𝙧𝙖𝙙𝙞𝙖𝙣𝙩 • 𝙥. 𝙟𝙖𝙘𝙠𝙨𝙤𝙣

02

"Glad to have you back, loser." Lee Fletcher said while moving the tarp off of the unused bed in their shared room as head counselor. Throughout the summer Lee and Aurora shared joint responsibility of head counselor, and since Apollo had one of the largest number of campers, Chiron had allowed them to share the duties.

"Thanks for keeping my bed clean Lee. You're the best. I can't believe it has only been 4 months since I left for school. It feels like forever ago. Thank god I was able to take some stuff with me from my other dorm though. I can't imagine having to wear orange all the time." Aurora shuddered and Lee chuckled at his little sister. He would never admit it to anyone, but he had favourites, and Aurora was definitely one of them.

    "By the way, since you're back at camp, you have to start your head counselor duties again. We have to do cabin checks tomorrow." Lee reminded the girl while she was unpacking.

    "I just got back and I already have to do work? I thought camp was supposed to be a break from school." Aurora groaned while collapsing onto her bed.

    "Well I mean if you classify almost dying everyday at camp then yeah it's break. Stop being so dramatic. And go see what the others are saying idiot. I have a feeling you are an important piece of the next puzzle." Lee reimprinded his sister. Aurora fixed her hair quickly by brushing it through and threw up a middle finger at her brother. He scoffed and threw his apple at her, which she swiftly caught and left the room.

    "MY APPLE." Lee wailed, but it was too late, she had already left with the apple and had no idea that Lee screamed that.

    "We're playing a game of capture the flag as per tradition when the hunter's visit." Chiron stated to the group of demigods that were standing near the pavilion.

    "Sibal we never win when the hunter's come. Why do they gotta make us look bad every single time." Aurora whined when she caught the end of Chiron's speech. Despite the tense atmosphere of the pavilion, the daughter of Apollo's words allowed everyone to relax a little bit and laugh quietly at the girl's statement.

    "Come on sunshine, let's go come up with a plan to beat the hunter's so you can stop your whining." Thalia smirked and dragged the poor daughter of Apollo away. Aurora caught Percy's gaze and mouthed 'help me' at him but he shook his head and mouthed, 'you're on your own loser.' Aurora scowled and finally just let Thalia pull her away.

    They in fact lost "capture the flag". Badly. And Thalia was not happy about it. It really was a mystery to Aurora as to why Thalia hated the hunters so much. Maybe some bad mojo going on in that group? She had no idea, but she did not want to get involved whatsoever. She was happy just being involved. Everything was about to change, when something green and misty came up to Zoe and started speaking.

Six shall go west to the goddess in chains,

One shall be lost in the land without rain,

The bane of Olympus shows the trail,

Campers and Hunters combined prevail,

The Titan's curse must one withstand,

And one shall perish by a parent's hand.

Shit was going down. The camp had never witnessed the oracle actually come out of the attic, and everyone had actually gone into a panic. All things considered though, Aurora got a solid laugh out of Percy and Grover being elected to carry it back to the attic.