Lorien Legacies New Dreams

"A new son of the mighty Primordial Goddess of Night, Mother to Sleep, Dreams, The pleasures of love, Death and even the fates, The great lady Nox and a legacy of Trivia the goddess of Magic, Crossroads, and Witchcraft."

Damien stood there awkwardly looking at the kneeling army with their heads bowed he uses his ability to scan the army trying to find familiar names though the few he scanned nothing poked out at him but every single person could kick his butt in stats and levels, they ranged from the lowest being around 160 to the highest 250 the praetors were 270 and 290. He then took the time to check his own status for new improvements looking at the definition for his new eye ability but stops doesn't manage to check the full status because he notices something on his hands.

The shadowy Black energy from his earlier accidental magic coated them but it seemed to be reacting to the watch on his wrist black smoke circulating around it but wasn't something to be trying to figure out in front of this army.

He knew He Had magic but this felt different whatever this black stuff was it was probably related to a demigod gift. Sure he could figure them out on my own but Percy didn't fully figure out his gifts until he went to Tartarus maybe if he stayed here he'd learn how to use his demigod gifts or at least he wanted a head start to learn on his own.

He stuffs his hands in his jacket pockets to try to hide his new power which didn't work as well as he hoped the shadows seem to runs own his sides to his feet licking at his heels He guessed his mom's symbol was acting like an amplifier for his newly unlocked demigod gift Looked like It looked like his shadow was trying to reach up and grab him for a second and then he kicked it and it stopped. He took a step forward the preator's were standing.

"Hey Vestia sent me to get a prophecy," Damien told them the more steps He took He looked down noticing he was leaving icy footprints in the grass.

Name dropping a goddess is a bit sketchy but Damien remembered Percy literally came with a goddess and got the second degree even if He came with a gift like healing meat that supposedly made you attract the opposite sex he wasn't expecting a parade, But Percy also came after a war and the disappearance of their number one guy Jason.

"Hello, My name is Markus Abernath son of Apollo Preator of Camp Jupiter we have waited for your arrival," One of the guys dressed in Purple said. That made me happy that means the no smite thing that vestia mention probably extended to demigods or why would the gods warn the camp of his arrival. Sure accidents happen so he had to keep his guard up but that brings him a little hope that he would leave the camp not in the arms of Thanatos.

Markus moves to the side a bit to let me walk beside/ behind a step. The legionnaires kind of go and mind their own business. The other praetor shoots Damien a glare. Damien guesses whatever they heard about him isn't so positive.

"so did the gods tell you I'm not staying?" Damien asks." also if I'm already claimed so do I move straight from probatio to getting my tattoo? because not to be a bit pushy but I'm going to be pretty busy for the next ten years or so and probably won't be able to join the legion."

"I seems you already know a lot about us...Well...There might be some sideways glances but Mars Ultor was the one who came down himself to tell us that you were exempt from Legion duties Training with Luna and straight shot your acceptance into The Twelfth Legion Fulminata as a full-fledge member of the fifth cohort," Markus says with a smile that doesn't quite reach his eyes. He seems nice but being given special privileges definitely won't buy me new friends among the romans until I prove I deserve it.

'Wow I kinda feel like the gods are trying to show their support for me in a way to alienate me from the camp I'm 99% sure I could have made a deal the way that Nico made a deal with Reyna and she let him have pretty much free reign to visit the camp just by offering extra protection to demigods and legacies that choose to live in different places, I could have formed a great alliance but now having the same status as kids that have been in the legion for several years. without working for it they won't trust me unless I do something extreme, The Claiming could have been for my benefit for the timing since one way to get off probatio is with a claiming even though I didn't do the grunt work I still meet the requirements to be a full member of the legion easily sidestepping the plans of the other gods to fully alienate me, Thanks mom' he thinks to himself. With this train of thought he realizes that there were too many gods involved in his destiny. He would need to be very cautious, Especially since he was not really supposed to have one. The top kahuna God sent him to this life he doubted he'd restrict damien's new life to the whims of the local yokels. 

