Mike's words hit me hard, so I told him to sit beside me "That seems to be fair Mike, Just call me Nicholas then, now tell me what would like to know" trying my best to recollect myself because of the tiring fight.
"What am I really, What did those daemon -" celine interrupted mike "They are Makhais, all of them are but it seems the perfectly ratio one is their leader, makhai is the personification of war themselves they're the sons and daughters of eris the goddess of discord" Mike looked at her "Ok so what does those things monsters needs from us from you nicholas?" mike asked.
"Okay mike Instead of answering those questions I'll just tell you a story okay?" I told mike and he nodded.
"Okay Let me tell you the story of the man who befriended time, just like the Makhai's called me I'm all that person, you're looking at a 10,000 year old demigod, and yes I'm also a demigod just like you, I'm cursed and blessed by the Gods I'm blessed to live in eternity but in exchange I have to live my eternity with that satchel" I pointed the satchel that Mike was holding "Blessings like mines, having a personal fountain of youth and being immune to mortal death will not be cheap, it may look guarding something is easy, but trust me when every God and Every Monsters in the world is interested on what you are guarding life wont be easy, I'm guarding an Item that may destroy the world by the right hands and can miserably destroy the world in the wrong hands." I noticed Mike's confuse face "I'm sure you're confuse what am I guarding, go look" as mike opens the bag.
"A Golden Apple? so this is all about getting rich??" mike said.
"No Silly! Nicholas are you seriously didn't educate him the way you did to me, note that he doesn't even know how to fight!" Celine obviously irritated.
"Calm Celine, even I didn't know that he was a demigod, unlike when I found you, I know you were a demigod by the way mike this is Celine White Daughter of the Goddess of Wisdom and War Athena, I found her when she was only 6 years old but i Left her when she was 12 because of the same instances, and that's when I met you after a year hiding here in this island." I told mike.
"Okay, Okay so about this apple why do they want this one to buy weapon? or something?" Mike said while Celine rolls her eyes and speak "You're holding one of the strongest weapon of the known universe Genius! That Apple is The Weapons, Weapons because of the massive destruction that it can grant, That is the priced symbol of the Goddess of Discord herself, the weapon that almost destroyed the Gods and Goddesses of Olympus" Celine Added.
" Lets not be rough on him Celine, Just what I said I never knew he was a Demigod and If i knew he was one of the 12s scion I would have trained him the way I trained you, Mike listen up that apple, That very apple cause a great war of troy" mike instantly replied "Troy you mean Brad Pitt's troy?I dont remember seeing an apple on that movie" he added.
"Yes and No that movie is good though but not that movie reference, what started that war on troy is that very Apple your holding, Chrysos Kalliste or The Golden Apple of Discord." I said "for you to understand clearly I'll tell you the history of that apple, It all started on the marriage of my Goddess Grandmother Thetis and the Hero Peleus, Zeus the all father planned the whole thing and invited everyone, it was said that the party was like no other, a Feast that has never been seen in Mt. Olympus, originally my great grandmother thetis is courted by Zeus and Poseidon but my mom the Goddess of Divine Law prophesize that their Son will be Greater than his father and that son was Achilles my Grand father, You're looking at Achilles bloodline and..-" before I can continue my story mike interrupted me.
"You mean to say that there are two different Goddesses Blood in your veins and do I hear it right Achilles Brad Pitt's character the Hero of Troy?" Celine interrupted "Yes genius I thought you were here the whole time" she rolls her eyes.
"Yes but let me finish" I said to mike "Ok nicholas carry on" he replied.
"As I was saying, the child that thetis bore if ever Big Z or Big P will be the dad is going to be a bit of a problem for them a Demigod Problem so Zeus chose Peleus to marry Thetis, and the very celebration the Celebres ,red carpet like party with Big names and even bigger egos since they were gods and goddesses, and not being invited would be a huge snub, by huge snub I meant is a Cosmic Level of snub, and that Goddess whose not invited was Eris The Goddess of Chaos and Discord, The very owner of that apple, being pissed that she wasn't invited she created that golden apple and inscribe the word Kallisté it means For the Fairest, she tossed the apple at the center of the party, mesmerize by its beauty and that very word Fairest of them all instantly created the war that rivaled the great titan war, why? because its all for one women Death battle and we all know how does those things go, but amongst all of the Goddesses that participated only 3 left to battle it all out; the Mother of Olympus itself the Goddess of Marriage Queen Hera, The Goddess of Love Aphrodite and Her Mom" points at Celine and Celine raises her hands like she was guilty "The Goddess of Wisdom and War Athena, 3 of them asked Zeus whose the Deserving one for the apple, Knowing that if he grants either one of them the apple instantly the other two will stir a battle, thats when Zeus asked Hermes to bring the him Paris of Troy the Mortal who has the best Judgement, of course the Goddesses Bribed paris for the apple - Hera Offered him to be the most powerful man and ruler to the lands of europe and asia, Athena offered him Unrivaled skills in battle, Wisdom and Abilities of a Thousand warriors and there's the Goddess Aphrodite she offered something that paris can't afford to refuse, she offered the love of the Maiden Helen the most beautiful woman on earth that time, Helen's face is so beautiful it was known to launch Thousands of ships on to battle, of course Aphrodite knowing every man's weakness she offered something that even paris cannot refuse but she didn't mention that helen is married to the king of sparta and how the great war on troy started, it was not Paris nor Aphrodite's fault it was the Chrysos Kallisté" I concluded.
