AN: Hey minna! I've been gone for awhile, but hey, I'm back! So again, Read & Review!

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It's been a week since the campers are sent to a mission to find that demigod. Jason skidded through the camp. It was his free time anyway so he's free to do whatever he likes. He sat on a bench and watched the camp in their activities.

It wasn't the same since the threat of the war began. The Hermes Cabin rarely pulls pranks on campers recently; almost everyone was busy preparing for battle. But at least the kid they saved a week ago somehow managed to lighten things up a bit.

Travis Stoll, Zavion Beckner and Chris Rodriguez almost dropped their wooden logs from laughing as they watch a few Aphrodite campers scream in fear while being chased by hornets. Jason smirked as the youngest camper hid himself in a stack of hay.

"Where is that brat?! He ruined my hair!" an Aphrodite camper, Drew screamed when the hornets left. Jason walked to the stack of hay; the boy was hiding there for a while now. Clovis, who is surprisingly out of his heavenly cabin, as Leo put it, calmed the minds of the screaming Drew.

"Hey kiddo, Clovis soothed the Aphrodite kids now. You can go out" Jason chuckled, the boy cautiously jumped out of the haystack.

"It's Thunderboy!" he gave Jason a toothy grin. He still has hay stuck in his curly, light brown hair and his moss green eyes gleamed with delight.

"Cliff, how many times do I have to tell you? I'm Jason! J-A-S-O-N! Jason!" he smirked at the boy.

"I still prefer calling you that" the boy skipped to the Hermes Cabin. His full name was Cliff Evergreen, an unclaimed demigod, as far as they know. Cliff always thought of Jason being his big brother since he saved him before. He has this thing in name calling each camper. Most of the campers favored the small boy, well the Aphrodite Cabin can despise the boy sometimes but they tend to forgive him too easily. Jason thought it was because of his innocent and bright composure. He was even on good terms with Ares Cabin, Jason never knew why.

He thought that Cliff's immortal parent might be Athena, because he always loves talking about animals. That earned him the title 'Animal Planet' from the Hermes kids. Another one could be Demeter; he can grow plants and manipulate them. According to Annabeth, he is also good in fishing like Percy. He looks like an ordinary demigod, but Jason is still wondering why that cloaked boy wanted to get Cliff. Is there something remarkable about the small kid? Jason needs answers.

Jason smiled and went to the arena. He wanted to practice a few moves before moving on with blacksmithing activity. As he got there he saw Luke sparring with Jade, daughter of Asteria. In the bench sat Clarisse and Tyler, son of Pallas. Jason walked to the arena and sat on the other bench, trying not to sit with the two.

"Watch your side! Your opponent might find that as an opening!" Luke scolded as he pinned Jade on the ground. He helped the demi-titan on her feet.

"Can I take a break? I've been doing this for like, a few minutes now!" Jade complained. Luke sighed and plunged his sword into the earth.

"Fine, 5 minutes is enough?" Jade groaned

"Make it an hour!"

"Just 15 minutes, Jade!" Luke snapped and the demititan seemed to be contented. Clarisse and Tyler went in place to spar. Luke plopped beside Jason on the bench.

"Had a rough morning?" Jason asked casually and Luke shrugged.

"You could say that. I'm having a hard time getting the campers to do proper disarming techniques"

"Well, I still haven't even out the odds, Luke. Want to spar?" Jason challenged. Luke lazily sat up.

"Maybe next time, Jason. Got a lot of campers to train before the war" he said simply and Jason nodded. Luke's been at camp for one summer and a half right now. He usually spends his time at the arena teaching campers how to do a better swordplay.

"Luke, you're doing a very good job in teaching them. Camp owes you a lot." Jason complimented. Luke eyed Jason.

"They owe me, huh? You guys forget easily what I have done in those years. That will be my biggest regret. The camp still accepted me after betraying them, now that's, unusual" Luke stood up, Jason as well.

"What are your plans after the war?" Jason asked casually

"You talk like everyone of us will survive the war" Luke smirked and Jason whistled.

"We will, I'm sure of it" Luke looked surprised, and then he went back to his usual grin.

"I'll think about it soon enough"

"Thunderboy!" Jason turned his head to see Cliff running to him with an eagle on his shoulders.

"Umm… Is there something wrong?" Jason asked wearily and Cliff brought the eagle closer to Jason.

"You're a son of Zeus, right?" he asked and Jason nodded, "Annabeth told me Percy can talk to horses since his father brought horse to the world. Zeus's symbol is the eagle, so I bet you can talk to this little fella here!"

