𝐟𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐩 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐩 𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐟-𝐛𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐝 ; ᴘᴊᴏ ✓

✧ chapter 5 : percy pov

"Hey Seaweed Brain! Wake up! We're getting on the bus in 10 minutes!"

"What?" My head hurt, a lot, and I didn't know why. My eyes were blinded by the lights. Wasn't it nighttime? "Wait, where am I?" I asked. Annabeth looked at me weirdly.

"We're at school and we're going on a field trip remember? You told me that you had a plan!" Annabeth said. School? A plan? I tried to think of what happened last night. I was in my room. Probably thinking of ways to stop the trip. Oh yeah, the trip. Wait, was that today? Styx. A lightbulb went off in my head. I was supposed to IM Chiron. Did I IM him yet? Everything from last night was kinda fuzzy...

Stop being stupid Percy! Of course you IM'd him! If you were supposed to, you would've done it right away. A voice in my head told me.

"Uh yeah, um, my plan was to IM Chiron so he could cover up the camp somehow." I told her, while rubbing my eyes.

"So did you?"

I honestly don't know. I yawned. What? I was tired.

"Yeah sure."

She studied my face.

"What do you mean 'yeah sure'?" She questioned.

"I meant yeah, I probably did."

"Probably?" She didn't look so sure. I mean, I wasn't entirely sure myself. I had to IM again just in case.

"Ok, I trust you Seaweed Brain. I'm going to go read about architecture." Just like that she started reading.

I checked my pockets to see if I had any drachmas to IM Chiron just in case. In my pocket I found RipTide (duh), some blue candy from a while ago, and a gold drachma! Annabeth seemed to be back at her desk reading, she looked distracted. This was my chance to secretly IM Chiron without her realizing I might not have actually IMed him. I took out the coin. That's when John decided to come over with his gang.

"Sup Piper," He said smirking. I almost dropped the drachma.

"Piper?" I asked, arching a brow.

"Yeah that's your name right." He said. Gods he's annoying.

I mentally cringed at that. If Piper were here she would probably Charmspeak him to punch himself because of that.

"Ok look John-"

"Class line up! We are headed for the bus." Mrs. M announced. Everyone started lining up. Schist. I'll IM him at camp I guess.

—————+ time skip to arrival +—————

"Woah look at how big the field is!" A random girl shouted.

"Ew so much mud!" Claire cried. I rolled my eyes.

"Uh Miss, I gotta go to the bathroom." I said. She nodded. Annabeth looked at me suspiciously. I gave her a thumbs up along with my famous lopsided grin. She just smiled and shook her head. I ran to the bathroom and quickly turned on the faucet.

"Oh Iris, Goddess of the Rainbow, please accept my offering. Chiron, Camp Half-Blood." I said quickly and silently, in case if anyone heard me. Chiron was talking to a few of the campers reassuring them of something. "hi Chiron!"

"Oh hello Percy. How are you?" He asked. His eyes twinkled as he smiled at me. He wore a worried expression.

"Great! Actually not so great. I need to talk to you about something."

"Two problems in a day? We are already dealing with mortals coming to our strawberry fields! They can potentially find out about our camp." He looked at me as if he forgot I was there. "Sorry, what is the problem you needed to discuss with me?"

"Actually it's related to your problem. My home room class decided to come here for a field trip. Sorry, I kinda forgot to IM you yesterday and I don't know how I forgot. Anyway, I was thinking that you guys could hide the camp with some magic? Do you guys have any children of Hecate there at the moment? Maybe they could do it?" I said with a spark of wistfulness. I hoped they had some! I don't need the whole mortal world finding about my favourite place on earth!

"We are one step ahead of you! They are already starting to put up their version of the mist. Although it will only last a few hours." Chiron explained. I nodded. We waved goodbye and I re-joined with my class.

I probably had a big smile on my face because my Wise Girl came up to me and asked if I bumped into Frank or one of the seven. I told her I was just feeling pretty good today.

"Whatever you say, Kelp Head." She said pulling me towards the strawberries.