6 - The new quest
All characters are owned by rick Riordan except for the ones i make
•| Astraea|•
Everyone went still waiting for someone to jump into action.
It was percy who recovered first , he yelled at them"What are you waiting for? everyone get your weapons and be ready".
With that they all went to the other side of camp.
A whole bunch of monsters were waiting for them behind thalia's tree.
A boy seemed to be standing in a daze , "he must be a demigod who was chased by the monsters",Nico muttered to her.
Nico was holding his Stygian sword very tightly, radiating an aura of darkness.
Astraea felt defenseless standing next to nico .
Everyone was standing still not doing something.
The boy was standing next to thalia's tree shivering.
Feeling drawn to him , she took the first step forward.
"Astraea wait!" ,Percy and Annabeth shouted together.
She ignored them and ran to the boy.
When she finnally came in front of him , realisation dawned upon her.
It was Theodore Roosevelt, the popular guy from school and also her stupid little crush.
"Astraea" , his voice trembled slightly.
"You remember me?"
"Of course I do", Theodore told her."I always thought people were weird for ignoring you"
"Maybe we both were the only sane ones" ,she chuckled.
"Do you know your a demigod?" , She asked him.
"If i didn't know I was one ,then i would be dead now you idiot" , Theodore rolled his eyes.
"Yes ,I could imagine it 'The great Theodore Roosevelt dead because he was oblivious to the fact that he was a demigod' ,she mocked.
"Can you just call me theo?" ,Theodore/ Theo asked."Theodore sounds too old".
"Okay then 'call me theo' ", astraea smirked.
A loud growl came behind theo making them startle.
"We forgot about the monsters didn't we?"
"Yes we did"
The monsters we trying to get inside the camp
The camp's barrier was getting weaker and weaker.
"Let's go to the others" ,theo suggested."I don't wanna end up being monster food".
"Ya sure", she agreed because she was sure the monsters would get in soon.
They both ran to the others."That was so reckless of you to go first", percy scolded her.
"It's not like you don't do it all the time" ,she shot back.
"Shut it both of you , we have bigger problems here" , Clarisse yelled from behind.
Annabeth handed her a dagger and was about to give theo a sword when he stopped her."I have my own weapon".
He pulled a golden drachma from his pocket and said "venom".
The drachma transformed into a celestial bronze sword.
It was a head shorter than Riptide,but had a wicked gleam to it.
Annabeth inspected the sword but didn't utter a word , she simply nodded at him and left.
The monsters were on the verge of breaking the barriers.
The Romans formed ranks and were waiting for orders,the Greeks were all ready for the war ,the hunters had their archers and fighters standing in forms waiting for order.
The monsters finnally got inside the camp.
Together the Greek ,Romans and hunters charged.
She saw percy and Jason fighting together, summoning whirlpools and storms.
Frank was turning into animals while hazel fighted on top of arion.
Piper charmspeaked the monsters to kill themselves while Leo was making new things to kill them with.
Annabeth was fighting with her siblings and managed to slice a empousa in half.
Astraea was standing still clutching her dagger.
No monster was bothering her , if they came her way they would simply turn to another person.
She felt useless standing in middle of a war , where people were getting hurt or dying while she stood still.
Theo was fighting a hellhound next to her , but when she tried to help him the hellhound shadow travelled away.
She couldn't take it anymore, she ran away into the forest.
She could still hear the battle happening outside, what only mattered to her was that she was not important.
Even the monsters avoided her.
As if reading her mind someone spoke aloud."It's not that you are not important ,it is just that you are too important to be lost".
She turned around hoping to see someone, but all she could see was the trees.
"Says the person who is hiding from me" ,she muttered bitterly.
"Oh gods , I was not hiding, i simply didn't want to show myself to you" ,the voice replied back.
"Then tell me who you are atleast".
"I simply can't do that , it will cause problems" ,the voice sighed loudly.
"Then why did you talk to me"
"Because i wanted to tell you that when the right time comes people will fight for your will" ,the voice said."You would have to choose a side , so choose wisely".
"What do you mean by that" , astraea asked confused.
"I'm sorry dear , the fates don't allow me to answer that".
"The fates?",she asked."How are they involved".
"My child, everything will be clear one day",the voice said.
"When will be that day?"
"You will know it , i would like to talk more but it's time to bid goodbye",the voice was fading."choose well the cursed creator".
It felt like someone injected a memory into her brain.
She suddenly knew everything,but then she knew nothing.
The feeling she had a moment ago was gone.
She felt that she had to return back to the battlefield.
The moment she stepped to the battlefield it was like time unfroze.
Everything was the same just like it was before she went inside the forest.
It felt like the time she spent in the forest, the whole world was frozen.
She made her way into the fight , trying to find familiar faces.
She spot percy fighting a empousa ,but it looked like he was in a lot of pain.
She quickly made her way next to him.
The empousa was wearing a cheerleading outfit.
"It's time for Kelly to kill you" ,she heard the empousa say.
"An empousa named Kelly?, monsters were getting weirder these days" ,she thought to herself.
"Stop it" ,she yelled to the empousa.
Percy looked worried to see her ,as if the monster would kill her.
"Looks like the precious one is helping the hero" ,Kelly sneered.
