What were you two planning anyway?" I asked trying to get over the disappointments of being a demigod. Julissa saw right threw that, but she didn't mind telling me. We were friends closer since, Max started dating her last month.
"He wanted to take me out of camp, go to a movie, plan out a surprise, whatever that was, and we were supposed to start it all put with a late night dip in the beach tonight."
I smiled. Max was never one for romance, but all that stuff sounded amazing. Just the start seemed interesting. Most couples at camp, would just hang out with each other all day long, but Max was way more creative. Julissa was beyond lucky he was too, because if not he would just a boyfriend of the present and not the future.
"Looks, like he takes charge in relationships too." I laughed.
"He better!" She laughed.
After a while, Julissa left to her cabin, for cabin inspection. Most demigods were neat, heck even the Hermes cabin was buckling up, cleaning every three to four days. Don't get me wrong, you'd still see dirty laundry on the floor and their beds look a mess, but at least the didn't have food all over the place anymore.
But the Aphrodite cabin, was by far the cleanest of the entire camp. It served the right, that cabin was mostly girls, with the acception of Trey and Linsey, who were both boys. It wasn't that bad though because the boys happened to be germaphobic, anything that looked dirty they complained on and on about it.
When I finally reached my cabin, Dexter was on my laptop. He was very calm about it, as if it were his, but I didn't care. He was the closest sibling of mine, so he got privlages like that.
Dexter was this tall muscular kid, he had harsh grey eyes, even harsher than my own, and dirty blonde hair that would frizz up in the humidity. He was only a couple inches taller than me, but he did at times tease me about being short. It was a sibling thing, he was also about three months younger than me.
"We fixed the cabin, but we didn't think it was ok to move your stuff, so I left it there." He said.
"Thanks, it's ok." I replied, wadding up the old battle scrolls and placing the books of strategies up in my bookshelf. After about five minutes, I finished and sat down on my bed. Across the room, Dexter held the computer.
"When your done, I'm going to need that." I said.
"So, is the new kid going on the quest?" He said still keeping his eyes on the computer.
"Yea, he is." I smiled. I didn't say anything, but the moment I smiled, Dexter laughed. Almost like he had known about my crush.
"I see." He hummed. "He's a child of Hades right? That's rare, now we got two. Zeus and Hades. I doubt we'll get a Poseidon kid anytime soon. Poseidon is rare, he only has children when he has something to lose rather than to gain. That's the sea god to you."
"Dexter, you have somethings you have to work on." I replied. "Wisdom doesn't judge."
Smirking he laughed. "Like mother didn't judge that one kid? Peter Johnson?" He teased.
"Percy Jackson," I corrected.
"Ok, anyways, who cares about that kid, he's long gone, but he does look a lot like Xero, the face, but that's all. Maybe the eyes, light green right?"
"Yes." I sighed getting out of bed. "You know what, When you're done woth the laptop, just shut it down. I'm gonna got and train a bit more, probably clear my head."
With that, I walked out a bit annoyed at the things Dexter had said.
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After the council, I decided to take in some battle and endurance training before we left. The good thing about me was that I was skilled in multi combat and I could fight, run and still do almost any kind of flip in a dress.
Arriving at the battle cycle gear, I smiled. Julissa was there. She rarly decided to train, but when she did, she was obviously worried. Julissa sported the fabled female warrior getup: a rose pink, longsleeve shirt,a battle armor, shin gaurds, elbow pads and a red bandana. Julissa was always interestingly beautiful, she could make any outfit work for her, which was kinda annoying.
Readying my self, I stretched my arms, before the whistle blew. Glancing at her, I smiled as I held a stare of sheer force and pride. At the whistle, I sprinted up the gears, tossing and turning as levers released traps and gears of which I wouod step on.
The course was timed, and this helped me keep up with strategy and battle. I mean, without time everything would fall apart.
Seconds breezed as I slipped and fell, Glancing up, I saw Julissa was at the top. Rushing for her foot, I smiled. Tugging her down, she flipped and landed on a rope latter behind me.
"Cheater!" She cried.
Glancing back, I looked at her confused. "Cheater? There are no rules here. Julissa this is a test of endurance and strategy." Turning my attention towards the top, I climbed.
Levers unleashed upon me, at one point I almost fell, but luckily, I had the upperbody strength of a gymnist. Crawling my way up a confind space, I smiled as I rose at the top of the obsticale, victorious.
