War as soon as we came
"Are our armies ready?" He said as he began to swing his scythe.
"Yes sir, we are awaiting your orders, we will be victorious with our conquest" Replied a person with a rough voice, as he bowed to the person in front of him.
"They think they could defeat me? Bah! The golden age shall rule again! And thanks to this little hero, the age of the Olympians shall end!!" As he looked towards his army, scythe raised, and laughter and clapping were heard.
"Annabeth, Thalia, Grover, Percy... I'm sorry. Senia..."
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When we arrived just a mile away from Camp Half-Blood, I turned around making sure that my friends, as well as Annabeth and her friends, went through the portal safely.
"Everyone in one piece?" I asked as grunts and yes were heard from the group.
"Where are we exactly Senia?" Blaise asked as we walked towards the borders of camp half-blood.
"Long Island, America, this is where camp half-blood is located," I replied as I took out my dagger and slashed the branches and leaves.
As we were nearing the camp, I noticed it was awfully quiet, I took out my hairpin and it transformed into A rapier, the hilt design was of Greek with gold and silver accents, and the name Oneiróphantasma written on the blade in ancient Greek "Ὀνειρόφαντασμα"
Percy saw me draw my weapon and did the same, "What's wrong? Camp isn't usually this quiet" Percy and I looked at each other and nodded, the rest of our friends drawing their respective weapons and wands.
As we crossed the border, the camp was usually loud with campers running around, and swords clashing from left and right. Now, it was quiet, like it was abandoned.
"They abandoned the camp? But why?" Thalia spoke, looking around the cabins.
Annabeth ran towards the Athena cabin where a letter was posted by the door, she rushed back towards us with the letter in hand.
"They're by the north reservoir, the Athena cabin is leading them"
"We should hurry over to them, but with this large group we won't be able to apparate, we don't know this country," Blaise said as he looked at all of us.
"Nico, you're Uncle Hades' son, you can shadow travel, I can also shadow travel, we can travel there with everyone" I looked towards Nico and nodded.
We formed a circle, Nico and I concentrating as we shadow travel to where the other campers are.
As we opened our eyes, I recognized this place.
"Rockefeller Center" Both Percy and I spoke at the same time
"Let's find the others, we must be too late now, the war has started," I said as I took out my wand from my holster just in case.
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We did a quick sweep of the surrounding areas, the hunters of Artemis had set up a defensive on the 37th, three blocks away from Olympus.
The Hephaestus cabin leading an army of statues against the enemy, the Demeter cabin, and Grover's nature spirits had turned Sixt Avenue into a jungle hampering a squadron of Kronos's demigods.
In the distance an enemy group was advancing towards the empire estate building, my friends as well as Senia's friends were ready.
"Crucio!!!" Senia as well as her friends shouted, making a number of the enemy group falter down in pain.
"Reducto!" Luna said as she pointed her wand to the enemy that had noticed us and was now running towards us.
As we slashed and hacked our way toward the Empire Estate Building, we heard a pained scream from behind us and saw that Mattheo was grazed by a sword from the enemy.
"Avada Kedavra!!" Senia shouted to the person who injured Mattheo, two of their friends helped Mattheo swinging his arms over their shoulders.
"REDUCTO!" Senia and her friends shouted as a blast of light came out of their wands.
'I want one of those'
Behind the enemy troops, a few blocks from the east, a bright light began to shine, we thought it was sunrise.
"It must be Kronos, flying on a golden chariot" Senia spoke as she continued to use her sword and her wand simultaneously.
As the enemy group was slowly being defeated we then joined the group of brave demigods, hunters, and nature spirits who were guarding the door of the Empire Estate Building.
A chorus of horns answered from all around us, echoing off the buildings of Manhattan.
I glanced towards Thalia who also looked around towards the hunter.
"Not the hunters" Thalia assured me, "Then who?"
As the horns grew louder, we couldn't tell where it was coming from because of the echo, but it did sound like an entire army was approaching us.
