Percy
I woke up happy. I was glad that things had gone back to normal and I could just hang with my friends, cuddle with Annabeth, and be… almost safe. Well, that's about as normal as life can get when you're a half-blood.
It's been a year since Gaea tried to rise and Annabeth and I had fallen into Tartarus and decided to look for the Doors of Death, while the rest of the five went to Greece to find the mortal side of the Doors, yeah, just a regular day for a half-blood. They had stopped Gaea, hopefully for another millennium or so, and now, they were back at camp again.
I sat up in bed and looked around the Poseidon Cabin to see if Aurora and Damien were up yet. They were 14-year-old twins and they had just gotten here last winter. They had the same black hair and sea-green eyes as me and usually stayed with each other. I guessed it was a habit after only having each other for so long. They had said that their mother had died and they were left on their own until someone came to get them and brought them here. Their empty beds told me that they were already up… as usual.
I got up and stretched, brushed my teeth, threw on some clothes and walked out into the warm summer air. As I searched for Annabeth, I saw Aurora and Damien, and Jason and Piper standing hand in hand talking with Annabeth, no Leo though; probably inside building something. I walked over with a smile and said, "Hey there, Annabeth."
"Hey Seaweed Brain, glad you could join us." She replied.
"What're you doing?"
"Just contemplating life, you know, the usual," she smiled.
I smiled back, "What were you really talking about?"
She looked at him with mock surprise and said, "I just told you! We were talking about life! Gods, Seaweed Brain, do you even listen?"
"I do if I need to." I answered. Then I turned to Piper and Jason who had turned to each other while Annabeth and I had been chatting and were talking to each other in a heated conversation, completely oblivious to us and said, "Hey guys,"
When they completely ignored me, I said a little bit louder, "What are you talking about that's so interesting; you completely missed everything we just said?"
Then they noticed me and turned, faces holding both excitement and dread and Piper said, "A girl arrived last night, alone, holding a bat in one hand and a balled up note in the other, she collapsed just after crossing the border. It seems that she had been chased here by some monster and she hasn't woken up since. Everyone's been wondering about her and the note.-"
I asked, "Why don't you just read the note?"
Jason spoke this time, "She won't unclench either of her hands enough for Chiron to get it or the bat from her and he can't pry her hand open."