Chapter 2

We were walking towards the big house (Percy got relieved as he noticed Jane was intact) and we met Chiron packing his things in his room.

"Chiron! What are you doing?" We asked.

"I'm packing my things, kids. They think I'm the one who poisoned Thalia's tree" He said.

"Why would they think such thing?" Percy asked.

"Don't worry, there's a new camp director. He'll take care of you" He said, acting as though he didn't here Percy. He finished packing his things.

"Annabeth. Swear on river Styx that you'll keep Percy and Vice out of trouble" He said.

"I swear on river Styx that I'll keep Percy and Vice out of trouble" She said without complain. "Even though it's a bit difficult" She muttered. I laughed. Apparently, Percy hadn't heard it, because even Chiron chucked.

"Good bye, kids" He said, and then vanished.

"Good bye, Chiron" We said, quietly, even if he couldn't hear us.

Once we were outside the big house we met a guy with a prison outfit and you could read the number '0001' in his badge. Tantalus.

"Oh, new prats. I think I have to say it. Welcome to Camp Half-Blood" He said in an annoyed tone. After meeting him, eating lunch and waiting for Percy who was inviting Jane to a date in his cabin (he asked for Annie's help) and giving Jane a kiss, we went to my cabin.

"Now, we have to discuss about the numbers the sisters gave us" Annie said.

"Well, I think they're coordinates" Percy said.

"I think so" Both me and Annie said at once.

"Then it is in the sea of monsters, where the golden fleece is: Polyphemus's island" Annabeth said.

"But where's the sea of monsters? I know that in ancient Greece it was on the Mediterranean sea, but where is it now?" Percy asked.

"Well, it's in the place where everything disappears; planes, helicopters, ships…" She said.

"The Bermuda Triangle" Both me and Percy said.

"Exactly" She said in a superior tone. Yeah, she liked to play little games with people only because she was smarter than normal.

"But neither Tantalus nor Dionysius would allow a mission- they both hate camp" I said.

"You're right, but they couldn't refuse if all CHB was oppressing them" Annie said.

"That's brilliant, Annabeth!" We exclaimed. She blushed.

"But then when do we tell camp about this?" I asked.

"Well, we're not sure, so I have to do some research" She said "That would be at least a month"

"Uh… Guys?" Percy said.

"Yeah?" We asked.

"Well… uh… you see… I've been having these dreams about Grover and I can actually TALK to him when I'm sleeping. He says it's something like telepathic… telepathic…" Percy said.

"Link" We completed for him.

"Yeah, that's it; telepathic link" He said.

"Well, then. What're the dreams about?" I asked.

"It's that Grover is being kept in some kind of prison by this Polyphemus guy who wants to marry Grover, who's pretending to be a female Cyclops" He said. Annabeth and me burst out laughing so hard there was a stream of tears going down our cheeks. Percy let out a small laugh, but couldn't laugh much. Grover was his best friend.

"Well- haha- I think- hahaha- that we have to- haha- help him- haha" I said trying not to laugh- EPIC FAIL!

"Well, then. It's settled. Annie, you'll do research- I'll help you if you want- and then we tell CHB about the whole golden fleece stuff." I said. The others agreed and we went towards dinner.

Once we were in our respective tables, while everyone was talking about something (me and Percy discussing about medieval demi-gods, the ones who were considered "Hunters" as at medieval times the mist was dissipated) until Tantalus interrupted us.

"Prats!" He shouted "I, the new camp activities director, am going to restart the chariot races!"

"But you cannot" Shouted Annabeth "There were several deaths on chariot races!"

"I" he started "decide what I can do or not. Oh, and yes! The Cyclops!" He said, grabbing Tyson by the collar. Suddenly a green trident appeared on top of Tyson's head. He tried to move it away, but couldn't. Instead of kneeling, like they did to Percy last year, everyone started laughing, except Annie, Percy and I. I released a lot of killing intent (Oh, yeah, I forgot to tell that I had learnt that as well. One day I released so much to train that I accidentally made one of my little brothers start throwing up) and everyone stopped laughing. I focused my chakra into my mouth so that my voice would seem to come from everywhere.

"Now, if anybody laughs, I'll make sure the person will have a little talk with me, and you surely don't want that, do you?" I asked, releasing more all of my killing intent, what made some Ares campers start suffocating, what gave me satisfaction, as they were the ones who were laughing harder. Everyone shook their heads and started falling from their seats, suffocating (except for Annie and Percy). Even Tantalus was suffocating a bit. I released my killing intent and everyone took their seats again, looking at me with fear, what gave me a lot of satisfaction. Tyson sat on Percy's table.

"Percy big brother!" He said, patting Percy in the head.

"Hey, Tyson!" Percy said and they started to talk. I was happy for Percy, he didn't have to be alone anymore. I went back to my food and felt more lonely than ever.

About the chariot races, Zeus, Poseidon and Athena made an alliance. The Athena cabin would build the chariot, Tyson (thought by Beckendorff for the whole month) made up the chariot's traps, Percy would drive, as Poseidon invented the horse and I would defend the chariot as I was the fastest and could easily block any trap they sent towards us with my sword.

The day came and me and Percy seemed to be noticing the same thing: the birds were acting strangely.

We put the chariots in position and me and Percy got into it. When Tantalus gave the signal, Percy put the horses to run. We, as expected, started on the first position. The Hermes and Ares chariots crashed and went to the floor. The Hephaestus chariot was dealing with the Apollo's and the Demeter's equaled with us. Normally, there would be no problem, but there was actually one, which came to be a person. Jane. Percy kept staring at her and didn't see the bend that was coming and we would crash against it at full-speed if it wasn't for the horses that followed the bend perfectly. Percy seemed to recover from his trance instantly and recovered control over the chariot. I had to take out Jane. Sorry, Percy.

I jumped on the road and swung my sword towards the Demeter chariot, destroying it's wheel and making it fall sideward, then I hiraishined into our chariot. Percy looked like he was going to say something, but was interrupted by the birds from before that were attacking us and the rest of the campers. Percy immediately jumped off and went check on Jane, while I hiraishined next to Annie to protect her. Usually, I would simply kill all of the birds, but there was a problem: they were too much.