Chapter Fourteen

Percy's POV

We all left to go back to Thalia's house. When we got there, Annabeth went strait to the guestroom to pack her stuff. I had to go get the rest of my stuff and change into my camp shirt. Everyone else grabbed whatever they needed for camp, like Annabeth's dagger, Thalia's bow and arrow, Nico's Stygian iron sword, and Jason's gold coin. Mr. Grace and Mrs. Chase were gone. We decided to IM them to tell them that we were going to camp. Thalia grabbed a coin from her room and rushed to the backyard with everyone.

"Percy, do your thing," she directed me.

"Got it." I concentrated really hard and then, there was a familiar feeling in my gut. Water started to fill the air from the sprinklers. Thalia threw the coin into the mist, where it made a rainbow.

"Oh Iris, goddess of the rainbow. Please accept my offering. Mr. Grace and Mrs. Chase." An image appeared. Mrs. Chase was sitting next to Mr. Grace in the car. They didn't seem to notice us until they turned their heads toward our direction.

"Oh, you scared me." Mrs. Chase looked like she was in a hurry. Her hair was messed up and one of her shoes was on the car floor. Mr. Grace looked the opposite. His hair was neatly combed and he wore a smile. He seemed really calm.

"Um, mom? Can I go to camp with them?" Annabeth asked.

"Sure, but we have to go in a few days, okay?"

"Thanks, mom."

"Have a nice time, sweetheart." And with that, the image was gone.

"Okay, lets go," I said. We all got into the car and drove to the subway again. We reached a deserted street and Annabeth started to chant something really weird.

"Stethi," I recognized as Ancient Greek. "Oh, harma diabelos!" She had just said in Ancient Greek, and I quote, Stop, Chariot of Damnation!

"Annabeth, what did you say? I mean, I know what you are saying, but what are you saying? You know what I'm saying?" I just realized that what I had just said was completely stupid. She looked at me weird and so did everyone else. I blushed. Annabeth mumbled something under her breath. I could tell that she mumbled "Seaweedbrain." She threw something into the street. It was a drachma. Suddenly, the drachma sank right through the asphalt. At first nothing happened. Then, where the drachma landed, it darkened. It then started to melt into a rectangular pool the size of a taxi. It was oozing red liquid that looked like blood. Out of nowhere, a car appeared right where it was oozing. I blinked.

"Huh?" I had a very confused look on my face. It was a taxi, but not an ordinary yellow NYU taxi. It was smoky gray. Almost the color of Annabeth's eyes, but it was transparent, like it was actually made of smoke. An old lady appeared out of the window of the drivers seat and she had greasy hair covering her eyes. She talked in a mumbling kind of way.

"Passage? Passage?" she spoke, barely enough for me to hear.

"Four to Camp Half-Blood," said Nico.

"Actually, make that three," Jason added.

"What? Why? Aren't you guys coming with us?"Thalia asked.

"I'm just going to shadow travel. Don't worry. I'll be fine." Nico smiled at us.

"And I am going to fly." Jason said. "I haven't got a lot of time to try it out. Plus, Thalia showed me how to manipulate the mist."

"Hurry up! I don't have all day!" yelled someone in the car. That was odd. It didn't sound like the woman I just saw. It was like someone else was in the car with her.

"Yeah! Hurry!" There was a third voice. Then, they started to argue.

"Okay! We're coming." Annabeth turned back to Nico and Jason. "Make sure you guys don't do anything rash."

"Okay. Bye!"

"Bye!"

Thalia, Annabeth and I walked into the car. The car, even though it was transparent and smoky, was pretty solid. The seats were uncomfortable though. It was all bumpy. I looked up and saw that there were actually not one, not two, but three old ladies that had on black torn dresses. They were the Gray Sisters.

"Hey, wheres the seatb-" I never got to finish my sentence because the car suddenly lurched forward. It was fast. The Gray Sisters were yelling with each other. I started to get really sick. I could feel the blue chocolate chip cookies trying to come up. It was pretty much like this for the rest of the ride. We finally reached somewhere close enough to camp and got out. Annabeth payed the sisters while I was walking around almost as if I was drunk.

"Okay. Camp. We are finally here." Annabeth breathed in the air heavily and sighed with a big smile on her face. Thalia stared far into the distance. I knew that she was looking at her tree. When she was younger, her and a boy named Luke came to camp, but Thalia didn't survive the chase with the hellhounds. She got turned into a pine tree and that was the reason why Annabeth hasn't heard from her in a long time. I was able to retrieve the Golden Fleece to bring her back, but it wouldn't have happened without the help of Grover and Tyson. I can't wait to see them again! Anyways, I, on the other hand, was busy trying to find a place to throw up without bothering the wood nymphs.

We all walked towards camp. Before going in I remembered.

"Hey, don't we have to wait for Jason and Nico? Where are they. And Althea. They said that they would be here." Thalia and Annabeth looked at me.

"Okay, let's wait for ten minutes. If they don't come by then, we Iris message them. If that doesn't work, let's go inside. Waiting here is bad for half-bloods like us." Annabeth has already figured out everything.

"Man, Annabeth. You just found out that you were a half-blood a few days ago, and you already know more than me. Don't say anything like that at camp. It makes me sound stupid." I gave her a goofy grin and she looked back at me like I was the biggest dope in history.

"It's called studying, Percy. You should do it sometimes."

"Oh, get a room, you guys. You're making me sick." Thalia pretended to throw up. Me and Annabeth both turned red, looking away from each other. Thalia just stared out into the distance again.

We all waited for about eight minutes, but I couldn't stand it. Stupid ADHD.

"Lets IM them. Oh, that rhymes." I gave them a goofy smile.

"You are such a Kelp Head." Thalia shook her head. I was offended. Annabeth threw a drachma into the mist.

"Oh Iris, goddess of the rainbow, please accept our offering. Nico di Angelo." But nothing appeared. The same thing happened when we tried to contact Jason and Althea.

"That's strange," I said. "Well, let;s just go with whatever plan C is."

We walked towards Thalia's tree and entered Camp Half-Blood. It was like a second home to me. I've loved this place since I was twelve. I can't believe how much this place has affected my life. I can't wait. I thought about this stuff as we walked into camp.

Sorry for the sucky ending for this chapter. I was watching this really funny Japanese drama called Tokyo Dogs and listening to this really cool song called Seishun Amigo. I just love it. Anyway, I hope to get started on the new story really soon.