Blood of Olympus Epilogue

Chapter 9: Camps Collide

Camp Half-Blood campers found themselves in a room, the floor endless and the walls unseen. A colorful dome glittered in mysterious sunlight above their heads, but it had no end. It simply disappeared into the dark edges of the infinite room.

"Hello Greeks!" the voice of Hazel Levesque greeted. "This is my Mist portal. The goddess of magic, Hecate, helped me to create it." The Hecate campers whispered excitedly as the silhouette of the daughter of Pluto appeared in a doorway of golden light.

"Follow me to Camp Jupiter," she offered and sunk back into the golden doorway. Everyone in the Mist room looked to Percy and Annabeth, who were undoubtedly the camp leaders, even though no one had explicitly said so.

"Umm," Percy started. "Just go by cabin?"

Annabeth smiled at him. "I'll take this one." She turned to address the crowd. "Alright, Clarisse take Ares and one of the chariots with you. Athena, help them with the chariot."

With minimal glaring, the two groups, with Blackjack pulling the chariot, disappeared into the golden light. Annabeth continued, "Piper, take Aphrodite. Solace, take Apollo. Jason, Nico, help them with the other chariot." Piper and Jason smiled broadly at each other. And Annabeth could've sworn she saw Will Solace wink at Nico.

"Leo, you can take Hephaestus now," Annabeth ordered. Calypso held Leo's hand tightly as they went first into the golden light.

Annabeth continued ordering everyone around, efficiently getting everyone through the Mist portal. Following Hypnos, the last cabin to go through, she and Percy clasped hands as they stepped into the golden light.

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They found themselves in an open field. "Field of Mars," Percy told her.

"I know, I've been here too, remember?" Annabeth said.

"Oh, yeah," he said sheepishly. "Forgot."

Hazel stood behind them, manipulating the Mist into a glowing portal. "Is that everyone?"

"Hazel, hi! Yeah, we're the last ones," Annabeth answered.

Hazel waved her hand and the portal behind them dissolved into Mist and sunk into the ground. "Pretty cool, huh? It takes a lot of power, though, so I'll probably sleep for, like, twelve hours tonight."

"Still totally awesome," Percy said in awe. Hazel hugged Annabeth and Percy tightly.

"Frank and Reyna are leading all of your campers to the temporary cabins we set up," Hazel said. The trio followed the Hypnos cabin along the dirt paths. "They're not much, just wooden frames with some canvas, but we figured it would be easier than having you guys bring tents."

"Yeah, that sounds great. Thanks!" Percy said, fidgeting with the backpack strap on his shoulder. "How about food? No way two camps can fit in the dining hall."

"Good point," she said. "Ask Reyna and Frank. Here they com now."

"Sup Greekies," Reyna called.

"Greekies?" Annabeth and Percy asked in unison.

"I was trying it out," she defended.

"It's a no," Frank said. "Hey guys." They both hugged Percy and Annabeth, too.

"Where are the others?" Reyna asked. Hazel looked around, too.

"Nico came in with Apollo, I think," Percy answered. "Piper and Jason were with Aphrodite."

"Okay," Reyna said. "I'll show you guys where your cabins are."

"Thanks!" Percy said and Annabeth smiled.