HELLO DEAR AND BELOVED FOLLOWERS! I HAVE COME BACK FROM THE DEAD!
(well, not really the dead...but... you know what i mean...)
AFTER BEING COMPLETLEY LOST WITH THIS STORY, I HAVE A WHOLE NEW PLOT THAT I AM READY TO PUBLISH! let's just have a mini party here...*. .*-THOSE ARE POM POMS :D YESS YESS YESS:)WHOO ^.^ Y... alright I'm done.
Anywayyyy, so this absolutely amazing person here, named Scaket, wrote me this amazingly awesome weapon via PM. pretty snazzy sword. buuuutt... not sure about the name. so far i have "Storm", which is really cool in greek (καταιγίδα) but isn't fantastic... so, uh, anybody out there? HELP!
alright... here we go. chapta four... let's do this..whoo..stories...yeah...whoosshhh...read...noowww
So she's talking to Justin about her mam/dad's past, and Thalia's tree, sort of her family history... or she will be at least. So they are just standingup on the hill talking... yuuppp.
"I have the weirdest, most twisted family tree ever." I spoke.
Justin laughed. "You do. You have a whole cabin full of boring Aunts and Uncles, and then you have a slighter smaller Cabin full of awesome Uncles and Aunts. Well, Uncle and Aunt. And two grandparents up on Olympus. And then you have your second cousins in the Zeus and Hades cabins, and a third cousin Xander who's Jason and Piper's son-"
"OKAY! I get it," I cut him off with, "It's now even more twisted than I thought it was. Dang it Justin, just when I was beginning to accept the fact that I'm not exactly normal"
"And you aren't," He cuts in,
"-You rub it in that my whole family is one big, twisted, line of people who don't even make sense." I finish.
Justin shrugs and offers me a sly smile. "I suppose we should move on now."
"You're impossible," I sigh.
"So I've been told."
We meander around camp for a while. When we pass things, he'll occasionally tell me something about my parents. Which I found creepy as hell.
When we passed the Big House again, he whispered in my ear, "That's where they met."
When we passed the amphitheater, he whispered, "That's where they burned your dad's shroud when they thought he was dead. Another long story."
And when we passed the lake, he whispered, "Now here is a place. This is where they became an "official" couple. Funny story, by they way."
Of course. Another story. How many stories must I hear before I can finally even vaguely understand my parents?
But, I got the basic tour of the camp. And, I think that I was beginning to understand my parents better. But I really wanted to know why and how Justin knew so much about my parents. So I asked him.
He bit his lip and answered, "Well, your parents are pretty much legendary. They nearly met and/or battled an every greek thing in the entire greek world. Just as famous as Heracles, just a bit more liked. I mean, they tell stories about them at the campfire. And I've been here long enough to hear a few of them."
I swallowed. I didn't know they were that important to the camp.
"Oh. That explains a lot, actually." It did. Along the tour of the camp so many kids had stopped and pointed, whispering and giggling (well, the girls at least), and even a few kids had glared at me. Here I was, brand new here, I hadn't even talked to these kids yet, and there already had me labeled as some super-powerful legacy. Great.
"Oh, and here are the cabins," said Justin, breaking me out of my thoughts. "So, I guess you can either stay at Cabin 6, with the smart-aleks," he pointed to a cabin on the left, "Or you can stay in the cool cabin with the best people you will ever meet in your life, cabin 3," He pointed to a long, solid grey cabin on the right.
"So I'm going to just take a wild guess here. Cabin 6 is Athena, and Cabin 3 is Poseidon," I replied sarcasticly.
He grinned. "Oh look! good job! maybe you do belong in the Athena cabin!"
"Haha. Very funny," i pouted at him. "But, if you say so, and you truley believe that the Poseidon cabin is better-"
Justin scoffs. "Um, of course it is!"
"Then I suppose that I'll just have to choose the Poseidon cabin to live in."
"Well of course. Honestly, I can't believe your even descended from Athena. Your so much, i don't know, cooler than them. You know, actually normal."
"Wait - normal? Didn't you just scoff in my face and say that I'd never be normal?" I gasped.
"Well, normal-er..."
"That doesn't even make sense."
I started to laugh. So did he. I looked over at him. Once he looked back, I noticed that he was actually really cute. What the snobby girls at school would define as hot, the "drop-dead, like sexy" kind of hot. And he was actually nice. He saw me looking, and i blushed and looked down at the ground.
Damn. I can't think that. he's like my, uncle, or something like that.
"So, um, let's see cabin 3," he said, filling in the awkward tension.
