The Third Camp Trilogy: The Chaotic End

Chapter ten: Neptuna

I was starting to get sick of meetings, everyday it seemed there was just another meeting, another fight I had to break up.

How could Carrie do this? Oh, maybe I should sit in his chair to figure it out. Yeah, that would definitely work.

Or maybe I just wanted to sit in his extremely comfy chair...

But either way...

So, I sat in his chair.

I remembered the last time I sat here... Carrie had been frozen in embarrassment. I snickered at the memory.

I started searching through his desk.

My eyes landed on a bright yellow note taped to the top of his desk,

"Watch out, around this time of year every few years the kids in the highest cabin like to play a prank on the lower cabins by reenacting horror movies.

Beware, they are trained in the mist and are all extremely skilled. All they want to do is be remembered. So, they will do anything.

Since I'm not there you'll need help from both Grace and Elymas.

Do not fight them. They will win.

I wish you luck."

Dear Carrie,

Oh, great. Another fight to prevent.

Thanks a lot Carrie.

I know you're literally in hell right now, but that was not necessary.

Lots of love, Neptuna.

I sighed and rested my head on the desk's edge, gazing toward the floor. One drawer wasn't shut all the way, I tried to push it closed with my foot but it didn't budge. Finally I gave up and opened it to see what was inside.

A notebook?

Ooh! Diary!

My nosey side kicked in and I reached in and snatched it up, then put my feet up on the desk and leaned back.

Flipping through the pages, I was kind of amazed, there were poems, notes to himself, no page the same.

"If I was Carrie where would I hide my secrets?" I murmured and continued to flip through the notebook.

"Oh! There it is." I smirked, flipped to the back page and started to read.

"The things I have hidden

From friends

From foes

From family

From all

The people I have saved

Didn't want to be saved

Never knew it was me

Never knew that I existed

The things I have seen

The things I have done

I wish I never had

I wish I never did

The darkness swallowed me

Spit me back out

Half chewed

My breath stolen

My soul gone

Given back broken

Almost five years stolen

They shall never return

The pit stole so much from me

My friends

My heart

My soul

My feelings

With time and training I may return

But for many reasons I may not

The years that have been stolen from me

Will never return

With hope I may change

The things I have seen

The things I have done

Will never leave me

Have burned in my memory

In my nightmares

The lives I have saved

Many will never know

Few I will ever tell"

Under that, more was written.

"Reyna and Annabeth would've gotten their memories wiped

Hyla would be dead

Reyna would be dead

Percy and Annabeth would've died in Tartarus

Luke would be dead

Zeus would still be at full power

Gaea would've never been brought back

Apollo would be safe

New York would be rubble.

'Earth's Mightiest Heroes' would be dead.

Many things would've been better

Very few things would be worse

Without

me

in

the

world."

My heart crawled into my throat as I read, then suddenly dropped to my stomach when I finished reading the poem.

Oh my gods.

Does Carrie really believe that the world would be better off without him?