※Rewritten※

The next day went just like the last. Wake up around 8 in the morning to one of the satyrs blowing the breakfast conch horn, thirty minutes till we're given omelets and apple juice. I groaned stepping out of bed and made my way to the plastic bag I kept my bathroom stuff, my loofa, soap and shampoo, toothbrush, and toothpaste. The basic things one needs in a restroom. But I needed clothes. Clothes, yes, everyone changes into their day clothes when they wake up, I take it a step further. I shower in the morning and therefore need new clothes.

It doesn't take me long to grab new clothes and wake myself up in the camp showers. You might be thinking, why does Percy shower in the morning? One thing, if I shower at night I can't sleep. So I made it a habit of morning showering so I can feel more awake, like a shot of espresso for the caffeine boost. I never really had coffee before, Annabeth says that the caffeine in it helps with ADHD but it really easy to get kinda addicted to it. It's not like I need it, still, it's good information to know. Personally, I prefer skittles to calm my idiotic demigod brain, but whatever floats your boat.

"Mornin' Perce," Jason waved at me as he walked back to his cabin. His blond hair was styled just the way he likes it and his purple Camp Jupiter shirt that he alternates with this orange Camp Half-Blood one. "What does Chiron have planned for you today?"

"The same things as always," I dried my hair with the towel. Now you may be thinking again, you can just make your hair dry just by thinking it, why dry your hair with a towel? Simple, when I dry it a little bit and let it air dry, I get super beach wavy hair. So wavy it's practically curly. "Canoe lessons for everyone, sword fighting for advanced and the little kids, lunch, Ancient Greek lessons with Annabeth, independent training, and then nothing.

"What about you bro?" The towel now laying around my neck preventing the water to drip into my shirt. "What has Chiron, Reyna, and Piper have you scheduled for?"

"Spear training with Clarisse, then the lava wall a couple times," He said. "Then sword fighting for intermediate and baby, lunch, free time, foot racing, and then I have pavilion duties."

Pavilion duties. There's a love-hate relationship with that job. On one hand, you get to know what we're going to have before anyone else does, put in suggestions for tomorrow or the day after. But you have to pick up all the plates and cups and cutlery put them to wash and then go around the dining hall to pick up any of the thrown food and trash left by the messy teens. "Ouch."

"Yeah," He agrees and nods his head. "Any ideas for dinner tomorrow?"

"Nah, but I have a suggestion for dessert."

"What?"

"Triple chocolate cake with vanilla frosting and rainbow sprinkles." I looked at him with an innocent smile.

"That does sound good." Jason laughs. "Anyway, I gotta go to the cabin now. Piper left her jacket inside and she's getting cold somehow."

"Ok, I'll see you at the dining hall." I wave bye as he jogs to the Zeus cabin and I still walking to the Poseidon cabin. But once I got there I threw my dirty clothes in the dirty laundry basket, tossed my restroom stuff into the restroom, and changed into my blue Nike's. Knowing I have very little time left before they start serving I run out of the cabin to the pavilion. Luckily I make just time for the plates to be handed out and the food to appear.

"Hey Percy," Annabeth kissed my cheek as I sat down at the Poseidon table. Normally people can't sit at other tables, but Chiron has tried to make her stop, she never listens. "After your solo training, come to the amphitheater, Chiron has something to say."

"Okay," I shoveled my omelet into my mouth, hungry as all heck. "Why though?"

"Apparently one of the gods has an announcement they wanna make to us, but who knows."

I know.

I know exactly whose gonna talk to us and what he's gonna do.

Great.

"M'kay, I, uh, I have to go." I chugged my apple juice. "Gotta get the canoes from the watershed and put them in the lake, you know it takes a while to do that."

"Okay, have fun teaching!" Annabeth yelled and walked to sit next to Piper at the Aphrodite table.

The day went on as usual. People tried to canoe but fell into the lake, the little kids were both cute and annoying to teach, the older campers were getting much better than they were a year ago. Ancient Greek with Annabeth went pretty well. I was able to read the Odyssey all the way through with no problems, only because it's easier to read greek than English. Training with everyone else was the exact same as the day before. Hack and slash at the dummies with perfect coordination till you're done with it and spar with a partner.

A monotonous routine that I was happy with. It was my normal after years of no kind of normalcy. A great change of pace from battling titans and monsters and demon Highschool cheerleaders. That is until Apollo decided to have a talent show. Yay.

I capped riptide and walked out of training tired and sweaty, my orange shirt had drops of salty body fluids on it that fell from my face. I had gone hard on the dummies that were no match for the pent up annoyance that has resulted from a certain sun god. I like Apollo, he's a chill guy, but there are times when he just pushes my buttons the wrong way and it had angered me the slightest. It felt good to release it on a poor defenseless straw dummy.

Camp was bustling as usual, less than the morning, but still a lot. People ran around to their next 'class' or they were just relaxing in their free time. One of those people was Leo. A special son of Hephaestus who could control fire and who saved us from Gaea last summer. He returned from the dead alive, with a girl, and calmer. It was strange. He wasn't as hyper or bouncy as before but we just put it off. Now, all he does is lay down under the sun in the strawberry fields. Yeah, he does stuff, he goes to training and meals, but when he doesn't have something to do, you'll find him in a sunny patch of grass napping.

So, I made my way to him. The sweet smell of strawberries and the sound of Demeter children and nymphs tending to the camp's source of income. "Hey, Leo."

"Hey man, you done with training?" Leo answers, eyes closed, and hands under his head. "Cause you look like you're drenched in sweat."

"Yeah." I sat next to him and looked out to the camp down below, the strawberry fields were on a hill quite high above the camp. "You did everything you had to do?"

"Mhmm, got it all done before lunch and I've just been here all day," Leo says. "You should try it sometime, you look stressed."

I nodded my head. "I should."

He opened his eyes and sat up, plucking a strawberry from the nearest bush. "What happened?"

"Apollo's gonna start a 'talent show' here a camp and he's putting me in it," I drew in the dirt. "But I don't wanna do it, ya know? Singing isn't my thing."

Leo nodded his head understanding. "Aren't you like," he bit the strawberry. "Related to the sirens? Or is that fake?"

"I have absolutely no idea, but I don't wanna find out," I answer and eat a strawberry.

"Understandable."

We sat in silence for a while listening to the chatter of people. For a moment time seemed to slow down like it was put on a turtle speed around me, and just as it had come, everything came back to normal. It was strange but I thought nothing of it. "Does it seem like time slows down sometimes? For a second, everyone but you goes super fast? Or is that just me?"

I looked at Leo. He was deep in thought, brown eyes distant and far away as if he had just been disconnected to reality for a moment. It shocked me for a bit, I had never seen him this, wise, I guess you could say. "Yeah."

"I thought I was going crazy." He chuckles a dry laugh as if he knew he already was. 

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A/n

So this one ended a bit weirdly and if you're confused I'll explain why, I have a sequel to this book called "The Time Before" where Percy, Leo, and two to others are primordials of the four seasons. Being primordials, they are immortal so time goes/feels slower. If you are still confused, go and read the book, it makes more sense there.  Also, I hope you liked the new chapter 2! Tell me what you think in the comments please!!

Love,

Kitty

(Ps. I wasn't trying to promote my book--I was but just a little--I was just trying to help you, the readers, understand what I wrote better :) )