PSDW: Hey everyone… *glares at WPBW4L*

FFS: Yeah… hey… *glares*

WPBW4L: What? What did I do?

PSDW: *glares daggers at her* Oh, you know…. Anyway, sorry this was put up so late but Miss WPBW4L over there forgot we had a schedule! So I don't think my chapter will be up this Teusday.

FFS: So thanks to that, I think we're gonna disregard the schedule… Instead, we're gonna put up two chapters up every week, any day we feel fit (or when we are done with the chapter).

PSDW: So, look for chapters! Thanks to all who reviewed. And we got a question from Artemis99 that we think should be clarified.

Jaclyin is my character

Vanna is FFS's character

Rebecca is WPBW4L's character

Matt is the character of an anonymous reviewer (NOT Anonymous Person) who entered in the contest we held in the last book.

Josh is WPBW4L's character

James is FFS's character

So, hope that clears everything up! Thanks again for reviewing and hope you enjoy WPBW4L's chapter!


Rebecca's P.O.V.

Chapter 2

I opened my eyes and slowly looked up to the source of the voice. Two pairs of eyes looked down at us. I gasped, slowly smiling when I realized who it was.

James and Josh.

Both of them looked nearly the same as they did look only a year ago, with minor differences. Both of them were now wearing leather cording around their necks, a solitary bead hanging on it. Josh had discarded his purple Camp Jupiter shirt and exchanged it for an orange Camp Half-Blood shirt. Both of them must have growth spurts over the past year, because they looked taller.

"Rebecca! Oh wow! It's great you're back!" Josh exclaimed excitedly, smiling broadly.

Everyone slowly turned and looked at him. Josh realized his mistake in time.

"Oh! Oh, wow! It's great to see all of you again!"

James punched him in the arm. "Oh stop it, Josh. We all know you like Becky."

Everyone snickered, Josh just stood there, looking mortified. I felt a blush rising in my cheeks as I saw his expression.

Josh turned and looked at James, looking mad. "I never said that I-"

James glanced at him, sighing. "Seriously? You aren't that slick about it, if you know what I mean."

Josh opened his mouth, then closed it.

"Besides," James said, smiling, "What's with that picture that you-"

"OK!" I said loudly, before things got out of hand. "Enough of that! How has things been since we were gone?"

Josh looked relieved at this change in the conversation, but he wouldn't look me in the eye.

James looked disappointed, but he didn't push the matter. We all started heading back toward the camp.

"Not much happened since you were gone," James told us, lowering his voice slightly as we walked by a few campers. "The Ares campers are mad at you, Becky, because of what happened last summer- no! no! it's ok! They're mad at Percy too! It turns out Percy told Zeus that Ares didn't return the Helm or the Master Bolt when he caught Luke with it, so now they hate you, but hey! It's nothing personal, right? Matt's been upset the entire time Jaclyn had been gone, and so has Jonathan...(Jaclyn and Jane blushed) Oh! And we got our necklaces!"

He paused in his narration to show us the bead from the leather cord around his neck. It was the same image as described in the book; a black bead with a trident in the foreground. He reached into his pocket and pulled out four more. "Here. Chiron told us to give these to you when you came back." He frowned. "That's funny. He could have given them to you himself later. But he seems so sure that you were going to be coming back so soon..." He trailed off, looking thoughtful.

We accepted the necklaces gratefully, putting them on, but we were also remembering what he had said. After that, we walked in silence for a while. Suddenly, I stopped.

"What is it?" Jane asked, looking concerned after seeing the look on my face.

"Where's Cameron?" I asked, getting worried.

"Cameron didn't come with us, remember?" Jaclyn patiently reminded me.

I shook my head, frustrated. "Noooo...what I'm trying to say is...we left Cameron back at home...right?"

Everyone stopped. You can tell I was beginning to freak everyone out already. "Yeeees?" Vanna answered uncertainly. "What about it?"

I pointed."Then who is that?"

They froze. There across the way, hanging out with Clarisse, was...

Cameron.

"How on earth did she get here?" Jaclyn asked, mouth slightly open.

James shifted uncomfortably. "Weeeellll..." He said slowly. "She has been here for awhile, about 2 weeks to be exact..."

"Wait, WHAT?" Vanna burst out, glaring at him with a mixture of shock and surprise. "And you didn't say anything?"

James opened his mouth to say something, probably a retort, but, whatever it was going to be, it would have to wait, because a particular someone decided to make an appearance.

"Well, well, well.." He drawled, giving a lazy, meancing grin. "New recruits, no?"

I grit my teeth, recognizing this person. "Tantalus."

He tutted at me, wagging a gaunt finger." Ooooo! Not very friendly, are you? Not to worry," He said nastily, cracking his neck. "That can easily be taken care of."

I stood there, trembling with fury, every bone in my body wanting to pull out my whip and turn him to stone, so I could ground him up to a powder, then flush it down a toilet. Violent, I know. But trust me, if anyone deserves it, he does.

Jaclyn stepped forward, fist clenched, and I knew that she was going to give to him. Just when she was about to strike, a yell when up from the campers.

"Attack! We're being attacked!"

We spun around, then gaped as the flaming metal monsters described in the book began attacking the camp. Then, pulling out our weapons, we began to attack.


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