Hey guys, I'm back with another chapter! I figured out that Aether and Hemera are actually the son and daughter of Nyx and Erebus. So had to fix that small mistake, but anyway, I hope you enjoy the chapter and feel free to review!
Percy POV
"Do you know any type of entry through the Labyrinth, Percy?" Luke said as I shook my head. "No, while I may be powerful, the labyrinth has a mind of its own. It seems the closer we get to Daedalus, the tougher it gets." I said while he nodded. "How about a few of the scouts?" He said while I shook my head. "Those who returned were driven insane or haven't been found yet." I said standing up from the chair I was in.
"So Luke, I heard that you have a spy in the camp. Mind telling me who it is?" I said as he narrowed his eyes suspiciously. "Why?" He said as I rolled my eyes, "I swore loyalty to Kronos remember?" I said picking up the apple he had on the table. "Silena Beauregard," he said making me choke on the appl.e "No way." I said shocked while he nodded. "How?" I questioned as he snorted. "No one would suspect her of being the spy, especially with her being a child of Aphrodite." He said, "I know that. But how did you get her to agree?" I said as he smirked. "Easy Perce. I charmed her, forced her and if she refused, I'll tell the campers." He said while I shook my head. "No need to do that Luke. Release her from that. You have me now, no need to use her anymore." I said as he shook his head. "Why would we need her anymore? You have me, I can easily foretell the future before its even made. No need for a spy." I said as a thoughtful look appeared on his face.
"I don't know Perce." He said uncertainly. "Don't worry about it. And if you think Kronos is going to do anything, I got your back." I said while he nodded. "Alright Perce. We'll do it your way," he said while I nodded as a camper came running in the tent. "Sir. This mysterious person attacked our supplies again!" He said as me and Luke made eye contact, "I'll take care of it, Luke. Don't worry." I said as he nodded as I focused on their last known location as shadows swallowed me.
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"I was wondering if you were going to return." I heard as I smiled. "Me too. Luke's still trying to get through the labyrinth." I said as she nodded, walking towards me. "How's camp doing?" I said suddenly, dreading the answer. "Not good Percy. Most of the campers left and joined the Titans. Those who stayed refuse to serve food to those who tried to kill you." She said as I snorted. "They had it coming." I said taking my longbow from her. "You didn't use this did you?" I said suspiciously but she merely rolled her eyes. "No Percy, I didn't. I merely used the Greek Fire you gave me." She said as I nodded, rubbing the small wound I somehow, received without me knowing.
"It's still bugging you?" She said while I nodded. "At first, it seemed fine. Then it started to itch a lot more and I tend to forget things, a lot more than I should be." I said as she lifted my shirt and traced around it, making me shiver at her touch. "It doesn't seem like a wound from a arrow or sword." She said confused while I nodded, "I didn't receive this from battle and its too small to be a wound from battle, it's like I was injected with something." I said, a cold chill moving down my back. "Well I wouldn't know, I just got back eight months ago." She said while I rolled my eyes, pulling my shirt down. "Think its time to head back to camp?" I said as she shrugged her shoulders, "I don't know why you're asking me. It's your choice Percy, if you think you're ready. Then lets go." She said as I nodded.
"Did they receive my gifts?" I said as she nodded. "Your cousin, the daughter of Zeus received your spear and shield, Tyler got the shield that you had made for him and Zoe has your bow and hunting knifes." She said with obvious distaste whenever she mentioned Zoe. "You still don't like her?" I said as she nodded. "You know exactly why I hate her. I don't know what you see in her." She said as I glared at her, "I don't see nothing in her." I said but she rolled her eyes. "Whatever Percy," she said turning away from me as I sighed and walked towards her.
