Well.. I'm out of school until May 1. So lots of writing to come!!! Yay!

Chapter Nineteen: Percy

No. That little blonde boy could not be Camilla's brother. I looked at the supposed siblings. Camilla's black hair and Liam's Blonde. They shared the same dark brown eyes and playful smile. The longer I looked the more I saw their resemblance to each other. But still. Liam grinned at us. "It's always so fun to see peoples reaction." Camilla smiled and ruffled his hair. "Yup. Should we explain?" I nodded at the young boy. "Yes, you should explain." Camilla sighed. "I'm not telling it." Liam frowned.

"Well Cami is better at telling it than I am. She's good at telling stories. But oh well!" He leaned forward his eyes full of mischeivous light. "It all started after Cami ran away. Dad had been worried sick! Eventually Nyx appeared to him. Explaining everything." Camilla was rebandaging her arm. She winced and kept going. I felt bad for the kid. But she seemed to know what she was doing. Liam continued, "And then dad was like, Why did you take her away from me? You are horrible! And Nyx was like, why didn't you realize sooner?" Camilla snorted. That must've been a little touch added for effect by Liam.

"And then my dad met my mom. My moms grandma was a demigod. Her father was Apollo. So I have been gifted with some powers!" Camilla wrapped the rest of the bandage around her arm. "Liam. Playing the piano is not a superpower." Liam pouted, "Yes it is!" "Whatever." "Anyway.." Liam gave his sister a pointed glare. "I can see through the mist and can play basically any instrument."

Camilla spoke up. "About two years ago I was badly wounded and around here. So I wandered into the barn. I laid down on a hay bale and took a nap. I awoke to Liam asking, Why are you all smoky? I had been having a nightmare so in real life I had been using my powers. Liam had helped me get fixed up and we talked for awhile. I knew he was different from the start, because he had seen my shadows. But it was kind of weird to know we were siblings. If you couldn't tell already we look nothing alike."

I laughed. "I think we noticed that." I heard a womans voice call from out in the yard. "Liam! Honey where are you?" Before any of us could hide a beautiful woman walked in the door. She looked to be about 35 with Liam's blonde hair. She had an aura of confidence about her. When she saw us she froze. "Liam get behind me." "Mom-." her voice stayed flat. "Liam, behind me. Now!" From nowhere she pulled a bow and arrow. I clutched my pen Riptide in my pocket. Annabeth stood next to me she held out her hands in a calm down guesture

"Who are you?" Her voice was quiet but it had a razor edge to it. Camilla stood. "I'm your step-daughter. Sorry to bother you. We'll be leaving now. " Kian rested his hand on her shoulder. Those two were cute together. "Camilla. You don't have enough strength to shadow travel us again." Camilla's shoulders slumped. "You're right."

Camilla's step-mom looked puzzled she kept on muttering, "Step-daughter?" suddenly something seemed to click in her eyes. She rushed over to Camilla who on instinct recoiled. "Wait, you're Camilla? Camilla Goulding?" Camilla slowly nodded. I was confused too.

The woman wrapped her arms around her. "I've heard so much about you from my husband!" Camilla patted the woman awkwardly with her free hand. We locked eyes and she shrugged. I slipped my hand into Annabeth's. She leaned close to me. I rested my head on her shoulder.

"Good to meet you.." "Natalie." Camilla nodded. "Good to meet you Natalie." She stood awkwardly. "But we should be going now." Step-mom Natalie smiled. But something in her eyes made me feel a little queasy. But I couldn't quite tell what made me feel off.

She nodded. "Yes. Important demigod things to do I suppose." Camilla laughed awkwardly. "Yup..." She stuck out her hand and Natalie shook it. Annabeth was watching Natalie with suspicion. Camilla walked away quickly. "Lets go." Annabeth nodded. We walked hurriedly outside. Liam was sitting on a straw bale.

"See ya sis!" Her eyes twinkled. "See ya you mini Beethoven." He snorted and ran inside the barn.

After about an hour of walking down random dirt roads trying to find a highway I started to get tired. My feet hurt and my stomach grumbled. "Anyone know where we are?" Camilla stopped. "I thought we were two miles south of here. But this sign says we have to go back where we came from and take the next left." I sighed.

This was going to be the longest day of my life.