Zoe's POV

I walk through camp, with my idiot brother in tow.

"Come on! You are soooo slow!" I complain.

"Hey, sis, chill." He grins at me. "You have to relax sometimes."

I roll my eyes, "Whatever, I can't believe you're older than me Luke."

He smirks, "Well I am Zoe, or should I say, little sis."

I glare at him, wishing I could wipe that smirk off his face. Luke is my older brother by 2 years. I'm 15 and he's 17. We don't really look that similar. I have dark hair, green eyes, and freckles. He has blond hair, and blue-grey eyes. The only thing we have in common is our tan skin. We don't even have the same powers from our parents, the legendary demigods Percy and Annabeth Jackson. I have my dad's water powers and Luke has our mom's Athena smarts.

"Come on," I say, "We need to pick up Charlie."

Charlie is our little sister. She's 7 years old with black hair, and blue-green eyes. She has the Athena smarts too.

"Okay," Luke says, "Let's go."

Soon we arrive at the Elementary School in New Athens that Charlie attends. She spots us right away.

"Luke! Zoe!" She shouts, running over to us. Her friends follow.

"Bye, Callie, Marcus, Elda, Roxie, and Cozbi!" She says to her friends.

Callie is the 3 year old daughter of Leo and Calypso Valdez. She has tan skin, hazel eyes, brown hair the color of caramel, and a few pale freckles. Marcus and Elda are the 4 year old twins of Frank and Hazel Zhang. Marcus has the Asian skin, black hair, and chocolate colored eyes. Elda has the dark skin of her mother, black hair, and hazel eyes. Roxie and Cozbi are the 6 year old twins of Leo and Calypso Valdez. They look nothing like their little sister Callie. For starters they both have the Hispanic complexion while Roxie has black hair, honey-brown eyes, and freckles and Cozbi has brown hair, dark brown eyes, and the same freckles his sister has.

Charlie is close with both Roxie and Cozbi, while the war twins and Callie are too young for her to really like. She helps out in the daycare section though and sees them.

"Come on kid, their siblings will pick them up in a second. We need to get ready for the picnic." All of the seven's families were having a picnic today. "You'll see them later anyways."

We leave and head to the house we have in New Athens. It's two stories high, the bottom painted grey and the top painted teal. It had a wraparound porch and windows that were covered with curtains the color of a rose that got its color a little drained, basically a dark pink. It contrasted with the rest of the house but our parents didn't care. They picked it for that reason. Luke pulls his key out of his pocket and unlocks the door. We head in. After dropping Charlie off in her room me and Luke head into our rooms.

My room has silver walls decorated with posters of my favorite bands and pegs that have weapons laying across them. I strip out of my uniform from New Athens Highschool, which consists of a black skirt for the girls, pants for the boys, an orange blouse for the girls, button down for the boys, knee high black socks with a band of orange at the top, and killer black stiletto heels. It's similar to the New Rome Highschool uniform which is the same bottoms but a purple blouse/button down and knee high black socks with a band of purple. The shoes are the same.

I grab a pair of black jeans and a teal crop top. I pair it with my silver locket that has a picture of my whole family together. I quickly brush my hair and braid part of it to the side, keeping the rest of my hair down. I throw on some mascara and dark eyeliner and look in the mirror. Once I decide that I look fine I rush down the stairs.

"Luke, Charlie!" I yell, "Come on! Mom and Dad are waiting for us with the rest of the parents."

Luke comes down the stairs, Charlie behind him. He's wearing a pair of khaki shorts, loafers, and a button down white shirt. He looks like a professor, just like always. Charlie is wearing a black skirt and a casual teal sweater shirt. Her hair is in a side ponytail.

"You guys look presentable so let's go!"

We rush out into the cool April night.

I'm going to end it there! Next chapter will be up soon. In fact I'm already starting to write it.