Chapter 4
Adriana was overwhelmed by the sudden blinding light and quickly shielded her eyes with a hand, Nico stepped back and stumbled slightly. When he was 12 and 13 he had gotten so good at shadow traveling, but after being malnourished and kept in a jar his powers and endurance went right back to the start. Ever since the quest on the Argo II he'd been practicing non stop in the underworld and in Italy, he had gotten so good he could now transport himself and possibly two other people.
He was glad to see not much had changed either in the greek camp, if things changed he would have been more uncomfortable then he already was.
"Wow". Adriana didn't know what to say, she saw the beautiful shimmering lake, the awesome dining pavilion, the unique assortment of cabins and a peaceful forrest. To top things off, everybody was busy doing their own thing happily, some sword fighting or archery, swimming, rock climbing and others just goofing around.
"It's so... i'm speechless, this is stunning... OH MY GOD A STRAWBERRY FIELD AND GARDENS"! Adriana was so happy the only thing she could do was clap her hand together and stare in awe.
"Ya thats the Demeter cabin, they like gardening too. We should find Chiron, Annabeth and Percy" Nico suggested.
As they started their journey towards a big, blue house Nico started to feel dizzy and slightly sick to his stomach. Luckily he caught a glimpse of blonde, curly hair and quickly stopped Adriana.
"HEY ANNABETH"! Nico shouted, Adriana stopped and watched as a girl maybe a year older ran over towards her, the first thing she noticed was astonishing grey eyes.
"NICO! where in Hades have you been? The last time we saw you, you were getting voice cracks non stop!" Annabeth seemed annoyed but not angry, Nico obviously didn't know what to say. Annabeth impatiently waited for an answer, tapping her foot and looking expectantly, "well"?
"Um, I was working on my powers and traveling the world"? He suggested weakly, Annabeth rolled her eyes as if saying 'typical Nico'. Instead of arguing further she pulled him in for a quick hug, Nico just pouted.
"You know I hate physical contact"?
"Deal with it ghost king. Who's this"?
"Adriana Mauzy, ran across her when I was in Canada". Nico said and gestured to the brunette beside him.
"Since when do you go to Canada"? The blonde asked suspiciously, Nico knew Annabeth was clever and decided not to elaborate more.
"You got something against it? Franks from Canada" Nico pointed out, Annabeth frowned. "No need to get defensive".
"You know how I am"
"Yes the entire camp does Nico".
"Can I just sit down or something"? Adriana asked quietly, both heads snapped in her directions, "Take her to the big house" Nico ordered. Annabeth frowned, she seemed to usually give out the orders.
"Now why can't you do that"?
"I have stuff to... talk with Percy about" Nico said, he didn't wait for Annabeth to argue further and he headed for the cabins.
Nico really just wanted to get some rest, the claw to the chest and shadow traveling really took it out of him. He quickly slipped in his cabin, green flames flanked the front entrance. Inside there was dark hard wood, dark brown walls, two beds with burgundy sheets, a fire place and a rug with three black bean bags on it.
Sighing he took off his shirt and pants so he could sleep only with boxers, he inspected the claw marks and decided to leave them to heal by themselves. No treatment needed. Sliding under the covers he fell asleep almost immediately and luckily no demigod dreams for once.
Adriana on the other hand had just finished watching the orientation film, meeting Chiron and Mr. D (who turned out to act less like a god and more like a bratty 7 year old). He also purposely called her Audrey and Annabeth Anniebell.
"So Nico brought you here"? Annabeth asked, she decided to start a conversation with the girl.
"Ya kinda weird, he just showed up in the girls washroom"
"That is weird". Annabeth knew that Nico used to have problems and didn't always end up where he wanted (like making a couple mistake trips to China and Sweden) but it seemed odd he just happen to show up in the exact same room as Adriana. Adriana had explained their trip coming here and Annabeth said she was impressed with her courage to jump on the back of a manticores tail.
"Who's your godly parent"? Adriana asked
"Athena, goddess of war strategy and wisdom"
"Thats cool, but after watching the video I have a feeling mine's Demeter or a minor goddess"
"Ya, seems about righ-"
Annabeth didn't finished her sentence as a kid from behind scared her witless, she shrieked and jumped as arms wrapped around her waist.
"SEAWEED BRAIN"! She shouted and turned around in his arms. Adriana inspected the new boy, black hair that fell into his eyes, lean muscle, tall, and striking sea green eyes. For lack of better words, hot.
"Did you see Nico"? she asked after kissing her boyfriend, Percy frowned but then a smile lit up his face.
"No... But he's back at camp! I'll go find him after I finished teaching sword lessons in half an hour"
"And why are you here if you should be teaching sword fighting"? Annabeth asked raising an eyebrow. Adriana decided she was the one who wore the pants in this relationship.