With the bell, I gazed at the clock to see I had completed it in 14 minutes 13 seconds and 12 miliseconds. Dropping down from the top, I smiled and shook hands with Julissa.
"I see you never change." She murmured.
"Sorry, but i've been competative ever since I was little, haven't change yet, so why start now?" I replied. Laughing she turned. "Maybe because I'm a daughter of Aphrodite. I could fix that hair of yours, if you asked nicely."
"I don't mind the rats nest. It's whatever." I smiled.
"So, what's up with that quest, do you really think you'll find Icaris, I mean, he's far too ancient to locate just by chance." Julissa wondered.
"No, but Clorissa could help, if she is still alive, she would help with something like this. Besides, we need to find Persephone before, Demeter grows sad, we don't want an early winter now do we?"
"Heveans no!" Julissa replied. "I like autumn, it's the second most beautiful season, well behind spring of course. But the thing that sucks is that Max is going on this quest."
I nodded. I didn't know how it felt to be in a relationship, but I knew disappointment all to well. It was the one thing all demigods endured, weither it be through parents, love or both. It all ended the same, feeling unwanted and unloved.
"What were you two planning anyway?" I asked trying to get over the disappointments of being a demigod. Julissa saw right threw that, but she didn't mind telling me. We were friends closer since, Max started dating her last month.
"He wanted to take me out of camp, go to a movie, plan out a surprise, whatever that was, and we were supposed to start it all put with a late night dip in the beach tonight."
I smiled. Max was never one for romance, but all that stuff sounded amazing. Just the start seemed interesting. Most couples at camp, would just hang out with each other all day long, but Max was way more creative. Julissa was beyond lucky he was too, because if not he would just a boyfriend of the present and not the future.
"Looks, like he takes charge in relationships too." I laughed.
"He better!" She laughed.
After a while, Julissa left to her cabin, for cabin inspection. Most demigods were neat, heck even the Hermes cabin was buckling up, cleaning every three to four days. Don't get me wrong, you'd still see dirty laundry on the floor and their beds look a mess, but at least the didn't have food all over the place anymore.
But the Aphrodite cabin, was by far the cleanest of the entire camp. It served the right, that cabin was mostly girls, with the acception of Trey and Linsey, who were both boys. It wasn't that bad though because the boys happened to be germaphobic, anything that looked dirty they complained on and on about it.
When I finally reached my cabin, Dexter was on my laptop. He was very calm about it, as if it were his, but I didn't care. He was the closest sibling of mine, so he got privlages like that.
Dexter was this tall muscular kid, he had harsh grey eyes, even harsher than my own, and dirty blonde hair that would frizz up in the humidity. He was only a couple inches taller than me, but he did at times tease me about being short. It was a sibling thing, he was also about three months younger than me.
"We fixed the cabin, but we didn't think it was ok to move your stuff, so I left it there." He said.
"Thanks, it's ok." I replied, wadding up the old battle scrolls and placing the books of strategies up in my bookshelf. After about five minutes, I finished and sat down on my bed. Across the room, Dexter held the computer.
"When your done, I'm going to need that." I said.
"So, is the new kid going on the quest?" He said still keeping his eyes on the computer.
"Yea, he is." I smiled. I didn't say anything, but the moment I smiled, Dexter laughed. Almost like he had known about my crush.
"I see." He hummed. "He's a child of Hades right? That's rare, now we got two. Zeus and Hades. I doubt we'll get a Poseidon kid anytime soon. Poseidon is rare, he only has children when he has something to lose rather than to gain. That's the sea god to you."
"Dexter, you have somethings you have to work on." I replied. "Wisdom doesn't judge."
Smirking he laughed. "Like mother didn't judge that one kid? Peter Johnson?" He teased.
"Percy Jackson," I corrected.
"Ok, anyways, who cares about that kid, he's long gone, but he does look a lot like Xero, the face, but that's all. Maybe the eyes, light green right?"
"Yes." I sighed getting out of bed. "You know what, When you're done woth the laptop, just shut it down. I'm gonna got and train a bit more, probably clear my head."
With that, I walked out a bit annoyed at the things Dexter had said.
Notes
Unusual conversation.Dexter, Current- Second-In-Command of Athena
Zullymar, Full Sister of Thalia, Daughter of Athena, Eldest. Currently 16
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