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I pressed my palms against the strong bark of Thalia's tree. Down the hill was the medshack, or at least that's what I called it. Reading the Maze Runner can leave you a die hard fan for life.

I stepped passed Percy and Grover as we ascended the hill. Chiron and Mr. D
always speak to all new campers as a sort of official welcome.

Percy was no exception to that rule , no matter how spontaneous his arrival onto the camp grounds had been.

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The porch wrapped all the way around the farmhouse.

My legs felt wobbly, trying to walk that far. Y/N's arm was instantly on my shoulder helping me walk. Grover offered to hold the Minotaur horn, but I held on to it. I'd paid for that souvenir the hard way. I wasn't going to let it go.

As we came around the opposite end of the house , I caught my breath.

We must've been on the north shore of Long Island , because on this side of the house , the valley marched all the way up to the water, which glittered about a mile in the distance. Between here and there, I simply couldn't process everything I was seeing. The landscape was dotted with buildings that looked like ancient Greek architecture--an open air pavilion, an amphitheater, a cirular arena--except that they all looked brand new , their white marble columns sparkling in the sun.

In a nearby sandpit , a dozen high schoo-age kids and satyrs played volleyball. Canoes glided across a small lake. Kids in bright orange T-shirts like Grover's and Y/N's were chasing each other around a cluster of cabins nestled in the woods. Some shot targets at an archery range. Others rode horses down a wooded trail ,and , unless I was hallucinating , some of their horses had wings.

"Jake!" Y/N cheered and waved as a person waved to her. A smiling lighting up her face,she looked so different from the girl that always had my back and bullied my bullies back. Out there she looked out of place, but here, she looked right at . . .home.

She let go of my hand and bolted down the hill straight towards the person who had waved to her earlier. She wasted no time and jumped into the person arms as soon as they met. A boy with ashe blonde hair.

I watched them hug each other with am unsettling feelin in my chest, but I shrugged it off and looked towards Grover for an explanation. Grover looked at me with the oddest expression on his face , but it quickly disappeared.

"That's Jake. He's a child of Hephaestus. He and Y/N are siblings by law. When we came back he was on a quest. Just returned. They haven't seen each other for two years."

So they weren't even just friends,their bond was deeper. A sibling bond.

A sigh that I didn't know I was even holding was expelled through my lungs.

"That's special."

They pulled away and Y/N pointed up the hill at us. The boys head turned in our direction and he waved at us.

Grover immediately returned the gesture with a smile and I waved back awkwardly.

We continued on and Y/N met us halfway there.