New life

I woke up and sat fast on the bed. I had another nightmare. This time golden hair man tortured me longer than usual. I was sitting on the chair with my hands and legs attached to it. He touched me several times and everything that he touched was in a total agony. My body was in the fire and all best that l had (my memories, my feelings) started to fade, to fly away from me, to disappear in that fire. And l couldn't do anything with it. I was just sitting and screaming and feeling how this golden hair man was taking me and my fear of him.

I sat on the bed for a while. My heart was bouncing and l couldn't breathe properly. But unusual was that l didn't wake up screaming or something. I just normally woke up and l normally slept for 10 hours. Yeah, l felt bad because of the nightmare, but l started to get used to these nightmares.

I turned around and saw Jason. Yes, yesterday l decided that it would be better if l leave two brothers alone. They needed time to discuss everything without me. And, of course, there wasn't enough place for three of us.

I got up and went to the bathroom. As l took a shower and put on some clothes, Jason woke up.

"Good morning" he yawned.
"You too." I said making a ponytail.
"You're ready? Already?"
"Yeah... I just... l can't lay anymore in the bed"
"Yeah..." he said closing his eyes and moving on the one side. I saw his tattoo.
"Jason? Why are you here? I mean... Why did you choose Camp Half-Blood? Why aren't you with the Romans now?"
"Um..." Jason opened his eyes and sat on the bed. "I'm here because... Because it's now my home... When l didn't have my memory, l...l just rethought everything and understood that this camp is better..."
"Better, because of Piper?" I asked raising my eyebrow and smiling.
"Partly..." he said closing this theme.
"Um, what are we doing today?" I asked.
"I guess training. You are going to train the whole summer."
"But...?" I started, but then l remembered that l didn't tell Jason about my nightmares and the golden hair man. "But this is boring!" I said just to take a pause.
"Of course, it is! But, l guess, we can do something next week..." Jason's eyes mystically shone.
"And it is...?"
"I can't tell you. Not now. I need to talk to Mr.D"
"Mr.D?" I didn't understand. Was it a shorter name for somebody or a nickname of Chiron?
"Yeah. He's our camp director"
"But why didn't l see him?"
"He went to Olympus... l guess he had some job there to do."
"Who is he?"
"He's a god whose full name is Dionysus."
"Wow! You're saying that the god of vine is the camp's director?"
"Yeah. You'll see him during the breakfast."

As Jason said that he went to the bathroom and l went out of the cabin.

The sky was clear as never before. Not a cloud could be seen on the horizon. The sun slowly rose, crawled on the sky, illuminating all around, giving hope for a good day, taking the fears of the night, warming all around. It was casting its rays across the sky, painting it in color from light yellow to bright red. On plants the dew gathered, sparkling in the rays of the rising sun. It cooled my feet (l held keds in my hands). These little shining drops were like tears, pure and innocent.

Standing near the cabin and watching everything waking up, l spent some time. I really like to watch the nature, to notice everything happening in its life. I'm just amused by its beauty. And now l could listen to it, too. So, l closed my eyes and became the air. I heard birds talking, sitting in their nests, trees whispering among themselves, rustling their leaves and shaking their huge canopies. I was standing next to lapping the shore light waves that were still cold in the morning, I flew high and hovered with some kind of bird. But at the same time I was in the city, enveloped in numerous sorts of noises.

"Hello" I heard somewhere close to me and l opened my eyes. But l saw no one. I looked around and noticed Percy standing near his cabin that wasn't too close.
"You heard me" Percy walked towards.
"Of course, l did. You said it loudly." l smiled. Now there were Percy and me, only two people who were awake and outside their cabins.
"Actually l whispered, Stef" he stopped near me. "So, l guess we can talk about it now..."
"But, Pers, what do you want to hear? I just... l don't know why l started to do that, but... But, you know... l can hear everything... Few minutes ago l heard someone talking in the city. Percy, l heard noises of New York."
"Um... You know what? Now l want to have your powers." Percy said reminding me how l was amused by his water powers.
"Really?"
"Um..." he looked right in my eyes. "No. I'm pretty glad to breathe under water and to talk with horses"

His oceans were playfully splashing. In the rays of the rising sun they were indescribably beautiful: oceans seemed to be not just green, they were turquoise and they were so bright and light, that it seemed they weren't as the oceans, they were small lakes where there was little water and in which you could have fun splashing.

"Percy..." l started, but then, when l realized what l was about to say, l blushed.
"Yes?" He noticed my blush and now he was too curious to understand what l was going to say.
"Um, nothing..." l looked on the left just not to meet his eyes.

We stood for few minutes in the silent when, finally, Percy spoke:

"What about breakfast?"

As he said that, the horn sounded and everybody started to go out from their cabins. I put on my keds and went with everybody to the pavilion. To the pavilion where l should see mysterious director, Mr.D.

But actually l didn't see him during the breakfast as Jason said. However, l noticed a new chair next to Chiron, where, l thought, should sit the director.

As l finished eating warm and soft croissants and drinking sweet cacao Percy and l went to the Big House where, Chiron said, some Rachel was waiting for us.

