When Worlds Collide

Chapter Thirty-Two

 "Alright, we're here." Annabeth finally said, sending Aurora down to the bottom of a hill. The others followed close behind, Gale landing and getting off before anyone else.

"This isn't the same place we stopped at before." He grumbled, still mad.

"That's about five minutes from here by walking." Annabeth told him as she got off "I didn't know you guys well enough then, so I didn't want to show you the exact position."

"Why are we stopping here then? Why don't we just walk through and get this over with?" Gale asked, walking over to the tree line.

"Because there is a barrier that keeps humans and monsters from entering." Annabeth explained "So you need to wait for us." But Gale didn't seem to hear, and he stormed right through the barrier unknowingly.

"Um, did he just..." Clarisse started, trailing off.

"Yes, he did. I knew you were a demigod!" Annabeth exclaimed, doing a fist pump.

"What? No! Why would you do that? Idiot! You just proved what you didn't want!" Gale yelled to himself.

"Um, okay then." Percy said, watching Gale as he landed Blackjack next to Annabeth and Aurora "So we have a new camper."

"Wonder what Mr. D will call him." Annabeth thought aloud with a chuckle.

"Who's Mr. D? And why would he call me something else?" Gale asked, placing his hands on the back of his head and huffing. Annabeth, Percy, and Clarisse all just laughed.

"You'll see, trust us." Annabeth managed.

"Alright, so, um, how do we get in?" Hiccup asked. He and Toothless were at the barrier, unable to walk through.

"Okay, so we need everyone to come to the barrier." Annabeth told them, motioning to the few that hadn't came up yet. Clarisse and Percy headed on in, leaving Annabeth to let everyone else in. "Alright, good." She said once they came over "I, Annabeth Chase, give this group permission to enter camp." She said, looking towards the barrier. They tried walking in and, this time, could get through.

"Alright, should we find Chiron?" Annabeth asked, and Percy and Clarisse nodded.

"Hey, so should we go and get some of the other dragon riders?" Hiccup asked. Everyone nodded. Hiccup glanced back at Toothless's tail. "I don't think he'll be able to come with us," he said reluctantly.

"Here, come up here," Astrid offered. Stormfly sat down, and Toothless walked over to meet her. Hiccup pulled himself into Stormfly's saddle, and then Stormfly, Cloudjumper, and Skullcrusher took off. Toothless stared after them, almost looking confused as to why he was left behind, but then he glanced back at his bruised tail and dropped his head. He walked slowly over to Ember and laid down next to him, watching the fading dragons with a heavy weight in his stomach. Everyone that stayed behind waved at them and started heading down the hill, towards camp.

"So, who's the cast of characters we're going to meet here?" Gale asked grumpily.

"Well, there's obviously going to be the campers." Annabeth said, pointing across the strawberry fields at where people in orange shirts were doing different activities, ranging from sword practice to archery to, in the skies, pegasus riding "But first we should see if Chiron and Mr. D are in the Big House." She finished, pointing towards a four story house off to the side.

"You should take your bow out there." Gale whispered to Katniss, nodding his head at the archers.

"Not now." She responded. They headed up to the Big House, where a man in a wheelchair and a man with a leopard spotted shirt were sitting at.