Fantasy Son's and Daughters of Olympus

[firejay1]

"I've never been out of the United States West Coast." She said softly, as they began walking away from the hotel.

 

[Elias]

Terry polished his golden cutlass as he thought of the upcoming battle. Earlier this day, Abby revealed their battle strategy, a thing he understook quite good. He was going to fight. He was the son of Athena after all. And he'll show whoever or whatever is attacking that you don't mess with the demigods. The team was quite powerful, and he didn't doubt that they'll destroy whoever was attacking. They needed to be strong. For the sake of their kind.


Luke took a stroll to clear his head. He noticed Freya was acting weird lately, keeping her hand at her back most of the times, but now she probably had better things to do. Gripping his trident, he went close to the water, and sat on the side.

 

[32sillylight32]

I should of beaten him up more if I knew he did that to Abby. He thought not saying it outloud since he didn't actually know their relationship. He listened to her talk about Kronos and everything but he knew that it was better if she didn't tell the others. He didn't want Ira to know and she would probably come back to him and beat him up for keeping it a secret. But it's better than having her worry. His mind went to somewhere else since he felt the bruises hurt like hell. Did all of her boyfriends always this violent? He knew Luke wasn't like that tho '' I never understood why she always did that... I mean isn't more meaningful to have one person that you love?'' Hunter said looking at her bruises.

 

[JustAnAuthor]

(Sorry just got on, what should my character do?)

 

[Vaila]

"Well then Welcome to Greece," Freya said with a grin as her hand began to resemble normal. "You won't find a place fuller of history and power concerning our parents. Well at least not collectively," she said smiling as she tested her hand, walking beside Idris. "So tell me about your parents. I don't think you ever told me who your Godly parent was, or much about your human parent...."


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Abby frowned. "You don't know much about Aphrodite do you?" she asked rhetorically. "As her children, we have an unconditional need to spread love. So if someone loves us, we love them back. Not only that but we're vain and insecure despite most of us being beautiful. It's easier for us if we fall in love first and then they fall in love with us, but if that happens we never know if it's because of our powers. If it's the other way round and they fall in love with us first, then we don't know if we love them because they love us. It's a viscous cycle until we finally find someone who falls in love with us as we fall in love with them.

 

[32sillylight32]

'' I honestly don't know much about anything..... I barely managed to get out of poverty young and didn't get much education. People find me kind of ignorant cause of that... I can't blame them really. I am a bit naive but anyway...Long story short, I don't know much about culture or anything beside my hometown in New-york..'' Hunter said trailing off, '' I figured you guys were insecure but..I don't know...It must really suck being always self conscious and never knowing if the other party loves you or not.''

 

[Vaila]

She laughed. "You have no idea," she said with a smile. "I'm lucky to have my sister though. It makes it a little more bearable. Plus it's handy to have someone to read if you really love someone or not. Not that she loves any of her current infatuations. But they make her happy ya'know? I've been considering it myself lately... if I should start and just date for the hell of it. And Hunter, I don't think you're ignorant. I think you're just inexperienced."

 

[32sillylight32]

Hunter shrugged. He didn't want to get too much in details about how stupid he found himself. He then snickered remembering Demetri, ''Wow, your like the opposite of Demetri. That guy never dates if it's not serious...which is never. I only heard him mention once that he had a girlfriend and it went terribly wrong. Since then, Boom, never loved no one or trusted any girls.''

 

[Vaila]

Abby snickered. "Doesn't stop him sleeping with anything that moves," she said with a laugh. "But I shouldn't laugh. He is a really sweet guy and the girl who ends up with him will be very lucky. Just as Ira is lucky to have you. Honestly I'm a little jealous that ya'll can love so easily. Glykia might not trust girls, but he's still young and we live for a long time."

 

[32sillylight32]

'' Glykia?? as in Sweety? That's rather cute.. Didn't know you guys were at the stage to give each other cute loving nicknames.'' Hunter said winking at her.

