Sadie was shaken from her stunned silence by a squeal and a high velocity hug.
"Sadie! Drew told me you were here!" Lacy exclaimed.
"Lacy..." Sadie murmured, still lost in thought. "Wait...when you said you and Drew went to summer camp together...this is what you meant?"
"Uh huh!" she said happily.
"Okay, Lace, let her be" a voice from the other end of the room laughed.
Piper walked over to them, her long hair out of braids and a plaid button-up shirt over her camp tee.
"Hey, Sadie!" she beamed "Annabeth told me you'd be here."
"Piper! Thank god, someone sane." Sadie said "We need to see Annabeth, right now."
Drew sat up in her bed and scoffed. "What do you need to see her for?"
Piper frowned "None of your business." she turned to Sadie "C'mon, tell me about it on the way."
Sadie told her about her dream as they jogged to Cabin Six and knocked on the door.
Annabeth opened the door. Her eyes were bleary and her hair was even messier than usual but she smiled.
"Morning Piper. Sadie, how'd you sleep?"
"Not well" Sadie said. "I...I had a dream."
Annabeth's expression turned serious and she let the door swing open wider.
"You better tell me about it."
That night, a conch shell horn pierced the air and all the cabins filed into the large open-air fire pit.
They situated themselves around the fire on bleachers, facing Chiron. Next to him Annabeth and Percy stood nervously with Carter and Sadie.
Chiron beat his hooves for silence.
"Heroes!" he boomed "Today we have an important announcement and two very important guests."
He nodded at Annabeth to speak. She cleared her throat and stepped forward.
"You all remember last summer, when we found out about Camp Jupiter and the Roman forms of the gods" she began.
There was a murmur of assent.
"Well, Percy and I have found out that's...not all."
The murmurs became more excited and somewhat panicked.
She gestured to Carter and Sadie.
"This is Carter Kane and his sister Sadie. And they follow the path of the Egyptian gods."
The camp exploded into frantic chatter.
They stepped into the light of the campfire, Sadie tugging at her hair, Carter trying to puff out his chest.
"It's true" Carter confirmed. "For centuries, there's been a group that follows the gods of Egypt and their magic, just like your camp for the Greek gods. We're called the House of Life."
"And we're completely friendly" Sadie interjected. "Just as, you know... an aside"
"Are they demigods?" a gruff female voice called out.
"No, Clarisse." Annabeth answered. "We thought that too but no."
"Why are they here, Annabeth?" Travis called. "They wouldn't be here for no reason."
Annabeth coughed. "About that. Someone who was in the House of Life has done something we think affects the Camp. Sadie?"
Sadie straightened up. "Right. This bloke, Setne. He invoked the power of some scroll to awaken the god Amun. Last night I had a vision of him on Mount Olympus and he... he used the scroll to turn Zeus into Amun. I know how daft that sounds but there you are."
The fire suddenly shot up forcefully and turned an ugly, harsh red.
Chiron clopped his hooves on the sand nervously.
"It's not daft, Sadie. Ancient Greek sources have attributed Amun as another aspect of Zeus. You know the gods acquire different aspects, Greek, Roman. Perhaps the idea of Amun being a part of Zeus made it so over time."
"But why do this? And why now?" Drew called.
Sadie pointed like a teacher answering a student.
"Unusually intelligent questions. Setne is a servant of Chaos. Ma'at, order, relies on a good, strong, king, which Zeus won't be if his two sides are competeing for dominance. No king, no Ma'at, hello chaos."
The crowd fell silent.
Chiron shook his head sadly. "And the Greeks knew too well what happens when Chaos rules. The end of everything."
The hush deepened and the fire shrank to almost embers and glowed a intertwining orange and purple.
Clarisse stood up gripping her electric spear.
"Then there's only one thing to do." she muttered.
Chiron nodded.
"We must heal lord Zeus. And we must fight."
A/N: thank you for reading/reviewing/ect.!