Sorry for not posting in a while. This chapter is a bit short because I just wanted to get it out there.
Chapter 8- Delayed
I woke up early, as usual. I sneaked outside of the cabin sure not to wake anyone up. I closed the door and made my way down to the lake. After all it was my favourite place to be in this camp. When I got to the lake I looked around to see if anyone was up, but there was no one but me. I picked up a stone and threw it across the surface of the lake. It skipped a few times before it disappeared into the water. I could hardly see through the thick fog. I remembered the first time I was at the lake throwing stones. It seemed like years ago but it was only a few weeks. I threw some more stones before I got bored. I was about to make my way back to the cabin to see if anyone was up yet. But I was stopped by a loud BAAAAAAH coming from the woods. I stopped and listened, was I just imagining it. BAAAAAAH, there it was again. I started running towards the woods now into the direction that the sound had come from. When I got close enough to see two figures. One with goat legs. It must be a Satyr, what if it's Simon. The other figure looked like one of the campers. I couldn't quite make out who, the fog was so thick. The satyr was getting beaten up pretty badly. The camper punched him in the gut and threw him on the floor. I had to help that poor satyr. I was thinking about going in but them I saw something reflecting of of the figures hand. It was a sword. I pressed the button on my sword but nothing happened. It was jammed, of course the one time it gets jammed. I'll have to fix that. The figure decided that he'd had enough and walked away. When he was out of sight I ran to the satyr. It was Simon.
"Simon." I shouted. Shacking him to try and get his attention.
"O, hey Alex." He mumbled just before he passed out. I took him on my shoulder and made my way to the big house. Who would have done this? I wondered. And why. I got to the big house and Chiron was sitting in his wheelchair reeding a book.
"Chiron," I said. He looked up. "Simon's hurt."
"What happened?" He asked looking stunned.
"Someone beat him up." I said.
"Who?" Chiron said.
"I don't know, I couldn't see through the fog." Chiron transformed into his Centaur body.
"Put him on my back," He said. "I will put him somewhere safe and get him medical attention." Chiron walked off. The first thing I thought of was that I needed to fix my sword. If it wouldn't have jammed than Simon would've been fine and I would know who did it. I walked back to the Hephaestus cabin and started working in the forges. Only one or two people were still asleep. A few hours later I was finished. That's when I remembered. I was supposed to go on a quest today. Beckendorf walked into the forges.
"Guess what." He said.
"What?" I asked.
"They've delayed the quest."
"Because of Simon?" I asked.
"Yep," He said. "We'll probably leave tomorrow without Simon."
"What time is it?" I asked.
"O, that's right." He said. "It's time for dinner. Time really does fly when you're a half-blood. We walked over and had our dinner and then went to bed. Tomorrow will be the quest.