a/n loving this story, Connor is the boy who wakes up below. ps i still dont own these first 12 chapters or any pjo characters
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He sat up in bed and rubbed his head slowly. He couldn't remember anything. Who was he? Where was he?
The boy propped himself on his elbows and looked at the beds next to him. There was a girl with blonde curls to his right, and a boy with dark hair to his left.
The room was painted a dark red. The curtains were elegantly pulled back, and the sun was lighting up the room. There were three beds, and each had black covers and fluffy pillows.
The boy started breathing faster. What if he was at the doctor? Were they going to give him a shot? The doctor's office wasn't this fancy…but still.
I don't like shots, he thought to himself. Even though he didn't remember what a shot was, he remembered a pain that could only be described by the word.
The boy to his left groaned and sat up. He looked around for a moment.
"Wh-wh-who are you?" he asked. I hope this isn't the doctor.
The other boy hesitated. "I don't know,"
The door opened slowly. A teenager with black hair and green eyes walked in, smiling at the two boys.
"Hi. Um, I'm Percy." The teenager said.
"Who am I?" the two boys asked simultaneously.
Percy laughed. "You," he pointed to the boy who had woken up first. "are Connor. And you are Nico."
Connor rubbed his eyes. He was so confused. "How do you know?"
"Because you lost your memory. That girl over there is Annabeth."
"Aren't those supposed to be two separate words?"
"No, that's her name. Call her by anything else and she'll get angry."
Connor took Percy's advice. Percy hadn't lost his memory, after all. So Percy probably knew what was best.
Nico strained to look out of the window. "Where are we?"
"You're at camp. It's safe here, but we need to leave." Percy insisted.
"Why?"
"To take you to daycare," said another voice. A girl with dirty blonde hair walked in, and studied Nico, Connor, and Annabeth. "I think it worked."
Connor freaked out a little. "What worked?"
Percy looked at the girl for an explanation. "We wanted you to….um—"
"Travis Stoll is here!" another boy exclaimed. He spread his arms out wide, waiting for applause, as he ran inside the room. The girl punched him in the shoulder, which caused Nico and Connor to laugh.
"I'm Clarisse," the girl introduced herself. "The idiot who just walked in is Travis. We're your babysitters."
Percy kneeled next to the little girl with blonde hair. He gently told her to wake up, and she did.
They all introduced themselves.
"You guys hungry?" Percy asked. "We have some food upstairs."
Nico jumped up and down. "Yep! Do you have pancakes? I LOVE pancakes. Especially with sugar and chocolate chips and—"
"Newflash, kid." Clarisse said. "It's three o'clock in the afternoon. We don't serve pancakes in the afternoon."
Nico gave her the puppy-dog-face. "But I like pancakes,"
"Come on, Clarisse. Let's just take them to the dining pavilion instead of the Big House kitchen." Percy suggested.
"No. It'll be easier to keep them out of trouble here—"
"We won't get into trouble," Connor objected.
"You and Nico's middle name is trouble," Clarisse said sarcastically.
Apparently, five year olds do not catch sarcasm, because Nico and Connor got excited.
"It is? What's my last name?" Nico questioned.
"Nico your last name is di Angelo, and Connor, yours is Stoll." Travis responded.
"I have the same last name as you! Are we brothers?" Connor was hopping down the stairs.
"No," Travis lied. "Just a coincidence."
When they were walking towards the dining pavilion, Nico, Connor, and Annabeth pointed to almost everything they passed. Like the riding stables, the arena, even the strawberry fields, they 'ohhhed' and 'ahhhed' to all of it. Clarisse was trying to convince herself that it would all be over, but she knew this was only the beginning.
"Why did I have to be dragged into this?" she muttered.
"You wanted to do this!" Travis recalled.
"I know! But they're going to annoy the crap out of me!" she complained.
"Can't back out now," Percy said.
Nico, Travis, and Annabeth ran up to a table and sat down. No people were there, so Clarisse, Percy, and Travis joined them.
"What is there to eat?" Annabeth asked politely.
"Just think of what you want to eat and drink, and it'll magically appear." Travis answered.
Almost immediately, sugar-coated chocolate chip pancakes appeared on Nico's plate, along with orange juice.
"Wicked! How is it magic?"
"Um…uh…" Clarisse didn't know how to explain to them that they were demigods.
Percy thought of something really fast. "The leprachauns use their magic to make it appear. They're all around the camp!"
"Really?" Annabeth said with delight.
"This is really good," Connor stuffed his face with chocolate ice cream.
Travis laughed, and Percy thought of how much the older Annabeth would freak out if she saw them eating ice cream. She would actually have a clue on how to babysit. He hoped he had spent enough time around her to know what she would do.
Annabeth sat quietly and put her napkin in her lap while she ate.
"Why are you eatin' like that? Just dig in!" Connor licked his lips to get rid of some ice cream that didn't make it in his mouth.
"My step-mother says nobody should ever eat like that," Annabeth frowned as she talked about her step-mother. "It's not polite. How would you're mom react to you eating like that?"
"She's use to it. I'm Connor. You're Annabeth, right?"
"Yes." She turned to Clarisse. "Do I have to hang out with these boys?"
"Sorry, but yes. Just until we come back here, so play nice."
Annabeth looked at Connor and Nico, who were flinging food at each other. "Their definition of fun is nowhere near mine,"
"You'll get used to them. They're the ones who are going to have a stomachache later. At least what you're eating is healthy. They're going to get fat."
Annabeth smiled and giggled. For once, Clarisse thought she may be able to handle babysitting.
"How about we each watch one kid. I call Annabeth," Clarisse watched them, making sure to have a scary look in her eye.
"Um, sure? I'll watch Connor," Percy said.
"Oh yeah! I've got Nico! Dude, we're going to have so much fun," Travis started to rant.
"Let's go get the stuff from Chiron," Percy insisted.
Chiron gave Percy a backpack and tons of cash in the Big House.
"Chiron, I don't think we need that much money," Percy mentioned, but Chiron shook his head.
"You'll need to keep them occupied," He nodded towards Nico, Travis, and Annabeth, who were sitting on the floor, playing 'rock paper scissors'. "Let them buy a few toys. Let them have some fun."
"Uh, Connor thinks burning things is fun, Nico wants to start a food fight, and Annabeth hates them both for making messes. She doesn't like messes." Percy added.
"Take them to stores and playgrounds. If they get bored, they might want to run away."
"Fine. I'll I.M. you when I can,"
"Okay Percy, and good luck!" Chiron waved as they all left the Big House
