Chapter Two
Charli's P.O.V
When we arrived at Camp Half-Blood, as Ethan called it, We were ambushed by monsters.
"Come on! If we hurry, we might get there before they get to us." Ethan said, jerking his finger at the monsters.
Ethan grabbed my hand, and I grabbed Carters hand, and we ran. Again.
"It's just over this hill!" Ethan shouted.
On the hill there was a pine tree with a piece of golden fleece hanging from one of the lower branches.
"That's a magical barrier, to keep those guys out. Speaking of..." The monsters had gained on us. "Just get to the tree!" Ethan let go of my hand, and I dragged Carter up the hill, running as fast as I could (which is actually really fast) toward the pine tree.
"We're... here..." said Carter, still catching his breath. The monsters had tried to follow us, but they seemed to just stop three feet in front of us.
"Where's Ethan?" I asked, looking around.
"Down here." Ethan's voice called out. We walked down the protected side of the hill to meet our half brother.
A huge horse-man was standing beside him.
"Ah, I see you've brought us some more demi-gods. Carter and Charlotte Jackson... welcome to Camp Half-Blood! I am Chiron. Ethan, please show these two to Cabin Eleven." the horse-man, Chiron, said.
Ethan looked over our heads. "Doesn't seem like that will be necessary. And it's just as I thought." Ethan smirked, pointing to just over our heads.
I looked over Carter's head. A huge trident made of water was over it.
"Carter, look at your head!"
"Why don't you look at your's first?" Carter said, his eyes big.
"Children of Poseidon. Well then, in that case, show these two to Cabin Three."
Ethan took us to a cabin with a trident and a big number three outside of it.
"Here's where you'll be staying. You have two other cabin-mates, but one isn't always here. I'll let you look around for a little bit." Ethan explained.
When I walked in, I instantly saw a huge horn. Not the musical horn, but an actual horn. Then, I saw a tiny spring.
"Saltwater." I said, not knowing how the heck i knew that it was saltwater.
"Yep." A voice that I recognized faintly came from the doorway. "So you're my twin siblings? I think I remember you two. Charlotte and Carter, right?"
"Percy?" Carter said.
"Well, unless there's someone else named Percy in this cabin." Percy said. "So how have you been, these... seven years is it?"
"Fine." I said. "I also... kinda go by Charli now."
"Okay, Charli. How's mom?" He asked.
"Great... I think." Carter said.
"Well then, if you want, I can show you around camp."
"Okay." Me and Carter said at the same time.
Carter's P.O.V
I wasn't so sure that I would like Percy. I mean, I hadn't seen him in two years. But as it turns out, Percy's a pretty cool guy.
"So you're sixteen?" I asked him
"Yep. And you two are thirteen?"
"Yep." said Charli.
"Well that's the Mess Hall." said Percy.
He showed us a few more places, then showed us the armory.
"Have you two ever used any of these?" Percy asked us, leading us through the doorway of a huge white building. Inside, millions of weapons were there, just waiting for someone to try them out. I ran at a spear, and Charli ran to grab a sword.
"This is so cool!" I heard Charli shout, grabbing the sword and swinging it around a little, then she took up the fighting position that we've seen so much in action movies.
Percy helped us find our size and weapon, then showed us a few more places (my favorite was the beach), then it started to get dark.
We went to dinner, where it was like an all-you-can-eat buffet. The plates and cups were enchanted so you could have anything you wanted, and it wouldn't run out.
Percy also introduced us to some people.
We walked over to the Hades table.
"Nico, this is Charli and Carter. they're my twin siblings." A boy in a black aviator jacket looked at us.
"Hi, I'm Nico." he said, keeping his head down. We moved on the the Athena cabin.
"This is Annabeth. Annabeth, these are my twin siblings Carter and Charli."
"Hi." She said, putting out her hand to shake. I took it and shook it, then Charli did the same.
"So more Poseidon campers? Well, if you're with Seaweed Brain here..." Annabeth said.
