Son of Shadows: Chapter 2

Some questions are answered
I woke up in sphere of air underwater. I was floating around defying gravity. It was really cold and the pressure should have killed me. I was still dry, which made no sense since I jumped headfirst into the water.

I looked around and saw I wasn’t alone. A couple feet from me was a dark boy. He looked Hispanic, and was really skinny, He probably was shorter than me.

I knelt beside him and shook him to try wake him.

“Hello, wake up, I'm kinda confused where we are”

He still didn’t move. I tried harder.

“I’m in the middle of the sea, underwater, after being attacked by a dragon, now I need your help!” I practically shouted.

He gave a shout and I fell back, which was really weird because we were underwater.

“Whoa where are we?” He cried

“Umm yeah, thatch why I woke you up,” I replied. “To help me find out”

“So how did we get here?”

“Well, I was attacked by a dragon thing and jumped into the water and boom I’m here”

“Pretty much the same for me, only it wasn’t a dragon”

“Okay,” I dint feel like asking what other messed up creatures were out there.

“So what your name?” I asked him

“Carlos Garza, yours”

“Joseph Trenton, but call me Seph,” I never liked my name. If I could choose it would have been Seth, so Seph sounded like Seth so I liked it better.

<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">“Well I'm glad to see you two are getting along,” A mysterious voice said.

<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">Suddenly a blue haired, pale women seeped the wall of our air bubble. She was a foot taller than me and I was 5”6.

<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">“I am the goddess Thalassa, goddess of the Mediterranean sea, young demigods”

<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">A million questions soared through my head. Goddess, isn't Thalassa Greek? How are we in an air bubble? I surprised my self when my first question blurted out.

<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">“But, this is the Atlantic ocean?”

<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">Both Carlos and Thalassa gave me a weird look. Then Carlos took over

<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">“OK first what do mean god? Second why did you call us demigods?” Carlos asked.

<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">“What do you know about Greek mythology?” She asked

<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">I had done a project for English once on Greek mythology so I sorta knew.

<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">“Umm, First there was Chaos then he had a bunch of kids. The came Phusis, the Nyx, then Uranus, then Chronus, and lastly Zeus,” I said

<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">“Very good, now what if I told you it was all real,” Thalassa replied

<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">“I would freak out,” I said

<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">“With good reason, but it is true, now, at times the gods would come down and hook up with mortals creating demigods,” She continued.

<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">“But wouldn’t people see gods walking down the streets or montsers?” Carlos asked

<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">“Thats why a magical veil called the mist changes their perspective on things like that,” Thalassa replied as if it was normal

<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">At this point I thought I was going insane. Gods? Demigods? Mist? But it began to make sense. My life, always moving to another home, people just ignoring me, the dragon. But if I did have a godly parent, that meant he or she was watching me every time I would sit in the corner wondering why I was alive, crying myself to sleep at night thinking that no one loved me. And he or she just watched it all.

<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">“How do we know who our parent is?” I asked as, anger started run through my whole body. But apparently neither took notice.

<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">“I know your parents are protogenoi, or the first born, but you will have to wait to be claimed to find out,” Thalassa said as if she said it a thousand times

<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">“How do you know its the protogenoi?” Carlos asked again, He asks way to many questions.

<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">“Because your parents are the ones that guided you to the water that allowed me to find you,” Thalassa said.

<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">“So whats claiming?” As I said it Carlos began to glow.

<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">He rose a couple feet up and began grow. His muscles bulged. He grew a couple feet. His face became outlined and mature. Veins popped up on his arms and legs.

<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">“Well, Hail Carlos, Son of one of the many Ourea,” Thalassa said. “Now Mister trenton, or should I say Seph, it is your turn.”

<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">I waited......nothing.

<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">“Maybe when we get,”Thalassa started but the quickly said. “Welcome to my home and Protogenoi offspring college,

<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">I looked up through the walls of the sphere and saw something amazing. It was a large underwater palace.