Hey guys. Its me again. Vacations are becoming really boring, and I have nothing to do, so I came up with this chapter. But I still can't think about how the others should react on seeing Arika. Should they be happy? Or plainly confused? so I am again requesting you guys send me ideas, how much ever wild they are. Sitting around and doing nothing is almost driving me insane. Well, if you have any ideas, you know what to do. until then, have a good day.

Chapter 12:

Arika's POV

The sudden blaring of the conch shell pulled me out of my laughing fit. I looked around, confused. As much as I knew, the conch shell only sounded at the times of breakfast, lunch, dinner and at the start and end of Capture the Flag. But none of these were anytime soon. Then I looked at Annabeth and Percy, hoping to get to know something.

Both Percy and Annabeth had huge grins on their faces. They looked like something very important had happened. Then they looked at each other, exchanging looks. "They're here." They both said, together. Feeling utterly confused, I asked them, "Who's here?" they both looked at me, and smiled. "Arika," Annabeth said. "It's time you met the Heroes of Olympus."

My eyes widened, and I'm pretty sure I was gaping at Annabeth. Then, without further explanation, she and Percy ran off, leaving me no option but to follow them. As we passed the canoe lake and the amphitheater, my mind was racing. What would they say? Would they approve of me? After all, I was nothing compared to them. They were all powerful, brave and fierce warriors. I barely knew the names of all gods.

As we neared Thalia's tree, I saw the all-powerful, saviors of the world, standing just inside the camp boundaries, grinning at Percy and Annabeth, who were still running towards them. I saw a girl, maybe Percy's age, who wore all black Goth clothes running towards Annabeth, who hugged her tightly. The girl had a bow and arrow strapped to her back, along with a spear.

Not sure about going any further, I stood at the foot of the hill, looking at the crowd, where all the girls were hugging Annabeth, and all the boys were also greeting Percy. I did not know anyone, so I didn't feel like interrupting their moment. There were four girls, one around my age, and all the others Percy and Annabeth's. There were only two boys, both looking around 17. And then, unless I was hallucinating, I saw a boy around my age appearing out of the shadows. First I thought maybe he was hiding earlier (It wasn't very difficult, he was very pale and wore all black), but I could swear that he had not been there a second ago. Percy and the other boys didn't think it was weird, because they just smiled at him and greeted him like he'd always been there.

At a distance, I could see the other campers, being led by Chiron, were approaching the group. Glancing back at the group, I tried to recognize them. The Stoll brothers had told me a lot about me, but none had been exactly useful for identifying them. It was mostly like, "Kid, you gotta watch out for Piper's charmspeak. She once almost made us swear to stop pranking" or "Now Frank makes excellent animals. Percy always says he's an awesome goldfish" and "Do anything but ask Praetor Reyna her last name. She will kill you in very painful ways, that girl." And "Watch out for Jason. He tends to fly into the scene to make an entrance".

I really didn't know what charmspeak was, or how anyone could be a boy as well as a goldfish, or why the Reyna girl would kill me, nor did I see any of the three boys flying around. It was not very reliable to ask the Stolls for appearances, I decided. So, instead of standing there alone, I started walking up and hid behind Thalia's tree.

I was carefully concealed behind the tree, but somehow, the Goth Girl found me hiding. She looked at me and asked, "Now who do we have hiding behind my tree?" scared at being caught, I stepped out of my hiding spot. Curious or angry, now all of them turned towards me. Annabeth and Percy looked surprised, but smiled at me. "Hey, Arika." Annabeth said. "Won't you introduce yourself to our friends?" she looked at me encouragingly. I gulped, and turned towards the others, who were eyeing me with curiosity. My mouth felt like it was filled with sawdust. "I," I started, but then stopped. What was I supposed to tell them? "Don't worry kid." The Goth Girl said. "We won't eat you. We're not as scary as we look." She added, chuckling.

Not feeling very encouraged, I said, "My name is Arika Jones. And I am the Daughter of Poseidon."

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