Chapter 2
Percy Jackson

Man! I thought being the " national hero of the world" would get me off from doing chores and such. Well, names really don't mean jack to these people.

It was probably two days after the Titan War, and we were in the middle of reconstruction efforts. All of the adrenaline had already passed, and everyone was back to being their usual selves. The Ares cabin went back to fighting the Apollo cabin. The Demeter cabin went back to, well, planting flowers so they'd win cabin inspection. The Hephaestus cabin went back to making the camps weapons and remembering Beckendorf. The Aphrodite cabin began remembering Silena and hooking everyone they thought deserved to be together, together.

The Athena cabin was bustling as always. They were all absorbed in their leftover battle strategies from the war. Comparing, contrasting, revising, editing, etc. Dionysus cabin? Well, they were kind of under the radar at the moment. Nothing was really going on with them, besides regular activities and re-building... I think you all know what was going on with the Artemis cabin.

Then, we get to the Big Three! Of course, only two of the Big Three's cabins were actually built already sooooo... Anyway! Hera: No children! Zeus: No children! Poseidon: No child-! Op, wait. Almost forgot myself! What was I doing? Nothing besides being the jack of all trades at the camp. Wait, isn't that Hermes's job?

Speaking of the Hermes cabin, though, it became as packed as ever after the war. Apparently the gods intended on keeping their promise, and were now claiming their children! The reason that the Hermes cabin was packed, though, is the fact that the gods that the new demigods belonged to gods that we didn't have a cabin for!

Annabeth, aside from re-building Olympus, is also going to be taking some time to build new cabins, and I've never seen her happier during the many years that I've known her!

First on her list is the Hades cabin. Good thing, too! It wouldn't be right not to have a Hades cabin, but for Hades to be a part of the Big Three! Besides, maybe Nico would come around more if he had a place to actually go to.

Aside from that, we really were off to a great new start! Then, the first quest since the war came.

Chiron called the first Cabin leader meeting since before, well, you know... Everyone came, well, except Silena, Beckendorf, Micheal, and Castor. At least we got replacements for Beckendorf, Micheal, and Castor; the Aphrodite cabin fought among themselves trying to decide who was prettier or more handsome than the next person! Ugh! Disgusting!

Anyway, Clarisse had her usual position at the table: feet up, knife down. ' Nough said. I, of course, was the only person in my cabin so I was the leader. Annabeth was at the table with her laptop typing faster than I've seen most Blackjack devour sugar cubes! I would've told her to calm down and relax, but I figured that I didn't want a dagger in my face today! Connor and Travis kept begging Pollux to make strawberries for them to eat and he'd keep saying no, but he'd eventually give in and make a barrel full so they'd leave him alone. Demeter Cabin barely ever showed up for these meetings; I guess they just don't think that meetings that could decide the fate of the world as we know it are that important!

Anyway, Will Solace was making sure the Stolls didn't steal any of arrows by minimizing them and putting them inside of his ear. Like that'd help! Jake Mason was just sitting off to the side calmly laughing to himself. Can't blame him! It was kind of amusing yet comforting seeing how things were already back to normal!

The weirdest thing, though, was that even Grover showed up! He was supposed to be all the way in Africa or something trying to get the satyrs over there to water the ground more! But all he did was sit nervously beside me and eat ping pong balls covered with Cheez Whiz.

Chiron finally rolled into the room, " Quiet, children!" The Stolls walked over to the table and took a seat grumbling unhappily. " I'm sure Annabeth has already given you the details of why we are having this meeting..." He looked over at Annabeth who was absorbed in her laptop up until the moment he mentioned her name, " What?"

He face-palmed himself and wiped his face, clearly agitated, " I suppose not. Technology can only get you so far..." He gestured towards Grover who nodded and stood up.

" We all know that there has been a surplus of demigods in the past two days, " We all groaned, " Yea, well, that surplus is about to get bigger." Connor and Travis were the first to speak up, " AWW! Come on, Grover! We can't take more newbies than we already have! Do you know how hard it is to make a bathroom schedule!?" Chiron raised his hand to silence the complaints and nodded towards Grover who was nervously chewing on his shirt collar, " Okay, I understand that all these new demigods coming in is hectic for you guys, but Annabeth is currently in the process of making new cabins; right, Annabeth?" It took her maybe thirty-seconds, but she finally answered, " Yes, it will take me two to three weeks to finish all the construction. "

" Two to three weeks?" The Stolls didn't seem to happy about that. " Yes, two to three weeks! It's not like I can just make a cabin appear out of thin air! You are welcome to try, though."
Clarisse finally spoke up, " Yea, that'll be the day! The Stoll brothers actually doing something by themselves! I've never seen a lazier bunch! Well, besides the Apollo..."

" Do you really want to start again, Clarisse?" Will spoke up, " We do way much more than sit on our asses and write poems!" He began to pull out his arrows and reach for his bow at the same time. Clarisse noticed his movement and smirked pulling her blade out of the table. " CHILDREN, STOP THIS AT ONCE!" The table shook with his voice resonating around the room.

Clarisse and Will slowly sat back down into their chairs keeping an eye on each other. Travis and Connor mumbled to themselves and sat back down. " Good, you may continue, Grover."

" Thanks, Chiron..." A couple of satyrs brought in a projector and set it on the table, " Thanks, guys!" Grover waved goodbye and they exited the room. The machine spat out the picture of the U.S." Okay! Here is what we're here for." He made a circle around the southeast portion of the map, " Southeast North America. Well, Mississippi and Tennessee to be exact." He pressed a button on the projector and it zoomed into the Southeast.

" There has been reports from local satyrs saying that there are very strange, yet powerful, half-bloods down there, " Pollux interrupted, " Wait, so why haven't they already tried to transport them here? "
" Yea, well, the only alive satyrs are either old or young and cocky. Luckily, the ones in the South are old so they won't be interfering with what we're going to be doing."

My curiosity was climaxing, " And what exactly are we going to be doing?" Grover rolled his eyes, " We're going to have to send a group down there to retrieve them and safely transport them to camp." Jake Mason spoke up, " Well, I guess I might as well ask: Who's going?"

Chiron rolled to the front of the room, " I've already discussed with Grover and we both decided it needed to be the least affected and calm people to go. The past war has caused many people to become hot- headed and self-conscious of themselves. Think of this " expedition" as a little get away so your minds can calm themselves. You must remain unbiased and calm so therefore we chose Percy Jackson, " Clarisse groaned as she always does whenever my name is mentioned in something.
He continued, " Next is Grover Underwood." Pollux spoke up next, " How come it has to be Grover? Doesn't he have a lot of other responsibilities being the new " Savior of Nature" or whatever?"

" He is going because he is the only one in the camp who can navigate through the humidity and greenery life of the South. Besides, Grover has agreed to this already. Never that, the final participant in Annabeth Chase." She jumped out of her seat, " WHAT!?" " Think of this as probation, Annabeth. I understand that you are rebuilding Olympus, and making new cabins, but while you are here, the gods instructed me to train young heroes like you. And I intend on doing so. You can work on plans in your free time."

Annabeth grumbled under her breath and sat back down after closing her laptop. " Good. Cabin leaders who are not to take part in the quest, please about your daily business. Quest participants, prepare and get ready to leave camp in thirty minutes!" He wheeled out of the room followed by Will, Clarisse, Pollux, and Travis and Connor.

I leaned up in my chair, " Back to the good ole' days, huh?"

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