Ok so i have the next chapter finished and just so theirs no confusion, this is before TLO (when Percy is still in Goodes) and this is like a flash back from the previous chapter.


A few months ago…

Percy's P.O.V.

It was a nice afternoon, with a reasonable wind blowing. Me and Rachel we're taking a walk in Central Park. It was a Saturday and I wanted to make sure that the Empire State building was safe. Don't get me wrong, the place was well protected on the ground and in the air. I guess the main reason was because I wanted to spend a little time with Rachel, after all I didn't know if I would be back from camp this time. It was only 2 more weeks before school ends anyways, with the finals, it was nice to spend time with someone like Rachel.

Suddenly, Rachel gripped my left arm as she suddenly zoned out. Minutes later she shook herself and went pale. She stared into my eyes and said, "Percy, I… I think something's wrong at your camp." A look of concern crossed her face.

Rachel had been having these weird moments when she would zone out and then tell me something that would happen in the future. At least that's what I was finding out after she told me that we were going to have a surprise pop quiz (I hated those) in Algebra class. Turns out we did. That's why I found out it pays to listen to Rachel when this happens.

I was worried for Rachel, in the first weeks she ever had these "visions," because I Iris messaged Chiron about these moments and all he ever told me was to take it easy, and to keep a close eye on her.

Shaking off the memories, I asked sarcastically, "what's going to happen now?"

Rachel frowned at me and said, "It's not something that's going to happen, it already did. I saw someone lost... someone that might be important. Well she seemed to radiate power anyways. What does it mean Percy?"

Right then, I thought of Annabeth and held my breath. My head whirled with all the things I was thinking of now, what happened? Is Annabeth ok? Who could be lost? But then i remembered Rachel said someone that radiated power. Could it be a god?

But then I shook all of the thoughts away, and felt my face get hot at remembering how much I was thinking of Annabeth lately.

"Hey Rachel mind if we go to the pond? I want to IM Chiron." I said absent mindedly.

"Yeah sure." I knew Rachel understood about the entire IM thing and she didn't ask questions.

We walked to the pond father north from the Empire State building and I fished around in my pocket for a drachma. Thank the gods I had one for emergencies.

Looking around to make sure no one was close enough; I willed the water to create steam.

"Oh goddess please accept my offer. Camp Half-Blood please," I threw the drachma in the steam and I saw the camp shimmer into view. Everything seemed normal, and I saw Chiron sitting on the porch watching over the camp. His face seemed disturbed.

"Hey Chiron." I said to get his attention.

"Percy?" he asked as he watched me in what seemed like amusement, "is there anything you need child?"

"Chiron, Rachel thinks that someone at camp is lost, do you know anything about it?"

Chiron's face darkened and seemed to word his response in his mind before talking, and it made me panic thinking it might have been Annabeth. "Yes Percy. Someone is lost, just this morning a half-blood from the Hermes cabin disappeared."

I gave a sigh of relief "thank the gods it's not Annabeth," I thought. Saying out loud I said, "Do you know who it was?"

"As a matter of fact, that's the few things we know, her names Alastrina Sparks. Her cabin mates usually call her Ali or Trina, or so I've herd. She has been undetermined for 6 years now, the poor girl. Do you know her Percy?"

"I've never actually paid much attention to the other campers that much." I said guiltily.

"She came to me the day before she disappeared and told me about having… dreams, she wouldn't tell me, but I knew it made her uneasy and scared. She also stays at camp all year…."

I blurted out, "where's her parent?"

Chiron faltered before answering, "We don't have a clue. When she came, she was being chased by 3 hellhounds, gotten badly hurt too. She has adopted parents; she sometimes visits them when she feels like it. We contacted them, asked if they knew her real parents, they only told us that a lady had come to their door one night, with a baby in her arms, and begged them to take care of her. Then they said she left in a hurry."

"Wow, I feel really sorry for her... but Chiron, campers getting lost happened before remember, why are you so concerned about her?" This made me think of Nico and how I never heard from his since he left my birthday.

