WOWWW. Like seriously guys, If I dont update within a month just like spam me until im crushed under the virtual weight of your disappointment.... guilt makes me write moar :P

Annyways, so sorry again about not updating. Finals are approaching (in addition to the state standardized tests or whatever....). So its like, a double fail since we both havent had the time to do this.

ON ANOTHER RANDOM TOPIC: Anyone else use gaiaonline? I recently got re-addicted after like a one year haitus. I'm surprised I lasted that long, Ive been a member since like 2006.

ON YET ANOTHER RANDOM NOTE THAT HAS MORE TO DO WITH THIS STORY THEN THE ONE ABOVE EXEPT KINDA NOT: my authornotes are long. And I've noticed that even if I have a chapter written up, I dont post unless I'm either really hyper or wicked pissed and depressed. You guys must think Im psycho or bipolar, but i swear im not, i guess those are just my fanfic moods lol XP

I do not own Percy Jackson. But I DO own outragiously long authors notes.

The black sedan that brought us from the little air strip to camp was relatively clean, which surprised me because camp cars were usually brimming with weapons or junk food or something. Demigods were signing the cars out all the time, because the older ones were often sent away to schools or to retrieve demigods that didn't know of their lineage yet when satyrs couldn't be spared. Which, If you think about it, happened quite a bit. Even now that the search for Pan was relatively over, there was still the issue of the existence of thousands of schools in the nation, and far less satyrs to cover them. Often Demigods (like me) who lived at camp year round and who had proven themselves capable of defending themselves were sent out for a couple months at a time to check in on schools that didn't have a satyr assigned to them.

All of this was going through my head (thanks A.D.H.D…. note the sarcasm…) on the winding ride back to camp, kind of because the ride was making me feelcarsick, but mostly because I was sitting in one of two cars containing the extremely powerful monsters that were probably really pissed at me for not telling them about my past or who I really was. Then there's the whole, 'I'm almost the exact opposite of what I claimed to be' issue, because lets face it. The Cullens knew me as the clumsy brown haired, pale girl with the unremarkable features. The girl who tripped over the littlest thing, who couldn't fight her way out of a plastic bag. Then there's my family, who know me as sweet Bella, who is ridiculously easy to tease but doesn't take any of it to heart, but who has fought off hordes of Hellhounds and anything else Kronos threw at her. The Cullens hadn't known I had lost my best friend, who might as well have been a sister. They weren't prepared to have everything they knew change in a heartbeat, and I had felt so relieved when I felt like I belonged with the Cullens, because for once nothing was influenced by my blood status, no one whispered about that strange girl whose father held the world at his fingertips. The sense of control that I felt in Forks, that I, myself was controlling my own destiny instead of the mysterious ways of Olympus, it overwhelmed my senses. I was so happy there, to be independent and have that sense of living away from all the gods.

I still, even as the first car in front of us pulled into the long dirt road that led to the garage on the opposite end of the camp from the big house, pondered what I really wanted. Everything was coming together now, and there was nothing I could do about it.

Later

Whoever designed the layout of this camp was probably a really shoddy daughter or son of Athena, because the ridiculously long walk from the garage(s) to the big house doubled as the tour for the Cullens. Chiron (did I forget to mention? Rosalie totally flipped a shit when she saw that he had a horse's lower torso. Emmett thought it was the coolest thing ever, and explained in detail on the car ride back how exactly he would come about turning into a 'wicked awesome horse dude' ) led the group past the waterfront.

"So… er…," Edward began, "Do you… like to swim?"

I attempted to laugh, to cover up how awkward the atmosphere had become. "Not really, Poseidon and my father aren't really on the best of terms."

"Oh." his jaws snapped shut, and he stared pointedly at the back of Chiron's head. I cast a glance around, to see how everyone else was faring. Esme had politely struck up a conversation with Annabeth, which had invariably led to an in depth discussion on architecture and interior design. I smiled as Annabeth caught my eye.

The mortals of the group stopped here for a dip in the water to cool us off, and the vampires stepped in after awhile. I went in with some trepidation, so naturally, as everyone was milling about in the water up to their ankles (and staring in awe at the sparkling vampires) I was sitting near the woods on a little ledge, only letting my toes skim the water.

Edward waded over to my secluded bit of shade and sat himself down next to me.

"Aren't any of them going to come over to keep you company?" his voice sounded almost as if he was the one insulted.

