Chapter 1

Did I Disappoint You?

"That was a fail of a quest." Were the first words that came out of Ronnie Lewis's mouth as she passed into the camp's boundaries.

Mud was streaked across her forehead, leaves poked out of her blonde hair, and her already ruined jeans were even more tattered. The campers trailing behind her kept their distance seeing how mad she was about the events of the quest. Usually Ronnie had an easy-going attitude, but when things didn't go perfectly her attitude went down the drain. Her true self was replaced with a grumpy imposter. People scattered when that person came, she was to be feared. It was actually quite scary, her grumpy persona was almost as feared as much as the Ares kids were.

A white horse galloped up the green hill, but the thing was it wasn't a horse, no it was a centaur. He took in the scene of the campers while stroking his short, curly beard. He looked wise, but anyone could see the humor dancing in his eyes. He was amused by the campers, not upset. This was why Chiron was the most loved trainer; he could take anything that was a serious issue and make the campers laugh about it so they wouldn't feel bad about their mistakes.

Ronnie regarded Chiron with nervous eyes; it was time to know if he would get mad about the quest. It was important and of course she had made a huge mistake. She still couldn't believe that it happened. The plan had seemed flawless, but now as she stood there watching the trainer she knew she was just hurrying everything and should've slowed everything down. If she had done that they would not be standing there just waiting for the scolding.

Chiron did no scolding though, he merely smiled at the demi-gods. They had done nothing wrong, in this world there were many mistakes to be made and this was just one of them. He watched Ronnie shift her weight from her left to her right foot. He knew she had thought it was all her fault, but the truth was Ronnie had learned the most from this incident and he was proud.

"Welcome back, demi-gods." Chiron greeted a smile spreading across his face.

Ronnie drew her attention back to him from the dragon guarding the golden fleece. Her expression was pure shock, he wasn't mad? Amazing! At home her mother was always quick to scold and didn't mind it one bit.

There was a soft murmur of hello's from the four campers, but the fifth one stayed silent. Ronnie slipped towards the back of the group, she didn't want to get in the way. She would stay quiet and say nothing, it was a full proof plan.

Chiron noticed her taking slow steps backwards, "Hello, Ronnie."

Ronnie gulped, "Oh hi, Chiron."

"How was the quest?"

She let a nervous laugh escape her mouth, "Oh it was just great... just great."

The others rolled their eyes at her even though if they were put in the spot light they would do the exact same thing.

"Really? Well that's nice. If I may ask, where would the Pelican Spear be?"

Ronnie gulped again, why did she have to be asked these questions? He could've asked anyone else in the group! Finally she answered reluctantly, "About that..."

One of the campers, Kellan a son of Dionysus, chuckled, "Oh this is going to be good." He muttered to his auburn haired sister, Amy.

Amy first giggled then smacked her brother's arm, "Shush!"

Chiron arched his brow at the two then turned his eyes' attention back on Ronnie, "Please explain."

Ronnie took a deep breath, she could feel the pressure getting heavier and heavier on her shoulders, "Listen, Chiron, I had made this plan to get the spear from the guards, but it went really wrong. It's all my fault, everyone else performed flawlessly. The only problem was the actual plan and my actions." Ronnie looked down ready for the yelling.

"Oh well that's a pity." Chiron simply said.

Ronnie raised her head, studying Chiron's expression with her pale blue eyes. How could he not be mad? She had failed him. There was no spear placed in her hands and the campers weren't cheering with joy. No, her hands were empty and the campers' heads were lowered disappointed with themselves yet Chiron didn't act mad.

"We'll have to discuss this later, but first go get settled in. It was a long and tiring trip." Chiron told them.

The four campers happily walked off probably already thinking of the delicious food that was going to be awaiting them at dinner. But Ronnie, of course, stayed behind. Her head was tilted slightly and her expression was telling him she was really confused.

"Ronnie, you need to understand that this isn't like your old home. I'm not going to yell at you for silly mistakes." He let a grin spread across his face.

Ronnie thought about what he said and smiled. He was right, there was no point in getting all worked up over a silly mistake.

"Now get going, it's almost time for dinner."

Ronnie nodded as she ran off, her thoughts finally silencing so she could enjoy her time back at camp.