"There is a legacy of apollo that has the gift of divination we are going to him for divination. Then you'll get your prophecy." He tells Damien. Damien sighs knowing it has to be Octavius he's around the same age as me Right now guess He was already making moves at this time. Then He thinks for a second this is the perfect time to test out the flame thing with his eyes. He then remember Octavius is 7 and that maybe making him into an experiment would be a step too far.

A flash of an episode of Brooklyn 99 popped in Damien's head of pimento threatening to kill someone and he won't do kids but that rule is negotiable if the kid's a dick. Damien laughed at it. Markus is confused by his everchanging emotions Sad, happy, angry, and then calm acceptance now laughter. He probably thinks Damien is insane, but Damien couldn't very well tell him the reason for his shifting emotions not wanting to give away his abilities, But noticing the Praetors expression just made Damien walk faster to get out of there quickly as possible, And they soon arrived at the building where Damien would get his prophecy.

As we enter the building Octavius does his show and dance. Damien picks a stuffed animal that looks like Stanly. He cuts it open dramatically which is almost cute since we are little kids. Octavius frowns when he looks at the stuffing. Damien grow a little anxious.

"Hey what do you see?" Damien asks him.

"Nothing," He says sounding incredulous." and I don't mean I can't see anything it actually says the word nothing." Damien started to laugh thinking he was joking.

"I guess heaven has no words for me," Damien says. He shrugs his shoulders. He sighs at my nonchalance. He handed me a slip of paper. Damien guesses it must be from a scrap of the sibylline books that the camp still had.

The Prince Of Night with a Legacy of Magic

Of Handsome Beauty with a Fate so Tragic,

The Fates hold has no grasp as they Ignore,

What they soon saw they would greatly Abhor,

Three worlds hang on the brink of collision, his decision of destruction by inaction or his incision,

Though Fate's wrath shall be known, A lover's last breath shall be sown,

Even if he can escape this deaths tome, Only he will know when he has Atoned

Damien paused reflecting on the words, The two stared at him waiting for his reaction and He tried hard to not show them one. He moved around the alter and tucked the page into his jacket pocket. He knew the way Marcus had been shooting looking at Damien like he was analyzing but he thought He was a normal 7-year-old that He wouldn't notice. He would never be safe if he stayed in the camp like this. Sure He might find a few trustworthy friends but sooner or later hed have a knife in my back saying et tu "insert name here"

"Hey is there an alter for my Mom?" Damien asks. Markus smiles a little crookedly at that.

"Yeah, There is but are you sure you want to see it. It must have been hard not knowing your mom. Lots of the demigods here know that" He says bending his eyebrows trying to show a look of compassion. So that must be why he's so nice even though everyone else hates me for skipping ranks. Camp Jupiter fights a war here in the bay area just like Percy Jackson versus Kronos in the last olympian. This must be Camp's Jupiters' early recruiter for the other side of the war like Luke.

"Yeah, It's hard I just want to get a few things off my chest Maybe ask why she ignored me all these years," Damien Says mostly for Markus's benefit quickly thinking of a plan to use him as a pawn to spread S.H.I.E.L.D. Contacts among the camp should be pretty easy if he thinks Damien is on his side of the war.

 Damien doesn't have to act that hard he is still a bit upset at not having his mom in his life but he understood if she's really a primordial then she did a lot for him just responding to him on the beach earlier claiming him sending vestia, Tartarus and Gaia are primordial's as well and in the books, they speed thousands of years sleeping but she also didn't one night stand his father sure his uncle said she only met him once but there were pictures of her with his father over years before Damien came along she must of really loved him.

He did remember her a Little from when he was baby a smile, a face, a laugh, god may have been a bit wrong about Damien not being able to make parental connections in this new life.

