Hello again! So hopefully you liked the little scene from the future. This is the real first chapter. If you read the original story let me tell you that this story will be somewhat different. What I mean is that I will give it more foundation. I will also make it more true I guess you can say. Anyway, here is the first chapter. Hope you enjoy.

Warning: Bad grammar

All characters belong to either Stephenie or Rick. This idea of a story belongs to me.

Chapter 1

A Broken Heart

Camp Half-Blood

August 30, 2009

6:30 a.m.

Twelve days. Twelve days have passed since my birthday. Twelve days since the war had come to an end. Many things have happened since then. More campers have arrived, the result of the promise the gods have made. The unclaimed campers since before the war were claimed. We have also built more cabins for the minor gods and goddesses. Camp is really coming along now.

Today was also special in another way. Since, camp is now stabilized, Grover and Thalia are leaving. Grover is going to go rebuild the wild and Thalia is going to rejoin her sisters in the hunt. A week from now Nico is also going to leave to go train with his father. I am proud of them but at the same time I am also sad to see them go. It seemed that Taylor and Rachel were the only ones left of my close confidants. Sigh.

It is going to be a long time until I see them again.

IF you see them again.

Don't think like that Sydney! Cheer up and smile and go say goodbye.

Groaning, I got out of my nice comfortable bed. Half-asleep I reached over for some clean clothes, putting them on, I put on my sneakers. Not the brightest idea, since I ended up on the floor. Getting up I patted my pocket and sure enough Riptide was already there. Giving a halfhearted yawn I left my cabin and made my way to the camp's borderline.

I embraced Thalia one last time. Her pine scent reached my nose and offered the comfort of a friend. Next in line was Grover, good old G-man. I was going to miss them so much. Teary-eyed I gripped him at arms-length.

"Now G-man, you have to take care of yourself, alright?"

"Of course, Syd." I let him go after that. He looked back at the camp, and began to grin.

"Well, finally! I thought you had forgotten about me, Chase." Sure, enough I saw Taylor's blond head speeding toward us. Slightly out of breath, he replied, "Nah, Grover, how could I forget about you?" When Thalia heard that she punched him in the back, and came to stand in front of him. "What about me? Am I chopped liver or something?"

"Of course not, I am here to tell you goodbye, too." he replied grinning, his gray eyes shining with mirth.

"All right, I believe you, " she replied. Thalia then turned to Grover and said, "all right, goat boy it's time to hit the road." Shouldering his bag full of cans, he followed her. They turned around one more time before getting in the van. Thalia seemed to stare longingly at us and waved goodbye.

"You take care of her alright? Or I am going to break you, Taylor." Grover warned my boyfriend, and seemed to give him a meaningful gaze, one that's meaning was lost on me. Curios, I turned to Taylor about to ask him what Grover meant, but at that moment I heard a thump behind me.

I swirled around to see Nico coming from around a tree. I smiled, "Hey Nico, come to say goodbye to Grover and Thalia?" He looked up from brushing off imaginary dust from his dark jeans and gave me a sheepish smile. "No, actually I am joining them," Nico replied pointing to the bag that was on his back. "My father decided that accompanying Grover might be good experience in case he gets in trouble. I will go to my father's in a week like we had planned."

I was upset that my friends now seemed to be leaving me in the same day, but I told him to take care of himself and to keep in touch. Smiling, Nico joined Grover and Thalia in the van. Watching them drive away with Argus at the wheel, I turned to Taylor and kissed him on the cheek. He looked down at me from his greater height and smiled. Encircling me with his long arms, he tucked my head under his chin. His familiar scent surrounded me and made me forget to ask him what Grover meant and why he was coming so early from the strawberry fields for.

September 9, 2009

1:00 p.m.

I was on my way to the big house, a daughter from the Aphrodite cabin had told me that Chiron requested me. I looked around trying to see if I could catch sight of Taylor anywhere. The past few days I hadn't been able to see him throughout the day. I had only seemed him at dinner, and even then we had not talked. During the bonfire afterward, he would stick with his cabin or talk to Rachel. The past Friday's capture the flag, we weren't on the same team and so we had not been able to stick together. I tried to tell myself that nothing was wrong but I knew I was lying to myself. Taylor wasn't spending anytime with me. It almost looked like, well that he didn't like me anymore... But that couldn't be true right? I mean he would have told me.

I couldn't spend more time pondering since I had arrived at the big house. I went in and saw that Chiron was once again playing Pinochle with the invisible players. "Chiron, you wanted to see me?" I asked. He turned around, a smile on his face, "Ah, Sydney dear, come sit down. I wanted to talk to you about something." I went around the table where a set of cards wasn't set and sat down.

I looked inquisitively at Chiron, trying to think what could call me to Chiron's attention. I winced when I realized that maybe he had found out that it had been me that put the dirt in Aphrodite's cabin and not the Stoll brothers. "Sydney, I have received reports concerning an alarmingly increase of monster population in Washington," Chiron explained to me, laying my concerns at rest for my prank. Concern now troubled my mind, "do you know why, Chiron?"

Chiron put down his cards, and folded his hands on his lap. A frustrated expression marring his features, his gaze turned inwards for a few minutes. He focused on me again when I had begun to think that he wasn't going to answer my question. "Alas, no, I am afraid I don't know. I have asked Mr. D but he also doesn't know. Currently he is before his father and inquiring about the matter."

