Chapter FOUR: The Camp
"Hey so I know we just met and all but what was that that you just said about, erm, wizards?" Hermione whispered, forcing the new boy to lean in to hear her.
"Oh yeahhhh. Well we, I mean Annabeth, my girlfriend, and I were actually just talking about… umm… about LIZARDS!"
Draco zoned out, letting Hermione and the strange American boy discuss lizards. He was feeling strange. At first he though it might be from his stupid Cappuccino but then he realized, this was different. He felt like he was being pulled towards something… someone? He glanced upwards, slightly behind the boy, where a girl was staring right back at him. She had the same blonde hair as him and startlingly, the same grey eyes. He watched her walk forwards towards the boy and whisper something in his ear. She still maintained eye contact with him. She looked startled beyond belief. Bending in to hear what the girl had to say, the strange boy looked shocked and then, pleased.
"Well," he said, "It seems we have found our wizards!".
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After a lot of confusion and a fight between Ron and the American boy Percy, Draco, Hermione, Ron, Ginny, Harry and Cho found themselves squished into the back of a turquoise mini van. It was rather dirty and smelled strangely like onions but Draco didn't ask any questions.
"So you've like, SEEN the underworld?!" gasped Hermione.
"Yeah..." retorted Annabeth sounding tired, "Percy and I fell down there together. Almost never made it back out!".
It seemed, thought Draco, these two teens had a lot of strange, strange stories to tell. None of which, however, explaining where exactly they were headed in this too tight mini van. Draco watched as Annabeth talked. He felt very strangely around her. Now, this wasn't any sort of crush. Draco had had plenty of crushes before, none of which felt quite like this. This, was different. This was real.
"Hey, I don' mean to interrupt up there but can you tell us where the bloody hell we are off to?" questioned Ron, rather sarcastically from the rear of the van.
"Well, Camp Half-Blood of course!" said Percy, "You'll love it! We've got beds set up for you guys in the cabins! Ron, Harry and Draco you will be staying in my cabin, cabin three. Ginny, Hermione and Cho you will be staying in Annabeth's cabin, cabin number six." reported Percy.
Draco nodded along with the rest of the group, approving of the sleeping arrangements. Though he would much rather stay with Hermione he supposed Ron and Harry would HAVE to do. His attention was directed towards Annabeth as she informed them that, along with many other Half-Bloods (campers) there were 5 other Demigods who were also new to the camp.
"Don't worry they're cool. Every one is cool at camp Half-Blood just… um... watch out for Clarisse. She's a little... rough around the edges." Annabeth said, smiling slightly.
"And heeeere we are! And for safety reasons we've had our little friend Grover remove the camp's 'security shield' so that it let's you wizards and witches in!" Percy said, laughing.
Draco looked out the window. At first he saw nothing but a big archway with the words 'Camp Half-Blood" on it but, as they passed through he realized there was much, much more to the camp. Beautiful fields of strawberries made up the camp and the ocean was very much visible, even from the discomfort of their car. A grand forest lined the East of the camp. There were teens running all around, climbing rock walls, fighting with swords and building weapons. At the end of the road was a large cul de sac surrounded by 20 or so cabins. Each looked different then the other but they were all equally beautiful. Annabeth parked the car in front of a very large building. It had marble pillars and beautiful statues surrounded it. The 8 of them walked through the front doors. Suddenly, a half man-half horse entered the room in which they were standing. 'A half man-half horse?! Those EXIST?!' thought Draco, astounded. The creature bounded towards them grinning from ear to ear.
"Draco!" he said proudly, "It has been a long time.".
