Mkay guys, sorry about no intro last chapter D: anywayz yeah so this is chapter two and tysm to all the people who read chapter one ;D u guys pwn

Annabeth: ummm.. Shouldn't you have like, a disclaimer or sumthin?

Me: oh, right right!

Annabeth: yeah.

Me: I do NOT own Percy Jackson and the Olympians - if I did, Apollo would be my hostage and he would be happy about it cuz hes hawt ;D

Annabeth: O.o weirdo.

Me: thank you.

Annabeth: oh ur so welcome.

Me: ON WITH CHAPTER 2 ALREADY!

CHAPTER TWO: I LOSE A FRIEND

I woke up and found Anna dishing up a spoonful of something sweet-smelling for me. She handed me the spoon and I popped it in my mouth. It was like… a cookie. A really good cookie! Fresh-baked, home made, right out of the oven without the burn. I could almost feel that melted chocolate sliding down my throat, warming me from head to toe. I felt better before it was even completely down. I quickly examined my surroundings. I was in an infirmary, apparently in Camp Half Blood. I was in a bed with sheets wrapped around my legs and waist like a cocoon. I immediately stripped the sheets away and jumped off the bed. Anna looked at me as if I was going to die, but I felt 100% fine. I did a few little stretches and looked around again. A quick yawn and I felt no different than any other morning.

"So, this is Camp Half Blood, right?" I asked. Anna was in shock.

"After only one square…. HOW are you able to do that?" she asked in amazement.

"What? It warmed me from head to toe, and that always makes me feel way better!"

Anna still didn't move. I raised an eyebrow, and she finally snapped out of her trance. She led me outside and showed me around.

"Well, that's the volleyball pit, and that's where we eat, and over there are the other cabins…" she pointed everything out. I nodded slowly.

"Ok… so, which cabin am I in?" I asked. He face twisted a bit, as if she had just eaten something sour.

"Well, until you've been claimed, you're in the Hermes cabin, cabin 11. It's a little crowded, but I got you a sleeping bag."

She handed me a rolled-up sleeping bag and showed me to cabin 11. I walked in, and a girl about my age greeted me.

"Hi! I'm Stephanie! Welcome to cabin 11!" she said cheerfully. Everyone looked at me.

"Erm, hi… I'm just in here until I get, err, claimed…" I said quietly. Everyone groaned and went back to what they were doing. Stephanie didn't change her facial expression.

"That's just fine! Here, you can put all of your stuff right over here!" she pointed to a corner in the back. It was pretty clean, though it could have been better. I unrolled my sleeping bag and realized that I had dropped my other two bags. I went around to look for Anna. I found her talking to that Percy guy. I just stood there, and decided to eavesdrop a little. I snuck behind a tree and listened.

"Well, I just have a really bad feeling about her, Annabeth," Percy said.

"Why? Because you had to save her?" Anna replied.

"I don't know why! I just know that something not-very-good is going to happen with her! Annabeth, I had a dream about it!"

Anna froze.

"Oh, so you had a dream about her?" she asked slyly.

"Oh, come on, Annabeth! You know that's not what I meant! I had a dream about something bad happening between my dad and Zeus again!" Percy explained.

"Mhmm. Well, if Zeus's Master Bolt is stolen again, he can just very well deal with it!"

"It's not that. But I just don't think we should be hanging out around her too much,"

"Whatever, Percy. Just wait til she gets claimed, then you'll see!" Anna concluded, then turned on her heel and walked away. I acted like I had just been coming down the road and just "happened" to run into her.

"Oh, Anna! I was wondering where you were!" I stopped her.

"Do you think we could go back down the road to get those bags we dropped?"

Anna considered this.

"Well, Percy did kill the Hellhounds for now…" she was deep in thought. "Okay, why not?"

And we left. After about ten minutes walking I found my backpack, a bunch of rips and holes in it. I picked it up, and slung it over my shoulder, gently. Anna found the other two bags further down the road, and handed mine to me. We walked back to camp together.

"So, Anna…" I started. She stopped me right there.

"Ok, just to clarify… my full name's Annabeth, and I prefer to be called that," she said politely as she could.

