Chapter two- The life of the daughters of Athena.

6 months later...

Cabin 6 is cosy, but maybe that's because it's just me and Annabeth. Luke stops by often, checking how we are. Sometimes, we even train together. At first, Chiron wasn't sure about letting me train, but he trusted me. No one has ever trusted me like that before. He says that I have great things ahead for me, but I doubt it.

I visit Thalia's tree daily. I talk to her all the time, just telling her about things that have happened, about green day's new songs and all things like that. I told her that Annabeth doesn't like green day, and I told her that I always listen to it now, because it reminds me of her.

I haven't heard from my family, but I don't care. I have a new family. A new home. And I like it here. It's the best place I have ever been. Every one is so competitive and every thing is so challenging. Back home, the most challenging that that I have done is write an Essay on why Essay's must be written in English and not Latin. It's not like that here. They encourage you to write and read in latin.

Training is weird because the only weapon I ever held is a fake wand, that could only cast one spell. Everyone said that I am good for my age. Luke is a natural. Annabeth is good too. Sometimes we, Annabeth and I, lay in my bed at night, and just plan for capture the flag, or anything. Sometimes we just talk. Just like we did when it was just us... but now we have no one to save.

The last few months have flown by. Pretty soon, Annabeth is going to be 8. Then, I'm going to be 7. It's funny though, I thought that I would miss the boys more, but, the only time that I really think about them is... well, now really. When I'm laying in bed, just thinking about my short life. How much has happened? The thing I think about most is what worries everyone. Thalia.

Every night, I see Thalia dying again. Sometimes, Annabeth or Luke or Grover die as well, on really bad nights. Half the time, I wake up covered in sweat, Annabeth or Luke rocking me. Chiron is worried about it. I don't know why. It's normal, right? But the physical pain I get when I wake up... yep, pretty sure that is why he is so worried.

Chiron, since I first saw him, is my fatherly figure. My real dad could never show me real affection in public, only Blaise. I understood. Thats how it is in all pure blood families. But here, everyone is the same. We're all family. I love it. Chiron helps me a lot, he helps me with my writing in English, but since I can write more than most kids my age, we just talk most of the time. I love talking to someone that is as wise and knowledgeable as Chiron. I can tell him anything. A lot of the time, we talk about my night meres. The other times, we talk about my family. Then, he gives me tips in fighting.

I look over to the bed next to me to see my sister (Half sister) reading. This makes me smile as she said that she was going to sleep about 50 minuets ago. Something ponders my mind for a moment.

"Annabeth?"
"Uh-hu?" she replies, not tearing her grey eyes from the page of her beloved book.
"What about your family? Have you tried talking to them?" I question. There is a flicker of sorrow in her eyes for a moment, but it is gone as soon as it came. Others wouldn't have noticed it, but I did.
"My family is a lot different from yours, Eps" she starts to explain. She puts her book down after book-marking the page with a picture that we took while we were still getting here, of Annabeth, Luke, Me, Thalia and Grover. We came across a carnival and it had a picture booth, so we thought 'why not?' We all have a small picture. Mine is pinned up on the wall next to my bed and Annabeth stuck hers onto a bit of card and now uses it as a book mark. Annabeth sighs as she gets up from her bed and walks the short distance from her bed to mine. I lift the covers up and budge over, like I always do. Annabeth slips into my bed.
"Eps, my father never wanted me. He wanted mom to raise me, but obviously, she said no. He got married and... well, she hates me. She said that i'm dangerous and a freak... I am never going back to that place again."
"But... my mu- my brothers mother did the same thing to me... only I never knew why..."
"That's the difference" she said, tucking some of my hair behind my ear. "I knew, you didn't. Now sleep" She said as she kissed my forehead. She got up and walked over to her own bed. A few minuets later, I heard the soft sound of her snoring and went back to thinking about my brother...

We have no training today, and capture the flag isn't until 4 pm, so Annabeth, Luke and I are in the sword fighting arena. My sword is still a little too heavy for me, but Chiron says that it is just because I am so small, and that it will be perfect when I am older. I can only hope.

I swing my sword back to hit a dummy, but I catch Luke's shoulder by accident. He drops his sword and clutches his shoulder. I turn to him in shock.
"Merlin Luke, I am so sorry" I say, trying to look at his shoulder. I see blood spreading though his shirt, so it is bad. Luke chuckles slightly.
"Hey, it's nothing" he says "I'll just go to the infirmary and put something on it, it should be fine" He sounds so laid back, I believe him.
"At least let me take you there?" I insist.
"Go on then" he says smirking. "Annie, we're going on an adventure, wanna come?" He yells over to Annabeth, who is on the other side of the arena. She turns and runs over to us.
"Luke! Oh my gods, what did you do?" she questions in a rush. Before I can tell Annabeth that I did it, Luke says
"I just slung my sword back a little too far"

We head up to the infirmary and Chiron looks at Luke's wound. He gets it patched up and everything. We were just about to leave when Chiron asks if he can have a word with me. The others leave and I go over to chiron.
" Have you thought about what I said the other day?" he asks. I have thought about it, a lot. But for every pro, there is a con.
"I... I still don't know. I don't think I want to go back, she's just going to be more mean to me" I explain to him.
"Eponie, it's okay. I'm just concerned for you. A lot of the other campers are much older than you, and your still really young, you should be with your family"
"No Chiron, you don't understand. I am with my family. Annabeth and Luke are all the family I'm ever going to need"
"But what about when you turn 11" He started "Where will you go then?" he asks.
"We will think about that when the time comes but Chiron please, please just let me be around some family who love me? Dont send me back there, I beg you" I plead. I have tears lingering in my eyes, that much I know. I cant go back there. How do I explain this to them. And plus, I doubt that she would let me back. You see, everything makes sense now, she treated me coldly because I wasn't hers. Still, I don't understand why they didn't just tell me.
Chiron sighs, a sign that he is thinking about what I said. "We'll wait, but, sweetheart, you'll have to make up your mind sooner or later"
"And I chose later" I say, determined, now more than ever, to stay at camp. I glance at the clock on the wall and see that it is 2pm already. "I have to go, plan for capture the flag..." I say, trailing off as I walk out of the room.

I get into the cabin and I am basically pounced on by both Luke and Annabeth.
"Is everything alright Pon?" Luke asks. I nod.
"Yeah, Just... Hogwarts stuff" I moan.
"But, that's not for years" Annabeth says.
"I know, but Chiron wants me to make my mind up, he thinks it'd be easier if I knew what was around the corner"I explain. Luke smiles slightly.
"Well, right now, capture the flag is around the corner and Hermes is so keeping Athena on it's team" That made both me and Annabeth laugh. The only reason Luke wants us on his team is because we're the reason Ares couldn't find the flag, we planned where to hide it, who would guard it, everything. You know, come to think about it, Hermes' cabin might be just plain lazy.
"Good thing we've already planned it then, isn't it?" Annabeth says, slightly smirking. Luke smiles at this.
"Lemme see it! I need to tell everyone else where they are, after all..."

We sit there for hours planning together, just us three. Planning, also, about our dreams of getting a quest soon. A quest together.

Hey, it's Dramionedreamer. Kentons been really ill lately so he asked me to finish and post this, so we hope you guys like it. Please review, it might make him feel better (And he is REALLY sick! He had to go to hospital last week :'( )