Chapter 2: 2 Days after Chapter 1, Between SOM and TC

Annabeth and Percy stood with a couple of the other camp leaders as they waited for their "Guests" from Tessor arriving. Annabeth stared into the distance, at the island of manhattan in the distance. Percy walked over, bored out of his mind. They had been waiting for almost an hour and almost all the Camp leaders had gone from standing in a line to lounging around the area in front of the big house.

"Hey." Percy said, nudging Annabeth. The daughter of Athena glanced over, seemingly deep in thought.

"What do you think they could be like?" Annabeth wondered, worry clear in her voice. Percy patted her shoulder, trying to comfort her.

"I don't think they're that bad. They did offer to help us, instead of letting Kronos and his allies, well, ANNIHILATE us."

Annabeth turned away, looking out over long island again. Percy stared at her for a little bit. "Ah well" he said under his breath, turning away, only to see a large armored vehicle driving towards the camp. He turned around, sprinting over to Chiron. "They're here," he exclaimed to the Centaur, who galloped forward.

"Everyone! Our new allies are coming. Try not to accidentally wound, injure, maim or kill them." A couple demigods rubbed the back of their necks guiltily as the Centaur trotted towards the area the car was driving towards.

30 seconds later, the car pulled up into the small clearing. The small welcoming group stood around 10 feet away; while some were expecting a half monster to walk out, and others were expecting a godlike, glowing being.

No one expected what looked like a 18 year old girl, a ravenette with long, wavy hair. She wore black jeans, a grey t-shirt and running shoes, NIKE of course. The young woman had 2 daggers sheathed on her back, with what looked like a katana in between them, as well as 3 throwing knives strapped to her arm.

She had long eyelashes, a normal human face and her bangs swept to the sides. But her most stunning trait, which was revealed when Percy and her made eye contact, was her beautiful purple eyes, that seemed to glimmer and glow, even 10 feet away. Her eyes shimmered with grey and white flashes sometimes appearing in the royal purple iris.

She turned away, eyes sweeping across the camp. The woman turned back to face Chiron, who trotted up to her. "Hello, Theialla," he said, tilting his head in recognition. The woman, Theialla, smiled.

"Hello Chiron. Good to meet you." Chiron gestured for Theialla to follow him, which she did.

However, she glanced one last time back at Percy, and as they stared at each other, Percy felt something deep within his soul. The son of poseidon gasped, and Theialla's smile faded, the happy shine in her eyes turning into curiosity. She seemed about to walk towards Percy, but Chiron tapped her on the shoulder. "My Lady?" the centaur said. Theialla turned to follow him, apprehension at following Chiron barely visible. "Yes. Let us go." The young woman said, walking to the big house without looking back at Percy.

The son of Poseidon stood still as Annabeth ran up, a small frown on her face. "What was that?" She whisper-yelled, scowling at the young woman walking away. Percy slowly turned to look at her. "I don't-" He started to gasp, but Annabeth screamed, interrupting him. "Percy, your eyes!" She said, pulling a small mirror out of her pocket.

The son of Poseidon snatched the mirror from her hand, staring at his face. Not seeing anything, until finally- there. In the middle of his eyes, his pupils had gone from black to…

Pure gold, shimmering and glowing as though small stars were in his eyes.

Percy slowly slid in his new contacts, trying to hide his golden pupils. Annabeth had rushed him to her cabin, sneaking him in and showing Percy the contacts that some people from Athena chose to wear to conceal their grey eyes and demigod heritage.

"What happened Percy?" Annabeth demanded. The son of Poseidon shrugged, already shaken up from the weird encounter earlier. "I have no idea…" He said. Annabeth grabbed his hand and dragged him out of the cabin. She stared at his face for a while before adjusting the contact a bit.

"There we go." She said. Percy chuckled. "A little eager to touch my face, huh owl-face?" Annabeth gasped, frowning while pushing him away. "God dammit seaweed brain. Of course your idiotic mind would find my help flirtatious." Annabeth ran off to join the rest of her cabin at archery, and Percy sighed a he walked back to his cabin.

Oh my god, I just realized I haven't written an author's note for any of my previous chapters T_T oh well, I'll summarize it here. So, what is Theialla planning, what happened to Ikaros and Alaros? Why are Percy's eyes golden? All this will be answered next chapter! And maybe a couple after that. Oh, and yes, in chapter 0 I said "Gateway to Chaia," just a quick bit of story: Chaia is a city in Tessor, so that wasn't a typo.

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