Percy Jackson and the Olympians
The Ring of Peace
Chapter 1
I Get an Old "Buddy"
My demigod life started again when a hellhound appeared in the middle of my math class.
I was on my way to math class to end the day. Of course something always happen to me at the end of the school year. I've been through lots of dangerous things for four years now. I've retrieved the master bolt back to Zeus, traveled to the Sea of Monsters, I've experienced the Titan's Curse, I have been to the Labyrinth, (before it was destroyed) and lastly I've fought the second Titan war only about nine months ago. Manhattan was still under construction. Some scientist found Hyperion, the Titan of the East in a maple tree sleeping until he woke up and ran away (it was on the New York Times). Anyway, I was in middle of math class with my step-dad/math teacher writing our assignment on the blackboard. I was jotting everything down because, boy, Paul writes fast.
"Does everyone have this down?" Paul asked, smiling.
"Uh… Paul?" I called.
"Percy, please call me Mr. Blofis in school," Paul pleaded.
"Alright, Mr. Blofis..." Before I could finish my sentence, the kids in my class were laughing really loud and so was Paul.
"Percy, look down at your shoe," a girl named Laura told me, looking as if she was pretending to laugh.
I looked down and saw a giant paw that was stepping on my right foot. It was a hellhound, but not just any hellhound, the friendliest of them all. Mrs. O'Leary.
"Percy, bring Mrs. O'Leary back to…" Before Paul could finish his sentence the final bell rang.
I waited for everyone to get out first because I didn't want to get stampeded by wild teenagers. I guess it took about three minutes for them to get their stuff packed and leave. Among those people there was one in particular that was the last one to leave. Laura Aqua.
Paul had told me about her. He told me that she was an orphan that was abandoned by her parents and also that her last name isn't real. A woman found her on the beach and made her last name Aqua.
"Paul, we'd better go before Mrs. O'Leary destroys the entire school," I said, staring at Mrs. O'Leary.
"Percy, you need to go to camp. That's the important thing." Paul said.
"I'm gonna need to shadow travel. Mrs. O'Leary?"
She didn't look very happy hearing the words "shadow" and "travel".
"You know what? Here, take my keys for the Prius and drive to camp."
"That's awesome!" I shouted in excitement. You see, I got my permanent driver's license just three months ago and I proved to Paul I can parallel park, travel a half-hour distance, and so on.
"But, only to camp. Not anywhere else." Paul warned me.
"Got it,"
The Prius was parked in the teachers' parking lot. The hoof prints of Blackjack on the hood of the car were gone after paying one hundred dollars to a mechanic to fix it.
"Mrs. O'Leary, you have to follow me every turn, every light, and every time. Understood?" It would've looked funny talking to a dog for mortals, but not for demigods. Talking to a dog was normal for demigods only if they were covered by The Mist.
As soon as I turned the keys I felt older and more mature. I was in a real car with no adult supervision. My Mom would've freaked out and faint if I wasn't a demigod, but since I was one, she wouldn't faint (at least I hope so).
On the way I had to check behind my car fifteen times to check on Mrs. O'Leary. So it took about an hour to get to Camp Half-Blood.
Camp was the same, except the cabins for the minor gods and the new architectures. (P.S. Made by Annabeth) Excluding that, it was still the same.
I took the keys out of the Prius and ran down Half Blood Hill, Mrs. O'Leary following me. Normally, Mrs. O'Leary wouldn't be able to go through the magical borders, but since she's been doing it so often, the border got used to it that it just lets her in.
"Are you here to save the world again?" Pollux, son of Dionysus asked, smiling.
"What's up, Pollux?" I greeted, smiling back.
"Not that much. What about you?"
"You have no idea,"
I went to my cabin and lied down on my bunk and closed my eyes. I was finally back in my favorite place in the world. The Minotaur horn was hanging on the wall of my cabin, the salt water fountain, and the scent of the sea were all here.
It was finally dinner time. I saw all my friends sitting down on their tables getting ready for dinner. Tonight's menu was a cheeseburger and a choice of drink in the magical goblet. There were triple the times as many campers as last time. The tables were almost filled except Zeus, Hades, Hera, Poseidon, and Artemis.
The cheeseburger was as big as a softball, so I wasn't afraid to offer my food to the gods. When it was time for offerings I went over to the fire and offered it to every god in existence. I was walking back to my table until I dropped my knife on the ground. I bent down to pick it up and noticed a Celestial bronze colored ring stuck in the dirt. I dug it up and it literally glowed. I wiped off the dirt that was still on it and slipped it into my pocket.
I finished eating in about a few minutes because I didn't have anyone to talk to.
"Attention please," Chiron said in a loud voice. "We have a new camper today sent by Hermes, himself,"
The campers face looked very familiar.
"As I was saying, she is undetermined so she will stay in the Hermes cabin until she is. That is all."
When he finished, everyone gasped. A trident shined above the girl's head. That evening was very surprising. I got a half-sister and the girl was… Laura Aqua, my math classmate.