Percy just smiled sheepishly and kissed her cheek. "Because I haven't seen my awesome, beautiful girlfriend all day! And I also wanted to see who you were talking too"
Annabeth grabbed Percy's hands and took them off her hips, he pouted, which Adriana thought was just as cute as a baby seal.
"This is Adriana Mauzy, Nico found her in Canada and brought her here" Annabeth explained motioning towards the year younger girl beside her.
"I didn't know Nico went to Canada"? Percy pondered out loud.
"I KNOW! Thats what I pointed out to Nico but he just got all defensive again" Annabeth complained.
Adriana decided to take in the landscape again, Annabeth and Percy obviously had forgotten about her. She smirked as she took notice Percy's little sword fighting students had started rough housing and getting into fights. But other then that situation the other campers were happily doing their own thing, two boys who looked scarily alike had crept into the strawberry fields with a bucket, a boy with blonde hair and a bow an arrow rode a pegasus while shooting targets with unnatural accuracy and saytars trotted around talking to tree nymphs and playing their reed pipes.
At her own feet she willed tiny purple flowers to grow, they immediately bloomed and swayed in the slight breeze, she even started to grow a beautiful yellow rose. After it bloomed Adriana plucked it from the ground and smelled it, reminding herself of the flower shop her and her dad owed.
Suddenly she was distracted by loud voices, coming up the hill was a girl and boy, they didn't seem to be dating, in fact it looked like the boy was teasing the girl. A girl who looked about her age marched up the hill with her arms crossed, Adriana decided her hair was strawberry blonde (not golden blonde like Annabeth's because it had a coppery red tone) grey eyes like Annabeth and she was a probably the same height as herself. Adriana watched with a smile as the boy teased her, he trailed behind the girl and threw his arms around enthusiastically. As they got closer Adriana saw the trade mark smirk or lop sided smile of a comically guy.
Annabeth and Percy stopped talking and grinned as Annabeth's half sister approached with Leo Valdez on her tail. Those two were funny, always arguing about something but the next moment laughing at something either of them said, as if it were hard to stay mad at each other.
"Annabeth tell Leo i'm not roasting a marshmallow over his finger fire"! The girl shouted angrily.
Percy laughed and Annabeth raised an eyebrow.
"oohh and who might this lovely lady be"? Leo asked as he realized there was a girl he had never seen before with Percy and Annabeth.
Rolling her eyes the strawberry blonde demigod hit Leo up side the head.
"OW what was that for"?! he whined, "for stealing my line" the girl replied smiling sweetly.
"Adriana Mauzy" she said shyly.
"I'm Olivia Balshaw, daughter of Athena, I love your hair"! Olivia jumped and little and picked up a piece of Adriana's light brown hair. "It's so long"! She sang happily.
"And so is my-" Leo got cut off as Olivia whirled around and glared at Leo.
"Don't even think about finishing that Valdez" she hissed. Leo shrugged and looked towards Percy, they smiled and seemed to share a comical memory
"WELL Balshaw, if you had just agreed to roast a marshmallow over my finger fire NONE of this would have happened" Leo exclaimed with lots of hand gestures which including waving around flaming hands. Percy shook his head and grinned, Annabeth rolled her eyes at the immatureness, Adriana giggled and Olivia scowled.
"I don't want to roast a marshmallow-"
"Fine what about a sausage"? Leo suggested calmly while Olivia looked about ready to punch him.
"Awww come on Olives" Leo said in a baby voice and hugged her, Olivia yelped and pushed him off her fast.
"LEO YOUR HOT! WATCH WHERE YOU-"
"Yes I know, i'm sexy but seriously I think Adriana already knew that" Leo said faking confusing.
"uggghhh Oh my gods" Olivia grumbled red faced.
Just as their conversation was about to continue an angry voice approached
"VALDEZ! JACKSON! WHAT THE HADES DID YOU PUT IN MY HAIR GEL"!? An angry, girly, voice shrieked. Percy and Leo got wide eyed and started sprinting away from the furious girl.
"BYE BABE"! Leo shouted as he and Percy headed for the cabin three. Olivia stomped her foot in frustration.
"Well we know Percy and Leo pulled a prank on Drew" Annabeth muttered, Adriana laughed lightly.
"I'm not dating Leo" Olivia confirmed, Annabeth laughed but suddenly her eyes stopped and widened.
"CRAP, Percy's sword lessons! All the kids are fighting! Olivia, show Adriana around!" Annabeth quickly instructed before running towards the arena. Olivia did a two finger salut as her sister ran off. And turned towards Adriana after.
"Your names a mouthful, what about Addy"?
So what do you guys think of Olivia? She kinda of a weird Athena kid.
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