Violent Delights 𖤓 percy jackson

iv. the gods are calling

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iv. the gods are calling

     MICHELLE WASN'T THE BIGGEST EMBRACER OF HER GREEK GODLY HERITAGE. If anything, she found she had embraced being a witch more than begin a demi-god. She felt more at peace while enchanting bracelets and necklaces and casting protection spells than she did in swords training or archery practise. Her mother had blessed her with skills in witchcraft, divination, spell casting and mystiokinesis and Michelle would not take that for granted.

While the other campers were playing capture the flag, Michelle took the time to check on her row of dittanies in the Strawberry Fields. She would take most of the harvested dittanies and use them to help out in the infirmary whenever she was needed but while she was a regular in the infirmary, she would never find herself in there seeking treatment, explaining the use of the rest of the dittanies. Chiron hoped that by giving her a private garden bed in the strawberry fields, she would eventually become acquainted with the kids of Demeter and Dionysus or the Satyrs and Nymphs that helped care for the strawberries but she tended to avoid the fields until their daily gardening was finished. Chiron had employed many strategies to encourage Michelle to come out of her shell and nothing ever worked, in the past few years he had slowly given up. As long as she continued training with Jordan and Luke in her own time and contributing to camp by using her healing knowledge and abilities, he saw no reason to push her to do anything.

Michelle could feel Chiron approaching before he got close enough for her to hear his feet softly brushing through the grass. When she noticed he had stopped behind her, she tears her focus away from her dittanies and faces him.

"During our game of capture the flag today Percy was claimed by Poseidon, thus he has been framed as the thief of Zeus' Master Bolt" Chiron announces. Involuntarily, Michelle lets out a chuckle. When Chiron tilts his head in a confused manner, she starts to explain. "Percy doesn't seem like he could steal a piece of bread from dinner, let alone Zeus' lightning bolt" 

"I agree with you. That is why he must set off on a quest to find the master bolt and return it to Zeus by the summer solstice next week to prevent a war between him and Poseidon" Chiron explains. While Michelle was sympathetic with Percy's situation, it wasn't like there was something she could do about it. If the gods called Percy to retrieve the master bolt, he had no other choice but to set off on the quest. Knowing there is nothing she could do to help, she turns away from Chiron and starts cutting some of her dittanies that have fully grown. She debates giving a bunch to Percy before he leaves in the case that something were to happen to him.

"I need you to volunteer to join him" Chiron announces. His question doesn't register with Michelle at first but when it does she turns around. The look on her face already gives him an answer so before she can speak it out loud, he tries to convince her to change her mind.

"He needs to go to the Underworld, it is suspected that Hades has the bolt. Percy has taken a liking to you, it is almost certain he will choose you if you volunteer" Chiron explains. "Your mother resides in the Underworld, you're the only person that has the power to keep him safe and ensure he completes his mission"

Michelle was about to turn down the offer and secure her answer when she thought of Percy. She wouldn't be able to live with herself if something happened to him that she could've prevented if she had taken up the quest. Percy Jackson was one of the kindest yet interesting people she had ever met and she knew if she was in his position, he wouldn't hesitate to volunteer despite only knowing each other for a few days. With that in mind, Michelle gathers a handful of dittanies and ties them together then places them in her pocket, she may need them on her journey to the Underworld.