The First Times

First Time in Camp Jupiter

Unlike the time she visited Camp Half-Blood, this time Ana had to make an excuse to Benny.

He would notice when he couldn't find her in New York because she was in San Fransisco.

Her mouth was open wide when she walked in through Caldecott Tunnel fro the first time, but she wasn't the only one. Her grandmother, Naomi, was having the same reaction as her. And neither could see the smug look on Will's face. Nico, however, was elbowing Will to stop smiling like that, though you could see the very faint smile on him while directing Ana to their destination.

"Wow, Papà..." Ana mumbled to Nico. "And you found this place and left Aunt Hazel here?!"

"Yeah, he did..." Hazel's voice made everyone to look away from the view for a second. She was being accompanied by Sammy, her four-year-old daughter, who was pushing her curly and bouncy hair away from her eyes, smiling at everyone. "The only thing that puzzles me still is why you never tried luck with the Greeks..."

"I was, um... having a difficult relationship with the Greeks at the time..." Nico excused himself, blushing a little. Ana wondered which one of the stories he told her was the real one, but didn't pressure for it.

"Anyway... C'mon, let me take you to your seats..." Hazel guided them through the city and river, passing the stables until reaching the open auditorium. The small family sat down next to the Jackson-Blofis, who were as excited as they were. Ana looked around and saw her Uncle Dylan, though it appeared he was drooling at the perspective of trying the Roman baths everyone was raving about.

Suddenly, from the curtains that were hiding the stage, two people came out, with papers in their hands and trying to get everyone's attention.

"Thank you and welcome to the first play representation in Camp Jupiter!" Ana recognized him as Michael Kahale, one of the few Roman Centurions that venture outside the safety of Camp Jupiter's limits. Next to him, it was his wife, Leila.

"I'm Leila and this is my husband Michael... Kahale." Leila added in the end and Ana had to roll her eyes. So many Michaels around... "We realize that this play is a little behind CHB, but our newest legacies were a little... well, young for the time." Cue to chuckles, as many knew it was true.

"So, this allowed us to investigate a little more about the representation we wanted to do..." Michael explained, earning a nod from his wife. "And, we're here proudly presenting the battle that many of us never saw: the battle of Alaska!" The audience clapped when the curtain opened, showing an impressive white and snowy scenery, with icebergs included. Older campers were throwing fake snow from the ceiling.

"Many of us were alive to see the result of this battle reach Camp Jupiter..." Leila began, trying to sound mysterious. "But, what none of us know is what happened before that awful battle reached our doors..."

"The new addition of the moment, Percy Jackson, had sailed with two unlikely friends he had made mere hours ago..." Michael continued, allowing three kids dressed with the usual purple T-shirt and jeans. Jason and Piper's eldest son, Thomas, was wearing a black wig, obviously playing Percy. Frank and Hazel's oldest son, Lee, was puffing his chest out, obviously playing his old man. The third one, was a girl. "Those unlikely friends were Frank Zhang and Hazel Levesque..."

"You guys were hungry!" The girl complained loudly, as if she was nagging the boys. She then glanced to Leila, who gave her a thumb's up.

"Well, we were hungry..." Thomas replied, as if it was obvious. "But, Frank was who ate Rudolph!"

"Hey, you ate Prancer and Blitzen!" Lee argued with him, earning a blushing Frank and Percy and chuckles around the audience. "You're not that innocent, pal!"

"Hazel led Frank and Percy through Alaska, the land she lived on her last years before dying the first time..." Leila smirked at Nico in the audience, but Ana noticed he didn't look slightly guilty but proud of it. "She guided them, facing gryphons and hyperboreans giants until reaching the final destination. Alcyoenus' rebirth place." After that, an older camper appeared dressed to look like a giant.

"Alcyoenus had an army of ghost soldiers who wouldn't leave Percy alone..." Thomas started to fight the 'ghost soldiers' trying to look cool, or what he thought it was cool, considering he is eight-year-old. "Meanwhile, Frank was trying to release Thanatos, the God of Death, who had been chained up by Alcyoenus so his troops wouldn't die..." Lee was kneeled down next to a camper who was wearing fake dark wings behind him. "And Hazel, like she did seventy years prior to this moment, was battling Alcyoenus-"

"Aunt Hazel, was this guy as ugly as we play him?" The 'mini' Hazel interrupted her performance, giving Hazel a questionably glance. Of course, everyone giggled at this.

"Yes, Joy... He was." Hazel admitted, before little Joy shrugged and continued acting.

"As we were saying-" Leila smirked at Joy, who look a little flustered. "-Hazel was battling the eldest of the giants alone... Until Frank managed to release Thanatos from his chains." The sound of broken chains was heard and Lee rushed to Joy's side, swinging his spear at 'Alcyoenus' "But, Frank realized one important thing... The giant had made a, well... a gigantic mistake!"

"What a terrible pun!" Someone from the crowd spoke, earning chuckles around.

"You're not intelligent, are you, giant?" Lee screamed his lines, pushing 'Alcyoenus' to the edge of the stage "You're not in Alaska! You're in Canada, you idiot!"

"Lee Zhang!!" Hazel shouted at him from the audience, frowning.

"But, Mooom!!" Lee complained, embarrassed.

"By Frank's quick decision, Alcyoenus was defeated by the heroes before returning back and saving our home..." Michael decided to continue the story before an argument broke. At the end, all the actors playing for the bad guys fell down, showing the victory for the good guys. Thomas, Lee and Joy celebrated their 'victory', hugging each other.

"We did it!! We defeated him!" Joy squeaked, hugging the guys.

"Wait, we have to go back to Camp Jupiter..." Lee frowned while stopping the celebration and looking at the audience.

"Oh, bugger!!" Thomas mumbled, before the curtain closed, earning applause from everyone.

By now, Ana definitely preferred her parent's version of it.

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This is taken from Mortals: Meet... part 2. I had to fix some things to fit the timeline of the story, which I'll fix for the revise version too later. Please, I apologize for my continuity errors (though, part of me wants to keep them, like Conan Doyle).

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Good morning/afternoon/evening!

How are you? I'm great, thanks for asking. The past week has been busy rejoining work after a two-week holiday with my family... I have to admit that the road-trip didn't go as planned but we had fun anyway. I know many of you are just walking into spring and Spring Break (if you didn't have it yet), so... have fun!

Today, the last Sunday of March, is a bittersweet day for me. Why? After a lot of thought, I decided to post the final 7 chapters of The First Times TOGETHER. That means that after today, there won't be more updates. I apologize to the readers of Saving Time - A Caleo Story as I couldn't finish the chapter yet, but since it will be my priority from now on till mid-May, I'll make it up to you all!

So, with a tear in our eyes, let's proceed...

The First Times: the final seven chapters... I appreciate and love every single one of the comments, the likes and follows this story had and will continue to have. It was an emotional rollercoaster at times, but I loved it as much you did, I hope.

We'll see each other next weekend!
xoxo, SilverHuntresses