Here's the second chapter! I apologize for there being no difference from the A/N and the story in the last chapter. I put it in bold, but my computer did something weird. Anyways... enjoy!


Chapter 2

This is not my idea of fun, thought Percy as they jogged through the woods. The one who had attacked his kept his sword pointed at his back. Percy had discovered that his name was Dakota. He was tall and fit; he looked to be about his own age. Whatever that number was, he had yet to find out.

"So… who are you?" Percy asked Reyna bluntly. He was determined to get an answer no matter how strange or scary the answer might be.

She kept her back to him as she spoke. "We are demigods. And so are you." As soon as she said this, an image flashed in his mind. It was a glowing green trident. It looked holographic and glowed like the stuff in glow sticks. Percy knew that it was important, but couldn't quite place the memory.

"Um… come again? What's a demigod?" Even as she said this a nagging suspicion grew in his brain.

"You're only half human. You're half-"

"-god. I'm half god," he mumbled. Reyna frowned at him but didn't say anything. Somehow, this confirmation didn't surprise him as much as it should have. Percy was starting to get seriously worried. His memories still weren't coming back. Well, except for the trident thing and knowing what a demigod was, not that they helped much.

After a while they came to a busy road, well a highway actually. Highway 24, which went through the Caldecott Tunnel, barely visible over the cars and trucks that sat in traffic. The demigods jogged onto the shoulder of the road. Percy looked around. The passengers in the cars didn't even glance at them, which was weird considering that they were all carrying swords, spears, knives, or other forms of weaponry. "Why isn't anybody staring at us?" Percy asked a guy walking next to him.

"The Mist," he said, shrugging.

Percy looked around. "It's not foggy."

"I mean magical Mist." When he saw the blank look on Percy's face, he continued. "It hides magical things like monsters, weapons, the gods if they happen to visit from mortals, sometimes even demigods. For example, a sword might look like a baseball bat or a golf club and a monster might just look like a really, really scary person. I'm Bobby, son of Mercury, by the way."

"Right," Percy said, apparently unconvinced. "Sooo, where we goin'?"

"The First Legion. We usually just call it Camp Gladius. It's where we train to fight monsters and stuff. Which is kind of necessary since our parents are the Roman gods. Monsters tend to want to kill us." Roman gods, thought Percy. He thought something was a little off, but couldn't figure out what it was.

"What about the Greek gods? Like Zeus, Poseidon, Hades, all them?"

Bobby answered, "They're the same gods, just different names. You should ask Reyna about that. She's the expert. Daughter of Minerva, goddess of wisdom."

"Didn't the Greeks come first though?" Percy questioned.

Bobby shrugged. "Like I said. Ask Reyna." By that time they had passed through the tunnel and gone back off the road onto a trail. Nailed onto a post was a sign that read, "DANGER! Not open for the public." Percy noticed that most of the demigods cracked a smile when they saw the sign, as if it was an old joke. Well, thought Percy, a camp where kids who are related to ancient gods learn to fight monsters has got to be pretty dangerous. The overgrown trail wound its way up a mountain. The hike seemed to last for hours. Occasionally, a gust of wind would bring the scent of mint. It gave him a feeling of foreboding, though he could not figure out why. Finally they reached the end of the trail and when Percy saw what was at the end of it, he could not believe his eyes.

A cluster of brick buildings with red tile roofs were grouped a central courtyard. He noticed that there was a different symbol above each door- a lightning bolt, owl, trident… He realized that the buildings must be where the campers slept. About two hundred yards away from the buildings was a structure that looked a whole lot like the…

"That's not the Colosseum, is it?" Percy asked warily. It looked exactly like it except that it wasn't crumbling- it looked brand new.

"Um, no. It's just a reproduction. That's where we train and sometimes hold events. The real one in Rome is actually about a hundred times bigger. There's can seat about 50,000 people. Ours can only hold about five hundred." He wasn't sure, but Percy thought that he could detect a trace of jealousy in Bobby's voice. "I mean when every camper is there, it's still mostly empty." They both turned away from the Colosseum. "Come on. We need to get you to Lupa. The rest of the group is way ahead of us." They passed a big stone building with multiple huge arches as the entries, but they didn't have doors covering them. Or a roof, for that matter. "That's where we eat," said Bobby.

"Do you all have to bring umbrellas when it rains? I mean, it's got to rain sometimes, so…"

"It never rains. Magical borders. Keeps out mortals, monsters, rain…you get the point."

"Okay," Percy said slowly, but Bobby had already caught up with the group. Percy jogged after him. For the first time, he began to notice other campers. A group of about twenty of them were scaling a cliff while another group was shooting arrows down at an archery range. Some were just hanging around talking or playing volleyball. The one thing they all had in common was that they were all clad in purple t-shirts.

At last, they arrived at a circular building topped with a golden dome. It reflected the sun so brightly that it hurt to look at it. "Everyone stay here while I take our guest inside to see Lupa," Reyna ordered. Percy nervously thought that the way she said "guest" sounded more like "prisoner". He heard grumbles from the rest of the demigods.

They stepped inside the building onto a polished stone floor. Columns bordered the edges and stairs wound up to the other levels. But the first thing that Percy saw was not the magnificent décor. The first thing he saw was the giant wolf that was staring him in the face.

The enormous wolf had long brown fur the color of chocolate and silver eyes, like coins. "Wait... you're Lupa?" Percy asked, disbelieving. All this time he had thought Lupa was a person and she turned out to be a wolf three times the size of a normal one. It was enough to make his jaw drop.

"I am," she replied without a trace of humor in her voice. "And who are you, demigod?"

"I have no idea. I think I've lost my memory."


I tried to make it longer, but I think it's still kind of short. I'm not sure when I'll get the chance to post again, so sorry everybody. Happy New Years! ;P