Camp Half-Blood New Age Book One Chapter Two

Settling In

So apparently I don’t know how to fly a plane. I almost crashed into the palace. It’s a good thing that it’s night time, somebody may have reported me. I don’t know how to handle this. This is so much to take in. I didn’t even know who my dad was, now I find out he’s a god. I just hope King Ragnar, my stepdad, will be able to handle the kingdom. I don’t even know where to find camp whatever. Does this thing have a GPS? Oh look there’s one, with the wires sparking and broken and looks like it was lit on fire. How great.

My phone started ringing, It was King Ragnar calling. I was scared to answer but I did. “Hey Cyrus, don’t use technology, it attracts monsters, so get off that jet as soon as possible, okay I’m gonna get off now so this doesn’t attract monsters, BYE, GOOD LUCK.” I barely even had time to say hello. So I can’t use technology, the one thing that I can learn about this new world. How will—” Something crashed into the wing, I could see the smoke billowing out into the sky. The engine was sparking. This is so cool. I feel so adventurous. I can have fun after, right now I need to not die.

The sight of the monster almost made me hurl. She was a vulture with a human lady head, it was a nasty head too. The vulture lady was about 5 foot tall. With a wingspan about 15 feet. She had obsidian talons that looked like they could tear through bone like it’s paper. I could take it maybe. Maybe not. I tried to pull the plane up but the controls had blown a circuit. Okay so I guess I have to fight her.

I ran over next to the window. I couldn’t see her anymore. When I opened it I saw a quick blur of obsidian, right before I felt a sudden rush of pain. I fell to the ground. I couldn’t feel my chest. I forgot I didn’t have my armor on anymore. When I took off my torn pajamas three slash marks were upon my chest, lots of blood dripping. When I tried to get up I started throwing up. I tried to ignore the pain, and avoid passing out since I was falling from the sky.

When I tried to get up again I saw the bird lady coming at me again. This time I was ready, I dodged and shot her with fire. She screeched and crashed into the jet controls. “How did you do that?” She screeched. I was a little confused, “Because I guess my father has those powers, can’t you smell demigods? Oh also, is it true that regular mortals cannot see through the mist thing?”

“Yes, the mist prevents mortals from seeing the mythical world.”

“And Demigods can control the mist?”

“With practice yes”

“Oh, well thanks for the info, I’m gonna kill you now, if that's ok.”

“You can’t defeat me.” And that was that, her last words were a lie. I ran over to her, dodged her attack and swung my sword. She easily dodged, grabbed a piece of metal from the broken controls and chucked it at me. I swiped at it with my sword and surprisingly actually blocked it. Again I turned into flames and was back in battle armor. It sounded like she was about to say something but I ducked her wing and stabbed her in the side. She vaporized the same way the Minotaur did.

I realized I was getting closer and closer to the ground. I went over to the window to check my surroundings. And with my glorious luck, a box flew across the room, knocked me in the head, and I flew out the window. At first, it was awesome, the view was nice, it smelled nice. The fresh air was gliding through my lungs. The wind was making my hair fly, and it was nice and warm. Then it hit me(no pun intended), I WAS GOING TO DIE!!! I really don’t like dying. And I know people say, “you don’t know until you try”, but I’d really like to not taste test dying.

I tried my best to spread my arms out and slow my fall. A falling jet wheel came and knocked me off balance. I started spinning, then I lit in flames again, pushed really hard, and I was flying. It worked. I used the fire like they were engines and now I’m flying. This is so cool. The plane hit the ground and exploded. I decided to just fly the rest of the way to camp half blood.

As I was flying, some people looked and stared at me. Someone even yelled, “LOOK, IT’S AN EAGLE!” It’s crazy what the mist makes people see.

