Elizabeth Potter

Chapter 11

In September, we had a new camp arrival. The boy stumbled into camp in a dazed state. I rushed over to him, helping him to the infirmary. He had brown hair and brown eyes. I'd been helping in the infirmary recently, studying under Lee Fletcher, son of Apollo. Mom had started teaching me how to use water to heal other people. I couldn't heal internal wounds like bruises or broken bones, but I could heal cuts and other small external stuff. It took a lot of work and energy, so I didn't use it often, only in emergencies. And, considering the state this boy was in, I figured it was an emergency. He was missing both his eyebrows and a section of his, for god's sake. Eventually, the boy was well enough to hold a basic conversation. "Where am I?" He asked in an accent I had not heard before. Ug, he doesn't know. "You're at Camp Half-Blood," I told him, "In the infirmary. That's Lee Fletcher, son of Apollo. I'm Eliza, daughter of Amphitrite. We're your doctors." The boy looked at me. "Half-bloods? There's a camp for half-bloods? And, Apollo, Amphitrite?" He asked. I nodded, bringing some water over to heal a cut. He watched in a trance as I moved the water. "What's your name?" I asked, trying to distract him. "Seamus Finnigan. Is this America? What's going on?" He asked. I sighed and looked at him. "Seamus, you are at Camp Half-Blood. A camp for demigods such as yourself," I said, then turning to Lee, I called out, "Scrapes and cuts are healed. I think he has a broken wrist and ankle. He's still missing both eyebrows. I'm going to wrap the ankle and wrist and leave the rest to you!" Lee gave a thumbs up from where he worked on an Ares kid. "Demigods?" Seamus asked. I brought my attention back to him. "Yup. Did you live with your mortal mom or dad?" I asked, wrapping her wrist. Seamus shook his head, taking in the new information. "Both," He said. "Okay, so we have no lead as to who your godly parent is," I groaned. "My mom is a witch, and so am I, if that helps," My head snapped up. A wizard? Interesting."You're godly parents will probably be your dad then. Unless the gods pulled some weird shit like they did with mine," I muttered. My mom gave me a basic explanation of how I had three parents and left me to fill in the rest. Mom and other mom spent a night together. An egg of Salacia and an egg of Amphitrite combined, transferred to Lily, and then was fertilized the next night by my biological dad. Why my mom was with my other mom, to begin with, is unknown to me. When I finished with Seamus's wrist, I looked at him. He was staring at me in shock. "Lee will do a better job explaining. See you around camp!" ... The next month, Seamus was claimed by Hephestus. "Oh, good, they didn't do weird shit," I said to myself when I saw the symbol over his head. "No weird shit?" He asked me after sitting back down. I nodded. Seamus wiped imaginary sweat off his still-bald forehead. ... Annabeth just barely made it to winter break when she called Camp. Chiron bought a ticket home for her. Selfishly, when I heard the news, I lit up with joy. I know it was wrong of me, but I was so happy she was coming home. Even if it meant she didn't get along with her family. It meant that she wasn't abandoning me. Calla and Strider smelled her as she crossed the Camp border. Calla sat up abruptly, and Strider glanced at the bus. The moment Annabeth's foot touched the grass, I launched myself onto her. "You're home!" I exclaimed. Annabeth gladly returned the hug. Her eyes were bloodshot. She had been crying on the bus. I calmed down a little. "I'm sorry it didn't work out," I told her honestly. Annabeth smiled sadly and wiped her eyes. "Come on, Papa will be happy to see you," I told her, pulling her with me as we went to see Chiron. Annabeth stopped short, though. I turned around to see why. She just pulled me into another hug."I'm never going back there, Beth," She whispered in my ear, "You're my family. You, Chiron, Luke. You guys are the ones I love. And I am so thankful that you will always be there for me."

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So, this chapter does explain Eliza a little. I'm thinking about adding a chapter fully explaining it. Do you guys want that?

So sorry that this is a week late. I just realized that I did not hit post last week. Again. Super sorry. 

-Cae Cae