Percy Jackson woke up to rough shaking.

"Percy"

Percy groaned, eyes still shut "5-5 more minutes"

"PERCY, WAKE UP!"

Percy opened his eyes when he was pushed out of bed. He yelped in pain as he landed awkwardly on the floor of his cabin. He looked up and saw Annabeth, already in training gear, staring down at him.

"Okay, what gives?" he asked as he slowly got up, rubbing his back. He glanced at the clock "It's 5:30 in the morning"

" Grover's back-" Annabeth started, folding her arms over her chest

"Great.. but you woke me up for that?"

"-With news from Rachel" Annabeth finished

Percy stopped rubbing his back "Where is he?"

5 minutes later, Percy and Annabeth burst into the big house. They found Grover sitting at the table with Chiron and Nico. Chiron stopped talking as they walked towards the table.

"Ah, Percy.. Good morning"

"Not if you were pushed out of bed.." Percy muttered, he caught Annabeth's eye and changed the subject "What's up? Annabeth said something about Rachel"

"We were just discussing that" Chiron said "Please, take a seat"

Annabeth sat down next to Chiron while Percy took the seat in between Nico and Grover. As he sat down he patted Grover on the back.

"Sup man"

Grover smiled at him "Hey, Perce"

Percy turned to Nico "Why are you up so early?"

Nico shrugged but smiled "Morning walk"

"Dude" Percy shook his head "you are so weird"

Chiron cleared his throat "Well, Grover.. I think it would be best if you began your tail now". Gorver nodded then took a deep breath.

"As you guys know, I've been travelling non-stop for the last 4 months searching for half bloods and attending to matters of the wild. So far, I've met other protectors leading kids back to camp but I haven't found any on my own. I knew the start of camp was nearing so I decided to turn back to give Chiron and the council my report when I found myself in New York.. and I ran into Rachel. She told me she found a half blood at her school"

"Wait, what?" Percy said "At her finishing school? A half blood?"

Grover nodded "I asked her how she could be sure and she said there is this one girl who she saw running out of the woods surrounding her school. She didn't think anything of it at first until-"

"She saw a monster" Annabeth finished, nodding "Has she talked to the girl?"

Grover nodded "She told the girl about camp and everything but she's not sure if the girl will come"

"Why not?" Nico asked

"She didn't say why" Grover finished

"We must find a way to convince her if she does not" Chiron said, lacing his fingers on the table "Every halfblood is valuable"

Grover nodded

"So.. this girl might be coming with Rachel when she comes back here?"

Grover nodded

Percy yawned "man, it's a good thing the news isn't something bad.. when is the start of camp, again?"

Annabeth threw him a reproachful look "today, seaweed brain"

Percy almost fell out of his chair "no way"

Chiron smiled "Indeed, that means we have a lot to do today. Grover, you should get some rest and prepare for the council meeting later. Percy, Nico, Annabeth.. its time for wake up duty. We must get ready before the new campers arrive"

Percy groaned as he got up and followed Nico and Annabeth out of the big house.