Senia who was looking over and trying to bandage Mattheo asked if it was Kronos's army but they looked as confused as we were. Giants lowered their clubs, Dracaenae hissed. Even Kronos's honor guard looked uneasy.
"What is happening?" Theodore, whom I grow accustomed to asked as we both looked around us to see where it was coming from.
As we looked towards our left, a hundred monsters cried out at once. Kronos's entire northern flank surged forward. I thought we were all doomed, but we were shocked when they just ran past us and ran straight into their southern allies.
Blaise and I looked at each other dumbfounded, as a new blast of horns shattered the night, in a blur of movement, an entire cavalry appeared as if dropping out of light speed.
"YEAH BABY!" A voice wailed. "PARTY!!" A shower of arrows raced over our heads and slammed into the enemy, vaporizing hundreds of demons.
"Centaurs! Chiron must have brought them over!" Senia shouted as she noticed a herd of centaurs running towards us, with Chiron leading them.
"Percy! Glad you could join us" Chiron walked towards me as he noticed Senia and the group of merry band wizards.
"Ms. Dormer, It is so nice to see you again" Chiron greeted Senia as she just smiled, Chiron looked behind her and noticed the other wizards, he just shook his head and gave Senia a look that said 'We shall talk about this later'
"DUDE!" A centaur yelled. "Talk later, WASTE MONSTER NOW!!" He locked and loaded a double barrel paint gun and blasted an enemy hellhound bright pink. The paint must have been mixed with celestial bronze because as soon as the paint-splattered the hellhound, it yelped and began to dissolve into a pink-and-black puddle.
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"HEART OF TEXAS CHAPTER!"
"HAWAIIOWNS YOUR FACES!"
It was honestly the most beautiful and demigod thing I've ever seen since returning to America.
I looked over at Mattheo who was clutching his side, wand at the ready.
"Are you okay?" I asked as I took a closer look at him, he smiled and nodded.
"I've suffered much worse at my own family, you do know I'm related to that Noseless job dude" Mattheo joked as me and Luna smiled and giggled.
When I turned back to look over at Chiron, the entire Titan army turned and fled, pushed back by a flood of paintballs, arrows, swords, and NERF baseball bats.
The centaurs trampled everything in their path.
"Stop running, you fools! Stand and ACKK!" I looked from behind the army, and there he was... Luke, but what put me out of my trance was his eyes. No longer was it the color of the sky when it was daytime, it was now the color of gold.
I took a small step back as I tried to cover from my initial shock.
Luna placed her hand on my shoulder as a means to comfort me.
"Don't worry Senia, I'm sure he's still there somewhere"
'She's right, somewhere, Luke is still in there, Kronos is just using Luke's body.'
I smiled towards Luna and hugged her.
Percy looked towards us and nudged us to enter the Empire Estate Building. Chiron patted a centaur named Owen on the back.
"You did well, my friends, but don't get careless. Kronos should never be underestimated. Now why don't you visit the diner on West 33rd and get some breakfast? I hear the Delaware chapter found a stash of root beer"
Chiron said as the herd of Centaurs made their way outside shouting "ROOT BEER!!"
Chiron smiled as he looked over at Annabeth, Percy, Thalia, and Nico. As Annabeth and Percy both hugged him, while a huge hellhound dog licked Chiron's face.
"Ack! Enough of that, dog. Yes, I'm glad to see you too" Chiron grumbled as he wiped his face.
"Now Ms. Dormer" Chiron said as he looked over at me. A stern look decorating his face.
"Though it is nice to see you, I can't help but notice you have brought some friends" I nodded as I nudged my head towards my friends.
"These are my friends I made on my quest to England. Although I suspect them as either sons or legacies, Luna here is what we call a seer, I suspect that she could be a legacy of Apollo, as well as Draco" I pointed over to both Luna and Draco as Chiron both looked at them from head to toe.
