Hi guys! I just wanted to say that criticism is always appreciated, so please review. Also I'm sorry if I don't post much in the week. It's because I'm in 6th grade and I have a busy week. I write as much as I can and publish as fast as I can. Well enjoy!
I woke up in the middle of a crowd of demigods. Percy was poking me.
"Stop that," I manage to croak out.
"Well she awakes." He chuckles. I roll my eyes and laugh.
He helps me get up though the medics insist he does not. I look around but I can't see Raven.
"Where is Raven?" I ask, worried.
"Oh…" He looked down at his shoes.
" !" I screamed.
I pushed past him and all the demigods that had gathered. When I got clear of the crowd I saw her being treated by a blonde kid about my age, I think. I also see a black haired kid dressed in all black helping him.
I run up to him and say, " what's wrong?" He looks up at me and his face changes from concentration to pure worry.
"Why are you up?You should be laying down! Nico take her to the infirmary, now."
So the black haired kid's name is Nico, huh.
"But Will, this pegasus is her friend, she must be!"Nico replies
"I don't care, Nico. She is badly hurt and needs to be taken care of!" Will says sternly
Before the conversation can go any further I push some of my energy outward, causing both Nico and Will to be pushed back about Six feet. The look on their faces made me laugh.I knelt down beside Raven, she was badly cut and bruised. She put her head in my lap. Will was already helping Nico up.
"It's going to be alright, relax so I can heal you." I told her. As I pet her I traced my fingers over her cuts and bruises, healing them instantly. I heard the camp gasp, and a certain centaur come galloping forward. It took about two minutes for me to heal Raven completely.
I heard Chiron asking someone what happened. I got up and turned around so Raven could get up, only for Will to grab me and start dragging me to the infirmary. THis made me mad.
"Let go of me now." I growled at him.
He just simply replied " I've had worse from Nico, you are going to the infirmary."
"NO I'M NOT." I screamed at him. He just looked at me and continued walking, Nico was on my left side.
"Ya you are….?" He replied. I just gave him that Oh silly me look, like I was dumb. He thought he had won, Nico knew what was coming.
"Will, let g-" He started. I flipped the kid over my shoulder and ran back to Raven. Low and behold Chiron was there. He was talking to Raven, then she saw me and trotted over.
"Well I guess you showed that guy who's boss huh?" She asked. We both laughed at that.
"Yeah I guess so Raven." I replied in between giggles.
She nuzzled me. Just the Chiron noticed I was there. He walked up to me and looked like he was being reunited with his kid. He did something he had never done before, he hugged me. To say the least I was shocked. When I pulled away he had tears in his eyes.
"Chiron are you ok?" I asked.
"Yes child, I just can't believe your back. I thought you had died." He replied.
"Well…. I don't think I'm dead." I replied.
This got him in a better mood. I realized that the whole camp was murmuring about me and him.
Then I heard another voice.
"Yeah you definitely are NOT dead. I mean I should know, I am the son of Hades after all."
I looked behind me to find that Nico kid with a wobbly Will by his side.
"Yep definitely not dead." Will said.
I looked at him and realized that I had hurt him when I had flipped him. He looked like he had a fractured arm and a broken rib.I walked toward him, and put my hand on his chest and one on his arm. In a split second I was on the ground with Nico on top of me.
"Don't touch him." He growled.
" 1, get off me. 2, I was trying to HEAL him. And 3, GET OFF OF ME NOW!"
When I yelled at him he jumped off and looked at me like, did she really just yell at me? I again walked over to Will and put my hand on his arm and his chest, he looked at me, and I could tell he was wondering what I was doing. I concentrated on his fractures and thought about healing them, next thing I know he looked fine. I stepped back and said, "Try to move your arm."
"Don't tell me what to do!" He said
"I'm not telling you, I'm asking I wanna know if it worked! Also it's my way of saying I'm sorry for judo-flipping you." I replied sternly.
"Fine." He answered. When he moved his arm, it worked like normal. Then he tried walking, he was fine.
