Zach,

I was sitting beside Cammie, my arm draped around her shoulders, her head leaning on my shoulder. We had snuck into one of the few secret passages that hadn't been blocked up.

This one was my favourite by far. It wasn't completely clean, but quite tidy compared to some passages. Cammie had dragged a couple of beanbags down here when she was younger, and there was a tiny window letting just enough light to see. I had no idea how we had got here I just followed Cammie.

We went away together to Nebraska. I loved meeting her grandparents. They were good, generous people, and she loved them dearly. They were so sweet to me, welcoming me as if I was too their grandchild. Well, apart from when her grandfather looked at me as if I were to be trouble right at the beginning; I think it was just that I was dating their granddaughter. And their granddaughter's father had died; I'd come to the conclusion that he had taken over that father role because his son had died.

Cammie and I weren't the usual couple; well a usual couple might not have to help each other in a life or death situation so frequently. A normal couple might go through that maybe once or twice in their whole life. Yet, Cammie and I were still in our teens, but we had already experienced that situation more than enough times.

I knew Cammie was overthinking these new students. It was all she really talked about. If she went to talk to her mom it was usually about these new students. Her mother had been patient with her only giving a few details before Cammie woke up at 4 in the morning to ask her a question that kept her from sleeping. Miss Morgan had then given us all the profiles of all of the new students.

So as we sat there we read with what little light we had.

"This girl looks interesting, she's called Annabeth." She looked up to me, "She ran away from home when she was seven, and there are no records of what she did between the ages of 7 and 12 and then there's an article from the summer of 2005. She and this other boy Percy, here, " she picked up a profile to show me the boy Percy. "They were both seen after Percy was captured with two other friends by a kidnapper that was never caught. And right after this Percy's stepfather went missing." Cammie took a breath before continuing, "after this she attended some good schools and got great grades. But, she didn't seem to attend school for at least 5 years."

She was putting pieces of the puzzle together when she noticed another detail, "and all of them have ADHD and/or dyslexia expect from this one, Frank, but he's lactose intolerant."

I picked up one profile. The girl's name was Piper, "Gallagher girl, look at this one. Her name is Piper; she is the daughter of some big Hollywood star. And" Cammie cut me short.

"What Hollywood star?" she looked intrigued.

"Tristan McLean, quite a good actor if I don't say so myself…" I said and Cammie squealed.

"He was in that movie- King of Sparta," she continued in the small dazed state.

"Yeah, well she is said to have stolen things, but claiming she persuaded the owner first. She once stole a BMW…" this could be good, we might get away from missions faster if we were able to get a girl who could trick an owner into giving it away. Maybe she was good at hacking or a good distraction for her friends. "She sounds like more of a thief…"

"There's something about all of them, they all have gone missing at some point. Percy and Jason," she pointed to two profiles, "they both went missing for 6 months, roughly." Overthinking is not very good. Numerous possibilities might ruin something…

"Gallagher girl, it's almost time for lunch. They are coming tomorrow."

She looked into my eyes, "I suppose we can then meet them in person. We can work out what their deal is…"

"Yeah, and all the others will be back tomorrow as well. Ask Liz, she will probably find all the missing information you need with a quick search on the database. Come on, let's go now." I stood up, reaching out a hand to help her up. She took it smiling.

"Plus, I'm hungry, you made me miss breakfast this morning!" I teased her and she just rolled her eyes, leading me out of the small cramped space and into the huge school corridors.

Calypso,

I felt like I was being selfish, and Leo had been acting rather strange. They were planning to leave tomorrow, and I still hadn't come up with a decision of what to do. I wanted to go with Leo, but I didn't know about the school. Annabeth had tried to persuade me that it's a good school, but I knew I would fail at everything. I would humiliate everyone, especially Leo. I really didn't want to loose Leo though…

I worried that if Leo left, he would see all the fit, single girls and forget about me. I knew it was somewhere close to insanity and I was defiantly being paranoid. Couldn't I trust Leo? Of course I could! He swore on the river Styx that he would find me. I was nothing but cruel to him when I met him. He forgave me. Rescued me. And loves me. But I couldn't even trust him. I felt like an idiot, but I needed to go with Leo. Maybe he could teach me how to use a computer, it shouldn't be too hard…

I ran down the creaky old stairs, careful not to trip. Skipping past the kitchen and out of the back door, I found Chiron on the deck outside in his wheelchair. "Chiron, I want to go to Gallagher. Is it too late?"

"Of course not, dear, there was still a space. I was going to offer it to another camper, but I think it would be best if you would go. I think Leo needs you there." I was a little annoyed that Chiron was planning to give away my place, but then grateful that he hadn't just yet.

"Thank you Chiron, it would be unbearable without Leo…" I sighed, thinking of how alone I would feel. But my brain started screaming at me 'stop being so selfish!'

"You better tell Leo, I'm sure he will be over the moon. I believe he is in the Hephaestus work shop, if not he'll be in bunker 9."

"Thank you Chiron" I shouted as I was already running down the path towards the cabins.

I hadn't been down to the cabins yet; I probably ought to have done because I had no idea where Leo's cabin was. I walked past a few Aphrodite girls who looked friendly enough; I went to ask them for directions to the Hephaestus cabin.

"Excuse me, I'm terribly sorry, but would you be able to tell me where I could find the Hephaestus cabin?" I looked to the stunning girls, truly daughters of Aphrodite.

"You're Calypso right? I heard 'bout you. Leo's lil'girlfriend 'ay." I looked confused. "You know you two are cute together, but aren't you, like immortal or something. Won't that make it, like awkward in the future?" I really didn't need this; I just wanted to find Leo.