"Right," i muttered.
"Right this way, madame Jackson," He tugged on my hand, and lead me into Cabin 3. The Cabin had grey, abalone walls, and bunk beds in every corner. A window faced the Long Island Sound, and a nice sea breeze wafted in. The sun shone against the walls, making them shimmer. All in all, it was amazing. And, the longer I stayed in here, the more I relaxed. All the tension I'd been carrying slowly drifted away, and I felt happy. And I knew that this was home.
In one of the bunk beds, a girl with unruly black hair and misty green eyes was sprawled on the bed. A stack of magazine was sitting by her feet, and she had her eyes closed.
"Hey, Sophie, get your lazy ass up and say hi to your new, uh, half-sister, I think."
Sophie opened her eyes and scowled at him. She turned her head toward me, and gave me a sarcastic half smile.
"Well hello. Another newbie?"
At first, I didn't how to respond. But, on second thought, I actually smiled. She didn't know (or didn't believe the rumors) that i was the daughter of Annabeth and Percy. finally, someone who isn't judging me from first sight, by just knowing my parents.
Justin began, "Well, kind of. Her parents are A-"
"Not here, I finished."They're coming in a few days." I tried to cover it up. Might as well try to be normal for as long as i can.
She took that in or a moment, and looked back at me with a quizzical expression. "Wait, you said parents?"
Shit. Busted.
"My parents are Annabeth Chase and Percy Jackson. Maybe you've heard of them." i grumbled/admitted, looking down at my feet.
So the truth has been revealed. Let the judging begin.
"Ah, so the rumors are true. The mystery girl has been revealed! I knew there was something about you... i just couldn't name it." Sophie answered with pride, propping herself up on the bed, and sitting up.
"Well!" Justin said, "Sophie is my, ever so lovely, twin sister."
I studied both of them, and realized that they did look very alike; same nose, same eyes, and same thick, but yet petite, lips. But, Sophie was thin and tiny, where Justin was broad-shouldered and tall.
A conch shell horn blew in the wind outside of the cabin, and Sophie sighed.
"FOOD. finally." And with that, she promptly got up and walked out.
I must have looked confused, because Justin smiled, and said," It's the dinner horn. Come on, I dont know about you, but im starving."
When he smiled, i noticed a dimple on the left side of his cheek. I felt my face flush, and smiled once he had his back turned.
Uncle, Aecia! He's your uncle!
But I couldn't help the way I felt.
I followed him back up the hill, and toward the pavilion.
The pavillion was huge.
And that was an understatement. Tables spread out at a seemingly random pattern, but it all made sense. A buffet with food sat in the front, and a brazier stood at the end of the table, flames leaping up to the sky. I noticed a few kids picking up their best peice of food on their plate and dropping it into the fire. Kids reached up and gave high hives to the ones at their own tables, and some of the older ones hugging.
Wow. This place place looked just like a high school.
"So!" said Justin, breaking me from my thoughts, "How do you like it?"
"Well..." I answered modestly,"It's a little bizarre."
He thought about that for a moment, but then nodded, an said, "Yeah, I guess you could say that, but you'll learn to love it."
"Right. And just out of pure curiosity, why are those kids burning their food?" I questioned.
"Oh just, sacrificing it to the gods. We do this every meal. You put in your best peice of food, and toss it to the brazeir. The gods like the smell. It sounds wierd...but you haven't smelled it yet."
And on that note, he tugged me towards the food. The smell was intoxicating. I reached over and grabbed a plate, and picked up some food. I had a pretty modest plate - A burger, strawberries, a small amout of lettuce. But peeking over at justin's plate, he had 2 briskets, a clump of grapes ( a rather large one, I might add), a hamburger, and some more strawberries.
"Are you kidding me? Are you really gonna eat that much food?" I laughed at Justin.
He glanced up at me. "Well of course. In fact, I think I need more." he reached over and scooped up a mound of mashed patatoes, and whopped them onto the last empty space on his platter. He peeked an eye over at my lunch. "Woah, that is a very small lunch. I cannot accept this." And with that, he grabbed another scoop of mashed patatoes and plopped them on to my plate.
I laughed. 'Um, thanks? I think?'
He smirked. "You are very welcome. Now, come on, let's drop something into the brazier and head to the table."
He walked over toward the brazeir and dropped his better looking brisket into the flames. It seemed kind of wierd, but I did as I was told, and dropped a few of my best strawberries in. It dropped into the fire, landing on the ashes with a sastisfying sizzle. I leaned in, and sniffed the flames. I was so susprised, I nearly dropped my plate. The smoke smelled amazing, like a summer barbaque, mixed with fresh fruit, and summer. Wow. It smlled so good, gods could probaly live on that smoke.