"Cool trick." Nico says. Will is looking at me like I'm some sort of miracle drug.
All of a sudden it went quiet. Will and Nico were looking above my head with open mouths.I looked at myself, I was claimed, again!
"Seriously dad! Come on You are claiming me again! Chiron could have told them!" I shout at the sky, now fuming with rage.
"Look it's them!" I heard some campers squeal. I turned around only to be greeted by Noah, Yali, and Lucas. They had tears in their eyes, at this point so did I.
The air turned steely calm, as if Zeus was startled, happy, and sad at the same time. Most likely because that was me and Lucas right now.
"Y-your alive," Yali stammered.
I nodded my head in hugged me, and we both started silently crying. I had my best friend back, I was okay now. When we pulled apart I would not let her left hand go. We hold hands sometimes, when we are sad or scared mostly.
"Hey Grace,"Lucas said.
"Glad your back," Noah replied, blushing.
I know they did not expect this but I let go of Yali's hand and hugged them. They hugged me back. Yali was smiling so were the boys. The camp gasped.
Someone shouted "You know them? How?Your new!"
"Actually I'm not. I just ran away ten years ago." I replied.
Chiron said, "All will be explained in time campers. For now go back to your daily activities."
Almost everyone dispersed except for seven people, who stayed. I was about to go and talk to them before Yali dragged me away.
'Makeover time!" She yelled while dragging me off to the aphrodite cabin.
"What?NO!" I replied while frantically trying to get out of her grip.
"Lets try that again. I am going to give you a makeover and you are going to let me." She said, using her charmspeak.
"Yali, you know charmspeak has never worked on me." I state matter of factly.
This allowed me to get out of her grip. I sprinted back to the group of seven people, Yali close behind. My brother was one of them. I quickly hide behind him. Ok so I'm not so much hiding as standing, but you get the idea. I looked at the people around me. There were three girls and four boys.
My brother has sea green eyes like mine. He and I also had the same jet black hair. He was wearing a blue hoodie with jeans and black shoes.
Then there was a tall guy with some kind of tattoo on his arm. He had blonde short cropped hair, and electric blue eyes, like Lucas. He was wearing a purple shirt that said SPQR.
There was also an asian looking guy, who was like a jock crossed with a stocky kid. He had black hair the same style as blondies with brown also wore the same shirt as blondie.
Then there was the latino elf. He had curly black hair and brown eyes. He wore a white shirt with a brown jumper and a tool belt around his waist.
The girl next to my brother was obviously a daughter of Athena. She had curly blond hair and storm gray eyes. She was wearing a camp T-shirt with jean shorts and a bone sword on her belt.
The girl next to blondie looked of native american descent, she had brown choppy hair with strands braided in different parts. Her eyes were constantly changing color. She wore a camp T-shirt with jeans and a dagger that looked suspiciously like Katopotris.
Then there was the girl next to the asian guy. She was black with golden curls and gold eyes. She wore the purple shirt with jean shorts and a golden sword on her belt.
"Hiding from Yali?" Percy asked me.
"Yep. SHe is trying to put makeup on me." I replied with an indignant tone when I said the word makeup.
Yali finally caught up with me, she went to grab my wrist but I drew my dagger.
"Not a frickin' chance crazy person!" I said.
"Ugh, come on. At least let me do it once!" She replied with puppy dog eyes.
"NEVER!" I replied.
I backed up toward the lake and blondie. The group was laughing. Lucas and Noah were laughing too.
"Fine, you win Grace. Come on let's get something to eat." She came closer and I backed up farther.
"Swear."I said, still eying her hands.
"Fine I swear. Are you happy now?" She replied looking exhausted
"Yup. I'm good now." I said walking back to her.
I put my dagger away.
"So Percy, who are your friends?" I asked.
Yali sighed, "meet me at dinner when you're done." She walked off.
He laughed and said, " let me introduce you to the gang Grace."
