New cabins had been added and more were in construction.Īnnabeth arrived at Camp Half-Blood about a week after I did, her work on Olympus keeping her occupied. Random campers chased the children of Hermes, specifically Connor and Travis Stoll, and I knew they had been up to their tricks again. Campers were smashed and burned by the rock climbing wall. Clarisse pummeled newcomers and glared at me, but she did have Chris now which made her somewhat happier. The satyrs chased dryads and the naiads flirted with clueless campers.
The strawberry fields were still sprouting juicy red fruit. D took one look at me and sighed, returning to his pinochle game. No weird prophecies had been issued by Rachel yet. When I returned to camp at the beginning of the summer, Chiron and Rachel welcomed me. Thalia sent me an Iris-Message every once in a while and Nico stopped by occasionally. Tyson was occupied in my father's underwater palace. Grover checked in with me from time to time, his duties as a Lord of the Wild keeping him very busy. Annabeth's designs on Mount Olympus were growing daily, and our relationship was going steady. I had somehow survived my sophomore year at Goode High School and would be returning there as a junior in the fall. It was a normal day at Camp Half-Blood, the summer after the Battle of Manhattan-after I fulfilled the Great Prophecy.