Letters of suspicion
Annabeth followed Chiron into the Big House she had so many questions. How could 2 children find their way to camp on their own? How could they know about it anyway?
The children were wrapped in warm blankets and offered a mug of hot chocolate each. Once they were both comfortable, Chiron started asking them questions. The boy was the one that answered them all. The girl looked like she was about to fall asleep. Her head was on her brother’s shoulder and she was fighting to keep her eyes open.
They found out that the siblings were being attacked by a hellhound, when a stranger with a gun came and saved them. He had brought them to the bottom of the hill and fought the monsters off for them, although there wasn’t much fighting. The man usually just shot the monster with deadly accuracy. He found them in Chicago, and let them fly on his private jet to New York. During the flight, he had explained to them what was happening – about the gods and the monsters, everything. He made sure they safely got to the bottom of the hill before telling them he couldn’t go any further.
The girl then decided to pipe up, “I think it had something to do with the people we saw on top of the hill. He was acting weird once he saw them. He was really nice though. He even carried me when I got tired.”
Chiron and Annabeth exchanged meaningful glances. She knew he was thinking what she was.
“What did he look like?” she asked.
Tyler answered this time, “We don’t really know. He was tall, and tan, but he always either had his hood up or was wearing a cap, and he was always wearing these sunglasses. They had a weird shine to them. He told us they were magic.”
Annabeth’s mind was racing. This was the sixth time it had happened in the past two months. Children kept appearing at camp and they all told almost the exact same story. Except for one girl. The first girl, Adelyn.
She had shown up at camp crying, and clutching a bracelet to her chest. She told them the same story as everyone else, except she never said how long it took to get to camp. She also never said anything about who brought her. The bracelet was interesting. Adelyn never took it off, and got extremely defensive whenever someone asked about it.
This was only ten minutes before the prophecy was issued. Annabeth had understood the prophecy almost immediately. She knew who it was about and she knew that it would be almost impossible to get him to fight. There was a war coming. One worse than anything else they had ever faced. They needed him, but he wouldn't care. She was sure of it. Her, and her friends didn’t know what to do. A prophecy hadn’t come true in 15 years. Ever since he had left. Was banished, Annabeth corrected herself sadly, he was banished.
Annabeth was pulled out of her thoughts by Tyler. He had spoken again.
“He also asked us to give a message to a girl named Adelyn? He said it was very important that she got it.” Tyler pulled out an envelope. It looked like every other one Adelyn had received. It would be an understatement to say that Annabeth was starting to get suspicious. The girl was weird. It was like she longed for the envelopes. It was the only time she ever seemed remotely happy, if she was reading one. Nevertheless, just like always, Annabeth went to go find Adelyn so that she could receive her letter.
After the new campers had been situated, and Adelyn got her letter, Annabeth met up with all the Immortal campers. They needed to talk. They sat huddled near the fire, talking amongst themselves, although in Clarisse’s case, she was polishing her spear. Jason looked up as she approached.
“Same as always,” Annabeth said, before he could ask. All her other friends looked to her as she sat down.
“It doesn’t make any sense. If he was done with this place, why would he keep bringing kids here? You would think he’d pay them no mind, and try to stay as far away as possible.”
“He’s not heartless Leo,” Piper sighed, “and besides he said he was done with the gods.”
“Well excuse me for thinking he’d never want to even think about this place, especially after what he said. He renounced any relation he had to the Greek gods, and in turn this camp. He even renounced his powers, for Hades’ sake! That doesn’t exactly scream how much he loves the Greek world.”
“We can all agree though, that the prophecy was about him, right? The assassin bit didn’t make sense. But he’s obviously the ‘lost soul’ and the ‘loose cannon.’ The fate of the war is in his hands, and we don’t even know if he knows it. He need to get him back,” Jason spoke up next.
“There’s something suspicious about Adelyn though. She keeps receiving these messages from whoever is bringing these kids to camp. I thought, originally, that she had to leave her boyfriend of something, which would explain why she’s always so upset, but she seems to lighten up whenever she receives one of those letters,” Annabeth said.
The rest of the time, they discussed how to first, find Percy and second, convince him to come back. The hunters of Artemis were already looking for him, but Percy wouldn’t be found unless he wanted to. He was a stubborn piece of ass too. That much Annabeth had learnt throughout the years.