A woman with brown hair, in what looked like a hospital gown, screamed.
"Ma'am," someone dressed like a doctor said fiercely, "this will continue until the children are born, it's as simple as that."
"Please no! They can't be born here. Poseidon, help me," she screamed.
"Mrs. Jackson is delirious."
"No! He'll come! They," she lowered her voice, "Perseus and Elizabeth won't be born here!"
The scene changed.
The woman's labor was over, and she held one baby wrapped in a blue blanked while the "doctor" was wrapping another in pink. Suddenly, shadows filled the room, and a man materialized within them.
"Hades," the woman breathed.
"Sally, I'm getting you out of here."
He gripped the woman's hand, and the shadows wrapped around them.
"No," she yelled. "What about Elizabeth?"
But it was too late.
Liz woke up drenched in sweat. She pushed back the blankets on her bed, sitting up and staring at the statue of her father. It was tall, with a wispy beard and neatly combed hair. He was carved in a Greek toga and wierdly done sandals.
She took in a shaky breath and looked over to where Percy slept. He was also sitting up, stretching hugely.
"Hey, you okay," he asked.
"Yeah. Why?"
"You were talking in your sleep, mumbling things like 'Sally' and 'Perseus.' That's me and my mom."
"Oh, um, it's just this dream I've had recently."
"What is it?"
"It doesn't mean anything."
"Demigod dreams always mean something. Tell me," he insisted.
She gave in, describing the dream in full detail. Percy blanched.
"How old are you?"
"Why?"
"Tell me."
"Eighteen."
"When's your birthday?"
"Is this really relivant-"
"When's your birthday?"
"August eighteenth."
"Oh Gods."
"What?"
"You don't see it, do you?"
"See what?"
"We're not just siblings. We're twins!"
"Tha-"
"Think about it! The names 'Perseus' and 'Elizabeth,'-our names-coming from the mouth of a woman who sounds exactly like my mom, right down to the name, in a demigod dream, which always means something!"
"Wow," she breathed.
"Lizzy, you're not just my half sister anymore. You know, all families of children of the big three have situations like this. Zeus has two kids, brother and sister on both sides, and Hades has Nico di Angelo, and used to have his older sister Bianca, before she died. We're the only twins though. Twin children of the big three, at least."
"Percy?"
"Yeah?"
"What time is it?"
"Um, seven thirty, I think. That means we have about half an hour until cabin inspection. Let's clean up."
To her surprise, they cleaned up nicely. They finished just in time. All of the beds were made, the dirty walls were polished (seriously, what did Percy do in there?), and the floor tiles sparkled.
"Wow," said a voice from the doorway.
Liz whirled around to see a girl with choppy chocolaty hair and eyes that couldn't be place in a single category standing just outside the cabin with a clipboard. The look on her face was pure shock.
"Percy, I didn't know you cleaned up so well?"
"Yeah. Hey Pipes?"
"Hmm?"
"This is Lizzy. Leo brought her to camp yesterday."
The girl gasped, as if she had just noticed Liz standing at Percy's side.
"Hi! My name's Piper. So, your dad is Poseidon?"
"Yeah."
"We've made another family connection also," Percy butted in.
"Really?"
"We're twins," Percy exclaimed, like I kid saying it's Christmas!
"Wow. Does anyone else know?"
"No. We just put the pieces together. It all started with this dream she had..."
Liz blanked out as Percy went into a full description of what had just taken place.
"Liiiiiiiiiiizyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy?"
"What," she asked, returning to reality.
"Am I really that boring," Percy fake-cried, wiping away imaginary tears.
Piper rolled her eyes.
"Is he always, um..." Liz whispered.
"That's just Percy. You'll get used to it eventually."
"Come on, I'm not that bad am I," Percy asked, pretending to be hurt.
"Gods, you're worse than Leo," Piper shielded her eyes, as if fake drama would blind her.
Liz laughed.
"I take offence! No one is worse than me," a voice piped up behind them.
"Speak of the devil," Piper muttered turning around. "Hey repair boy."
"What's up Beauty Queen?"
"I told you not to-never mind."
