Rose was a simple girl, well simple for a demi-god. She was brought to Camp Half Blood by her half-brother Percy and cousin Thalia 5 years ago, finding a new home and a family she never knew she had. She learned quickly that she would have to be fairly self-sufficient in order to survive in this new world she lived in. That didn't mean that she didn't have any help, as Percy stayed with her getting to know her and training her as a Daughter of Poseidon. She heard the tales of her brother and his friends, the life he had gone through and the things he had done. He was a legend amongst campers, and she knew that living up to him was near impossible but doesn't mean she wasn't going to try. She knew of Annabeth Chase, had heard the stories. The daughter of Athena who had been with Percy since he arrived at camp, working together to stop the Titans and Gaia. Of course, he jumped into Tartarus for her as well. She was angry when she heard she had left Percy and did not seem to understand why Percy seemed to no longer care about it.
Flashback
Rose was lying on her back on the beach, sweating and breathing heavily. She was exhausted and just wanted to go sleep in her cabin.
"You know, it's only going to get tougher from here on out, you have a good grasp on the basics so it's time to move to the more complex things." Percy said laughing and taking a seat next to her.
"How long did it take you to learn all of this?" Rose asked still trying to catch her breath.
"It took me a while, remember I had no one teaching me how to use my powers. It was all trial and error in terms of learning what I could do and what my limits were." Percy explained drawing lines in the sand.
"Wait so dad never taught you anything?" Rose asked looking at her brother.
"Nope he wasn't able to, he's a little busy if you haven't noticed. Doing God stuff and ruling the sea isn't simple and easy to do." Percy said while looking out into the sea. "Don't resent him for it, he cares about us."
Rose sat up and looked out into the sea, "I don't resent him, I just wish I could spend more time with him."
Percy smiled sadly, "I know, but he's always going to look out for us."
Silence followed and the two enjoyed the quiet and peace around them the waves calm, and a slight sea breeze passed them, Poseidon acknowledging their presence near his domain.
Rose looked up nervously at her brother wanting to ask a question that had been bothering her for a while.
"You're nervous, why?" Percy asked not looking at her.
Rose gulped and took in a breath, "I want to ask you about Annabeth."
Percy's jaw clenched and his eyes hardened as he continued to look out at the sea.
"What do you want to know?" Percy said sighing.
"I've heard of all the stories from the other campers, about the Second Titan War, the Second Giant War, but I've never heard about them from you."
"What can I say, we were friends during the Titan War, she had my back and I could trust her with my life and I'm sure that it was the same the other way around. She was the thing that kept me from doing too many stupid things, sure I was reckless but without her I don't think I would be here right now, she saved my life multiple times. We got close over time, I guess you can say it was only natural considering how many quests we went on and the prophecy impacting us as well." Percy explained.
Rose looked at Percy and saw his features soften the more he talked about her.
"Do you think she'll come back?" Rose asked genuinely curious about her brothers' thoughts on this.
Percy looked at his sister, "I don't know, but if she does I hope she comes back stronger and smarter than when she left."
"Why aren't you angry at her Percy? She left you and you act like it's okay?' Rose asked the question she really wanted the answer to. "Everyone in Camp who knew you two resents her for leaving but why not you."
Percy sighed again looked at the sand, it took him a couple minutes before he finally answered.
"I was angry, I felt betrayed by the girl I loved, but I understood." Percy said. "Annabeth is a Daughter of Athena, she has a thirst for knowledge, when Chaos offered a chance to learn more about the universe how could she say no. It took me time to fully understand her decision. I don't hate her for it but if she were to come back one day, things wouldn't be the same, I'm too different now. My life has changed, doing missions for the gods and being a teacher has given me something to do. I'm looking to settle down and live peacefully within the next couple years."
Rose looked at Percy shocked and finally understood what many of the campers had meant. Percy wasn't just a leader because he was powerful or a good fighter, those attributes merely helped him, the real reason he was a leader was due to his knowledge his level of maturity and understanding about the people around him.
"Sorry for bringing it up Percy, I just wanted to know."
Percy looked at his sister and smiled, "Don't ever apologize for asking question you don't know the answer too."
Flashback End
Walking around the Camp she saw Luke Thalia and Nico talking near the Dining Hall and approached them curious to see what they were talking about.
"Well we need to grab food and drinks because last time we went empty handed he wasn't happy." Nico said while looking at his watch.
