Andie's POV
I decided to explore the camp on my own when I stumbled across the stables. I walked in to find the beautiful horses.
"Wow!" I squealed. I loved horses! I was going to have to show this to Chris later, but of course, he probably knew about it already.
'Thanks, you don't look too bad yourself.' I heard a voice say.
"Sprinkles, who are you talking to?" a male voice rang through the stables. That voice was very familiar, but I couldn't place it. A winged black stallion walked towards me.
'Hey, I'm Blackjack.' The horse said. Wait, the horse said?
"I'm Andie, am I going crazy or did you just talk?" I asked the horse.
'Andie! Boss, your daughter is here!' Blackjack jumped. Daughter? Suddenly, my dad appeared in the doorway.
"Oh, hey princess! I was just about to come look for you." My dad said.
"I only got out of the car like an hour ago." I told him a little annoyed.
"Sorry, but I figured you might want the duffle bag of clothes you left in the car." Dad said holding up the bag. I was a little embarrassed that I'd been so stupid.
"Sorry." I apologized. Dad shrugged it off.
"I have to go talk to Chiron anyway about you staying in the Poseidon cabin." Dad told me.
"Oh, okay." I said quietly.
"You should check out the beach." He told me grinning ear to ear. I nodded my head and he pointed me in the right direction. I was walking and I could've sworn I had heard someone behind me. I looked around for a second and then resumed my walking. I could see the beach when I felt someone tap my shoulder.
"Chris." I said relieved I didn't have a stalker.
"Who did you expect?" he asked.
"No one, but I wanted to tell you something!" I squealed excitedly.
"Oh really, what?" he asked.
"I can talk to horses." I told him. He gave me a weird look and then looked around.
"I'm looking for the hidden cameras." He informed me.
"No, I'm serious. My dad can too, I think it's a Poseidon thing." I told him. He nodded his head, but I got the feeling that he didn't exactly believe me.
"Oh, hey, I forgot something in my cabin; I'll be back in a little, okay?" Chris asked. I nodded my head and he ran off. A second later, a boy with blonde hair and electric blue eyes walked up to me.
"Hey, I'm Max. I noticed you were in the Poseidon cabin earlier." He said to me.
"Um, yeah. My name is Andie by the way." I informed him.
"Max!" a pretty girl with black hair and grey eyes yelled running over to Max.
"Oh, this is my friend Steph. It's her first day here too." He said.
"Why are you talking to a descendent of Poseidon?" she asked him rudely.
"Excuse me?" I asked a little annoyed.
"No offense or anything, but Poseidon isn't the most intelligent god." She said it as if it was common sense.
"What's that supposed to mean?" I asked allowing the anger to seep into my voice.
"I mean, you're dumb, blonde, and pretty. You fit the part." She told me. I growled. I don't know why, but being called dumb because my hair was blonde really ticked me off.
"Don't call me a dumb blonde!" I snarled. I felt a tug in my stomach and all of the sudden Steph was drenched from head to toe.
"You did not just do that!" she yelled. I laughed.
"I think I just did." I laughed even harder. Just then Chris walked up.
"What did I miss?" he asked. I was still laughing so I just grabbed his wrist and pulled him to the beach. I felt someone tackle me and I was then rolling in the sand.
Steph's POV
I couldn't let that stupid girl, Andie, get away with making a fool of me on my first day! I hate her so much! To make it worse, I can tell that Max has a crush on her just because she's pretty. I am totally annoyed by this however.
"Get off me!" Andie screamed as we battled for dominance.
"Don't count on it!" I told her as we continued rolling. I felt Max's arms wrap around my waist and pull me away from Andie as Chris did the same thing to her.
"Put me down Max!" I yelled at him.
"Calm down… You don't want to fight…" Max whispered in my ear. I instantly felt calm, but I had no clue why his words worked so well. Andie was still fighting Chris and it looked as if she was about to win at any given moment.
"Okay… let me go." I said in a totally calm voice. Max released his grip and I lunged for Andie. Before I could touch her I heard a loud roar. I looked at the water to see a giant serpent with the god, Phorcys on its back.
"Andie Jackson, nice to finally meet you." The god cooed.
"Who are you?" she asked him.
"He's Phorcys, father of all monsters." I told her. She should know these things, right? She shot me an annoyed look, but then turned her attention back to the serpent. We were distracted for too long because all of the sudden the tail of the serpent was being swung at us. I felt someone push Max into me, me into Andie, Andie into Chris, and we all landed on the sand. I turned in time to see a man with black shaggy hair and sea green eyes get slammed into a tree. He immediately fell unconscious.
"Stupid son of Poseidon, I can't wait to tell my wife that I beat Percy Jackson." Phorcys exclaimed. I looked back at everyone to find tears streaming down Andie's face. She looked absolutely horrified. Before anyone could stop her, she was up on her feet and sprinting towards him. Chris, Max, and I got up and followed her.
"Dad?" Andie squeaked between tears.
"Andie…" Chris said putting an arm around her. I turned around to find my mom standing in the water as she stabbed the serpent. It burst into gold dust and the primordial sea god disappeared with it.
"Steph!" my mom called.
"Mom, thank the gods you're here." I yelled as I ran into her arms. We embraced each other for a second, but we were interrupted by the sound of Andie's sobs.
"Oh my gods." My mom said. She let go of me and ran to the man, Percy's, side.
"Please, I can't lose you…" I could hear Andie whisper. I pulled her away as Max and Chris helped my mom lift him up.
"Stupid Seaweed Brain…" I heard my mom mumble. Andie was standing awkwardly next to me. She had stopped crying and seemed to be studying my mom.
"Why are you looking at my mom like that?" I asked her. She jabbed her hand into her jean pockets and brought out a picture of two kids. One was obviously my mom and the other, was that Percy?
"That's my dad." Andie said pointing to the boy with black hair and sea green eyes.
"And that's my mom." I told her. We exchanged glances, but then she noticed that her dad was way in front of us. She stuffed the picture back in her pocket and started jogging to catch up to my mom. I joined her as the infirmary came into view.