"Oh, sorry… Annabeth," I said sheepishly. It just didn't seem to have that old ring. Well, I would get used to it.

"Anyway, this Percy guy doesn't seem to like me much…"

"Oh don't worry about him. He takes a little while to warm up to…" Annabeth sighed. "Which reminds me, I think it's just about dinner time."

Sure enough, I heard a loud sound that sounded like a horn. Annabeth began running up the hill, and I struggled to follow her. She was already at a table with her siblings by the time I got there. I tried to sit next to her, but she nudged me towards the table with all the people from the Hermes cabin. I groaned and just kneeled at the end of the table. It was uncomfortable, but I didn't complain. After I got my food, I followed everyone to a huge fire pit. I felt the heat overwhelm me, and it felt heavenly. Heat always made me feel good, though I didn't know why. We were supposed to scrape some of our food into the fire, though I was really hungry. But I did it anyway. I prayed to the gods to claim me, so I wouldn't be stuck in that over-crowded cabin forever. We went to sit back down, and I starting nibbling on my food. Someone explained to me that if I just held up my goblet and said any drink (non alcoholic of course) it would magically appear. I didn't even want to know how. I really considered my drink, like I did with all stupid things. Eventually I just shrugged.

"Warm water, please… very warm, but not like, hot," I tried to be specific. Why did I always ask for warm things? I didn't care, because the nice, warm glass of crystal-clear water was already half-way down my throat. I couldn't believe how thirsty I was. I could feel the energy and heat flowing through me. It was rather engulfing. After we ate, I unwillingly dragged myself back to the Hermes cabin. But we still had an hour before we had to be in bed, so I decided to take a little beach walk. The beach had warm enough water (much to my liking) and nice, silky sand. I just plopped down in the sand and let the waves wash over me. It was okay that I was getting wet, because it was warm. I was about to dose off, when I heard a splash in the waves. I opened my eyes, and saw a really tan guy with a beard and Bermuda shorts standing in the waves. He smiled, his face slightly withered. I just stared and sort of smiled back. I had a feeling I knew him, but I doubted I did. He had a fishing line in his hand. I just watched him for a few minutes, when I heard someone running up the shoreline. It was that Percy guy. He froze when he saw the fisherman.

"…Dad? What are you doing here?" he sounded amazed and happy. He smiled more.

"Hello, Percy. I came to visit our new camper here," he explained. So, this old guy was Percy's dad?

"Wait, then…" I paused to think. "Oh, I suppose you must be Poseidon, God of the Sea?"

Poseidon nodded.

"Ok, so why did you come to see me?" I asked.

"I came to tell you something," he replied simply, then cleared his throat. "Don't always jump to conclusions. And be sure to think of every possible answer to a problem - logical or not before reaching a verdict," he said. I took this all in. I looked over at Percy who was looking at me in shock. When we looked back, Poseidon was gone.

"That… that's it? He just came to tell you that? I'm his son! And he didn't even…" Percy seemed furious beyond words.

"Umm… I think I should say sorry, but I don't really know what I did…" I said in a small voice. He just kicked the sand so hard it reached me, ten feet away. I tried to say something else, but he got so mad and upset that the ocean began to rise and make a small wave. It was small, compared to how big it could have been; 15 feet high was nothing compared to 115 feet. But it still did a number. I was shot back across the beach. I didn't really feel any particular pain, but it sure didn't feel good. The water was cold. I was shivering and gasping more than a normal person would have been. It took Percy a moment to calm down, and then another moment to realize he had hit me. He didn't rush over. He took his time, clearly still not happy with me. I was shivering and gasping so much I wasn't even sure if I wanted him to help me. He tried to help me up, but I just ran down the beach. He caught up to me quickly. I grabbed my should and I flinched. Why was I so afraid of him all of a sudden? I felt colder than liquid nitrogen, which made me more vulnerable than if I had been dropped into a pit of lava, (which I actually would have liked right now). I took a few steps back, still sopping wet. His face looked like he had just aged five years, and like he had just killed somebody. And he had just about done that. Even the slightest breeze chilled me to the bone, and with icy-cold water (which probably wasn't near as cold to a normal person) I felt like I wanted to go jump into the fire pit. It didn't take Annabeth long to come running after she heard the yelling. She saw Percy trying to touch me, and me staggering back in fear, drenched and crying and dripping. She ran up to me first.

