Chapter 1: Letter
I woke on my first morning back at camp with renewed happiness. I couldn't wait to plant some petunias in the garden outside my cabin, and catch up with my friends from camp. That is, until I received a message from my dad at the Big House. Still in my rosy pink pajama shorts and white camisole, hair unbrushed, I went to get washed up, but my younger sister, Lucy, who was six, ran into the cabin breathing heavily. "KatieKatieKatie!" she shrieked, and clung to my leg. Laughing and rubbing my eye, I pulled the energetic girl off my leg and squatted down to give her a hug. With her innocently cheery personality and the freckles to match, Lucy had always been one of my favorite little campers. "Chiron says that you gotta go see him 'cause your daddy sent you something!" "Okay, I'll go see what it is as soon as I'm ready." I tried to keep calm for the young girl's sake, but secretly I was worry-ridden: why would my father need to send me something only one day after I left? This must be important.
"Nuh uh. You need to come now. The message that your dad sent said that it was urgent. That means important." Lucy nodded proudly and matter-of-factly. Oh, crap. Urgent? Please, tell me he's not hurt, I prayed to myself as I thanked Lucy absentmindedly and ran off towards the Big House.