Percy started to walk to the Poseidon cabin, we all followed. When we got inside, my violin was still on my bunk. I ran over, shoved it under the bed, and sat crisscrossed. Everyone took a bed. The elf boy sat next to me since there were only four beds in the cabin. I could immediately see who the couples were. Percy sat next to the Athena girl, blondie sat next to choppy. And Asian sat next to goldie.
"Well, Grace, we are the seven." He said gesturing to everyone.
"This is Annabeth, my girlfriend, daughter of A-" He was gesturing to the girl next to him.
"Athena. Yeah I know that It is pretty obvious. It's also obvious who's with who. Judging by who you guys sat next to. Like I know the elf over here is single, because he sat next to me instead of on the floor. I also know that blondie over there is a son of Zeus and the girl next to him is his girlfriend. And Goldie locks over there is with asian." I pointed to each of them accordingly.
Percy stared at me in shock. "You gathered all that by just observing us?"
"Yep pretty much. So all I need is names and parents." I said like it was obvious.
"Ok, well, guys this is my sister Grace." Percy said.
"I'm Jason of Jupiter," Blondie told me.
"And I'm Piper Mclean. Daughter of aphrodite." Choppy said.
"I'm Hazel of Pluto" Goldilocks said.
"I'm Frank Zhang, son of Mars." Asian stated.
"And finally I'm Leo Valdez, son of Hephestus." The elf said.
"Cool. But what gives with all the roman names?" I questioned.
"Well…. That's a long story."Percy said.
~Time skip~
In about thirty minutes they had explained how there was a roman demigod camp and about the second giant war.
"I leave for ten years and all this happens? I'm surprised the world is still spinning." I said sarcastically.
"Honestly sis, I am too." Percy said.
"Well I suppose I should tell you guys who I am and my story huh?" I said. They all nodded.
"I'm a daughter of Poseidon, granddaughter of Zeus, and I came to camp when I was five, and ran away when I was seven." I explained what had made me run away and everything that had happened in that ten years.
" have been through as much as we have." Piper exclaimed. They all nodded and agreed. Next thing I heard the conch blow.
"Dinner time!" I shout. Me and Percy transform into wolves, much to everyone's surprise, and race out the door.
When we get to the dining pavilion the rest of the seven are still in the cabin. I chuckle as me and Percy get our food. It was breakfast for dinner, pancakes! I grabbed three with an egg and two sausages. When I sat down I put syrup on my pancakes and started to eat. About six minutes after me and Percy sat down the seven got to the pavilion and went to their tables to eat. I was done pretty quickly. I pushed my plate away, and looked around. I had missed this place. I heard the sound of a spoon being tapped against a cup. I looked to the source of the noise. It was Chiron.
"As you all know today, someone very special to a lot of us came back to camp. Most of you know her as the missing girl or as the bane of olympus. But as for me and many others, we know her as Grace." He said looking at me, gesturing for me to come forward.
I was shaking, I was so nervous. Percy must have noticed because he put his hand on my arm and said, "don't worry. It will be okay." I stood up and walked over to Chiron.
"None of us really know why she ran away, what happened, and why she came back. So let's hear it from her." He walked to Percy, I had the stage.
I took a deep breath. "When I was five me and my friends found out that we were demigods. We had been at camp for about two years when our powers started to surface. I don't know how scared they were but I freaked out. All of a sudden I was this seven your old girl who could control people, water and turn into a wolf. So I ran away. I got Raven and we ran all the way to ohio. I've been there for about ten years now. I had a rough time. I've fought just about every monster you can think of. I-I even made friends with a few. They ended up sacrificing themselves for me. I missed this place, but I didn't come back till now because I did not know If I would hurt anyone. Now I know that, I may be powerful but I will always have a place here. Everyone will."
I was crying now thinking about everything that had happened to me. It was silent sobbing but it was still sobbing. I did not want anyone to see me like this so once Chiron took my place, instead of going back to Percy, I ran. I ran past the arena, cabins and even the lake. I went to the secluded spot where me and my friends used to always hang out. I cried. I could not stop it now. Eventually I fell asleep. At one point I was vaguely aware of someone calling my name, and sitting next to me but that was it. After that I fell asleep for good.
