Chapter 3

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It was a few years ago. We were at Camp Jupiter, a rival camp. And by "We" I mean Me, Ryan and Joseph because we had been sent there by our parents. My father is Poseidon. My mother is Aphrodite. Ryan's father is Zeus and his mother is Athena. Joseph's father is Hades and his mother is Artemis. We came to Camp Jupiter and what we saw when we walked through the Camp gates the very first time was the most hilarious thing anyone can y of us had ever seen in our lives: A Fight.
The Hermes kids were being chased by the Ares kids which is a typical thing to see there but what surprised me was the Athena kids were chasing the Aphrodite kids. When Chiron saw us he stopped all the fights by yelling "Halt!" and everyone stood still. He then bowed to us and even though the kids were confused, they also bowed to us. All the satyrs walk toward us and bowed.  Then one of the satyrs started talking. He had two opal white horns coming out of his curly brown hair. "Hello, my name is Grover. Welcome to Camp Half-Blood. May I ask what your names are?" he asked politely.
Ryan starts to laugh nervously. I elbow him in the stomach and he immediately gets quiet. Joseph has a smile on his face and I'm worried about him. He is so quiet, at times I don't know he is there or what he's thinking.
I turn toward Grover and say "My name is Rockell. This is my ... brother Ryan and his twin Joseph." as I pointed to each of my "brothers". I didn't trust anyone here yet so I continued with the lie as if we came across a full mortal. I could tell that Chiron knew what I was thinking and somehow he knew. There was something about him, but I couldn't figure out what.  Seems to be a common theme with these people.
"It is OK, Rockell. You can trust everyone here. Especially the satyrs. They will keep you out of trouble the best they can yet I have no doubt, with you three, that will be hard. They can't even make the Ares kids stop chasing Hermes kids" Chiron whispers to me, making me smile.
"Listen up everybody." Chiron yelled. "These kids came from Mount Olympus." Suddenly a gasp was heard and the crowd started chatting amongst their friends about us. Chiron had to whistle loudly to get everybody's attention once again. "If you want to know why they are here, I suggest you stay quiet." Chiron bellowed.
Then motioned for one of us to say something. Ryan starts to go up, but I grab his arm and stop him. I get a couple of chuckles and jeers from the crowd. I take off my cloak and everybody gasps.
I'm wearing a blueish-greenish dress with ruffles at the bottom that goes down to my knees and I am also wearing my necklace. I see the Aphrodite kids squealing cause of my dress. "Hello. You may have not heard but my name is Rockell. These are my..... my..... my"  Joseph nudges me in the back "cousins".
Everyone freezes and points behind us. I turn around and see our parents standing right behind us. "Mom? Dad?" Me, Ryan and Joseph say at the same time. My brothers, still with their cloaks on, run to meet Mom and Dad.  They look like a herd of hooded people running to some of the most powerful greek gods ever. What a strange sight for sure.
My father speaks: "Listen up. Mount Olympus is under attack. The giants from the Underworld think they can mess with our children. We need some people that would be willing to protect our kids. Would any of you be willing to do that? Rockell is mine and Aphrodites child." My uncle Zeus speaks  "Ryan is mine and Athenas child." "Joseph is mine and Artemis child." my other uncle Hades said.
"I will help these kids, your honor." a satyr informed our parents. "Ahhh, thank you. What is your name, young satyr?" My father asked politely.
While the two of them talked, Ryan is annoying me by tapping on my shoulder so I gave him three silent warnings by brushing him off. He kept tapping me and we started to fight but our parents don't see it.
While Grover and the Big Three, our fathers,  talk, Joseph is trying to keep us apart. He finally gives up and Ryan and I really go at it. First, Ryan runs towards me and I unleash my secret weapon. I hold out my hand and use my power to fly him backward.  Stunned, the crowd is staring at me and I hollered that I was a full goddess. When he screamed, which he screams like a girl, our parents finally see us.
Ryans' pulls his cloak is off. He is wearing a gray and dark blue shirt with tan jeans with black tennis shoes. He also wearing his gold lightning bolt bracelet. I nod my head at Joseph.  He also takes off his cloak and the crowd falls silent. He is wearing a red shirt with black jeans and red tennis shoes.  He has his money sign ring on his right hand.
"Enough!" says my Father. The fighting is over.  The three of us look at the other, knowing this fight is not over, but is for now.
The Fathers finished talking and instructed us who was accountable to each of us. Chiron had me which was acceptable. He looked strong and I didn't feel like I had to worry.
Within the hour, our Fathers had their posse and headed out in search for the Giants and we were left with our protectors and the rest of the camp.  It wasn't too long before we were in trouble.
Word had gotten out that the Fathers were away and the Giants thought we were alone.  The General of the Underworld attacked our home which was a huge stone castle. I ran to the front to unlock the gate but some of the General's guards chased me.  Major Max as he was known to my Father's army started to fight the guards while I kept running.
I got out of the gate and was running so fast, trying to get away.  I had almost made it to the helicopter when I looked back and saw the General holding my mother while the guards kept my father from getting to my mother. I ran into the helicopter but when I looked back, both of my parents were gone and the General's guard has a hold of my arm. Tightly while squeezing it he says to me "Well, well, well. What do we have here? Pretty, little Princess Rockell. If I had known you still lived here, I wouldn't have killed your parents." 
From the lessons Major Max had  taught me, I know I am to keep quiet and not show any emotions. He grabs my arm tighter and says "If you don't say anything in five seconds, I will throw you into your home and burn it down with you locked inside it."  I'm so scared that I don't say anything. He starts to count slowly "One, two, three, four, five. Ok your choice!" the General barks at me.
His guards grab me from the helicopter and throw me into my room in the castle and locks the front door. I close my eyes and think about the memories of my parents, when I started to smell smoke. I look into a different room and I see large, bright, burning flames. I run upstairs and get a few of my parents things. I grab my mother's pink necklace, my father's ocean blue watch, and a picture of the 3 of us and a friend.  I held them has if there was no tomorrow, which there might not be for me.
I slid my Father's watch onto my wrist and my mothers necklace fit perfectly on my neck. I put the picture of us into a secret pocket in my cloak.  I covered my head and got down close to the ground and cried.
All of the sudden, threw the burning flames, Chiron ran in with his horses legs, picked me up and carried me out before I could die.  He brought me to the crystallized lake to rest. When I woke, he was gone."
I break away from the memory and wonder how and when Percy and I are going to have time to talk.  I leave to go to the crystallized lake across the camp and as I walked away, Percy follows me. I glance at the bright orange sunset over the lake and it fills me with happy memories.  Well, mostly happy memories.  I sighed. Percy asks me about the last memory I have of this lake.
Is that your only memory, Percy asked? "No," I responded. "After the fire, the Giants had been defeated and the Fathers returned home. We were always seeming to be on the look out or on guard. It was never the same.

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