Camp Half Blood

Chapter 10

I run. I run. And I run again. I want to take a small break but no. I can't. I need to find her. I keep running, being scratched by branches and tripping over fallen tree trunks. But every time I get up. I need to find her. My heart is pounding as it would explode. I need a break. But I can't afford one. I keep running but the wind is trying to stop me. The trees start shaking. Some leaves fall on my head, getting stuck in my hair. But I don't care about my appearance. I keep runing until my legs give up. Then I fall on a blanket made of leaves. I want to sleep, I haven't slept in days, but I can't affort this. I. NEED. TO. FIND. HER. I close my eyes and rest my head on a tree.  The wind is howling. Suddenly I hear a sound I totally hate: it started raining. I feel the heavy rain fall on my face. I needed to continue searching for Sophia. I get up, take a deep breath and start running again. I run. I run. And I run again. I hear a noise behind me. I turn around. I see something moving behind a tree. My heart is pounding faster. I start shivering. I look behind the tree. A girl is sitting on the ground, crying. My heart is beating so fast I'm sure it will explode. Could it be the girl I was looking for? I come closer to her. 'Sophia?' I ask. She turns her head.

'Wake up, Brooklyn! We have an urgent meeting!'

I was covered in sweat and my heart was still pounding like crazy.

'What happened?' I asked, still breathing heavily.

'You had a nightmare' Ciara said.

I looked out the window. It was still dark outside.

'Wait...how are you here? It's, like, 4 AM, we're not allowed to travel trough the camp at night!'

'You're actually the one in the wrong cabin' she said, while pointing at the door. I could see the Hermes sign drawn with thick, brown paint on the light wood door.

'Oh' I said.

'Chiron is ok with it. But only today.'

'Why?' I asked.

'Because we have a meeting to attend in the middle of the night. That's why.'

I look at her for a couple of seconds, asking myself if she's joking or not.

'Are you girls ready?' Carter and Wyatt enter the room, Carter wearing a plain black T-shirt and a pair of jeans, and Wyatt wearing the casual Camp Half-Blood shirt.

'Yeah' I say, buttoning my jeans up.

'Then let's go'

Camp Half-Blood in the night was the loneliest thing I have ever seen. Everything was different. But now after Sophia was gone everything changed. All the lights were off after midnight. Everything was so silent, I wondered if something was actually going on.

'You're finally here' Chiron said when we arrived 10 minutes later. The conference room was full of people. Some of them were talking, but most of them were almost sleeping.

'We decided to send five of you on a quest to find Sophia Roy. We will chose who will go. You have one week to decide where you'll go. The camp will provide you anything you need.'

Everyone started whispering.

'The first demigod who will go on this quest' Mr D said loudly 'Is Wyatt Hoo. Son of Nemesis.'

Everyone started clapping.

'The next one' he opened the second letter 'Is Melissa Keer, daughter of Aphrodite'

Even more people clapped.

'The third and the fourth ones are Alek Keith, son of Ares, and Connor Stoll, son of Hermes and head councelor of cabin 11.'

Even Mr D clapped this time.

'And the last one' he said, trying to create some suspense 'Ciara Brown, daughter of Hermes.'

Everyone was cheering.

'Congrats to everyone! You will leave on the first of July. Good luck! You can go now, get some rest.'

Everyone got up, but then someone slammed the door.

'Mr D, campers...' Chiron said, breathing heavily 'The gods requested one more camper to go on this quest'

He opened the brown envelope he was holding, taking out a sealed letter. He handed it to Dionisos, who opened it. At first he made a weird face, but then he got back to his normal, straight face and read the words on the paper.

'Brooklyn Kahn, daughter of Apollo'

Ok guys so I'm really sorry I haven't posted this week twice as I've promissed you, but I wrote and rewrote this chapter at least 5 times because..I don't know, I just felt like it wasn't good enough. Anyways...expect a mini spam next week :)))

-Mara❤️