I heard a yell of pain and decided to follow it. I used the cornucopia to shoot out a burger, just a quick snack. When I got to the scene I saw three ugly ladies with snakes as hair. I definitely remember this story. Medusa and the gorgons. The boy had his eyes closed, somehow dodging the attacks, though he clearly didn’t dodge all of them. He had blood on his arm like the gorgons grabbed at it. His sword was all dark black, and glowing purple. He had silky, curly brunette hair in the cut that those teens with curly hair have. He was white maybe British. He wore a tattered white muscle shirt with tight black shorts a few inches above his knees.

I flew down, and right before Medusa clawed him, I shot all of them with a thick beam of fire. The two gorgons vaporized but Medusa got back up. She flew up and looked around, before she could find me I stuck up my hand, but this time instead of flames shooting out, a ray of light burst forward and incinerated Medusa. She vaporized. I flew down to the boy. “You okay?” The boy looked up, “Yeah I’m alright. Thanks.” I helped him up, and a sun appeared in my hand, the scars on his arm and my chest went away. “How did you do that?” The boy asked.

I replied, “I don’t know, but I assume you're a demigod too?”

“Yeah I mean I guess so.”

“Oh well I’m Cyrus.”

“I’m Onyx, you look familiar.”

“Oh that’s interesting.”

“Wait, are you the Prince of England?”

“No, the Prince of Greece, well I was.”

Onyx seemed to be processing this, “Did you get attacked by a monster and then your mom said you were a demigod and you need to go to camp halfblood?” That was basically my whole deal, “Yeah, It was a minotaur and it killed my mother, now my stepdad has to rule Greece all on his own.”

“Oh sorry.”

“It’s okay.”

“So your godly parent is your dad too.”

“Yeah, Do you know who your dad is?”

“No, I don’t know why they can’t tell us, something about claiming.”

“Oh yeah I remember my mother saying something about claiming that's weird.”

I wondered all about this whole new world, it was strange, I had lots of questions. I could tell that this boy and I were very powerful, even for demigods. I was ready to start training, “Well let’s go, we need to get to Camp Half Blood.” “Yeah, let’s go.” We headed east looking for Long Island. We fought a few minor monsters on the way. Onyx can cast and control darkness and shadows. We were both great with the sword.

We finally found it. I was awed at the sight. It was beautiful. There were long green fields, a strawberry field, a golden dragon next to some sort of fleece on a tree, and lots and lots of cabins. “Well this is great”, Onyx stated. “Amazing”, I agreed. “Do we just walk in?”

“I would assume so.”

“Well I guess we just have to try.”

“Okay after you.”

“Wait, what if they think we're mortal?”

“They won't,  I’m in full battle armor, and my mother said only half-bloods can enter the barrier, and that’s us so let’s go.” I took a deep breath and stepped forward. I opened the door and both of us walked in. As soon as we crossed the barrier, a sudden sensation shot through me. “Did you feel that?” I asked. “Yeah”, he responded. He pointed, “We should go to the three story cabin right there, it seems important.” I nodded. A few people waved at us and then kept walking. There were lots of people doing different activities. Combat fighting, sword fighting, climbing a wall that for some reason had lava on it. There were people laughing and talking, that’s when I realized this could actually be fun. I first imagined it like some military training. Annoying generals yelling at you for blinking, but this, this was great. We were almost there when I nearly collapsed. There was a very beautiful young lady who walked by.

She had wavy blonde hair down to her elbows. I LOVE BLONDS. She was about 2 or three inches shorter than me, she had a good thin body, she was white with a minimal tan, and had pretty red lipstick. Her face structure was so perfect, and as I heard her talk, her voice soothed me. It was beautiful. She was wearing a gray long sleeve crop top with only about 1 inch of her belly showing. When she walked by her fragrance smelled of cherry bliss, she was wonderful. I was excited that it was now morning, the sun glistened beautifully off her skin. After she passed I saw her look back at me and then whisper to her friend. That almost made me jump to the sky.

