MAVERICK

"So, let me get this straight. You have a camp full of teenagers, like us, who fight these monsters?" I asked. Annabeth turned around from in front of the group.

"Yea, it's hard to grasp at first but the Greek gods are real and the five of you are the children of a god or goddess." Annabeth said. "Depending on your godly parent, you might have certain traits, abilities, or talents."

"Do any of you have something unique like that?" Percy asked from alongside Annabeth.

"Well Taylor and I aren't too bad with a bow." I said.

"He's being modest." Fisher said. "They are amazing and Maverick can literally heal any injury. I mean look, Jules is already up on her feet."

"Yea, my ankle feels a lot better." Juliet said.

"Well, if I had to guess, I would say that Maverick and Taylor are children of Apollo. But Taylor doesn't really fit the look. You might be a daughter of Athena like me." Annabeth said.

"Well, we can't leave Fisher out of it. He has the coolest powers out of all of us." I said.

"Like what?" Annabeth asked.

"Fisher can cause earthquakes and basically move the ground." Taylor said joining in the conversation. Annabeth and Percy stopped causing the rest of the group to stop.

"He can create earthquakes?" Percy asked.

"Yea, I can." Fisher said.

"Prove it." Annabeth commanded.

"If you insist." Fisher took a step to the side and Juliet limped over to me for support. Fisher slammed his palm into the ground and the earth shook knocking some of the less coordinated campers to the ground. "I can make it a lot stronger but I don't want anyone getting hurt. It kind of affects everyone."

"Don't hold back I want to see something." Annabeth said. Fisher shook his head and smashed his fist into the earth. Everyone fell to the ground including some trees and only Fisher and Percy were left standing. The two of them looked like they hadn't even been affected.

"Whoa, why didn't you fall over?" Fisher asked Percy. Percy and Annabeth both had a shocked look on their faces. Some of the campers pointed towards Fisher where there was a glowing light. Above Fisher's head, was a glowing green trident. All the campers took a knee except for Percy who walked over to Fisher and gave him a hug. "Whoa, why are you hugging me?"

"Because you're his brother." Annabeth stated. Annabeth pointed at Fisher and addressed the other campers. "Drake Fisher, son of Poseidon." All the campers let out a cheer for Fisher.

"What just happened?" I asked.

"Fisher was claimed by his father. This is crazy. Fisher, you and Percy are the only children of Poseidon." Annabeth said.

"Isn't Poseidon the god of the seas?" Fisher asked.

"Yea but he's also the god of earthquakes. I guess you're just more in touch with your earth shaker side. How are you with water?"

"I can't swim." Annabeth laughed.

"You're joking right?" Fisher shook his head.

"Well that's okay. I can show my new brother when we get back to camp." Percy said.

"Sounds great." Fisher said.

"It's like Fisher can control the earth and Percy can control the water, but when Percy uses his earth shaker powers its unpredictable and dangerous. That's probably how Fisher is going to be with water." Annabeth said.

"So, I can't swim." Fisher asked.

"You and I were literally born to be in water. We're spending every waking moment in the lake." Percy said.

"Fine by me." Fisher said. "How much longer until we get to this legendary camp?"

"It's on the other side of Thalia's pine." Annabeth said while pointing at a large pine tree with a gold shimmering shape.

"What's that gold thing?" I asked.

"That's the golden fleece. Percy and I got it on a quest."

"You and Percy got THE golden fleece?"

"Yea, we're kind of awesome." Percy said, swinging his arm around Annabeth as we passed the pine tree. "Don't be surprised when you see a centaur running towards us."

"Don't worry. I don't think anything can really surprise us anymore." Juliet said. I had to nod in agreement at that. We've seen everything from a Cyclops to a hellhound since leaving home. As if on cue, a centaur came galloping towards our group. All of the camper disbanded and left leaving Percy, Annabeth, Fisher, Juliet, Taylor, Patrick, and I to face the horse man. He came in front of us shook hands with Percy and Annabeth before acknowledging us.

"Hello, my name is Chiron. Who might you be?" Chiron asked. Fisher and I stepped forward.

"My name is Maverick Holland…" I said.

"…and my name is Drake Fisher." Fisher said.

"This is my cousin Taylor Fields, and our friends Juliet Hart and Patrick Edwards." I finished our introductions.

"Claimed?" Chiron asked.

"Just me." Fisher told him.

"And who might your godly parent be?"

"Poseidon." Chiron's jaw hit the ground if possible.

"Another child of Poseidon? This does not bode well."

"What's wrong Chiron?" Annabeth asked. Chiron faced us with a serious look on his face.

