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Percy
Percy thought that the centaur in front of him felt familiar, but that couldn't be possible, Percy had never met a centaur, he was pretty sure he would have remembered if he had. "Well Percy, welcome to camp half-blood," he said gesturing down the hill to what was a awesome looking camp, at least to Percy, Thalia didn't seem that impressed, but you could still see the awe in her eyes, Percy guessed she hadn't gotten used to seeing this yet. "Hey Thals, how long have you been here?" he asked her, she shook her head, "Not that long, I had gotten here about a week before i was sent on that quest." she told him, Percy nodded, "Well Percy, if you would come this way, I will get someone to show you around-" "Actually Chiron, I'll show him around" Thalia said before taking Percy's hand and pulling him down the hill, toward what looked like a mansion compared to the other cabins around, "This is cabin number one, this is where I'll be if you ever need me" she informed him quickly, trying to hold back a blush at the end of that, Percy didn't notice.
Thalia spent the better part of an hour showing Percy around and introducing him to campers until a bell rung, "That's the dinner bell, you can sit at my table till you get claimed." she said before gesturing him to follow. They walked to near the center of the camp where the Dining Pavilion was located. "Claimed? what is that?" he asked her as they entered, she was about to respond when, they noticed that everyone was looking at them, they were late. "Hello Percy, Thalia. Nice of you to nially join us." chiron said, his voice traveling clear across the pavilion, Thalia looked down as they walked to her table. Percy got even more uncomfortable/ embarrassed when everyone looked at him like he was crazy, he looked at Thalia questioningly, she shrugged and tapped the table, he got the message, he wasn't suppose to be sitting there.
"Now campers, this" he said gesturing to Percy, "Is Percy Jackson", Percy just awkwardly stared down the table, not know what to do. "Percy is unclaimed, and had no idea who his godly parent is" Chiron said only to be replied with Thalia's poorly hidden laugh of amusement, Percy himself couldn't keep the smile off his face. "Is there something I'm missing?" Chiron asked, obviously oblivious that they were sharing some sort of joke, "I know who my parent is, I'm just waiting for her to claim me" Percy stated, shrugging. "A son of Aphrodite?" a girl asked from somewhere in the pavilion, he shook his head. "Well anyway" Chiron said, trying to get back to where he was going with his announcement in the first place, "Percy will be staying in the hermes cabin until he is claimed, or maybe even after" he said, sounding bored, like he had said it a million times, just as he finished talking the room grew darker and a glow snapped open above Percy, a image of a full glowing moon, with two crescent moons facing away from it on opposite sides of the full moon in the middle. "Whose symbol is that?" a camper gasped out, "It's beautiful" said another, all of them staring in awe at the sign, even Thalia. Percy looked at it and smiled, his mother did have a badass sign. Percy felt stronger, much stronger than normal, he looked down at his skin and noticed a slight glow, Thalia gasped, "Percy, your eyes" she said quietly, he pulled his Ipod out of his pocket and looked at his reflection in it, to his utter shock his eyes were complete moons, each one glowing softly, the glowing was fading and his eyes were starting to turn their normal black color. Percy looked at his reflection until his eyes were normal. 'This is my gift to you son, the last i will be able to do for you, goodluck mastering it, try not to blow up a mountain.' (FORESHADOWING, haha) he heard his mother's voice in his head till it faded. Percy was sad, he knew he wouldn't hear from his mother for a very long time, he already missed her.
"Well, seeing as exactly three of the people in this room know whose sign that is, I think you should explain to everyone who your mother is." Chiron stated. "My mother is Nyx" Percy stated, rather plainly considering how big his mother actually was on the power board, right under chaos. Several of the campers jaws dropped, most from the Athena cabin, while others still had confused looks on their faces. Chiron nodded, as if that was what he had guessed Percy would say, and he didn't make any move to elaborate to the campers who Nyx was, "Back to eating, remember, capture the flag tomorrow, get your alliances done by tonight." he said before going to his table and beginning to eat, this must have been a que because nymphs started bringing everyone there plate full of food and a empty cup, which slightly confused Percy. Thalia bumped his shoulder to get his attention, "Think of the drink you want and the goblet will fill with it" she told him before doing it with her cup, filling it up with coke, he thought about what he wanted to drink and came up blank, then it hit him, Smartwater, instantly the glass filled with ice cold awesome water, he took a long drought of it and sighed, he could live off that stuff. Thalia tapped his shoulder, "water? seriously?" she asked in surprise, he shook his head, "This isn't just water, it's Smartwater, here try some" he said handing her the cup, she took a sip and then a bigger sip, "That's the best water I have ever had" she said before she grabbed her plate and got up, "Common, we have to sacrifice to our parents." she said as he got up too, he nodded and grabbed his plate and got in the line behind Thalia, when it was his turn he picked out the best looking rib of his baby back ribs, and threw it into the fire, "For Nyx, I hope you like it" he whispered quietly.