 

[firejay1]

Idris began to speak, ignoring the part about her godly parent. "My mother is a pediatrician. Her name is Akiko Yuuki and she only recently managed to become a full doctor. She gave birth to me when she was very young, growing up in a traditional Japanese home. They owned a ryokan, a Japanese inn. Her father was descended from a line of prestigious samurai, and unlike the others, he never forgot it. They didn't think they'd be able to have another child after my mother, so he taught her how to fight with a sword, comport yourself with honor, and even how to use a gun. My mother took to it naturally, but when she was 15 my grandmother had a baby boy. By the time my mother became pregnant with me, she was no longer needed. They shipped her off to America with a little money and promptly disowned her." She tilted her head to the side, thinking of her mother. "My mother is strong. She fought to keep me and teach me how to fend for myself, and struggled through school to become a doctor. We never had any help. What of your family? Your father?" Idris asked, changing the focus quickly onto Freya.

 

[Vaila]

Abby snickered. "I did it to try and annoy him, I guess it kind of stuck," she said with a grin. "Besides, he's not interested so what do I have to lose?" she asked, smiling at him as he winked. Her expression faded a little as she heard a growl from her left. She turned and spotted a Chimera 50 metres to infront of her. "I'll be right back," she said dropping her staff and running at the creature. Half way between where she'd started and her target, she began to change into a large lion. Her golden fur glittering in the sun as she pounced on the Chimera and bit into the goat's neck with her teeth. From then she used all the force she had to pin it down before using her claws to tear off the snake portion. With just the lion head left the beast reared up and tried to attack but Abby was too fast and she clawed at it's head, diving for the soft part of it's stomach. Bleeding heavily, it dropped down dead and Abby changed back, moving over to Hunter. "I'd appreciate it if you kept that to yourself," she said wiping the Chimera's blood from her mouth.


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Freya smiled sadly. "He was an English man named Marcus Collett. He and my mother fell in love over what he used to call one glorious summer. He was a martial arts teacher which was probably why she liked him so much. Then she went back home and nine months later she returned with me. He used to say that although he loved my mom, my sister and I were the true loves of his life. Mom would visit as often as she could, which isn't a luxury a lot of Demigods get but whenever her work would bring her back into town she'd visit. That's how my young sister, Rosa, came into the picture. But unfortunately mom stopped visiting after a while and I knew it hit him hard. He began to track down my other siblings and that's how we met Abby, Claudia and the others.... He died when I was 15. Mom took Rosa and I to Olympus but we couldn't stay there, so sometimes she'd bounce us back and forth between our step-father, Hephaestus in Main, and Olympus. I eventually left on my own and traveled for a while. I came across Camp Olympus and finally settled down. And then last year I lost Rosa when the camp was destroyed. I traveled for a while until I found Abby in Greece. She'd just lost her father too but she's too young to be on her own so she was in the foster system. She became my first adoptive child. I've got seven now, all of them Demigods without a human parent left in this world but whose counting," she said softly, with a shrug as if it were no big deal. "In all honesty, I find that family is love not blood. I love each and every one of my friends so in a way they are my family. Even if technically we are all related in some way, but God's blood doesn't really count."

 

[32sillylight32]

Hunter looked at her bloody mouth and winced, ''Well that was gross....'' he said as she wiped the blood. He wasn't surprise when he saw the chimera and since she took control of it, he didn't move much. Anyway, he could intervene fast with his speed. ''Demetri isn't annoyed easily... Oh except when you criticism him. Then he gets mad really fast or when you compare him to someone. That's how you hit his ego. ''

 

[Vaila]

"Tell me about it," Abby whined as she spat out goat fur onto the grass. "And thanks for the info. I'll be sure to use it to my advantage. Hey can I ask you something without you taking it the wrong way? I mean I know I can ask it, but I just don't want you to get the wrong idea.."

 

[32sillylight32]

Hunter looked at her unsure if he should say yes or no...It's not like he could really refuse and simply nodded, ''Yeah go ahead..'' he said scratching his forehead nervously.

