Chapter 2: The Claiming

Percy's POV

I've only known Ryan for a couple hours (the whole day he was unconscious doesn't count) but he seems like a really cool kid. Annabeth and I were giving him a tour of the camp when we decided it was time to break the news to him.

"So Ryan, what do you know about greek mythology?" Annabeth asked him.

"I know a little bit about it, why?" Ryan answered.

"Because it's real. The gods, heroes, monsters, all of it. And sometimes, the gods have kids with mortals. They're kids are half god, half mortal, half-bloods. They're are also sometimes called demigods. And camp half-blood is,"

"A camp for half-bloods?" Ryan said, cutting me off.

"Yes exactly," Annabeth said, glad that he caught on fast, "and you are one of us. You are a half-blood. By the way good summary Seaweed Brain." I smiled at Annabeth calling me by my nickname.

"Cool" Ryan exclaimed.

"The only problem is that we have no idea who your godly parent is." I told him. Earlier that day, Ryan told us how he was adopted and never met either of his parents so we have no idea if his godly parent is a god or a goddess.

"Well how do I find out?" Ryan asked, obviously curious.

"You'll probably get claimed at the campfire tonight. We seem to get a lot of claimings at campfires." Annabeth told him. "And in the meantime we can finish the tour and then we can invite some of our friends and we can all go swimming in the ocean."

"Yes!" Ryan and I yelled at the same time. Yeah, I'm really starting to like this kid.

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After we told our friends about the plan, Annabeth went to her cabin to get ready while I took Ryan to mine. The look on his face when he saw the inside of my cabin was priceless. It was a combination of awe and excitement.

"This cabin looks awesome! Is that real coral?" He said, pointing to the walls.

"I, think so." I said uncertain. I guess I've never wondered whether or not it's real coral or just a material that looks like it. But I'll wonder about that for another day. We have to get ready for the "Welcome Back Party" as I called it. I went over to my trunk and pulled out two swimming shorts. I tossed a pair of blue smaller shorts to Ryan and kept a bigger green pair for myself. We quickly got changed and grabbed anything else we would need for the party; drinks, snacks, towels, etc.

Once we had everything packed and ready, we left the cabin and started on our way to the beach when we met Leo.

"Hey Leo, you heading to the beach?" I asked him.

"Yes sir Mr. Fishboy sir." Leo retorted.

"Don't call me fishboy!" I yelled, even though I couldn't hide my smirk. " Do you mind taking Ryan down to the beach with you? I gotta go get annabeth." I asked.

"Sure thing Perce. Ok Ryan follow me." Leo said turning on the spot and marched on towards the beach, Ryan in tow.

I chuckled inwardly at the sight. I turned and walked to the Athena cabin. When I reached my destination I knocked on the door. The moment my knuckles touched the door, it opened, and my mouth fell down to the floor.

Annabeth looked beautiful. Her blonde hair was down in her normal princess curls. She was wearing little to no make up,and it let her natural beauty shine. Around her neck was her camp necklace. She was wearing a tight white tank top and you could easily see her grey bikini top through it. She had on tight jean shorts that I thought were really short. Not that that's a bad thing! They really show off her long, tan, smooth legs that I like so much.

"Percy, you're staring," Annabeth said, snapping me out of my thoughts.

I shook my head to clear my mind and noticed Annabeth blushing slightly. I smiled and pulled her in close for a kiss. "You look beautiful" I told her. She smiled and grabbed her backpack with her stuff in it.

"Let's go" She said smiling, grabbing my hand and pulling me to the beach.

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The party was great! Everyone of my friends were there, at least the ones who could make it. Travis and Katie were engaged in a water fight against Jason and Piper, Leo, Conner, and Ryan were all surfing, or should I say trying. Leo and Conner absolutely terrible, but for some reason Ryan was a natural. He got the hang of it fairly quickly and was now a pro. Clarisse and Chris were engaged in a mud fight against Thalia and Nico. Oh I forgot to mention that the hunters of Artemis are visiting for a while so we invited Thalia to the party.

Annabeth and I were in the middle of building the biggest and grandest sand castle ever. And it is turning out fairly well. But just when we were about to finishing touch on it, I heard a scream. I turn towards the source of the scream. It was Piper. She was pointing to a large wave coming towards the shore rapidly. But that's not what she was screaming at. Ryan was surfing the wave, and he was going in the direction of Stone Gully.

Stone Gully was a large group of sharp rocks and boulders on the far end of the beach. And that was where Ryan was going. It looked like he wasn't able to turn around, and before any of us could do anything, he and the wave crashed into a particularly large stone.

"Jason!" I yelled, " Go get Chiron!" Jason nodded and shot out of the water, flying towards the Big House. Meanwhile I was sprinting towards the water. When I reached it I dove in and willed the currents to take me to the rocks. When I reached the rocks, the scene wasn't good.

Ryan was lying on a large rock, with a large gash cutting across his head. He seemed to be unconscious. I grabbed him off the rock and pulled him to shore where the others were waiting. I pulled him so that he was half out of water. I look over to see that Jason had just arrived with Chiron.

"Some bring him some nectar or ambrosia!" I screamed, scared that Ryan might die for the large amount of blood he had lost. I may have only known him for a short period of time he is my friend and I don't want him to die. "Someone please help him!"

"Percy, I don't think he needs any help." Annabeth said slowly, her eyes wide.

"What do you mea.." I stop my sentence short as I look at Ryan. The water that he was in seemed to be coming towards him, sending the blood back up and into his gash on his head, which was rapidly closing. Within a couple of seconds, the gash had fully closed and Ryan's eyes snapped open. He sat up slowly and looked around at all of us, obviously confused. What we all saw next made us all suck in our breath. FLoating above his head was a glowing green trident.

Chiron walked forward and knelt down, which must've been hard in his horse form. "All hail Ryan Erikson, son of Poseidon."

AN: Sorry about the wait guys, it took longer to write this chapter than I thought. Nonetheless, I got it done. Thanks for reading!

PS. How did you guys like that Percabeth ;)