"Fair well, Lady Artemis, and good luck with your mission." I said trying not to sound disappointed.
"Don't be sad, Thalia." The shorter girl said "I'll be back as soon as I can. Beat the campers in capture the flag for me."
I almost smiled at that. We walked up to my tree and joined the rest of the hunters. We said our goodbyes and walked down towards the big house where Dionysus, the camp director, and Chiron, the activities director were playing pinochle. By the look on Dionysus's face, I could tell Chiron was winning.
"Yippie more little br- I mean campers" Dionysus said smirking
"Thalia!" Chiron grinned "what a lovely surprise!"
"yes... lovely" Dionysus mumbled sarcastically
I rolled my eyes and turned to Chiron "Artemis had to go on a mission for Zeus, so we'll be staying in cabin eight for a while. I hope your campers are better at capture the flag then the last time"
I laughed remembering the fun times we've had here since the war ended earlier this year. Until the past few months Kronos' army was scattered, and we hadn't had much trouble with monsters. Now, the surviving monsters were starting to join up and hunt down half-bloods, and we had been busy for a while. The girls and I were disappointed to not be joining Artemis, but I know I was looking forward to taking a break.
We walked up the hill to cabin eight and dumped our packs on the sets of bunk beds.
"Okay girls, have fun, relax, and i'll meet you here for dinner and capture the flag." the girls grinned and chatted excitedly.
Thalia walked out of the cabin and over to cabin three. She opened the door which Percy never borrowed to lock. He and Annabeth had been at boarding school in Manhattan for the whole year, a new record for Percy not getting kicked out. Last I had heard from them, it had been going well.
I walked to the back of the room where the fountain his dad gave him was. I reached into my pocket and pulled out a golden drachma.
"O goddess accept my offering" I said tossing the coin into the spray of the fountain. It vanished into the rainbow.
"Percy Jackson at the Manhattan Institute for the gifted and talented." I said into the fountain.
A shimmery image appeared in the spray of Percy and Annabeth sitting in beanbags laughing, with books sprawled all around them.
"Hey barnacle brain!" I shouted and burst into a fit of giggles as he jumped sending school supplies flying across the room.
"Thalia!" Annabeth cried cheerfully
"Pine cone face, don't scare me like that!" Percy complained picking up scattered pencils and papers. "What are you doing in my cabin?"
"Me and the hunters are back for a while while Artemis is on a mission for Zeus. And you know, we are going to crush the campers at capture the flag tonight, and I would hate for you guys to miss us beating you for the 40th time in a row" I snickered
"You're on! We'll be there by dinner." He said swinging his hand through the mist, disconnecting us.