LEO

I went to school the next day to find out that we will have a week's camping trip to the nearby forests. It would be okay. I was anyway used to it. I went to wilderness school and put the earth back to sleep. It was actually peaceful.

Now, we were on our way to the forest. We were already assigned tents and to my hate, I was paired up with Calypso. Apparently they pair up people who do not like each other so as to 'improve relations'. I am really pissed.

All of us were given different trails. We eventually got lost. This was when I thanked Piper for making us get one mortal weapon from the safe house. I would have been fine on my own. I was used to the wilderness.

"Why is this happening only to me?" I whined.

"Hey I'm here as well! I'm also thirsty, hungry and tired. Do not whine." She said.

"I am fine by forests considering I have been in worse situations. I am not complaining about location, I'm complaining about company." I said. I was happy alone. I did not want the daughter of Atlas who had just learnt how to hold a dagger.

"How is it possible to be in an even worse situation? And what did I do wrong that you hate me so much?" She asked.

"You could be dead. Compared to that, it is a rosy day." I paused. "I came to this school only for Frank. You lot have bullied him so much and turned his best friend against him and you ask me what you did wrong?" I completed.

"We did not turn Hazel against Frank. Frank was not there."

"He was away because of family reasons and – "I started. I turned because I heard I sound. I walked for a few steps and then saw two bodies of heat.

I ushered her towards them and entered a clearing with Piper and Jason.

PIPER

I was happy I was paired with Jason and not Drew. If Drew and I got lost together like we are now, she would be a pain. Jason was pretty cool. He did not panic when he realized that we were lost.

"What do we do now?" He asked me.

"We walk the trail we are on now and hope it leads to civilization." I said.

"Wow! You are a pessimist aren't you?" He asked rolling his eyes. I ignored him and continued with my hand on the hilt of my borrowed silver dagger. Katopris was on the other side. If we encounter monsters, I need it. Jason was touching his coin that I was sure his father gave him.

"So, you are used to the wild forest and the rich district, how?" He asked. I froze. Then only I remembered him following me home.

"I went for a month to wilderness school. It was there that I met Coach Hedge." I said. Some extra information should shut him up.

"Oh." He exclaimed.

I came into a clearing and he followed. I was just relaxing for a minute. I stopped and turned. I saw Leo with his hammer. With relief, I went and hugged him. I saw Calypso glaring daggers at me while I was sure I sensed love and jealousy in Jason's heart.

PERCY

I was stuck with Annabeth in a trail and pretty much lost. She kept whining saying that it was my fault. I did not argue because we were following a creek and the water would react and she would know. I hate that smarty pants. I was anyway used to the forest scene. I went into it every day for Capture the flag preparations and games. In case, I kept my borrowed mortal bronze sword on standby. I was happy Annabeth didn't notice it. Only when I glanced to her did I see she had her dagger open. She is crazy.

"How do you keep your calm? I know I have tried to make you react in school. Even out here, why are you not complaining?" She asked finally.

"I keep my calm because this is not even near dangerous for us and my friends are always there to help me. Piper helps me the most." I said. I remembered her charmspeak.

"You two are dating?" She asked a bit…sadly? I stopped in my tracks.

"No. We are good friends. All of us owe our lives to each other. Everyone makes that mistake. Do not apologize." I said.

"Oh." She dragged. I saw a clearing in the forest and ran to see Piper and Leo hugging. I ran and joined the hug.

KATIE

I was stuck with that Aphrodite kid. She was really stupid and took 2 bags for a hike without her weapon! Our trail passed through a clearing and we missed it. She started to cry on the spot on how she was going to die. I kept my silver dagger close to me.

"Shut up now. Let us follow this trail until we find someone." I said.

"How are you not crying?" She asked teary eyed.

"I've had worse days." I said vaguely. I was not going to tell her that I survived two wars with immortals.

"I do not care" She said waving it off.

I asked her to wait there and climbed a tree. Being the daughter of Demeter and the girlfriend of a prankster had its perks. I saw a clearing in the distance. We went towards it to see Percy, Piper and Leo in a group hug.

"Wait for me!" I yelled as I joined their hug.