"So, Percy, how are you hitting it off with your little sis?"
"I'm not his little sister. Just because I'm shorter than him, doesn't mean I'm younger."
"Yeah," Percy added.
"They're twins," Piper squealed excitedly.
"Whoa, wasn't expecting that," Leo joked.
Piper shot him a glare.
"Whoa there," he said in a fake deep voice.
Piper slugged him in the arm.
"Oh good, I'm not the only one who resorts to that," Liz muttered.
Piper grinned at her. "Almost everyone does. Shockingly (pun intended), Jason can."
"Jason?"
"Piper's boooooooooooooooyfrieeeeeeeeeend," Leo said in a singsong voice.
"Shut up!"
Piper slugged him in the arm again.
"Hey!"
"Sorry," Piper's voice was dripping with sarcasm.
"Come on Beauty Queen," Leo pleaded.
Piper sighed. "Whatever."
"Hey, aren't you still supposed to be inspecting cabins," Leo asked.
"Styx! I am! Later guys!"
Piper ran out the door again, carrying her clipboard in one hand and her pen in the other.
"Wait! What did we score," Percy yelled after her.
She didn't even turn to look his way. Percy sighed and turned back to Leo.
"So, what's up?"
"I realized that Liz probably hasn't seen some of the best stuff to do at camp. I was going to show her around a bit more."
"Okay," she said. "I'd like to see a bit more anyway."
"Okay. Come on."
Leo looped his arm through hers and she realized her mistake. Never go anywhere alone with Leo. Never.
Time Skip: On the hill!
"That was...fun?"
"With the Supersized McShizzle, it always is. I'm surprised you think so, though."
"Why?"
"You're not exactly that fun. Super serious."
Liz gasped, falling backwards down the hill. She came to a stop at the bottom on her back with a hand over her heart.
"You've wounded me!"
Leo laughed. "Okay, maybe you're fun."
"Maybe," she asked, getting to her feet.
"Okay, fine. Absolutely."
"Absolutely what," she asked, raising an eyebrow.
"Okay, you're absolutely fun. Happy?"
"More so."
She flopped back down on her back.
"Come on! You probably won't break something on the way down."
Leo started to walk down the hill.
Ah ah ah! Roll," she spread her arm exaggeratedly.
Leo sighed and lied down on the ground, rolling down.
"See? Don't even try to tell me that wasn't fun."
"Hey, that's the first time I've seen you without your hood."
She suddenly realized what she had forgotten.
"My jacket!"
"Relax. It's like, a bazillion degrees out here without it!"
"Leo, it's not even 90 degrees."
"Exaggerate!"
She rolled her eyes.
"Hey guys!"
Liz sat up and locked eyes with Piper.
"Hey."
Leo grinned at her. "Okat Beauty Queen, I take back everything I said. She's more crazy than me!"
"I seriously doubt that."
"How could you? Look where she got us? Rolling down the hill with a hand over her heart was pretty crazy. All because I said she wasn't fun!"
Piper glared at him. "Leo! You can't tell someone they're not fun!"
"Sorry Pipes!"
Piper rolled her eyes.
"You're lucky Jason isn't here, or I'd have him-"
"Have me what?"
A hand rested on Piper's shoulder and she jumped.
"Zap him," she proclaimed.
The boy, Jason, laughed.
"Ha ha ha, so funny," Leo said sarcastically.
"Whatever. Who's this," Jason noticed Liz with sudden interest.
"This is Elizabeth. She's Percy's long-lost twin!"
Piper squealed excitedly, and Jason smirked.
"Nice to mean you Elizabeth."
"Um, I would prefer Liz or Lizzy."
"Okay. Nice to meet you Lizzy."
She laughed slightly. Jason smiled.
"Anyway, Chiron sent me to find you guys. Archery is starting."
"Oh! Right! Come on Lizzy! Let's get you started on work with a bow!
Hi guys! End of chapter! I'm thinking of writing this as one day for each chapter, but a lot is happening in chapter three. Also, I might start the rest of the chapters with dreams, just because. I have the next few chapters more or less planned out, so I guess I'd better get started on them now! Later!
-Sama
