Hi guys! So I pretty much lied about the reviews... I wanted more than one review (I actually wanted five,) and so far my writing partner and I have only had two reviews for the entire story. But I'm impatient and I know the few of you who are reading want to continue with the story. This time I'm setting the standards pretty low. Two reviews for the chapter and we'll post the next chapter. Again sorry for the mistakes.

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Jack

Constance Yukimura was the most mysterious and odd person I've ever met. When I heard the fleece was stolen, I thought, so? Then my sister started yelling at me that the fleece kept the tree alive, and the tree protects the camp with a barrier. Well how was I supposed to know that? Melissa says, research. Yeah right, never.

Chiron galloped over. "Oh dear, I was afraid this would happen."

My mom looked really worried, like, about to cry. "Chiron? Is there anything we can do for now?" Mom looked at Chiron hopefully. The old mentor smiled kindly. "Of course my dear. Wait one moment." he cantered off and soon came back with three twelve-year-old looking kids. "This is Constance Yukimura, Davis Yu, and Daphne Reid." Daphne was a daughter of Demeter, so it would make sense that Chiron would bring her. She smiled and winked at me. I said something real smart like, "Hum huh uh… hi."

Davis touched the tree, and put his ear to it, as if listening to it's heartbeat. Constance faced the tree and put out her hand. Mist swirled around the tree to the spot where the fleece was. A golden fleece appeared on a branch of the tree. A golden line traced from Davis's hand to the fleece. Healing magic. Finally, Daphne raised her arms, and the tree sprouted leaves and was healthy, which was seriously weird considering it had been dying two seconds ago. Then all three kids collapsed at the base of the tree, exhausted. I guess making a replica of something real powerful like that takes a lot of energy. The campers started murmuring. Chiron ordered the campers to stay calm. "This will keep the tree alive for a while. We will have a council meeting in twenty minutes."

I went back to the Poseidon cabin with my dad, who was fidgeting with his camp necklace. "Dad, don't you need to go to the war council meeting?" He looked at me. His sea green eyes were full of worry. "I'm too old to do this." he murmured, even though he was only like, 35? "How about you go in my place Jack? Just don't do anything stupid or embarrassing please." I nodded. I may have seemed calm, but I was freaking out on the inside. Me? Going to the war council? It seemed like a dream.

The war council was actually pretty awkward. Not because there were all adults and just me, a kid, because there were no adults, except for Chiron. There was a lot of campers. Evan, from the Zeus cabin, Ashley and Rilee from the Hades cabin, Constance from the Hecate cabin, Davis from the Apollo cabin, Daphne from Demeter, I could go on and on. Claire from Aphrodite, Joe, Collin, Wilbur. What- no, who rather who, surprised me the most was that my sister came for the Athena cabin. She waved at me. Her eyes said, Oh my gods! I can't believe I'm representing the Athena cabin! I couldn't believe it either, and I guess it showed in my expression because Melissa gave me a hard look.

Chiron stood at the head of the table, looking very uncomfortable. I guess discussing war plans with a bunch of pre-teens isn't exactly relaxing. He cleared his throat. "As you all know, the fleece was stolen. Only thanks to Constance, Davis, and Daphne, we are now aware of it." Collin raised his hand awkwardly.

"Where's the pizza? That's all I came for." several kids nodded in agreement. Constance stabbed a knife into the ping pong table.

"This is serious! Stay focused!" she commanded. Nobody interrupted after that. Probably because they didn't want to be beheaded. Then, A man with blond hair came in the room and had a serious look on his face (I also noticed that he looked way better than dad).

"Chiron, bad news..."


Sorry that it's a short chapter... we just wanted to give you guys a cliffhanger. :P