As we were coming toward the house l noticed two figures of a red hair girl and a man in a funny T-shirt. They were chatting with each other. The girl was gestured fast trying, l guessed, to prove something to the man.

"Good morning, Mr.D" Percy said waiting for something.
"Hello, Patrick Jensen" the man said indifferently. Dionysus had a chubby face, a red nose and curly black hair. He had watery, blue, bloodshot eyes from drinking. He wore tiger-striped Hawaiian shirts, breeches and purple running shoes. He looked like a human who didn't care about anything or anybody, who liked drinking a lot and playing the poker. I didn't like him. I didn't like how he spoke to Percy. Yes, it was only three words, but l could say exactly that this Mr.D didn't like Percy. And how dare he was to say Percy's name wrong?! If somebody spoke like that to me, l would say something back. But, l guessed, Percy did it sometime ago, but now he just don't care and he even started to like how the god names him and to wait for the new name.
"Hi, Rachel!" Percy waved his hand in greeting. There was something between two of them... Some awkward pause and glances. I saw it in Percy's eyes. "This is Stefania!" Percy introduced me.
"Just call me Stef" l said looking at Rachel. She wore over-large shirt and she had doodles on her jeans. She was a tall, slim girl with frizzy red hair, freckled face, green eyes and was quiet attractive. I would say she was a daughter of Aphrodite, if l didn't know she was mortal. As l looked in her green eyes, l understood that they weren't like Percy's oceans. Yes, they were green, too, but they were different. They were full with some mystical and strange wisdom and knowledge that appeared and disappeared. Yes, she was mortal, but she wasn't weak.
"Nice to meet you. I'm Rachel Elizabeth Dare, the Oracle of this camp." She said this like it was absolutely normal, like there are hundreds of Oracles, like her job wasn't serious at all. "Finally, l've met you."
"What do you mean?"
"I've seen some visions of you and some oth..."
"Young demigod, don't you want to greet me, too? Or you don't see here any gods?" Mr.D cut Rachel.
"Um, sorry..." l said glancing at the director. "Good morning, Mr.D, the god of wine... that you can't even drink" l added. Hell knows why l added the last four words....
"Thank you so much, Ste... Steffi. And thanks for reminding me that l can't drink my amazing store of old and nice wines!" Mr.D said becoming angry. "And you, Dare, come with me. I need to talk to you."
"Yes, sir!" She said smiling. Rachel, l started to understand, was a very optimistically and cheerful girl. "Sorry, Stef. I need to talk with Mr.D, but then we'll speak about your nearest future." She winked me and came in the Big House.
"So, it was our Oracle." Percy stood with his back to the house.
"Who doesn't really look like the Oracle." I added.
"And what were you waiting for? A mummy?" He laughed.
"But not a girl of our age!"
"Know what? Sometime ago the Oracle was in the body of a mummy."
"Oh, that's must have been... interesting..."
"It was scary! Brrr!"
"Wait, what? Has just the amazing Perseus Jackson said that he was afraid of the Oracle?!"
"Ha-ha-ha! Very funny!" He said sarcastically, but still he smiled.
"Pers, why this Mr.D calls you Patrick Jensen?"
"He just doesn't like me."
"Then, l guess, now he doesn't like me, too..."

We were staying in a little awkward pause, when we heard someone speaking.

"Hey! Relax! Yes! No! What?! No! No, she IS okay!... Oh... Ah... What?! She couldn't... No... l...l... Yes, l'm near her now"

It was Annabeth who was talking on the phone. Actually, it isn't good when a demigod has a phone, because some monsters can find him or her. But Annabeth was allowed to have one. Lucky she.

"Hello, Percy!" She kissed him in the cheek. "Good morning, Stef. I have somebody on the phone who wants to talk to you..." She gave me the phone.
"But who can it b..." l started.
"Stef?" The voice went from the phone and l suddenly felt like my heart started to bounce fast. "What was that?! I got up today and started to search for a pen on my desk. And what did l see there? A note from you! How can l understand that?!"
"Charlie..." l said. For how long didn't l say it loudly? Thousands of feeling rushed into my head. I glanced at Percy and Annabeth standing next to me. Annabeth understood everything and Percy... He saw that l was worried and that l was hurt. He understood everything from how l said my bf's name and from how my eyes became to fulfill with pain.
"Yes, it's me, Stef..." Charlie's voice softened. "Stef, how are you? Yeah, l know l spoke not well with you last time... I just thought that you were lying to me, that you didn't want to say something to me, that you didn't need me... But when l saw your note... Stef... I saw a few traces of your tears. You were crying... Stef? Tell me, what's going on?"
"Charlie..." l turned with my back to the pair and went to the first cabin, so that none could hear me talking to Charlie. "Do you remember that morning when l forgot my phone?"
"Yes... No... l remember... um... just some parts..."
"Which?"
"I remember my dream... l got up and ordered some pizza... Then l saw some people trying to kill us both... Then we ran to 'our place' and hide there. When we thought that everything was calm, we saw the pair... A boy and a girl..."
"Whose names were...?" "P...per.... Percy! And Ann. Percy and Ann?"
"No, Percy and Annabeth"
"Yes! Exactly! How could l forget! Of course, Annabeth... l also thought why these guys had such strange names... Wait... how do you know their names?"
"Charlie..." l made a pause. That name... "It was real. Just remember... or, if you can't, believe me that it was real... You didn't believe me for the first time..."
"No, no, no! Everything starts to get clearer! Yeah! I remember... or l just believe you... It doesn't matter."
"So, remember that the seven wanted to take me to some camp?"
"Yes..."
"So, l'm here. In Camp Half-Blood."

