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1- Ember
My life changed the day three half bloods appeared at my door. Until then, it was a normal day. After school my friend Charlie (her real name was Charlotte but she hated that name so she went by Charlie) came to the apartment where my mom and I lived and we were just hanging out when there was a knock on the door. There were three people there. A boy with blond hair in a purple tshirt, a girl with choppy brown hair in an orange shirt that said "Camp Half Blood", and a short boy with curly hair wearing a shirt identical to the one the girl was wearing. They were all about 17 and they looked out of breath, like they were running.
"I'm not interested in what ever you're selling for your camp," I said, like I told all salesman.
"Wait," the girl said. "Ember Malik and Charlotte Mendell?"
"It's Charlie, but yeah, that's us," Charlie told the trio.
The shorter boy breathed a sigh of relief. "I'm Leo," he informed me and Charlie. "This is Piper and Jason. Can we come in?"
I put my hand on the doorframe to block their entry. "Not till I know why you're here and how you know our names."
"This is something that really needs to be discussed in private. I swear, we aren't serial killers."
I sigh, knowing I won't get anywhere. "Try anything and I'm calling the cops."
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The three sat on my couch and Charlie and I sat on the coffee table. "So first order of business, getting you to Camp Half Blood," Jason stated.
"Wait," Charlie said. "Why are you here? Who are you?"
"We're half bloods. A half blood is a child an Olympian god. So yeah, all those 'myths' are real. We don't know who your godly parents are. We have been told that both your mothers know they had an affair with a god. There is the issue of Hades' Game, but we will go over that back at camp, we know just as much about it as you do. Any questions?" Piper said
"One," I say. "What is this camp and where it?"
Leo hesitates, then says, "first of all, that was two questions, second, it protects kids and teenagers like us- like you. It's on Long Island."
"Wait, wait," Charlie says. "We are just supposed to go to some camp with three kids we just met? And Long Island is pretty far away from Seattle. We can't just go."
"I really agree with Charlie. Like no offense but you could be murders or something. And I'm not gonna travel all the way across the country because you told me to," I say.
The three hesitate to answer. They look at each other and mutter some stuff I'm not even sure they can hear. "Look," Piper says. "I understand that you might not want to come. So I think you should call your mom. Tell her it's urgent and she needs to get here. Charlie, you should do the same." She grabbed the phone off the table next to her and handed it to me.
I would like to say I have a good relationship with my mom. We look alike. Both blond with blue eyes. We are both 5'5". Our personalities are so different. She's such a perfectionist and she always dresses nice. I wear tshirts, jeans, and the black combat boots that Charlie and I both wear. I am the opposite of organized. The only thing my mom ever let me do was dip dye my hair light blue, and that was an hour long argument.
Charlie is just like her mom but they don't look alike at all. Her mom is a brunette, Charlie is ginger. Her mom is very easygoing and Charlie is too.
I took the phone from Piper and dialed my mom's number. "Hello?" I heard from the other end.
"Hi mom, uh there are three people here from some camp. They say its urgent and you need to get here."
My mom sounded scared as she said the next sentence. "They aren't from Camp Half Blood, are they?"
"That's what their tshirts say."
"Oh my gods Ember. I will be over with Ms. Mendell in a few minutes." My mom hung up.
I turn to the trio. "What is this camp?" I say, almost scared. "My mom sounded terrified on the phone."
Jason hesitates before saying, "half bloods aren't exactly very... safe."
"Why not?" Charlie asks.
"Monsters," Leo says. "Mythological monsters."
"Right," I answer and my mom and Charlie's mom walk in.
Piper stands up. "We told them everything. We need to be on the next plane to Manhattan."
"Okay. Charlie your mom brought a bag for you. Ember, go pack one," my mom tells me.
An hour and a half later Charlie, Piper, Leo, Jason, and I are eating dinner at the airport before our flight. Our parents couldn't come, they said it could only be us. I'm nervous to go to this new camp. I don't know what to expect or what a half blood really is.
This thought crosses my mind multiple times on the flight and finally we get there. All I can say when we do is "Woah."
A/N: So how'd you like it? I worked hard on it, it actually took me a week to write so please please please review! And if you have any suggestions or just questions leave them in a review and I will answer all questions in the authors note next chapter. Please suggest me stuff too I could really use it.
