Percy Jackson and The Ghost Girl

Chapter Seven: The Fourth Night

That evening, I was allowed out of the infirmary, but wasn't allowed to do anything physical.

It sucks.

Not everyone knows about the ghost girl, only the rest of the seven of the second Great Prophecy, Nico, and Chiron.

I feel like everyone would say that I had finally snap, if they found out about me seeing the girl.

I'm walking to dinner with Annabeth, thinking about the girl.

I haven't seen her since I woke up this morning.

I sat down at my table in the dining pavilion.

She seemed...

Guarded.

I could tell by her eyes.

She was defensive. She said she was trusting me. It means she was betrayed before, and she knows how to deal with it. Or...

She won't be able to take it. Again.

I frown as I eat. I don't want to hurt her. She reminds me of Thalia. A teenage girl who was betrayed by her best friend, having no one who cares.

I feel the bench move, I look up to see someone.

Or, two someone's.

"Hey Perce." Travis and Conner Stoll greeted.

"Hi." Was my reply. Although, looking back to that moment, it sounded more like a question.

"So, rumor has it..." Travis started.

"...is that you and Annie had a fight." Conner finished.

I smiled. Typical Stolls.

"You know, they're not twins." I jump and look across the table to see the girl.

She smirked. "Aww. Did I scare you." In a baby voice.

I glared.

"What are you looking at?" Travis asked me, with caution.

"Or, actually, what are you glaring at?" Conner asked, correcting his brother.

I look back at them, a little pale.

Clarisse stood up from her table. "Are you finally going insane? After the war and Tartarus-" Clarisse paused.

When the place was said, the girl said. "Don't flinch. It only makes it worse. Don't think about your experience."

I didn't flinch, while Annabeth flinched.

"-and your acting different. You didn't flinch like Annabeth did. You really must have lost your mind." Clarisse finished.

I stood up, ready to speak.

"Don't. I don't want to hear you yell." The girl stated.

I looked back to her face. She's actually pleading.

I see Leo stand up in the corner of my eye. "What is she saying?" He asked.

Then, chaos happened in the dining pavilion.

"Who is she?"

"Is she a ghost?"

"How can Percy see her?"

"Does Nico see her?"

"Are you actually going insane?!?"

Were some of the things the other campers asked, but the last one was Conner.

"AGH! Tell them to shut up." The girl groaned.

I chuckled at her.

"Wow. Percy, what are you laughing about?" The Stolls said at the same time.

"She was complaining about all the yelling." I answered, amused.

She glared at me. I smirk.

"You know, most here think you have lost it. Like you're insane." The way she said it, it sounded...bitter like she went through the same thing. Well, not the same thing, but she had a similar experience.

"What? What are you thinking about?"

I shook my head, knowing she saw my expression. "Nothing."

She narrowed her eyes in suspicion.

I sat back down, knowing she would find out my thoughts. She seems to always know what I'm thinking.

"If you're going to stop talking and think, I guess I'll take my leave." She sighed in, what I know now, disappointment.

And, that's how I spent the rest of dinner, eating and lost in thought. Everyone else seems to be trying to predict what happened, while whispering to their siblings.

If I only knew, that was the beginning. I thought I was in the middle of solving of the mystery, that is the Ghost Girl.

If I only knew...

That was the beginning of the end.