(Charlie POV)

Walking into camp was like walking into your own house after a long day. Comforting and bringing a sense of peace of mind to you. Knowing his cousins felt the same way as him; Charlie turned and gave them a bright smile, identical ones already on their faces.

"Alright let's go to Chiron and tell him about you guys and what you're doing here." Aunt Thalia said, taking charge. Nodding their heads, they began walking down the hill they were on next to Thalia's pine tree.

They didn't get very far from the end of the hill before a voice called out "Hey Thalia, who are these guys?"

Turning towards who spoke, Charlie's heart leapt to his throat as he realized it was his mother, the younger version anyway. Turning to look at Thalia, Charlie hoped she said what he told her to say when anybody asked about the six of them. As much as he loved his Aunt, she had a bad habit of ignoring what people told her to do if she thought what she wanted to say was better.

Grinning at Annabeth, Thalia said "Found some fresh meat for you guys on the way over here. What do ya think?" She gestured at the six of us.

Moving slightly so that she could look at all of them, they stood at attention. Feeling his mom stare at them and mentally weigh their physique, Charlie shifted uncomfortably under it, not used to his mom looking at him and not realizing who he was.

Thalia, noticing how uncomfortable they were, spoke up "Well I'm going take them to Chiron so if you want to meet me at the pavilion Annabeth, we can catch up." She offered up to Annabeth.

Nodding, Annabeth said "Alright, ten minutes, if you're not there I'll come find you. Chiron's at the Big House by the way." Giving one more glance at them, she turned and started walking to the pavilion.

Letting out the breath he had been holding, Charlie turned to the others.

"That was weird." Lily said with a slightly hurt look on her face.

Putting a hand on her shoulder, Silena said "Yeah it was, I didn't think it would hurt so much, them not knowing who we are. How are you doing Charlie?"

"I don't know, right now though I don't have the time to sort it out, we need to go to Chiron and explain who we are and why we're here." He said, forcing any emotions he felt towards what just happened with his mom into a box to sort out later.

Giving me a look that said they would be talking about it later, she said "All right then let's go."

Solemnly they began to walk to the Big House where Chiron was according to Annabeth and lo and behold there he was, playing poker on the porch with a couple campers.

Stepping on to the porch with Charlie and his cousins trailing behind her, Thalia impatiently said "Chiron we need talk, now."

Looking at us curiously he asked "I assume it has something to do with the unfamiliar faces standing behind you?"

Nodding her head, she said "This is one of those conversations we need to have inside that NO ONE can overhear."

Face turning serious, Chiron stood from his wheelchair; his body from his waist down emerging as a horse's lower half before saying "Then come inside, young heroes, and explain your story."

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Watching Chiron's face go through a series of emotion while Ethan explained who they were and why they were here, Charlie could tell he needed only one little push to believe all of it.

Standing from his leaned back position against the wall, Charlie said "You don't believe us yet but you will after this."

Looking at a glass of water that was on his desk, Charlie moved his hand upwards, the water in the glass following his hands moment. Beginning to play with the water, he started creating shapes with it, seeing in my peripherals Lily light her finger tips on fire and start writing in the air random numbers and letters.

Seeing Chiron's shocked face as the two of them played with their elements, Charlie put the water back in the glass and gestured at Lily to snuff out the flames on her fingers.

Turning back to the centaur in the room, Charlie asked in an amused tone. "Believe us now?"

Snapping out of his shock, he said "Yes I think I do."

Crossing his arms, he asked "You are all from the future? And you're all the children of the Seven you say?"

Nodding, Charlie said "Yes we are, except for Ethan and Zack whose parents are people who helped on the quest but weren't involved with the prophecy."

"Ethan's mother is a young woman named Reyna who is one of the Praetors at the Roman camp you say correct?"

They all nodded.

"And Zack is the child of Mr. di Angelo and Mr. Solace you say?" They all nodded once again.

Looking slightly surprised, he said "That is a combination I did not expect."

Zack grinned manically and cheerfully said "According to Uncle Percy, no did."

Chiron suddenly turned grim "Speaking of Mr. Jackson, you know where he is don't you? Will you tell me where he is?"

Exchanging looks with Ethan and Silena, Charlie said "Yes we know where he is but no we won't tell you where he is."

Looking slightly annoyed, he asked "And why not?"

"Because if I do you'll gather people for a 'rescue' mission and screw with history. What my dad is going through right now NEEDS to happen otherwise specific events won't happen and we'll ALL be screwed." Charlie answered firmly

Sighing in defeat he nodded and said "Alright one more question, what he's going through right now, will he be hurt?"

Shaking his head, Charlie said "He gets a little beat as he always does on any quest he goes on but nothing serious."

He gave a relieved sigh and said "Good, then let's get you all sorted out. Which cabins would you all like to stay in?"

Charlie immediately said "Silena in Aphrodite cabin, Ethan in the Ares cabin along with Emily, Lily in Hephaestus, Zack in the Apollo cabin, and I'll go to the Athena cabin."

Nodding he said "I will tell everyone during lunch. Now I believe you should all go settle in your new cabins while I talk with your Aunt."

Murmuring in agreement, they all began to file out of the room.

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Standing in front of the Big House, Silena said "We should all meet at Zeus's Fist in twenty minutes to start making a game plan, until then though we stick to only telling people the bare minimum."

Nodding Ethan said "Right we all met on the road after monsters attacked our families and we've been together ever since, Thalia found us two days ago running in the woods away from monsters and took us here. We figured out that the gods were real from what are parents and what we got from each other and our godly parents claimed us on the road."

"Exactly and we also cannot tell our parents ANYTHING until they know us better and will be more inclined to believe it. Got it?"Charlie said, getting nods from the rest.

Letting out a breath, he continued "Alright then just like Lena said unpack, get settled and we'll all meet at Zeus's Fist in twenty minutes."

Agreeing, they all dispersed to go to their respective cabins.

Walking to the Athena cabin, Charlie was hit with a sense of nostalgia, remembering all times he walked this path with his parents to visit his aunts and uncles in the Athena cabin. Forcing back the rush of emotions he was feeling, Charlie stepped into the cabin and was immediately accosted by Malcolm, one of his uncles and his mom's second in command in charge of the cabin.

"Are you one of the new kids that came today?" he asked.

Charlie nodded and said "Cool I'm Malcolm and I'll show you to your bunk and give you the tour around camp."

I shook my head as we walked to the bunk that was going to be mine.

"Thanks for the offer but Thalia already gave us a quick tour after she took us to Chiron and my name is Charlie" He lied, not wanting to explain why I was really saying no.

Nodding his head, Malcolm said "Alright Charlie, then I guess if you have any questions you can ask me or Annabeth who you'll meet later, she's our cabin counselor."

Charlie nodded and continued to look around the cabin, noting that the cabin didn't really change a lot in the next seventeen years.

"Well I hate to cut and run but we have archery practice in five minutes, you're welcome to join us if you want but you don't have to if you don't want to since this is your first day and all." He said looking slightly uncomfortable.

Charlie nodded his head and said "I think I'm going to stay here and get settled some more before lunch." Subtly letting him know Charlie would be fine as he start to open up his bag to begin unpacking.

Nodding in agreement with a look of relief on his face, he said "Alright I'll see you at lunch then."

"See you then" Charlie said back and watched him and the rest of his mom's siblings walk out the door to the archery range. He mentally shook his head, in a weird head space from seeing and talking to all these people who should know who he was treat him like a perfect stranger.

Charlie honestly didn't know how his cousins and he were going to get through this, but he did know one thing.

It was going to be the hardest quest they would ever go on.