Baxie's POV
I had to haul Percy and Grover down the hill by myself. Sure I could have went down and seen if anyone was there to help, then again it would be too risky to leave them both here alone.
When I got to the farm-house Mr. Brunner and a girl with blonde hair wrapped up like Cinderella's stood there on the porch. For the things I had just seen a centaur didn't impress me. But I was happy to see him.
"How did you get here, why are you here, and-" The girl started.
"Are you deaf or something?! Did you not hear the growling going on back there?! I should be the one asking questions! Like why you aren't-" I started yelling.
"Ms. Dust, calm yourself. Now, Annabeth, she is a half-blood, just like him." Mr. Brunner said while pointing at Percy.
"I still wanna know why you guys are not helping them." I said.
"Oh right sorry." Annabeth said. They took Percy and Grover with them to and put them in beds. Although they went back out side and I started to ask a million questions to that girl Annabeth. When I say a million I'm not exaggerating.
I wasn't the only one to ask questions. Annabeth asked Percy while he was conscious weird questions, something about the summer solstice.
Grover woke up first screaming something about tin cans attacking, bad dream I presume.
"OW!" I said covering my ears.
"Well he's back to normal now." She said.
"What about Percy? Do you know when he'll wake up?" I asked.
Grover staggered into the room.
"How did I get here? How long was I out?" Grover says than gasps when he sees Percy. "Oh gods, is he ok?" He started bawling and chewing the mattress. That was freaky.
"Dude, calm down he saved both of us. He's still alive." I said.
Grover couldn't believe how calm I was, neither could I.
Percy woke up maybe 30 minute later. I guess Grover wanted us to go together where ever he was taking us. Now is the present because I don't know what happens next.
Grover gives Percy a shoe box. He opens it and is confused like he is thinking 'that really happened?'
Grover look at me weird and another satyr come over and sniffed me. I had no idea why but I guess I had to live with that.
Grover's POV
I was wondering what I missed because Baxie smelled more powerful. At first, I thought her parent was a Athena for the amount of questions she asked but now I'm not sure if it's one God anymore but I knew she was a half-blood, they smell different.
(I just realized, lots of the half-bloods do come in pairs. Like the Di Angelos, and the Stoll brothers, and the Graces, Percy and Baxie seem like the only ones that aren't brother and sister when they came in.)
I apologized to Percy and Baxie for not protecting them better. I took them both to the farmhouse so they could meet Mr. D.
Percy was shocked that his Latin teacher was Chiron, Baxie already figured it out.
"Why is Dionysus here? Did he get banished or something?" Baxie asked.
"I said 'Mr. D' how did you know who he was. Oh and the answer is yes." I said
"You said Dionysus in the car. But how did you get banished?" Baxie asked.
"Yes. That story." Dionysus said like he is annoyed.
Dionysus explains the story about how has been sentenced -apparently a burden to him- to work at Half-Blood hill for a few hundred years before he can return to Mount Olympus. His father, Zeus, is punishing him for crushing on a wood-nymph that he was supposed to stay away from. Percy and Baxie seemed confused but then again it's hard to take it all in at first, I think.
"Wood-nymph? Why-" Baxie started.
"That's enough questions, Baxie!" I said.
Then Percy looked at Annabeth and was cut off by her as he was about to say something.
"You drool in your sleep." She said then went to cabin 11 to check on our bunk.
Dionysus asked then if they wanted to play pinochle, obviously they wouldn't know how to play yet he still asked.
"Um we don't know how to play." Baxie said, Percy looked offended because she assumed that he didn't know. She was right he didn't have to like it but he just nodded.
"But I don't believe in gods and goddesses." Percy says. Baxie elbowed him probably telling him to shut up. Mr. D is furious anyways and leaves as soon as the game is over. Chiron tells Percy and Baxie that the Greek gods are alive and well and that they have been for thousands of years. He tells Percy that gods have moved constantly over the years, settling in places where the "fire" of Western Civilization burns brightest. At this moment in time, it burns brightest in America. Just look at the architecture, the statues, and the symbol of the eagle that is everywhere in America, Chiron says. Mount Olympus is now in America.
"Why is the camp here? Does this place move too? How do the gods move without the mortals seeing? Oh wait never mind the mist. But what about people what exactly do they see? How many monsters are there? Can they get in here? If not, what protects us? And what are we exactly? Do we have powers. And why-" Baxie starts with her frenzy of questions but Percy covers her mouth.
"Careful, you might over-questionate again." Percy said.
"I will lick you." She said, Percy was not afraid of that happening.
"All of these are good questions. Not to jump to conclusions but you seem like a child of Athena and as for you Percy, I'm not sure. To start, the camp is here because this is the perfect spot for us because not many people go around this area often. But the camp doesn't move from place to place. And we don't know what mortals see exactly only that their minds can comprehend without any thing magical. I've never thought of how many beasts there are but most likely over 100. And the pine tree on top of half-blood hill is a girl named Thalia, daughter of Zeus, and he turned her into a trees while she was in battle to preserve her life because she was dying. And her tree still protects the camp from invaders. And unfortunately a do not know who you are just yet. How about I give you a tour of the camp." Chiron said.