Chapter 12
I woke with a start from my bed.
I looked around to see everyone in the Hermes cabin was in a rush to get out of the door all at once.
I sat up from my sleeping bag and looked out the window to see what everyone was looking at. Out in the middle of the commons area, a small crowd had gathered and was staring at something big. I opened the window and hopped out, and joined the crowd.
There, in the center of the crowd was the Argo II and it was floating in the air. On top of the main deck Leo Valdez was standing proudly with a big grin on his face. Chiron stood in the center of the gathering next to the ship. Next to the boat he looked kind of short, but we looked even shorter in comparison. Chiron stamped his hoof on the ground, and even though he was standing on at least 2 inches of snow, it still sounded loud. Everyone stopped talking at once and watched. "Chiron, I've sent the video scroll you asked me to" said Leo from up on the deck. A girl, who earlier I learned was Rachel Elizabeth Dare and the camp oracle, started to chant the latest Prophecy. She spoke in Ancient Greek but I could understand fine.
Seven half-bloods shall answer the call.
To storm or fire, the world must fall.
An oath to keep with a final breath,
And foes bear arms to the Doors of Death.
After she finished she took a seat on a chair which I hadn't seen before. "You better set sail Leo, the sooner the better" said Chiron, "Is everyone on Board?' he asked. "Hmm, I don't know" said Leo, "Let me check", and in a flash he was standing next to Chiron and said "Nope, the ships empty." A couple of minutes later Annabeth jogged over with Grover and Jason following deep in a conversation and Piper Mclean stepped up from the crowd. The four of them were chosen to go on the ship to Camp Jupiter. They said goodbye to everyone, and Leo headed inside the ship to start things up. As he did you could hears Gears and other mechanical parts that I didn't know the name to, come to life. The ship started to levitate, which shouldn't have been possible considering the ship was made of metal with celestial bronze armor. Every one stood on the top deck, including Grover, and waived as the boat set sail through the freezing morning air. We all stood and watched until the ship was gone, which didn't take too long. I was about to head back to the cabin to finish sleeping, when the sun decided to slip up and start the day early. My first full day of camp lay ahead of me. Out of the shadows stepped a kid I've never seen before. He wore a black aviator's jacket which was a couple sizes too big, and a sword that was obsidian black. Steam hissed off of him as if he were freezing cold. The Look in his eyes seemed to confirm my thoughts. He walked out of the shadows and everyone in the crowd made way for him. He stood next to Chiron and said something I couldn't here, and Chiron just kept nodding his head. After he was done talking to Chiron, he walked over to me. He said "Follow me."
