(Post Last Olympian)

(After Rise of Nine)

I sat at the top of Camp Half-Blood hill with Annabeth. These were the moments that I liked the best. The ones where Annabeth and I just sat, not talking a lot, but just sat. Each of our arms and legs tangled with the others. Suddenly, I spotted something in the distance. "What is that?" Annabeth's head lifted off my shoulder, sudden coldness took over.

"It looks like... people?" she said with a quizzical tone.

"New demigods?"

"Could look like it, let's greet them." We stood up and watched as seven teenagers came towards us. They stopped facing us.

"Hi, my name is John, this is Sarah, Nine, Ella, Marina, Eight, and Six." said a boy who looked about sixteen with short blonde hair, gesturing towards the others as he said their names.

I blinked in surprise. Had he just said that three of their names were numbers?

Annabeth stepped forward, "Hello, I'm Annabeth Chase and this is Percy Jackson. Welcome to Camp Half-Blood. I'm guessing that you're half-bloods?"

"I'm sorry, we do not know of half-bloods but I think we have something in common. We are looking for someone," said the one named Marina. She had shoulder length brown hair and was standing close to the one they called Eight.

"Who exactly are you looking for? You won't be able to get past the shield if you are not a half-blood with out a blessing from Chiron." I said.

The girl called Six went over to John and started whispering something in his ear. He slowly started nodding and I heard something along the lines of if you think its okay. He stepped forward.

"We are members of the Garde of Lorien. When we were just children, we were chosen to take the place of the Elders of Lorien. Our planet was being taken over by Mogdorians when we were put on ships and flown to earth." He explained the rest of their story, to their legacies and inheritances, from their battles in New Mexico and finally, how they had ended up here. The reason they were here had a lot to do with finding someone, and how they had shown up on their special map. "We are looking for Number Five." John finished.

I looked down at Annabeth, our faces were sharing the same look of confusion. "You are from another planet? So you're aliens?" I asked.

"Um, pretty much, dude." Nine said.

"Percy, you stay here and I'll go get Chiron. I am sure he will welcome our friends. How about you tell them a little more about us?" Annabeth said with little confidence.

"Okay." I said and then leaned over and kissed her. She started running down the hill to the Big House. "So, like she said earlier, I am Percy Jackson. This is Camp Half-Blood. You guys know Greek Mythology? It' s real and-"

"All of that is REAL? I never would have guessed..." burst out Nine.

Six rolled her eyes. "Says the kid from another planet."

Nine shrugged. "Touche."

"Yes. Our mom or dad came down in human form and had kids with humans. I am a son of Poseidon, and Annabeth, my girlfriend, is a daughter of Athena. We live here during the school year and train and go on quests to save the world fighting dangerous monsters. Chiron is the leader of the camp, and he's a centaur... just to let you know. Other people you will probably see are Mr. D, who is Dionysus, god of wine. He was sent here by Zeus as a punishment. You will probably also meet Grover, who is my best friend, and a satyr, which is half human half goat. Oh! And Mount Olympus is on the Empire State Building! And that's pretty much all you need to know!"

"Wow. That's amazing!" Little Ella said excitedly.

"What's better, aliens from a different planet or being a child of a Greek god?" Questioned Eight.

"Nothing beats being a demigod." I said a little to proudly.

"Well, you don't have awesome legacies. Do you want to hear more about ours? What can you do that is so special?" Replied Nine.

"I can control all water. I can breathe underwater, and can see underwater, and stay completely dry, and make other people dry to. I can talk to all sea creatures, and horses." I said with enthusiasm.

Nine got a unimpressed look on his face and started boasting."Well, I guess that's sort of cool. Think again about who is cooler dude. I can fly. We all have telekinesis, and I am extremely strong. You see Four over there? Ya he can start on fire. Know how he starts that fire? With his hands. Oh and Marina, she can heal wounds. Hey Eight! Show him what you can do!" With a smirk on his face, Eight suddenly disappeared, and then he was standing next to Nine, then over in the trees... he kept bouncing around until finally ending back even closer to Marina... without taking a step. "That's called telportation. Ella has telepathy. Six can turn invisible and-"

Six butted in, "Nine. Stop. We are trying to make friends, not enemy's." He rolled his eyes.

I heard the familiar sound of Chiron's hooves climbing the hill and turned around to greet him. Annabeth came and stood by me again. I leaned over and whispered in her ear "These guys are really impressive. They can do so many things." She looked up at me with a question on her face.

Chrion started to speak, "Welcome to Camp Half-Blood friends. Annabeth tells me you are from a different planet. Is this true?"

Four came forward, "Yes sir, we have numerous ability's called legacies. Things such as..." He continued with the same list that Nine went over, with a much happier tone.

"It is so amazing to have you here. Please, I give you my blessing to enter." Chiron said.

They slowly stepped forward, onto to Camp Half-Bloods hill.

"Shall we go to the Big House?" I asked. Chiron nodded in approval and we started down the hill.