Hello! Here's Chapter 3!
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Chapter 3:
"I thought you were joking when you said you got car sick." Holly said after the third time she pulled over to let me puke on the side of the road.
"I was." I hissed, standing back up and wiping my mouth. "Probably delayed shock from seeing a dead body combined with your absolutely terrible driving."
"My driving isn't that bad." She handed me a bottle of water and helped me lay down in the backseat of the car before returning to the driver's seat.
"You missed that last telephone pole by maybe ten feet."
"Well, I'm sorry if nature spirits weren't born with the knowledge of how to drive a car."
"Nature what now?" I sat up sharply and smacked my head on the roof of the car. Clutching my head, I fell back down and moaned in pain. "Shouldn't have done that..."
"Yeah, nature spirits. I might as well tell you since I already spoiled it. Greek Gods are real."
"I already knew that. I just didn't know you were a nature spirit. Geez, you could've told me sooner."
"Wait..." Holly pulled the car over to the side of the road and parked before turning in her seat to look at me. "How do you know the Greek Gods are real? The Mist usually prevents that until someone tips you off."
"We went to Ute Lake one time and I saw some water nymphs. I think they're called naiads?" She nodded and I continued talking. "Naturally I thought I was going insane and started panicking but the Naiads were kind enough to give me the whole 'Greek mythology is real' speech. Sorry to disappoint you, but someone else beat you to the punch."
"I'm not disappointed! What makes you think I even care?!" She yelled at me even as she pulled the car back onto the road. We were somewhere in Pennsylvania, probably near to Philadelphia and about two hours away from final destination.
"The fact that you're yelling and being an aggressive driver. Though..." I clutched the door handle tightly as Holly swerved around a Hummer and blared her horn at it as we passed. "That last one might not have anything to do with the current situation...Seems to me you're always an aggressive driver."
"I wouldn't know." She seemed to have calmed down, only going ten miles per hour over the speed limit instead of twenty. "First time driving and everything."
"Thank the gods we're not dead, then. Even with your cruddy driving, you're still something of a prodigy, huh?"
"Go to sleep. You're annoying." I huffed and crossed my arms.
"And if I don't want to?"
"That's soil you've got on your shirt. Being a nature spirit, I can make anything grow as long as I have soil. What you're about to see is a special plant I bred on my own. I call it the Sleep Daisy. You'll know why in a minute." She snapped her fingers and large white daisies bloomed from my shirt and practically spat their pollen onto me. I sneezed even as the world grew fuzzy and my head hit the car seat.
The next time I woke up, it was due to the fact the car had stopped moving and the horn was blaring again.
"Agh!" I bolted up and clamped my hands over my ears. "Holly, quit that!" She turned in her seat to smirk at me before slowly and deliberately lifting her hand off the wheel.
"Sorry, Sleeping Beauty. I still need to learn to work on how long the pollen hangs around in someone's system. Frankly, if I hadn't forcefully woken you up, I fear you would've slept for a week."
"I certainly feel like it." My eyelids felt like they weighed ten tons, and the muggy heat wasn't helping anything. "Why's it so hot?"
"Look outside." Holly opened the door before climbing out and slamming it. I did as she requested and couldn't stop the tiny gasp that escaped.
We were parked at the foot of what looked like either a murder scene or a hill from one of my nightmares. The remains of what looked like two bronze bulls lay scattered across the grass and children ranging from younger than me to college age were slowly congregating, looking for all the world like moving rubble. At the top of the hill stood a lone pine tree whose needles were a sickly combination of yellow and brown. The children were melting across the hill, inching along like a pile of molasses sliding across the bottom of a cold frying pan. Holly didn't seem very worried about the children, instead gazing worriedly at the tree.
"Buddy of yours?" I asked, armed with the knowledge that nymphs had their homes in the form of trees. Not even their homes, their very life force.
"That tree forms the magical boundary that protects Camp Half-Blood."
"Camp what now?" She sighed and slapped a hand to her forehead.
"That's right, you were unconscious for the last leg of the journey. Camp Half-Blood is where children of the gods come to stay safe. Children like you. Now can we talk about this later? Chiron is probably going to call a meeting." And with that, she dashed off, leaving me alone next to the taxi, worried and very confused.
"But who the heck is Chiron?!"
Ah, you poor uninformed soul, Sarah Jones. Anyways... Third chapter down! Time for me to respond to reviews.
To vcrx: I can't breathe! Your review made me laugh out loud and scare my dog. And your waiting is over! Yay! Also, I was waiting to see who would guess Holly was trying to summon the Grey Sisters.
To FanFiction'BoutPJIsLife: You're back! Hi! Your review was very nice, I appreciate it. Hope you keep loving this story.
Rambling over. Just figured I should let you guys know this takes place at the same time as Sea of Monsters, and that explains why Grey Sisters were out of use.
Signing off, as always,
EOM