Home For Christmas

By: xXxDaughteroftheKingxXx

AN: Because so many people are away from home for Christmas. For any troops, or families of soldiers, God bless. For anyone who's missing their home this Christmas, this is dedicated to you! :]

Disclaimer: I don't own PJO/HoO.

CHECK OUT MY SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT AT THE END!

I'll be home for Christmas

If only in my dreams

He stared out at the open space, leaning against Thalia's snow-covered tree. The wind whipped against his rosy, cold face, chilling him to the bone, but he didn't really care. He wanted to be alone—more like he needed—to be away from the hustle and the bustle of the other campers.

He didn't belong here.

No matter how much they made him feel welcome, he knew that he didn't belong here. Every single molecule of his body screamed for him to run—to get the heck out of here while he still had the chance.

But he couldn't just leave. After all, where would he even go? He had a home—he was pretty sure of that—but the question was: where was that home? The memories were fuzzy; he could oh-so vaguely remember a Roman-styled building filled with kids, teens, and even some adults of all different ages, sizes, and looks. Strangely, despite how weird that place look, it just… felt like home. It just did.

And sure, Camp Half-Blood's great and all, but it's not for him. The people here are most definitely nice, but it's just not right. It's too different, too foreign.

It's like he's an alien. He knows he doesn't belong here, that he has a family—granted, a most likely dysfunctional family made up of a bunch of strange kids—that was looking for him, just like the demigods here were searching for Percy Jackson.

He likes camp, but he just can't be with them here forever. Maybe for half year—or however long it takes to get to the Roman camp—but after that, he's out. He would choose to be with his family. He would go back to… wherever he was from. He'd be with whoever they are—maybe Reyna, Hazel, Dakota, Gwen, and people like that—again. That was what he wanted.

"Merry Christmas, guys," he whispered forlornly. "I'll be back… I promise."

Fin.

Special Announcement: I AM WORKING ON A COLLABORATION MULTI-CHAPTER STORY!

With who? Well, that's easy. Musiclover99, bubble drizzles, Eleos, larkgrace, and bookluva98. Or, as I know them, Max, Gigi, Emily, Callie, and Janae.

That's right. We six authors have began working with each other, under the penname LegendsofLit(the link is on my profile), and we will be posted a new story sometime next year!

What is it about? Well, I guess you'll just have to find out. I can tell you the title: Do As They Do. Brownie points for whoever figures out what quote that's from. :)

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Thanks for reading, and Merry Christmas!