Chapter 18: Across the River and Into the Camp

  Annabeth






   "I think... I caught my breath." I said and let out a sigh. Me and the two sat down on a sun baked rock, listening to a river's roar.
   Waters crashed onto rocks, the current showed no mercy. A cobblestone path used to cross the river was being enveloped by the waters. Just ahead of the river was a forest that had a path. I could see 7 tents lined up in a circle with one burning campfire in the center. Sanctuary!
   "Ok, how are we gonna cross this river?" Alec said. "Maybe I could dry this up with sunrays..."
   "Or I could electrocute it! Then... no, I could use clouds to make a path and..."
   I left Alec and Lucas and wandered to an old tree. Breaking this would be easy! It would make a nice bridge too. I thought. Those guys should thank me!
   I leaned against the tree with all my might, until I heard a tiny female voice.
   A tiny figure appeared in the tree. It was a tree nymph!
   "Girl, you gotta use someone else!" She snapped her fingers, making a Z. "Right now, I'm listening to music! Find another tree, would ya?"
   "Sorry ma'am!" I said and hurried back to the river.
   Then I saw the most hilarious thing I ever saw today; Alec and Lucas wrestling a water nymph; and the water nymph (girl) won!
   Then there was a terrible thing I saw; Lucas was crackling electricity in his hands and Alec was beginning to reach for a sun beam to dry her up.
    "Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa! What's goin' on?" I asked.
    "Those two peculiar boys are trying to cross my river! Probably to get to that  camp I sup..."
    "Whose in the camp?" I demanded.
    "Just 7 demigods trying to find the skull, the lightning bolt and the sun!" The water nymph calmed the river so we could hear better. "Are you the ones?"
    "I'm a son of Apollo, he's the son of Zeus and she's the daughter of Hades, so, I guess." Alec said.
    "The ones?" The water nymph's eyes grew wide. "By, by the River Styx! You must hurry to their camp! Go now!" The water nymph raised the whole river in the air to let us cross.
    "Thanks!" I called as I climbed up to the other side of the river.
    "No problem!" The nymph said. And when she lowered the river, she jumped in and melted into the river. Weird.
    "AAAAAHHHHHHH!" Lucas tripped over a tree root, face to face with a anthill.
    "Get up." A girl's voice rang "You must be hurt. I'll let you in the infirmary tent after a little talk. Lucas stood. We all looked up, facing a blonde girl who had the weirdest blue eyes.
    "Who are you?" Alec asked.
    "Who are you?" The girl asked.
    "I asked you first." Alec said.
    "You are the one who trespassed to our camp."
    Alec looked back at me and Lucas. "She is right."
    "I'm Alec, son of Apollo, he's Lucas, son of Zeus and she's Annabeth, daughter of Hades."
    "I'm Chieko, daughter of Athena." The girl said. "My name means intelligence and wisdom. And we've been waiting and searching for you. I'm so happy you came." Chieko raised her arm to the left, and 5 more campers stood out.
    "Hello! Are you ok? I'm sure we'll be great friends!" One demigod said.



    Ten demigods unite with love... someone's missing.