"I'll drive, we can grab something on the way, where are we meeting him anyways?" Luke responded.
"He said that we could meet him near Goode, said something about extra papers he had to mark." Nico told them while smirking.
"Gods Percy has such a boring life." Rose couldn't help blurting out.
The 3 looked at her before smiling, "Yes he does which is why we're going to spice it up." Thalia responded.
Rose pouted, "You guys get to leave Camp and go see him, unfair."
Luke laughed, "Well the last time we took you to see him you two almost got into a fight. I don't think we need that this time Shrimp."
"It's not my fault Percy's a sore loser, he should be better at Mario Kart then." Rose responded before giving them her best puppy eyes, "Can I come please?" Instantly Luke looked at Nico with fear.
"Nico you deal with this, it's my weakness." Luke said hiding behind Nico who looked on wide eyed.
'I'm not better than you with it, but Thalia." Nico said while smirking.
Rose stopped when she heard Thalia's name, the Daughter of Zeus never fell for the eyes. "Damn."
Thalia laughed before grabbing Roses head and patting her head. "When you're older kiddo, you can come with us but for now just watch Camp for us, with everything going on we need someone we trust and Gods know we can't trust the Stolls."
"We heard that Thalia." Connor yelled.
"You were meant to" Thalia yelled back.
"Thunder thighs." Travis mumbled under his breath, but Thalia heard it.
"What you say Travis, you wanna say that again." Thalia yelled before running after the Stolls who ran as fast as they could.
Jason walked up to the group and smiled, "Don't worry too much about her, I'll make sure she doesn't kill any Ares Campers and keep her out of trouble, say hi to Percy for me."
"Will do Jason, when were you planning on heading out, it's been a while since you met up with Piper?" Luke asked curious.
"She's been busy with school; I know that she meets up with Percy whenever she's free but she has so much stuff to do it's hard for her to leave the area near her school. We're planning on trying to meet up next week." Jason said looking a little sad, "I am happy knowing that Percy can look out for her out there, not that she needs it."
Thalia finally returned smirking and feeling a little better.
"Should I get Will?" Jason asked.
"Nope, don't worry about it little bro, we talked it out." Thalia said while smiling.
"I'll get Will." Jason said before saying his goodbyes and walking off.
Silence enveloped the 4 and Rose finally asked, "Are you going to tell him?"
Nico looked at the others before responding. "We don't know yet, part of us want to but know that it wouldn't help him out, knowing she's back."
Rose nodded, knowing that despite everything Percy had said, knowing she was back would not help him.
"Well we need to head out now, got to make sure we get there when school lets out so we can embarrass him in front of his students." Thalia said grinning.
Rose gave them all a hug, "Say hi to him for me."
"We will, stay safe Rose." Nico said before they walked over to the hill.
Rose sighed as the went out of sight and turned and looked at the Camp before her stomach growled. Food was her first thought as she made her way to the dining hall.
Jason walked into the arena looking around and saw Clarisse roughing up a training dummy and a couple of Hermes campers running from Katie ho was throwing what looked like dirt at them.
'Some things never change' he thought to himself before sitting down and closing his eyes.
He knew that things would be getting crazy in the next few days and wanted to enjoy as much peace and quiet as he could. The peace did not last as long as he would have hoped as he heard Clarisse yelling.
"Are you crazy, I could have hurt you!"
Jason snorted, Clarisse actually caring about hurting someone, but feeling bad about it was funny. He opened his eyes and was surprised, standing in front of Clarisse axes holding Clarisse spear from stabbing him was Atreus, followed by the warriors of Chaos behind him.
"I meant no harm Daughter of Ares, I merely wished to spar as we have not since arriving and believe that you a Daughter of the God of War would provide a challenge." Atreus spoke respectfully.
Clarisse glared at him before pulling back maimer, "Alright then, just a sparring match?"
"Yes." Atreus nodded.
"First one to yield loses then. Hey clear the arena!" Clarisse yelled out.
The soldiers of Chaos moved to the stands before taking their seats and looking on with interest, the campers who were present also sat down keen on watching what a warrior of Chaos could do.
"Grace can you be the referee." Clarisse asked him.
"Sure, not like I have anything else to do." Jason said getting up and walking between the two fighters.
"So clean fight no maiming or injuring of the serious kind, no powers as well and yielding to your open will lead to a loss. Begin." Jason declared before vaulting backwards.
The two fighters circled each other waiting for the other to strike first, after a beat they both charged.
