Author's Note: hey everyone. Sorry it took so long to post this up. My grandmother's 4th year death anniversary was happening so I had to get away for a bit. Also, I got a new Galaxy S2 for my graduation present so now I can be updating faster :D Yay for wireless! Haha anyway, enjoy!
Chapter Two: The Arrival
I couldn't sleep at all last night. All I could think about was what Triton might do when he comes, and how he will ruin my summer forever. I love my dad, but he just went too far with this. I hate Triton because one, he's so conceited. Just because he's a prince of the sea doesn't mean he can come on land and still act like he's royalty. No. You're entering MY territory. Therefore, I am the royalty around here.
Err… something like that. I'm not actually royalty. Or wait, am I? Since my dad is a king, does that make me a prince, too? Eh, I'll just shrug off the thought for now.
It's currently 5am. I have only managed to sleep for one hour. The cold wind woke me up, and I was kind of shivering. I grabbed my hoodie and went outside onto the boardwalk near the lake that was close to my cabin. You know, I think I would've been much happier if dad sent Tyson over. Tyson is way cooler than Triton and he's more fun to hang around. Plus, all my friends like him, despite the fact that he's a strong one eyed Cyclops. Who cares, he's my brother and I'm proud to have him as my brother.
Triton on the other hand, I don't consider him as my brother. Even though we are technically half brothers thanks to my father, I don't consider him as family. Not only do I hate him, I hate Amphitrite, too. She treats me like I'm some sort of deformed creature. Newsflash! I'm not the one who has two tails sticking out of my hips!
I heard a knock on my cabin. I turned around and saw Annabeth leaning against a pole at the entrance. I move over to her and smile.
"Good morning, Seaweed Brain," she greeted.
"Morning, Owlhead. What made you get up this early?" I said.
"Well, I wouldn't wanna miss the coming of your lovable brother."
"Wait, how do you know about that?"
"News travels in unexpected ways, Percy. Even at Olympus, the gods knows what's going on. They use telepathy for gossip sometimes when they speak to us. My mother told me about it."
"Wow, does the whole camp know?"
"Pretty much, yeah."
Ugh. I rolled my eyes and sank my arms.
"Great, so what. Is everyone gonna watch too?"
"Well I don't know about that. But I told Grover to meet us here so that we'd be standing next to you when he comes. Not everyone gets to experience the presence of the sea king."
"Maybe."
Time flew by quickly. Before I knew it, the sun was already rising. I'm guessing that it was turning six o'clock already. I wonder what time my dad will be coming to drop off Triton. It's kind of weird though, again. Having the both of us in the same place together. All in all, Triton is not meant for being on land. I don't care if he can change his tails into legs, which is although cool in a way. But still.
"Percy, look!" Annabeth exclaimed. She was pointing out to the lake where the sun was already rising. I tried to block it out of my eyes. I saw the water bubbling and going back and forth more stronger than usual. Great, that's probably a sign that my dad's almost here.
I looked around and I saw Grover and Chiron coming down into my cabin and out to the lake. I gave Grover and Chiron a nod as I turned back to watch the rising of my dad.
What I saw was unbelievably mind bobbling. A chariot rose above the water. It looked like it was intricately carved out of sea coral and there were shiny shells engraved on the rim of the chariot. Hippocampi were pulling the chariot onto shore. There, standing majestically in the front of the chariot, holding tridents, almost identical to each other, was my dad and Triton. My dad's crown glistened in the morning sun. I didn't see a crown on Triton's head. Wonder what he did to get it confiscated. They were in swimming trunks and had no shirts on. I rolled my eyes. Show-offs. The chariot pulled onto the dock and docked itself on the left side.
"Percy!" my dad greeted. "Good to see you again, son. How's Sally?"
I slipped my hands into my hoodie. "She's good, she's good."
"That's good to hear." He looked at Chiron. "Chiron, I hope you can forgive me as my arrival was short notice. I just had to do it in the morning since I have other duties and errands to attend to."
"Not a problem, Poseidon. It's a great pleasure to be in your presence." Chiron said.
"As are you, brother."
"AHEM!" Triton exclaimed. Jesus, sorry you're not getting some attention.
"Oh yes, Triton. I forgot you were with me. Well off you go then. Percy, please lend your brother some clothes to put on."
"Just as long as you stop acknowledging us as brothers."
"Very well, then. I want to thank you. You're going to have a great summer. You just don't know it yet."
I nodded. "If you say so."
Triton got off the chariot, trident in hand. He bursted through me, Annabeth, and Grover and went straight into the cabin. "THIS is where you live in? You poor cretin, you!"
I grunted and rolled my eyes. "You really expect me to deal with THAT this whole summer?" I asked Poseidon.
"Come on, Percy. You'll get along just fine. Now, I must get back to my kingdom. Tyson is fixing up the arcade and I miss playing Pac-Man. I wish you all the best. And Percy, don't do anything stupid."
"No promises," I said as I crossed my arms.
Poseidon gave a last wave goodbye before he pulled out of the dock and went straight under water into the horizon until he was down under for good. Great, my worst summer starts here. I could here things moving around the cabin. Triton better not be touching any of MY stuff or he'll get it. I heard chuckling next to me. I looked at Annabeth and Grover, who were laughing silently and looked at me like my face looked priceless.
"What's so funny?" I asked.
"Nothing! Nothing." Grover said.
"Better be."
"Ah, this is going to be one interesting summer," Annabeth said. I rolled my eyes and motioned them to the cabin. From then on, I knew I was going to suffer. Thanks, Dad!