Strange

Chapter 4: How does one title a chapter?

12:30 pm, Thursday, September 2nd, 2010

"LEONIDAS VALDEZ."

"I said I was sorry!"

"You were dead!"

"Emphasis on the was part."

"I don't care!"

Jason watched the conversation between his two friends, like someone would watch a ping pong match. His eyes went from person to person, a grin on his face the entire time.

They had moved to a secluded corner of the school, and thank the gods, Mr. Blofis had given them a pass from their next class, which was English. Jason had a feeling that he had decided to let them handle it.

His train of thought was broken when Percy stepped between them. "Okay guys chill out-"

"I actually think Piper should continue to yell at him. It's quite entertaining." Annabeth cut in, a grin on her face. She turned to look at Percy, and her face shifted from happiness to being wholly unimpressed. "It's real funny you know, when people you think are dead show up and I don't know- CRASH THEIR OWN FUNERAL."

Percy rubbed his temple. "Can you just let that go? I wasn't even dead I was just with-"

"Calypso, I know, I know."

"Wait what?" Leo asked.

"Calypso, the titaness. Stranded-"

"Yeah, yeah I know. In fact," They all turned to him. "Remember when Khione blasted me off the ship."

"Yes."

"Vividly"
"Nope."

"Definitely not."

Leo looked sympathetically at Percy and Annabeth who had been in Tartarus at the time. "I may or may not have landed on Ogygia. Then after I blew up Dirt Face, I rescued her and brought her back. She's at camp right now."

Percy looked at Annabeth. "They promised, right? I'm not going insane, thinking they promised to free her?"

Annabeths eyes were stormy, and her hand was grasping the hilt of her new knife. "They did."

Percy swore.

"I'm confused. What's this about promises?" Piper asked.

"At the end of the Titan War I was granted a wish. I wished that all the minor gods and Hades would be given cabins at camp. They fulfilled that wish, as you know. But I also wished that Calypso, who I had met the year before, be released from Ogygia. Seems like they didn't follow through." His tone was bitter, and he spat out his words as if they were poison on his tongue.

Annabeth put her hand on his shoulder. He turned to face her, and she quietly spoke to Percy in Greek. Percy sighed, then turned back to face his friends. He grinned, and said "Well nice talk! We got to go to class now, so Leo..." he trailed off.

"I'll just head back to camp. Peace out!" He waved goodbye and took off down the hallway.

"Idiot." Piper hissed.

3:00 pm, Thursday, September 2nd, 2010

Kate Reeds walked out of her final period, only to be blocked by none other than Lilith Van Wes. She waved her friends on, promising she would catch up with them in a few.

Kate regarded the other girl with a raised eyebrow. "Can I help you?" she asked.

"Yes you can." Lilith looked around, eyes narrowing at the amount of people watching them. "Just not here. C'mon." she motioned for Kate to follow her.

The two girls walked together until they reached an empty hallway. Lilith immediately turned to Kate, and said. "I need you to tell me everything you know about Percy Jackson," she said his name like a curse, and her eyes burned with anger as she did, "and his friends."

"Can I email it to you? There's not a lot, but just enough that it would be easier to email it." Kate asked.

"Yeah, yeah whatever. Just don't leave anything out, got it?"

"Of course." Kate grinned. "It's what I do."

And with that, the girls took off in separate directions.