Okay. Now we are nearing the end I hope you enjoy the chapter.
Okay so get this, after the whole war missions as I called it camp got a new Oracle. That Rachel girl. And then the camp got a new end of the world prophecy.
I was said:
"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."
I didn't pay much attention thinking that it would never effect me. Jason returned to the Romans and I got a new Tattoo on my arm from them. Seeing as they saw me as one of them. Camp went late that summer. It lasted two more weeks, right up to the start of a new school year, and I have to admit they were good. But my time here was nearing a end. Grover had taken over the satyr seekers and was sending them out across the world to find unclaimed half-bloods. So far, the gods had kept their promise. New demigods were popping up all over the place-not just in America, but in a lot of other countries as well.
"We can hardly keep up," Grover admitted one afternoon as we were taking a break at the canoe lake. "We're going to need a bigger travel budget, and I could use a hundred more satyrs."
"Yeah, but the satyrs you have are working super hard," I smiled. The campers seemed to like me more now that the mission was over I was alot nicer and caring. I cleared Ethan and Luke names but they were put on probation for some time. I never told anyone about Silena being a traitor I felt the guilt was punishment enough for the rest of her life. Grover chewed on a tin can as we stared across the pond at the line of new cabins under construction. The U-shape would soon be a complete rectangle, and the demigods had really taken to the new task with gusto. Nico had some undead builders working on the Hades cabin.
Even though he and Bianca were still the only kids in it, it was going to look pretty cool: solid obsidian walls with a skull over the door and torches that burned with green fire twenty-four hours a day. Hazel left with Jason to the Romans since she felt she didn't belong with the Greeks.
Next to that were the cabins of Iris, Nemesis, Hecate, and several others I didn't recognize. They kept adding new ones to the blueprints every day. It was going so well, Annabeth and Chiron were talking about adding an entirely new wing of cabins just so they could have enough Hermes cabin was a lot less crowded now, because most of the unclaimed kids had received signs from their godly parents. It happened almost every night, and every night more demigods straggled over the property line with the satyr guides, usually with some nasty monsters pursuing them, but almost all of them made it through.
"It's going to be a lot different next summer," I said. "Chiron's expecting we'll have twice as many campers."
"Yeah," Grover agreed, "but it'll be the same old place." He sighed contentedly. "Will you be here?"
"I don't know?" I said. "I only came here to find my birth parents and learn about who I really am. Now I know."
"Well it would be nice to have you back." Grover said.
"Who knows." I smiled. I watched as Tyson led a group of Cyclops builders. They were hoisting huge stones in place for the Hecate cabin, and I knew it was a delicate job. Each stone was engraved with magical writing, and if they dropped one, it would either explode or turn everyone within half a mile into a tree. I figured nobody but Grover would like that.
"I'll be traveling a lot," Grover warned, "between protecting nature and finding half-bloods."
"Take it from a guy who's done stuff like that. It really doesn't change much. " In the late afternoon, I was taking one last walk along the beach when a familiar voice said,
"Good day for fishing." My dad, Poseidon, was standing knee-deep in the surf, wearing his typical Bermuda shorts, beat-up cap, and a real subtle pink-and green Tommy Bahama shirt. He had a deep-sea fishing rod in his hands, and when he cast it the line went way out-like halfway across Long Island Sound.
"Hey, Dad," I said. "What's up?" He winked.
"Nothing really got to talk in private on Olympus. I wanted to thank you."
"Thank me? We're family it's what we do for each other."
"True." The Sound began to boil. At the end of my dad's line, a huge green sea serpent erupted from the water. It thrashed and fought, but Poseidon just sighed. Holding his fishing pole with one hand, he whipped out his knife and cut the line. The monster sank below the surface.
"Not eating size," he complained. "I have to release the little ones or the game wardens will be all over me."
"You're doing well with those new cabins, by the way. I suppose this means I can claim all those other sons and daughters of mine and send you some siblings next summer."
"You can. But I don't know if i'll be here." Poseidon reeled in his empty line. I shifted my feet.
"You see your mother?"
"I'm with her right now." I smiled. "She wishes I would stay."
"But you can't."
"No. I have people who are counting on me back home."
"I'll see you soon, Percy. " With that he dissolved in the sea breeze, leaving a fishing pole lying in the sand. That evening was the last night of camp-the bead ceremony. The Hephaestus cabin had designed the bead this year. It showed the Empire State Building, and etched in tiny Greek letters, spiraling around the image, were the names of all the heroes who had died defending Olympus. I even got a bead. There were too many names, but I was proud to wear the bead. I put it on a necklace I wore that also had a Uchiha clan symbol pendant on it.
"Never forget this summer!" Chiron told us. He had healed remarkably well, but he still trotted in front of the fire with a slight limp. "We have discovered bravery and friendship and courage this summer. We have upheld the honor of the camp." He smiled at me,"And gained a new friend who we shall never forget." everybody cheered. As I looked at the fire, I saw a little girl in a brown dress tending the flames. She winked at me with red glowing eyes. No one else seemed to notice her, but I realized maybe she preferred it that way.
"And now," Chiron said, "early to bed! Remember, you must vacate your cabins by noon tomorrow unless you've made arrangements to stay the year with us. The cleaning harpies will eat any stragglers, and I'd hate to end the summer on a sour note!"The next morning, Annabeth and I stood at the top of Half- Blood Hill. We watched the buses and vans pull away, taking most of the campers back to the real world. A few old-timers would be staying behind, and a few of the newcomers, I was leaving tomorrow for Konoha. Tonight I was invited to Olympus for some reason.
"Good-bye," Rachel said to us as she shouldered her bag. She looked pretty nervous, but she was keeping a promise to someone and it would be next summer before they got our Oracle back.
"You'll do great." Annabeth hugged her.
Rachel bit her lip. "I hope you're right. I'm a little worried. What if somebody asks what's on the next math test and I start spouting a prophecy in the middle of geometry class? The Pythagorean theorem shall be problem two. . . . Gods, that would be embarrassing." Annabeth laughed, and to my relief, it made Rachel smile.
"Hold out your hand." She did and a silver necklace with a pendant of the Uzumaki clan symbol appeared on it. "Wear this and remember you aren't alone and if you need strength we will be there for you." I smiled.
"Well," she said, "See you when I do."Rachel wished us well and ran down the hill to catch her ride. Annabeth, would be staying in New York. She'd gotten permission from her parents to attend a boarding school in the city so she could be close to Olympus and oversee the rebuilding efforts.
"Well see you around wise girl." I said walking way. The guard dragon Peleus curled contentedly around the pine tree underneath the replica of the Golden Fleece and began to snore, blowing steam with every breath.
"You've been thinking about Rachel's prophecy?" Annabeth asked.
"No. That is for another day. Right now I'll live for now."
"Well, maybe we'd get some peace for a change." Annabeth said smiling at me.
"Wouldn't be Camp Half-Blood if it was peaceful," I said.
"I guess you're right . . . maybe the prophecy won't happen for years."
"Maybe."
"Do you remember at the empire state building when you kissed me?"
"Why?"
"Did you mean it?"
"I'll leave that for you to decide after all what's a daughter of Athena without a puzzle to solve." I smirked disappearing.
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