"Precious one?",she asked.
"Don't act like you dont understand, you do know why the monsters are avoiding you",the empousa hissed."Now move away you stupid girl"
"Leave him alone" ,she said sternly."Try and kill him,instead you will be dead".
"Like you have the guts",the monster shot back.
A new feeling awakened inside her. She felt anger coursing through her veins.
"Goodluck in tartarus" ,she said before stabbing Kelly in the neck.
With her newfound anger and power she started to kill any monster that she found alone.
Then something weird happened, all the monsters were dragged into the earth.
Atlast the battle was over.
The healers were almost everywhere, tending to people who were seriously injured.
She saw that she had a nasty cut in her leg , it was from that hellhound who accidentally scratched her.
She saw Nico striding to her way holding a square piece of something.
"It's ambrosia and nectar , the godly food that will help you heal faster" ,he explained to her.
She took one bite of it and felt better. Her wound was slowly closing up.
Nico soon left to help the younger demigods.
Astraea went to find percy.
Percy was with Annabeth and five other people.
All of them looked disturbed.
"Percy , how do you feel now?" ,she asked him feeling concerned.
"I'm alright, thanks to you" ,he smiled gratefully at her.
"You fought like a hurricane" , Annabeth said.
"It felt like watching percy fight" ,The guy called Frank said aloud.
"That's exactly what i thought, she fights just like percy" ,Piper said.
All of them were now looking at astraea, assessing her.
"Why were you all looking wierd when I came?" ,She blurted out feeling weird because of the attention.
"Oh , we were thinking why gaia pulled all the monsters under the earth",Leo replied.
They all turned to Annabeth who looked just as clueless as they were.
"I'm not sure , but i think something or someone made her do that" ,she replied truthfully.
She saw theo standing in a distance searching for someone.
Thinking that maybe someone was watching him , he turned around and met her eyes. His face lit up after seeing her.
She waved at him , and beckoned him to come to her.
He jogged over to her."I was searching for you",he said.
"Oh" ,she felt her cheeks go slightly pink.
"Did you get hurt?" ,He asked her with genuine concern.
"Just a small cut from a hellhound,what about you?"
"I had a huge gash on my legs but it healed i think" ,he replied grinning.
"Stop joking about your wounds",she rolled her eyes.
Someone cleared their throat from behind.
She and Theo were caught up in their own world that they forgot the seven watching them.
Percy looked like he could murder theo.
"Would you both stop being stuck in your own world" ,percy asked rolling his eyes.
She felt her cheeks heating up and saw theo was also feeling the same.
"You are such a buzzkill , you ruined their moment percy!" , Piper scolded him.
"I can't stand lover boy grinning at her like that" ,he shot back.
"Are you actually jealous?" ,Leo asked.
"No"
"Then why do you care" , Hazel asked.
"I don't know I just do okay" ,percy snapped at her.
"Calm down seaweed brain" , Annabeth tried her best not to laugh.
Just then Nico ran up to them along with will.
"Is it just me or does percy look like he wants to kill someone?" ,Nico raised a brow.
"Percy is being percy" ,astraea said to nico.
"Okay...But anyways my father just arrived now and he requested the presence of you seven plus the new kid and astraea with me and neeks." ,Will explained."I'm not sure what happened but i think it's related to the prophecy."
"What prophecy?" ,Theo aksed confused.
They then spent one minute telling him about the prophecy.
With will guiding them they went inside the forest.
Apollo was standing in the place where she was standing in between the battle.
"You may be wondering why I am here" , Apollo started."First I have to claim my child".
"Theodore Roosevelt, i hereby announce you as a son of Apollo" ,Apollo said and a yellow glow surrounded theo.
"Welcome to our cabin brother" ,will said before hugging theo.
"Now I have three people with me who wanted to meet you 12", apollo said before snapping his hands.
Three old ladies appeared in front of them.
They had silver hair and threads with them.
"Hello young demigods" ,they spoke together with an ancient voice.
"What are the fates doing here?" ,Percy asked Apollo.
"We are here to deliver you a quest" ,the fates answered him.
With that they spoke in a raspy voice issuing the prophecy.
"The Seven half bloods shall travel to the west,
The light and darkness guiding them.
The daughter of sea and her foe shall join the quest.
In the West they shall find a friend.
Together thy shall go to the city of love ,where two shall get their past back.
But only ten shall return back to the camp,the others stolen.
To win or love they shall choose.
To storm or fire the world will fall again."
After saying the prophecy the fates vanished.
"Wait , who is the daughter of sea", astraea asked.
"Maybe you should look above your head and find out",theo suggested looking shocked.
She looked above her head to find a trident.
Oh gods! ,She was a daughter of Posieden.
"I hereby announce Astraea Grace lopez as a daughter of Posieden" , Apollo said before vanishing.
"I have a sister" ,percy said before hugging her tightly.
"C-a-n-t breathe"
"Sorry , I got overwhelmed" ,he apologized.
"It's alright i feel so happy too,i finnally have a family", astraea felt a tear escaping her eye.
Someone was watching them quietly,the person thought to themself"Oh dear ,how the gods are lying so easily, my time to rule again has come ,this time i will have my mother under control"
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