"Aecia?" said Justin, breaking from my daze.
"Yeah?" I spoke, dazed, looking back up from the smoke.
"Table's this way," He said, pointing to the table that Sophie was sitting at.
"Right," I muttered, and followed him.
I followed him around the maze of tables, and he sat down across from Sophie, and I sat next to him.
I dropped my plate on the table, and sat down on the bench.
"So, Aecia, how do you like it?" questioned Sophie, looking up from an even bigger plate than Justin.
"It's interesting," I admitted, "But I like it. The whole place feels kind of like home."
"I makes sense, you know, since your mom designed the cabin layouts, and redesigned some of the other things around here." Sophie stated.
"Well, not really in that way. I mean, I can tell she designed it, and I see that it looks similar to home, but in a different way. I feel like I'm supposed to be here, like, I fit in here. Which doesn't make much sense, because people are staring at me like I have six eyes."
"I know how you feel. Justin and I were Posiden's first children to come to camp after your Dad." said Sophie.
"It's like everyone here expected us to magically solve all of the problems at camp, or just magicly save the world. It's hard to live up to what your dad did." added Justin.
"And it must suck to be you, sense you have to live up to your mom and your dad," Sohpie stated.
I sighed, "Alright, I know my parents did something amazing and all, but what exactly did they do?"
She pursed her lips. "I don't think i can answer that. You shoud let them tell you. Even if I did tell you, you wouldn't believe me."
I sighed. "Can you give me a hint?
Justin though for a second, and said, "Well, your Mom and your Dad were like the leaders of camp. I heard that Percy was an amazing swordsman, and is like, half-roman or something-"
"He isn't half-roman, idiot. He just went to that other camp, for, you know, reasons." cut in Sophie.
"What? That's so ominous! That's all you guys are going to say?" I exclaimed, fustrated.
"Yes," declared Sophie, not looking up from her food.
"Well, I mean we could tell you everything-" Started Justin.
"But we wouldn't want to ruin the susprise for you," ended Sophie.
"That's not what i was going to say!" cried Jusin.
"Oh really? Maybe I thought wrong," she fought back at Justin, and then tome she said,"You know, twin thing."
"Oh, yeah, sure. Anyway, Justin, please continue." I said.
Justin opened his mouth to speak, but Sophie scowled and remarked, "Nooo. He'll give away any information to make you happy."
"Sophie!" yelled Justin.
"What's that supposed to mean?" I asked.
This time Sophie opened her mouth to speak, but Justin cut in, "Nothing! It means nothing. So, um, yeah."
Sophie snorted. "Yeah, right."
"Alright!" exclaimed Justin, So, Aecia, where are you from?"
Sophie glared at Justin, abd shook her head,
I raised an eyebrow at them, but answered the question. "Well, was born in New York, but I moved to Georgia when I was about 6."
"So Georgia! So you're a Gerogia peach then, right?" Justin smiled.
"Sure. Whatever you want." I laughed, "So where are you guys from?"
"A little beach town up in Delaware. Bethany Beach, right next to Ocean City." answered Sophie, who had gone from glaring to eating more of her food.
"Must of been nice to live next to the beach," I replied.
Justin sighed."Yeah, it was nice. Our Mom still lives up there, along with our Step-Dad and our little Step-sister. " smiled Justin.
"it's just calm up there. Nothing bad happened to us there. All the scary half-blood stuff happened later, when we visited my Uncle, who lives in New York. It's really rare, you know, not being attacked when there are two powerfull half-boods, but it can happen."
"Or maybe, no one cares about us," mumbled Justin.
"Oh, stop it Justin. You know someone cares. Mom cares." retorted Sohie.
"Yeah, but Moms have to care. Maybe if Dad was there for us, Jordan would still be alive," growled Justin.
What was he talking about? Who was Jordan? I wanted to ask, but I didn't know how.
"My god, Justin, just stop! You couldn't of helped Jordan, okay? It's not just your fault!" snapped Sophie. She grabbed her tray from the table, threw away her food, and stormed out of the Pavillion.
Soo! sorry for the dramatic ending, but it's incredibly imortant to the plot. this whole section with Justin, Sophie, and Aecia, is INCREDIBLY important, for many reasons.
Soooo... REVEIW PRETTY PLEASE WITH A CHERRY ON TOP I'LL LOVE YOU FOREVER IF YOU DOOOOOOO!
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~sunny