Shadows started blocking my view of her, “Hey lover boy, we were currently not drooling remember. You can talk to her later, we need to find an adult.” I sighed, “You’re right let’s go.” I tried to run towards the girl but he caught my arm, “Nice try Cyrus, come on.” “Fine”, I replied.

We reached the door and both stopped. I looked at Onyx as he seemed to be examining something in the window. “You see something?” I asked. He looked at me, “No I see no one there, maybe we should just walk in?” “Might as well”, I decided. He opened the door and we both walked in. I made sure to shut the door behind us, just in case we weren’t supposed to be in here.

“There’s a lot of stuff in here”, I concluded. He looked around, “Yeah and there’s a fountain with a rainbow coming out of it”. I was starting to think there were no adults in this place. “We should sit in the chairs so it doesn’t look like we're snooping.” We sat down in the chairs in front of the table. The chairs were really comfy. Onyx was glaring at my cornucopia, “Hey is that what I think it is, if so can I have a burger?” I shot him a burger which almost knocked him out of his chair.

The door started opening as the weirdest man walked through. He had a horse body and instead of a horse neck and head, he had a human body, from the torso and up. I think he was called something with a C. “Hello, my name is Chiron, I am a Centaur, I am the camp director and the hero trainer, I will be training you.”

“Good morning, I’m Cyrus”.

“Hi, I’m Onyx”.

Onyx and I both shook his hand. He was very tall. He wore a long sleeve white collar shirt, he had short black hair, and his horse body was brown. He looked at me, “I am aware of your friend, I have sent a satyr to bring him here, speaking of, where is Aspen, Onyx?” Onyx had a face of guilt, “I’m so sorry, Sir, I couldn’t save him, Medusa turned him to stone. He did a fine job being my guide and protector though, I’m so sorry.” Chiron looked at him, “Well it is not your fault, He has served for 307 years, he can now join his mother. Cyrus was it? How are you wearing armor, where did you get that cornucopia, and where did you come from, and where did both of you get your swords from?”

“Well the armor sort of appeared, the cornucopia was a gift from my father, my godly father, he left the sword and the cornucopia in a chest with my mother, for me to open one day. I came from Greece, I am Prince Cyrus of Greece.” I admitted.

“Oh well I got the sword from my dad as well, my mom gave it to me, she said it was from my dad.” Onyx said. Chiron looked at the both of us, “Well you guys came right on time, we are playing capture the flag tonight. There is blue team, and red team. For the rest of the day I will have someone tour you guys around and then you guys will sword fight just to see what level you guys are at. So come on.” Onyx and I both looked at eachother, and then we followed behind our new horse friend.

We were toured all around the camp, there were lots of cool activities, and Onyx and I made some new friends, although I didn’t see that girl. It was almost time for us to sword fight, we ate lunch and now were going to the arena. “Nice to see you two again, how did the tour go?” I turned around to see him, “It was good, it seems like there are some fun activities here.” “Yeah I think we can really make this camp work.” Onyx added. “One more thing, Onyx and Cyrus, you two cannot use your swords, you have to use our swords, only for the arena, they look like they will kill someone.” I nodded. We handed him our swords. “Do I have to take my armor off because I don’t know how to get rid of it.” I admitted. “You're fine.” Chiron said, “Step on the area Cyrus.” And so I did.

Chiron projected his voice out to the crowd of demigods, “Ladies and Gentlemen we have two new demigods joining us today.” He pointed at me, “Here is Cyrus, he will fight with his choice weapon, which is a sword.” He handed me a bronze sword. Chiron told me all the contestants and asked who I want to fight. “Give me your best”, I told him. People whispered to each other. “Our best swordsman is really quite swell, his name is Marcus, son of Ares, he is sixteen, you're only twelve, so be careful.” Chiron said nervously. I smirked, “Oh I’m not really careful”. Marcus got his armor on, Chiron got between us, asked if we were both ready and then said, “BEGIN!”

