Welcome Back to Camp Half-Blood, where no sense makes sense. I really have nothing to say besides the fact that, hey! I don't own Percy Jackson and the Olympians or Heroes of Olympus. I don't own anything in it, and I don't own the characters in this Syoc. In addition, I realized that the website deleted the creator of Megan and Amanda's name. I believe it is ProjectGoGreenFable, but correct me if I'm wrong. I hope you like the chapter, when I wrote it was 11 PM so it might be slightly odd.
Amanda was watching Megan. She was jotting down notes, just trying to remember exactly what Megan was doing. This scene kind of reminded her of a scene from a TV show, Phineas and Ferb. This girl was trying to watch someone, and was jotting down notes, trying to record exactly what the other person was doing… Amanda tried to shake all other thoughts out of her head. If she were to keep Megan from going on this quest, she would have to focus on preventing Megan from everyway. She did not want to think of Camille's alternative…
"Then follow her!" Camille seemed so sure in her words. Amanda simply stared at Camille as though she was crazy. Amanda spoke up, "Why would anyone in his or her right mind go on that quest? And tell me, who in their right mind would attempt to save it? The best plan of action would be to prevent her from even starting the quest." Camille tried to convince Amanda, "If Megan were to try, she's likely to succeed. You know how stubborn she can be. I think that it would be nerve-wracking to have a friend following, and she might chicken out. I mean, if I were to go on a quest and have Katie follow me, I would be very scared of messing up in front of her. Friends can be very judgmental." Camille ended her sentence with a nod. Amanda just sighed.
Amy was now very worried Bethany. Bethany was now avoiding her. Amy was going to get to the bottom of it. A list of possible reasons ran through her head. #1. Bethany had been replaced with an alien droid. #2. Bethany was embarrassed about something. #3. Amy had done something to upset Bethany. #4. Bethany did not like her anymore. Amy hoped that none were the case, but she couldn't think of any other reasons. She just wanted to fix whatever problem had occurred, and things would go back to normal. Amy knew just who to talk to, the root of the problem.
Megan, for once, was calm. She had finished packing for her quest, and she had the quest members. All she needed to do was sneak out of camp without Chiron noticing. Then the quest could be long gone by the time that he noticed. Where would she want to go? She thought for second and then decided. The Appalachian Mountains. She was planning how to get there when she heard a voice, "Megan?" Megan turned around to see Amy approaching her. Megan replied, "Yes?" Amy asked, "Why is Bethany avoiding me. Why is she acting so strange? Why is she constantly following you around? Why is she helping you carry stuff to a secret location in the woods? Why is-" Megan interrupted Amy with a sing-song voice, with as much innocence as Megan could muster, "I simply don't know. Do you know?" Amy got a little bit agitated and said, "You know what's going on. I don't. So tell me!" After a pause, Amy said, "Please." Megan dropped the innocent act, "If you want to complain, go see Amanda. She would listen to you. Now please, I was calm before you came in here. Leave." Amy listened to Megan's request.
Camille walked into the forge. No one was there except for Kelby, and he was currently putting away his things. Camille walked up to him and asked, "Why are you going with Megan?" Kelby looked at her confused. Camille continued, "Why did you agree to go on the quest with Megan?" Kelby looked at her, again confused, "When did I agree to that?" Camille says, "Don't you remember? Megan told me the whole story. You were here in the forge, and she came in. She asked you to join her quest, and you nodded. She yelled thanks and left. Remember now?" Camille stood there expectantly. Kelby remembered what had happened the previous day and said, "That must've been the big misunderstanding we had yesterday. I thought she was calling herself crazy. But I guess if I, though not purposefully, told her that I was going to go on her quest, I would be unfair if I went back on my word, nod, whatever. Why do you care?" Camille said, "Her friend Amanda is freaking out about the quest. Amanda doesn't want Megan to do something so stupid, and I don't like seeing people unhappy the way Amanda is right now. She's very worried about her friend." Camille huffed off out of the forge.
Kelby continued putting away his stuff. Although he would never admit it, he was glad that Camille had decided to talk to him about the quest. Not just for telling him that he had agreed to go on it unknowingly, but the fact she talked to him. Most people would talk about him behind his back saying how lonely he was. Camille had actually talked to him. He supposed that it was no surprise that she had confronted him about the quest. She had been trying to be his friend. Although he was not ready to accept the offer, the fact that someone cared enough made him want to accept it. Kelby silently wished that Camille wouldn't hate him after this.
Bethany was ready. She was so ready for the quest; she had wanted to leave immediately. But no, she had to wait until sundown. Chiron had given the Harpies the day off for some odd reason, and it was the ideal time to leave, during campfire. She had already alerted Megan and Kelby about the ideal window of time, and they were heading out that night. She hoped Amy wouldn't be too mad.
Well, that concludes this chapter. I am currently reminiscing about a song from THE SECRET GARDEN. It's called THE GIRL I MEAN TO BE. It changed my life. Oh, by the way, Merry Christmas, or Happy Holidays, depending.