Minda's POV:
"Sure, thing!" I said, smiling as my sister asked me to do a favor, getting her dagger from the armory. She just had it made, however, she had to go and help Chiron with new demigods.
I passed by the arena, looking at the Ares kids sparring with their roman siblings, children of Mars. A year ago, the Greek and the Romans have called a truce, but I don't know the exact thing. I wasn't a demigod during that year, I had just found out about Greek gods making babies with mortals, and I was one of their offspring.
I smiled and waved at my new friend, Earl Caedmon, whose godly parent is yet unknown. I'm lucky to have been claimed right after I came to Camp, Earl was unfortunate. Earl had warm chocolaty brown eyes and silky black hair, he was wearing his Greek armor when he started to come over to me. Me and Earl had been together in school and during the freak accident with a- Scythian Dracanae? I don't remember what exactly happened, but I'm sure that was a Scythian Dracanae.
"Hey!" called out Earl.
I couldn't help but blush, which I didn't know why. Every time I'm near Earl, I have this feeling inside my stomach, and it just- ugh, it's really hard to explain. I forced myself to not make a jerk of myself and say hi back, but of course, I had to mess up. Instead of hi, it came out as a "Herl". I mentally scolded myself, that's what happens when you try to say Hi and Earl at the same time, you just embarrassed yourself! Great job!
Earl noticed my little mix up and laughed, which just made me become a full on tomato. The thing about Earl is that, whenever he laughs, his brown eyes crinkle, making him look- cute? I guess, it's not like I like him, I thought.
"Shut your pie hole." I said, but the blushing did not help.
"So, what are you doing?" He asked, managing a straight face.
"Just getting Annabeth's dagger from the armory." I replied.
Earl noticed a little strand of hair sticking out, and put it behind my ear.
I blushed at his sudden movement. You got to stop blushing, I scolded myself.
He shifted around, feeling the awkwardness in the air. I glanced over in the forest, Annabeth had warned me about the dangers of the forest, but something caught my attention. Standing behind a large spruce tree, was a small little girl. She looked around the age of 7 and had long curly blonde hair and piercing grey eyes, for a second she looked like someone I know, but I couldn't pinpoint who it was.
"Hey, do you-" interrupting what Earl was about to say, I walked a little closer to the forest, since my curiosity got the best of me.
Earl looked at me strangely, but surprisingly followed me. He whispered, "What? Where are we going?" I answered with a sh, and nodded at the direction of the little girl. She probably was lost from the mortal world, I heard that some mortals had the ability to see beyond the mist, probably the case with this kid.
Earl looked in the direction but was confused, "There's nothing." he said.
"You don't see it? She is right there!" I said, my voice getting louder.
Apparently my voice scared off the little girl, resulting her running right into the forest. "There she goes." I said, running after the girl, she doesn't have a chance of surviving with what's in the forest. Earl followed me, muttering something like "I'm not leaving you alone." We ran all the way deep inside the forest.
The little girl stopped and turned around, letting me get a better look at her. Her grey eyes was filled with sadness and desolation.
She called out "Minda, glad to meet you.", but it wasn't in her voice, it sounded like a young woman's voice. But that's impossible, she is only 7, I thought.
Earl called out my name, I could hear him stumble across roots of trees.
"I see you brought a friend." the girl said, smiling.
"What? Who are you?" But I never got my answer.
She flicked her hand and the next thing I know, I was being dragged to somewhere.
The last thing I remember is a symbol, it looked like a triangle, whatever that means.
Annabeth's POV:
"Bye, Piper!"
"Good night, let's hope we don't get another demigod like Gabe."
I laughed, "I hope not, good night!"
Piper and I had been assigned to show new demigods around Camp Half-blood, you don't want to know what Gabriel did. He acts a lot like a son of Hermes, and probably is, but that's a story for later. (AN: Only people who got pass season 2 of Supernatural will understand. And no, it's not smelly Gabe.) I walked to my part of the cabin, excepting to see Minda with my new dagger. I still use my Drakon bone sword in the honor of Damasen, but I just need an extra dagger just in case. However, when I got there, Minda wasn't here. That's odd, I thought. I went to check her bunk, but she wasn't there too. She still had all her stuff, so she didn't go away. That means that she still is in Camp, I thought to myself. I started scrutinizing her bunk, in search for clues. But it was crystal clear. Feeling defeated, I went to Malcolm, in hopes of finding Minda. Minda had just came to Camp Half-Blood a month ago, dripping in blood, and was an emotional wreck. She had just lost her father due to the Scythian Dracanae. Comforting her, I had grown close to her, since I could relate when someone who was a father to you died.
"Malcolm?" I asked.
"Hmm?" He said, with a pen cap in his mouth. Apparently, he was working on suggestions for capture the flag.
"Have you seen Minda?" I said, ignoring how filthy Malcolm is.
Malcolm took the pen cap out of his mouth, "No, I thought she was with you."
My anxiety got the best of me, what happens if she is dead? But, I forced myself not to show it.
"I'll be back, stay there." I ran up the to door, bumping into Percy.
