Crystal: and we're back!
Anna: and you have to study, you have a final this week.
Crystal: TT^TT
Nico: well, it could be worse.
Amanda: (picking at the shock collar around nico's neck)
Monkey: (tosses the key over)
Nico: (raises an eyebrow) What's up with you?
Amanda: be careful, nico. if she's giving us the key...
Nico: -.- we're good. she's just going through another phase. this happens a lot.
Amanda: okay. (unlock the shock collar) hurry and run.
Nixar: trust me, it can't be this easy.
Nico: um... (shows his ankle bracelet) I still have this ^^;
Monkey: Yeah, I'm not so deep into this that I'll hand over the key to that.
Nico: (sighs) When she gets into a new obsession, she becomes really nice. (walks over to Monkey and flicks her)
Monkey: Ow! Hey!
Nico: You have an intro to do.
Monkey: (pouts) Okay, fine.
Crystal: actually, we'll do it this time. ^^;
Monkey: (runs to her laptop)
Nico: You shouldn't have done that...
Anna: what?
Nihil: anyway, lets get started.
Disclaimer: Monkey and I don't own Percy Jackson and the Olympians. Also, I only own Amy and Amanda. So, sit back, relax and if you please... No flames!
Chapter 3: There's Something in the Water
I'm only gonna summaries what happened next until Percy woke up because really, it's too much to talk about. I woke up in the infirmary the next day with Amy beside me; Percy was still sleeping on another bed. We met a girl, Annabeth, who took us to the Big House where we met Chiron, the Centaur trainer, and Mr. D or Dionysus, the god of wine, who were playing cards. I'm actually really glad we watched the orientation film about the Greek Gods because Mr. D didn't seem to care and knowing Amy, she'd make him angry. The orientation was simple, the Greek Gods are real and living in the U.S. as well as the monsters from Greek Mythology, and this camp was made for children between Gods and humans. I know I'm probably not doing the explanation justice but, it's really long and complicated already so that's my extremely simplified version. Here at Camp Half-Blood, they teach the history of the gods, different monsters and how to defeat them, as well as teach how to fight and survive monster attacks. Yeah, I learned not to question things especially after learning how Athena's kids were born since she's a maiden goddess and all. But Chiron kept looking at Amy and I every time we see him with a look of seriousness and a little bit of worry for some reason.
At least the other campers were nice, to an extent. Amy and I were sent to Cabin Eleven, which was the Hermes Cabin, since no one knew who our godly parent was and Hermes apparently isn't too picky about who he lets into his cabin. Everyone who wasn't claimed by their godly parent was put in there so Amy and I slept in sleeping bags on the small bit of floor that was available. Yeah, the Hermes cabin is a little cramped. Amy and I both agreed to keep our true origins a secret and this time, she kept that promise. We got a camp tour by Luke, who was the counselor of Cabin Eleven and a son of Hermes. He's a good guy and really is like a big brother to me, but it's awkward when Amy keeps hitting on him and the guy was nineteen. Still, he got us everything we needed and even got me a camp T-shirt, which was a couple sized too big for me but I'm not complaining; at least I'm not walking around naked.
Grover was also nice too and he told us more about the satyrs and nature spirits in the area as well as how old he was; I'm still getting over the fact that he's twenty-eight years old. Still, Amy stayed away from him since she didn't like him playing his reed pipes, which was usually off key but he's funny. He also told me more about Percy's situation and I began to trust him. Most of the time though he stayed by Percy's bedside but that makes sense since he was supposed to protect him and they were best friends. He even told me about his desire to be a searcher but what a searcher was, I wasn't sure since he was called away before he could fully explain.
There's also Annabeth who taught us to read Ancient Greek, which we found wasn't that hard. When we looked at the words, it just formed to English. She was nice and always looked at me with a twinkle in her eye and told me I kind of made her feel nostalgic because she was my age when she first came to camp too. She's the one who also gave us weapons for camp since we'll be having monster fighting classes as well as other fighting related stuff. Amy got a celestial bronze sword and I got a dagger, which was fine by me. We were still getting used to camp life and passing by the canoe lake when we saw a familiar face playing cards with Mr. D, Chiron, and Grover. Well, Grover was sitting there, glancing at Mr. D with fear, but still.
"Percy!" I called out and ran to the porch to hug him, Amy running behind me.
"Amanda, Amy, are you guys okay?" he asked.
"We're good." Amy said, looking a little happy to see Percy was awake.
"Amy, Amanda, don't you have something else to do?" Chiron asked, as Mr. D rolled his eyes.
"Go along, Annie, Amy." Amy flinched. Mr. D has this thing about calling me 'Amy' but he called Amy 'Annie'. She never liked it if I was called her name since our names are so similar.
"Don't worry, you will see Percy later. He will be staying at Cabin Eleven with you." Chiron said, looking at Amy but that didn't lighten her mood.
"Yay! See you there Percy! Amy, come on!" I said, tugging on my sister's shirt.
"R… right." Amy said, and we walked to the lake. Once we got there, Amy just took off her shoes and stayed by the dock as she soaked her feet. I said before Amy doesn't like water, so far nothing bad has happened to the lake so Amy felt it was okay to at least soak her feet there. We finished out lessons and Luke put Amy through the loops today and she was tired.
"Amy? Are you okay?" I asked, as Amy relaxed.
