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Chapter Two
I murmured a soft, "Ohhh." Then dropping my voice to barely a whisper, I leaned over to Ric and asked him, "What do we do now?"
"This," he stated simply. He pulled out an old baseball cap, stuck it on is head, and disappeared! A few seconds later there was no one next to me. I guessed that he moved. I strained to try to tell where, and then I spotted it. The empty seat next to the driver sagged a bit, so I guessed that Ric was there. The driver spotted it too. His eyes narrowed and some weird spike thing flew straight at where Ric was. He screamed out as the cap toppled off of him, blowing his cover.
Ric snatched something out of Percy's hand and jabbed our driver. He let out an inhuman noise as he disintegrated into sand and blew out the window. Ric dove for the brakes as the car jerked to a screeching stop.
Derek grabbed my hand and yanked me out the door along with the others. I was about to ask him something when Percy shouted, "This way!" and began sprinting down the road. I had a little trouble following him but after running along twisting alleys and side roads he finally stopped. I didn't see anything special about the place.
He pointed, "There," then again took up the run. We arrived at the base of a hill where you could see the ocean. I knew we were way too far away to feel the spray, but it seemed to me that I could.
"Thalia's tree," Percy said with admiration for a person I didn't know. Hanging from one branch was a golden, shimmering fleece. But that wasn't all. A dragon was coiled around it, with steam coming out of its nostrils. I would have gone berserk, but the other three didn't seem to think that was a monster so I went with it.
We marched past strawberry fields where what looked like goat boys were making them grow, volleyball and basketball courts (where kids just stopped their games and stared at us, making me very uncomfortable), an archery range, a rock wall, and tons of other places where activities were going on. Finally we arrived at a huge barn like building, where a pretty blonde girl was leaning on the porch railing.
Percy grinned when he saw her. "Hey, Annabeth!" he called. He turned back to me as she jogged down to meet us. "This is Annabeth, daughter of Athena. She's really brave and a great friend. You'll like her."
Ric tossed her the baseball cap he had worn earlier as she approached us.
When she did she extended her arm and said, "Welcome to Camp Half-blood. I'm Annabeth. You must be Rylee." She smiled at me, so I reached out my arm and shook her hand. "Come on, I'll take you to Chiron."
She turned and strode up back to the porch and around to the other side. I expected to see a man, but instead it was a centaur! "You… you're a centaur," I said.
"Yes. And you are a half-blood. Rylee, daughter of… we don't actually know yet, but tonight we will. The gods made a promise to reveal their identities to their children at the age of 12. You're older than that, 14, but since you didn't know who you were… your father could not have made himself known unto you." He stopped for a moment, but then said, "Dinner starts in ten minutes. Why don't you all go down to the dining pavilion? I'll be there in a minute."
Percy smiled and said, "All right Chiron. Come on, Rylee." With a wave of his hand he motioned for me to follow him.
We trudged along in silence until we got to this huge open pavilion with tons of tables lines up in rows. There was one at the front, where I guessed Chiron would sit… or stand, seeing he was a centaur.
A few other kids were there already sitting, so Ric took me around and introduced me to all of them. There was a kid named Nico, a son of Hades. Thalia, daughter of Zeus, hunter of Artemis, the one mentioned by Percy earlier, wore a silver circlet around her head. A girl named Clarisse (a daughter of Ares) looked like she wanted to beat someone up. There were a few other kids, but those were the main ones I remembered.
Lots of other kids started to show up around then, each apparently sitting at a certain table. Ric explained to me that each table was for a Greek god, and that the kids had to sit at their parent's table.
"So… what table will I sit at?" I asked.
"Like Chiron told you, you'll find out as soon as everyone is here. You should probably go up to where Chiron is, over at the head table."
"Okay," I said, walking up there.
Chiron greeted me, "Ah, Rylee. I see you have met some campers. As dinner is about to start…" he just stopped. I turned to see what he was staring at. There was a red headed girl who had gone absolutely rigid with green smoke just beginning to swirl out of her mouth. Chiron reacted instantly and shouted in a booming voice, "EVERYONE QUIET!"
The area hushed instantly. Then the girl started to speak:
When a broken oath the fifth time arise
And the vow of power for safety dies
The seven shall go but three leave in their wake
For three must be lost by a fatal mistake.
They will travel west to the water's stopped flow
And ask the Grey-eyed one whither they go
To stop the flame, the fatal start,
Then come back alive with a change of heart.
The girl collapsed. Percy and Annabeth simultaneously ran up to catch her, easing her down onto three-legged stool. People began to whisper in muted voices, obviously discussing what the girl had said.
"Um…" I said, breaking the silence. "What exactly was that?"
It was Chiron who answered, "Rylee, this is our Oracle, Rachel. She just gave a prophecy, maybe concerning you. In it, she referred back to a prophecy given last summer, after the Battle of Olympus. It goes like this:
Seven half-bloods shall answer the call,
To storm or fire the world must fall,
An oath to keep with a final breath,
And foes bear arms to the Doors of Death."
Silence. Dead silence. Then Chiron cleared his throat, "Percy, Annabeth, Rylee, Ric, Derek, Nico, Clarisse, Thalia, and any other Head Counselor, I need you to…" he paused, "Well, meet me at the Big House directly after dinner. We, ah, must discuss this… prophecy."