Welcome to Camp Jupiter. I would like you guys to know that you are allowed to bug me if I don't update once a week. Also I'm going to write a Christmas special that has nothing to do with Christmas called the 12 signs of Mary Suedom. So… on with the chapter.
James was very, very annoyed. Emblem had just run out of camp and was hiding somewhere on the beach nearby. Reyna had sent him, Adrian, and Mimi (Maya) to go look for her. Joy. He wondered how the others were doing. They had split up in hopes of finding her faster. Currently, he was lost in a neighborhood trying to find the beach. He really hoped that she hadn't done something stupid.
Mimi was wandering the beach. Although she was looking for Emblem, she couldn't help but let her mind wander to other things, like how the sky was only cloudy above her, and like the seashells. They were cracked, but still beautiful. Every once in a while Mimi would find a non-broken one, and she would put it in her pocket. She had a slipper shell with a purple inside, an orange scallop shell that had a tint of red when wet, and a white clamshell that had a rainbow gleam when it was wet. She was walking along the beach, still keeping a keen eye out for Emblem, when she saw something. Though at first she didn't believe her eyes, it was a single falling snowflake. Upon recognition, Mimi said, "Adrian, stop making snow. It's only September and people might think something is fishy." She looked around, but Adrian was nowhere near. She thought he was hiding, so she looked around. When she finished her search, and found nothing, she turned her attention back to the snowflake. Mimi subconsciously noted that the snowflake appeared not to have fallen when she wasn't looking. Slowly the snowflake drifted to the ground. Out of curiosity, Mimi ran over to see where it landed. It had landed in the mouth of a small oyster, right on top of the pearl inside. Mimi was wondering how ironic it was while picking the oyster up.
Adrian was hurrying along the beach. He had seen stormy clouds covering one section of the beach, but it as a bright September day everywhere else. He was racing down the beach when he bumped into someone. They both fell over. The person he had knocked over said, "Watch where you're going!" Adrian stood up and put his hand out to help the person up. The person didn't take it. The person stood up on her own and said, "Why are you so far from camp?" Adrian looked at the girl quizzically. She had bright green eyes, curly red hair, and was wearing a sweatshirt that said "Rachel Elizabeth Dare" on it. The girl spoke up again and said, "I'm here on an exchange program, and I didn't expect any of you guys to be around here." Adrian asked, "Who guys?" Rachel said, "You demigods of course! And I don't believe I've seen you at camp. What's your name?" Adrian looked at her like she was crazy, and said, "You can see through the mist?" Rachel rolled her eyes, "Duh. What's your name?" Adrian fabricated a fake name for himself, "Alfonzo." Rachel rolled her eyes again and said, "Sure it is. Your kind of freaking me out with the not knowing me thing, so I'm gonna leave now…" She started backing off. Adrian let her go. He started talking to himself how things were more normal when Jason was there.
Emblem was watching Adrian. He'd just had this conversation with a random girl, and she rolled her eyes a lot. Once the girl left, Emblem snuck around to behind Adrian, pausing every few seconds to make sure he didn't see her. She crept closer and- BAM!
Adrian turned around. He saw an unconscious Emblem on the ground, James standing behind him, and Mimi running towards him. Adrian asked, "What just happened?" Mimi, who had just arrived, and James said simultaneously, "Emblem was trying to sneak up on you." The looked at each other for a second before Adrian said, "Why?" Again simultaneously the other two said, "To push you in the water maybe." Another glance at each other. Adrian face palmed and said, "She's getting ridiculous. She thinks she can do whatever she wants just because Reyna can't catch her. Jason could, but he's missing! I wish Jason were back so we wouldn't have to practically baby-sit Emblem all the time. But how would we find Jason!" There was a short silence. Then, a voice was heard, "You shall travel to a land of snow…" The three conscious demigods looked around. They saw Rachel. She was different from before. Rachel continued, "And listen to the wild winds blow. Kill the foe and strike the friend, once to evil one shall bend. And due to a huntress blunder, you shall save a child of thunder." Then Rachel was silent. Rachel then looked normal and said, "Why am I back here? And Alfonzo, who are your friends?"
Lila wasn't worried. She wasn't worried, just… concerned. She was concerned about the way that Adrian was acting. She definitely was not worried. After all, she hates everything. And if she hates everything, than she could not be genuinely worried. She could only be concerned that something would disappear so that she had to stop hating it. But the way Adrian was talking about wanting to go on a quest almost, almost, had her worried. She was concerned that something would happen on the quest, and that she would have to stop hating a dead man. Even as unlikely as that is, Lila is pessimistic.
Mike was eavesdropping. He was trying to figure out why Adrian had wanted to see Reyna. Some snippets of conversation he caught were as follows. "I want a quest." "Jason…" "Maya and James…" "Listen to the wild wind…" "James and Maya." Around then he was caught. Mike sadly trudged away.
Adrian had just finished talking to Reyna. He had asked if he could go on a quest, and she had said that it was going to be debated in Senate tomorrow. Which is practically a yes.
So, how did you guys like this chapter? I've noticed something: Only you Romans (it feels weird calling you that) ever actually reply to those questions. Thanks!