He went back to his seat next to Thalia and ate, making small talk about random not really memorable things, but it still consumed time and kept the awkwardness away. Eventually everyone finished eating and they all filed out to a place that looked like an amphitheater but with a giant bonfire in the middle, with a little girl sitting at it, tending the flames. There were sections for each cabin, so Thalia and Percy ended up right next to each other since the Zeus section was so small, at first it was kind of awkward but the longer the camp fire went on, and the more they sang together, the more they got comfortable, eventually they were leaning on each other so that they were comfortable, "happy birthday" she said quietly, before falling asleep, Percy quickly followed in suit.
Percy's eyes snapped open, he shook off his tiredness and realized there was no sound, in fact there was nobody around them, only the comfortable flames of the fire, that was still being tended to by the little girl. Percy was about to wake Thalia up, who was currently sleeping soundly on his shoulder, but then he thought that he might as well go talk to the little girl first, find out who she is. Percy carefully moved Thalia off his shoulder and laid her down, after he did that he slowly got up and went down to the fire and sat down a few feet from the girl, she didn't seem to notice him, he decided to start a conversation, "This bonfire is very comfortable" he stated, not really knowing what to say. Percy jumped slightly when the little girl jumped slightly, she turned her head toward him, "You can see me?" she asked in mild surprise. "What?" he asked, "Is that wrong?" she shook her head, "No, its just that demigods can't usually see me" she told him, "My name is Percy Jackson, It's nice to meet you" he said to her, trying to be polite but constantly feeling like he was in a minefield of words, "Yes, I know who you are, you made quite a show at olympus earlier," she said, confusing him, "Let me clear your confusion, I am the goddess of the hearth, Hestia." she said, Percy nodded, "Why can't anyone else see you?" he asked her, she smiled slightly, "I don't know, but I have to leave. I have kept the harpies away for now but you need to get you and your friend to your respective cabins before you get eaten." she stated before disappearing, taking with her the comfort of the fire, causing Percy to shiver and get up and go quickly to where Thalia was, he was about to wake her up but then thought better of it. Shrugging he bent over and picked her up, her legs with his left arm and her body with the other, he walked down the amphitheater and over to the exit, being in the night he could feel everything around him, he made no sound when he walked, remembering what Hestia had told him about the harpies. It didn't matter, they found him anyway, he saw it coming but he at least hoped he could get Thalia to her cabin before he had to run.
Percy looked around and saw himself surrounded by six harpies, they didn't seem to notice that he could see him, so he kept walking, acting like he didn't suspect anything, the circle they made around him got smaller and smaller until he could almost reach out and touch them. They seemed to share a signal that Percy saw as a flicker of their tongues, he was ready when they lunged, he jumped up as high as possible, the darkness giving him strength he leapt clear over the one in front of him and he started sprinting to the white Zeus cabin, the harpies recovered and started chasing after him at high speed. As he approached the door he realized there was no way he could open before the harpies got him, but to his joy it seemed to recognize Thalia and open automatically. Percy barrelled through the door sideways so he could fit thalia, it closed right after he got through causing the harpies to slam into the door.
Percy chuckled quietly, amazed that Thalia had stated asleep after that, he hadn't been noisy or anything but he had been throwing their body weight around a lot. He went over to the bed that was obviously hers, due to the posters of all his favorite bands above and behind it, and he laid her down on it. Percy went back to the door of the building and looked through the peep hole that was there to see who was knocking, he sighed when he saw even more harpies than before surrounding the building, ensuring capture if he went out a window or something. He went over to the bedpost of where Thalia was sleeping and slid to the ground, he put his knees up to his chest and hugged them, leaning his head over the top of them. Percy's eyes drooped and he laid down beside the bed and stretched out, yawning, his eyelids closed and the sound of the wind blowing and Thalia's breathing sent him to sleep.
Percy woke up to the sound and feel of his back cracking, loudly. He instinctively groaned, even though it felt good. He heard a shriek of surprise and looked up, only to be blinded by the light that came in through the window, "Oh my gods, Percy, what are you doing here?, how did i get back here?" came the questioning and surprised voice of Thalia, "Harpies, didn't want to wake you, I couldn't leave, I didn't know where to go anyway" he said almost incoherently, trying to orientate himself to the present. "Oh" she said, "What happened at the bonfire?" she asked, he shrugged "I don't know, i was sleeping too" he said, "maybe they left us there as a joke?" he suggested, she shrugged, "Not a very well thought out joke considering we could have been killed," she said, to which Percy nodded to. "I'm going to take a shower" she stated before getting up and going toward what Percy assumed was the bathroom, she stopped and turned around, "Don't come in here." she said, then went into the bathroom and locked the door behind her. As soon as she had said shower, Percy wanted nothing more than to take one, he hadn't showered since he left his mother's mansion, which had been a while ago. Percy decided that Thalia took long showers once he was thirty minutes into waiting, just as he decided that she stepped out, fully dressed, wearing mostly black clothing, and had a black hoodie with blue stitching, in Percy's opinion , it looked amazing. " Your turn. just think of the clothes you want and it will appear in the bin next to the sink she said, Percy nodded and got up, almost not meaning to he said "You look really good." then quickly went into the bathroom and shut the door, why he had said that, he didn't know. he quickly stripped and got into the shower, turning it on as hot as it would go, almost burning his skin, but it felt good to him. When he finished washing with his cool ocean stuff that he had figured out he could make appear in the bottle that had no label, and conditioning his hair with the same stuff, he got out and got dresses in pretty much all black clothing with silver stitching, jeans a t-shirt, hoodie, and some athletic adidas that were all black.
