Constellations

Constellations: Chapter 5

DISCLAIMER: I do not own HOO or PJO! But... I am working on it! *whispers* What do you mean we already did plan Z!?

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Hazel POV

A normal day was all I wanted.

A normal day with Frank was all I wanted.

But with luck of a demigod there is no such thing!

My day started when Reyna called just the senators to the Senate House. She said it was urgent and we needed to get there quick.

When I got there I saw all my friends from Camp Half-Blood. And it was more than just my friends. It was everyone. This had never happened before, never. Something had to be very wrong!

I looked over to Jason who had Piper in his arms. She looked up and her eyes were red and puffy from crying.

I ran up to them, "Hey. what happened?"

Piper's eyes filled with tears as she said, "It's gone. All of it. Gone."

I had no idea what that meant, what's gone? I gave her, Leo, and Jason a hug and took my seat.

Frank walked in and sat next to Reyna. Frank looked confused when he saw the Greeks, and looked to Reyna for guidance. Reyna whispered something to Frank, whose expression became grim. Something was seriously wrong.

Frank stood up so did Reyna, she began speaking, "We have recently learned...that our ally camp, Camp Half-Blood, has been overrun...by an army of monsters."

Piper put her head in her hands, Jason looked away, Leo began to play with random pieces of wire, and for the first time I realized Percy wasn't there, neither was Nico. Worry rushed over me. Why weren't they here?

"Everyone safely made it out of Camp" Reyna continued, if everyone made it out where was Percy and Nico? "Though now, they do not have a place to stay. We will have to build to barracks for all the campers. We will let them continue in their ways of how they separate in cabins, but we want them to feel at home-"

She was cut off as Percy and Nico appeared out of the shadows, spooking everyone but me. I stood up and ran over and gave Nico a hug.

My voice was muffled as I said, "I was worried. When you weren't over there-"

Nico grabbed my shoulders and said, "It's okay. We just went to visit Percy's mom to tell her where we would be."

I turned my head over to Percy, who nodded at me. We all took our seats and Reyna began again,

"As I was saying, we want them to feel at home. Until the barracks are built they will stay in New Rome. I am afraid that's all we can do. Percy, Hazel, Frank, Leo, Piper, Nico, and Jason, may I speak with you for a moment." We all nodded.

As we all stood up I looked over at Percy. He looked tired and sad. I knew why. It was Annabeth's 19th birthday yesterday. It was hard on all of us, but most of all hard on Percy. He was madly in love with Annabeth. Heck, he fell into Tartarus for her. When she died, Percy didn't stay in one place. He would constantly move from Camp Half-Blood and Camp Jupiter. Although he never said it aloud, every place reminded him of her. New Rome reminded him of what could have been. Camp Half-Blood remind him of what use to be. Needless to say, he couldn't stay in one place very long without being very depressed.

Saying Annabeth's name was like dropping a bomb. We all avoided it. But apparently today, we weren't avoiding it.

"I have talked Chiron. We believe the creatures you described are after Annabeth, as well." Reyna started "Although, that doesn't make sense, but I must ask, she is dead correct?"

I snuck a glance at Percy, he was looking down at his shoes. Like I said, saying Annabeth's name was like dropping a bomb. But it was apparently needed to say her name so many times.

"Yeah, but what would they ask for her if she was dead?" Jason asked, staring straight at Percy. I guessed they had already talked about this. I think I was right. Percy wasn't exactly making eye contact.

"My guess is they were the ones to burn down her cabin in the first place. Maybe they burnt it down so they could kill her. Maybe she-" Frank was cut off by Nico.

"I know what you are going to say, and no, she didn't escape because that would mean I could still sense her. I can't. Annabeth's dead."

Percy cleared his throat and said, "Excuse me." And walked out.

Everyone stared at the door as Percy ran to who knows where.

"I'll go after him." I said and sprinted to catch up with him.

. . .

When I finally caught up to Percy he was sitting by the Little Tiber, right where he was first introduced to camp.

The river was stirring, and was a little higher than usual.

"Percy…" I said sympathetically. Percy had a tear tracing his cheek.

"I'm fine, Hazel." He said. Though it sounded more like he was trying to convince himself.

"No, you're not. Percy, I know this is hard on you. And with what's going on, you needed to do this."

Percy was silent for a few minutes before he said, "The day before the fire… Annabeth and I were sitting on the beach. She was telling me about a building she designed. I don't remember if she had built it or if you just drew it out. I was too busy just staring at her. She had this look in her eyes like… There was no such thing as war. There was a gleam of excitement in her eyes. And it was beautiful. Then, when she was done talking I kissed her and walked her back to her cabin. And that was the last time I ever saw her."

"When I saw the cabin on fire," He continued. "I remember thinking about how she was so happy the day before. I ended up shutting people out for days. The hardest part was when I had to tell her family. I went to San Francisco and knocked on her dad's door. Annabeth's stepbrothers answered the door instead. I slowly explained what had happened to the boys, and when I was done they both had tears streaming down their cheeks. They let me in and I talked to her dad and stepmom. They were all crying. It was so hard to see. I thought that would have been the extent of the heartbreak. But when I got back to Camp Half-Blood, I was sitting in my cabin when a phone started to ring. It was Annabeth's. She let me borrow it the day before the fire."

"Who called?" I asked.

"It was her cousin. He was planning on meeting up with her. I slowly stumbled out how she had died, and by the end I could hear soft sobbing on the end. He mumbled something about how she was his only connection the the normal world, and how they were supposed to be less messed up. He thanked me for telling him and hung up. That's when I started moving around."

Percy was crying. It made me want to cry. I reached over and gave him a hug. Everyone needs a hug.

After about 10 minutes of just sitting there, Percy got up and said, "Let's go."

A/N:

How did you like that!?

Did you like the Magnus Chase, I added in there?

I could totally see Magnus all excited to hang with his cousin, and then finding out she's dead, and being all gloomy and nobody knows why!

Haha, yeah, I would probably cry if I wrote that…

So glad I didn't!