A/N: This story is set after TLO and during TGoF. It begins a week after the 2nd Titan War has ended, BoO has not happened yet so Percy still has the curse of Achilles. This is an introduction into the story (obviously) and it might be a little slow to start. I promise it will pick up after everyone knows what's going on.
Disclaimer: I own nothing. That's all on Riordan and Rowling.
Chapter 1: We Get the Worst Prizes
I may have ended the 2nd Titan War on a happy note that left some of you wondering why we weren't sobbing messes on the ground. I mean, we had just been through a WAR for gods sakes. The truth is, after the relief and awesome underwater kiss, the affects of the war finally hit is.
Veteran campers could often be found staring at their weapons, lost in a flashback. Screams of those stuck in nightmares echoed in the night.
As for me, I went around making sure people were okay, and that they knew they were okay. Even though I never chose to be, or thought I would be, they looked up to me as their leader. I took it upon myself to learn everyone's names and to comfort where I could. Annabeth was stuck on Olympis fixing it up and being an architect, so I took over her duties at camp too. I helped organize and file war reports, cabin inspections, helped put up new cabins, and showed new campers around. We had a lot since the gods were actually honoring my request.
After a long day of building cabins, teaching sword fighting, and comforting a few campers after an arrow misfire that triggered some particularly bad flashbacks, I stumbled into bed exhausted.
The past few nights I have not been letting myself sleep, telling myself it was because I wanted to comfort others when they had nightmares, but really it was to keep mine at bay. However, lack of sleep caught up with me and as soon as my head hit the pillow I was out like a burnt out light.
I thought I was going to have a nightmare of the war, but to my surprise I just had one of those darn demigod dreams. I don't know whether that was better or worse...
A/N: So that is the introduction. If you don't get where I'm going with this you can rest easy knowing that by chapter three you will know. I know it's really short, but I didn't want to overwhelm anyone quite yet. It's good to start small and then build upon it anyway right?