"Why are you mad at me?" I muttered, putting my head on her shoulder, but she didn't answer. "Can you at least give me some kind of signal about what's wrong." I said hopefully, "Zoe." Was all she said as I groaned and turned her towards me. "That isn't enough." "It's more than enough." She said, wiggling out of my grip but I stopped her and spun her around, pressing my lips against hers and wrapping my arms around her waist, making her freeze at the sudden movement. After a few seconds, she finally kissed me back. "I really did miss you." I muttered once we broke apart while she smiled softly. "I missed you too." She said while I released her. "Let's head to camp and see how they react to seeing me again." I said getting ready to put my hand on her shoulder till I felt another presence approaching.
"Someone's coming," she said looking down the dark passageway. "Head to the camp and blend in. Don't tell them of your heritage or who you are, just say your mother sent you here. Keep them focused on the task at hand, Tyler especially." I said as she nodded and vapor travelled away as Hyperion appeared, making me grimace. "What brings you here?" I demanded as he glared at me. "Luke sent me to look for you, didn't want Kronos's precious pawn getting hurt." He mocked as I glared at him, "I'm not a pawn Hyperion, you are. I am not taking orders from anyone, especially not from Kronos. I'm merely doing this to have my revenge. You should know better than to challenge me, or you can challenge me and end up like how Krios did." I said walking past him.
Tyler POV
"How many times do I have to tell you I'm sorry?" I said to Annabeth as we walked up the hill to Camp Half-Blood. "You told a mortal about who we are?" She said, spinning around to look at me. "She's like my mother Annabeth, she saw through the mist. She saw the monsters before I even did, plus if it wasn't for her, I would be dead." I said as her eyes drifted to my arm. "And what's that for?" She demanded as I looked at my arm and saw the phone number that Rachel gave to me.
"It's not what it looks like." I said looking back at her to see her roll her eyes and storm off towards the big house. "Where are you going?" I yelled. "To find Clarisse, we've been discussing some things." She yelled back while I stared at her, dumbfounded. "When have she and Clarisse been working together? They've been enemies for longer than I can remember." I muttered, walking to my cabin.
As I walked to my cabin, I saw most of them were nearly empty due to campers leaving to join the Titans. "All thanks to the Olympians." I muttered with distaste, glaring at Zeus and Hera's cabin, wishing I could just destroy it.
As I continued my voyage to my cabin, I saw Zoe on the beach, staring off into the distance, twirling Percy's hunting knifes while his bow was strapped to her back, whenever we got back from Olympus, Percy left all of us with a set of his weapons. Thalia got his spear and his shield, I got a shield that he apparently had Chaos make and Zoe got his hunting knifes and bow.
"Hey Zoe." I said, making her jump and spin around, arrow in my face while I quickly put my hands up. "Sorry Tyler, thou scared me." She said removing the arrow while I nodded. "What brings you out here?" I said as she looked back out to the sea. "Just thinking about some things," she said as I raised an eyebrow. "Care to explain?" I said, moving some water around my hand. "Don't thou have inspection?" She said while I shrugged my shoulders.
"I just got here. I haven't been in camp since what happened at Olympus." I said while she nodded sympathetically, "I understand thou miss him, but he wouldn't want thou to dread on what happened. The campers look up to thou since Thalia joined the hunters to avoid the prophecy." She said as I nodded. "Must've hurt her pride to step down from something like that," I said. "It was the right thing. She knew what she was doing," she said as I nodded. "Do you miss him?" I said as she looked at me. "What do thou mean?" she said confused while I rolled my eyes, "Percy. Do you miss him like everyone else here?" I said as she turned away from me.
"A little, he seemed to be the only one who understood me. Even Lady Artemis and the hunters didn't fully understand me." She said as I snorted, making her look back at me. "You seem to miss him a lot more than the others." I said as she glared at me and went to speak but I spoke first. "First of all, you're always out here, I understand your mother was a sea goddess, thus you having some connection to the seas but you're out here twenty four seven. Even at night." I say sitting down in the sand. "Plus you always have those with you." I said gesturing to the hunting knifes and bow. "You always stare at them with a longing expression, sort of like how Percy does whenever he stares at those pictures I found." I said as she looked down at them.
