Percy's POV
I'm not scared of ghosts, which is a good thing. Half the people in camp were ghosts. They were these shimmering purple warrior looking ghosts. Some stood outside of the armory polishing their ghostly blades. Some hung out in the barracks. A ghost boy chased a ghost dog all the way down the street. At the stables, a big red dude with the head of a wolf guarded a bunch of.. Unicorns?
Nobody around camp paid any attention to the ghosts. As Percy's group walked by, led by Reyna, all of them stopped what they were doing and stared at Percy angrily. The little boy that was chasing the dog shrieked what sounded suspiciously like "Greggus" then turned invisible. After a long explanation of house gods, I said probably the stupidest thing ever. "That ghost kid called me Greggus, my name isn't Greg.." In his head Harry said "Graecus, an insult to Greeks. You are a Greek, but when in Rome, do as the Romans do.' He told me seriously. 'If I'm a Greek, why the Hades am I in a Roman camp?' I asked with a deathly calm edge to my voice. 'Hera swapped you and Jason. Jason was the leader of this camp, as you were the leader of Camp Half-Blood.' Camp Half-Blood... It sent a wistful feeling through my body, and I could remember a big farm house and a cluster of unusual cabins.
'Why did Hera have to take my memories? I mean, I can keep a great poker face. This one time...' I trailed off, just remembering that I didn't remember*. I heard silent chuckles in my head. 'Do you not remember? Of course you do not remember. Anyway, you had a horrible poker face. I remember us playing poker with some of the Hermes cabin. You lost like twenty bucks to Conner and Travis.' He replied to me snickering. I tuned back into the conversation to Frank sounding worried and saying I wouldn't worry about it.
We came across a road sign that labeled the main gates as Via Praetoria. Another rad cutting through camp was labeled Via Principalis. Then were the hand painted signs. Signs like: Berkeley 5 miles, New Rome 1 mile, Old Rome 7,280 miles, Hades 2,310 miles (Pointing straight down.), Reno 208 miles, and Certain death You are here! 'Ya know, for certain death, this place looks pretty neat.' Harry said in a musing manner, in my head.
Along the town, rows and rows of shops advertised necessities like food, armor, weapons, coffee, gladiator stuff, and a toga rental shop. There was a chariot dealership with a sign out saying no Denarii down on a Caesar XLS with Antilock Brakes chariot. At one corner of the crossroads stood the most impressive building – a two-story wedge of white marble with a columned portico like an old-fashioned bank. Roman guards stood out front. Over the doorway hung a big purple banner with the gold letters SPQR embroidered inside a laurel wreath. "Your Headquarters?" I asked Reyna. She turned to me with cold and hostile eyes and said that the large building was in fact called the Principia. She looked at the crowd of people that followed us and said that they were to get back to their duties and that she would give all of them an update at evening muster and that they had war games after dinner.
The thought of dinner made my stomach rumble quite loudly, causing a few people to chuckle. The scent of the food from the dining hall made my mouth water very badly. The bakery also smelled highly intoxicating but I doubted that Reyna would let me get an order to go from that muffin shop. The crowed dispersed, albeit grudgingly and reluctantly. Some muttered stuff about my chances, saying things like; He is so dead, Would be those two who found him, and yeah, let him join the fifth cohort, the wonderful place for Greeks and geeks. Several kids started laughing, until Reyna scowled and they ran away like a bunch of scared little wimps.
"Hazel, come with us, I want to hear your report about what happened at the gates." Reyna said.
"Me too?" Frank said "Percy was like a badass at the river, and I can give you a personal report on how bad the gorgon's breath was." He said the last part in a disgusted manner.
Reyna gave Frank a very harsh look, but surprisingly enough, he didn't even waver in confidence. Then Reyna said "Need I remind you, Frank Zhang, that you are still on Probatio yourself. You have certainly caused enough trouble this week already." This kind of pissed me off, because she was just standing there insulting him while he probably didn't even do anything bad.
"Damn, you Romans are tough ones. Come on, let Franky boy here come with, I need him to recount my tale of meeting them. Hazel is bound to forget something in there, no offense, Hazel" I said at the angry look she was giving me, while Frank was giving me one of gratitude, then it morphed into a grin. At last, he said "Well Reyna, I'm just going to be Frank with you*" He said, with a grin "This tale will be hard to recount from just any one person."
Suddenly from behind me, I heard a high nasally voice say "Well, well. Have another loser for the Fifth Cohort?" I turned around and almost busted out laughing. He was thinner than a scarecrow with greasy and shaggy blonde hair.
"Get out of here, blondie" I said "You don't want none of this."
"I bet you can't back that up with a duel can you? Do you even have a weapon?" I pulled riptide out of my pocket. He rolled his eyes and said "What? Are you going to scribble me to death- WHAT THE HELL?!" He said the last part when I uncapped my lethal ball point pen.
"Still got the balls to face me blondie? I guarantee that you will not do well to pick on me or Frank or Hazel. So, what do you say? Are you going to be a man and face me?" Upon hearing this, Octavian became red in the face with rage. Drawing his imperial golden sword, he charged at me. I spun to the side quickly, and put my leg out to trip him. He got up quickly and charged with an overhead strike. Seeing this, I pushed my hand up and pushed his blade to the side, causing him to stumble. Taking pity, and getting tired of playing, I spun and hit the back of his head with the hilt of Riptide. Immediately, he dropped to the ground, unconscious.
"Holy Hell! How did you do that" I turned to see a shocked Frank, a thoughtful Hazel, and a growling Reyna.
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Sorry for not updating yesterday, but I was lazy, and had a bit of writers block. Thanks to everyone who has read, reviewed, favorited, or followed. I love you guys. Also, this chapter is dedicated to my friend Lexie. She'll know who she is. Anyway, review and tell me what you think. Good? Bad? Ugly? Don't forget to review, follow, and favorite!
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