Chapter Two
Rudy

That night, something was off. Rudy felt something off, but he didn't have the words to describe it. He had sat on his bunk, books around him and in one his lap as he read about a certain spell. He had only gotten through the first few sentences when goosebumps raised up to his arms. He seemed to be the only one noticing this, as his other bunkmates were sound asleep. He put a piece of paper in the book to keep his place and then he set it down. He got up from his bed and went to the door of his cabin. He peeked open the door and his mind was taken back. Fog was spreading over the ground and over the plants and trees of the camp. He quickly shut the door, what was going on? He thought maybe he had been reading to much or something and was seeing things so it was time to hit the hay. He put his little pile of books down under the bed for later and curled up on his bed, fast to go to sleep.

He only got a few hourse of sleep before light was peeking through his window. He got up, a bit slowly and put on his black T-shirt and his favorite jacket that he had cut the sleeves off long before. He was one of the few people who didn't wear the Camp Half Blood Shirt. He let a small smirk come onto his face, what he looked good. He headed out of his cabin, to take a look around. He didn't notice anything different, but the air did kind of smell funny. Could air even smell different from then like air? He didn't have to much time to think about it before he felt a hand on his shoulder and his best friend was standing in front of him. He laughed lightly and she said 'surprise.' His best friend, Calli. Calli was a child of Demeter and honestly probably one of the cutest people he had ever met. Her bright green eyes, the way her freckles showed more when she smiled and when she moved her hair would shift and turn along with her. He smiled but then put on a serious face as she asked him if he felt anything odd.

He was tempted to tell her about the fog the night before, but maybe Mr.D had just let the fog get in through from the outside world. It was possible though Rudy hadn't looked outside the barrier so it was a fifty fifty percent chance. He looked down at the grass and saw that the tips of the grass, were brown. "The grass is dying." He said. Calli said that the trees and flowers weren't far behind and then a leaf fell into her hair. He could see she was about to get it, but instead he moved a bit closer to her and too the leaf out of her hair. He was pretty sure he saw even the slighest blush. Did Calli like him or was it just something else? He pushed it aside seeing as this was something serious, or maybe Mr.D was slacking on keeping the outisde world from coming into the camp. She said a few other things and then ended with that she felt llike Chiron could stomp on her, and he laughed softly.

Of course he would go with her. He started walking and then glanced back at her. "You coming Cal?" He question and then Calli ran to catch up with him. He was the only one who called her Cal and that made him feel kind of special. Heck maybe he could even impress if her they were sent on a quest. He could impress her with his magic and- calm down you haven't even spoke to Chiron yet. With Calli so close he was pretty sure one more step closer to her would get his own cheeks red. He pushed the feeling down, it was just that everytime he saw her he just...had this odd feeling. Okay they were doing something serious, stop thinking about the cute girl beside you. Crap! Well at least Calli didn't seem to see that he was thinking about her. Crap! He let out a sigh to try and get it out of his body as they approached the Centaur. He had never been so close to him before so he could see why Calli was a bit scared that she would get a hoof imprint on her forehead or something. He was glad Calli said something first.

"Chiron, I kind of need to talk to you, er, alone." While she spoke, Rudy couldn't help but watch the soft lips move before he tore his gaze away to find something else to look at, and he found something rather interesting to look at. It wasn't uncommon for other demigods to help others in training but this..this was something else. There was a boy, Rudy had forgotten what his name was, but he was a child of Apollo. God of the sun, along with a whole bunch of other things. . He was helping another boy, with his own sword and how to work with it, but his hands were holding onto his as he did. Did this guy like this other one? It was not for him to pry but he was curious. He glanced back to Calli instead. Chiron had sent the other demigod he had been working with off and he looked down at Calli and he could see that it tensed her up a bit seeing as he was taller, since he had horse legs. And that made him pretty tall. Chiron crossed his arms and looked at her with a raised eyebrow. "What is it Calli?" She glanced at the ground, and if she had seen hesitant she wasn't now.

Rudy glanced down to the ground and could also see why. The grass had gotten more brown already. "I think, no, I know that Demeter is in trouble." She said looking up at the Centaur with those lovely green eyes of hers. Chiron looked puzzled, but he wasn't going to think that Calli was lying right off the bat. "Look around Chiron. I know for a fact that the leaves of the trees don't fall or the grass dies without the barrier being broken, which we would know by now if it was broken as we would have been attacked. Or something could have had happened to the goddess." Chiron looked convinced now as he took a look around, seeing the leaves fall. "You are right." "But do we have any clues as to what-" Calli cut him off.

Her eyes locked onto his, and Rudy could see she was deeply concerned for her mother and Rudy would have been concerned if it had been his own mother. Though he had to wonder how a goddess gets captured, or whatever. Then he listened as Calli explained that she had a dream. Dreams always meant something around here. Demeter trapped in a cave? It couldn't just be a regular cave as she could have just gotten out of there, couldn't she? Did that mean that his own dream had something to do with this? Or was it something completely different? As his mother dealt with mist..and mist was kind of like fog wasn't it? Chiron looked like he didn't know what to do. "I wander if the god on campus knows about this..probably not." Calli looked at him, her brown hair caressing her face. She was so confident and all for saving her mother. "I believe that you should go see the Oracle." The Oracle? Oh yeah, Rachel! Calli blinked. "You mean alone? In the big house?" "Yes." "And by the looks of the grass I do not think you have time to spare."

"Come along you two." Chiron said heading for the big house. Rudy was good was jokes and it seemed that Calli needed one to reassure her. He thought for a moment before resting a hand on her shoulder. "Calli, why did the picture go to jail?" He always had jokes on his mind and they always cheered her up. Calli smiled and looked at the ground. "I don't know, why did it?" She asked looking at him and he smiled back at her. "Because it was framed." She laughed and looked up before glancing over at him. "It sounds like one of those corny jokes you find on the lafy taffy wrapper." She said with her own small laugh and Rudy himself smiled. He didn't know if he would also get send on this quest, but he hoped he would. Calli wouldn't be able to do it alone. It wasn't that he didn't believe she could, but saving a goddess? One person couldn't do that alone. Calli looked at the ground before she looked at Rudy again. "I got one."

"What do you call a man with no body and just a nose?" Rudy thought about it and then shrugged. She smiled as she thought of the answer. "Nobody nose." He laughed, it was pretty good. Calli and him always shared jokes.

But before another joke of humor could be uttered, they came to the big house. "Up the stairs Calli, and to the attic." Chiron said and looked at her. "I wish you luck." Calli nodded, and before she headed up the stairs Rudy grabbed her hand real quick and could see the blush form on her freckled cheeks.. "It will be alright, I promise."

She nodded. "I know."