Chapter 2

It took about two seconds for the shock to fade and the entire room seemed to riot.

"Not happening!" Clarisse yelled folding her arms across her chest angrily.

"I'll go, if I'm allowed to break a couple hearts." Drew said seeming a bit shell shocked.

"NO WAY! We still get to prank and pilfer right?" Connor asked.

"Cause if not we're not going." Travis finished.

"Have you seen Mean Girls, Chiron!? You know what happens to people like me in high school? I can't go through that!" Katie panicked gripping her hair worriedly.

"I really don't know if I'm up for that, Chiron, can I please just stay here." Pollux muttered sitting still in the corner.

"This could be a great opprotunity though, guys," Will said to Nico, "I could go to medical school if I do well enough!" he lit up.

"Yeah... it'll be good for the people who want to go, but for me I'll probably just end up wanting to wreck the place. I went to school one in the old days, worst experience of my life." Nico grumbled angrily.

"Annabeth..." I trailed, "How are you feeling about all of this?"

"Like I'm going to be living the dream!" she grinned happily, "Do you know what classes they have? Architecture? Advanced math? What's the library like? Oh I'm so excited!" her eyes gleamed with wonder and possibility.

"Calm Down all of you!" Chiron shouted over everyone, "As of this Saturday you will be leaving Camp Half Blood until your Thanksgiving Break. We have arranged for you to stay at a brownstone on the Upper West Side in Manhattan. Mr. Blofis and Mrs. Jackson will be in charge of you. Treat them with the respect you would give Mr. D and I."

He paused for a moment before he continued, "Scratch that treat them with ten times more respect. They have agreed to take care of the twelve of you."

"There are only eleven of us, horse man." Clarisse said correctively.

"Another will be joining you upon your arrival, Clarisse," Chiron replied through gritted teeth, "Now all of you, go and get yourselves started on packing. Remember, Saturday morning, you'll be leaving for the city with Argus. You will each be assigned a room, like your cabins here. You will have room assignments and separate restrooms and everything you need, facilitywise, will be provided. Your room assignments are Room 1: Annabeth Drew and a third unnamed girl; Room 2: Katie and Clarisse; Room 3: Percy Grover and Nico; Room 4: Will, Travis, Connor, and Pollux. Pollux, I'd like you to sleep on this, but if tomorrow morning you are still hesitant about the trip discuss it with your father or me. I would like it best if you would go, but should you truly not want to go, I will not force you."

Chiron looked to the rest of us, "For everyone else, you do not have a choice, as you haven't lost a twin, you will be going no matter how you feel about the trip, thouhg at Christmas Break, if you are feeling homesick or are having too hard a time you are more than welcome to come home and stay here."

"Fine." we all huffed, aside from Will and Annabeth, they still had the excited twinkle in their eyes. It was starting to freak me out.

"Go and pack! Say your goodbyes and appoint a successor!" Chiron said trotting out of the room.

"Percy," Annabeth said, "I'm going to go back and talk with Malcolm. I'll see you later."

"Bye." I said and turned to leave myself.

When I reached my cabin, I opened the door and called Tyson.

"Hello brother!" he said excited.

"Hey Tyson!" I smiled, "Are you going to come to Camp Half Blood soon?"

"I can come if brother wants me too." he seemed even more excited.

"No, its okay. I'm actually going to school soon and be staying with my mom. If you want to come to Camp you should, and you can be head counselor."

"Really?" he said in awe.

"Of course, buddy." I smiled, "I'll see you soon."

"Tyson!" I heard from behind him.

"I have to go brother. See you soon." He waved wiping a hand thru the mist.

"Bye Buddy." I whispered, turning to my very empty cabin. What little I had was mostly at my mother's house already.

As I threw the clothes I had into a bag and made sure to leave a change or two for the next couple days. I sat down for a minute to consider everything that's happened recently, I felt my eyelids get heavy and I let them close as I curled up a little tighter and took the opprotunity to roll down Dream Drive.

I hope that you guys are liking this story so far. I'll be posting a new chapter soon. Thanks for reading guys! Really means a lot.

~Auri