Percy's POV

We walked out of the infirmary and into the fading sunlight. Ellie hadn't been gravely injured, just a cut on her arm. She was now sporting a bandage around her arm.

"Come on I want you to meet some people." I said tugging at her hand.

"Can I at least change? I'm all sweaty and sticky and gross!" she complained.

"Don't forget smelly." I said pinching my nose.

"Hey!" she slapped my arm, "That's not nice!"

"Sorry, but yeah I guess we can stop at the cabin first."

"Thank you." We walked in silence for a while until Ellie spoke up.

"Hey Percy, if I was truly a daughter of Poseidon, why haven't I been claimed?" she was looking at the ground, fidgeting with the hem of her shirt. I didn't know how to answer this. Did mom get together with another god? No, she always said we had the same dad. So why was dad taking so long to claim her? I thought he would've claimed her when she fought with Clarisse.

"I don't know El, maybe you'll get claimed at the campfire." I reassured her.

"Ok, but I have another question. Who exactly am I meeting?"

"Well technically you already met them, but you don't really know them." I said.

"Your friends?"

"Yeah, now go inside and change, I'll wait for you out here." We had arrived at the cabin and were now standing in front of the door.

"Alright, I'll be back in like 5 minutes, K?" she said closing the door behind her. I waited in front of the door for what seemed like an eternity.

"Ellie what's taking you so long?" I shouted. The door opened and her head popped out.

"I forgot I don't have any clothes." She said sheepishly. I forgot about that too. We should've stopped by the house to get the clothes she had pre-shipped before coming.

"Just wear one of my camp shirts and keep the same shorts you're wearing on. "

"Ok, I'll be back in 5 minutes."

"Alright then, but hurry up." I did not want to wait outside this door longer than I had to.

"Alright I'm out." she said. El was now wearing my camp half-blood t-shirt, black shorts, and some beat up converse.

"This shirt is huge! I had to tuck it into my shorts and it's still huge! It's like a dress on me!" she exclaimed.

"That's only because you're short." It wasn't true, she was taller than most girls her age, but I was still taller than her.

"For your information, I am precisely 5'7." She said, finger raised, lips pursed.

"Yeah, yeah. I know. Lets go." We started walking to the Zeus cabin where we agreed to meet. I knocked on the door and came in five seconds after. I pushed open the door and saw Piper and Jason in the middle of a make out session.

"This is why you wait until someone tells you to come in." Ellie whispered. I cleared my throat but they didn't separate. Well that was a fail. Do we just wait for them to stop?

"Oh Gods my poor virgin eyes!" Ellie screamed. She pretended to shield her eyes and backed away. They immediately broke apart. Piper smoothed her shirt, while Jason wiped the lip gloss off of him.

"Not the greatest second impression, but hey, who am I to judge?" Ellie said. She was now sitting on one of Jason's blue beanbags that he had lying around.

"So where's Annabeth, Leo, Thalia, Grover and Nico?" I said changing the subject.

"They're on the way, so what's the plan for tonight?" Piper asked.

"Well since I never really told you about El over here I thought we should all get to know each other." I explained.

"Hey why's there a big statue of Zeus right smack in the middle of the room? It's freaking me out. It's like wherever I sit I can't escape his stare." Ellie said. She was moving around looking up at the statue, expecting it to turn its head. Sometimes I worry about her.

There was some knocking on the door. I yelled out "Come in!" Annabeth and Thalia walked in carrying chips and soda.

"They actually wait to come in unlike someone." Jason muttered.

"So what' s the plan? We basically get to know your sister?" Thalia said, kicking some random pillows out of the way.

"I'm right here!" Ellie yelled out.

"Yeah, so where's Nico and Leo?" I asked. The door flung open and our heads turned to see who it was.

"Right here. The party has officially begun!" Leo yelled.

Ellie's POV

I was playing with my hair, not paying attention to Percy and his friends. They were talking about their adventures, and occasionally threw around inside jokes. I was still thinking about how mom and Percy hid half of who I am from me. This whole thing was supposed to be an official meeting as Percy had put it, but so far I hadn't learned anything about them and vice versa. Maybe if I snuck out they wouldn't notice.

"So Ellie, what do you think?" Percy asked me. Shit. What were they talking about? I'm just going to pretend that I knew what they were talking about by using my amazing skills.

"Uh, about what? Real smooth Ellie really shows off your so-called skills.

"About being a demigod."

"Oh um yeah, it's pretty cool. Aside from the fact that my family kept it hidden from me. Yah know? Nothing screams fan-fucking-tastic communication than keeping a huge secret from someone. Or the fact that some crazy ass bat people tried to murder me. So yeah other than that absolutely great. Just peachy." I said. Everyone started at me, shocked.

"Ellie," Percy said.

"No Percy, I mean I get that you wanted to protect me but don't give me the whole it was for the best speech. It would've been for the best if you had told me! I would've been able to learn how to protect myself sooner! And I know I probably sound like a bitch to all of you guys, but I promise you that I'm not. And Percy I get that it was in your best intentions, but I'm not a little girl anymore. I'm 15 and not that little 8-year-old girl who clung to her brother anymore. You know what? Maybe it was my fault. Maybe I was too dependent on you, and that's why no one ever tells me anything, So I'm sorry that I ruined this night for you guys, but I can't take it anymore. I really do love you Percy, but I had to get it off of my chest."

And with that, I walked out the door. Pretty dramatic, I know. But before you judge me, have you ever had that feeling? Where everyone labels you as weak, unable to handle the truth? It may shock you at first when they tell you the big secret, but having to find out that they had no intention of telling you? That's what hurts the most. So with that in mind, I went into the camp forest, climbed a tree and sat. I sat there thinking peacefully, debating whether or not I should go back and say sorry. I decided not to, because if I did, I might go off again. I was climbing off when I heard a twig snap.