"Woah, where are you going Wise girl?" He asked. I looked up at him, lingering on the edge of sobbing. A year back, I had lost Percy because of some goddess decided that he needed a change of scenery. I can't afford to lose my sister too. It's like everyone around me either dies or goes missing.
"Wise girl, what's wrong?"
"Minda is missing." I said, choking back tears.
"Shh, we'll get through this." He said, leaning in to give a small peck on my lips. That made me feel a bit better, like having a sip of coffee, that it wasn't even enough to wake me up. (AN: Never be around me with coffee, please do not. I am really concerned for your physical health and mental health, a few people have died around me and coffee. Some made it alive with mostly severe injuries. MAL-DaughterofChaos is living proof.)
"I-I can't afford to lose another person in my life." I said, "I almost lost you."
Percy wrapped me in his arms around me, suffocating me in an aroma of the ocean, but I didn't mind. "I'm here for you Wise girl, I always have been. We'll find Minda." He whispered in my ear. It's funny how simple a few words could fill me up with hope.
"I hope we do." I told him.
"Well then, I'll pray to Elpis, that we do." He said smiling. (AN: For those Greek Freaks , aye, She is the goddess of Hope, Spes for the Romans.)
"Since when did you get so smart?" I asked, smiling back for a few seconds.
"I learned from the best." He leaned, about to give me a kiss, until Malcolm shouted, "Oh, get a room." I rolled my eyes, "Let's go search for Minda. She is bond to be somewhere."
"Sure thing, after you." He said, holding the door open.
We headed to the cabins, asking everyone one of the campers if they seen Minda. So far, none of them seem to see her.
"Maybe, the Ares children saw her." Percy said, pointing at the direction of the Ares Cabin. Ares' cabin was scruffily painted with an angry red color, but the children of Mars cleaned the paint up. They seemed to do a lot of cleaning to the cabin. The two things that hasn't changed, is the barbed wire on the roof, and a stuffed boar's head on the doorway. The eyes of the boar seem to stare at whoever is walking by, giving me the chills.
I knocked on the door of the cabin. Music was blaring so loud from the speakers, I was surprised they heard the knock and answered the door.
"What do you need?" exclaimed an Ares camper.
"Have you seen Minda?" Percy asked, trying to speak over the music, I think they're listening to Green Day, but I am no punk music expert.
"Minda?" called out Mark, a child of Mars.
"Yeah, have you seen her?"
"I think I did, she was with Earl."
"What, where?"
"Oh, she headed into the forest with Earl."
"What?!" I yelled, making Mark flinch. "You're telling me that you saw her head to the forest but didn't do anything? Unbelievable, no wonder you're a child of Mars, they aren't really known for their smartness."
"Smartness!? Well, we aren't a freakin' know-it-all."
"Oh, you guys think that strength is everything, now do you. Well it isn't, brainless jerk." I could have thrown in a few colorful words, but Percy interrupted me.
"Annabeth, we should tell Chiron."
I realized what I was doing, I was picking a fight with a child of Mars, bad idea.
"Uh, we should." I said, taking a step back. I could see that he was pissed off. I could have fought him right there but time isn't on my side.
We went straight to Chiron, hoping he could help with our problem. After telling everything about Minda and Earl, Chiron decided that I should go seek the Oracle, Rachel.
"I am afraid the gods have revived another threat from an enemy."
"What do you mean, another enemy." Percy said, "We defeated Kronos and Gaea, who else is there?"
"I can't tell you, that's why you have to see the oracle."
"Can't tell me? You told me everything from the Titan war and the Giant war!" I said, every piece of information is helpful.
"The gods made me swear once again, I am afraid I can't help you." He said, sadness lurking through his eyes, like he wanted to tell us.
"Looks like we got to visit Rachel in the morning." Percy sighed, we had been to enough prophecies.
AN: Hello, it's me. Okay, that song is old now, so I'll stop. But, anyways, I'm back and with a new story! Yay! I had this idea back then when I was reading the House of Hades, but never seemed to write it out. Probably because I was really lazy, being a teenager and all that. I was like, yeah, let's do this! But, well that never happened, until I thought about it once again in the shower, doing uh, shower-y stuff.
Now, I haven't read all 65.7k books, and that number is growing, but I think no one has made a story like this. Well, I hope no one did, or people would just say that I copied it.
Since you guys may or may not have known, MAL-DaughterofChaos and I are doing this competition. I want to see which one of us will have the most reviews! We probably would update on the same date same time, but please have a kind soul and review! It could save the world! Uh, scientifically, it could!
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~ CAS (ΑΘΕ ΩΨΔ)
PS: I wrote a bunch of other stories, some with MAL, so if you guys wanna check those out, feel free! I promise I would update those stories along with this one, just give me time! Hoping my deal with Crowley hasn't ended yet. I am a huge Supernatural geek, if you didn't know. Now, get the hell of my property before I blast you so full of rock salt, you crap margaritas. And review while you're at it. :D (I swear I am normal. But I suppose that is what a psycho person would say...)
PSS: I don't know why, but some people are pronouncing Minda as Mind-a, its Min-da.