"Another reason is you always go around camp, asking what Percy did and it raises a lot of questions and drama. Why would a hunter of Artemis, especially one like Zoe Nightshade, who had a rivalry with Percy worse than Zeus and Poseidon, be doing asking about Percy Jackson? Drew is already starting drama, saying some things that don't need to be said but Silena stopped her. Plus, even though everyone else doesn't know this but those who went on the quest do know. When the Fates came and announced you and Bianca were supposed to die, we came to a conclusion that would keep you both alive. Yes, you couldn't be the lieutenant of the Hunters of Artemis but you could still join, but you didn't, surprising everyone, Fates included. Why?" I said, gesturing for her to sit down beside me.
After a few minutes, she finally sat down beside me. "Yes, I did refuse because I felt like it wasn't my place anymore." She said while I raised an eyebrow. "But why though, it's been your home for nearly two thousand years. Why leave it and stay at a place that you've hated ever since it was created?" I said as she glared at me, "I hope thou know, this isn't easy for me." she said as I nodded.
"I know, and take your time. I can wait all day." I said as a aggravated look appeared on her face, making me smirk. "I'll make it easier for you. Name something you like about Percy." I said as a thoughtful look appeared on her face. "I don't know, if I could name one thing I like about him it would be his loyalty to his loved ones," she said while I nodded. "Plus his looks," she said while I looked at her with a raised eyebrow.
"Are you checking out my brother?" I said as she looked at me, aggravated. "Not that. Just how much thou and Percy resemble thy father, Poseidon." she said confusing me. "What I mean Tyler, is children of the gods have some type of resemblance to their godly parents, such as their eyes, or their personality. Like the children of Hermes, they have the same personality as Hermes, but thou look exactly like Poseidon. Thou have his eyes, his tan skin, his hair, and his personality. Thou and Percy are like mini Poseidon's." She said as I laughed. "Sorry. That was just too funny." I said gesturing for her to continue.
"No child of the gods has ever had such a close resemblance to their godly parent. Many of the Olympians and minor gods noticed this, as thou and Percy grew up, thou look more and more like Poseidon each year." She said as I frowned. "What about Aphrodite's children. Their all pretty, just like her." I said as she continued. "Yes, but not all of them have the same personality like Aphrodite, nor do they act like Aphrodite. Some of Aphrodite's children aren't afraid to get their hands dirty or do anything except dress up and look pretty." She said disgusted while I nodded. "So you're saying me and Percy are probably the first children to look almost like their godly parent." I said as she nodded.
"But this also means in power. If we ever see Percy again and thou continue training with him, the results could be pretty devastating. While thou may not have noticed, the others in camp have and so have I. Thy power is increasing and this worries Zeus, but he is much more worried about thy brother than anyone, even Kronos." She said while I nodded. "Is that why he has the remaining Olympians looking for him?" I questioned while she nodded, "Percy was telling the truth, the Olympian Council is split in two. Poseidon, Apollo, Hermes, Aphrodite, and Artemis all left the council. Lady Artemis and the hunters have been silent for the past eight months, making Zeus even more worried." She said while I nodded.
"How about Nico, has anyone heard from him?" I said but she shook her head, "I tried to iris message Lady Artemis but it didn't work, so I prayed to her. Asking her if she could find the son of Hades before Kronos and his forces did." She said while I nodded, hearing the conch horn sound. "Looks like lunch is starting, you better head over there." I said as she nodded and stood up. "Thou not coming?" She said as I shook my head, "I'll be there soon." I said as she nodded and walked off while I looked back at the sea.
"I know my power is increasing, Zoe." I said putting my hand in the water as it started to turn into ice and spread across the whole lake till I took my hand out. "I know." I said softly vapor traveling to the dining pavilion.
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After the strange encounter with the new sword director, Quintus, and his massive hellhound pet and seeing Tyson. (Which made me happy.) Quintus said we're going to be doing something a little different, instead of capture the flag, we're going to be doing something a little different.
