Disclaimer: I don't own The Percy Jackson series. If I did, I'd have waiters waiting on me hand and foot!

This is the second chapter of my first PJaTO story, The Daughter of the Wind. I hope you enjoy it.

The Daughter of the Wind

Chapter 2- Stay or Leave

"So you're a daughter of Aeolus? Well you'd be the first," Percy proclaimed. Mrs. O'Leary had left to go to into the woods for whatever reason. When Percy saw her leave, he asked a younger camper to go with her. The camper seemed almost overjoyed to do so.

I didn't know what to think about Percy's comment though. I mean, I didn't know if should've been glad that my 'father' didn't have any other kids with some other woman or angry because whether he cheated on my mom or not, he still wasn't there for her when she needed him. Plus, what if I did have half-siblings and they just hadn't gotten to camp? What would they even be like?

"I know that look," Percy replied as he looked at me with sympathetic eyes.

"Huh?" I grunted as he brought me out of my thoughts.

"That look. I remember when I had it," Percy reminisced. "Like you're just now letting it sink in that maybe, just maybe, your father really is a Greek God controlling the things you believed were natural. Things you believed were science until today."

"You sound like you know a whole lot about this stuff," I responded looking at him expectantly.

"I've been here for… what? 5 years," He boasted. "I've met a lot of new demigods who've looked just like you do right now."

"Including yourself, speaking of which, you never did tell me who your 'parent' was," I reminded him feeling silly for asking him about his supposed 'Godly' parent.

"Oh, right! I'm a son of Poseidon." he stated proudly. I gawked at him.

"Poseidon?" I questioned. "Like the God of the Seas, wields a trident, mythical creator of horses Poseidon?"

"Yes, yes, and not the mythical creator, the real creator," Percy answered, though I could hear the slight irritability in his voice, especially when he said mythical.

"Sorry," I apologized. "Still trying to get used to this whole "mythology is now real" deal."

Percy nodded, though I could still see the mythical comment upset him.

"Anyway, I guess I'll be the one showing you around since I can't show you the orientation video due to the Hephaestus cabin accidentally blowing up the VCR," he informed with a light chuckle like blowing stuff up was normal.

"Uh… Okay, but only as long as you don't use the words 'accidentally' and 'blowing up' in the same sentence," I bargained warily.

"Deal."

We stopped at what Percy called "The big house". We'd already finished seeing the Pegasus stables, the strawberry fields and the Arts and craft center (which actually looked more like a factory than a center) and to tell you the truth, my mind was blown.

"So you guys sell strawberries to sponsor a Demigod camp?" I asked.

"Yep," Percy replied as he leaned on the railing of the big house's porch.

I couldn't hide the fact that it all sounded ridiculous to me. What's worse was even though it sounded ridiculous, I was actually starting to believe it.

But this stuff can't be real. My dad can't be a Greek God and I can't be a demigod. It's not real! I wanted to believe it, but there was something about this place…

I sighed into my hands.

"Are you alright, child?" asked a voice. It wasn't Percy's though.

I looked up from my palms and my jaw dropped. Right in front of me was a… a…

"Aiden, this is Chiron, our trainer. Chiron, this is Aiden, child of Aeolus," Percy introduced.

"A child of Aeolus? Interesting," The horse creature commented.

"Oh, you've got to be kidding me," I muttered in astonishment.

I stared at him. I didn't know what was more shocking, the headless white stallion bottom half or the only human top half. What next?

"I take it she's a new camper?" The creature, Chiron, guessed, with an amused glint in his brown eyes.

"And what gave you that assumption, Chiron: the gasping or the shocked expression?" a voice from behind me asked sarcastically.

I jumped, twisted, and fell on my butt all in the same action. Now, in front of me, was an odd looking drunken guy with leopard skin clothing.

"Uh…" I squeaked as I got up from the ground.

"Aiden, this is our camp director, Dionysus, God of Wine. Everyone here calls him Mr. D." Percy said monotonously.

"God of wine?" I whispered, but then I just shook my head and turned my back on them. "I'm leaving."

And I did just that. This action caused Percy to run after me and that caused me to break into a jog for the entrance.

"Aiden!" he yelled, but I refused to listen.

I was done with this craziness! They were all insane! Greek Gods aren't real! They can't be real!

Unfortunately, looking back to make sure I was outrunning Percy, I managed to bump into someone and knock us both to the ground.

"Ow…" the person groaned as he got up. I looked up from the ground to see a boy with brown curly hair and kind of pretty blue eyes. He reached his hand out for me to take.

Suddenly, I remembered what I was doing before I crashed into him. I was running to the entrance to get the heck out of here.

"Aiden! Wait!" I could hear Percy yell. I grabbed the boy's hand and hopped back on my feet. I let go as soon as I was up though.

"Sorry, that I ran into you, but I gotta go," I replied hurriedly. The boy caught my wrist.

"Wait," he stated. "I think Percy's calling you,"

I rolled my eyes. "I know! I'm trying to get away from him."

"Why?" he asked curiously and then he smiled, "Perce is a cool guy,"

The said boy was now only a few feet away. "Aiden! Why'd you run away like that! Look, I'm sorry about Mr. D but you can't just leave-"

"I don't care!" I shouted, ripping my wrist from the curly-haired teen. I had reached my boiling point. "I just want you to leave me ALONE!"

Suddenly, a huge wall of wind pushed Percy and the blue-eyed boy back at least ten feet, along with some other innocent bystanders. They all tumbled to the ground making a perfect half circle around me.

I looked down at myself like I'd just grown a tail. Did I really just do that? I thought in completely shock as I gripped the backpack and duffel bag that I was still carrying.

"You really are a child of Aeolus…" Percy breathed.

