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Chapter 4

I was woken up in the middle of the night by an ear splitting scream. I got out of bed, sword at the ready and looked around to find Percy holding Annabeth in his arms on their bed. Percy was stroking the back of Annabeth's head and whispering in her ear as she shook and sobbed uncontrollably. I put my sword down and was about to ask what's wrong before I heard more screaming coming from outside so I went out to find the other new campers looking around as confused as I was. As Chiron arrived I said "Chiron what is going on? What's with all the screaming?" Chiron sighed heavily, looked at me then said "All you need to know is that they have seen horrors that you can barely imagine."

"What kinds of horrors?" I asked and then flinched at the way Chiron glared at me then said "Go back to bed all of you." as I went back into the cabin I thought I'm gonna find out what happened to make them scream like that. Little did I know how much I would regret that.

The next morning at breakfast I was chewing a mouthful of bacon when Annabeth said "Sorry if I woke you up last night." I swallowed my bacon and said "Don't worry about it, how come you were screaming anyway?"

"We have nightmares almost every night, that's why I'm sitting here and why we sleep together.?"

"Chiron said you've all face horrors I could barely imagine and I can't help but wonder if it has anything to do with what Brad, James and Zoe said last night during Capture the Flag."

"What did they say?" Percy asked leaning forward like I should think carefully about what I say next. "They said you fought the Minotaur twice, killed Medusa when you were 12 and you fought Hyperion and Kronos during the Battle of Manhattan." Percy's expression darkened slightly and he looked at Annabeth who nodded encouragingly and Percy sighed then said "Alright I'll talk to the others and we will tell you and the other new campers everything but only if they agree and when we're ready OK?" I nodded satisfied I would be getting an explanation as a horn sounded and a group of about 3 or 4 dozen girls all wearing silver jackets, camo trousers and combat boots came into the pavilion. As Thalia greeted them I noticed the youngest must have been 8 or 9 while oldest looked to be about my age.

"Who are they?" I asked turning back to face Percy and Annabeth.

"The Hunters of Artemis. Thalia became their Lieutenant about about 4 years ago after their old Lieutenant died." Percy said and he and Annabeth looked down as Hazel and Frank came over. "Reyna and I just got an IM saying the rest of the Legion will be here about lunchtime." Frank said and before I could ask what an IM is Hazel said "Jason, Piper, Leo and us were thinking of heading to the beach with Thalia, Calypso, Nico, Reyna and Will, wanna come?"

"Yeah sure." Annabeth said with a shrug then Percy added "Son of Poseidon remember?" and laughed as Hazel looked at me and said "How about you Amelia?" I didn't know what else to do so I shrugged and said "Yeah OK then."

After Percy, Annabeth and I got changed into our swimming costumes there was a knock on the door and I opened it to find Hazel wearing a simple white one piece that hugged her figure just enough to see she was fairly athletic and Nico wearing plain black swimming trunks and I was surprised that his arms, legs and athletic torso were as pale as his face. I was wearing my simple green one piece, Annabeth was wearing a light grey bikini and Percy was wearing dark blue trunks with wave patterns on them. I turned and said "Guys Nico and Hazel are here." as Percy and Annabeth pulled away from a kiss. As I walked out of the cabin I asked "Are they like that all the time?" as Percy and Annabeth followed me out of the cabin Nico said "Pretty much." during the walk to the beach I noticed Annabeth had a limp in her left leg like she had broken it recently. When we got to the beach on Long Island Sound Annabeth sat down as the others ran into the surf so I sat down next to her as she massaged her ankle and said "You OK?"

"Yeah, I just broke my ankle on a quest to Rome last year and it's never really healed."

I didn't bother to ask so I looked to the others in the sea. Jason was wearing electric blue trunks, Leo was wearing bright orange trunks, Frank was wearing dark red trunks, Will was wearing bright yellow trunks, Thalia was wearing a jet black one piece, Reyna was wearing a red one piece, Piper was wearing sky blue bikini and Calypso was wearing a light grey one piece. "You guys are all pretty close." I said looking back at Annabeth who smiled and said "We're all family here Amelia."

"I'd hate to see Christmas." I joked and Annabeth laughed "It can get a little hectic." As she looked over at Percy I asked "How long have you and Percy known each other?"

"Since we were 12 and it'll be our two year anniversary as a couple on August 18th which is also Percy's 18th birthday and in September we're both off to college." Annabeth replied smiling with pride toward Percy. "What are you gonna be studying?"

"Percy's gonna be studying Marine Biology at the University of New Rome and I'll be studying Architecture at New Rome and they have a great programme with UC Berkley so I'll be taking a few classes at their College of Environmental Design. What do you wanna do when you're older?" I sighed and shrugged before looking at Annabeth and saying "I honestly don't know, I mean I love the sea and the beach and swimming but I love music and singing too." Annabeth raised and eyebrow in surprise but said "Well you've got plenty of time to figure it out." then she stood up pulled me to my feet then we ran into the surf with the others and had a boys vs girls water which ended in a tie. I kept trying to copy whatever Percy did to varying degrees of success.

As we all sat on the sand catching our breath a man literally walked out of the sea. He had windswept black hair, a neat black beard, a deep natural tan and he was wearing sandals, Bermuda shorts and a Hawaiian shirt. Percy got up and hugged him while everyone else bowed. "Hello Percy, congratulations on getting into college." the man said to him then walked up to me and said "Hello Amelia you've grown so much since the last time I saw you." his voice stirred the warm glow I always feel when I think about my dad, like he was looking over my cot when I was a baby. I stood up in awe and said "Dad?" he smiled and I hugged him tightly eyes welling up with tears. "Why did you never come back?" I asked as he looked down at me sadly and said "I wanted Amelia but the Ancient Laws forbade the Gods from interacting with the children until recently." I tried my eyes then said "What does that mean?" Dad took a deep breath then said "After the Giant War we collectively decided it was time to be parents to our kids so the rest of the gods will be here tomorrow."

The others looked surprised so I figured the gods must not be the kind of parents to look in on their kids once in a while. Once they recovered Percy said "C'mon the Romans will be here soon so we better get dry and changed before lunch." Dad came back to the cabins with us and the lunch horn sounded as soon as we got changed so we headed to the dining pavilion where people in purple T-shirts were mingling with the other campers but they all turned and bowed to Poseidon ho explained about the gods to the surprise of all the older campers especially. After making my offering at the fire I found myself being snapped out of staring into space by Percy snapping his fingers in front of my face. "You alright? You just zoned out for a second." I took a deep breath wondering how I was gonna tell them what I was thinking then decided the best thing to do was to just be honest "I want to tell Mark I'm a Demigod." I said quietly and Percy and Annabeth both almost choked on their food. They both glared at me and I had to bite back a scream but I dropped my knife and fork onto the table because I was shaking so much. "Are you sure you want to do that?" Percy asked his voice cold and harsh.

Eventually I regained my composure and looked them dead in the eye before saying "Yes, he's my best friend and we've never kept secrets from each other." I was surprised by the conviction and sincerity in my own voice. I sat straight up, sternly matching the glares I was being given. Eventually Percy and Annabeth's expressions softened and Percy said. "If it's really what you want to do we'll do it after lunch." I slumped forward breathing a sigh of relief. "Thank you." I said with a smile then went back to eating my lunch.

I don't think it's ever specified what ankle Annabeth broke in the Mark of Athena so I went for her left and since she was wearing a UC Berkley shirt in Magnus Chase and the Ship of the Dead I thought I would try to incorporate that somehow.