I'd just like to say I wrote out the WHOLE chapter but then it DIDN'T SAVE! I had to rewrite the WHOLE THING!
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Chapter two: Why so Mistical?

"Μυρίζεις σαν ντρίμπλα μύτη Μινώταυρος! (You smell like Minotaur nose dribble!)" I shouted. I kicked the dummy and slashed it with my knife. "Αντεπιτεθούν! Μπορείτε δειλός αντεπιτεθούν! (Fight back! You coward fight back!)"

"Annabeth." A soft voice said behind me. I whirled around.

"What?!" I demanded. I saw Chiron in centaur form standing behind me.

"Come, child. You've been working nonstop. You need rest." He insisted gently. Usually I hate people calling me child but everyone was a child to Chiron. I could be fifty and he'd still call me child.

"Fine!" I snapped. I took a deep breath. "Fine." I said in a calmer voice. I stormed to my cabin that no longer looked like my cabin.

I climbed into bed ready to sleep but my brain decided now was a good time to go over the mysteries of the universe. Why the Mist was gone no one knew. Before a day had passed with the Mist gone we were on the case. We had people coming in from all over. People who had good covers were given jobs to stay where they were to watch for demigods. People like Percy.

Unfortunately the mortals were on it quickly too. Within the first week three demigods had been captured. We got them out of course. In fact I was head of the Demigod Rescue Squad. Basically I got to boss everyone around, make strategies and then go and get back our friends. I was the brain and the brawn. We only had to get back a few demigods captured by the DEC. We mostly went to go get the demigods our undercover people told us about. Luckily the parents who knew who about the gods sent their kids to us to keep them safe. Unluckily the kids whose parents didn't know rejected us and the gods.

It was just so mystical. Why had this happened? To be fair we didn't know why it was there in the first place. (A/N I know it says in the Demigod diaries but that doesn't mean everyone knows.)

Another thing was that my camp, my home was practically destroyed. We had to take down the Amphitheatre because it was too noticeable. Now all that stands there is a wide circle of dusty ground and a few left over stones. The woods had to be cleared in case some damn mortal came along and saw something they shouldn't. Thalia and the Hunters were happy to help with that.

The cabins had been masked thanks to the Hecate cabin and were the same on the inside but on the outside all they looked like wooden cabins. It took all their combined energy to make it work.

The climbing wall was now just an ordinary climbing wall. No lava. No fake earthquakes. No slamming together. Nothing.

We still had most of activities such as canoeing, climbing, arts and crafts, archery, normal camp things. What we couldn't find space for was training. We tried the woods but the Naiads and Dryads hated it when their trees and streams got poisoned or hurt or destroyed and since when people battle it isn't their main priority to be careful not to hurt things it was kinda hard.

There were other things as well. The Nymphs had to be careful not to get spotted. Grover and the other members of the Council of Cloven Elders were going crazy trying to sort it all out. Nymphs in parks were scared to go out; they all had to go in disguise. Juniper was crazy worried about her sisters in that sense.

I couldn't go visit my dad because that would seem suspicious not that his wife minded.

And to top it all off I couldn't see Percy. I couldn't IM him either, I had to wait for him to IM me in case he was somewhere with mortals. It sucked.

Why can't I just figure this out? Why is so damn mystical?

I woke up the next day with sun light pouring through the windows. That was one thing. The weather still avoided us here.

I walked out of my room (Oh yeah, since we rebuilt all the cabins most of us got our own rooms.) and went into the bathroom. (We didn't have one each but there was more than one.) After a quick shower and general morning routines I roused everyone for breakfast.

"Cabin six fall in!" I shouted from the front room. The walls were ceiling to floor bookcases with sofas and tables in the middle of the room. I watched as people poured down the hall. "Okay guys we have a new camper, be nice." I pulled a young boy who looked terrified to the front. "Why don't you introduce yourself?" I asked gently.

"My... my name is Hale and I'm a son of," gulp. "Athena?" I patted him on the back.

"Don't worry being a demigod s awesome especially since we're the smartest people here." I grinned at him. He smiled back.

"I'm pretty smart!"

"Yeah, being a demigod is awesome until you get hunted, maimed and killed by monsters." I heard someone say. "Oh and now we have mortals to worry about!"

I glared at them when I saw the scared look return to Hale's face.

"Don't worry, you're safe here." But even as I said I knew it wasn't true.

I lead everyone in our morning activities and then handed it over to Malcolm so I could go for a counsellors meeting. I walked up the Big House.

"Hey Annabeth." Thalia said glumly. The Hunters were spending more and more time here since the Mist up and disappeared.

"Hey Little Miss Sunshine." I said. She glared at me.

"I just hate it!" She exploded. Thalia didn't see how a bunch of immortal adolescent girls running around the country hunting monsters was a big deal or how it was dangerous. Not to them but to our cause.

"Yeah, you and me both." I muttered.

"We can take care of ourselves! We can hide easily! And we can fend for ourselves!"

"Artemis is just being careful." I reminded her. "Better safe than sorry." Thalia mumbled something about not being a baby as we climbed the step into the Big House.

"Morning all." Chiron said once everyone was seated. All the cabin's counsellors including Nico and Thalia were there around the now cramped ping-pong table. Everyone except for Aphrodite, Hermes and Poseidon's counsellors. Conner and Travis Stoll who had managed to keep their cover which was just as mystical as the disappearance of the Mist.

"Hey guys." Nico said. "Things aren't that different in the Underworld," Most people wrinkled their noses at that. I didn't, I was used to it. It was nice to see Nico. Percy Thalia and I were his only friends at Camp and that made me sad since we barely saw him. "Except for now there are people who have done good things, things that would get them into Elysium, but have done bad things towards demigods. Things born out of fear or because they were made to. Soldiers who fought bravely for their country, who are heroes in their own sense, made to be aggressive against demigods." He sighed heavily. "Things are hellish down there." He then smiled at his own pun. I rolled my eyes.

"Is there any news from our undercover heroes?" Chiron asked.

"Conner and Travis haven't anything but they almost got caught so they're laying low for a while." Katie informed us.

"I have five girls out there undercover and we need two extraction squads." Aphrodite cabin's second in command told us.

No one said anything else. I had two undercover but so far they hadn't found anyone.

"Why can't we just go and beat some sense into these people!?" Clarisse exploded.

"Yeah, we should just go and show them what we can do!" Thalia growled. Chiron sighed and opened his mouth.

"Of course!" I said. What Thalia said suddenly brought an Idea to the forefront of my mind. "That's perfect!"

"Um, Annabeth? You're meant to be the level headed one. You know all smart and wise." Nico said.

"No." I said rolling my eyes. Why didn't they understand what I was saying? "Why don't we show them what we can do?" Everyone frowned at me. I sighed. "Why don't we tell them about how demigods have helped shape America, the World? Tell them about the famous demigods. Tell them about the Titan War!" Their shocked faces morphed into grins of determination.

"You're a genius Annabeth!"

"This could work!"

"We could tell them we don't want monsters to attack us!"

"We could show them footage!" Now there was an idea. All the pictures and videos that people had mistakenly taken of demigod activity now showed what actually happened. Most people didn't realise thankfully.

"Annabeth you have to lead this." Thalia said.

"Me? But –"

"You're the smartest and best person for the job! Besides it was your idea." Thalia argued.

I looked at Chiron. He looked more proud of me than he ever had.

"OK. We can do this." A seedling of hope dared to bloom in me. We may not get the Mist back but we could at least do this. I smiled to myself.

Hey guys, question. Should this be after the Giant War? Or should the Romans not exist?

Thanks for reading!