Beginning Notes

Okay, so here the story actually starts. Part of this was still written by Elena Fierro-Chase before she told me that she couldn't continue anymore. I'm not gonna lie, I'm pretty nervous about posting this, because, well, I want to honour your lovely oc's. Anyways, I've done enough rambling, I really hope you guys enjoy, and all characters belong to Rick Riordan unless stated otherwise :)

Cassandra's POV

I was on guard duty and putting on some more of my favourite red lipstick when I saw a small figure running towards me. I smiled, Será might be the only faun I know who actually likes running.

'Hey Serry, what's going on?' I asked. 'Did Penelope fall into the lake again?'

Ignoring my question she said: 'Another monster, near the East Wall.'

'Again? There's never been this many attacks in one afternoon that I know of.' I sighed. This afternoon might have been the most eventful watch in my entire life, and even though I've only been at camp a few months, I've had to guard the entrances quite a lot.

I started running towards the East Wall, but Será grabbed my wrist.

'Wait!' she said. 'Um, Praetor Hazel sent me to get you, she needs to talk to you.'

'But, what about the attack? What if it's another hydra?'

'Don't worry, Lamar is on his way, he'll take over for you.'

I nodded. Then I ran off to see what Hazel needed me for.

When I got to the Praetor's House, Hazel was already waiting for me.

'Será told me you wanted to talk to me, so, um, what is it praetor?'

'Well,' Hazel started. She took a deep breath before continuing: 'Something is going on.'

'Isn't it always,' I muttered under my breath.

If Hazel heard, she didn't say anything about it, for she continued: 'I got a message from Chiron, he-'

'Who's Chiron again?' All these new names were kind of giving me a headache. Can't a girl get used to her new environment at her own pace?

'You wouldn't know, I'm sorry. Chiron is a centaur, he trains the demigods at Camp Half-Blood.' When she saw the confused expression on my face she added: 'The Greek camp.'

'Oh, right.'

'Anyway, he told me there were problems with the Mist. At first, I thought it might just be some small temporary thing. But lately it seems I've been having a harder time controlling it myself. Not that I can't do it, but apparently, Chiron believes the problems lay mostly with demigods who aren't American.'

I raised an eyebrow at her. 'And...?'

'And I needed to know if you've been having problems with the Mist, because if Chiron is right, then something big might be in the making.'

'No offence, but I'm not the only one here with an international background.'

'I know, that's what most of the others said too,' Hazel said with a chuckle. 'I was just wondering.'

I thought back too how the attacks had been increasing over my last few watches.

'Well, if there's nothing then I guess-'

'There is something,' I said, looking downwards.

'Okay, well what is it?'

When I looked back up, Hazel was staring me deep in the eye.

'Um, well, I don't know, it might just be me, but I feel like the monster attacks are starting to become a lot more than they used to be when I first came here.'

Hazel nodded, processing the new information. After a while, she said: 'I haven't heard this from anyone else, but I don't think it is just you. Maybe you should go to Chiron.'

'Wait, no, I don't-' I tried, but Hazel held up her hand.

'It's not because I think you're crazy if that's what you were wondering. Chiron isn't some kind of mental doctor. I was thinking maybe we could go and see what he was talking about. Try to fix things,' she explained.

'We?'

'Well, I'm coming of course, you didn't think I was going to let you go on your own?'

'But, what about-'

'Don't worry about it, that's my job. Praetor Frank can still take care of everything here, that's why we're with two.'

'Okay.'

I left to go think about what was going to happen.

I was going to go to a Greek camp, where there was a problem with the Mist, but only for international demigods for some reason. Which might be why there were more attacks when I was on watch.

Whatever it was that was going on, it definitely wasn't normal, and I had a feeling that the gods were involved in this mess.

After Hazel announced that we were going to be leaving for a while to go see what the problem might be, I went to pack my stuff.

It's not like I needed- or had a lot of stuff for that matter, but I still managed to fill my backpack with spare clothes, some food and water, and a few throwing knives, along with my dagger and favourite lipstick.

After that, I went to find Será. I wasn't planning on leaving without at least saying goodbye. She was my only friend, seeing as a lot of people found me too vain to be around.

When I first came to camp, I was mostly confused, but also mourning the death of my sister Beatriz. I didn't want the life at camp that was waiting for me, I just wanted my sister back. Then after finding out that my father was the god Cupid, I might have lost it for a bit. I thought the life I had back in France was well enough for me, I didn't need this new one.

But then Será came around, and she stayed. She was also sort of an outcast within camp, since she was the only female faun in the area. She didn't mind my vanity, and I didn't chase her like the other fauns did, so we became friends and that was that.

I walked around for a bit, and eventually found her by the lake with Penelope. Penelope was a kitten that Será had found one day when she decided to take a walk outside of camp. It had followed her all the way back to New Rome, and Será had decided to keep it.

'Hey,' I said, and sat down next to her.

Será looked up and smiled. 'I thought you were leaving to go to Camp Half-Blood?'

'Well, yes, but I thought I'd say goodbye first.'

'Why? Won't you be back in about a week?'

I didn't dare look her in the eye, so I looked at Penelope instead. 'I... I don't know.'

When I glanced back at Será, she was frowning. 'What do you mean?'

'I mean, that I'm not sure if I'll be back in a week. I have a feeling that this problem is bigger than we think it is.'

'Don't you dare say what I think you're implying.'

'Okay, but I did warn you. I-'

Before I could finish my sentence, Será wrapped her arms around me. 'Just... please stay safe okay?'

I held her close, my face buried in the crook of her neck, as I whispered: 'Okay.'

We stayed like that for a while, sitting by the lake, our arms wrapped around each other. Finally I let go and get up to go find Hazel.

End Notes

I'm still wondering if the chapter wasn't too short, but I feel like it's a nice introduction to what's happening. Also, I'm on the train, and um, it's really boring so... I'm just going to upload it anyway. Idk, maybe all the chapters will be this short. We'll see. See you in the next chapter, byeee :)

oc's mentioned:

Cassandra Willis by Lissa.angel

Lamar Hudson by 0G R3