26 Chapter 26 Another Summer (1/2)

After Chiron left to inform the gods of Luke's betrayal, I immediately went to inform my mother. I told her of what has happened at camp, and I asked if she would like to move there and help defend it. At first she did not want to, saying she doesn't want to babysit a bunch of snooty nosed brats, but I knew it was because she was afraid she might hurt someone. Mother has a heart of gold, even though she covers it behind a mountain made of ice. After a few hours of me trying to convince her, she eventually agreed. I helped her pack her things, and a lot of different kinds of sunglasses, and escorted her to camp.

After I allowed her in I introduced her to Chiron. Chiron seemed wary at first, but soon became comfortable after detecting no ill will. Chiron said that she will help on the arts side of the camp, which is mostly for the little ones of the camp. Although mother complained and said she was right about babysitting brats, she had an eager look in her eyes to meet the little ones.

Mother was to live in the big house with the other camp directors, and it made me happy that I will be able to see her every day now.

Other than spending my time in the camp with mother, I also trained to my hearts content. Climbing the volcano wall was all to easy for me now, and I had the idea of trying the obstacle course again. Unfortunately I was knocked off towards the end of the course.

A lot more than half of the kids left the camp, meaning it was mostly deserted and pretty lonely. So other than spending my time training, I spent the rest of it talking with Thalia. I talked to her about my day and what I was feeling, no matter how private. I guess I am just very comfortable talking with Thalia, that I dont really care what I tell her. I thought about telling her about my father, but I refrained from doing so. After all, even though I trusted Thalia, I didn't trust her father. Zeus is the one who turned her into a tree, so he might be able to listen in on our conversations.

Life at camp without my friends is very boring, Although it did make the line for breakfast nonexistent.

It's been months since I have last seen my friends, but soon I will meet with them again. They will be coming in a week, along with everyone else. There are a few people who came early, and among those people was Piper. I started taking this opportunity to spend more time with her, as I wanted to get to know her.

I was able to learn more about this half-sister of mine. She is the daughter of a man named Tristan McLean, who apparantly is a famous movie star. She also has the tendency to think of herself as useless, since she is the daughter of Aphrodite. She has low self-esteem, since she thinks of herself as useless like our mother. After I learned of this I started to ask her to spar with me, in effort of getting her confidence up.

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In the Arena, a beautiful girl with a dagger and a godly looking young man with a sword were sparring. They clashed blades with one another several times, but the beautiful girl seemed to lose out and looked rather frustrated.

”Your too strong! I cant beat you!” This beautiful girl is Piper, who started to whine at not being able to best Lucian even once. These months of training has refined Lucians combat technique and ability. It was now safe to assume he had the best sword play in the camp.

Lucian pointed his sword toward Piper. ”Dont complain. Your enemy will not go easy on you because you complain, find a way! Look for an opening, use your opponents strength to your advantage!” Lucian said as he swung down his sword heavily onto Piper, who tried to block it but was thrown to the floor.