➵ Visit
**Going to go ahead and name the people who I see as these characters from Camp Jupiter
Lourdes Leon as Reyna Avila Ramirez Arellano
Jason, Piper, Frank, Hazel, and I walked into an office in Camp Jupiter that belonged to the praetors. Frank knocked on the door, a faint "come in" responding back. He twisted the knob and held it open for us. A Latina girl who looked to be around my age stood behind her desk. She wore a purple Camp Jupiter shirt with jeans. Her brown hair was pulled into a neat side braid. Two metallic looking greyhounds stood by her side. One was completely gold while the other was silver.
They suddenly growled at us, well, more like me. The two dogs stalked up to me, circling me around. Their ruby eyes were basically piercing into my soul. I perked an eyebrow at the two, not afraid. Compared to the Beast, these two look like harmless puppies. Crossing my arms, I looked up at the girl.
"Why are they growling at me?" The dogs snarled at my question. I huffed and glared at them.
"I don't know." She admitted, tilting her head. "Aurum. Argentum. Come here."
Aurum and Argentum? Isn't that Latin for gold and silver? Shaking my head, I pushed the thought away. That wasn't important right now. Argentum and Aurum didn't obey. This didn't settle well with the girl. She grumbled under her breath and sternly called out their names again. My friends looked at each other, not knowing what to do.
"Argentum! Aurum! Sit." Frank ordered, using his new praetor status. Once again, the two dogs didn't listen. He looked up at me, confusion written all over his face. "Why aren't they listening? What did you do?"
"What? Me? Why do you guys always assume I did something wrong!?" I whined. One of the dogs, I'm assuming Argentum, got closer to me. He started to sniff at my leg. "What in the? Why are you sniffing me?"
Aurum copied Argentum's motion, sniffing my other leg. I took a step back instinctively. One of them growled. I raised my hands up, showing that I wasn't going to move anymore. I looked over at the other demigods, hoping they knew what to do.
Unexpectedly, the two dogs started to wag their tails. A doggish smile grew on their faces and they sat down in front of me. I furrowed my eyebrows at them. Aurum nudged my leg with his snout. Confused, I hesitantly lowered my hand. Wagging his golden tail even more, he pressed his head into my head.
"What in the world?" Hazel mumbled out, looking up at Frank. He shrugged at her, not knowing how to answer her question. I gently stroked the top of the metallic dog, the smoothness and coldness of the metal sending shivers down my spine.
"Well, this is odd. Have they ever done this before?" Piper looked up towards the unknown girl.
"No. Never." She walked over toward us, eyeing me up and down. I suddenly felt intimidated, which is a very rare feeling for me. "Why would they sniff you?"
"I smell wonderful." Jason snorted at my comment. The girl sent him a glare. Jason cleared his throat, biting back a smile.
"I'm being serious." The girl bluntly said.
"So am I!" I huffed out. Sighing, I ran a hand through my hair. "I don't know, okay?"
"Maybe it's the pack." Piper muttered, looking at me. "Maybe, since you been with them, their scent is still on you?"
"Like how dogs can smell other animals that you have handled?" Frank questioned. I tilted my head and pointed at Frank in agreement. Piper nodded.
"Well, that makes sense." Hazel stated.
"Yeah, it does." Jason agreed.
"What do you guys mean? What pack?" the praetor asked.
"I was helping out a True Alpha and his pack for a month or two." I informed.
"The McCall pack?" She inquired. Does she know them?
"You've heard about them?" I asked, perking an eyebrow. The Latina smiled and nodded.
"They're a big deal here in California. We like to keep an eye on them. Make sure no Roman, or Greek, monsters get attracted to Beacon Hills."
"Well...that's nice of you. I know they will appreciate it once I tell them." I grinned.
"By the way, I'm Reyna." The girl introduced herself. She held out her hand for me with a smile. "You must be Nevah, correct? Percy's sister?"
"Yeah, that's me. It's nice to finally meet you Reyna." I shook her hand with a smile.
"Likewise." Reyna drew her hand away. "Percy kept going on and on about you. Well, besides Annabeth of course."
"Well, that's nice to know." I snorted.
"She's not kidding. He was really worried about you with your quest." Jason added, holding Piper's hand. "Wouldn't stop rambling to us about it."
"It's cute. I love Percy's and Nevah's sibling relationship." Piper smacked his shoulder.
"Why thank you Pipes." I beamed at her. I turned to Jason and stuck my tongue at him. Frank snickered while Hazel stifled a giggle.
"Why don't you go see your boyfriend or something?" Jason rolled his eyes playfully.
"You see, I would, but it would be rude to leave a new friend here hanging." I explained, pointing at Reyna.
"Who's your boyfriend?" Reyna asked.
"Stiles."
"Oh him." Reyna smirked at me.
"What is that supposed to mean?" I asked defensively.
"Nothing, nothing. I can see why you two are dating, that's all." Reyna held up her hands. She nodded towards the door with a smile. "Go visit them. I'm sure it will be a surprise."
"You sure?" I biting back a smile.
