Here is the next chapter! I don't own anything but Phillip White. Rick Riordan is referred to in this chapter. Don't sue me, Rick! I don't own nothin'!
Chapter 9
When I finally arrived back at the Hermes cabin, I realized that I now was supposed to stay in cabin one! So, I grabbed the few things I owned, threw them into a plastic bag, and set off.
The place was more like a palace than a cabin. The roof had blue and white tiles that moved around like the clouds when a storm approached. Looking up, I felt a bit seasick with everything moving around. In the middle of the amazing room was a statue of Zeus with a lightning bolt in his hand. I wonder if I have lightning power as well. So, I pulled out a bar of soap from my bag, raised my hands and concentrated. Zap! A surge of blue energy shot from my palm and singed the soap. There was a black outline on the floor from the lightning. Wow! Cool! That was exhausting! I wasn't used to summoning lightning like that and it drained me of my energy. I was reaching for my sleeping bag when I saw something that I hadn't noticed before. I saw, in one of the many surrounding alcoves, a bunch of pictures pasted on the wall. There was a very young version of Annabeth and a guy with blondish hair. He had his arm around a girl who wore lots of eyeliner and had choppy black hair. She must be my half sister! I figured. Then I decided to get some rest. I pulled out my sleeping bag and laid on it and quickly drifted off all the while thinking about how creepy it was to have a statue of my dad staring at me.
That morning I woke up to the sound of my cabin's doorbell. (Being the cabin of the king god, it had to be ostentatious and have one.) Quickly I threw on some shorts and a shirt before I opened the door. It turned out, a girl I remembered from cabin 11 stood in front of me. "Penelope? What are you doing here so early?" I asked rudely.
"I came to tell you good-bye from your friends in the Hermes cabin. We also wanted to give you something to remember us by." She pulled out a book with a greenish cover. On the front was a boy facing a city. His shirt was orange.
"'The Lightning Thief'? Thanks," I said and took the book.
"Anytime. It's about Percy, Annabeth's boyfriend, and his first quest. He wrote it with the help of Annabeth and published it under the name 'Rick Riordan'. Percy was kind of a wanted man at the time!" She laughed loudly. Her black hair fell into her face and she brushed it out again.
"Hey, do you want to come inside?" I asked.
Remus! What did you just do? I thought. You're LEAVING. You can't be making any friends you know you'll miss.
Penelope snapped her fingers in front of my face.
"Remus? Are you there? Remus! REMUS!"
"Oh, sorry."
"I can't stay. I have to go to sword fighting lessons in the arena. Good luck on your quest thingy though!" Then, she did the unexpected. She pecked my cheek and darted off.
Does Penelope fancy me? Interesting. I pondered. I'm not sure if I like her or not. We'll see. Maybe we'll have a thing next summer.
I slowly walked into my cabin to grab my bag. I was going to head to breakfast, then to our said meeting place, the tree with the cloak in its branches.
Penelope POV
Did I just kiss him? I did! Didn't I? One point for Penelope! I hope Remus likes me back. He did ask me inside. I wish I could've said yes…
Astrid POV
Okay. You can do it, Astrid. Just go knock on his door and give him the package. Knock on Sirius's door and give him the package. Knock on the cutest boy at camp's door and…OH! How am I going to do this?
Let me introduce myself. I'm Astrid and I'm the short little redhead in the Athena cabin. I've had a crush on Sirius Black ever since he came to camp. The only problem is, he's always with other people. Like James, Phillip, and some guy that my friend Penelope seems to like named Remus. Yeah, it's a bit frustrating.
As I approached the pink cabin, the butterflies in my stomach grew restless. I had to keep reminding myself to breath. In…out…in…out…
Ratta-tat-tat! I lightly knocked on the door. Phillip answered it.
"Hey, Astrid. What's up?"
I nervously played with the bottom of my shirt.
"Uh… I have something… for Sirius? From Chiron of course!" I said quickly.
"Oh. Sirius? Astrid's here to see you!" he called behind him.
Sirius got up and walked toward me. He looked at me and raised his brows. He smiled.
"Here's something Chiron told me to give to you." I could feel my face burning. Oh why did it always have to do that?
Sirius ripped open the package I gave to him.
"He told me," I explained, "that if you need him, just call into the mirror. It's enchanted. Chiron has its twin. It's quite like a cell phone, but those can be risky for demigods to have."
"Thanks, babe," he said and cracked a side smile.
Did he just call me babe?
"You're welcome. See you next summer. Annabeth told me all about your quest. Good luck in Brazil!"
"Thanks. Later."
"Bye!" I replied.
He closed the door.
I ran inside the Athena cabin and found Annabeth on Daedalus' laptop.
"Annabeth!"
"Astrid! Did it go well?" she asked.
"It went amazingly!" I grinned a huge grin and plopped down in the beanbag chair next to her. I just had a conversation with Sirius Black! This is so amazing! He smiled at me too! What if he likes me back? That would be sooooooo awesome.
Sirius POV
I sat down on my bed. She was pretty cute. Maybe next summer we can date or something. She definitely seemed to like me. I just think that she likes me more than I like her. Whatever. We'll see.
Third Person
At the pine tree, Remus, Sirius, James, Annabeth, and Phillip looked down at Camp Halfblood from atop the tall hill.
"Goodbye." said James
"For now," finished Sirius.
"I will definitely miss this place," said Remus.
"C'mon! Let's leave already! Enough with the dramatic goodbyes, let's go with the friendly hellos!" said Phil. He started towards Argus's van.
James took one last look. "Goodbye, Camp Halfblood. Hello Brazil!" James followed Phil down the hill. After patting the dragon's nose, Annabeth followed. Remus and Sirius sighed and turned, looking over their shoulders until the camp was blocked by the hill and its tall evergreens.
Mahxie came up with the idea for characters Astrid and Penelope. Go Mahxie!
Is it ok that I was listening to One Direction while editing this? I have no idea what came over me to be honest.
