Percy's Point of View
I entered my cabin, it had been a long day at Camp Half-Blood. After defeating Kronos, you think any other challenge would be no problem. Not exactly. After the war, I made all the Olympians swear on the river of Styx to claim all there half-blood, demigod, children by the age thirteen. It had only been a few months and already there have been several new arrivals. In other news, I barely got to see my friends ever since the battle was over. My friend Grover, he's a sayter, is busy finding more half-bloods and bringing them to camp. Nico, son of Hades, is helping his father in the underworld. Thalia, daughter of Zeus and head lieutenant of the hunters of Artemis, has been traveling around picking off the remaining forces of Kronos' army. Even my girlfriend Annabeth has been too busy to see me (After the war Olympus was pretty much trashed and Annabeth had been put in charge of redesigning it). She would spend most of her time on Olympus and when she was home, she would stay up all night planing. I was lonelier then ever. I sat down on my bunk, the room was empty. I had tried to convince Tyson, he's my half brother and a cyclopes, to come to camp this summer, but now that he had become the general of Poseidon's, my dad's, army all his time had been taken up too. I could hear the gurgling sound of the saltwater fountain my father had given me, I stood up and walked over to it. At the bottom of the basin, were golden drachmas, I had about four left. note to self, restock fountain. I reached in a pulled out one of the coins. I opened the curtains and the dimming sunlight collided with the spray from the fountain, creating a rainbow. "Oh Iris, goddess of the Rainbow, accept my offering." I threw the drachma into the rainbow. The air began to ripple, Annabeth came into view. She had fallen asleep at her drawing board. I stifled a laugh, Annabeth still had her pencil tucked behind her ear, and was face first on some blueprints. She looked so peaceful, her face was relaxed and had a dreamy expression. I didn't want to wake her up, I was about to disconnect when she started to stir.
"Hmm? Oh, hey there Percy." Annabeth said, rubbing the sleep out of her eyes, "Uh, hey. I'm sorry I didn't mean to wake you up." I said. "It's okay I needed to finish anyway." she said, "Wise girl you're gonna work yourself into the ground." I said with a grin. "I just have to finish the statues of Apollo, then I can go to sleep." Annabeth said, "Annabeth can't you just take a break so we can hangout?"
"Percy I still have so much to do. I still need to finish the temples for Ares, Hermes, Aphrodite, Hera, and Hephaestus, not to mention all the minor gods." Annabeth sighed, "Please!" I said making the cutest (But still dignified) face I could. "Maybe if I work all night today and all day tomorrow, then maybe I can take off a few hours but-" I didn't let her finish "Thanks Annabeth! See you on Saturday!" Annabeth sighed again, "Oh by the way, Thalia said she would be dropping by tomorrow. Goodnight Seaweed brain!" The image of Annabeth faded away. Now I couldn't wait till Saturday. I flopped back down on my bunk. After a day of training in the sword arena, planing and helping with the construction of new cabins, teaching and mentoring new campers (which is really hard considering they all think your crazy up until the moment they find out you saved Olympus and then they just ask you nonstop questions) I was ready for a pleasant night of smooth sleeping.
When I woke up sunlight was pouring through the window. I cursed Apollo, and pulled the covers over my face. Then it hit me, Thalia was coming today. I practically jumped out of bed, nearly hitting my head on the bed post. It was just about six o'clock, I threw on a pair of jeans and my orange camp half-blood shirt. I wanted to be there when Thalia showed up. I passed the cabins as I walked to half-blood hill, the Stolls were up to there usual antics. Travis and Conner Stoll were sons of Hermes, the god of tricks, roads, thieves, travelers, and about a dozen more things. Travis and Conner were sneaking up to the Hades cabin with what looked like. . . cans of spray paint? Whatever they were doing, Nico was not going to like it. I continued my walk. In the distance I could see the golden fleece that protected the boundaries of the camp, hanging on the branches of Thalia's pine tree, while the dragon Peleus was curled underneath. No one was there. I sat by the tree for an hour, still no sign of Thalia. The conch horn blew, signaling it was time for breakfast. I made my way back down towards the pavilion. The Apollo campers were the first to arrive, then the Athena cabin, then the Ares cabin, and so on. The last people to arrive were the Hermes and Aphrodite cabins, no surprise of course, the Aphrodite cabin was always spending their time styling their hair and makeup, and the Hermes cabin were always last because their was just so many of them and they didn't get ready till the last minute. I sat alone once again at my table. Being the son of Poseidon meant I had to sit at the Poseidon table, which meant I sat by my self. I look around at all the other tables, they were talking and laughing with their siblings. Once again I wish Tyson would have come. After breakfast I went about my usual day. No new campers had arrived this morning so I had my regular schedule. I had archery practice, then ancient Greek lessons, then training demigods in sword skills. Now I had two hours of free time, I decided to head down to the beach. I sat down in the sand, the sweet smell of the sea spray filled my nose. I stared out onto the horizon, in the distance I could see hippocampi filliping in the air. I threw my shirt onto the beach and dove into the waves. I willed the currents to carry me further out. When the hippocampi saw me, they swam in my direction. Hello my lord! One of them said, A younger hippocampus swam up to me, Is it true? Are you the one who saved Olympus? It asked, "Uh, ya, I guess." I replied, Oh it is wonderful to meet you sir! The young hippocampus started doing underwater flips. It has been so long since we last saw you lord. The Hippocami started to talk about all sorts of things, Is it true you kissed that Athena girl at the bottom of the canoe lake? One asked, Oh and what about you hanging out with lord Hades' son! Another asked, hippocampi were very gossipy. "Hey guys, I need you to deliver a message." I said, Of course lord!
"Tell my brother Tyson that I wish he were here, and that would he please try to visit this week, because Annabeth and Thalia are coming and I think it would be cool if we all can hang out."
Is that all sir?
"Yes."
We shall deliver your message.
"Thank you." I resurfaced and climbed ashore. I meant to simply walk out but of course a friendly niaid created a wave that knocked me over into the surf. When I came back up I could here an all too familiar laugh, "Really Percy? Flirting with niaids again. Now what would Annabeth say."
"Good to see you too Thals, by the way how have you and Apollo been." I said playfully. Thalia was standing on the shore, arms crossed. She was dressed in her usual punk getup, leather jacket, blue top, ripped jeans, black boots. "Shut up lover boy." Thalia laughed as she threw my shirt at me, I put it on, and sit next to her. "Honestly, I don't know why Apollo even tries?" Thalia said, laying her head on her knees, "It just so annoying, and of course lady Artemis doesn't like it." she sighed. "Well you know him, he flirts with every girl he sees."
"Yea, you're right." Thalia said,
"No matter who they are."
"Yea"
"Even if their a huntress."
"Yea." (At this point I could tell she wasn't listening, so I decided to have some fun)
"And don't worry he'll see that your insanely crazy and never talk to you again."
"Ya, I guess you're- HEY!"
I roll over laughing, "Oh my gods I can't believe you fell for that!" I said in between gasps for air, "Percy Jackson you're so dead!" Now, if you ever get Thalia mad and she starts chasing you, NEVER, EVER, look back, just keep running.