The Guardian Chronicles

Chapter 8

Percy's POV

I was training with the hunters when I saw Adam and Annabeth knocking on the cabin 8 door. I saw Jack open the door and punch Adam right in the face. After a while, I heard Jack screaming like a kid in a sing song voice. The hunters and I stopped training and I motioned them to come and have a closer look. We stood at the door frame and watched what happened inside. Suddenly, they rushed outside and we started laughing. We went inside to find a sleeping Jack and a annoyed Artemis. Jack woke up from his sleep and looked at us with sleepy eyes. "What? Is there something on my face?" He asked.

"Umm no, more like what happened inside." We questioned. "Annabeth and Adam happened. You know, I had a conversation with the Stolls before the whole battle fiasco. They miss you, you know. Lots of campers do."

"Wait you know the Stolls?" I asked surprised. "Yeah. Nice kids. Best prankers I have ever seen in 300 years. Why don't you reveal yourself during dinner at the dining pavilion."

"Sure. Tell me all about it." Jack and I left the cabins down started to talk about our past stories. "You know," Jack said out of the blue. "I have a feeling that you like Artemis." My eyes widen and my cheeks flush red. "I-I don't kn-know what you are tal-talking about."

"I mean come on. I can see it in your eyes and if you ask me. I say she likes you too." He answered. I was about to protest when the one and only Adam interrupted us. "Well, well, well. What do we have here." His 'followers' snickered. "Oh nothing much, just two sassy people and a bunch of idiots, that's all." I replied. "What's with the hoodie, too scared to show you're faces."

"Nah it's just that we are wearing our hoodies because it's a really cold day today and you are too thick skinned to have one." Oh did you hear that, Jack just sassed them. "Cowards. Hiding behind a mask, it's not that cold. C'mere you!"

"I don't think that's a good idea because the last time that happened, you had a black eye and a swollen ear. And besides, it is cold." And as soon as he said it, it started to snow and there was a chilly wind blowing at us. Adam and his goons started hugging themselves, their teeth chattering. "What? This place needed more snow. It's gonna happen sooner or later anyway."

Mr. D came out of the big house, wondering how it snowed in the middle of summer and especially with the borders that can prevent the weather. "FROST!!!" Mr. D shouted at the sky. Jack flew above him and rested on the roof. "'Sup D! How's it going!"

"STOP!!! THIS!!! SNOW!!!" He screamed. "Awww but they are having fun, look!" I turned around and saw campers actually sledding, probably Hermes kids that smuggled them inside. Other kids having snowball fights and younger campers building snowmen. "SNOW DAY!" Jack yelled as he flew across the camp. I saw him making snowman alive, reloading snowballs for fights and giving kids the best sled ride to ever exist like making loops, twist and turns with ice. He landed next to me and looked at the crowd in satisfaction. Even the toughest and coldest hunters were playing like kids again. "Now this is what a Guardian does. He protects kids and give them happiness with what we have. I bring them fun, and I guard it with my life." He explained, staring at the campers with joy and awareness like something bad is going to happen.

"Now that you had you're fun, can you now stop it!" Mr D said behind our backs. Jack sighed and everything thawed. The younger campers and hunters pouted at their melting snowman. "Frost, you know, one day, this would not happen ever again." Jack turned towards Mr D. "That's why I'm giving it to them now." Wow, who knew that he could be so serious.

~ time skip for the fun of it~

We arrived at the dining pavilion and got ready to eat. While we were eating half way, the Olympians appeared in the pavilion. All of us stood up and bowed while Artemis, Jack and I went to the gods, of course with our hoods up.

"Lord Zeus. What do we owe of this visit?" Chiron asked.

"I am here to announce Hera and my wedding anniversary is next week and we would like to invite everybody to Olympus. Also, we are just checking on the campers. Adam, as the Guardian of the camp, you are to protect the camp. How is the progress here?" Zeus asked. "Lord Zeus. Everything is fine until the hunters came. They caused trouble. Look what they did to me! Especially Frosty over there made a blizzard in the camp." Adam announced and Jack winced at the nickname Frosty. Zeus turned to us.

"Is this true?" I was about to protest when Jack gestured me for him to speak. I nodded as he responded. "Lord Zeus, this is all false. He caused trouble for the hunters especially by insulting their leader to the point where I had no choice to... knock some sense into him since it is my duty to protect them. The second time, Adam intruded the Artemis cabin. After that, I just made a bit of snow, because why not. This place just needed some fun, and they had it and you should know that it is my nature to do such a thing but I never made blizzards. No worries, I thawed the snow."

After this, Zeus looked towards Adam. Adam shouted. "No! These are lies! It is not true! Just like what Percy Jackson did, he lied about everything!"

The older campers started shouting and protesting while Clarisse started cracking her knuckles. I decided enough was enough and stood up. "It's okay. But I am sure that Percy Jackson would not like that, would he?"

"So what, he's a traitor."

"Really? Because I heard that this Percy ran to Olympus to ask for death. And I have to thank you, that you chased Percy away." Adam looked smug at this. I smirked and continued. "I have to thank you because if he was not chased out, he would not have found another home, another family. Without you, he would not have turned into this!" I shouted as I took off my hood. Adam gasped and the old campers came rushing to me. They dog piled me and asked question after question. "I knew it! You were not dead! Haha! You guys didn't trust my death instincts, so be it! Five drachmas everybody! Come on, pay up! Woohoo!" Nico exclaimed dancing up and down. "Of course we would not trust it. You made us think that Leo was dead." Jason said.

Adam looked at us surprised but turned back to his smug look. "So Percy Jackson. You came back. I thought that you were that of a coward to just run away."

"Well you thought wrong. And don't ask me for a duel. You have been hurt enough for the day."

"No! I want a duel now!" Adam demanded. "With a black eye, a swollen ear and a frostbite? I don't think so." The gods and the old campers looked closer and realized what happened. "Oh and that was all Jack." They all turned to Jack and cheered. "Come on guys. It's getting late." Jack said trying to get away. "Oh really? Because you told me that Guardians don't sleep and you're taking night shift since you slept in the day already."

"Hey! That was only half an hour!" He shouted while chasing me. He turned around to the campers and shouted. "Tomorrow's Capture the Flag and we are gonna. KICK! YOUR! ASS!"