"Alright, gather around." Quintus said as we gathered around, looking at him. "Capture the flag provides you help in battle, but you never know how good you are unless you are actually in battle. As you can tell, the crates that you saw in the arena are now not here. What was in the crates has been released into the forests." He said as everyone started to mutter uncertainly. "Is that a good idea?" Katie started, "whatever was in those crates seemed pretty deadly." She said as we all nodded.
"Yes, but this is sort of a live training exercise. You need this in order to cope in battle, it is fairly similar. You will be in teams of two." He said as everyone instantly perked up and started to grab their partners. "That have already been selected!" He yelled as everyone complained but nodded as he pulled out a big scroll and started reading off names. "Beckendorf will be with Silena Beauregard," which Beckendorf looked pretty happy about. "The Stoll brothers will be together. Clarisse with Lee Fletcher from Apollo cabin." Going to be a tough team, melee and ranged combat combined I thought as he continued to list off names till I heard mine.
"And Tyler Jackson will be with Annabeth Chase." He said as I grinned at Annabeth. "Nice," I said. "Your armor is crooked," she said fixing my armor. "Grover Underwood will be with Tyson." He said as both Tyson and Grover looked sick. "No, no." Tyson whimpered. "Must be a mistake. Goat boy-" "No complaining." Quintus ordered. "What are the rules?" Clarisse said. "Your goal is simple: collect the gold laurels without dying. The wreath is wrapped in a silk package, tied to the back of one of the monsters. There are six monsters. Each has a silk package. Only one holds the laurels. You must find the wreath before the other teams. And, of course...you will have to slay the monster to get it, and stay alive." He said while we nodded. "So a simple day as a demigod?" Travis whispered to me while I nodded.
"Zoe Nightshade, I do not have a partner for you." He said frowning, "I'll be her partner." we heard as we turned around to see the Hunters of Artemis and Artemis herself, who haven't been seen for the last eight months. "Jennifer will be her partner." Artemis said while we nodded, dumbstruck as Artemis walked towards me, then stopped. "Your brother is very clever," she whispered before resuming her normal pace to the big house while I stared at her in shock.
"Tyler, come on. The game is starting." Annabeth said, pulling me into the forests.
It was still light when we got into the woods, but the shadows from the trees made it feel like midnight. It was cold too, even in summer. "What did Lady Artemis tell you?" She said as we followed tracks, scuttling marks made by something with a lot of legs. "Nothing Annabeth." I said as she turned to look at me. "Judging by the expression on your face, it was something," she said as we continued walking till we heard the sound of twigs snapping as we crouched behind a boulder, but it was only the Stoll brothers tripping and cursing. While their father was the god of thieves, they were about as stealthy as water buffaloes.
"This is where we stopped." She said as I stared at her confused, till I realized she was talking about Nico Di Angelo, son of Hades. Once we got back to camp, the Stolls told us that Nico ran off right before we got back. We chased him down but suddenly skeletons came out of the ground, Percy must've realized Bianca and Nico were children of Hades, But why would he leave if his job is to protect the children of the big three? I thought till we heard a growl, making us spin around to see a glistening amber insect, ten feet long, with jagged pincers, an armored tail, and a stinger as long as my sword. A scorpion. A really big scorpion. Tied to its back was a red silk package.
"One of us gets behind it." Annabeth said, as the scorpion clattered toward us. "Cut off its tail while the other distracts it in the front." she said while I nodded "I'll take point. You've got the invisibility hat." I said as she nodded. We'd fought together so many times we knew each other's moves. We could do this, easy. But it all went wrong when two more scorpions appeared from the woods.
"Three?" Annabeth said in shock. "That's not possible. The whole woods, and half the monsters come at us?" She said in disbelieve as I swallowed. One, we could take. Two, with a little luck. Three? Doubtful.
