Phoebe came to at the taste of her favorite treat, her mom and Grandma Sally's delicious blue chocolate chip cookies (like father like daughter).
When her eyes opened, she saw both her parents staring down at her.
"Mom?" Phoebe asked
Her mom smiled and said "Hello sweetheart."
"Is what dad told me true?" Phoebe asked, hoping her mom would say this was all just an end of school prank.
Unfortunately, all her mother did was nod and say "I'm afraid so sweetheart."
"Are you a child of the gods to?" Phoebe asked
"The correct term is demigod or half blood, and yes, my mother is Athena." Her mom said.
"What was that monster I killed?" Phoebe asked
"It was a laestrygonian giant." Her mother said.
"And as far as killing it, while it isn't dead completely, it'll be gone for a while." Her dad said.
"And my sword?" Phoebe asked
"It's called Anastia. It's made out of rare metal called Delphic gold, which is deadly to monsters and sacred to Apollo. The sun god himself delivered your coin to us when you were born, though we don't know why." Her mom said.
Finally, Phoebe only had one question left.
"Why didn't you tell me sooner?"
"We were hoping that the less you and your brother knew, the safer you'd be. However, now we need to move so you 2 can both get proper training on how to defend yourselves." Her mom said.
"And where do we go for that?" Phoebe asked
"You know the camp we told you your mom and I met?" her dad asked
"Yeah." Phoebe asked
"That's where we're going. Pack your stuff, we leave in 5 minutes." Her mom said.
Phoebe was very bored as she sat next to her 14 year old brother Luke, who was clearly geeking out about all of this stuff as they drove to this summer camp.
When the car finally came to a stop, her father said, "Get your stuff and head up the hill."
Phoebe looked up and saw a huge hill with a pine tree at the top with a, was that a dragon? And draped on one of the branches was a golden fleece.
"Is that the golden fleece?" Phoebe asked as she pulled her trunk from the car trunk.
Her mother nodded and said "That takes me back to when we were 13, remember sweetheart?"
Phoebe's father laughed and said "If I remember correctly, you dove into Siren Bay and nearly got killed by Polyphemus."
"Good times." Her mother said as she led Luke and Phoebe up the hill.
Whatever Phoebe and Luke were expecting to see on the other side of the hill wasn't this.
Annabeth laughed at the looks on her children's faces. Though after being away from camp so long she could understand.
The camp didn't look much different than it had 16 years ago. Even more cabins had been added to where there were around 40. The lake was still there with campers canoeing and fighting sea monsters.
Anyway, her husband said "Kids, welcome to Camp Half Blood."
As they arrived at the bottom of the hill, Percy and Annabeth were greeted by some familiar faces.
"Percy! Annabeth!" called out Piper Grace as she and her husband Jason Grace ran towards them.
"Hey Piper. Jason." Percy said as he hugged Jason and then Piper while Annabeth hugged Piper and then Jason.
"Uh, mom, dad, care to introduce us?" Phoebe asked
"Oh, right. Phoebe, Luke, these are our friends, Jason Grace, son of Jupiter and his wife, Piper Grace, daughter of Aphrodite. Jason, Piper, these are our children, Phoebe and Luke." Percy said.
"Nice to meet you. But what brings you guys here? I thought you were going to try and be mortals?" Jason asked
Percy shrugged and said "Plans changed when a laestrygonian attacked Phoebe today."
Piper nodded and said "We'll go let Chiron know you're here, you guys go get settled into Cabin 3."
Percy nodded as he and Annabeth led their kids to the cabins.
Phoebe was surprised by some of the cabins. Cabin 28 looked like a winter wonderland. Cabin 13 was made out of bones and had torches lit with green fire. Cabin 10 looked like a Barbie's Dream House. Cabin 7 was made out of pure gold.
They stopped at the last cabin on the left, number 3.
"This is our cabin?" Phoebe asked
Percy nodded as he opened the door.
"Welcome to the Poseidon cabin. Pick a bunk." He said to them as he led them in.
Phoebe may have had her reservations about the low, sea stone built cabin at first, but now she loved it. Bunks lined the majority of the cabin, but in the back corner was a huge saltwater pool/ fountain that formed a rainbow in the sunlight of the window, which had a great view of the beach.
Also in the back was an area with curtain around it, which Phoebe assumed was where her parents would be sleeping, since it looked like it was designed to keep all sight and sounds in that area.
Phoebe tossed her bag on one of the top bunks and slid her trunk underneath it.
"This is nice." She said.
"It's awesome." Her brother said.
"Great. Because this is where we're staying all summer." Her mom said as there was a knock on the door.
"I'll get it." Phoebe said, running to get the door.
When she opened it, she was surprised to see a man whose bottom half of his body was a white stallion.
"Chiron." Her mom said eagerly, running to hug the centaur.
"Hello Annabeth. It is good to see you again." The man said.
"Uh mom?" Luke said.
"Oh right. Chiron, you remember Phoebe, you visited her right after she was born and this is our son Luke. Phoebe, Luke, this is Chiron, the immortal trainer of Hercules, Jason, and all the other Greek heroes." Annabeth said
"Including you and your husband." Chiron said.
"Whoa, mom, you and dad are heroes?" Phoebe asked
"Yes, your father is a bigger hero than I am, but yes, we are." Her mom said.
"Talking about me again?" Her dad said as he came out from the closed off area.
"Chiron." He then said, hugging his old teacher as well.
"Hello Percy." The centaur said.
"Dad, you're a hero?" Luke asked
"Yes and I'll tell you about that later." Their dad said.
Luke and Phoebe both nodded.
