4. What the hell is that?!

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I was on my way to school with Rachel, talking about anything. We were walking in Central Park, peaceful, as always. After a while, we heard a loud noise coming from behind, it sounded like an animal. We turn around and see a horrible creature with a lion body, a tail like a serpent (with the head?!) and a goat on it's back. It's walking towards us, ready to attack. I slightly push Rachel behind me as we're stepping back slowly. Suddenly, the beast jumps on us but before it could hurt us, something hits the beast so strongly the monster hits a car near us. A blonde girl with a bronze dagger, wearing an orange t-shirt appears in front of us, with a baseball cap in her hands.
"Are you alright?!" She screamed.
"Yeah, we're good but WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT THING?
-No time to tell, we better run. I'll explain to you after we're all safe. Come on!"
The blondie starts to run, so Rachel and I follow her. Two other girls join us, one is short, has dark skin and frizzy brown hair. The other is tall with braided brown hair. The two girls have swords in their hands
"Hi! I'm Hazel!" Says the first one.
"Not the time,Hazel, for presentation! We have a chimera after us!" Says the tall one.
"Alright Pipes, calm down.."
We run for about ten minutes in Central Park, until we're out of breath.
"Now what?" I say, trying to catch my breath.
"Now,we wait for transport. It won't be long. I'm Annabeth, by the way." Respond the blonde girl, a calm smile on her face. She had grey eyes that shone with wiseness.
"And I'm Piper." Said the tall girl. She wasn't wearing makeup but she was beautiful anyway. I couldn't identify the color of her eyes, it was a mix of everything, just like a sparkly rainbow.
"Like I said earlier, my name is Hazel." Said the short girl. She seemed young and had eyes color of gold.
"I'm Faith. Faith Ranson. And this is Rachel Burke.
-Hi.
-Where's your siste-Ouch! What the hell Annabeth?!
-If we talk about this, no one can ear us. Come on, let's go somewhere more safe."
The blond girl says before she walks away. Hazel whispers: "Don't worry, we won't hurt you. We came for your safety." With a smile on her face. We follow the leader in a small street between two buildings.  No one could hear us there. 

"So... " Starts Annabeth.
I can't help but observe the three girls in front us.  They all are oddly beautiful.  Their arms are muscular, their skin is bronzed from what it seems like working out outside.  Their skin is perfect, their eyes shine with confidence like gems.  They seem so unrealistic...

"What you just saw, was a chimera.  A greek monster from the mythology." 
I cough, confused.
" Us three, are demi-gods.  We were born from a greek..." The girl name Hazel clears her throat. "... or roman God and Goddess and a mortal, a normal human.  Which gives us powers, gifts.  I am the daughter of Athena, Goddess of war strategy. My gift is my intelligence, my strategic mind and I have a connection with olives... ". She looks at Piper to complete her point.  "I'm Piper McLean, daughter of Aphrodite, Goddess of love and beauty.  I can use my voice, charm speaking, to get what I want and manipulate my ennemies.  I can also change my appearance.  Hazel right here is the daughter of Pluto, God of the Underworld.  She can make gems grow from the ground and has a connection with ghosts or deads."

Well that was unexpected.  I slightly look at Rachel, who seems even more confused and scared.  Annabeth must have noticed my suspicious look so she asks me questions I've never been asked:  "You observed comportemental changes, right?  Like new abilities you never had before?
-Yes... How did you know?
-My... boss told me you were quite powerful without knowing.  He told us you, Rachel and another girl that I assume is Rachel's sister are demi gods too.  We can talk about it later, I'll be happy to help you understand your new powers and what's a demi-god, but we have to get your other friend.  We're there to save you from potential monsters.  You won't be alone anymore". I look at Rachel and smile, encouraging her to not be scared.  I know they're complete stranger, but it is one of the only way to save ourselves...
We lead them to Eden's job.  When we enter the shop and find our sister, we quickly grab her ar and get out,joining the three demigods in a small street behind the coffee shop.  We present Eden to the girls and follow them, after promising her more info, arrived at camp.  We all walked carefully out of our spot when we hear the same horrible sound the chimera made a few minutes ago.  We ear footsteps running in our way and quickly turn to see who's catching us.  Two boys drop in the street, running in our way.  One is tall, tanned, with bright sea green eyes and black hair.  The second is smaller.  He looks extremely tired behind his thick black locks.  When Annabeth sees them, her eyes widen, and her calm face changes in a frown.  "What are you two idiots doing here?!  The chimera would be far from here if you respected Chiron's orders." She screams, taking the tall guy by the arm, pulling him the small street where we were hiding.  Hazel takes the other guy by the hand and gives him a quick hug.  "Are you guys alright?  No one's hurt?"
"We're alright, Percy just persuaded me to come because the sea cucumber had a bad feeling about a chimera strolling down the New York's streets.  He was scared that his girlfriend, the strongest and bravest and smartest girl we know would get hurt.  Like she was not able to protect herself." Answers the shorter one.  He seems young, the same age as Hazel I would say.  He has Italian features. 
"Awwwww, Percy, you were worried for your girl?  How cute!" Piper comments. I notice Annabeth's cheeks turn into a pink shade.
"Of course, I was.  And beside, I missed her already, that's why I came here."  Percy winks. He turns in our way and smiles "Hi, I'm Percy Jackson, son of Poseidon, nice to meet you girls. And you are?"  His girlfriend rolls her eyes. "Faith Ranson, Eden and Rachel Burke.  Now let's get out of here before we end up eaten alive by the Chimera."
The short guy tells us to all hold hands and move in the walls shadow.  We execute and watch him to know what we do next.  Percy asks him:  "Nico, you're sure this is a good idea?  If I remember, Will told you to quit shadow traveling, doctor's orders.
-You know what, screw doctor's orders.  We don't have much time.  He'll probably be mad, but whatever I don't want to die here."
He closes his eyes and frown to concentrate.  His members start to shake and suddenly, I feel transported in another dimension.  The feeling is uncomfortable and scary so I close my eyes too and hold my breath.  I can't feel the ground under my feet and my hearts starts to beat really fast.  A second later, I can feel ground under my toes.  I slowly open my eyes to see if everybody's alright.  I look at Nico, confused about what happened.  He looks quite pale and shivery.  Percy takes him on his back, to assure he won't be blacking out by using all his strength.  "I'm going to the infirmary, I'll see you at the Big House." He kisses Annabeth on the cheek.  She then tells us to follow her for explications.  I look around.  We're in a dense forest, in front of a big wooden arch.  On a big panel is carved the words: « Camp Halfblood ».  Rachel takes my hand, not sure about the place.  Eden beside me, we follow the demi-gods into the camp.  Twelve cabins of different colours and different decorations are placed in a semi-circle.  Teenagers of every race and ages are walking around looking at us carefully.  They all have the same orange t-shirt the guys who found us wear.  Some have weapons in their hands: bows and arrows, swords, daggers, lances.  We run into two girls in greek armours.  After two minutes of walking through the camp, we arrive at a big mansion.  We enter the residence and the group leads us into a kind of conference room.  At the end of the round table, a tall man half human, half horse and a short man with a leopard shirt are waiting for us to take a seat.  The first man is the one who initiates the conversation.  "Welcome to camp halfblood, girls.  I hope you had an alright and safe trip."

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