The scorpions scurried towards us, whipping their barbed tails like they'd come here just to kill us. Annabeth and I put our backs against the nearest boulder "Climb?" I said but she shook her head. "No time," she said as the scorpions surrounded us. They were so close I could see their hideous mouths foaming, anticipating a nice juicy meal of demigods.
"Look out!" Annabeth said as she parried away a stinger with the flat of her blade. I stabbed with Shadowslayer, but the scorpion backed out of range, hissing at the sword. We clambered sideways along the boulder, but the scorpions followed us. I slashed at another one, but then I realized going on the offensive was too dangerous. If I went for the body, the tail stabbed downward. If I went for the tail, the scorpions pincers came from either side and tried to grab me. All we could do was defend, and we wouldn't be able to keep that up for very long.
I took another step sideways, and suddenly there was nothing behind me. It was a crack between two of the largest boulders, something I'd probably passed by a million times, but...
"In here." I said as Annabeth sliced at a scorpion then looked at me like I was crazy. "In there? It's too narrow." "I'll cover you, go!" She ducked behind me and started squeezing between the two boulders. Then suddenly, I felt a hand on my shoulder that pushed me forward into Annabeth as we both started to tumble down a pit that hadn't been there a moment before.
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"Where were you two?" Chiron said while we stared at him confused. "What do you mean?" I said confused, "Tyler, the game ended an hour ago. We've been searching for the past hour." Connor said while me and Annabeth exchanged glances. "We were only gone for a few minutes..." I trailed off as Annabeth explained everything to Chiron and everyone else.
"An entrance, that leads straight into the heart of camp." Katie said in shock. "Everyone head to bed, the games are over." Chiron ordered as I went to leave till I felt a hand on my shoulder. "Come with me." Artemis said as I looked shocked, but nodded nonetheless as I followed her to her cabin. "Lady Artemis, if I may," I said while she nodded. "Where have you been?" I said as she rolled her eyes. "While the Olympians are doing nothing to prepare for the war. Someone else has," she said. "Percy?" I said hopefully while she nodded.
"Lets speak in my cabin. There's a lot to digest." She said as we walked past campers who stared at me in shock and disbelief. Once we appeared in front of her cabin, she opened the door and walked in with me behind her to see all her Hunters and Zoe staring at me. But instead of seeing disgust like I thought I would, I only saw respect and admiration. "Sit, Tyler," Artemis said while I looked at her. "It's fine, Lady Artemis. I'll stand," I said but she rolled her eyes. "Just sit." She said as I reluctantly, and warily sat down on one of the spare chairs. "So, what is it you wanted to talk about Lady Artemis?" I said as she sat down on one of the beds.
"When your brother left Olympus, many thought he joined the Titans, thus making Olympus lose many of its assets, campers and minor gods included." She said as I nodded, not knowing where she's going with this. "Your brother did join the Titans, but not in the way they expected," she said as Jennifer spoke. "Percy swore loyalty to them, but instead of saying I'll join you or fight for you. He said I'll come to your side, which he did-" she said but I interrupted her. "How do you know all this? No one's heard from Percy in the past eight months. Not even Chaos and the primordials have heard from him." I said, then quickly put my hand over my mouth. In fear of being turned into a wild animal, but they only chuckled.
"Do not fear Tyler, we won't hurt you." Artemis said as I nodded and let my hand drop back down to my side. "A couple weeks after Percy left Olympus, he suddenly appeared in our camp, right out of the fire. We were going to ask him questions but he said he was in a hurry and had little time and explained to us what he was doing." she said as I nodded "Percy's been spying for us for the past eight months, and I must say, he's grabbed a lot of information." Phoebe said pulling out a bag and dumping out all the contents in it, which were a bunch of papers filled with information and battle formations. "Percy said that the Titans plan of using the labyrinth to attack camp, the entrance you found was the entrance he was talking about. He said he's been stalling by destroying their supplies or starting small fires to keep them preoccupied. He said he and his partner have been delaying them for the past eight months, but they had to stop due to the Titans being suspicious," Artemis said. "Whose his partner?" I said as she shrugged her shoulders while I picked up a paper which had a symbol on it.