"Okay so that's the story how come it was in your possession now?" Mike asked.
"Simply Because Gods and Goddesses don't give up that easily, and Zeus just had enough of the quarrel he ordered my mother Themis to invoke the apple to never be touched by the 3 goddesses in order to maintain peace in Olympus and of course like Pandora's Urn..-" Mike interrupted again.
"Urn? Isn't it a box?" he said "Yeah they famously made it as box cause its catchy but trust me its an Urn and as I continue Zeus Chose a Mortal who will forever be bound to protect the apple from anyone cause little by everyone knows the apple isn't only holding the word kalliste but it also holds the Goddesses Eris' power over chaos, the very Ichor of Eris herself the apple was made from Eris' flesh and Golden blood" I stopped to catch my breath.
"you said that those demons..-" Celine interrupted "Makhai"
"Okay Okay makhai are sons and daughters of Eris then why dont we just give them the apple and live our lives in peace not in pieces" Mike said, Celine stood up "Are you listening to what old Nicholas has been telling you? luckily you're no demigod of Athena cause you'll be a definite shame, don't you remember what happens when the apple was on the right hand it will be cataclysmic and on the wrong hands like those makhai words wont be enough to explain how horrible would it be" Celine shouted at mike.
"Calm your nerves celine, you were just like him when you don't understand things yet he's recently just turned 17 today so give him time to process everything, its not easy to process what he just saw and heard today, and Celine he must be the one" celine looked at me fully surprised.
"I've forgotten about that" Celine shifts her look to Mike "the one what???!!" Mike is startled.
"The one that the prophecy is stating the Scion that I've been looking for" I said
"What prophecy, What scion" Mike panicked
"Chill Genius, its just a hunch he also taught it was me before but time will tell and this guy has all the time to find out" Celine said
"but Celine I'm almost 70% sure he is if I recalled Correctly I never met a son nor daughter of Demeter in my 10 millennia conquest he was the first" I said, Celine looked at mike "You might be right nicholas" celine said.
"can you please explain what is this prophecy I don't understand the both of you can y-..." before Mike could even finish his words I stated.
"A Scion from the blood of the twelve, will bear the chrysos's burden.
Thou who chooses shall test the bearers strength.
The man who befriends time will grieve on what he favored.
Thou shall succeed and thou shall fail." I stated "That was prophecies by the Oracle the High Priestess of Delphi" I added
"a scion from what now?" mike asked
"a Child from one of the twelve Olympian Gods just liked you and me" Celine said
"Celine is right and if my hunch is correct you are the one that the prophecy is talking about, though I always hate that prophecy" I added
"Indeed specially the failing part what could that be mean" Celine said
"we are demigods, Man" mike lets out a sign "and obviously I'm or we are in danger because of this thing" he added
"Technically right and right" Celine said
"So we must hurry up, pack all your things well be heading south" I told the two of them
"this is why you rushed on making his and your passport right?" Celine added "I Mean far south, to where?" she added
"wait...wait what south? what passport? you know everything isn't processed well right at this moment? are you two getting me??" Mike hysterically spoke.
"Mike every Demigod who involves his life with me is always on the run, even if you don't liked it, you don't have much of a choice since you're revealed plus you helped me you'll be a viable target now" I said
"wait! what? all I did is defend myself" Mike said
"And that's all they needed for a reason to kill you now, Makhais are vengeful spirits so no negotiations with them genius" Celine added
"so you better pack your things on the car we have to get out of here as fast as we can, soon that makhai will bring more of his brothers and sisters, maybe double the previous numbers and judging by their perseverance they must be working for someone, someone whose powers frightened the personification of war himself" I worriedly said
"and fyi battling that many plus that thing you are talking about if its true is suicide even for the 3 of us plus even if genius here know how to fight and how to use his gardening powers we won't stand a chance so running right now is the best thing to do" Celine looked worried as well "But where are we planning to go?" she added
"we will go south, we need the aid of the goddess who once sought for this apple as her prize possession, we need a very powerful ally now" I said
"Goddess who once sought? you don't mean my mom?" Celine said
"No, your mom sometimes have control issues and right now we seek the help of someone as powerful as the power of chaos" and I said "The Power of Love, We need Aphrodite's help" Celine nods and mike is still weary
"Okay Okay knowing that she will not take the apple because of the curse, and still this is all crazy for me, how can you convince the Goddess to help us to guard this thing?and do you have any idea where she is and why run if we can hide" Mike said
"She will! we must convince her by all means , we have too she is our only hope, I may have an Idea where the Goddess is, and about hiding remember the makhais said they can sense and smell us demigods its our Blood the mixture of our mortal blood and ichor is like a dead giveaway for monsters" I said "we must head to the airport, the air is the safest we don't want to risk any boat rides because we have a daughter of athena with us so air travel is the safest" I added
"I agree!" Celine race her hand for agreeing "Don't want to try my luck like the last time" She added and I looked at mike and I know he's meaning to ask why.
"I'll tell you why on the road" I said and I secretly prayed for the Gods that please help us I don't know what will be our fates now.
we packed everything and prepared ourselves for the drive.