"Girls, I have unfinished business to take care of. So in the meanwhile I will be sending you to camp," Lady Artemis announced.
"What? Remember last time you did that? You didn't return and we lost Zoë and Bianca," I reminded everyone.
"It's nothing like that. I have business to take care of with Aphrodite concerning one of you," Artemis explained.
"What do you mean concerning one of us?" Amanda asked.
"Aphrodite has done something that can greatly affect one of you and I must discuss it with her. So, off to camp you go."
"Just like that you're sending us to camp? Not even explaining how whatever Aphrodite did, is affecting one of us?" I questioned.
"Thalia, I understand you're upset with what happened last time, but this extremely important."
"Whatever" I muttered.
In reality I wasn't that upset about going back to camp. I had to tell Annabeth how I had seen Luke yesterday. But I had to be concerned. Last time Lady Artemis had sent us to camp we had to go find her and we lost one too many girls.
"You all should be ready with in the next hour," Lady Artemis told us.
We all nodded and began packing up our belongings.
"Thalia, maybe Luke went back to camp," Amanda guessed as she helped me pack up the tents.
"Maybe, but since we only saw him yesterday, he could be anywhere right now. The River Lethe causes you to become like a newborn baby. He could have just wondered into Dunkin' Donuts by chance and if it wasn't by chance, someone's putting him where I'll find him. So far I like the idea that someone's putting him everywhere I am," I admitted.
"Why's that?" Mandy asked.
"Because, if someone is placing him in all the right places that means that person is helping him with his memory or giving me some kind of sign," I explained.
Amanda nodded, "Sign or not this isn't exactly going to help, you're still a hunter and last time I checked Luke is still a boy."
As soon as we arrived at Camp Half-Blood, we were bombarded with questions.
Why are you here? How long are you staying? Have any of you broken the oath? Only Travis and Conner would ask such an idiotic question, but it made sense that they asked. If one of us did break the oath, would the rest of us ever know? Who ever broke the oath would surely keep their mouth shut and not share that with anyone.
I bypassed the crowd and headed for cabin six. I knocked and Malcolm opened the door.
"Where's Annabeth?" I immediately asked.
"Well nice to see you too," He muttered sarcastically.
I rolled my eyes and sighed in exasperation , "Don't make me kick you. Seriously, where's Annabeth?"
"Cabin three, but beware you might be scarred for life if you don't knock."
I rolled my eyes again and started heading towards Percy's cabin. I barged not brothering to knock, which would have been a good idea, since Annabeth and Percy were playing a very consecutive game of tonsil hockey.
"Okay…..didn't need to see that," I muttered aloud covering my eyes with my hand.
"Thalia? What are you doing here? In Percy's cabin, at camp, in New York, at this time," Annabeth babbled looking around the cabin, avoiding my face at all cost.
"Besides being scarred for life?" I joked.
Percy glared at me and smirked, "What? It's not my fault you two were attempting to devour each other's tongue. Seriously what kind of science project is that?"
"Seriously Thal, what are you doing here?" Annabeth asked.
"Artemis said she has unfinished business to deal with Aphrodite. So, she dumped us here until she returns," I explained.
"Doesn't she remember last time she dropped you guys here? We lost Zoë and Bianca; on top of that I had to hold up the sky. Not the greatest feeling," Percy complained.
"She says it's not like that. Apparently, Aphrodite did something that can seriously affect one of us hunters, so Artemis has to go and speak with her about it. I personally don't care because I have big news. News that can change everything."
"What kind of big news? Like I can destroy the world news or there's a new flavor of pie news?" Percy asked.
I face-palmed my self and said, "Lately I've been off my hunting game. I'll have perfect shots, but I'll miss by a good five inches. So, to clear my head I went to Dunkin' Donuts and bought my usual "I feel like crap today meal." But while I was sitting there with Amanda, another hunter, I saw he-who-shall-not-be-named," I explained.
"You saw Voldemort," Percy gasped.
"No you idiot, she means Luke. She means...she saw…Luke? That's not even possible, is it?" Annabeth pondered.
"That's what I thought too, but that was before I remember my un-scheduled trip to the Underworld with Percy and Nico," I started.
"Right, when Persephone called us to retrieve the sword of Hades."
"Exactly, I remember the River Lethe. What if Luke was reborn? What if he's still here? What if we can help him become who he used to be just better?"
"Thal, you know I'd love to believe Luke is alive again, but it's pretty far fetched, even for us demigods."
"I know, but it was him. I know for sure! You tend to remember a guy once you've run away with him," I continued.
"That may be true and I believe you somewhat, but what are the odds that of all places he's show at the Dunkin' Donuts right as you were there. It's kind of hard to believe he was just there on chance. Maybe you're hallucinating," Annabeth suggested.
I glared at her. How could she think I'm hallucinating? I wouldn't hallucinate about that. Besides, Amanda saw him too…..
"I'm not hallucinating! He was there before me. I don't know how or why, and to tell you the truth, I don't care. Somehow Luke Castellan is alive and I'm going to prove it!" I shouted as I turned and my heel and left the cabin.