Far Away

Chapter 4: Camp Half-Blood

Alexander Jackson

I feel like Mom is going to kill me. You want to know why? I lost my baby sister, (actually, she's not a baby anymore, but her mind is) while I  slept my head off.

It's not actually my fault. She was kidnapped at 3 in the morning! How am I supposed to wake up in a  ungodly hour? But nevertheless........ Mom blames me. And also, not to mention that my date with Lily failed. Gods! What did I do to become this unlucky?!  

*sigh*

I ate dinner by myself. Mom and Dad left to speak with Praetor Zhang and Praetor Arellano about my sister's disappearance. I really do hope she's okay.

I went to my bedroom to sleep, but then the doorbell rang. I went downstairs and opened the door and saw Lily with her dress from earlier and judging from her eyes, she's been crying.

"Oh, hey Lily! Sorry about earlier." I greeted her.

"Hi Al! I came here to ask you to join me in the festival. And also I came here to forgive you." She continued, "So, have you found Adana, yet?"

"Nope." I must have looked crestfallen 'cause she hugged me.

"Don't worry. She'll be fine. Come, let's celebrate the Festival of Lanterns." She smiled.

Wow, she forgave me that fast? Maybe I'm lucky, even a little bit.

"Sure, let me get dressed first." 

5 minutes later me and Lily are walking around the streets of New Rome and watching the skies get smothered by floating lanterns. Probably not the best choice of words, but whatever.

After about two hours, me and Lily went home. And I was happy because we got to date even after all that happened.

I climbed on top of my bed and fell into a deep dreamless sleep.

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I woke up feeling like I'm falling. I sat up and rubbed my eyes. I headed downstairs and ate breakfast.

After ten minutes, mom and dad went home and I asked them if they found Adana, but judging from the looks on their faces, they probably didn't.

After eating, I showered, dressed and packed my things for the journey to Camp-Half Blood. Although I probably didn't need my sword, the one Uncle Supreme forged for me, I still brought it thinking that if anyone ever  bully me, a sword to their throat will probably stop them in their tracks. By the way, my sword's name is Justice. I know. LAME!

After 30 minutes, me and my family are riding the black SUV's to CHB. I haven't seen Lily though, but hopefully she's okay. I slept most of the trip, but when Mom finally woke me up, I could see the sign Camp Half-Blood about 80 meters away.

"Well, here we are. Camp Half-Blood." A 16 year old dude said.

 "Finally, my back's getting sore." His friend said. They stretched and yawned. I decided to ignore them.

I helped unload the bags, and then collapsed. Fortunately my dad caught me. I muttered "I'm fine," but then something screamed in my head, "Work with me, and you can save your sister. But if you don't, she'll die!" . My head felt like it was being welded and then opened again. I screamed. The pain was getting worse until my vision turned black.

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I woke in a tent filled with kids in armor, some lying on the bunks, others are bandaging their arms, legs and even heads.