"Why not introduce yourselves guys?"
"I'm Mattheo Riddle"
"Blaise Zabini"
"Theodore Nott"
"Draco Malfoy"
"Luna Lovegood"
Chiron greeted them with a court nod.
"I can't believe this place is friends with centaurs, the centaurs in the forbidden forest are considered savages, they're quite mean," Luna said as she looked at Chiron, examining him with her eyes.
"Ah yes, my brothers in England are quite mean, yes. But I'm sure if you met Firenze, you'll be able to get along well with him," Chiron conversed with Luna, who was smiling at him.
"It took too long to get the centaurs here, as you know, centaurs can travel fast. We can bend distance as we ride. Even so, getting all the centaurs together was no easy task. The party ponies are not exactly organized."
"How'd you get through the magic defenses around the city?" Annabeth asked.
"They slowed us down a bit. But I think they're intended mostly to keep mortals out. Kronos doesn't want punny humans getting in the way of his great victory."
"Perhaps, though time is short. As soon as Kronos regroups, he will attack again."
"And Typhon?" Percy asked, making Chiron's face grow dark.
"The gods are tiring. Dionysus was incapacitated yesterday." As soon as Chiron said Mr. D's name I was shocked.
"Mr. D was incapacitated? How?"
"Yes, Typhon smashed his chariot, and the wine god went down somewhere in the Appalachians. No one has seen him since. Hephaestus is out of the action as well, He was thrown from the battle so hard he created a new lake in West Virginia.
He will heal, but not soon enough to help. The others still fight, they've managed to slow Typhon's approach. But the monsters cannot be stopped. He will arrive in New York by this time tomorrow, Once he and Kronos combine forces-"
"Then what chance do we have? We can't hold out another day" Percy said as he gripped his sword tighter.
"We'll have to, I'll see about setting some new traps around the perimeter" Thalia spoke looking exhausted, her jacket smeared in grime and monster dust.
"I will help her, I should also make sure my brethren don't go too overboard with the root beer"
Chiron cantered off with Thalia, leaving me, Percy, Annabeth, and my friends.
I saw Luna walk over to both Percy and Annabeth, seemingly wanting to talk to them.
"Mattheo, are you sure you're alright now?" I asked as I took a closer look at his wound.
"We might need an essence of dittany here, but I don't just carry them around... Draco does, but it got smashed in the fight with those enemies." Theo said as he took a sit beside Mattheo.
I looked over at them, faces and clothes dirtied with grime and monster dust as well, I felt sorry, I didn't know that as soon as we got here we'd be instantly thrown into a fight.
"I shouldn't have invited you guys, I should've just left alone... Yet here we are, I dragged you in a war that shouldn't even involve you guys... I'm so sorry."
"You idiot," Blaise said, scooting over to me along with Draco, Theodore, and Mattheo, hugging me as they comforted me.
"You may be 20 years old, but we are your friends regardless. We chose to be your friends, heck, just because of you we try to be civil towards Potter and his merry friends.
And sooner or later, we'll be fighting in a war that none of us wanted." Draco said as he wiped a tear from my face.
"Prophecy or not, I'm sure we will stay as friends," Mattheo said as he smiled.
"Luke promised he'd never let me get hurt. He said... he said we'd be a new family, and it would turn out better than his." Annabeth said as he sat beside us, sheathing her knife back to her hilt.
Both Luna and I looked at each other as Luna smiled and nodded at me.
"There's something you guys should know. Ethan Nakamura seemed to think Luke was still alive inside his body, maybe even fighting Kronos for control."
I noticed Annabeth seemingly making the clogs in her brain work as I smiled a little.
"If you possess a body of another, the person's spirit or soul could only sleep... Luke might be fighting for control, we just need things that could trigger him" Luna replied as she wore her Spectrespecs, making me and my friends giggle at Luna while both Annabeth and Percy looked at her with weird looks.