I didn't want to go, but I had to. My name is Max Solace and yes, I am a girl. I'm also a 12 year old that has to do something she doesn't want to, but must- run away. Yes, I know. Terrifying. It all started when I got a message from my trainer/ camp director, Chiron. He is a centaur that runs a camp called Camp Half Blood. Half humans, half Greek god. I
It was midnight and I was sleeping on my cozy bed. Then, a huge blinding flash of light illuminated the room and awoke me. I sat up bolt right in my bed, and slowly got out. Knowing Chiron, he would only send an Iris Message in the middle of the night if it was really important. I carefully walked over to the source of the light, trying not to wake up my dad downstairs. When I got to the center of my room where the light was, I saw Chiron's face hanging in thin air. He had a brown, trimmed beard and a good amount of brown hair on his head. He was sitting in the Big House, from what I could see.
"Max, you there?" Chiron whispered.
"Yeah, I am right here," I whispered.
Chiron's ancient eyes met mine and he relaxed a bit, only to stiffen up again. "Well," he sighed. "I have to ask you a huge favor. Since you are the only half blood that lives in the South East, you are the only one that can do this quickly." That was true. I was the only half blood that goes to Camp Half Blood and lives in Georgia.
"Knowing that you will say yes immediately, listen", Chiron said before I could even open my mouth. "There is someone from Florida that is a half blood. Usually, a satyr would bring the half blood up to New York. But in this school, there was no satyr. The only reason I know this person is a half blood is because⦠well, I have my sources. Now, you know what kind of dangers faces you when you step out of the boundary line I put up around your house," Chiron whispered quickly. That was true, also. After the war with the Titans last year, Chiron agreed to put a boundary line around houses that Half Bloods were going to live in during school, even though I just helped with healing people. I was only 12 when the war happened last year, so no fighting for me. Luckily, I am a daughter of Apollo, so I helped to heal the wounded. The boundary keeps out monsters only.
I nodded, urging him to go forward. "Well, I want to ask you to go and bring the half blood safely to your home. And then, since the school year is nearly over, you can bring him to Camp Half Blood. This is a huge favor I am asking you to do. Will you accept?" Chiron asked cautiously. I didn't even let a second go by before I said 'yes' to him with confidence. Being in the war from last year, Chiron trusts me with big quests like these, even though I am only 13.
"There is something else that you might have to do, though," Chiron said. I knew it wasn't going to be a regular thing because his eyes tensed and he spoke with a fierce voice. "You are going to have to train him when you get there, because he has a scent of a Big Three," Right then and there, I knew this quest is going to be a whole lot difficult than I anticipated.
