Percy-

I walked back into Camp Half-Blood, a good amount of people already there. Nico was actually there. That was a first.

I know he saw me. He was talking with Jason.

And actually speaking.

Another first.

The Romans who were staying for the summer here were already here and the Greeks staying at Camp Jupiter were already there.

Octovain and Reyna walk up to me.

"Where are the legions?" Octovain asked.

"It says Bellona cabin." Reyna said. "I know my mom is Bellona, where do I stay!?"

"Oh my gods." I said. "We don't have legions. We have cabins. You're placed in the cabin of your godly parent."

"What if I don't like them." Octovain said.

"Then have fun running from harpies after curfew." I told him.

"Harpies?" Reyna asked me.

"They're vicious." I told her. "They will eat you as soon as they grab you. It keeps everyone inside at night, at least."

"And what about leaving camp for a day?" Octovain asked.

"Usually we don't do that." I said. "But I mean that's something you'd have to talk to Chiron and Mr.D about. They run the place. I just lead it into war."

"And what's this councilor stuff?" Hazel asked. "And why is it my brother?"

"Yeah, why is Clarisse the councilor, its not fair." Frank said.

"Councilors are the head of the cabin." I told them. "When they say it's lights out, its lights out. They're the boss of the cabin. Nico is because he's been here for multiple years and hes been on quite a few quests for the camp and the gods. Clarisse is because she's Clarisse and she's been on like 4 quests. You have to at least have gone on one quest to be nominated and voted on. Unless nobody in the cabin has then the longest camper it automatically. You guys are only on your second year and have only gone on one quest. The only thing it really effects is they go to the councilor meetings."

Hazel was saying shit about Nico as he was walking by.

"You know I'm not deaf.' He informed his sister. " I know you're talking shit about it."

"Bring it to your boyfriend." Hazel said.

"What?" I asked.

"I don't have a boyfriend, thank you very much."

Okay.

Scared me for a second.

"Yeah you do." Frank said. "Jason."

Nico just looked away for a second.

"Guys." He said. "Jason has a girlfriend. Her name is Piper. Remember her? Yeah. I don't even like Jason so I don't know what you're talking about."

I open my mouth and close it.

"What?" Nico asked me.

"Nothing." I said. "Absoulutly nothing."

"No, say it." He told me and talked me into it.

"Gonna say you're actually talking for a first you're here, too." I said. "The past three years you're not here for the full god dammed summer. When you are here you never fucking talk."

"That's your own fault. So deal." The son of Hades told me.

Yeah... Can we not talk about that?

Thank you.

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Nico-

Annabeth showed up an hour after Percy did. She didn't even ask about him. At all. He was figuring out stuff in the Big House. With Camp Jupiter campers here he's a lot busier.

Somebody, AKA Piper asked if she was going to ask about Percy.

"Why would I?" She asked as she unpacked in her room. "He's a bitch. For all I really care he can rot in hell."

Well then.

"So I'm guessing you guys broke up..." Jason commented.

"No shit, Sherlock."

"Okay, don't need to be harsh." Hazel told her. "Just because you don't have a boyfriend."

Annabeth glared at her.

She just walked out of the room.

"That wasnt harsh." I told them. "That's just Annabeth. I'm surprised she was so nice during the war. She was a little bitch when I met her. She hated me."

"Why?" Frank asked.

"I was an annoying little shit." I said. "Thalia ignored it, Percy just dealed with it, Grover found it hilarious because I was annoying Percy so bad, and Annabeth just fucking didn't deal with it. She fell off a cliff with a monster and I don't really know how she lived but she did. So.. She's never liked me, and I could care less."

"Please tell me this camp is more layed back than Camp Jupiter." Jason said. "I mean, last winter was like preparing for war so it wasn't very layed back."

"Way less strict." I said. "The only rules that are strict is our Capture the Flag rules which are stated at every game, a little different every game. No girl and boy can be alone in a cabin. Curfew. If you're out past curfew and the harpies catch you they eat you and then councilors have to go to meetings. But aside that it's not too bad. Listen to the cabin councilors, they're not really strict. They just keep stuff in line. We don't have corhets, ambassadors, none of that. Percy leads us into war, Chiron and Mr.D run the place."

"Capture the Flag?" Leo asked. They usually don't play when war is on way. "Like the school game."

"Just more violent." I said and the horn went off for Welcome Back Capture the Flag. Early on the first day of summer.

"And there's Capture the Flag." I said as we all head to go where the meeting spot is. Everyone was excited to play again.

Chiron said who was on each team. I was on blue team. A good team. We had Percy and Clarisse. That right there is like an automatic win. We also had Leo and Piper. Jason was on the other team and so was Annabeth.

We have a lot of Romans.

Percys trying to speak, right.

"Hey!" Clarisse scared them. "This is serious. Listen."

"It's a game." Frank said.

"You wanna be in the infirmary?"

They shut right up. We had our plan, hid our flag where theyd never get it and the whistle went off. We kept half our team there. Half strong, half weak. The other half went for offense.

It's the first game Ive played since that first winter.

"I know where they hid their flag." Percy said. "Follow me."

He was pro at this game.

He put three fingers up, down to one and guys came out, attacking. Only a few of us were with Percy. We had all broken up but stayed in close range.

"Where are we going?" I asked him. It was actually only us. About 2 to 3 people a little break.

"To the stream." He told me. "Red team always hides it there."

"The stream?" I asked. "There is no stream at camp."

"There is." He told me. "I was claimed there during Capture the Flag. We just don't use it outside Capture the Flag."

And we got to the stream. A nice, quiet little place.

The Flag was right there.

We can use all our powers. The two of us were hidden.

I shadow travel behind them, not guarded from the back they only had about 2 or 3 people there. Percy distracted and did a damn good job, too. Fighting with both of them as I grabbed the Flag and rise it in the air.

"Do you really think he'd come alone?" I asked as they stop and then around.

"Better luck next time." Percy told them. "And guard from all directions."

Everyone goes to dinner afterwards. Instead of by cabin, you were kind of free to sit with whoever now for the whole time. So that was nice. Percy, Jason, Leo, Frank, Hazel, Grover, Piper, Reyna, Octovain, and myself sat together.

"That was fun." Reyna said.

"A lot better than the War Games." Octovain said. "Which we never play anymore."

"Please say it's more than once a summer thing." Hazel said.

"Every Friday." Percy said. "Teams stay the same the whole summer and then next summer they'll change again. When the Hunt visits it's camp against them. A tradition that's gone on forever."

"What's after dinner?" Frank asked.

"Campfire." I answered.

"What's Campfire?"

"You'll see." Grover told them as we finished up and headed to Campfire.