"Percy, I think she knows information that might be helpful, she was a smart girl. It was only after breakfast that her cabin mates found out she went missing. And when I contacted her adopted parents they said that it is mandatory that we find her and bring her back to camp as quickly as possible, and muttered something about warnings." Then Chiron had that look on his face when he usually thought of an idea. Then he smiled, "Percy, her adopted parents live in New York, do you think you could visit and see if you can get more information about Alastrina? If not, can you try to reassure them that she will be safe? Their Mr. and Mrs. Sparks."

"Sure," Then I looked over to Rachel, just remembering she was standing right beside me. I looked at her, confirming if it was alright with her to go. She nodded, "Me and Rachel can go check it out. Where do they live?"

Chiron gave us the address and we hailed a taxi going east from central park. Rachel seemed excited and started talking about this being an adventure, sort of. Boy was she right.

..........

The house was pretty normal, with a nice front lawn and light green window frames that gave the house a cozy feeling. As we rang the doorbell, we heard the sound of people hustling to the door, and children shrieking in excitement. A tall, slender woman opened the door, with two kids about 6 years old beaming up at us and cried, "Ali??? Where Ali??"

Rachel muttered something about the kids being cute and smiled back at them and looked at me in concern, like she was trying to tell me to take it easy on them.

I was about to speak when the woman, who was probably Mrs. Sparks forced a smile on her worried face and welcomed us in.

As we stepped into the house, I noticed all the pictures hanging on the wall, smiling faces and pictures taken from different visits to places like Italy and Paris.

As I looked at the pictures, I saw a man and a woman with two kids. Those must have been Trina's adopted family. And there in almost every picture, a beautiful girl stood smiling at the camera along with her adopted family. "Annabeth would kill me if I ever called anyone else beautiful now that I think of it." I thought, blushing.

Her hair was dark brown, almost black, and it hung in light waves around her, she had a nice smile too. But the most interesting thing about her were her eyes, it was blue in some pictures, but in most it was light turquoise like blue and green mixed together, it seemed like an unusual color for eyes, but they shone with life and energy. She seemed so happy, I wondered what happened to her now, and it bought me back to reality.

Rachel was already sitting down on the couch, amusing herself with the energetic duo who kept insisting on playing patty cake with her, as I sat down beside her; Mrs. Sparks came in with her husband and a tray of cookies and juice. She set down the tray and took a seat beside her husband across from us. They looked tired and worn out as if they too, where trying to find their missing daughter.

Suddenly, Mrs. Sparks decided to speak first and said, "I'm Mrs. Sparks, this here is my husband Robert, and my two children, Katie, and Jason." Who both looked up at the mention of their names.

"Chiron told me a camper would come if they have more information on our Trina… we're very worried about her. There is always something about her that was too curious, and I fear it is what caused her disappearance."

I didn't know what to say yet so Rachel did the talking, "Hi! Mr. and Mrs. Sparks, I'm Rachel, this here is Percy, he's the camper, I'm just his friend. And we kinda have some news I guess." I looked at Rachel, like she was making this all up and realized she was the one that had the vision.

She continued, "I had a vision that your daughter was lost, she doesn't seem to be in any apparent danger at the moment, but I can't promise anything. Chiron also said that she was disturbed by dreams lately too…"

Suddenly the Sparks seem to be in an urgent conversation, and all I heard was "Rob, she's 15! Her... her mother, said to make sure she stays in camp at all cost when she turns 15!"

They turned to us a few minutes later and I knew my ADHD was acting up because I blurted out, "Why does she have to stay at camp when she turns 15?" and I really regretted it because it seemed to pain them even more.

Silence filled the room, except the two kids that raced off upstairs. And Trina's adopted mother sighed, and looked toward her husband for reassurance. He squeezed her right hand and nodded.


Nothing much exciting happened in this chapter, but i promise the next one would be interesting.