"I'm sure." Reyna confirmed. I grinned and ran up to her. Giving her a quick hug, I pet the two dogs and my friends.
"It was nice to meet you! See you guys later!" I called out over my shoulder as I ran out.
"Don't cause any trouble!" Frank called out.
"I won't make any promises!"
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Mounting off of Mrs. O'Leary, I nervously walked up towards the McCall's front door holding a colorful flowers for each member of the pack (I bought them at a floral bouquet in New Rome). Knowing the pack, they were most likely hanging out here since it was after school hours. Mrs. O'Leary trudged next to me, her tail wagging and her tongue lolling out. I smiled down at her.
"I know girl, I missed them too. You ready to meet them again?" I asked, petting her head with my free hand. Stopping in front of the door, I nervously bit my lip. Taking a deep breath in, I rapped my knuckled against the door. Loud footsteps sounded from inside of the house, followed by a thud and a cry. Laughs erupted right after. The door opened and Stiles smiled down at me, blocking my view from everyone else. My breath hitched in the back of my throat. Why did he look even more handsome? How is that possible?
"Nevah?" He breathed out. I gave him a toothy smile.
"Hi." I said, Mrs. O'Leary letting out her own greeting. Stiles wrapped his arms around me, pressing his lips against mine.
"I missed you." Stiles mumbled.
"I missed you too." I sighed, placing my head on his shoulder. We broke apart and I smiled, a blush forming on my cheeks. Mrs. O'Leary tilted her head before she ran past us, heading inside. "Mrs. O'Leary! You didn't even ask if it was okay to go inside! Come back here!"
I gave Stiles an apologetic look before running after her. A very familiar dog was sliding into the living room. Skidding into a stop, I saw the pack staring wide eyed at my pet hellhound. She was sitting in between all of them, her tail thumping against the floor. Hearing me behind her, Mrs. O'Leary turned her head towards me with a doggish grin. "Mrs. O'Leary. You should know better than that."
The pack all looked up at me with grins. Stiles took a hold of my hand, lacing our fingers together. From the corner of my eyesight, I saw Lydia and Malia smirk at the two of us. I rolled my eyes at their antics. I flashed them a grin and held out my colorful bouquet of flowers.
"I got you all a flower from New Rome." I proudly stated.
"New Rome?" Hayden questioned. The pack pushed themselves off of their chairs and walked up to me with a smile on their faces.
"Yeah. It's where the Roman demigods are. The ones in San Francisco." I informed. I handed a flower to each of the pack members.
"Wait, come here. I want a hug." Malia grinned, pushing Stiles to the side and hugging me. I laughed as Stiles stumbled a bit, trying to regain his balance.
"Malia!" He scolded.
"I want a hug too!" Lydia cried out. She joined Malia and me in our hug, leaning her head against mine.
"You know what? Let's just have a group hug." Scott laughed out. Laughing, everyone got into the group hug.
"When did you get here?" Mason asked as we all broke apart.
"Yeah. Have you been here for a while?" Liam added.
"I literally just got here from New Rome." I giggled out.
"How's everything? Stiles won't tell us much from when you guys IM each other." Lydia narrowed her eyes at my boyfriend. "Which, by the way, you need to teach us all how to use. Scott is the only one besides Stiles who knows how to use it."
"I'll teach you guys later on tonight."
"You're staying the night?" Scott questioned.
"If it's alright with you?" I sheepishly inquired. Scott laughed and nodded.
"I'm sure my Mom would love to have you back."
"So how's school?" Hayden swayed on her toes in between Liam and Mason.
"Okay, I guess." I shrugged. "My swim coach kinda wants me back on the team so I start conditioning next week."
"You're a swimmer for Goode?" Malia asked, titling her head.
"Isn't that consider cheating? Ya know, being that you are a daughter of Poseidon?" Stiles raised an eyebrow, looking down at me.
"Not if they don't know it." I pointed my finger at him with a smirk. "Besides, I don't cheat. I don't breathe underwater during my swim meets. Plus, Percy is also on the team, Sally hasn't said anything about it. Only that we won't use our powers and such."
"So kinda like how Scott, Kira and I are in lacrosse?" Liam wrapped his arm around Hayden. I had to hold back an "aww".
"Yeah, basically." I nodded.
"So...are we going to discuss about the hellhound in the room?" Mason stared at Mrs. O'Leary, who was now laying on her stomach next to me. She had her head on top of my foot. I chuckled and messaged her droopy ear.
"She's tired. Shadow traveling wears her out a little bit." I explained.
"I would expect so, you basically turn into a freaking shadow." Stiles spastically waved his hands.
"Yeah, it's not too fun, but it helps cover more ground." I commented. "Hey, is it alright if I IM Percy and the gang? They wanted to know when I got here and that I didn't end up fighting some Greek monster or something."
"Yeah, sure. Go ahead." Scott nodded. I sent him a smile.
"Alright, once I'm done, I'll tell you guys some of my quests and adventures. I know you all have been dying to hear about them." I said, walking over to the kitchen to start an IM. I heard some of them excitedly say "yes". I giggled and shook my head. Oh, how I have missed them.
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