On the other side of the phone there was a dead silence.

"Charlie?"
"Um.. yeah, yeah... I'm here...l just... Why are you there?"
"Charlie, l'm a demigod. I'm a daughter of Zeus and l related to Aphrodite."
"You mean, the Greek gods are real?"
"Yes."
"But if you're a daughter of Zeus and someone else... then what about your family? I...l mean mortal family?"
"I don't know, Charlie... And l'm not ready to say something about it. I never will."
"Um... Then what did you mean when you said 'related to Aphrodite'?"
"That means that l don't really know who is my mom. I just know that when l was recognized by Zeus, l was recognized by Aphrodite, too. But Zeus told me in my dreams that my mom isn't Aphrodite."
"Wow! Like Brazil's serial!" I heard laughing. "Um, wait... You talked to you father?"
"Yeah... And he's quite nice..."
"Oh... Great! Hope you'll find your mom soon!"
"Charlie? Are you angry with me?"
"Stef, l...l don't know what to say... l just need time to understand everything... But l... I'm holding your note... Stef, why didn't you wake me up?"
"Because you didn't believe me..."
"But now l believe you."
"Why? Why have you changed your mind?"
"Because l understood that you never lie to me, that if you say something twice or even trice it has to be true..." Charlie took a deep breathe. "Stef... Is it true? Is it true that you want to go home?"
"Yes..." l nodded. I understood that he was going to ask in the next moment. We knew each other so well...
"Stef... You've crossed out some words... But can l guess what you've written there?"
"Charlie, you know the answer..." l closed my eyes. I was sitting on my bed, but l felt like this bed was going somewhere away from me. I didn't know how Charlie would react on my words. I was terrified...
"You've written 'could be here with you'..." Charlie said. He didn't ask, he just said it, because he was definitely sure.
"Yes..." l nodded.
"Stef..."
"Yes, Charlie?"
"I wish l was there with you, too..." Some tears started to appear in the eyes. " Stef... Oh... l even can't hug you... Um... Stef, do you hear me? Of course, you hear me. If you want l can go to this camp..."
"No...You can't pass through barrier..."
"Do you have some friends there?"
"Charlie! I don't need them! I need YOU!" I screamed. That was the last piece and l started crying like a little girl.

Some time l spent on relaxing. During this 'some time' there was a silence on the other side. l said what l thought. I really needed Charlie. And l didn't care what other people would think.

"Stefania... Um... That's just... Um... When l'm with you in the city, you take me as a friend... And now you... you suddenly started to need me. When you are in trouble, you finally understood that you need my help..."
"Charlie! What are you saying?! No! It's not like this!" I said wiping tears.
"Then how?"
"I just understood that... that l need you all the time... like l can't live without you..."
"Do not scatter the words." Charlie said.
"What?! I... l don't!" I became angry. I finally said him what l felt and how he acts? He doesn't believe me! He thinks that all l want is just his help, support and advice. "Charlie, when you rethink everything, phone this number again."
"Ste..." Charlie started, but l cut the call.

How?! Why?! He... He... I... He didn't believe me! How that could be?! Ughr! I said that l needed him! Not anyone, but him! Oh... l said it... Is it true? Of course, it is... But what about Percy, Stef? Percy, Percy... And what? He said that l'm his best friend. And when l was standing next to sleeping Charlie l even forgot about Percy! No, l don't need Percy 24 hours a day and 7 days per week. No. I need Charlie. Yes... How... How that could be? I... l mean... He was right speaking of that l didn't need Charlie in the city, but now l understood that l need him... Why? Maybe because when l left Charlie, l understood how important he was to me?... Yes... Do you... Do you love him? Um, l don't know... I just need to hug him right now, to hear his voice, to look in his eyes... Wasn't, what l said, rude? Oh... What have l done?! Stef, why?! Don't worry... Just don't worry... Charlie... Wow...! I can't believe l told him... l can't believe l understood everything that was going on in my mind, in my thoughts, in my heart... Yeah, l felt guilty sleeping with Percy and another stuff... But now... What's now?... Let's wait until he'll call me...

But Charlie didn't call me after 5 minutes and after 30. I was just sitting on the bed and watching the clock going. I thought he would call me, but he didn't. I started to worry.

"I've opened myself to him and he just... Why can't he take the phone and call me?! Is it difficult?! No! Then why aren't you calling me?!" I spoke to myself and to the phone.
"He's terrified just like you." Said someone and l looked up. I saw a woman standing near the statue of Zeus. "Hello, Stefania. I'm Callidora, your mom."

Notes

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