See how that's a problem?
Anyway, here's the next instalment!
It's kinda short compared to some of the others though.
“Well
that explains a lot,” Said Hannah after she had sat back down.
“What do you mean?” inquired Helen.
“Well, sometimes I’ve made people see things that aren’t there,” Hannah explained. “Especially my teachers in grade school,” she added with an evil grin.
“Wow,” said Mallory, “Most demigods who have powers don’t discover them before coming to camp.”
“Cool,” said Helen. “Can you do it now?”
“It doesn’t work all the time,” confessed Hannah.
“You probably need to practice more,” said Cassandra, “I’m sure the older campers in your cabin will help you learn more.”
Once more the music and talking was interrupted by yet another claiming. This time it was a holograph of a peace symbol over the head of a camper way in the back row.
“Which god is that?” asked someone.
“Eirene, goddess of Peace,” Called out an Athena camper.
“Know-it-alls,” Cassandra muttered under her breath only to be elbowed by Mallory.
“Stand up!” someone called out.
Reluctantly the camper stood, it was Ben.
Weird, thought Mallory, Legacies don’t normally get claimed.
People were whispering and trying to get someone near Ben to announce him as a new camper but nobody knew his name.
Finally Chiron tapped a hoof once. “Ben di Angelo,” he announced. “Son of Eirene, Legacy of Hades.”
This time there was no cheering, bowing or clapping. Immediately the campers began whispering, wondering if this kid was really the son of Nico di Angelo, one of the great heroes who had battled Gaea and saved both the mortal and immortal worlds.
Mallory watched as Ben awkwardly sat down again. Son of Eirene? She wondered. Hadn’t he said that his mother was a demigod, a daughter of Eirene? But Chiron had said ‘son’. If he had meant ‘legacy’ he would have said it. He had lied to her. That was the only explanation.
So if Ben’s father was a demigod, and his mother was a goddess what did that make him? He wasn’t a demigod but he wasn’t exactly a Legacy either. Mallory didn’t know. This was the first child of a demigod and a goddess that she had ever heard of. No one else seemed to have heard of something like this as everyone was still whispering, even Chiron and Mr. D.
“I thought he said that his mom was a demigod,” Said Helen.
“He did,” grumbled Mallory.
“So he lied?” asked Hannah.
Mallory looked over toward Ben, he seemed really confused. “Or maybe he didn’t.”
“I’m confused, how couldn’t he have lied?” asked Helen.
“Maybe Ben believed that his mother was a demigod,” said Mallory, “Maybe it was his father who lied.”
“What do you mean?” inquired Helen.
“Well, sometimes I’ve made people see things that aren’t there,” Hannah explained. “Especially my teachers in grade school,” she added with an evil grin.
“Wow,” said Mallory, “Most demigods who have powers don’t discover them before coming to camp.”
“Cool,” said Helen. “Can you do it now?”
“It doesn’t work all the time,” confessed Hannah.
“You probably need to practice more,” said Cassandra, “I’m sure the older campers in your cabin will help you learn more.”
Once more the music and talking was interrupted by yet another claiming. This time it was a holograph of a peace symbol over the head of a camper way in the back row.
“Which god is that?” asked someone.
“Eirene, goddess of Peace,” Called out an Athena camper.
“Know-it-alls,” Cassandra muttered under her breath only to be elbowed by Mallory.
“Stand up!” someone called out.
Reluctantly the camper stood, it was Ben.
Weird, thought Mallory, Legacies don’t normally get claimed.
People were whispering and trying to get someone near Ben to announce him as a new camper but nobody knew his name.
Finally Chiron tapped a hoof once. “Ben di Angelo,” he announced. “Son of Eirene, Legacy of Hades.”
This time there was no cheering, bowing or clapping. Immediately the campers began whispering, wondering if this kid was really the son of Nico di Angelo, one of the great heroes who had battled Gaea and saved both the mortal and immortal worlds.
Mallory watched as Ben awkwardly sat down again. Son of Eirene? She wondered. Hadn’t he said that his mother was a demigod, a daughter of Eirene? But Chiron had said ‘son’. If he had meant ‘legacy’ he would have said it. He had lied to her. That was the only explanation.
So if Ben’s father was a demigod, and his mother was a goddess what did that make him? He wasn’t a demigod but he wasn’t exactly a Legacy either. Mallory didn’t know. This was the first child of a demigod and a goddess that she had ever heard of. No one else seemed to have heard of something like this as everyone was still whispering, even Chiron and Mr. D.
“I thought he said that his mom was a demigod,” Said Helen.
“He did,” grumbled Mallory.
“So he lied?” asked Hannah.
Mallory looked over toward Ben, he seemed really confused. “Or maybe he didn’t.”
“I’m confused, how couldn’t he have lied?” asked Helen.
“Maybe Ben believed that his mother was a demigod,” said Mallory, “Maybe it was his father who lied.”
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