The Ghost glanced downstairs, from the living room in the Big House. Argus, Chiron and Dionysus were all standing there. The Ghost watched as Dionysus told the others something. Argus shrugged, and Chiron nodded understandingly. 'I heard of the problem. So Zeus needs you there? Well, then Argus and I are alone...' Dionysus nodded, and walked out of the room. The Ghost chuckled softly. She might be able to walk around now.
The Ghost had been on the attic with the oracle for a very long time, but sometimes got downstairs to look at camp. She had to be careful, though - She knew that Dionysus was in camp, and she also knew that gods were able to expel ghosts back to the Underworld, and, being the god of madness, Dionysus wasn't bad in recognising when something was a ghost.
Yet, after that, Rachel became the new oracle, and The Ghost was alone again. She stopped making trips down to camp, scared that if she got caught nobody would protect her.
Yet, now the god was gone. The Ghost decided that she would go downstairs again. Because she hadn't been downstairs in a long time, she thought that the Hades and Hecate cabin didn't exist, and therefore there would be nobody to get her back to the Underworld.
After Chiron and Argus had left for the lunch, The Ghost went downstairs. She looked around the room for a few seconds. It looked very different than she remembered. There hadn't been grapevines and a panther head the last time she was here. The panther head started growling at her. The Ghost screamed and ran outside.
She saw people to the right, and therefore she took of to the left. Her white dress flowed around her pale legs, while she ran to the lake. She stopped running, and looked behind her. She realised no panthers were following her, and stood still. She sighed, and decided to go take a look at the humans she heard on the right.
She tiptoed around the Big House and the Strawberry fields, and saw the pavilion. She heard children smile, and walked over to the pavilion. She hid behind one of the white curtains, and watched the campers. While she looked at them, she realised that there were more tables than there used to be. She recognised the table of Iris - the children's clothes were so colorful that they were hard to miss.
After that, she immediately realised that there were children of Hecate and Hades in the camp. She accidentally screamed. Immediately, twenty campers jumped up, eleven realised she was standing there, and the one Hecate camper that had jumped up immediately captured her.
The Ghost started crying. A lot of the campers were crowding around her, and quickly enough Chiron came trodding through the ocean of campers. He gave The Ghost a stern look. 'Who are you, what are you and what are you doing here?' He asked, with a stern tone.
The Ghost started to cry louder. Chiron told everyone to go further with the lunch, except for the Hecate camper - he signed her to come with him to the Big House. With a bowed head, the girl walked along with them.
Inside of the Big House, Chiron repeated his questions - in a softer voice this time. The Ghost held back her tears, and started to talk in between sobs:
'I am a ghost, I don't know what my name is and I am here because I died here. I, just... I never went to the Underworld, and I don't want to go there. I will lose everything else I know, and I like the earth, and the Underworld is gloomy, and...' the girl started bawling again, even louder this time.
Chiron sighed. 'Well, I understand the Underworld isn't fun, but... I don't think Hades will like it if you don't go there. Dead people aren't supposed to roam around in the mortal world, after all...' The Ghost shivered, and said: 'Yes, but, if I go there now, he will send me to the fields of punishment! He-he will think I t-tried to cheat De-Death and I didn't I swear... I am still dead, just a... a spirit... only the gods, magical creatures like you and the children from Hecate and Hades can see me, so, er...'
Chiron stopped her there. 'Say, I do recognise your black hair and blue eyes... are you Penelope, daughter of Hecate, was around in camp during the first ten years of the twentieth century?' The Ghost shrugged. 'I don't know... my name. I am... was... a daughter of Hecate, and I am also... from that time you mentioned. So... I guess I am Penelope, then.' She said the last thing with more confidence, as if it felt right.
Chiron nodded, suddenly with a sad expression in his eyes. 'I knew you went missing. After six days of searching through the camp, we all just... gave up. We thought you had fallen into the ocean, or fell into a hole somewhere - unable to reach you without more victims falling. We didn't think you'd eventually turn into a ghost.' Penelope shrugged. 'I wouldn't be the first one to disappear.'
Chiron looked like that was a contagious point. 'Luckily, nobody has disappeared inside camp for seventy years.' Chiron looked at the ceiling, like he was thinking about something. 'I guess you can stay in your own cabin, but I will talk to Hades - maybe I can get him so far that he won't let you go to the fields of punishment of let you lose your memories. I will tell everyone about this - that nobody gets afraid as soon as they see something fly around. And I will inform Dionysus, of course... he is in our camp.
Penelope nodded. 'I know that.' Chiron looked at her. 'You know, maybe you and I should talk about what you know for some time. He nodded at the other Hecate camper. 'Tell everyone that they can start with their afternoon activities, and make sure there is another bed in your cabin, please,' he asked him. The camper saluted and walked out of the big House.
Penelope looked around. 'I think I told you most things I know. Just, there used to be another ghost in the camp, but she disappeared a long time ago. Also, I don't know how I died...' she stopped talking, like she was trying to remember what had happened that day. Chiron tried to push her against her shoulder, but his hand went straight through her body. 'It's fine. Go to your cabin, there is a girl... Lou Ellen is her name. She is the headmaster of the cabin.
Penelope turned around. 'Thanks. Yes, I am going to go there - I have to know why there wasn't a cabin for the children of Hecate earlier. She darted out of the Big House, leaving Chiron alone to think about this new development.