A/N: Hello! Welcome to my new story! If you haven't read my other story, Camp Half-Blood the 2nd Generation, you need to because I have made up characters from there. I suggest you read it before this one. This story is about Percy and Annabeth's children (as presented in the story I mentioned earlier) and their second summer at Camp. Enjoy!
Charles POV:
Today was the last day of school. The end of my Junior year. Now I am a senior. Silena and I are going to camp tomorrow.
I pulled up to the elementary school to pick up Bianca. Mom had bought me a car for my birthday last October and now it is my job to help cart around my little sisters.
Silena reached out and opened the door. I pulled the key out of the ignition and got out too. The children were running out of the school like a flood had swept them out of double doors. I stood at the crosswalk waiting for Bianca to come out.
I saw her wave to one of her friends who left to get on the bus. Bianca skipped over to us with her pink and purple backpack bouncing up and down.
"Bianca!" She looked at me and smiled, rushing into my arms. We walked to the car and I unlocked the door. My sisters climbed in the back and we started off towards home.
"Do you have to go?" Bianca squeaked from the backseat. My heart melted at the sad sound of her voice.
"Yea. We don't want to leave, but remember what Mom and Dad said?" Bianca nodded as I took a left turn into our driveway. "When they come to camp every other weekend, Mom and Dad are going to bring you up so we can say hello." Bianca smiled and we got out of the car once I parked it.
I ran inside and smelled the blue chocolate chip cookies Mom had cooking in the oven. She always bakes blue cookies. It's a thing of Dad's. Grandma Sally makes blue everything.
I held the door open for Silena and Bianca and grabbed the keys from my pocket to double check that it is locked. The headlights flashed and I grabbed two cookies from Mom's platter. I gave her a cheesy grin and ran upstairs.
"Where are you going, Charles?" Mom yelled up to the second story.
"Email!" I could tell Silena was rolling her eyes and Bianca was reaching for another cookie. She loves them, almost as much as me. I threw my backpack on my bed, noticing the large empty suitcase laying on the floor.
My swivel chair spun as I flopped down in it. I opened my laptop and pressed the power button. My knuckles rapped on the desk making a sound that echoed down the hall. I was annoyed with the slowness even though my parents got me a really new one. As soon as the my email loaded up, I went to my inbox only to see two new message. And it was from the people I wanted to hear. James Sampson and Eliza Bliss.
Since we aren't allowed to have cell phones, my friends and I keep in touch with email. I have been emailing them everyday and sent photos and have seen lots of their pictures. Almost every email my friends and I send have a picture, whether it is recent or old. I opened the email from James and read it.
It said that his mother had come down from Chicago and treated him out to a new Mexican restaurant and the movies. There are lots more campers at Camp Half-Blood Hill and he is really excited to see Silena and me. Attached to the message was a photo of James and his girlfriend, Emily. He has blonde hair just like mine and sparkling blue eyes. The son of Apollo had his arm around Emily, daughter of Aphrodite, who was stunningly gorgeous. They were on the beach behind camp and were making silly faces at them.
The next message was from Eliza, daughter of Demeter, and a really good friend of mine. I met her last year at the end of camp. We spent the last week of camp together and found out that we really enjoyed each others company. We swore we would trade emails every second of the day. I never really had a best friend that I clicked with, but if I did, I could call her the best friend.
I read her email twice. She told me that it was her last day in San Diego with her Dad. That is where she lives when she is not a camp. This email had a picture attached. It was her and her Dad in their house.
It was a beach house and was filled with potted plants. Blossoming flowers. Ivy vines wrapping themselves around the light fixtures. Small trees grew in the corners next to the fish tank with live plants waving with the current of the filter. Being the man who fell in love with Demeter, and the daughter of the goddess, they were crazy about plants.
Her Dad was a short man who sat on a couch next to her. Eliza had her sandy blonde hair up in a ponytail with one wisp that ran down the left side of her angelic face. Her smile was shining and her blue eyes shone from the incoming light in the windows. She had her legs crossed and her arm on her father's knee.
I smiled to see her happiness. I stared at her for the longest time until I heard Silena open the door to my room. I quickly opened up a new email and made it look like I wasn't staring at Eliza. Silena jumped on my bed and watch me type on my computer.
"Flirting with Eliza again?" She snickered.
"Shut it." I sent an email to Eliza that told her about my last day at school. I was really excited to see her at Camp. I browsed through my photos and found one of me and my sisters sitting on the lawn. Bianca was making a grass angel. A snow angel but there isn't any snow. Silena was sitting on her side and was making a funny face with me. The whole time I did this, Silena was blabbing about Tyler's emails.