"What's this?" I said curiously as I handed it to Artemis. "That's the symbol of Hyperion. But why would he be sending us these?" she said thoughtful as I picked up another and saw it was the symbol of Krios. "Their signs." I said, realizing what Percy was doing as everyone looked at me. "Signs?" A Hunter with blue eyes said whilee I nodded. "Signs of the Titans. Since he's probably being watched twenty four seven, he sends these. Telling us which Titans are free and which ones aren't." I said as realization flared up in Artemis's eyes as she smiled.
"Impressive. Let's see which Titans we're dealing with." She said as we searched through the papers till we had all the correct ones."Let's see." Artemis said, observing them. "We're dealing with Kronos, of course. Hyperion, Oceanus, Krios, Koios, Pallas, Perses, Prometheus, Phoebe, Mnemosyne, and Iapetus." She said grimacing. "Eight out of the original twelve Titans, three of their children." She said as we nodded. "What else did he say?" I said. "He said a quest is to be delivered tomorrow. He said Tyson, Grover, Annabeth, Jennifer, Zoe, you, and his partner need to go on it, despite what the quest says."She said as we nodded as she looked at Bianca.
"He said he found Nico deep in the labyrinth. How he got there, not even Percy knows." She said as Bianca looked like a huge weight just got lifted off her shoulders. "How did he get in the labyrinth?" Zoe said as Artemis shook her head, "Percy says he must've shadow travelled to get away and it just took him there, but he said Nico's been talking to a evil spirit. The spirit is using Nico. Says he can bring back the dead, he wants his mother back. Percy's kept the ghost away from Nico but he can't keep watching Nico constantly, if Percy gets caught who knows what they'll do to him," she said. "Hard to believe they'll even be able to touch him." I said while everyone nodded but she shook her head.
"Percy said that he's been feeling...funny." She said as alertness entered my system. "What do you mean?" Jennifer said as she looked at her, "Percy said he also received a small wound that he doesn't know how he got it. Said over this last month, he's been forgetting things a lot more than he should be and he'll black out in his room and wake up somewhere else," she said as I frowned. "It sounds like he's being controlled." I said as everyone nodded. "But that's impossible right? If anything tried to control Percy, he would've sensed it." A Hunter, whom I think is named Serenity said, "Percy may be unbeatable in the Greek world, but what about in the mortal world?" Artemis questioned as realization dawned on us.
"You think their suspicious of Percy working against them and somehow got control over him?" Jennifer said as Artemis nodded. "It does raise suspicions. Olympus's most loyal asset whose fought for them for eight hundred years, suddenly leave? Abandon all his loved ones without hesitation, it does raise questions." She said as Serenity spoke "And with all the delay? It does raise suspicion on Percy's side." she said as we nodded. "But if they did, then how did they get so close to him? Even when Percy's asleep, he senses when someone nears him. When me and the Stolls tried to prank him, he knew we were coming before we even got within five feet of him." I said as she spoke. "It's possible with all the stress on him. He doesn't focus on his surroundings, thus letting them get close to him." She said as we nodded as I observed a picture.
"Is this the labyrinth?" I said as she nodded, "Percy said even he had a hard time getting through the labyrinth. He said the closer you get to Daedalus' workshop, the more it tries to stop you. He also said that Luke and Orion are both alive." She said in a disgusted tone as we all looked at her in shock. "How? The fall was at least twenty five foot drop. Me and Percy personally saw him fall, both of them." I said but she shook her head, "I don't know how, but he said their both alive. Orion has a personal vendetta against you and him," she said. "Where is Percy hiding Nico?" Bianca said, "Percy said he's kept Nico at his side at all times, saying he just a random camper he found who joined the Titans. But everyone's suspicious, Percy's time is running out. It won't be long till they find out the truth. He sent his partner and Nico to camp. Said they should appear tomorrow evening." She said as Bianca sighed in relief.