"Yeah, I'm just wondering why we're here. It can't be for no reason." Amy said, looking up at the sky but didn't seem to be looking at it. She was in deep thought, which was a new change that started since we got here. She's been quiet, as if waiting for something to happen. "Do you think this world needs a Keeper?"
"Amy, don't say that." I said, feeling scared. "Why would you want to even be a Keeper? You saw what happened to Anna."
"Because… I don't want to be scared." I stared at Amy, a little confused. "Anna is so strong, she has all that power and she was willing to face death. I want to be able to do that."
"Amy, you kind of are." I said, looking into the water. "You finally got your feet into the canoe lake."
"It's more than that…" Amy said, and I couldn't read her expression.
"If it makes you feel any better, if you became the Destiny Keeper; I wouldn't mind." I said. That was a lie, I would mind a lot, I didn't want to see my big sister die or worse. I just said it because I wanted Amy to feel better but now, I regret ever opening my mouth for that.
"Thanks, Amanda." Amy said, finally smiling and looking happy again. Just as I was about to say something, something grabbed Amy's hands and pulled her into the lake. The naiads, though playful, don't get the idea that humans, half god or not, need air. Amy started to panic and I saw a lot of air bubble so I ran to the archery range, knowing Chiron would be there and got him.
"Chiron, the naiads are drowning my sister!" I cried out, as the Apollo kids and Chiron stared at me. Chiron look and galloped to the lake quickly and by the time I got there, Amy was out of the water trembling. "Amy!"
"She will be alright." Chiron said, as I went to hug my sister. "Just let her get a change of clothes and let her rest. She's quite shaken up by the events." Yeah, I thought. Now fresh bodies of water don't like her. Then again the naiads probably wanted to play so that would mean fresh water is too good for Amy… Weird huh. But Amy didn't look so good, she looked like a cornered, drowned puppy that needed affection.
"Come on." I said, helping Amy up. "Let's get you to the Hermes Cabin. Maybe you can talk to Luke." That cheered her up.
"Yeah, maybe he can help me with the naiads so that can never happen again." I doubt she'd talk about that though. So we made our back to the cabins and on our way, we saw Percy and Annabeth talking to some really big, buff, and mean looking girls from the Ares Cabin. We met the Ares Cabin girls on out first day and we managed to get away in time but Percy didn't seem to have good luck. Or the ability to shut up because I could tell it was his big mouth that got him in trouble. Leading the group of girls is the counselor for Ares Cabin, Clarisse, and she isn't the friendliest person. We nearly had an encounter with the toilet if it wasn't for Luke. Clarisse had Percy by the neck and dragged him toward the girl's bathroom and didn't seem like he was being affected by Percy's kicks and punches.
"We gotta help him." I said, and Amy nodded and we followed after them. Clarisse's friends were laughing as Percy tried to fight Clarisse off.
"Like he's 'Big Three' material." Clarisse said, pushing him to one of the toilets. "Yeah, right. Minotaur probably fell over laughing, he was so stupid looking."
"Stop it, Clarisse!" Amy shouted, but the girls held her back.
"Annabeth, so something!" I shouted, but Annabeth just watched through her fingers. I was scared for Percy and then the second weird thing involving the water happened; it shot out of the toilet, arcing right over Percy and straight at Clarisse making her scream. Really, two things happening with water in one day; I just hope nothing else happens that's water related. It was a bathroom nightmare; toilets and showers were exploding water at Clarisse and her friends. Luckily, Amy ran out of the way and came to Annabeth and me, but that didn't stop us from getting soaked. I think if Amy had stayed with the Ares girls, she would've been caught in the weird current that the water was making around them and they fell out of the bathroom; flopping like fishes. Weirdest thing was that Percy was still completely dry, I was sure that the water filled the entire bathroom.
"How did you…" Annabeth asked, looking in disbelief as Percy got up shakily.
"I don't know." We walked outside to see Clarisse and her friends had landed in the mud looking like piglets but less cute and just as smelly.
"You are dead, new boy. You are totally dead." Clarisse hissed in anger, glaring daggers at Percy.
"You want to gargle with toilet water again, Clarisse? Close your mouth." Percy taunted, and Clarisse's friends had to hold her back and drag her away to the Ares Cabin. Other campers were watching and moved away to avoid getting hit by her flying fists. Amy and I looked to Annabeth, who had a look that clearly meant her mind was whirring again.
"What?" Percy demanded, not really rough but curious. "What are you thinking?"
"I'm thinking," she said, and I can tell she had a plan in her head now, "That I want you on my team for capture the flag." I looked to Amy, who knew more but she had that excited look on her face but this time it scared me. It was a mad kind of excitement.
Nico: Guys...?
Lunar: yeah? what is it?
Nico: (points to Monkey who has dark circles and is crouched in front of her laptop in the corner) I think we need to fix her...
Crystal: i think she's just watching Zelda game walkthroughs...
Nico: Just watch... (throws a small pebble at her)
Monkey: (goes apeshit crazy and tries to maul Nico with her bear hands only to be held back by a chain around her neck)
All the OCs: O.O
Crystal: isn't this normal?
Nico: No. I've only seen her like this once.
Crystal: i guess, anyway, thanks for reading everyone!
Nico: (takes out a scrap of paper and reads off it) If I am submitted in a new obsession that's probably making me turn into a hungry jungle animal, please leave a review to hopefully calm myself. Much appreciated, Monkey.
Crystal: ^^; anyway, join us next time in Chapter 4: We're Related? Seen you soon!
