Hey everyone. Sorry for the wait on this chapter my Internets moving at snail pace at the moment so I won't be able to update as frequently.
MAX
While Annabeth ran off to score an alliance for capture the flag or something we followed Percy to the camp store.
When we came out it was hilarious we all had on silver and black camouflage cargo pants and orange camp half-blood t shirts.
Angel and Gazzy looked adorable I must admit and Nudge kept fussing over how to accessorize it. Iggy looked weird because it clashed with his overall paleness.
Fang on the other hand looked hilarious, he was trying to look nonchalant about it all but I could tell being out of his usual black clothes was bugging him and all his darkness just clashed with the bright happy orange of the shirt.
I took his hand and smiled at him, he smiled just a little and Nudge came around the corner with Percy. She looked at Fang and burst out laughing, Fang just lifted an eyebrow daring her to criticize.
She shook her head "Hey this is not nearly as bad as those Khaki Army uniforms," Nudge said. "You were in the army?" Percy asked surprised. Technically yes for a while we were but Percy really didn't need to know that.
Nudge blinked and looked at him as if he was nuts "Why on earth would we be in the army? No we were at this little dress up store and I made us all dress up as soldiers it was so funny, we even gave Total this little hat thing and then we got our picture taken, I think I have it here somewhere," Nudge said, it was a good speedy cover up, I was immensely proud.
"Nudge, Iggy shredded it remember?" I said and her face fell "Oh yeah that's right, my bad." Percy brought it and the others came around the corner.
As we were just about to head towards the cabins Annabeth reapeared. She looked us all over and smiled when she reached fang. I grinned back at her and she laughed and took Percy's hand. "Come on seaweed brain lets show them around the cabins," I smiled a little more at the nickname and we started to follow them.
We got the tour of the cabins which were weird but cool. Each cabin was for your godly parents. They showed us the original U of cabins as well as the new temporary minor god cabin, which was a big cabin for all the kids of the minor gods to stay in until their own cabins were built, and the new Hades cabin.
We got introduced to our temporary cabin mates in the Hermes cabin and I could tell Gazzy and Iggy would get along with them fine. After that Percy and Annabeth had to get a message to someone so we agreed to meet back up at the Armory at three and we went off to explore the camp.
ANNABETH
Percy and I sent a quick Iris message to Nico telling him about the new campers and he said that they sounded interesting and that he was finished with what ever he was doing anyway and would be back here tomorrow.
Now we sat on the beach looking out at the sea. "So what do you think of our new campers?" I asked him. He sighed "Honestly I have no idea, I mean they seem pretty cool,"I nodded my agreement "And they feel seriously powerful especially Max and Fang," he continued and I nodded again.
"But I don't know, it just seems odd I mean for a start how do they all know each other?" I nodded "I wondered that too I mean Gazzy and Angel are obviously brother and sister but none of the others seem related."
"Maybe they were all adopted?" He said and I shook my head "No I don't think so I mean Max, Fang and Iggy are all the same age, why would you adopt three kids all the same age? plus it's seriously unlikely someones going to adopt six demigods and besides Max and Fang are dating, would you date your abtoptive sister?" He shook his head and we sat there thinking for a while.
"Maybe they're just a group of friends?" He suggested and I shook my head. "I guess It could be possible Demigods are quite often drawn to one another even if they don't know it, I don't know though I think there's more to it than that."
We thought for awhile longer then Percy said "Maybe they'd teamed up and were on the run like you guys were?" I shrugged "Maybe but wouldn't they have just told us? and the whole monster thing seemed totally knew to them." Percy shrugged "I just thought it was weird that when I said we get attacked a lot and spend most of our time trying not to die that none of them seemed worried and I think Max and Fang even smiled."
I nodded "I don't know, there's just something likable about them though, I mean even though I hardly know them I've probably smiled more today than I have being with anybody else at this camp except you, Thalia, Nico and Grover," He nodded.
"And that Iggy thing came out of the blue, I mean you can't even tell the guys blind, he looks right at you when you talk, I haven't seen him run into anything yet and the guy knows when your waving your hand in front of his face, I can't even imagine how much it would suck to be blind and he goes and jokes about it like he'd just told us he has purple hair," I nodded, I seemed to be doing a lot of that today.
"I know, there are people out there who've been blind their whole lives and are way older than us like 50 and they aren't half as good at getting around as he is." "I wonder if he was born blind?" Percy asked randomly. "I don't know why?" He shrugged "I don't know I've just never heard of a blind half-blood and I honestly didn't think you could, I thought 20/20 eyesight kind of came with the gig," I shrugged.
"Oh and do you have any idea how Total can talk? and fly?" I shook my head "Not really I don't think there's any magic that could do it, a few of the gods could do it but I think you'd be able to sense it kind of like the golden fleece," He nodded.
"Gosh this is just not my day, so many questions I just don't know the answer to," I said sadly. He put his arm around me and I rested my head on his chest. We stayed there for a while like that then we both laid down and stared at the sky "So who do you think their parents are?" I asked.
"I don't know like Chiron said they don't really have any of the noticeable traits that link them to their parents, but i'll take some guesses, Angel, I really have no idea she seems sweet and nice but there's just something about her that seems off, Gazzy I would say Hermes he has that kind of a mischievious prankster vibe about him," I nodded "Yeah I thought so too."
"Nudge, I'd say Aphrodite definitely from what I saw at the camp store she could talk fashion for hours, Iggy I don't really know what his skills are but he seems pretty smart," I nodded my agreement.
"Fang well I actually think I know who Fang's is and if i'm right then things could get interesting," I looked at him to see if his thought's were going the same direction mine were. "He reminds me of an older version of "Nico,"" We said at the same time. I nodded "Most likely Hades then if you agree with me," He said.
"But then he should have been attacked by now if he's a child of the big three," He added. "Percy they're all strong, they all should have been attacked before, let alone the fact they obviously spend a lot of time together which would alert all the monsters in the same state as them to their area."
"So they either have been attacked and aren't telling us or something really weird's going on," I sighed "Oh I don't know my brains on vacation." "Anyway that just leaves Max, I have no idea," I sighed "My thoughts exactly."
"Ooh am I interrupting something?" Rachel said laughingly from behind us. We sat up and Percy said "No not really we were just talking." "Sure you were," She said sitting next to us.
"Are you okay?" I asked, she still looked seriously off. "Yeah it'll just take some time to process," She said though she didn't seem sure.
"So what happened?" Percy asked. She shook her head "I saw their past, well Max's past, It was like I was standing there on the sidelines watching everything happen, but I couldn't do anything." "You saw their whole past?" Percy asked. "Most of it, but it was all sped up, but now I can remember all of it as if I was there."
"Rachel what happened in their past?" Percy asked. "I, I can't tell you, but their live's have sucked," "Most half-bloods lives suck Rachel," I said. She shook her head "No their lives take the word suck to a whole new level, especially Max's, Anyway I better go," She said getting up.
We got up as well and she started walking off "Wait Rachel, they aren't bad or anything are they?" Percy yelled after her. She looked back smiled and shook her head then continued walking.
When she was out of sight Percy looked at me and sighed "Well that's one thing at least," I nodded and he looked at his watch "It's almost three we better go," he said and so we started our way back to the camp.
Sorry for the lack of action in this chapter. Their will be some coming up I promise. The next chapter will be much longer and will contain some flags being captured. Max's P.O.V again then I've got a Percy chapter ready to be edited. Hopefully internet permitting I'll have another chapter up tomorrow .