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I do not own the PJO characters.

"Wait, why am I coming?" Jamie asked as he ran after me.

"Because I refuse to leave this camp without you with me," I said as I walked towards my cabin.

"What about Coral?" he asked.

I paused at that, "I, uh, gotta go talk to Chiron."

"Why can't she just stay here?"

"Because she's my baby sister and the only family I have, I'm not leaving her. I don't care if Travis or Katie will watch her, she is coming with."

"Trish, she's two, its way too dangerous."

"I spent a whole year protecting her in the city by myself, it'll be fine," I then stormed off towards the big house.

I reached to the big house and was greeted my Mr. D and Chiron. "So, what do you want," Mr. D asked sounding annoyed.

"I was wondering if Coral could come with me. I really don't want to leave her behind she's the only family I have," I asked.

"There's people here that will take care of her, you know that," Chiron said.

"I, yes, but I am not going to just leave her here. I promised her father that I would always look after her, and I can't do that if I'm all the way on the other side of the world!" I exclaimed.

"I'm sorry Trish but Coral is only two, its too dangerous for her to go with you guys," Chiron stated.

"Seriously, you sound just like Jamie! I had been taking care of Coral for a while out in the real world until you guys decided to bring me here, we were fine weren't we!"

"Yes, you were fine then but you had Hera's protection, you won't have that in Ethiopia. You might not want to leave her, but its for the best. If something were to happen to Coral while you guys were out there then no one would be able to help you," Chiron said.

I just stomped off with tears in my eyes. How could they just make me leave her like this, I thought as I headed towards my cabin. I might as well start getting my things together, I mean I don't have much but its good to be prepared.

I heard a knock on my cabin's doorway, I turned and saw the Stoll brothers. I started crying as I walked up to them and embraced them in a hug.

"I-I don't want to leave," I cried into their shoulders.

"I know," they both said.

"It would have been sooner or later that you would go on a quest, I mean you came here for a reason," Travis said trying to comfort me.

"But, its not just that, its also what Calypso had said that the powers I have now isn't my curse. I remember that when I was up at Olympus, Hecate said that even if Hera hadn't cursed me, I still would have been special. But what also worries me is that Calypso had broken out in tears, like she knew what my curse was," I stated with tears still falling down my cheeks.

The Stoll's just hugged me tighter. "We're going to miss you sis, promise you'll come back in one piece," they said.

"I'll try," I responded with a small smile.

"So," Connor said standing back, "How is Coral going to feel when you leave?"

"That's the problem, I haven't been away from Coral for more than a few hours at a time. And I don't want to leave her here, but Chiron just won't let me take her. He thinks that something might happen to her, but she has me and Eliza to protect her."

"You mean the bird that's always sleeping in the corner," Travis said pointing towards Eliza.

"Yeah, he's our guardian," I said.

"He doesn't seem like much of a 'guardian' to me," Connor said.

"Well, I mean he-, I really don't know. He says he's our guardian but yeah, he doesn't do much."

"Well, we came here to see if you needed help packing?" Travis stated.

"Um, I actually already finished, I don't have much," I politely responded.

Just then I heard the lunch bell ring. I looked at the Stoll's, who looked back at me. All of a sudden we were racing to see who got to the dinning pavilion first, with huge smiles on our faces.

Thanks for reading! And I wanted to post this yesterday but I was having technical difficulties with my laptop again. Also if anyone has any ideas of what Trish should do in this series, feel free to put them in the reviews.

-Lou Ellen