Chiron picked up his cards and dealt another hand before turning to me again. "The satyr in Seattle, Washington had to evacuate the area, he had been attacked too much throughout the day. Fortunately, there seemed to be no demigod in the area." Chiron looked at his cards again. I thought about what he had said, it didn't take me long for me to connect what he was trying to ask me. "You want me to go to Washington, don't you?"

Chiron looked up from his cards and offered me a weary smile, looking all his years. I put a hand to my face, covering it for a few seconds, before running that same hand through my long black hair. I returned his smile half-heartedly, only then did he answer me, "yes, I know it is wrong of me. After all it hasn't even been a full month since the war with Kronos but it would be a great help if you decided to go." I let out a tired sigh, it seemed that I was not going to get a break after all.

I put my head on my hands, thinking should I go or not? Chiron continued when he saw I wasn't going to say anything, "you don't have to give me an answer right now. You have two days, either you go or I will just send two other campers to Washington." What he said was clearly a dismissal, yet I made no move to go. When Chiron saw that I wasn't going to budge he sighed, "Sydney, I'll understand if you decide not to go. After all, even heroes need breaks." At that I looked up and offered him a grin. I nodded at him and stood up, "I'll right, Chiron I'll let you know my decision by tomorrow." With that I left the Big House, I had about five minutes before I was supposed to teach my sword lessons, so I ran to the arena. I didn't look back and so I didn't see a blond head and later a red head coming from the direction of the strawberry fields.

After the two sword lessons I taught, I looked for Taylor everywhere yet I didn't find him. Now it was dinner time, and I finally saw him with the rest of the Athena cabin. I was lonely at the Poseidon table, my half-brother Tyson was at Atlantis, rebuilding our father's palace. I tried to catch Taylor's eye but every time I thought he was finally going to look my way, he would turn the other way and start talking to another one of his siblings. It was annoying, especially since I could hear the children of Aphrodite giggling away, which I was sure was because of me.

Taylor did not once look in my direction. I was afraid of him loosing interest in me yet I knew that he would break it off with me when he did, right?
Yeah, keep telling yourself that, Sydney. I mean where has he been the past two weeks? This is not a relationship.

Shut up, Sydney!

No! You know you are in denial. I mean where has your other friend been too? You know the cute red-head? Why was Taylor coming from the strawberry fields when your friends left, huh?

No, shut up! Get your head out of the gutter.

Great, I am talking to myself. I blushed when I saw some of the other campers looking my way. I can just imagine what my face had looked like during my inner dialogue. I slipped out of my seat and made my way to my cabin. I had already seen that Taylor had seemingly slipped away during my inner conversation. Dejected, I slowly walked past the bonfire.

Okay, I will leave you alone forever, if you go to the strawberry fields, right now.

I stopped on my tracks.

Go on...I mean you have nothing to loose, right?

My head was right. I mean I had nothing to loose. Taylor was probably not going to be there. I mean why would he? He could have just been busy all this week with rebuilding Olympus, I mean he was the official architect. With that I made my way to the strawberry fields.

I didn't take the open way there, instead I kept myself in the cover of the woods.

Why are you being so secretive, Sydney? I thought you trusted Taylor?

Oh shut up, I grumbled to myself. My inner me laughed mockingly.

I didn't see anything the fist time I scanned the fields. Relieved, for some reason, I turned away and was going to walk away when I heard a quiet giggle. I froze in place, closing my eyes, I turned back around. When I was fully around, I slowly opened my eyes, afraid of what I was going to see. At that moment the clouds parted and let the moonlight filter in. With a frozen heart I saw what I had most dreaded. There sitting by a strawberry patch, making me question how I had not seen them before, were my supposed boyfriend and one of my best friends, Rachel Elizabeth Dare.

The giggle belonged to her, the reason was because Taylor was presently showering her with kisses on her neck. I gave out a whimper and sunk to my knees. My movement made noise, loud enough to reach their ears and I saw how they froze in place before Taylor once again resumed his ministrations.

I didn't want to believe it, but the evidence was right in front of my eyes. If this was not enough I suddenly realized that I should have known. Grover's message made sense now, he had known about this! Why had he not told me? A knot in my chest started to grow, and I wanted to sob. The giggling from the Aphrodite cabins, those stares that I could not figure out from the other campers, that I suddenly recognized as pity. Why had no one told me? But most importantly why had I not realized this sooner? Have I become too weak, that I now have to rely on some pathetic excuse of a boyfriend?

The knot in my chest seemed to grow, and I felt the familiar tug in my navel. I didn't look up from my position on the ground. I didn't even feel when the first drops of water landed. I certainly didn't look up when Taylor and Rachel scurried out of the rain laughing and made their way to her cave. I must have spent hours in that position on the ground. I never noticed when lightning lit up the night sky or when thunder shook the camp.

I only had time for the dark thoughts swirling in my head. When I finally came out of my thoughts, I slowly made my way for the Big House. I didn't notice the time, I only had my decision in my mind. I made my way to Chiron's bedroom and knocked. I heard some shuffling and clip-cloping from the other side of the door. It took a few minutes but Chiron finally opened the door. He looked shocked at my appearance. I must have been quite a sight, looking like a drowned cat and all. "Sydney?" he asked inquiringly.

I took a deep breath and told him my decision, "I am going to Washington and I am leaving tomorrow."

So...how was it?