 

[Vaila]

"What was Alec like? I mean, I know that he was real nice, intelligent, etc.... and I've seen pictures of him but I don't know what he was actually like. Freya misses him like crazy. I saw her crying over a picture of him before ya'll came here.... I don't think she's actually mourned properly for what happened back then and I'm worried... sorry I'm going off on a tangent. What was he like?" Abby said, laying down on the grass and looking up at the sky.

 

[32sillylight32]

Hunter hesitated before answering, '' I know he loved Aurora...I know that much even if I honestly never talked to him. He seemed like a good friend but she often took his time away..the main reason why never got to talk to him. He was strong if I remember the capture the flag thing we did... One thing for sure was that they were almost brothers and sisters back at the camp...'' hunter said trying to remember the very few interaction he had with that guy.

 

[Vaila]

"That would explain a lot," she said simply, nodding. "We don't really have brothers.... at least not Demigods.... so I can understand why he'd be special to her. What was it like at the camp? She doesn't talk about it, but from what I know it was very different to here."

 

[32sillylight32]

Hunter laughed, '' I considered the camp like my second home. It was very homie and there was that feel aroud it. I don't know if it's the forest or the whole landscape but it felt like I was home. This resort is really cool but really modern and all, doesn't seem as welcoming. Maybe it's just me since it was something completely new. Oh and I had a cabin near the forest so i loved it. People were less tensed up back then too..But there was that attack one day and...many died. Ira was kidnapped.....I lost my sister and well..It pretty much went to hell. I kind of miss it a lot. I had good memories and all with everyone. Especially Ira and Freya.''

 

[firejay1]

"How old are you? You seem very young to be an adoptive parent."

 

[Vaila]

"Just turned 20, but when you can turn into anything you or someone else finds beautiful the possibilities are endless. I have a fair few fake ID's for when I need them," Freya explained with a sad smile. "I just wanted to give them a home, help them train and prepare for the rest of their lives whether its learning to control their powers or leaning algebra. I'm currently in the process of adopting Fawn, not that she knows it. And I'd appreciate it if you didn't tell her, I wanted it to be a surprise...." She shrugged gently and looked down at the floor.


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Abby smiled. "Did you consider trying to rebuild it? I mean it's not the only camp that was wiped out that day but no one seems to have tried to build a camp apart from us.... It's curious as to why."

 

[32sillylight32]

Hunter looked at his hand and back at her with a smirk, '' I didn't want to. I had a hard time dealing with the death of my sister and I always struggled with money. Making a camp was the last of my concern. I just went back to New-York. Got a scholarship in music. Made my father and my mother proud. I just tried living a normal...Human life. I don't have powers like you or anything so it was possible...But I guess the fact that you are a demi god catches up to you..'' he said..

 

[firejay1]

Idris glanced at her companion in surprise. "I won't tell her, but I don't think she'd appreciate it if you adopted her without at least giving her some advance warning." She thought about what Freya had said. "So some demigods just pretend they're normal and blend in with the humans? If we survive this I think I'll want to travel the world. I've always been too restless staying in one place. If you can't get in contact with the others, what will you do? Make a new camp?"

 

[Vaila]

"I'm not planning to take the place of her parents, and it's not even finalized until I sign the paperwork. I just didn't want to tell her she had a permanent home and then have it taken away from her. I'll ask her before I sign but I wanted to check first.... And a lot of Demigods do pretend to be human but it's hard. They always feel out of place, like a bit of them is missing or hidden. That's what the camps are for. Most of the time they stay in small groups or pairs like Hunter and Ira did in New York but even then what we are still caught up to them. As for me, I think I'll just continue to run Camp Pragma. I build it myself, and I don't really want to start over...."

 

[firejay1]

"Fawn doesn't have parents, as I'm sure you already know. But what about your father? Do you never go back to see him? What will you do if the camp is no longer standing?"