A/N: Shoutouts to:
Fallen Panther
MaisyMonster
ChryssieCullen
The Twelve Olympians
Annabeth
"It's happening again!"
My eyes flew open just as the lights came on.
Someone was peeking outside the door of the Athena Cabin and waving their arms frantically.
"It's on fire!"
I sighed as I quickly got up and pulled on a jacket. This had been happening very frequently. The Athena Cabin was catching on Greek fire.
As I pushed my things into my bag, out of the corner of my eye I saw Malcolm hurrying past everyone so he could get out the door.
I growled at his figure as it disappeared outside. Every time a cabin caught fire, he was the first one outside because he wanted to find the culprit.
Vivienne Burns.
His girlfriend-or rather, ex-girlfriend. The fact that she had run away from camp and was now trying to kill us pretty much meant that she had ditched Malcolm.
But he didn't seem to think so.
I hurried out to follow him.
Malcolm
Panting, ignoring the green flames that were rapidly spreading across the Athena Cabin, I ran to the center of the cabins, frantically looking around for any sign of the blonde-haired girl I hadn't seen in months.
I saw Annabeth run up to me. "What are you doing?!"
"Looking for her."
She sighed, shook her head, and put her hand on my shoulder. "She's not going to be here. Malcolm, please don't get your hopes up-"
But I wasn't listening. Because I had just seen a dark figure standing against the Athena Cabin, taking a swig from a bottle.
I bolted in that direction, Annabeth right behind me.
As I got closer, I started to slow down, recognizing the figure, despite the many changes since I had last seen her.
When I had seen her last, half a year ago, before she had run away, she had bright blond, straight hair, and icy blue eyes, always sporting a mischievous smirk.
But now, her hair seemed duller and darker, along with her complexion. Around her face were faded scars, and she wore an eyepatch around her right eye, leaving one dull blue eye visible. She was leaning against the wall of the Athena Cabin, one leg bent on the wall, and her trademark smirk was still on as she took another swig from her bottle.
The smirk I had fallen for all those months ago.
"Enna..." I whispered.
She seemed to finally take notice of me and Annabeth. She put her leg down and turned toward us.
"Well, if it isn't my two favorite children of Athena." She pulled out a small bottle of Greek Fire and tossed it up and down, with her drinking bottle at her side.
"What are you doing?" Annabeth yelled at her. "You're going to burn down the camp!"
"So? It isn't my camp."
"You ran away."
"For a reason. Because someone set Greek Fire to the Hermes cabin while I was in it! And I can guess who it was." She gave Annabeth a pointed look.
Annabeth gaped at her. "That was a misunderstanding!"
She rolled her eyes and smirked some more.
I took another step toward her. "Vivienne."
She looked me in the eye. "Yes, Malcolm?"
"You...you just-just-l-left. You didn't even tell me."
"What was there to tell? I had to leave. Everyone here wanted to kill me." She shrugged and took another drink from her bottle.
"Enna..."
"Vivienne," she snapped.
A rush of emotions flooded through me. "Vivienne. Please, I-"
Screams stared to fill the early morning silence. They were coming from the Athena Cabin, which was engulfed in flames.
Vivienne tossed the bottle of Greek Fire up really high, and when it was clear that she wasn't going to catch it, Annabeth dived and caught it.
Vivienne took another swig from her bottle.
I frowned at her. "What's in there?"
She smiled and tossed the bottle to me.
I caught it and read the label.
Greek Fire.
Inside was a bright green liquid.
I looked up at her in horror.
She was still wearing her smirk.
Then she turned towards the wall, ran up, and flipped backwards, kicking the bottle in my hands, and causing it to shatter all over the ground.
The grass caught fire.
And in the geyser of flame that shot upwards, she disappeared.
Percy
Hearing the yells coming from the other side of the camp, I jumped out of bed, pulled on a hoodie, grabbed the familiar bronze pen from my nightstand, and ran out the door.
The Athena Cabin was on fire.
Greek Fire.
"Oh crap..." I summoned some water from the lake and ran as fast as possible in the direction of the fire.
But Greek Fire wouldn't be put out so easily.
Along with water from the lake, it took several other elixirs and magical powders to put out the flame.
In the midst of all the chaos, I saw Annabeth next to a shaking Malcolm.
I jogged up to them. "Annabeth. You okay?"
"I'm fine. He's not."
"What happened?"
Annabeth turned towards me. "She was here."
I blinked. "What? Who was here?"
She rolled her eyes. "Vivienne, you Seaweed Brain."
"Oh."
I remembered Vivienne. It seemed like years since I had seen her last.
Annabeth shook her head. "We have a lot we need to discuss. But first, I think it would be good if we all sleep. It's still morning."
She was right. The sky was still dark. So with a quick kiss, I headed back to the Poseidon cabin and Annabeth back to the Athena cabin.
Malcolm
As everyone got back into bed and the lights were turned out once more, I lay awake.
Vivienne had just set the Athena Cabin on fire.
Again.
This was the first time I had seen her in six months.
She had been drinking Greek Fire. Which meant she was now immune to it.
She hated me.
She hated me.
She hated me…
I felt myself drift off into sleep….
"Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy birthday dear Enna…."
I opened my eyes to find myself standing on a dark street, looking at a table.
At the table were Vivienne, the Stoll brothers, and me.
Me...from the past.
They all were holding bottles of nectar, and they cheered them in a toast to Vivienne. She was grinning.
They were sitting outside of a mortal bar, in the dead of the night. The only light were a few orange streetlamps lighting up the bar.
"Thanks, guys," she smiled. "This has got to be the best birthday ever."
"Oh?" Connor said, taking a sip of his nectar. "And why is that?"
"'Cause I get a new watch." She held up Connor's watch.
"Hey! Give that back!" Connor snatched it from her.
Vivienne turned to me (as in the one at the table) and smiled. "And I suppose you're dead tired?"
"Nope," he said, yawning widely. "I usually sleep th-this late."
They all laughed.
Suddenly, the sound of a car engine came to life across the street. Everyone quickly picked up their things and ran down the street, into the winding alleyways of this part of New York, until CHB was in view. The car sped by.
They sat there, talking, laughing, and getting high on nectar, until dawn started to break. Then they got up and started the walk into the borders of CHB.
The me from the past and Vivienne walked side by side, talking quietly, until it was clear they wanted to be alone and the Stoll brothers ran off.
"Happy birthday, Enna."
"Thanks, Ace. You know, I love it here at Camp Half Blood. People here are so nice."
"Yeah, when I came here for the first time, I loved it here too. But...there was something it was missing."
"Yeah? And what was that?"
The past me smiled and turned towards Vivienne. "Someone like you. Someone who likes me for who I am, not just because I'm smart, or good-looking."
"Oh? And who says you're good-looking?"
"My mirror."
Vivienne laughed and pushed him. They were nearing the camp borders.
"Well, good night then," the me from the past said, as him and Vivienne trudged up the hill.
"Or good morning. Who says I'm going to sleep?"
"Or good morning."
As they reached the top of the hill, the me from the past wrapped Vivienne in a hug.
And after that, she wrapped her arms around his neck, and pressed her lips to his. He wrapped his arms around her waist. When they pulled away and finally headed off to their separate cabins, the Malcolm from the past wore a true smile.
If only that boy was still me.
A/N: That was the first chapter! If you liked it, then please leave a review!
I'm not going to post another chapter until we get, let's say, ten reviews for this story, because people really want me to continue The Winds of Change.
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