Chapter 6

                                    

                                          


                          
Dex
                          
The campers burst into noise again after the declaration. I wasn't surprised though, the disappearing campers were bound to one day result in a quest. Even if it hadn't I would've just walked straight out of the camp and search for them. One of them was a fellow brother. The Ares children were competitive as hell but my friend Sel wasn't. He helped me when I was at my worst at the beginning. When I lost mom. My face fell. I wasn't supposed to think about that. I pushed out through the crowd and stopped at a nearby tree. A moment after that Chiron approached me. 
                          
"Hello Dex" he greeted
                          
"Get to it," I said roughly. Chiron sighed perhaps because of my impatience. Chiron was the most patient person I knew.
                          
"I talked to Rachel as soon as she woke up. She said you are one of the people destined to go on this new quest." 
                          
"Right, because if I wasn't I don't think you would've stopped me" I said. 
                          
"Get ready for the quest" He said a bit sharply. I might have danced on his nerves too much. 
                          
" Ok" I grumbled. Chiron started to gallop away when I spoke,
                          
" One last thing, who am I going with? I'm not alone, right?"Chiron turned his head towards me. I don't think he was gonna say anything for some time but he said,
                          
" Willow, Alexa and.." He paused and then said, " Zake" 
                          
" What?!" I burst out, " How is the newbie gonna help?" I also wondered how Willow was gonna help but I didn't ask that. Willow had annoyed me from day one. We used to, still do get into a surprisingly huge amount of fights. Our fights were likely the biggest ones around here. Why did I have to go with her? I groaned inwardly.
                          
" It's what the oracle said, we should trust her. And be nice Dex" Chiron said lastly, and galloped away. If only I could have a dollar for everytime someone said that to me. I'd have so many dollars.
                          
I shook my head trying to clear my head. Maybe painting would help. Painting always helped. But then I recalled that all my paints were finished and I wasn't about to humiliate myself by borrowing them from anyone. Nostrils flaring, I stomped into my cabin and gathered the stuff and weapons I would need for the quest. At last I contemplated which of  my three daggers I should take. Finally I decided to take all of them, what was the harm in that anyway?