The Annabeth Chase Column

PART ONE - Since Magnus has gray eyes, try sneaking him into the Athena Cabin

PART ONE - Since Magnus Chase has gray eyes for some reason, try sneaking him into the Athena Cabin and see if anyone questions it

Okay... Gods... I guess it is only fair that Magnus finally sees Camp Half-Blood. You realize though what you dared me to do. I have to leave New Rome University, travel to Boston to go pick Magnus up, and then sneak him into a camp that doesn't allow anyone to go inside unless he's a demigod. Would Magnus be considered a demigod? Because he is technically... but he's more... I don't even know. He's the son of a Norse god. Not a Greek or Roman one. Would that count? I guess, I'll try anyway. But this is the worst timing, let me tell you --- I have a test in three months! But I guess I have to do this dare anyway---

Oh, wait! It is a dare, isn't it? That's right, the first dare I've gotten. Shoutout to @GreenYoshi73 for the first dare! Thank you so much for voting and commenting on the previous post and you can always dare me again if you enjoy this chapter and I hope you do because... this one's for you.

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I'm sitting in my dorm room when my column gets a new hit. It's a dare. I immediately start hating on Leo. It was his idea to make my questions / advice column a questions / advice / dare column. I reluctantly open the dare. It's one by one of my favorite readers --- one who has liked every single one of my postings @GreenYoshi73.

It's not a bad dare... no it's a good one. It's actually a really good idea. Hmm... I wonder if it would work. I know what I have to do.

I log onto the wifi account: All Da Ladies Luv Leo. I punch in the password. Super Sized Mcshizzle: The Bad Boy Supreme and I call up a Mr. Magnus Chase.

"Hey, what's up?" he asks.

"Nothing much, you?" I answer.

"Everything's good. I've died three times today."

"Cool, cool."

"Yeah, I don't think Ragnarok's coming anytime soon so I think the world will be fine. No threatening prophecies on your end?"

"Nope. I am far away from Rachel Dare and happy about it."

"I thought she was your friend."

"She is."

"So...?" he inquired.

"She's the oracle and I, for one am happy about no monsters and no prophecies."

"Good point."

I heard from the background Alex Fierro shouting out to Magnus to hurry up with that call.

"So, how is it going with Alex?"

"Yeah, it's good. He's great."

"Oh, he's male now? Okay."

"Any other reason for your call?"

"Um, yeah. You know how I told you I started a questions / advice / dare column?"

"Yeah..."

"Well, I got a dare."

"And?" he asked.

"Lucky you. You're involved."

"Yay?"

"How would you like to come to Long Island next weekend?"

"Sure?"

"Great. Now... how would you like to be a child of Athena?"

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I flew out from California Friday afternoon after classes ended. I ended up at Camp Half-Blood at around 8:30pm or so and was well welcomed. My bunk was just as I had left it and it twisted my heart. I missed this place. I watched as all the campers played Capture The Flag. Six years ago, that was me. Now it's almost all new faces. Athena's team won. Ares's kids were not happy. I sat at the bonfire with my siblings, though most were also new. Malcom was still there, subbing for head counselor. I guess now he was the permanent one. I wouldn't really be living here anymore. College and then a real life... Frank and Hazel being praetors said Percy and I could stay as long as we wanted. We could live there until age 100 if we wanted to. Camp Jupiter has a place for that. But even Malcom would leave soon. He was 17. This was his last year. He was heading off for college as well. The thought made me sad. Everything was changing. This place felt like home. But a home that had changed. A home I didn't really recognize anymore. We sang songs at the bonfire and I was surprised to see that new songs had been invented. The songs I knew --- the songs I had sung for more than 10 years weren't there. Maybe one or two but the rest were new. Camp Half-Blood felt foreign. I crashed there for the night anyway.