This is Chapter 10! I am steps closer to completing this first instalment of my tale. The second comes in sometime I do not know….well here it is, enjoy and no flames! Sorry guys if some characters in this chapter seem OOC. -thereadergirl14
Chapter 10:
"And that is how you do the….," I said as the cannon signal sounded I twisted my staff and it turned to a pair of duel blades. "Class dismissed, lessons continue next time."
I ran to the direction of where the cannon blew. Well, I better explain the cannons; we stationed campers and Elementalists to edges of the camp for security measures so whenever an intruder or visitor arrives, we are alerted. The cannons have different sounds, and this one is from the beach. Yes, it took a while to remember the signal sounds, since it is a new method Lord Crius wants to try out. I arrived at the beach at the nick of time; the campers surrounded the place with Chiron in front of them. I came up and was ready to fight when Chiron held me back.
"Hold your weapons, Lord Evander, they are our visitors, old friends of ours." he said as he looked far away.
I twisted my blades back to a staff and looked up and saw a bunch of girls dressed in silver, stepping out in a raft with a silver flag, they were all a bit damp in their attire. They had bows and arrows slung on their shoulders and weapons sheathed to belts. There were some wolves with white fur accompanying them and white eagles perched on some girls' shoulders. The girl in the front, I guess who is their leader, was wearing a pair of black cargo pants, whitish-silver North Face customized jacket, a t-shirt that says Death to Barbie, combat boots, skull earrings, and a princess tiara on her forehead that doesn't go well with her current outfit. I have the impression she has a punk rock style but she had to wear the silver stuff for some reason.
"Next time we are not asking Lord Poseidon's help, we got soaked on the way!" a girl squealed.
"Silence, Cecil," the leader girl snapped. "Besides, he is the only help Lady Artemis could get; Apollo is in one of his haiku conventions."
"You're back Thalia!" Annabeth said as she hugged the punk girl. I guess they are friends.
"Good to see you, Annabeth." the girl, I guess her name is Thalia, grinned.
"Welcome back to Camp Half-Blood, Thalia and the Hunters of Artemis." Chiron said warmly.
Hunters of Artemis? Have I heard of them before?
"Thank you Chiron and Annabeth, it's good to be home." the girl smiled and looked around. She seemed to be drinking around her surroundings.
A horn blew and a huge battleship docked in, the ship looks familiar, but I have never seen it in my life. Their plank lowered to the sand and people wearing Roman armour came out.
"Sorry for dropping out unannounced, Chiron." A boy with blonde hair said as he stepped down the ship.
"You are always welcome here Jason as well as the rest of Camp Jupiter." Chiron said warmly.
Huh…Camp Jupiter, the Roman counterpart of Camp Half-Blood, just as Annabeth said.
"Hey, older sister!" Jason said to Thalia.
"Hey Jase, long time no see…didn't expect you to come." she said, ruffling his hair.
"So do I and stop that, Thalia, it takes me an hour and a half in the morning to fix my hair!" he said.
An hour and a half? Really? I take 10 seconds or minutes just to fix mine…
"To achieve your boyish bedhead look? Please, Jase, you can just ruffle that hair after you wake up." she said, laughing.
"Jason!" an Aphrodite girl, I understand whose name is Piper, screamed as she ran to him.
"Piper, long time…" he said, hugging her tight.
Everyone was greeting them, happily, so I felt compelled to stay out of it I was about to go away, but the punk girl, a boy and girl came, walking towards me.
"Percy, is that you?" they all said together.
Oh great…there goes that name again. Percy…do I look like this guy, or he is my long lost twin or something…I have no idea what is going on.
"Um, I do not know what you are talking about." I said in a formal way.
"Come on, Kelp Head, we know it's you." The punk girl said as she 'playfully' punches my arm, which by the way is now sore…
"Thalia, Hazel, Frank, I am sorry to say but he is not Percy." Chiron said as he walked or should I say galloped towards us.
"WHAT? IMPOSSIBLE!" the three of them said at the same time.
"I know it is hard to believe, but I say, shocking resemblance," he said, sighing. This Percy guy is really memorable here. "But I forgot to introduce him, he is Lord Evander, the lieutenant and son of Lord Crius."
Suddenly, Lord Crius stepped into the scene, with his robe and a mud mask. Yes, we must've disturbed him from his annual sleep day. Judging from his looks, he looked like an old man about to hit someone with his cane.
"Who are these umm…miserable people, Chiron?" he asked in his angry voice.
"They are our unexpected visitors and friends." Chiron said calmly.
"And they have got the nerve to show up. Impressive. Very well, let them settle down and we shall hold the meeting at my tent, then Chiron, tomorrow, and bring the two representatives from the visitors." he said, furiously and walked away.
Chiron and I turned to them and they had looks, wondering what just happened.
"I apologize for my father's behaviour." I say formally.
"Well, no fault to it, we just came here without word," Thalia said in a temperamental tone. She turned her back to the silver armoured girls. "Hunters, move out!"
The girls followed her to the Artemis cabin. I sighed and walked away, guessing I have no business here now.