"Ok, enough, out of my room. We are leaving for camp tomorrow. Do you have everything packed?" She sighed and dragged her feet out to go pack. I did too. I put my suitcase on top of my bed and flung my clothes in. Once I was done, I zipped up my bag and lugged it downstairs.
"Dinner's ready." Mom hollered throughout the house. Silena was right after me with her luggage. We sat down at the table. Pasta and garlic bread. Then blue cookies for desert. We sat at the table, where one year ago, the Greek world opened itself up to us. Mom talked with us about school and camp and all that stuff.
After dinner, Dad and I fought in the backyard. Despite his injuries from last year, he was up and moving a week after we saved him. I guess that is what the hero of Olympus does, get right back on the horse. His black hair whipped with every move he made and his sea green eyes were intense as she took me down, yet again.
Then we watched a movie and fell asleep. We woke up early the next morning and got our stuff in the car. Mom and Dad would be driving us so I didn't leave my car at camp. It took 30 minutes to get there but as soon as I saw the tree with the golden fleece hanging in the pine tree. I jumped out of the car as soon as it stopped moving. Dad popped the trunk and I took out my bags as soon as I could. Silena was right after me.
Tyler had come to camp a week early and was now bounding down the hill to see her. She wrapped her arms around him and he did too. Tyler Lance is the son of Hermes and lives in Pennsylvania with his mother. So far, he seems nice but Dad gave me a questioning look when he saw this passionate actions given between Silena and Tyler. I rolled my eyes and Dad gave Tyler the evil eye.
"Well, this is were we say goodbye." Mom said sadly. She gave us both a hug and so did Dad. Mom brushed our hair behind our ears. Mine was short so it didn't work well but she always tried. Dad hugged us both too and then whispered in my ear. "Keep an eye out on that… kid." He pointed at Tyler and then we walked up the hill.
All of a sudden Silena was attacked from behind. She stumbled but regained her balance. Bianca was hugging her leg and she crouched down to hold Bianca. I picked her up and said goodbye. Then she scrambled back to Mom and Dad who were by the car waving.
I smiled and continued back up the hill. Once I could see over the crest of the hill, I saw so many people practicing techniques. The sea of orange was moving and growing with even more incoming campers. We passed by Thalia's tree and I saw the dragon named Peleus wrapped around the tree.
Silena and I walked through camp to reach Cabin three. We got lots of pats on the backs and "Hey! Nice to see you again!" We walked by Chiron and he waved at us, acknowledging that we were here. Silena and I pushed open the door to the Poseidon cabin and looked inside.
It was exactly like we left it last year. Dad's bed was made by Mom and she made us make our beds. We used the same bunks as last time. Mine was closest to the door and Silena's bunk was next to mine, our headboards touching. I put my trunk underneath my bed and Silena did the same.
The door knocked. I opened it and I saw James and Emily hand in hand waiting on the porch.
"James!" Silena hugged him and I patted him on the back.
"Emily, how are you?" She brushed a piece of hair our of her eyes and said that she was better than ever. James told me about the year at camp and Emily told us about her parents and her year in Seattle because that is where she lives during the school year.
"Sorry to interrupt, but have you seen Eliza?" I asked. Silena snickered and James laughed.
"I saw her just a few minutes ago. I think she is sitting on the porch of the Demeter cabin." Emily said. "She has been waiting for you" Emily dipped her knees and cocked her head to the side, making kissing noises.
"Funny." Everyone laughed. "I will see you during dinner guys" I walked away, toward the Demeter cabin. It was green for their obsession with plants.
I saw her sitting with her elbows on her knees and her hair falling over her shoulders. Everything she wore was green. Other than her orange camp shirt, she had green sneakers and a bracelet that said "Recycle". Her green flower earrings were quite small. It has been so long and I was so excited to see her. Her best friend, Bethany was sitting with her. Bethany is a nymph whose spirit lives in a maple tree only a few feet away from the Demeter cabin.
"Eliza!" She looked up, her blue and beautiful eyes full of excitement. She jumped off the steps and rushed into an embrace. The moment she touched me, I remembered the last time I had seen her. I was saying goodbye. The last week or two of camp last year, I spent every waking minute with her. Eliza is my best friend and I when I held her, it the best feeling I had in the longest time.
I held her and breathed in the scent of her shampoo. I pulled her away and looked at her eyes.
"Well hey there stranger." She said with her soft voice. I laughed and she did too, bowing her head.
"It's good to see you again." I said. "I like to see you." Eliza arched her eyebrows
"I mean, not electronically, or through a picture. You know what I mean."
"Yeah, I do" She said reluctantly. "Its nice to hear your voice again."
A/N: Yeah! This is SO long. Enjoy! Remember, if this doesn't make any sense, read my other story. Camp Half-Blood the 2nd Generation. It has lots the same characters. Read and Review please! I love to hear feedback.