As half-bloods go, it wasn't very hard to find Theo.
Grover knew him, so we went to the dining hall, and Grover was able to pick him out. He was a small, raven-haired boy, sitting at a table by himself as students chattered all around him. He wasn't even eating.
His face brightened as he noticed Grover. Apparently, the two were good friends.
"Hi, Theo," Grover said. "I've brought some friends to meet you."
His brows furrowed in confusion. "Who are you?" he asked me. "Are you a new student?"
Nico looked at me and raised his eyebrows. I nodded. He could see through the Mist so easily. There was no doubt in my mind that he was a powerful half-blood.
"Yeah," I lied. "I just arrived today. Grover's told me all about you."
"There's…something we want to tell you," Nico said. "Could you come with us for a minute?"
Theo didn't hesitate. He hopped up and followed us out of the dining hall towards Grover's dorm. Inside, he settled himself next to Grover on the bed. Nico and I sat on the floor.
No one spoke for a long time.
Finally, I cleared my throat. "Theo," I said, "this is going to be a little hard to accept, but you have to trust me, okay? Otherwise, they'll find you."
Theo's eyes widened, but he nodded.
"Do you know the Greek myths?" I asked him.
"Yeah," he replied. "Like Typhon, the Chimera…those ones?"
"Yes." I took a deep breath. "You might not believe this, but…they're real."
I expected him to try and beat me up, call me a lunatic, something like that. It's happened plenty of times. But that's not what happened at all.
"I knew it!" he exclaimed. "All these years…I thought I was going mad myself!"
I looked at Grover. He looked just as baffled as I felt.
"Okay, Theo. So…one of your parents is a Greek god or goddess."
Now he looked surprised, if only for a moment. "It must have been my father," he decided. "I live with my mother during the holidays, so…"
Nico took over. "There's a camp for people like us in New York. It's called Camp Half-Blood. We need to take you there, or the monsters will hunt you down and kill you."
He nodded. "I can be packed and ready in five minutes."
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This might be on hold for a couple days - i'm planning a miniseries called the Garth Polden Saga. It's about a son of Poseidon. Still working on the idea though.