Chapter 6

My trance never made sense to me. One second I was looking at Chiron making his announcement and then suddenly I was looking at a bird's eye view of the amphitheatre. My brain was still aching after the incident. I decided to forget about it. It must be dyslexic or something. I looked back at Theo. Annabeth didn't seem all that pleased to see Theo at first.

"WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN?"

Annabeth stormed over to Theo and hugged him. The other campers fell silent and Annabeth noticed she was making a scene. She pushed him away and said, "I- We thought you were dead, seaweed brain!"

Theo looked around 15 years old. He had black hair with sea green eyes and he looked very tired.

"I'm sorry," Theo replied. "I got lost."

"LOST?" she yelled. "Two weeks, Theo? Where in the world—"

"Annabeth," Chiron interrupted. "Perhaps we should discuss this somewhere more private, shall we? The rest of you, back to your normal activities! Percy, do you mind joining us?"

I nodded and Chiron picked Annabeth and Theo and swung them over his back like they weighed nothing to him. He trotted back off to the Big house. I followed behind.

Theo explained nearly everything about his journey after the Mount St. Helens explosion. He explained about how he got stranded on an island and Hephaestus finding him and how he knows a way into the Labyrinth.

"By the way, who is this guy?" Theo pointed at me.

Before I could answer, Chiron said, "Ahh yes, sorry, this is Percy. He is a son of Athena and he is new to camp. I want you to take him with you on his quest. He has got amnesia and only Daedalus can tell his past. Theo, you said you know a way into the Labyrinth?"

"Yeah. I figured that a clear sighted mortal can lead us to Daedalus' workshop. I think Rachel can help. She can see through the mist."

Annabeth's jaws dropped. She was obviously against the fact that now another person was joining her quest, whom of which was a mortal. I can't blame her.

"Theo, that's crazy!"

Chiron sat back in his wheelchair and stroked his beard. "There is precedent, however. Theseus had the help of Ariadne. Harriet Tubman, daughter of Hermes, used many mortals on her Underground Railroad for just this reason."

"But this is my quest," Annabeth said. "I need to lead it."

Chiron looked uncomfortable. "My dear, it is your quest. But you need help."

"And this is supposed to help? Please! It's wrong. It's cowardly. It's—"

"It is true. Daedalus said it himself." I interrupted.

Everyone stared at me.

"Why didn't you say that in the first place?" Chiron asked.

"Uhh, kind of forgot?"

Theo looked at Annabeth with "I told you so" written all over his face.

Annabeth glared at both of us. "You, Theo, are the single most annoying person I have ever met!" She turned to me. "You might make the second most annoying person!"

Annabeth stormed out of the room leaving us in total silence.

"Is she always like that?" I asked, quite frankly surprised at her rage.

"No, no. She is just frustrated and… jealous." Chiron glanced at Theo. "She will calm down."

"Well, I should get out?" I insisted.

"Yes. Theo and I are going to talk about some personal matters. Do you mind?"

"No, it's fine."

"I will get Argus to take you to Manhattan, tomorrow morning, to pick up Rachel."

That night, after the campfire, I fell asleep straight away. The campfire was great. We had s'mores which were absolutely delicious and the Apollo cabin lead the singing. I sat next to Annabeth, who was still pretty pissed at the fact that she had to bring along a mortal on her quest. When the campfire died out and the session ended, we were told to go back to cabins. I enjoyed the last hours at camp but I still had to find out who I was. That night, I finally got some answers.

I was at a beach. It was noon and the sun was sinking in the horizon. I was with three other people. One was a scruffy boy with a leather tool belt strapped around his waist and was wearing black trousers, a dirty white shirt under a bronze breastplate and a flat cap on his head. He was carrying a sword in his right hand and a bronze shield. There were two other girls. Both of them had blonde hair and one had stormy grey eyes like me. The other girl had the most attractive, brightest blue eyes. She wore a tunic underneath the bronze armour. She had a spear and a shield with Medusa's head engraved in the shield. Aegis. The other girl was wearing a Greek tunic too with just her breastplate. She had a Xyphos and a shield. I guessed she was a daughter of Athena too. The other girl, though. Emily. She was a Daughter of Zeus. She looked so attractive.

I woke up to the sound of Annabeth screaming at me to wake up.

"Jeez, Annabeth! Don't need to scream that loud!"

"Well, I had to shout that loud several times for you to wake up!"

I got up, disappointed at the fact that my dream was cut off by a serious, pissed off, human war machine, and gazed at the clock.

"Argus is waiting for us on Half-Blood hill. Get your stuff and get ready. We're leaving in less than 30 minutes."

I got up and walked out of the cabin towards the showers. Unfortunately I did not have any spare clothes except the Camp Half-Blood t-shirt so I had to borrow a pair of jeans and spare towel from the Big house. They seemed to be overflowing with spare clothes there of older campers.

I stood in the showers, trying to remember my dream. I couldn't stop thinking about the blonde girl with the blue eyes. Emily. The boy with tool belt and the other girl with the stormy grey eyes. She seemed to look a lot like Annabeth. I wish I could remember my past.

I got dressed into a fresh camp Half-Blood t-shirt and the old worn out jeans. I put my hands in my pockets and got my coin out. It had some kind of magic that made to coin appear in my pocket wherever I lost it. I wonder what happens if I run around naked for the rest of my life. Where will the coin appear?

I walked up Half Blood hill to meet Annabeth, Theo and a giant with eyes all over his body. I guessed he was Argus. We got into the van and Argus drove us all the way to Manhattan.