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the dining pavilion was bustling.
the campers were eating, cheering, having contests.
the dionysus twins were charging campers for changing their drinks into alcohol. the hermes kids were trying to steal from their newbies. aphrodite campers were giving out gossip in exchange for money and camp credit. hephaestus kids were designing a top secret project. the apollo kids were sharing song lyrics for the sing-a-long. the athena cabin were reading books, and debating about some weird artifact. the ares campers were shoving each other and laughing loudly. demeter kids were playing with the plants that grew around them. it was a normal camp dinner.
that's when a loud roar got everyone on edge.
the campers ran shoving armor pieces on rapidly, and getting weapons. they all went to the border.
a drakon was attacking.
that was impossible, a part of me thought. thalia's pine protected the camp.
they fought the drakon. many campers fell in battle, and some were injured. but in the end we won.
the campers who weren't severely injured, which were only clarisse la rue, travis and connor stoll, will solace, and a few others, went to thalia's pine.
the needles were dying. the tree looked dull and yellow. needles fell slowly. the tree had been poisoned.
and it was dying.
i gasped as i sat up, shivering.
i'd been having these dreams the whole week. every time a different monster attacked. at a different time of day, or night.