The other campers looked at me in shock and surprise before whispering to one another. They'd heard Percy too.

"Child of Aeolus?"

"I didn't think Aeolus had demigod kids!"

"She's the first daughter of the wind god then,"

They all looked at me like… like I wasn't normal… or rather like I wasn't human.

Percy gathered himself and got back up to his feet before walking over to me.

"Don't worry, they may look at you like you're a freak, but inside, we all are," he joked comfortingly. I could only nod once in response.

"Percy!" a girl suddenly yelled as she ran over.

She looked like a blond-haired California girl from head to toe… except for those gray eyes of hers. They looked rather intimidating too, like if she were to glare at you those stormy gray eyes would actually cause lightning strikes. Thankfully, I didn't have to be wary of those eyes for too long because as soon as she came near us she smiled brightly. And I could definitely see Percy brighten at the sight of her, like a puppy glad its master had come home.

"Hey," he greeted before kissing her lightly on her lips.

Ever get that awkward feeling like you're the third-wheel? Well, that's kind of the feeling I got when I watched them kiss right in front of me. Especially when they started looking into each other's eyes right after they kissed.

"Ahem!" I coughed. The two hastily broke out of their trance, slightly blushing.

"R-right, sorry," Percy stammered as his face reddened. "Aiden, this is my girlfriend, Annabeth, child of Athena. Annabeth, this is Aiden, child of Aeolus. She's a new demigod here,"

Annabeth smiled at me. "Nice to meet you."

"Same here," I replied with a small smile of my own.

Annabeth then looked back to Percy and grabbed his hand.

"Come on, Seaweed brain, you've got a sword training class to teach," She reminded him as she dragged him away by his hand.

"Oh that's right!" He realized. Then he looked back at me with an apologetic face as he was dragged away. Suddenly, he shouted. "Hey, Connor, would you mind showing her to her cabin for me?"

"Sure thing, Percy!" the curly-haired boy from earlier shouted back. Percy flashed him a thumbs-up then continued to left himself be dragged away by his girlfriend.

The other campers were already on their feet and beginning to leave, going back to their business. Some I could still hear whispering and gossiping about me, but I guess the whole camp was gonna find out about me eventually anyway. Meanwhile, the boy with the pretty blue eyes and brown hair walked up to me.

"Hey, name's Connor Stoll, son of Hermes," He greeted as he held out a hand.

"Uh… Aiden Lawrence, daughter of Aeolus,"

"Yeah, I got that," Connor joked. "Come on."

And we walked off to an area full of what I guessed they called cabins around here. There was one with grass on its roof, one made out of rainbows, one with a boar's head above its door (which I found very disturbing). Heck, there was even one that looked like it was made from solid gold!

"You guys sure like to get creative when it come to cabins," I commented as I looked at them all.

"Well, throw in a plan from the Athena Cabin, some worker from the Hephaestus Cabin, a few hardworking Cyclopses and voila," The Son of Hermes replied.

Hermes… Hermes… What was he known for again?

I looked over at Connor. Besides his curly brown hair, he had upturned eyebrows, a sarcastic smile and mischievous gleam in his blue eyes.

Oh, yeah that's right. Hermes, the god of thievery. The god of Messengers too, I think. Regardless, I was now wary of this son of Hermes, Connor Stoll.

Wait… Stoll… God of thievery…

I let out a light chuckle at that thought.

"What's so funny?" He asked.

"Just thinking about your name. 'Stoll', 'God of thieves', but I'm sure you get that a lot," I joked slyly.

"More than you know," he shot back with a laugh.

We walked past another odd looking cabin in an odd but short silence.

"So are you planning on staying?" He questioned.

"What do you mean?" I asked curiously.

"Well, it's just… you seemed like you were ready to leave camp half-blood before you ran into me," he explained. "And I just had to ask if you plan on staying because with power like yours…"

He trailed off, but I knew what he was saying. 'With power like yours why not stay and hone your skills?' And, in truth I was asking myself that same question.

"I don't know… I mean, I guess I just didn't want my dad to be a Greek God… it just doesn't seem fair that he is and still me and my mom lived from paycheck to paycheck," I stated my voice getting angrier the more I went on.

"I know what you mean," Connor replied, his tone of voice slightly sorrowful, but then it suddenly perked up. "But that was only because Zeus wouldn't let the gods see their kids before. Only recently has he allowed it and now the gods visit us from time to time. It's nice."

And with that one comment, something formed in me… hope. It was small, but it was there. Then a thought occurred.

"Recently? How recent?"

"Uh… not that long… a year at the most," Connor estimated as he held a thoughtful expression.

And I could feel a look of understanding cross my face. That's why mom had just told me about my dad about the blue!

"I see," I replied contently.

Connor gave me a quizzical but mischievous look along with a crooked smile before making himself ignore his own curiosity.

"Well, here we are," he announced.

I looked at what would now be my new home. The walls and roof of the building had a blue camouflage design with the colors: white, blue, light/dark blue, and silver. The colors of the sky. The front door was covered in shiny silver paint. The best touch however had to be the miniature wind turbines surrounding the cabin like a fence. The closer to it I stepped the stronger the wind became, blowing through my chestnut brown hair. It was wonderful! I bet this was what it felt like in Chicago.

"I love it," I proclaimed happily.

"I can see that," Connor remarked sarcastically. "You know you still never answered my question. Are you staying?"

I walked up to the cabin and opened the silver front door before looking back at him with a bright smile.

"I think I'll stay."

Well, that was the 2nd chapter of The Daughter of the Wind! I hope you all adored it! The next chapter will be up in 3 days (3's totally my lucky number XD). Please review!

Yours truly,

The Victorian