"I'll lead the way," Markus says. As They walk out Damien asks Octavius for a pen and paper and he stumbles around a moment before he hands it over. Damien runs after Markus. He's tapping his foot impatiently but he still has that huge phony smile. It's that customer service smile as if Damien had just knocked down a display that took hours to put up.

The little obsidian building that serves as the alter to nox is not grand but it is a pretty good size. Damien takes a fruit from the front of the building. Puts it in the alter bowl, Markus is waiting outside, Damien doesn't want to let him know what he talks to his mother about so he starts writing on the paper. Damien knows that his mom and hecate/trivia are watching him closely they also have a bit of a close relationship so that should make this a bit easier, He writes on the paper

'sup mom' with a smiley face

Underneath a glow goes over the paper and words burn out it with black fire.

'Hi sweetie' appears on the paper also with a smiley face. Like Son, like mom. Damien takes it out of the alter. He writes a bit more on it this time.

'It's been a long time I don't know if you heard but I'm going to take over dad's company' He writes to his mother.

'Yeah your father always wanted you too' she replied.

'Thanks for the watch' Damien writes not knowing what to say. He kind of wanted to ask for help on like godly gifts and magic but like how can you ask a estrange mother for anything.

'so the gods aren't super stoked i'n here someone can defy the fates huh?' Damien asked.

'Not particularly.' She replied bet it made her chuckle that He figured it out. From the subtle clues, He decided not beat around the bush.

'Is there any way you could help me with my godly gifts from you and maybe magic a bit ... I can't stay here' Damien writes. He waits a bit longer for a reply this time a good thirty seconds he figures that she left or something and then a pillar of shadows comes from the middle of the alter. it shoots out at and sticks to my jacket. Then it kind of melts into the jacket. The paper is turned all but the end.

'Don't check your jacket Until you've left the camp, Happy birthday my little prince, Your grandma and I are always listening, love you' he folds the paper and puts it in the pocket with the prophecy.

He guesses midnight has passed. his birthday started he whispers a thanks to his mom. before he steps out of the building he fixes his face into a grimace. From there He kind of go through the motions acting like he hates the gods listen to Markus's pitch about how the gods don't really care about us and nod along encouragingly but Markus must know not to sell the hard sale of Chronus on the first meeting.

Markus focusing on the hardships of demigod and legacies, Damien gives him the number for S.H.I.E.L.D. and tells him if some demigods want high-paying secure jobs and it makes Markus think Damien is in the bag for his army. that he could be used as a future resource, sure damien will deny any die-hard loyalist trying to sneak in but he will definitely recruit a couple of solid people from this dumbass.

The tattoo comes next and Damien does not take the pain but he gets through it and his jackets new assisted healing will make it heal inside a few hours and the pain only lasted for about five minutes.

After A battle of subtle manipulation ensues as Markus leads Damien around new Rome Showing the sites It takes several hours many interesting sites and the time to trade a few of his new goods but it's evident that Markus doesn't want him to stay and neither does Damien so they soon find themselves at the riverbed where Damien had first arrived.

As He leaves the camp, He has his jacket over his shoulder sleeve rolled all the way up and He receive glares from every single person he passed. They still don't feel he is worthy of the tattoo. Well Until Markus catches their eye then about 15-30 percent of people grow a smile instead. God, it's ridiculously easy to see who Markus has recruited and Damien has only been there for six hours He can already guess who's going to jump ship and join the titans.

Markus Smiles crookedly as Damien makes my way back up Caldecott tunnel. Damien pulls out his phone putting the battery in and calls his uncle. He sounds upset to be awoken at 3 Am but he sounds a bit relieved that Damien is safe a lot more angry than relieved though. Damien sits in the tunnel and watch the few cars drive down the stretch counting red cars. This has been the longest day Since Giza. He hoped silently that he might be able take his Uncles Simon's advice for a break.

Though that would have to wait he still had to figure out the gifts that his mother had given him.

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