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-SleepingNinja47
Thalia's P.O.V.
We just crossed the border into camp and I was leading my hunters to the Artemis cabin that we normally stay in when we're at camp. As we were arriving at the cabin we heard the horn signaling that it was time for dinner. I was so tired, but I was hungry too. I couldn't decide whether or not to stay and lie down or go and eat. Suddenly, I heard a deep and loud growl that seemed to come from out of nowhere. I drew my daggers and prepared for a fight, but the laughing of the huntresses stopped me. It was my stomach.
I mentally face palmed, but I just glared at the girls that were laughing and they stopped abruptly. With a sigh, I turned and started walking to the dining pavilion. We passed by all the empty cabins, which seemed so weird because there was usually campers running around all the time. As I showed up with some of the hunters behind me (some of the hunters wanted to rest instead of coming to eat) the talking got a lot quieter and then stopped altogether. We walked to the Artemis table while all the campers were staring at us. It's like they've never seen us before.
As I sat down at our table I glanced over at the empty Poseidon table before thinking of what I wanted to eat. With a little poof the food that I envisioned showed up. It looked so good and mouth-watering. I picked up my silverware and started to dig in. Right when the first bite was in my mouth I spit it out. It tasted like ashes! Oh yeah, I remembered, I need to offer some to the gods, so I got up and scraped some of the food into the fire and thought, For Artemis.
As I sat back down I felt like something was a little off. I glanced around and saw that nothing was out of the ordinary. Huh, I thought, I swear something doesn't seem right. I looked at the Athena table and I saw Annabeth. She had a blank look on her face, but her eyes gave away her sadness. I'll have to ask her about that later, I told myself. But something still didn't seem right. That's when I realized that Annabeth was staring at the empty Poseidon table. Weird, why is Annabeth staring at the empty Poseid- oh no. Where's Percy? Did something bad happen to him? My mind went into overdrive thinking of all the bad things that could have happened to him.
I forced the bad thoughts out of my head and focused on my food, which tasted a lot better now that I offered some to the gods. It feels like it's been forever since I've had a nice big meal. The food at Camp Half-Blood is one of the few things I look forward to besides seeing Annabeth, Percy, and Grover. But Annabeth doesn't seem like Annabeth right now, and it was really bothering me. I scarfed down the last bites of my food and started to get up to head over to the Athena table, but as I was standing up, Chiron started to announce something. I sat back down and told myself that I'll have to wait until he's done with his announcement.
"Campers, as I'm sure you have noticed, the Hunters are here and I expect all of you to give them the utmost respect during their stay. Also, there will be the usual capture the flag game tomorrow. Since the Athena cabin led the winning team last time, the will lead the Campers in this game against the Hunters. That is all, you are dismissed."
That would sound so much more appealing if I wasn't so tired. Don't get me wrong, I'm still looking forward to it, but the campers are pretty easy to defeat except for Annabeth, Clarisse, and of course Percy. Which reminds me I need to talk to Annabeth about why she looks dead to the world and then try to find Percy. So I stood up from our table and chased down Annabeth, who was walking back to her cabin which I thought was weird, because I would have figured that she would have waited behind so we could talk and catch up.
As I reached her I said, "Hi, Annabeth." But she just kept on walking like she didn't even hear me, so I reached forward and grabbed her arm and spun her around. That really startled her. After she got over her initial shock, her eyes dimmed back down to a dull, empty color. It didn't take a genius to realize she was upset about something.
"Hey, Thals." The tone of her voice made it sound like she was void of emotion because of how hollow her words sounded. If I wasn't concerned before, I'm really worried now.
"What's wrong?" I asked, my brow furrowing in concern.
"Nothing, why would you think something is wrong," she tried to act normal.
"Annabeth, I'm your best friend. I know when something is wrong or not. And don't you dare lie to me again." She nodded her head sadly. She knew she couldn't lie to me and she'd have to give me an answer.
"I don't want to talk about it in the open where anyone can overhear. Let's go somewhere more private," she started walking off towards the beach with me at her heels.
I'm so sorry it took so long to update, I hope this is worth the wait! Sorry it's so short, I'm working on expanding my chapter lengths, so cut me some slack please. Also, we should be getting the internet at my house soon, so I'd be able to work on it at my house instead of only being able to work on it at my grandparents' house. That will speed up my updating a lot. Anyways, please review and tell me what you thought of this chapter!
-SleepingNinja47