He ran at me and swung his sword, I dodged left then swung my sword at him. He turned around and blocked my shot. He swung low but I jumped, when he swung again I blocked. The fight consisted mostly of parrying, charging, and blocking. At the end of it I ducke a swing came up, blocked his other swing and held his with mine. He pushed I pushed, but I was stronger, I knocked his sword out of his hands and held my sword at his throat. Everyone gasped. That's when I spotted the girl again. Chiron walked in front of us, “Cyrus is the victor.” The girl applauded, “YES, GO CYRUS.” Everyone looked at her, “Sorry”, she apologized. I smiled.

Marcus walked over to me, “Good game, you really have skill, kid.” I shook his hand, “Thanks.”

It was Onyx’s turn to fight now and he also fought Marcus. Onyx also came out victorious. A boy started shouting, “ONYX VS. CYRUS, ONYX VS. CYRUS, ONYX VS. CYRUS!!” Soon everyone was chanting that. “Settle down, settle down, we will have Onyx and Cyrus fight”, Chiron said. Everyone erupted in cheers. I walked over to Onyx, “Hey, no hard feelings after I win?” “Oh you’re on”, Onyx challenged. We shared a smile.

The fight lasted a while, but of course, I came out on top. Chiron grabbed my hand and raised, “Everyone we have a new area champion.” The crowd started clapping. What a great first start. “Hey Chiron told me to tell you we are both on red team. I’m gonna go get ready. See you later.” Onyx walked off. “Ok see ya.” I responded.

All the demigods started to clear out and go to their cabins. The only person that was still here was the girl I had my eye on. I decided to approach her.

“Hey, how’s your day?”

“Good, You?”

“Good. I’m Cyrus.”

“I’m Asteria.”

“That’s a very beautiful name.”

“Thanks.”

“So when did you get here?”

“Yesterday, where did you get that armor?”

“I’m just so awesome and majestic it wanted to serve me, just kidding,”

She smiled. We talked a little longer, and we laughed a lot, she was sweet, she was just perfect. I wondered if she had been claimed yet, “Do you know who your godly parent is?” She looked up like she was nervous to tell me, “My mother is Hecate, but I promise I’m nothing like that evil scum.” I stopped, “Yeah I can tell, you’re not mean or rude, you're just, perfect.” She smiled at me. “Thanks, I’m considered the most powerful of my cabin, and because of that people who don’t know me, think I’m the most like my mother.”

“Well you can choose how you want to be.”

“You’re right I can.”

“So what powers have you been able to do so far?’

“Er, well I can manipulate reality, control magic and cast spells with and without saying words, um Mystokinesis, sorcery, manipulating the mist, telekinesis, and magical energy beams.”

“Wow that’s really cool, I can only control and cast fire and light, oh and I can heal people, I also feel a lot stronger and more powerful in the sun. It's weird. You seem powerful.”

“Well thanks, you too, plus you’re the best swordsman here, you should be claimed soon.”

“I hope so, I really wanna know who my dad is.”

“You will, a demigod named Percy Jackson rejected immortality as a gift from the gods, and instead he told them to always claim their children, and on their first day at camp.”

“That’s cool. Well we should get ready, for capture the flag.”

“Yeah, what team are you on?”

“Chiron put me in red.”

“Me too! Ok bye” She walked off and I said, “Bye.” It’s the first day and I’m already in love.

I walked to the Hermes cabin to get ready, the Hermes cabin is where people go when they haven't been claimed yet. Fire came back and took my armor away. I was back in my ripped up pajamas. Of course right before capture the flag.

When I got inside the cabin, I was offered a muscle shirt that was orange, and read ‘Camp Half-Blood’  on it. I assumed that was their trademark t-shirt. I put on the shirt and got some black shorts from someone, when I was done getting dressed, I headed to what they call the big house, the cabin Onyx and I first went into, to see Chiron and get my sword back. After that I went to the beach part of the camp and sat in the sun.