Beginning Notes

Okay, so I'm really excited, 'cause Tyrant's Tomb just arrived! I've literally been counting down the days. Gods, it's finally here, and so is this update! As always, oc's belong to sketchywolf, the rest to Rick Riordan.

Cassandra

A loud crash is heard outside the Snow residence. It's the fifth one in the last ten minutes.

'Dad, what's going on?' Cassandra asks her father.

'I don't know, but I do know this: It's time for you two to leave me,' he says, looking absolutely hurt.

'Dad, why?' Maximus complains.

Her father shakes his head, a tear silently rolling down his face.

'Please, Dad, you must have at least an idea of what's going on,' Cassandra says, taking her father's hands.

'I do.'

'Well, what is it?'

'Your mother. She warned me for this before she left.'

'What is it? Dad, who is attacking us, what is attacking us?' Maximus demands.

'I... I don't know the details, all I know is that I need to get you two safe. C'mon.'

He leads them to the basement, where he moves the bookshelf to reveal a trap door. Cassandra can see a small triangle engraved in the wood.

Their father lifts up the trap door, and motions for them to go in.

Cassandra hesitates for a moment. 'You're coming with us, right?'

'Of course.'

She climbs down a dusty ladder that leads into an underground tunnel, where Maximus is waiting for them.

'Okay, tell us all you know Dad,' he says.

'Very well.'

They start walking, and he continues: 'I can't tell you everything yet, but you will get the information you want at camp.'

'Camp?' Cassandra asks.

'Yes, camp. It is a special summer camp where your mother told me to send you if this would happen.'

'This. What is this?' Maximus asks.

'An attack.'

'By what?'

'I don't know, I really don't,' their father says.

They keep walking, until the tunnel comes to an end.

'What now?' Maximus asks.

He doesn't get an answer, because their father is searching for something, his hands gliding past the walls, though the darkness.

After what seems like forever, he says: 'Ah, here it is!'

Sunlight comes pouring into the tunnel from above. There are rocks to climb up to the entrance. Cassandra starts climbing immediately.

After Maximus helps her up, he climbs after her. When he gets to the top, he looks down to his father standing in the illuminated tunnel. 'Dad, are you coming or what?'

'I'm so sorry,' he says. 'I love you both so much. Don't ever forget that.'

'Dad, no!' Cassandra shouts, before the rocks shift, closing the entrance and leaving her father behind.

'Max, what do we do?' she asks her brother, her face wet with tears.

He holds her close to him. 'I don't know Cassie, but we've got to move on.'

'You're right.'

They walked around aimlessly, for what felt like hours.

'Wait a minute,' Cassandra says. 'Are we... Oh for fuck's sake, we're back at the beginning.'

'Do you think we should call for help?' Max asks.

'Maybe, but what if those creepy attackers hear us?'

'Okay, maybe not then.'

Then she hears something. Maybe the rustling branches, or maybe an attacker, sneaking up on them 'Hey, what was that?' Cassandra asks, suddenly alarmed.

'What? I didn't hear anything.'

'Well, I sure did, and it's coming from there,' she says, pointing in the direction she meant.

'I... I think they're mumbling,' Max says, his forehead lined with concentration.

'They're? What do you mean?'

'I mean that I can hear people. And they're talking. Can't you hear them?' he asks confused.

She focusses on her hearing, and suddenly it's all a lot clearer. 'Yeah... Now that you say so. It does sound like mumbling.'

She closes her eyes, hoping that that will make her hearing even clearer. She can't really make out what they're saying, but she can hear that it's two people arguing. Maybe the attackers.

'Max, we've got to get out of this forest.'

'What?'

'The people, they're arguing.'

'Yeah, I heard that,' Max says, clearly not getting her message.

'Well, what if it's the attackers? What if one is complaining to the other about losing track of us?'

'Oh...'

'C'mon!' She grabs his wrist, and drags him away from the sound of the arguing people.

She runs, not even thinking about where they're going, holding on to Max's wrist for dear life. She can't be separated from him too.

Some twigs and branches hit her face, but she doesn't care.

They run, and run, and run. And then suddenly, they come to a clearing, and they slow to a walk.

Cassandra looks around her, taking it all in for a moment. This must be the summer camp her father had been talking about.

There are cabins, a volleyball field, a climbing wall, beautiful strawberry fields, something that looks like an arena, and kids.

'Do you think...' Max says. He doesn't even need to finish his sentence, for Cassandra already knew what he was thinking.

'Yeah. I bet this is where Dad wanted us to go.'

'Hey, are you guys new? I don't think I've seen you two here before,' someone asks.

It's a boy with black hair and sea-green eyes. And Cassandra could swear she'd seen him before. She just couldn't remember where.

'Uh, yeah,' Cassandra says.

'Oh, follow me, I'll bring you guys to our camp director.'

She also remembered is voice, but she couldn't place it with a memory.

'By the way, my name's-'

'Percy,' Max finishes for him.

'Yeah, how'd you know? Do you already know what you are? Have you heard of me?'

'No,' Max and Cassandra say at the same time.

'Then how...' Percy stops walking, and looks at them confused.

'From primary school,' Max says.

Oh, yeah. Of course. She sees it now. How could she not remember? He was their best friend. But then again, it was about seven years ago that they last saw him. Before they got homeschooled by their father.

It's silent for a while, as Percy looks at them.

'... Max? Cassie? Is it really you?'

'The one and only,' Cassandra says.

'I can't believe this is happening,' Percy says, grinning widely.

'What is happening?' she asks.

'You'll see,' Percy says mysteriously. 'First of all: Welcome to Camp Half-Blood!'

End Notes

So yeah, not sure whether I should call this chapter short, or average yet. Anyways, I hope to update as soon as possible. Fingers crossed. And go check my awesome beta lovelylittlelion out on AO3. Okay, have a great day guys! Byeee :)