Adam: Chapter 9

She told me her life as a half-blood. She encountered so many monsters.

"I only wanted you to be safe, from the monsters. But as it turns out that you Josh, are much more powerful than me. But your scent is way stronger so you will attract more monsters. On top of that, I'm a daughter of Apollo. That makes you more powerful than the rest."

Josh nodded, he didn't seemed surprised. It looks like he already knew.

By the way, our car had just arrived in Camp Half-blood. We arrived at camp and it looks like that we had new campers. There were 3 new campers, 2 boys and 1 girl. One had golden hair just like Josh, but his eyes were bright blue. He wore the Camp Half-blood T-shirt and wore a long pants. The other two must have been twins. They both had black hair with silver eyes. They wore the same T-shirt and pants as the other one. They're boy and girl.

The guy with a golden hair stepped forward. "Hello, My name is Sylvio."

We took a step forward and offered our hands. "Hello and welcome to Camp Half-blood." Annabeth began. "Let us introduce ourselves. This is Adam Sinise, he is a son of Poseidon."

"Hi there." I greeted.

"Clarisse, daughter of Ares."

"Ares..." Sylvio mused. "The god of war?"

Clarisse sneered. "You have a problem with that?"

"No." Sylvio said. "It explains why you smell so bad."

Clarisse is ready to charge Sylvio, but Josh held her back. He's amazing for his size.

Sylvio's eyes widened. "Is it just me, or is that kid holding her back?"

"He is not a kid." Annabeth glared at him. "He's 19 years old. He's suffered some kind of disease that prevent him from growing."

"Oh," Sylvio eased. "I see." Then Sylvio looked at Josh. "So, you are?"

"Josh, Son of Hyperion." He held out his hand.

"Hyperion?" Sylvio looked surprised.

"Yes. Hyperion, the titan lord of the light." Annabeth said.

"So, he's a Demititan?"

"You guessed it."

The other 2 twins backed stepped forward.

They each held out their hand. "Hello," The girl said. "I'm Melina, Melina McKidd. And this is my twin brother, Gary McKidd."

We shook their hands. "So, have you been claimed yet?" Annabeth asked.

They shook their head in confusion. "What is claimed?" They asked.

Suddenly a holographic Moon, silver bows and arrows appeared on their heads. Chiron stood aghast looking at them being claimed.

"What in the world?" Chiron said, perplexed. "She made a promise to Zeus never to have children! What in Hades's name..."

Thunder rumbled in the sky.

"Alright! Sorry!" Chiron yelled, and he stood straight up, addressing the new camper. He knelt down. "Hail, Melina and Gary McKidd. Children of the moon and the hunt, Artemis."

"Artemis?" Gary asked, perplexed. "Isn't she supposed to be a virgin goddess?"

"She's supposed to be."

Then, the air shimmered right above the creek. I could have guessed that this is an Iris Message. Then, a picture of the goddess appeared. She had beautiful auburn hair and she had silver eyes, just like her kids.

"Hello, Josh." The goddess said, and she looked beside me. "And hello, Perseus."

"Hello Artemis." Annabeth said.

"So, I'm afraid I had to explain. Looks like I had broken my oath in the styx for siring you two."

Melina and Gary nodded.

"I'm sorry, but I had just met the most powerful mortal hunter. He's even better than Orion. Oh, I would love to tell you the story, but that doesn't matter now. What matters now is this..." And she showed us at the time she broke her oath on the Styx, she had intercourse with a boy named. Then the scene changed. This time, Zeus is holding the golden pitcher, and inside the golden pitcher it's the stygian water itself.

"You had broken an oath of the styx Artemis, and now you had to drink from this pitcher."

Artemis gulped. The water looked so foul and cold and acidic, that the thought of drinking it could only be thought of a very insane person.

"Do I have to?" She asked.

"Gods who broke their oath in the styx had to drink this."

She gulped again. She looked nervous, for a goddess. But this is what she gets for breaking the oath of the styx. Finally, she drank the stygian water. In a second, her body went rigid, and she slumped backward, and Zeus caught her.

The scene changed, and this shows 6 months after. Artemis is lying down in a comfortable bed, unable to do anything, much less than breathing. Apollo knelt close to her, muttering. "Oh, poor sis. Why did you have to break the oath made on the stygian river?"

The vision shut off. We were back in the creek.

"And so I really had experienced how bad the stygian river tastes. I would never, ever broke an oath again."

Then, she waved the rainbow and the message shut off.

"So, our mother had to drink from the styx for siring us?" Gary asked. "That's terrible!"

"It's definitely terrible." Josh explained. "When gods broke an oath sworn on the styx, they had to drink from the river, and then they cannot move or breathe for one year."

They looked stunned, as if wondering what will happen to them if they broke an oath from the styx.

Then, a girl walked up to us. Fortunately, I knew who she is. She is Nyssa, from Hephaestus cabin.

"Come on, guys! It's time for capture the flag!" She shouted.

"Alright!" Me and Josh said simultaneously.