Luke stifled a laugh when Jason's mouth hung open. Of course, Jason does not want to disappoint other people since they expect much from him. But with this one, he can't do anything about it.

"Well, I don't talk to birds…" he replied, smiling nervously. Cliff pouted and looked disappointed.

"What does a son of Zeus do then?" Cliff asked Jason. Luke was smirking and waited for Jason's reply

"Well, I can fly, make tornadoes and shoot electricity" Jason counted with his fingers, but Cliff didn't look contented.

"Do you know how to make things grow, like plants?" he asked, raising a brow. Truth to be told Jason was kicked out of the strawberry fields because Katie Gardner does not like the idea of her plants to get zapped with lightning.

"Actually, I didn't even get to grow a healthy one…" he said sheepishly

"Is there something interesting about being a child of Zeus?"

"Umm…Ask Thalia?"

"I don't want to be a son of Zeus. It's boring" he ran to the strawberry fields with his new pet for the week, the eagle. Jason scratched his head and Luke burst out laughing.

"The kid totally got you there" Luke said in between laughs. Jason frowned at the son of Hermes and then Jason was tackled to the ground by something.

"What are you doing, Coach?" Jason demanded as he struggled to stand up from the ground. The old satyr shrugged and looked at Jason. Luke raised his brow at the two

"Figured it was the best way to get your attention, Chiron calls for a counselor meeting right now" Hedge said nonchalantly. Jason sighed at the old satyr. He and Luke changed their destination to the Big House.

As Jason went into the meeting, he was surprised that the campers are unbelievably quiet. Jason shifted uncomfortably at their stares as he sat on his chair. Piper smiled at Jason and the son of Zeus blushed. Chiron cleared his throat,

"Let us begin this meeting," Chiron declared, outside the door they can hear the loud laughing of Cliff along with Asteria's. Andrew looked down on the floor sheepishly, until the noise disappeared.

"Okay, I guess it's alright if we begin…" Andrew muttered. Annabeth and Chiron nodded.

"Titan's Army has pushed to Manhattan. They have reached Manhattan earlier that we expected, we must assemble there as much as possible before they caught us off guard." Nico started. The campers groaned in dismay.

"When will we go there? The army must be expecting us right now" Annabeth asked,

"I believe we must leave to Manhattan as much as possible. This is what we've prepared for, we must go now" Clarisse said,

"Is the camp that ready to face the army? We're going to need more swords, Greek fire…" Jason inquired. The argument continued until Chiron stomped his hoof.

"Maintain order, please! Now we must act quickly. We haven't got much time" Chiron declared. Jason looked at the centaur. A few days ago Jason discovered the Great Prophecy, but much of it is still unclear to him.

"Chiron, what are we going to do? We cannot fight our fellow demigods, we must plan something to take them back to camp" Luke went in. Saving the demigods was his only purpose in joining the camp once more; he never intended to fight for Olympus in the first place.

"I agree with Clarisse. We must leave the camp as much as possible and head to Manhattan" Annabeth said and looked around daring anyone to go against her.

Chiron scratched his beard,

"There are a lot of things to do yet, my dear…"

"But Chiron!" Andrew and Annabeth chorused at the centaur.

"But this is urgent and an action must be done quickly. We'll leave in the morning, I'll inform Argus about our departure" Chiron decided. Andrew and Annabeth sighed in relief silently.

Chiron dismissed the campers. They went out to inform their cabins about their departure to Manhattan. Jason fixed up everything he will need in battle, and went straight to practice in the arena.

Later that night, Thalia Grace lay down on her folding bed in the Zeus Cabin. It was dark. The only light came from the moon in the night sky. Jason was snoring on the other side of the cabin, his sister smiled.

Thalia looked at the statue of Zeus.

"The war is coming, dad. I hope you'll be at least there for us like you did back at Castle Lismono. That made me realize, you still have not forsaken the two of us. I thank you for that. I just wish, Jason won't end up like I did. That he won't go dying and become a tree like me," she looked at her brother, "He's what's left of my family, I'm what's left with him"

Thalia heard a movement outside because of her keen sense, being a Hunter and all.

"Who would leave in curfew time at camp?" Thalia muttered. She left her bed and silently went outside. Thalia quietly closed her cabin door and followed the loud movement. If this camper tries to sneak out, he/she first of all must learn how to be discreet.

