Annabeth

"Hey, thanks for helping me with these," I said, pointing towards the stack of blueprints that I had for the Mount Olympus project. I made copies of it from Daedalus' laptop, which was one of the few things that survived from the fire in the labyrinth. I kept it with for the majority of the time soon after. Its blue delta logo gleamed as I closed it shut, facing my companion.

"No problem, I-I kinda like to look through these kinds of stuff once in a while," Celine said, as she grabbed the blueprint that I had for Aphrodite's fountain.

"So it's one of your interests, huh?" I knew she was quite familiar when I saw her after the attack of those ghoulish monsters – the eurynomoi (which I was quick to find out). I figured she was one of the demigods who came to camp when we were just a few days recovering from the titan war. I was too busy attending to other matters that I failed to talk to the newbies at camp. I was not near a cheery mood during those times to even welcome anyone, really.

"I've always found architecture to be quite fascinating. Maybe I'm just looking through things that might ring a bell. But I do hope Athena could be my mom," she smiled wistfully.

"And I'd be glad to welcome you to the cabin. It's nice of you to come around anyway. Malcolm wouldn't help scan these prints. He has his own designs going with the Hephaestus kids. As for Percy, well, this just screams boring to him," I rolled my eyes. Percy and I have known each other for a long time. Up until recently, we started dating. I guess years battling monsters and escaping death can do that. We bonded most of the time, but when it came to these technical things, he would often lose interest and say that someone was calling him, so 'he had to run'. He could have had a much creative excuse.

"I wouldn't miss this for anything. Percy is an interesting demigod, I heard he summoned that wave during the attack. I've heard his name a lot when I came here, but never really got a chance to talk to him. He seems to be always out and about"

"Tell me about it," I sighed, "He had some deals to accomplish after the war. He's approachable and really friendly once you get to know him. Though, he can be a Seaweed brain at times," I said as I piled up the blueprints.

Celine laughed softly at the comment. "Your friend was quite powerful too, you know," I said to break the silence, "he managed to send that powerful blast that destroyed the eurynomoi"

"Zagreus? Oh yes, it was truly shocking when he did that. It scared me a bit though, we were worried that it would drain him completely since he also saved us from the dracanae in New York…" she was lost in thought.

Celine told me about how she and Sabrina managed to escape camp, which I did not reprimand her from doing so because (1) they had their reasons to and (2) who am I to speak? I sneaked out of camp every now and then since meeting Percy. I knew it was an unsafe world for them outside, but so was camp. It was still etched in my mind how we lost our fellow demigods during the war. Some of them were really close friends that we could only honor during ceremonies. Our fate was in a constant loop of. I thought it was the end of it, until another prophecy was issued. The Prophecy of Seven, which Apollo told us that it may not come true right away since it took decades before the first prophecy was even completed. With the events that happened in the past, I truly doubt that. Fate was unpredictable. As it was for Celine and Sabrina.

"So this boy, you met him while you were in New York, huh?" I inquired to loosen her from her train of thought.

"Huh? Uhh… yes. We were in a boutique, you see, trying to err… borrow some clothes. This salesclerk was insisting us to try on a dress then she suddenly transformed into that snake monster," Celine shuddered as she recalled it. I had bad experiences with creepy persuasive ladies so as with dracaenae.

"W-we were about to be eaten alive when Zagreus suddenly appeared, killing the monster off with his sword. He also collapsed after that battle. That's when we decided to take him here, since we knew he might be one of us. He told us he was looking for Camp too, so we agreed to accompany him here…"

She cut the story short there. Still though, how strange, I thought. Demigods usually had satyr companions that bring them to camp once it is the right time for them to. Then again, the satyrs might have still been recovering from the blow. I haven't seen our friend Grover for weeks now. I dismissed such thoughts, there were always strange occurrences around.

Celine opted to look through my notes about the blueprints. She scanned them then placed them inside the separate folders I laid in front of us. I really wanted the prints to be organized, though, sooner or later it would not be.

"Where should I placed these?" she asked.

"Over there," I said as I opened Daedalus' laptop again. I pointed to the set of draws beside my bunk.

Celine opened the drawers and placed the folders in. something may have caught her eye because when I looked up from the laptop, I saw her holding a three-fold brochure. I squinted at the images in front of it. Pictures of hunting maidens… I silently cussed in Greek. Percy's going to get mad at me if he finds out that I kept the brochure. I was not intending to keep it. I just kept it for some reason…

"What's this?" Celine asked, clearly drawn to the offers of the brochure.

"Uhh…" I jumped from my seat and approached her, "That's a-a brochure from the Hunters of Artemis, you know those err… maiden hunters who serve the Goddess of the Moon and Hunt," I was out of words for a decent explanation, which was truly so unlike me.

Celine continued to scan the brochure. The 'CHOICE FOR THE FUTURE' text was clearly screaming at her. Inside were more pictures of hunters chasing monsters and shooting bows. The captions were: 'HEALTH BENEFITS: IMMORTALITY AND WHAT IT MEANS FOR YOU! and A BOY-FREE TOMORROW!'

"I do not know if you have ever heard of them, but as I have said, they are the loyal followers of the Goddess Artemis. In order to join the hunt, they must commit to celibacy, in exchange of sisterhood and immortality," I managed to say as I noticed her curiously reading the offers.

"Oh," she finally said, "That's quite a deal, huh? Why do you have this with you though?"

"Well, the hunters actually offered me to join them. But I declined, you may know the reason," I smiled sheepishly.

"I understand," she said as she set the brochure onto the table.

"Err… you could keep it!" I said impulsively, "or you could just throw it away, I won't be needing it anyway."

"Are you sure?"

"I'm sure" I finally said with confidence. I won't be needing it.

"I'll dispose it for you then," Celine said. She crumpled the brochure inside her pocket.

"Well," I sighed "This has been an interesting morning. I need to head to the Big House to meet Percy soon."

"I need to run some errands too. See you later then," Celine beamed as she closed the door behind her.

I exhaled and continued to retrieve the files from Daedalus' laptop