"I know of a prophecy that which is only to be revealed when there are two children of the sea. I'm afraid there is another urgent quest and if a second child of the sea is here we don't have much time." Chiron began pacing around nervously. "Annabeth, go prepare the campers for battle. They must be on high alert until this quest is carried out. Percy, go contact our allies at camp Jupiter. I will go retrieve the prophecy. Meet in the recreation room it is of the upmost importance that you seven are there." Annabeth, Percy, and Chiron all departed leaving our group alone again.

"So, what do we do now?" Taylor asked.

"I guess we have to go find the rec room." I said. I noticed a group of girls all around the same age of about thirteen headed into camp, all wearing silver clothing. "Maybe they can point us in the right direction." Taylor walked over to the girl leading the group as we followed.

"Excuse me, but do you by any chance know where the rec room is?" Taylor asked in her completely fake polite voice. The girl faced her as if surprised someone tried to talk to her before a look of fear and shock flashed on her face. The girl just stared at Taylor in complete surprise. Taylor got impatient quickly. "Hey, hello, earth to silver girl, can you show us where the rec room is?" The girl shook her head as if shaking out of a trance.

"Yea, it's in the big house. Taylor, stay safe." The girl said. The group departed as soon as they showed up.

"Okay, what was that about? And how did she know your name? I asked.

"I don't know." Taylor said. "Did she seem familiar to you guys?" We all shook our heads.

"I've never seen her before but let's not worry about it. We have to get to the big house. I think something big is going on." We ran into the big house and quickly made our way to the rec room. Percy and Annabeth were sitting in seats around the ping pong table and there were five empty chairs against the back wall.

"Oh, look, we have reserved seating." Fisher said sarcastically. We all sat down at the empty seats anyway. Percy and Annabeth were talking quietly to each other as the door opened and three new people walked in. One of them was a beautiful Cherokee girl with a shiny dagger in her hand. She was talking to a tan muscular guy with blond hair who was fiddling with a coin. Next to him was a Hispanic guy with oil all over his clothes and I'm pretty sure part of his shirt was on fire. The sat down in their respective seats and greeted Annabeth and Percy. The Hispanic guy was the first to notice us in the room.

"Hey, who are the new campers?" He asked. Percy stood up and walked over to Fisher.

"This is Fisher, my new brother, and his friends Maverick, Juliet, Taylor, and Patrick." Percy said.

"Great, there's another son of Poseidon." The blond guy commented.

"Hey, Poseidon's sons are amazing." Fisher said and high fived Percy. Juliet slapped Fisher in the back of the head. "Ow, Jules, what was that for?"

"For letting your head get full of water." Juliet said.

"Well, if that happened then Fisher would drown." Taylor taunted.

"Shut up! I will learn how to swim!" Fisher exclaimed.

"Anyway, this is Piper McLean, daughter of Aphrodite, Jason Grace, son of Jupiter, and Leo Valdez, son of Hephaestus." The Hispanic guy, Leo, walked over and kissed Juliet's hand.

"It's a pleasure to meet you." Leo said. The ground began to shake very mildly. Everyone looked at Fisher. I grabbed Fisher's arm and led him out of the room.

"Excuse us a second." I said. By the time we were out of the big house, the shaking had stopped. I faced Fisher. "You have got to get this under control. You can't just lose it because you get jealous like that.

"I wasn't jealous." He said. I rolled my eyes.

"Just don't lose your cool over a pretty girl okay? I turned around because of someone tapping me on the shoulder. Standing in front of me was Piper McLean and I only now noticed how breathtaking she was. Her chocolate brown hair was braided down her back and her eyes changed color every time I looked at them. She was gorgeous.

"Hey, you're Maverick right? Um, everyone's here and we're going to start if you guys are done." She said. I couldn't help but stare at her.

"Yea, we're ready when you are." I said. She smiled at me.

"You have a really nice smile, you know that?" That caught me off guard. She gasped and took a step back. I thought it was because of what she said but then I noticed the golden light shining above my head. I didn't even have to look up. I know a lot when it comes to Greek mythology and I had the same guess as everyone as to who my godly parent is.

"Nice you got claimed man." Fisher said and gave me a high five.

"Son of Apollo, hot." Piper said. She looked scared for a second. "I mean the sun's hot and you're the son of the sun god and…um, I'm just going to go in. See you inside." She nervously walked away to the big house.

"Nice." I said to myself.

"Not good man. That Jason guy is not someone you want to get on your bad side." Fisher advised.

"Relax nothing even happened."

"Just don't lose your cool over a pretty girl okay?"

"Shut up. We have a prophecy to read. Let's go."