"They've known me long enough to realize when I want to be left alone." the last bit came out kind of snarky, but I didn't care. Having the Cullens come to camp, and then having to go on a quest for gods know how long was going to keep me on edge for quite awhile. Edward raised his eyebrows, and soundlessly waded back over to where Jasper and Clarisse were discussing battle techniques.

I sighed. Ignoring Edward was hard… he was, after all, Edward, who was like the sun to my earth. But seriously, I would need at least a day to figure out how my two lives were supposed to meet. I kept them apart for so long, it was going to be hard adjusting.

After the waterfront came the 'rock wall' ("B…Bella, you CLIMB this?"), the forest, and finally a sweep around all the cabins before heading past the dining hall and into the big house. As we approached the center of what used to be a nice neat circle, it felt almost like coming home after a long trip.

Except that now the Hermes cabin was expanded to look more and more like a version of the big house, and now a dozen or more cabins were sticking out of the most random of places.

"Um… I'm going to my cabin." I said apprehensively, shouldering my tote full of necessities. When Percy and Clarisse made to walk towards their cabins too, I set off across the long distance between the first row of cabins, and mine at the end. But I hadn't taken but 10 steps before the collective gasps behind me stopped me cold.

Turning, there were floating symbols above five of the Cullen's heads.

There was a peacock above Edward's.

Shit.

"Um… Its nearly dinner, is it ok if we go eat before we start talking?" Rachel said, picking up her book bag from off the floral couch. It seems that since she lived in the big house during the summer, she saw fit to live like a teenager and leave her stuff lying around everywhere.

"That would probably be for the best," Chiron said.

We all awkwardly shuffled out the door and down to the dining pavilion, I drifted towards my table; Percy, Clarisse, and Annabeth towards theirs. Rachel sat at the high table.

Edward apprehensively sat at Hera's table, while Esme went to Athena, Alice to Apollo, Jasper to Hermes, and Emmett, Emmett of all people, went to Demeter. We all were sniggering at that one. The rest of the Cullens were going to be staying with me in Zeus's cabin, only because Zeus had outfitted the whole place with video game consoles, huge ass TVs, and quite a few books in addition to everyone getting their own room.

As we went to make our offerings to the fire, I could see that all the Cullens had to offer were big goblets of what looked like wine (but we all knew better). I watched as Alice carefully tipped a portion of her drink into the fire.

I was halfway into my grilled cheese sandwich when I sensed a godly presence at my side. I turned, mouth open, to see Hera sitting right next to me. She sniffed disdainfully at my presence, and stared at the back of Edward's head

"Rude boy," she said, her face puckering, "To think he would come to camp after all these years. Ooohhhh the gods will have a field day when they hear about this," she turned to me, "It was revenge, that boy, that vampire was mine only because your father had cheated on me for the umpteenth time. I'd had it. It was a horrible mistake."

I was bewildered. I voiced aloud, "um, no disrespect intended Lady Hera, but why are-" "because he just about bit my head off and Demeter, Aphrodite, and the others aren't yet ready to go, and…"

"Wait, why are they here?" She stared at me. "Its not everyday you claim a 100+ year old vampire as your child." she paused for a second, "I'll admit, talking to you has really let me unwind a little, even if you are the ungrateful spawn of my unfaithful husband and some random whore he picked up off the street. And leaving Edward alone for a hundred years has been like a thorn in my side." even as she said this, her form seemed to 'mellow out', she wasn't defined by sharp colors or shapes, she seemed to grow fuzzy at the edges, like a faded photograph.

I was bristling at her jab at my mother, and any other time I would have totally gone off on her, but since she was Edward's mother, I did my best to control myself. "well, er… thanks for sharing? But you know, he isn't all that bad. You should get to know him first." she snorted, and vanished in a whirl of golden light.

I ate the rest of my dinner in silence.

After I finished eating, I looked at Chrion who nodded. Chiron stepped forward after he nodded and the Gods had left for Olympus.
"Thank you. Now, I'm sure you have noticed that we have some visitors. I would be an idiot if I didn't think you already knew all about them, so I'm not going to bother to explain. We will continue on as we normally would. Tonight is a Capture the Flag night." A chourus of cheers went up from all of the tables. Percy and Annabeth smiled. "All right, settle down. The Posieden Cabin currently holds the laurels. The Captains of the Blue team will be Percy and Bella, the Captain of the Red team will be Clarisse."

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