We went to a few other tables. We met Leo at Hephaestus, Piper at Aphrodite, Jason at Zeus, and some others. When we finished, all of us were exhausted from all the hand shaking, so me and Charli decided to go back to the cabin.
We both took a bunk and i passed out almost as soon as my head hit the pillow. But of course, my dream made no sense.
I saw mom, worried sick about us.
I saw Paul, sitting there and comforting her.
That part of my dream was okay.
The next part was weird.
A girl with curly cinnamon colored hair and an Asian guy were sitting together on a bench, then the guy suddenly turned in to a rat, and looked strait at me.
"Frank?" The girl said.
She turned toward me and brought out her sword.
"Who are you?" She asked. She looked about thirteen, with dark skin, curly cinnamon-colored hair, and piercing golden eyes. She looked like she was skilled with that sword, so i decided not to get on her bad side.
Wait... how could she see me? Paul and mom didn't seem to see me...
"Y-you can see me?" I asked her. Then, turning to the rat i said, "And why are you a rat?"
The rat turned back in to a human being. "Got something against rats?" I could see now that he looked about sixteen, and pretty macho, so i figured i should stay on his good side too.
"Uh... no? One did scare my sister half to death when she was six but-"
"Doesn't matter. As i asked before, who are you?" The girl interrupted.
"My name is Carter Jackson, son of Poseidon, brother to Percy and Charlotte Jackson." I said, with a small bow. "And you are...?"
"I'm Hazel, and this is Frank. Look, I'm not sure why you're here, or how you just randomly popped up out of nowhere, but I don't think it was to get acquainted. Wait... Did you say Percy Jackson?" The girl, Hazel, inquired.
"Yeah, he's my big brother. Why...?" I tried to ask, as the dream faded to me hearing Charli shouting in my ear for me to wake up.
Charli's P.O.V
My brother. The one person i know who would jump out from behind a red Ferrari and yell "Look over here!", is also the only person i know who could sleep through anything.
I tried everything. I even stuffed a dirty sock in his mouth. Finally, i just yelled, "Wake up, you lug!" in his ear, which seemed to do the trick.
"I'm up!" He shouted, and fell off of the top of his bunk, making both me and Percy bust out laughing.
"More like you're on the floor." Percy said when he finally brought himself together.
"Ha ha, very funny. Everyone's laughing."
"Everyone in the cabin but you." I said, still giggling and nudged him.
I handed him a cinnamon bun. "Here, you missed breakfast. I managed to get you this."
"Thanks." He said, taking it and eating it.
"Hey, Charlotte?" Percy asked, turning to me.
"Charli."
"Right, sorry. Can you go and tell my friend Nico in cabin thirteen that i need to talk to him?"
I paused for a moment. Then simply answered "Sure, i guess. Cabin thirteen? Got it."
I walked out the door in to the cool morning air. I might not have done it, had i had anything better to do. But the Nico guy seemed to be in need of a friend. He did scare me a little though.
As I was walking, i ran in to Annabeth, who was staring at something on her laptop, and got knocked over.
"Oh, sorry." She said, closing her laptop and reaching out her hand to help me up. I grabbed it, smiling a little.
"Clumsy me. I guess I just wasn't watching where i was going."
"Well, you have to be alert at Camp Half-Blood. Just watch out." She said, walking in to her cabin.
Doesn't seem nasty., I thought, walking along to cabin thirteen.
When i got there, i hesitantly knocked on the door. It opened a bit, and a pale face peeked out.
"Yes?" He asked, obviously shy.
"Are... you Nico?" I asked him.
"...Yes."
"Well, I'm Charli, and-"
"I know who you are."
There was an awkward pause.
"... Well, my brother, Percy, wanted me to tell you that he wants to speak with you."
"Okay." Nico said, stepping outside and closing his cabin door. He walked beside me, until we got about halfway to my cabin and he stopped.
I looked back at him "Percy's in the cabin."
"Yeah, i know." He walked up beside me and stared at me for a second. He finally said, "I like your eyes."