NICO

'Sunshine' was with me when I got lost. I could not shadow travel because I had no strength and had company. I looked around the forest and remembered the time I had spent in a forest quite like this after I left camp. I was thinking of this until Will broke the silence.

"Aren't you scared of wild animals?"

"No."

"Why not?" He is nosy.

"Because I ran away from home and camped for a month in the forest before I was found by Percy." I said. It was the truth.

"Why did you run away?"

"Personal reasons."

"Oh. I was – "I stopped him with a hand.

I heard a faint voice saying," Wait for me!" I went in the direction. I just fiddled with my silver sword that I grabbed from the safe house. I saw Will touch his back where I saw a bow and a quiver with celestial bronze arrows. He was stupid. I found a group hugs in the process between Percy, Leo, Katie and Piper. They ushered for me and I barreled into them and toppled with them. We were on the floor laughing.

FRANK

I am so dead. I was lost in the forest with Hazel. Of all the people in the world, they chose Hazel. She was quiet and crying. I took out my always filled quiver and a practice bow I took in case. Hazel had a spatha. After that, I tried to listen for sounds of other life forms. I just heard Hazel. So I said," Stop crying. You are distracting me from the sounds of the forest."

She stopped and I heard a dejected sigh. "Sorry" She said.

"No problem. I just have a tendency to get distracted. So it helps if you keep quiet."

"I meant for everything."

"I am conflicted Hazel. Past experience is telling me to give you a piece of the hurt I felt and walk away but my humanity is getting in the way."

"So what do you decide? Can we go back to how we were before you left?"

"Prove to me beyond a doubt that I can trust you and we can be friends Hazel." I did not want to regret my decision and seeing the smile on her face, I knew it was her dreams come true. I saw a glimpse of my Hazel under there.

I heard laughter. Then we stumbled into a clearing. Seeing my friends rolling and laughing, I jumped on them. We all laughed until we couldn't breathe. Percy pulled everyone up against their will using his strength earning hair ruffles from us. We exchanged stories in super-fast Latin.

"How can you laugh and joke at a time like this?" Drew asked incredulously.

"Yeah. We need to do so much." Annabeth said.

"Don't worry. I may be relaxed but we can only search in the morning. The forests are not safe at night." Percy said.

"What do we do in this clearing? We don't have proper supplies." Jason asked.

"Percy, go to the creek, get water. Leo, make a contraption to make fire. Nico, you are on night duty. Katie, search the periphery for food. Piper, Jason, Hazel and I will go and search further than Katie for food. "I said.

"Yes Pachy" They chorused. The bullies just gave me quizzical looks.

"How are you going to that?" Will asked.

I showed them my mortal bow. Piper, Katie and Calypso showed their daggers. Nico and Percy showed their silver and bronze swords.

"Wow!" Annabeth said.

"How did you get those weapons?" Jason asked.

"You thought that we would walk into a forest unarmed?" Piper asked back. They nodded. We gave them glares.

"Do you know how to use them?" Drew asked.

"We will figure it out." I said looking at my friends with amusement only to see them cracking up. The bullies now looked amused as if to say,' Do you even know how to use it? I know how to.'

"Why not Annabeth, Drew or me?" Calypso asked.

"You all will be in charge of cooking what we get." I said.

I followed Piper into the forest. I was vaguely aware of two bodies behind me. Finally, we encountered two lions. The lions charged as soon as they saw us. I was about to shoot when Hazel just stood in front of me. The lion slashed her. I knocked an arrow and shot it close to her and growled so she got the message.

Piper was on top of her lion with Jason trying to distract the lion. I roared and the lion ran away. I ran to Hazel's side and saw that she just had a bruised rib. I just held her up as she groaned. We took the meat near the lions. It was perhaps their kill. Then we went back.

By that time, her bruise was better. We came back and saw that Katie had got berries, Leo had made a hearth, Percy had got a can of water and Nico was still in guard. They saw us and Annabeth took Hazel. She glared at us.

"How did she get hurt?"

"We went out. We encountered two lions and Frank scared them away by literally growling. Piper and I helped by distracting one lion while Frank hit the other. But in the first fight, Hazel jumped in front of Frank." Jason completed. I felt so guilty.