"Are you guys twins?" The new guy asked.

"No", they said in unison.

"But you look alike".

"Yes".

"And your brothers".

"Yes".

"And your the same age".

"Yes".

"How are you NOT twins?"

"We don't share the same mother".

"And you guys look the same... how?"

Connor and Travis Stoll groaned. This new guy is going to be a hassle, they thought in unison as they glared at him. Desmond placed his hands up and rolled his eyes as he said defensively,  "hey! I'm new to this whole 'gods getting into mortal women's pants and having demi-babies crap!' Sure, I might be a little too dense about this all but I literally got thrown into the water here without anyone teaching me to swim first!"

The Stolls chuckled, then Travis decides to say, "ironic how you use that analogy".

"Wow Travis, I'm so proud! You used a smart word!"

"Thank you Connor, it's called learning".

"Wait? What's ironic?" Desmond asked genuinely confused. The twin-like brothers exchanged looks then leaned closer to the new guy.

"We, including everyone else at camp have a theory of who your father is-".

"Now Connor is using the smarty-pants words", Travis chuckled.

"We think-".

"Don't get the new guy's hopes up, I swear you guys are worse gossips than the whole Aphrodite cabin mixed together!" A new voice exasperated behind them. Connor and Travis turned in perfect synchronization to their blond haired brother with the notorious scare on his face.

Quick pov change to Desmond:

"Oh, hey Luke", Desmond says with an awkward smile and a slight note of disappointment in his voice. Luke returns the smile and replied to his greeting, "sup Desmond. Oh, no need to look so disappointed, if we all ended up being wrong then you'd get really disappointed. So might as well keep it a surprise now". Desmond nodded as he started to try keeping his curiosity intact, but he still wondered, who does everyone think my dad is? Is it someone good or...

The fact was, he was afraid of who they thought. For all he knew, he could be the brother of Kronos. Though it obviously wasn't to everyone else, but to him he didn't know. It's not like he paid attention to the ancient mythologies in school.

If Greek gods and demigods exist, then does that mean that there are Egyptian magicians and Norse einherjar also run around Manhattan?

He didn't know and sighed out loud. Everything I ever thought was and wasn't real are now turning what I know upside down!

Luke caught his distress and laid a hand on his shoulder. "Hey Des, do you mind being called Des?"

"It's fine".

"Alright, do you want to go train in the arena?"

Desmond nodded, hopefully it will help process what in Hades is going on...

Pov back to Connor and Travis Stoll:

Finally, they both thought as Desmond accepted Luke's offer and left the Stolls alone. The brothers, realizing that they were, infact alone, started plotting their next prank.

"We could change out all the Aphrodite cabin's acne cream with herpes cream?" Travis asked trying to hold in hos laughter, though Connor shook his head.

"No, already did that hmmm... what about using the shaving cream bomb our friend from Hephaestus cabin made us and throwing it-".

"No wait! How about we make all the alarms in the Hypnos cabin go off at once!"

"Good idea... but they might plague us with nightmares for months... remember last time we pranked them...".

"Oh yah...", Travis shivered as he still remembered those awful nightmares he had of how everyone seemed to know all their tricks.

"What about Annabeth? I mean... no, that's cruel. Were pranksters, but we aren't heartless".

"Though the Aphrodite cabin would think otherwise", Travis remarked in a mumble.

"*sigh* I guess we'll be good boys today".

"Yah... *sigh*... maybe we will be inspired as we walk around".

"That's a great idea Travis! Lets go!"

Two hours later....

They had explored deeper into the woods, searching for something interesting that might be hidden. They hoped to find someplace as cool as Bunker 9, to keep all to themselves. "It's not fair that Leo gets the cool stuff, a tool belt with a bunch of cool gadgets and stuff in it, a bunker all to himself, a freaking bronze dragon! Fire proff skin...", Connor mumbled as Travis just shrugged.

"Perhaps we could find something cooler! Like a tree house or-".

They suddenly heard a cry in pain and they both froze in absolute terror.

"Wha- what was that?" Connor Stoll asked in a frightened voice. Travis just shrugged his shoulders as his face was plastered with fear. Then suddenly, they heard a quiet rustle of bushes and shrubbery as a black shadow with golden eyes immerged from the bushes. He had many injuries upon his body, yet, the one he held on his his side, a huge, claw marked gash squirting golden ichor seemed worse of all. His eyes seemed to grow heavy and where filled with fear and pain.

"G- get, Luke", he gasped as he fell to the floor. Connor and Travis bolted, they did indeed find something cool im the forest. But they knew that of they did nothing, then he will die.

***

They burst into the arena, the quickly scanned the area and found Luke sparing with Desmond with no one else around.

"LUKE!" They yelled in unison causing Luke to get destracted and not block Desmond's sword smak.

"Oh gods! Sorry Luke! I thought-".

"It's fine Desmond", Luke sighed as he stood, "I'd be able to block if those two morons didn't destract me-".

"Luke! We found-".

"A man in the woods-".

"He had golden eyes!"

"And he was bleeding-".

"He asked for you-".

"By name-".

"And-".

"One at a time! Please! It's hard to keep track. Connor you seem to be hyperventilating less, now tell me, what happened?"

Connor took a deep breath and said, "Travis and I where in the woods where a man wearing all black and a strange mask came to us, he had golden eyes and had a huge gash on the left side of his chest. He was bleeding golden ichor. We believe... it's Aiónios . And... what's strangest of all was thaf he asked specifically... specifically for you".

Luke's eyes widened as he quickly sheathed his sword and pointed at Travis, "you are going to show me where he is since you-", he pointed at Connor, "told me what was going on-".

"No fare! I wanted to go t-".

"Shut up Connor! Anyways, meet me by the woods. I'm going to 'borrow' some nectar and ambrosia. Connor, train with Desmond here, he's good with ranged weapons but he lacks skills with a sword. You can probably teach him a thing or two". When both nodded showing they understood, Luke bolted towards the infirmary as the Stolls went their separate ways. I hope he's allright, Travis thought as Connor thought, oh gods! Please don't ask more questions!

And, another chapter. Did you like the new pov? Do you think I got them right? (I mean, they are my half brothers but I could have made them more or less...). Sorry for the wait and I will try to publish more frequently but... my senior year has just started about two or three weeks and school is pretty hectic at the moment. Once November and/or December comes by my insane scedual will die down so look forward to possibility of less delays between chapters.

Thank you for understanding,
- Emoimerh