Thalia was surprised to recognize the camper to be Zavion Beckner, son of Eurybia. He seems to be following something or someone. He went straight to the north woods.

"Is he stupid? There are monsters out there!" Thalia cursed under her breath as she followed him noiselessly. Then Zave stopped and called out a name:

"Elysia!" he called out and Thalia froze. What could Elysia be doing right now?

Elysia Sandra Rook turned to see Zave. Her blue eyes darted emotionlessly at the demi-titan.

"Please, don't leave" Zave pleaded. Elysia looked at the grass, there are fireflies flying around them.

"I can't stay, Zave. Camp is just not for me" she replied and Thalia tensed.

"You said you'll redeem yourself and prove yourself to Artemis. How could you?!" Thalia thought bitterly as she kept on eavesdropping.

"Can't you do it for us?" Zave asked once more. Elysia turned her back on him.

"Zave, do you know me? Tell me how much you know about me?" her voice was faltering and Zave fixed his eyes on her.

"You're Elysia Sandra Rook, daughter of Nyx. The most amazing girl I ever met. She's brave, strong, kind, and honest-"

"Honest? I don't think that's something that would fit me" she replied walking to Zave. Their eyes met and there was a silence.

"Why did you follow me?" she asked suddenly

"Elysia, I followed you because I want you stay. I lo-" Elysia cut him off by placing a finger on his lips.

"I know what you'll say. I just, can't." she said with finality. Thalia's eyes fluttered. Until now, she still lives by their oath, it must've meant a lot to her.

Zave wanted to protest. He held Elysia's wrist.

"Why do you always distance yourself away from me? Did I wrong you in the past that you can't even bare to look at me?"

"Because I can't go near you!" she snapped back. Elysia averted her eyes from his.

"I have to tell you something, Zave. The reason why I always stay away from you, from men" she continued slowly. Zave loosened his hold of her. Thalia was waiting, she knows it was bad to spy on them but she fears for what Elysia will do next. Thalia hated to say this but she still cannot trust Elysia. Not yet.

"I am a hunter, Zave. I cannot fall in love" she said calmly but Zave was flabbergasted. Thalia nodded. Elysia still lives by her oath, now that's loyalty.

"When did you-?" Zave ate his words, it seems like he still did not recover from the hunter thing.

"I lived in old London, during the Victorian Age. I'm too old, I know. As a daughter of a lord, I am to be married off to another nobleman which I highly disagree. When I left in the middle of the night, I was attacked by the infamous Jack the Ripper who turned out to be a monster. The hunters saved me from the monster and offered me eternal maidenhood. Since I hated the idea of marrying someone, I accepted the offer" she looked down on the floor. Zave looked confused.

"Why didn't you tell any of us?" he asked finally. Elysia looked squarely at him.

"There are just things I cannot reveal to anyone, Zave" she smiled, for once after all what happened, "Camp isn't just for me, I don't want to be with the Titans. I guess I'll have to go on my own…"

Thalia sighed. She was hoping Elysia may find a family at camp if she swore off the hunters, and now she was wrong.

"I can't go with you, I'm sure of it but…" he took Elysia's hand and kissed it lightly, "I can wish you a good life wherever the Fates bring you" Elysia blushed lightly and looked away,

"If you are the one I'm supposed to marry before, I won't be the hunter I am today" she said softly and Zave released her hand. Elysia smiled at the demititan and ran to the darkness, leaving Zave in the woods.

"I'll see you soon, I hope" he whispered to himself. Thalia smiled faintly and knocked on the tree trunk, getting Zave's attention.

"That's a pretty cheesy part there, don't you think?" Thalia said and Zave tensed.

"Thalia! Have you-, When?!" Thalia laughed and Zave was blushing furiously.

"It's fine, don't worry. Go back to the Big House before they caught us here in the woods. We have a big day tomorrow" Thalia left to her cabin. She swore Zave was frozen in shock as she left.

As soon as she reaches her cabin, she silently opened the doors and was welcomed by the snores of Jason. She plopped down on her folding bed.

"Maybe Elysia still has a chance to return. I know she will, someday" Thalia thought to herself. She knew that she'll be back, Thalia was sure of it. Then the war flashed through her thoughts once again. She closed her eyes. Will everything be alright?

AN: I know this isn't as good as the other chapters, so yeah. I'm really not good in cheesy parts! Who do you think is the parent of Cliff? I'll update frequently now, maybe next week I suppose? Reviews are accepted! :D