He opened the door and walked out, his hair still damp from drying it with a towel, he heard someone catch their breath to his left, he turned and saw Thalia looking at him, she walked over to him and smelled him slightly, in a almost appraisingly fashion, "Wow", Percy nodded, "That's what i said when i first smelled that stuff." he said smiling slightly, "It smells awesome," she agreed, "well, yours isn't bad yourself" he said automatically, thinking out loud, she blushed and nodded, "Thanks" she said before they heard a bell ring. "Breakfast?" Percy asked her, she nodded, "Yep, three meals a day, nine thirty is breakfast, twelve is lunch, and six thirty is dinner" she told him, They walked out of the Zeus cabin. Once again when they reached the pavilion they were the last people to get there, they sat down next to each other again, "We only sacrifice at dinner" Thalia told Percy before he could even ask, he nodded, "They have coffee here?" he asked her, she broke into a grin, "The best" she said, he smiled widely, after they got there food both consisted of coffee with sugar only, but Percy got an omelette while Thalia got some pancakes, both with a side of hashbrowns. After they ate, everyone got up and left, going seperate directions. "I'll show you around the rest of the camp, if you want" she told him, he nodded eagerly, wanting to know what goes on around camp. Thalia showed him several places and introduced him to several people before the lunch bell went off, kinda like school, the thought sent a shudder through him, school was not his thing.
When they got to the pavilion Percy was surprised that they were not the last people there, it seemed like a tradition already. Percy sat down at the Zeus table and Thalia followed in suit, Percy chuckled slightly when a blonde girl hugged Thalia from behind, stunning her, unfortunately for him, her gaze shifted to him, giving him a look of pure loathing, he looked away, not understanding why that girl hated so much, he assumed he had done something to that blonde guy, but he didn't really remember what had happened. "Hey Annie, glad to see yer okay." Thalia said chuckling slightly, the blondes glare shifted toward Thalia, "My name isn't Annie, it's Annabeth," she said overly slowly, as if she was talking to a child, a small child, causing Percy to chuckle, "Where have you been?" Thalia asked her, Annabeth glared at both of them, "After you two left, me and beckendorf had to wake up orion and get him to call us some Pegasi, after they got there it was only a matter of time, and back pain till we got here, which was last night." she informed Thalia, pointedly ignoring Percy, "anyway, i got to go eat, see you later" she said then went over to the Athena table, that explains the grey eyes, percy thought. "She hates me a lot." Percy said to Thalia, "It's because you killed Luke." Thalia said, Percy nearly spit out his water, "I killed him?" he asked, completely surprised, and shocked. "Yeah, when he was going to kill me you basically blew him away with that black fire," that caught Percy's attention, "Black fire?" he asked her, she nodded, "yeah, when it reached him it exploded, blowing him off the cliff and it didn't harm me at all." she said, "I don't remember" he admitted, "After i crushed my knee i basically blacked out from the pain" she nodded, "Thank you though" she said, "for saving me" he shook his head, "no problem, I'm glad you're ok" he said. They continued eating until they were done, when they left the pavilion Percy noticed all of the campers were getting excited over something, he asked Thalia about it, "Capture the flag tonight" she stated.
Thalia continued to show him around the camp, to the archery range, which Percy didn't try out because he didn't want to look like a retard with a bow just yet, then to the arena where a burly daughter of ares was kicking some ass against a bunch of campers at once, " That's Clarisse La Rue" Thalia told him, he nodded. She led him to the rock climbing wall where there was lava and plenty of other dangerous stuff around, "Looks fun" he said, Thalia nodded, "Very" she said, "I've only climbed it once, almost lost a hand." she told him before they moved on to another area, and so it went till they went through pretty much everything except for the woods, when they were about to go toward it the dinner bell rung, Thalia's eyes lit up, "Almost time for capture the flag" she said excitedly, "sounds fun" he said, she shrugged, "I wouldn't know i haven't played it yet" she said, he remembered that she hadn't been here very long. "Well, lets go to the pavilion and eat so we can get to playing the game faster" she said before she changed direction and took them toward the pavilion, "This is going to be awesome" they said simultaneously when they entered th pavilion and saw armour and weapons on the dar table next to the back exit.
Well this chapter got done faster than i thought it would, pretty much because i stayed up till 1 in the morning waiting for the blood moon to show up, and when it was time i got on the roof and i couldn't see it because of the fog and trees and stuff, needless to say i was pissed off so bad. anyway, thanks for all your reviews and stuff, it really does make me want to write more, so more reviews does equal faster chapters, and i enjoy reading them, so just press that review button i know is really close to this note.