Disclaimer: I don't own Percy Jackson or any characters. (Except for Cade… You'll see who he is a little later)
I get some bad news… And some worse news.
I was so exhausted, I thought I was about to pass out right there, right then on Blackjack. If I'm this tired, I wonder how tired Blackjack is… I thought. Obviously Blackjack wasn't to tired, as he swooped by the Empire state building, and nearly threw me off. Sorry boss! I looked up above the empire state building, were Mt. Olympus lay. But Just as soon as we flew to it… We were flying away from it. We continued our trail East, until the Long Island came to view.
I was so excited!! I was gonna' see Annabeth, and Tyson, and Grover, and Annabeth, and… wait…Didn't I just say that? I was so happy, I almost forgot my mom! I remembered I was supposed to go to Camp tomorrow, but Chiron, The camp counselor, ordered special pick-up. I decided just to Iris message her when I got settled. Hopefully she won't get to worried… We started dropping towards camp. "Hey Blackjack… Where are we going?" Normally I would get dropped off in front of camp… where I could see the whole camp do there normal activities. But right now, we were right above the center of camp. Chiron said it was to dangerous for us to dropped off outside of camp. I understood that… lately there was a lot of monsters after me, and for some reason, they kept trying to get my sword.
A minute or so later, we plopped down ext to the pegasi stables. Sorry I couldn't take you to the big house boss, but (Pant,Pant) I'm to tired. I patted his side; he looked as if he would collapse from exhaustion. "It's o.k., you did awesome! Oh… and…" Blackjack perked up his ears" For doing so good, I brought you a treat!" I took out a Snickers bar that I was gonna' eat after school, but Blackjack was more deserving. "Here…" I tossed him the chocolate bar, and no questions asked, he devoured it in seconds. Thanks Boss! Oh! One last thing… Chiron wants to meet in front of the big house. Bye! He flew into his stable, and I started for the Big house.
For the first time all year, I was ecstatic! I finally had friends, I could do stuff I wanted to do, and finally relax in my own world! The big Greek White house known as the big house was about a hundred yards away, and I could already see Chiron, in centaur form, playing cards with Mr. D. I rushed over. "Percy! You made it!" "Sadly…" muttered Mr. D. Chiron continued "I was getting nervous about you what with all these monsters out and about!" I nodded, and was about leave, but then Chiron said "Wait Percy.. Any thing you need to say?" I sighed, I was anxious to see my friends, but then I decided it could wait. So I told Chiron about the latest attacks in full detail. "And what's really weird, is that both of them tried to take my sword." I finished. Suddenly Chiron looked troubled. I was about to ask why… but I knew he wouldn't answer. So I let it go. "So, can I leave now?" I asked. "No, I have on last thing to tell you. Immediately after dinner, there will be a cabin leader meeting right here." With that I took off to tell the other cabin leaders.
The minute I was done, and had escaped from all the "Hey Percy, What's up!" and the "Hey Percy… You're alive!" And other Half Blood style hellos, I caught up to Annabeth. She was coming out of the sword arena, so I decided to hide behind the small sword statue. She just passed me, and then I saw my chance. I leaped out, did a fake roar, and grabbed her shoulders. She screamed, and turned around with her dagger out, before she noticed me, she held up her dagger to my throat. "Whoa there Wise Girl just a joke!"
Her shoulders relaxed, and she threw her arms around me. "Don't do that again Seaweed Brain!" She let go and looked at me. Her eyes widened. "What… "I asked. "That scar on your shoulder…"
She touched the scar going from my cheek down to my shoulder and a little longer. Suddenly, she pulled down the area of my shirt on my shoulder where my scar was. I Blushed. I began to hope I wasn't as red as I felt. "Erm… It's fine." I said, pulling my shirt back up. She looked as red as I felt. "sor…" "Forget it." I said. "Well it's time for dinner. "She said casually. That's when I realized how hungry I was. "Beat you there!" I challenged, and Annabeth and I ran to dinner hall.
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Dinner was just ending, and I knew I was in for some bad news as I walked to the Big house. Travis and Connor Stoll were waiting with Chiron. And Silena, Beckendorf, and Annabeth were behind me. Soon we settled around a table, where some cups filled with Dr. Pepper, and a bowl of Cheetos waited. Travis dove into the cheetos, while Silena checked her make-up. A pretty average meeting so far. Chiron sighed and began. "As you all know our beloved satyrs are either out looking for Pan, or collecting students." We all nodded, and I thought of Grover. "Well, sad to say, Kronos is at it again." We all started muttering uh-oh's, and what nows?'s" Well, Kronos figures, if he recruits, or otherwise kills all those satyrs, then we will be without them." Of course recruiting or killing the satyrs was bad, but I still didn't see a big problem. "So what's the worry?" I asked. Annabeth looked at me and said "Don't you see? No satyrs mean no new campers! And if they can't find Pan, then there's on less major recruit for our side!" "Oh…" I felt really stupid now. Annabeth could really do that to someone… "Any ways… We are going to set up groups of two capers to go find a satyr. Two days from now, you must come to the front of the Big House, and learn who your partner is, and what satyr you're after. You will also find out where they are." Chiron continued. "Tell your cabins, and leave as soon as possible." He looked around the table, then directly at me. "Meeting dismissed" He finished. I grabbed one last handful of cheetos, worried about Grover, and was about to walk away. But then Chiron yelled "Percy I need to talk to you privately." That was never good…
I stepped into hi office, where a new chair magically appeared. "Take a seat." he said, motioning to the chair. I did as told, and prepared to hear the worst. Chiron was silent, but soon began "Percy, you did tell me monsters were trying to take your sword, right?" "Yeah." "Well… I fear Kronos is up to much more than recruiting satyrs." I didn't like where this was going. "I fear… well… Percy, If anything is going to become powerful again, especially in Kronos's case, they need a weapon. And I fear the only weapon that's right for kronos is the Hero's Sword." I was confused "the hero's what?" "The hero's sword. In the Greek world, there is three major irons. Celestial bronze, Stygian Iron, and Cranage Silver." I knew Celestial bronze was what Riptide was made from, and I knew Nico's sword was Stygian Iron. "What's Cranage silver?" I asked "it's what your namesake, Perseues, That's what his sword was made from." "This isn't making sense." I said "Well Percy, if you combined the three irons together, you could have the ultimate weapon. And that's exactly what he wants." My eyes widened. "You mean, he's trying to steal my sword, to help him make a super weapon!!" Chiron nodded. "Meeting dismissed." And on that cheery note, I went to bed.
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I was in the dining hall, and I was just about to toss a pop tart in the brazier, when a familiar voice behind me said "We gotta' talk. Meet by the sword statue after breakfast." I did as told, and after I was done with my cereal, I went to go see Annabeth by the statue. "Well…" she asked right as I got there, with expecting grey eyes. I knew she wouldn't accept an Oh, he just wanted to say goodnight… So I told all about my discussion with Chiron. When I finished, she looked as scared as I felt. "That's disturbing." She broke in. I just nodded. "Well rumor got out about the satyr thing… and we're all anxious about tomorrow. "Yah… I know I am." I replied "I hope Grover's alright…" Annabeth nodded. "oh. Yeah…" She said. "Capture the flag has been moved to next Friday. I was relieved, Capture the flag was my favorite game, and it was going to be tomorrow, after we left, but they changed it. " "Thank the gods" I said. " Yah…" Annabeth agreed. "Well I have archery with Hermes. See ya." She finished, and winked at me before she left. That made my legs tremble for no apparent reason… With, that I decided to enjoy the rest of my day, and preserve energy for tomorrow.