"Don't worry. I'll find it on my own." I looked at them, if I continued they were probably going to analyse my relationship with Leo.

"Hey, what are you doing around here Calypso?" I turned to see Annabeth standing about 2 meters away from me.

"Annabeth, how nice it is to see you. I was looking for Leo's cabin. I have no idea where to go, I tried to ask some Aphrodite girls, but they just started to analyze my relationship with him." She looked apologetic; I must have looked like I was overtired or something.

"Come on, Cabin 9 is this way." She did a small hand action, gesturing for me to follow. When I caught up with the athletic blonde, she started to speak "I'm sorry about those girls, I mean you should have seen Aphrodite cabin when Percy and I got together! It was mayhem… So are you all right; you kind of look pumped and nervous." I looked at her before nodding.

"Um, well, I've decided that I can't really let Leo go… And I know it sounds selfish, but I am paranoid. And I know about how Leo has behaved in the past. I just don't want to lose him." I took a deep breath, "So I'm coming with you, I'll stay for at least a term to see if I can fit in. And I desperately want to fit in, but I can't commit to any violence. Leo came up with the idea of computers. But I've never even seen a computer. I don't know, but I want to come." I babbled on until we arrived at a huge metal cabin that stunk of oil.

"Look Calypso, I've wanted to go to this school my entire life. I honestly think you won't have a problem there. You will quickly find something you are good at, please don't freak out anymore. I'm scared that Leo might freak out if you freak out, we all know that last time that happened the Demeter children had to replant their flowers. Talk to him calmly, he will be very excited." She turned to knock on the metal door.

It didn't open, she swore in Greek under her breath.

She stepped forward and pressed a small button on the right of the door, it clicked and set a sequence of different manoeuvres. Clogs moved creaking and pulling metal to the side. The door unraveled itself, showing the entrance to cabin 9.

"Nyssa, where's Leo?" a girl with no resemblance to Leo turned to us. She wore a red bandana in her hair and she had coco-brown skin.

"He's just gone to bunker 9. He'll probably stay there all day if you don't catch him." It was a little disappointing that he wasn't there, but it also meant I was able to see more of camp.

"Thanks Nyssa." Annabeth turned away from the Hephaestus cabin and started walking along the pebble path. I followed.

"So…" Annabeth pondered on what to say. "Didn't Leo show you around camp? I thought it would be one of the first things he would do…"

I knew this was going to come at one point. "Well, you guys tracked Leo down. He was pretty miffed." I sighed, "When we got here it wasn't really a happy reunion, Chiron wanted to speak to Leo. All of you wanted to speak to your friend, who you thought was dead. And I really was left out of the equation. No one knew who I was. Well, except Percy… I wasn't a demigod, I was just some strange immortal girl who decided to run away with Leo." Smiling at Annabeth she nodded understanding my difficulty. "I think some even look at me as a traitor… Chiron spoke with me and gave me a room. I only came down at meal times sitting beside Dionysus as I had no cabin to sit with."

"But you must have got bored in that small room, why didn't you join in with any of the activities. You know not all of them are sword fighting or archery, you could fly a Pegasus or kayak…" Annabeth suggested this; I knew I could do all of this but…

"I was reading, when we stopped in a sweet village somewhere in the country. We went to a bookshop. Cute little place it was. Anyway, Leo brought me books about the modern world: everything from world history to modern technology. It's been great, and I've learnt so much." Annabeth gave a sweet laugh.

"The modern world is a weird place, I love it here because there isn't anything too modern, everything is how it should be. Well, for an Ancient Greek camp it is. It's my home, a break from the outside world. And from all those flaming mortals, I swear they are as bad as monsters. They just never understand…" she grinned, I knew she was joking around so I giggled a bit.

We walked past lots of different Cabins, each one unique in its own way. They were magnificent.

Annabeth stopped to point at a cabin. "This is the Athenian cabin, children of Athena. It's my cabin, but it's not really the most homely part of camp. Some others think of their cabin as a home, but I don't. I love it inside; it has a brilliant workspace. How would I put it…?" She puzzled for a minute, "It's more of a room, where I sleep. The camp is my home. I know it's not a house or anything but, um… You know what I mean?" she shrugged looking at me.

"Yeah, I do." I smiled, "Home is where the heart is, right?" she laughed and suggested we should move on.

After walking for what seemed like forever, we saw him calmly walking towards an entrance to the woods. He held blueprints in his hands, and it sounded like he was whistling.

"Leo," Annabeth called out to him. Turning to the sound of her voice and looked at her and then to me. As began to walk towards us and replied:

"Annabeth," he replied in the same tone. "What do you need the supreme uncle Leo for now?" Annabeth laughed at him as if he was a small child, he just grinned.

"Calypso wanted to talk to you, repair boy…" she looked to both of us before deciding, "I better leave. Leo make sure you come to the campfire tonight, final night at camp. See you later then." She walked away, heading for the Poseidon cabin.

"Alright, sunshine what did you need me for then?" he asked me, "I mean this is a little far away from your books don't you think…" He teased. I elbowed him.

"No, it's such a lovely day I thought I would try and work my way around it before we left…" trying to hint what I was going to say. Leo just looked confused. "I've asked Chiron, if I can come with you to Gallagher, Leo I don't want you missing out because of me."

He smiled so wide I thought he might explode, "Well that's brilliant sunshine." He said trying to act cool. He gave it up after a minute; he scooped me up dancing around. I put my arms around his neck, reflecting his happiness.

"Now let's get ready for the campfire" he put me down. He held out his arm and said, "Shall we?"

Grabbing his arm I replied, "we shall." We ran off laughing.