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Chapter 2
(Percy)
The door closed as Annabeth walked out. I sat on the side of the bed just as I was when she dropped the big news, a kid. Mom would want to know, Hell Dad would too, both of them I guess… Paul was just as much family as Poseidon. I stood up sliding out of the sheets that covered the lower half of my body and walked out towards the window. I walked over and drew the drapes apart, ignoring the fact that I was still only in boxers, I looked outside to the field before me as I waited for the sun to rise as I had most other mornings. It didn't disappoint, the reds mixing with the oranges brought a sense of hope to me, the camps grew until Chiron needed more help, I stayed for some time until Annabeth and I married sending us on the adventure of house buying.
Was that… Smoke…?
I rushed out the room and down the small flight of stairs until I came up to a reading Annabeth and a severely burned piece of toast sitting on a red rimmed plate. She looked up and grimaced as she noticed the look of panic on my face being replaced by one of laughter. "Percy it's really not that funny" She said disappointed slightly. "You ok?" I asked watching as she tenderly turned a page, "Yeah it just hurt when it burned me" I looked closer at the red blemish on her index finger. I sat down and picked up my phone and looked through the string of texts that the others had sent the past 9ish hours.
Piper: 10:34 Hey guys! Any word on the visit yet?
Annabeth: 10:39 Sorry Piper about to sleep, how about we talk tomorrow?
Chiron: 12:54 Urgent! Call me!
Leo: 12:59 Any one up for late night bowling?
Jason: 1:00 What the Hades Leo some of us are trying to sleep!
Hazel: 1:01 And Jason how did that make you any better?
Jason: 1:05 Shut up
Chiron: 3:26 Call please!
I looked over at Annabeth who was still content with reading with a burned figure (like anything that small could have stopped her) and noted the slight look of worry that reading a book on archeology shouldn't bring up. "Did you get them too?" I asked referencing the texts Chiron sent out to me. "Percy he needs you at camp for a meeting, I explained why I couldn't go." She said bring up the baby again. "The gods need your help again." She said answering the unspoken question I held on my lips. "When do I leave?" I asked referencing the Grey Sister's Cab that Chiron was so fond of sending for out. "10 but I don't know why you need to go." She said looking back down towards her book. I sighed and sat down at the other end of the table and finished the blackened bread.
The cab arrived three minutes later than expected and after a hurried goodbye kiss with Annabeth I was launched into the grey wispy car that rocketed towards camp. Chiron greeted me as I walked through the barrier with a somber look and a half-blood trailing him by a few feet carrying something in a large case. The centaur broke eye contact and looked up towards the sky. He turned towards the wiry framed demigod behind him and grabbed the black case and closed the gap between us. "Percy, It's good to see you, I just wish it was under better circumstances." He said opening the case showing a small blade set in the velvet interior. "This was found on the corpse of a camper." He said stopping me in my tracks, as soon as I saw it I knew exactly what it was, Annabeth lost it in Tartarus when we fell together. The cursed blade sat there throbbing with an odd energy that I could only describe as a pull. "How?" I asked not only wondering who could kill within camp but also how someone could have gained hold of such a lost item. "Percy you can stay in the upper floors of the Big House if you like, until we can get this whole mess sorted out." The centaur said just proving that I would have to be away from her for quite a while.
The door to my room creaked open, the fact that it was barely used was evident by the rusty hinges and the spider webs that clung to the ceiling. I grabbed the broom that sat in the closet cleaned the room up a bit and sat down on the bed. The sounds of metal on metal and laughter rang throughout the camp as classes continued on. I grabbed the bag I packed and began to shove the clothes into the dresser next to the bed. I could hear the bell ringing calling for the head camper meeting that Chiron wanted to join into. I stood up and hit my head against the doorframe as I walked out the door that was obviously not build for a centaur. I stepped down the stairs and stopped as I heard a few voices whisper, "But can we really? Without the Gods help how can we expect to defend the camp?" a voice said quivering slightly, "The Gods may be gone but Percy can help us, he dealt with him before" Chiron said shocking me slightly, "If he can't save us then all is lost." I stopped right where I was and thought about what I had just heard, Chiron knew what was happening, and he knew that the Gods couldn't help. I sighed and realized that he had kept facts from me, he knew the threat, and he must know how the knife got here. I continued back down the stairs and headed into the meeting room with the terribly scared table.
I was the last to sit down, the others all looked at me as I entered and took the seat across from Chiron. "Thank you for being here Percy" He said looking towards me, addressing the group he said "I believe you all know the savior of Olympus." There were a few mumbled greetings but the reception wasn't exceptionally warm, but to be honest I was kind of glad about it now wasn't really the time for a fun get together, I needed answers. "A new threat is rising, and the Gods have no power over it." The old horse said, "The camps need to prepare for war, but we need all advantages we can get." I could see the some of the counselors shift uncomfortably as these words were said. "I need all cabins on battle prep until we have some solid information." Chiron said signaling for the counselors to leave. "Percy, I need to talk to you about something, in private."