"Percy… what… did you do?" she whispered, staring at the horror-stricken look on my face. He lowered his hand.

"I… I don't know… I just got so mad, I…" he couldn't speak and fell to his knees. He looked at me, and I squeezed my eyes shut, which were stinging and freezing (no, not burning, because freezing felt a lot worse) from salt water. I was still coughing up some sand.

"What made you this mad? What made you do this to a little kid?"

When she said that, I realized that my birthday was tomorrow. At the age of 8, I was to be declared an official kid, no longer little kid. But since Percy and Annabeth were 13, I was a little kid to them.

"M-My dad came…. Just to talk to her… just to talk to her!" Percy spat. Annabeth glared at him like he was a true monster.

"Come on, Vadetta. I'll go help you dry off," Annabeth steered me towards the Big House. "Percy, I don't know what's gotten into you to be that selfish, but you really need a wake-up call." And on that cheery note, we headed to the Big House, leaving Percy on the beach to think about what he did to me. Annabeth tried to take me into the house, but I quickly steered to the fire pit. It wasn't very alive, but I could still feel the little bit of heat warming me. I just sat there, feeling better by the minute. Annabeth sat next to me.

"Hey, why did Poseidon come?" she looked worried. I smiled.

"Oh, he wanted to tell me something like don't jump to conclusions. Not sure why, but being a God and all, he should be," I sighed.

"Well, if he took all this trouble to actually come visit you, it was obviously important. Gods don't just visit random people everyday."

We sat in silence next to the fire. I picked up a few small sticks and tossed them on the coals. I gave one short, salty breath and the fire picked up. The flames danced red and orange and yellow, showing me pictures. A rabbit running in a beautiful, open field. There were flowers and other animals drinking from a creek. It was too beautiful to be real. I looked away.

"Oh, that's right! Tomorrow's your birthday, Vadetta!" Annabeth exclaimed. I smiled and nodded.

"It's weird that we still had school in June. I wonder what everyone is thinking…" I muttered. I wondered about my step parents. I wondered about my school. Then I realized I didn't care about any of them. This was my new home.

"Well, we're gonna have a party for you, so get ready! Wear your nicest clothes of what you brought," she suggested. I sighed, and she went back to her cabin. I stayed there by the warm fire, thinking about everything. After about 20 minutes alone, I went back to the crowded Hermes cabin. Everyone was getting to bed. I squeezed through a bunch of people and plopped down on my sleeping bag. I had a dream that night. But whether it was good or bad I I couldn't tell.

I was in New York City, in front of the Empire State Building. I looked up its huge walls, and walked inside. I didn't know what I was doing there. I looked around to see Percy and Annabeth there in the lobby. Percy was arguing with the doorman.

"Take me to the 600th floor!" he demanded.

"Sorry, kid. No suck floor!" the doorman insisted. Annabeth pulled out a shiny gold coin and flipped it to the man. He caught it and cleared his throat.

"Okay, you'll need this card key. And make sure no one else is in the elevator with you," he doorman said. They smiled and ran to the elevator. I followed, apparently invisible. I tried to talk, but I couldn't since it was a dream. We rode up for what seemed like hours. When we get to the top, I was amazed by the sights. There were gold shiny buildings, beautiful flower beds, and a bunch of minor gods buzzing around. I was in Olympus. I followed my company to a huge room with a bunch of thrones - one for each of the gods. In them were Zeus, Poseidon, Athena, and Artemis. The other gods seemed to be out of town somewhere. I examined all the empty thrones. The gods were huge, about 15 feet tall. Percy knelt at his father, Annabeth at her mother. I couldn't understand what they were saying, but I did see a small figure next to the hearth. She was tending it. She smiled and winked at me, but I didn't know who she was. But I did feel something, like… like I wanted to say hello. I waved slightly, and she could actually see me. The others couldn't. Weird. I saw Poseidon and Zeus tighten up, as if they knew something was coming. They both looked at me, their faces holding the same expression Poseidon had when he gave the his advice.