Cairnholm Island
Annabeth
The grass was cold and wet from the morning dew. Getting up turned out to be hard when you have a Percy sitting on you. "Percy!" I tried to squirm free. "Sorry." He got off and stood up as well. His pants had mud stains on them as he dusted himself off. We both helped up Nico and Leo off the ground. "Nico, are you okay?" Percy cautiously asked. He stood up waving back and forth like he was on a ship. "Ya, I'm fine just a little tired that's all." Leo looked around. "Where are we?" "We're on Cairnholm Island." They gave me a puzzling look. "How do you know?" Sometimes I wonder how boys could be so stupid. "It's on that big sign." I pointed behind them a rusty old sign covered with moss a mud. The writing was smeared but I was able to make it out.
Leo clapped his hands together, "Well as much as I want to visit Cairnholm. I have a project at camp I need to work on so Nico if you could do the honors." Nico gestured for all of us to gather around. A couple of minutes passed and nothing happened. He pulled away, "It's not working." Percy sighed, "Is it the fog? I think we found the ghost king's weakness." Nico rolled his eyes, "No it's not the fog. It's this land it's like blocking my view." "Well, how did you get us here then?" I asked. "It was the only channel open at the time. I could get us in but I can't get us out." Leo threw his hands in the air,"Well now what?" I picked up a stick and threw it. "Percy, can you take us to the mainland?" Percy looked unsure, " It's pretty far I won't be able to take you all. And, there's something weird about the water I rather stay away from it." I looked around, "I guess we walk until we find a town."
The island was filthy. The ocean was green and a dark blue that made me curious on what lived in those waters. The ground was still soft from the morning but the sun was high and felt warm against my neck. "We've been walking for hours!" Leo whined. I rolled my eyes, "It's been five minutes." "But still can we sit for a minute." We gathered together under one of the trees to cool down. A soft breeze arose from the trees and made my hair fly around in tiny golden strands. "Leo, can you make something to eat?" Percy asked. I gave him a frustrating look. "We just ate Percy!" He gave me a side smile. "I know, but walking five minutes can really get someone hungry." I've just learned to give up on him and go with it. Leo rested his hands on his chalky toolbelt. "I'll see what I can do."
Leo left which left Nico and Percy. "So any ideas on how to get off this island?" They just sat there thinking for a minute. "Finding a town is the only option right now," Nico said studying the water and throwing rocks into it making the water rip from its calm state. I got off the ground and started to look around. There was a path so there must have been people here at some point in time. The woods were growing wild around the soft but bumpy path as if a gardener just stopped working and went on a vacation. It was so peaceful when it was quiet. The wind whisking between the branches of the trees making them dance and play a song. There was a river nearby the path though it was hidden I could hear the dripping of water. In a way, the island had a hidden beauty that can't be seen on the outside but was buried deep down hiding only for someone special.
The song of nature was ruined by Leo's terrible singing. "I've made tacos!" He threw down a beautiful display of soft tacos covered in cheese, lettuce, cream cheese, and bacon. I hushed him, "Can you be any louder?" I rushed over to them. "I don't see what was wrong?" Percy said in between bites. He managed to spill have of his taco onto the floor. I sat down near them. "Don't you think where here for a reason? I mean Nico can't get us out and the water is strange. What if someone put us here?" I jerked my head in Leo's direction "And singing about tacos is the worst way to get caught." "No singing about salads is the worst way to get caught," Leo added.
"Whatever we've wasted enough time as it is. We need to keep going." We made our way down the path to find a split in the road. "So what do we do now?' Nico asked. "We pick a random side of course," Leo stated. I pushed my way in between the boys, "No we don't we pick the most worn down road. Higher chance of finding a town." We went down the left side. The road got smoother as we went. The sun went down and the stars started to sprout in the dark purple sky. It was beautiful. It was nothing like New York where all you saw where helicopters and airplanes. It was a good change. I turned to my friends to see how they were holding up. Leo was making something out of wires and wood, Nico was messing with his sword, and Percy was complaining. "All I wanted was pizza! Was that so hard to ask?" I chuckled "For four demigods ya, that's a lot to ask for." He gave me a sad look, "I know but I would think they would give us a break. You know to live a somewhat normal life." I've been thinking that for quite some time now but, hearing it out loud sounded sad and depressing. I looked up at the sky and just focused on the stars to clear my head from all the problems. I was startled out of my trance when a big hawk-like bird came down on us. I fell to the ground hard sending dust into the air. Percy helped me up, "Are you okay?" I rubbed my head, "Ya, that stupid bird came out of nowhere."
I looked at the horizon and saw a shape forming. "Guys I think our luck is coming around," I said. "Why do you say that?" They all asked. I gave them a big smile, "Because we just found a town." Leo snickered, "Demigods with luck! That's dangerous!" We made our way down the path heading for the town. Maybe this could turn around for us.
I am so sorry for the late update but, I forgot I had this Fanfic so... ya. This is a super short chapter but I felt bad about not posting so, I whipped this one up really fast. Now the updates will be slower now because I have stupid finals coming up and I have to "try" on them. Hope you all had a great Thanksgiving!