Camp Legacy

--Alexis’s POV--

The drive takes forever! Its even worse that all of us have to go in the car. I sit in the front seat with Love. Well...Sorta. Love in on the floor in front of me.I’m sitting in the seat alone. Kolton, Serg, Tess, Life, Christian, and Forest are in the back. I bet they’re all squished while I’m up here living the high life.

“Why do you get to sit up front?” Forest complains.

I turn around, and face her. “Because I wanted to,” I reply.

“That’s not fair!”

“Yeah, well guess what? Life isn’t fair,” I reply.

“Yes I am!” Life perks up.

“I wasn’t talking about you,” I say.

I turn back around, and watch the road. I notice the road transits from concrete to gravel. I guess we are getting close. The woods are getting heavier, and heavier as we drive by.

“We’re here,” Sally announces.

We all jump out, and stretch.

“Come on...Monsters can still attack you guys,” Sally says.

“Too late,” I say pointing to the hellhound down the street.

“RUN!!!!” Sally yells.

We all run to the woods. Love trips, and falls. She’s about five yards behind me. The hellhound is gaining fast. I run back to Love, and help her up. The creature is about four yards away. Love, and I keep running. The others have already entered camp. Sally is waiting for us.

“Come on!” she yells.

“Were trying our best!” I yell.

I watch as a person with black hair, and green eyes bursts out of nowhere. He charges the hellhound. I stop to watch him. He clicks a pen; it transforms into a sword. He kinda looks like forest.

“GO!” he yells.

I run through the border. I see Sally on the outside still.

“Come on!” I yell.

She turns her head away from the battle, “Just say I your name allow you Sally Jackson to enter Camp half- blood.”

“I, Alexis Dambrosi allow you, Sally Jackson to enter Camp half- blood.”

She walks right through the barrier.

“To the big house,” she says.

“What about the guy?” I plead.

“Trust me...He’ll be fine,” she replies.

We walk to the big house. I see that everyone is with both their parents except Forest. The guy who is fighting the hellhound is probably her dad.

I don’t see my parents anywhere. I sit down on a couch, and decide to wait for someone to ask me where they are.

It kind of makes me depressed to see everyone else with their parents. Christian’s parents are crying tears of joy. Love’s mom is hugging her so tight that I don’t think she can breathe. Forest’s mom is talking to her in an excited tone. Tess’s mom, and dad are hugging her. Serg, and Life look like they’re in a deep conversation with the dads. Yes; I said dads. They have two of them. And Kolton is telling his dad something.

“Where are they?” I murmur.

“What was that?” I look over my shoulder to see Love standing behind me.

“Oh; nothing,” I reply. She notices my parents aren’t here, and pats my shoulder.

“I want you to meet my parents!” she says excitedly.

I don’t really have a choice because she grabs my wrist, and pulls me over by her parents. I can’t really make an excuse to get out of it since my parents aren’t her.

“Mom. Dad. This is Alexis,” Love introduces me. I shake both of their hands.

“Hi Alexis!” her mom exclaims. “I’m Piper!”

“And I’m Jason,” Love’s dad says.

“Nice to meet you,” I say trying to walk away.

“Who are your parents?” Love’s mom asks.

I see Love waving her hand across her throat telling her mom to stop. I look down at the wooden floor, “Bianca, and Jake Dambrosi.”

“Are they here?” she asks.

“No.”

“Well; where are they?” Jason asks.

“How should I know?” I shout storming out the door. I hear my friends run after me. I run straight into the woods. I climb a tree relatively close to the open clearing camp is in. My friends keep yelling my name. I see them walk past with some of their parents.

The sun begins to go down. My friends, and their parents went back to the big house when they heard a conch horn.

I shadow travel to my house. We live in Pennsylvania in the country. I look around.

“Mom! Dad!” I yell. No answer.

I look in the basement, the backyard, the upstairs, and the garage. The car is in the driveway. Usually it wouldn't be; it would be in the garage. Did they change they're mind like a finger snap, and shadow travel?

I check the barn. We never use it because we've never had the time to care animals. I check everywhere. They just aren’t here.

I feel the tears come to my eyes. I blink them away. I’m not one to cry a lot; actually I think I only cried when I was a baby. And maybe once when I was three, but anyways...I just wanted to be alone. Love introducing me to her parents kind of hurt to. I guess I’m just a little envious of everyone since they’re parents came, and mine didn’t.

I shadow travel to the big house expecting everyone to be there, but they aren’t.

“Hello,” someone says.

I look at the person speaking. She’s probably about my parent’s age. She’s got red hair, and freckles.

“Who are you?” I ask.

“I’m Rachel Elizabeth Dare. I’m the oracle. Who are you?”

“I’m Alexis.”

“Are you new?”

“Yeah,” I reply.

“I see. You know that the conch horn sounded for dinner a little bit ago right?”

“Yeah,” I lie. I didn’t know it was for dinner.

“So why are you still here?” she asks.

“Ahh. Why are you here?” I spit back.

“That’s a good question,” she says. She walks to the door. “Well; are you coming?”

“Where?”

“To dinner?”

“Uhhh. Yeah. Sure.”

She shows me the pavilion. We walk in, and grab plates. I see my friends sitting at a table. Luckily they haven’t noticed me yet. I get pizza, and fries. Rachel invites me to sit with her at a table in the corner of the building. I accept.

“So...Do you know who your parent is yet?”

“Yes,” I answer staring down at my fries.

“Well; who is it?” she asks.

“Bianca, and Jake Dambrosi.”

“Oh, so you’re a legacy.”

“Yeah.”

After dinner, I watch my friends climb the climbing tower, do archery, and wrestling. They go to the sword fighting arena.

I decide that it’s for me to show my face, and walk down to the Arena.

Notes

Hope you like it!
-A.D.R