"Why isn't Percy coming?" I said. "He can't. If he leaves, that'll be all the proof they need to know Percy's working against them. Plus, he said he wants to stay to see if he can figure out why he feels so funny. Find anything that can help him out." She said as I nodded, leaning back in my seat. "Looks like Percy's been busy." I said as everyone nodded. "He also wished for the Olympians who left to rejoin the council." She said while we looked at her, confused. "How can you do that Lady Artemis?" I said as she smiled, "Percy must've visited all the Olympians who left and spoke to them of his plan. Tomorrow, me and the others who left will head back to Olympus while the quest members head into the labyrinth and hopefully, meet up with Percy." She said as a thought came to me.
"What about the spy? We knew there was a spy in the camp for a while, but haven't had anytime to deal with it." I said, "Percy said he managed to convince Luke to release the girl from her oath, he tricked and blackmailed her. He said to hold no grudge to her, she didn't have a choice." she said. "Who is she?" I said curiously as she looked at me, "Silena Beauregard, daughter of Aphrodite." she said as our eyes all widened. "I know, it shocked me too. But it would be the perfect spy, no one would suspect her. He said to take the communication device she uses and destroy it Tyler, tell her the truth and then we'll put this behind us." She said as I nodded.
"I think that's everything Tyler. You may head back to your cabin. Tell no one of what happened here, same goes for the rest of you." She said as everyone nodded as I stood up and bowed. "Thank you for the information Lady Artemis, this assures me that my brother is still on the right side." I said turning around to leave till she stopped me, "Tyler please, just call me Artemis." she said as my eyes widened and my jaw dropped. "Close your mouth Tyler, you'll catch flies." Jennifer said smiling as I snapped my mouth shut, feeling my face turn red out of embarrassment as I nodded and walked out Artemis's cabin, feeling a whole lot better than I did eight months ago.
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"Tyler, new camper." Annabeth said as I looked up at her as my eyes widened, realizing this was Percy's partner. "Where?" I said jumping up, startling her with my sudden reaction. "She's in the big house," she said confused till her eyes lit up. "Tyler! She also found Nico." she said but I was already running past her to the big house.
"Tyler!" I heard her shout but I kept going till I ran into the room, startling everyone in it. "Tyler?" Chiron said in shock and confusion as I smiled. "Sorry for interrupting Chiron, just wanted to meet the new camper." I said turning my gaze to Percy's partner as my eyes widened. She looked around the age of fifteen, but she was definitely beautiful. Her hair was a raven black like mine that flowed to her waist like a waterfall while she had tan skin like me and beautiful ocean blue eyes.
She looked eerily familiar, like I've seen her before or in a picture. "Are you going to keep staring at me like a idiot?" She said smirking, snapping me out of my daze while I gasped. Finally realizing why she looked so familiar, I stumbled back into the table, gripping it to steady my wobbly legs. "Tyler! Are you okay?" I heard Annabeth say but I kept my eyes on the girl. "That's impossible." I whispered in shock and disbelief. "Tyler, what do you mean? What's impossible?" I heard Chiron say but I kept my eyes on the girl, whom I've seen in many pictures. In the arms of my brother, both smiling and laughing, eyes lit up with joy and love.
The same girl who Percy loved with all his heart. The same one who haunted his thoughts every time he closed his eyes. The same girl who nearly destroyed him. The same girl who was captured by Artemis and her hunters, brought to the Olympians for a trial.
Crystal Bishop, daughter of Oceanus.
Hope you enjoyed the chapter! Feel free to review! Next chapter will be Tyler and the others entering the labyrinth. I posted a chapter on Percy Jackson: A New Life. It may not be the best chapter, but I just got back on it today so give me a break, feel free to check it out and tell me what you think about it.