The Daughter of Poseidon

Chapter 30: Surprised Much, Guys?

It was arguably one of the highlights in my life, the peacefulness of baking and cooking in the morning light.

But then, we all heard someone scream.

"HOLY HEPHAESTUS AAAAAHHHH!!!!!!" It sounded suspiciously like Arya. I told the others to wait while I sorted it out, and I marched outside.

It WAS Arya. She was screaming her head off whilst standing on a rock, Leo Valdez behind her with Arya's bow. Except.. it was on fire.

"LEO BALDEZ, YOU BETTER GET THAT FIRE OFF ME OR I WILL CALL KAYLA!!" Arya shouted.

Kayla, one of Arya's half sisters, was REALLY protective, and by Leo's face he knew that too. He extinguished the fire on her bow using a complicated-looking contraption, and explained that it wasn't real fire, only a device he had worked on with a sibling, while grumbling about people calling him Leo 'Baldez'.

I guessed that neither of them had seen me, so I motioned inside the dining pavilion and signalled them that they could keep going.

Leo sprinted away.

It was almost time for breakfast, so I quickly ran back in since nobody had noticed me, and we finished up the last touches with the help of the dryads who served the campers.

"We did it, guys!" The four of us hi-fived and the breakfast bell rang. A door flew open and it was Arya with a bow and arrow in hand. We watched her gape at the food and OBVIOUSLY nobody noticed a group of FOUR PEOPLE STANDING NEXT TO THE KITCHEN so yeah, we just watched the spectacle unfold. Arya looked like she wanted to drool at the massive amounts of food so I whispered for Kalen, Reed and Eloise to take a seat (quietly and stealthily) and that they needed to eat because they looked HUNGRY.

Arya grabbed a plate and set her bow in her quiver, stacking tons upon tons of croissants on the (pretty small) plate.

"Do you think you're gonna be able to eat all of that?" I asked, a smirk forming.

Arya jumped, spilling her croissants everywhere. I imaginarily facepalmed and Arya grabbed a couple, stuffing them into her mouth. Well. I had no response to that. She looked over at the group of us and after introducing Kalen, Reed and Eloise, Arya finally knew my other 'family'.

"Fuh ansffeh uhh fesshun, yeff, I fannn eafff aff off feef," Arya said with her mouth full. Oh, goodness. My OCD was 'acting up' again. I was guessing that she said, "To answer your question, yes, I can eat all of this."

"Didn't those croissants fall on the floor?" Reed asked, pointing at the croissants scattered around. 

"Fiffff seffun ruwfff!" Arya exclaimed. She was a real sticker to the five second rule, I guessed.

Each of us got our food and sat down at our respective cabins, and the other groggy campers started to file in. Eloise, Reed and I were trying to keep straight faces for no apparent reason at all, while Arya monched on her croissants and chocolate milk.

The reactions of the campers noticing us ranged from 'wait, whaa??' to 'omg tears in my eyes they're back!!'

I saw Arya talking to Nico at the other table, and she started choking. I guessed that he had dropped a bombshell on her.. maybe something to do with her half-brother, Will?

Just then, Percy spotted me and rushed over, hugging me tightly. "WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN?!" he whisper-yelled. Cast was with him, and he hugged my leg (he was that short). "Aunty Astra!!" Cast exclaimed.

Suddenly, I heard an explosion. The whole camp seemed to be shaking, and I could see the roofs of cabins crashing to the ground.

Ohhh, no.. I heard Arya telepathy.

The only thing I could think was - this can't be good.

A/N: Sorry guys, I will be away for about a month or so and I won't be able to access my account so I will be inactive for a while, so sorry about that!