Author's Note: Okay! Hi, I just wanted to say that if I don't put a P.O.V at the start of the chapter then it is Bella's! Also, because I am weird that way, I wanted to dedicate this chapter (it's the 17/08/15) to my first and only reader Vanessa! You ROCK! And sorry I haven't put a link to her account. Love Lulu! P.S. sorry this is long but I wanted to say that I have changed my username so I'm now RavenclawPrefect! Bye! See ya Vanessa!
Bella's P.O.V-
(soz, had to put that there after my intro!) Once Luke got up we walk out and I get to know them better. I get along really well with Thalia and Annabeth. We are walking along with Luke in the lead. I am having so much fun that the weirdest thing happens...
"Why's your hair violet?" asks Annabeth seriously. I stop laughing and look down at the plait hanging over my shoulder, it is indeed purple.
"Huh?" I ask in confusion my hair rapidly turning green-(Authors note- Her hair changes with her mood/emotions and I will list the hair colours in my Authors note at the bottom)- Luke stops and turns around
"What is going on?" he asks
"um, my hair is changing colours and I don't know why?" I more ask then explain.
"We'll have a closer look when we get to our safe house" he decides, shrugging the intrigued look off his face, turning around and continuing to walk. I am carrying my bag, Luke is dragging my suitcase, Thalia is dragging Snowflake's and Annabeth is holding Snowflake who is snuggling into her arms and purring, which is odd because she's usually hostile to everyone except me.
Finally we arrive at the safe house, it is small and cozy and made out of bits of canvas hanging on some wood and is cleverly camouflaged. We enter and it is even more cozy-looking on the inside, with a tiny stove, 3 sleeping bags are rolled out on the floor, and thankfully there is just room for a fourth.
"Okay, here we are! And Bella, you recently ran away didn't you, you said you'd just run away this morning?" Luke asks,
"Yep, why" I reply popping the 'p' in 'yep'
"So you must have some food?" Annabeth catches on. I kick the larger of the two suitcases -my own-
"This here suitcase is filled with nonperishable food!" I say puffing out my small chest proudly before bending down and opening my suitcase, revealing cans of baked beans and spaghetti, microwave (or stove) noodles, Christmas fruitcakes,, tins of fruit and veg, several bags of sprinkles and icing, lots of biscuits and crackers and some other assorted stuff I stole from the kitchens at grandmother's house. Thalia, Annabeth and Luke all stare at me and the food in amazement before they tackle me into a hug.
"I'll cook tonight!" Pipes Annabeth, rushing to start packing away the food I'd bought "we'd better keep this huge suitcase too, to carry the stove and food and other extra stuff from this safe spot when we leave" she finishes wisely
"'kay, I'm gonna set up for me and Snowflake while you're cooking" I agree. I pull out my pink sleeping bag with built in pillow and lay it out neatly then I open Snowflake's, immediately Snowflake comes over and starts rubbing on my legs as I set up her stuff.
We are sitting on our sleeping bags eating a yummy dinner of tinned spaghetti/baked bean crossover with easy cheese sprayed on top when we hear a clip-clopping noise from outside the hideout.
"I'll go see what it is" I tell my new friends putting down my bowl and sticking my head out the stuffy tent breathing in the cool night air. I look around and all I see is a weird guy wearing a Rasta cap and seemingly hastily pulled on shoes that I can obviously see have fake feet in them I'll go see if he saw what made the clopping noises I think. I step out of the tent and only now do I appreciate how cold Autumn nights can be in America, I am also aware of the fact that I am wearing my favorite Barbie(TM) pajamas. I ignore them and walk towards the guy he's got crutches so I bet he's probably not so agile at the moment but he is probably a foot taller than me ... I am thinking when I make it to where he's standing.
"Hi, I'm Bella, I was wondering if you heard the clip-clopping, or knew where it came from?" I ask hopefully
"Maaa!" the man (or boy, he would look about 12 if it wasn't for the hint of a wispy goatee starting to form on his face) bleats, wait? Bleats?
"Sorry!" I shout back "I didn't mean to startle you!"
"N-No, it w-wasn't y-you" he lies unconvincingly "My name is Grover, it's a pleasure to meet you Bella" He says, making me giggle.
"So, did you or didn't you hear it?" I repeat
"Umm, I have something totally weird to say, I was sent to collect you and three others around here" He says quickly "I'll explain it to all of you when we enter your little tent"
"Okay" I say after pondering the situation for a while and kicking little pebbles at seagulls. I lead him inside and introduce him to Luke, Thalia and Annabeth, he explains that he is a satyr sent from a place called Camp Half-Blood to collect people like us and take them to camp, the only safe place for people like us, then he shows us his hairy goat legs which I find a bit disturbing and tells us that we are demigods, which apparently means one of our parents is a Greek god or goddess and the other one is a mortal (meaning normal person). We are all shocked for a moment before believing Grover (because he showed us his goat legs and the story is too far fetched to be true).
"Okay guys, whaddaya say? Off to Camp Half-Blood first thing tomorrow?" Thalia states more than asks. we all murmur our agreement, Grover looks so relieved he almost wets himself ...
