Percy Jackson and the Chinese Demigods

II. I once again bring bad news to the camp without knowing

'Suuure...' I said ' Anyways, we'll see what we can do about taking them back to their homes.'

'I'M THE DAUGHTER OF A DRAGON!'

Estelle cooed. 

'Shh!' Mum said

'Sorry.'

Mum left to look after Estelle. I took MK and Mei outside the apartment and looked over at Paul's car. It would fill me up with guilt inside to ride it, but the only option would be calling BlackJack, and as much as I knew he'd want to help, I didn't think he could carry three kids. Plus I don't let anyone ride BlackJack.

'Hop in the car kids,' I said 'Uncle Percy's taking y'all for a ride.'

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The most surprising thing about the ride is how no monsters ambushed us on the ride. The one thing I've learnt about us demigods is that the more powerful our parents are, the more likely we are to be ambushed by otherworldy beings looking for their lunch. 

We eventually reached the border of Camp Half-Blood. I could smell the strawberry fields the second I stepped out of the car. They made me feel nostalgic.

MK and Mei both stepped out of the car and looked at the camp.

'Woah' They said simultaneously.

I couldn't blame them. The camp looked amazing, from the omega-shaped cabins to the training ground to the Big House. The three of us walked towards the Big House amidst the other campers. The campers glanced at the other two but stared at me. It still felt weird after all these months.

'You're kinda popular around here' MK noted.

'Hey, Percy!'

I turned around to see a  short boy with curly black hair, dark brown eyes, pointy ears, a cheerful, elf-like face running towards me.

'Leo!' I said ' What's up? What're you doing here?'

'Just wanted to check on my siblings and work maintenance on Festus,' Leo looked behind me ' Who these guys?'

'Two random demigods from China, Mei and MK, meet Leo. Leo, Mei and MK,'

'Hi,' Mei said cheerfully

'Huh. Chinese demigods, Do you guys know who your parents are?'

'Mine are Dragons,' Mei said

Leo looked at me. I shrugged.

'It's a thing .'

'I'M NOT LYING!'

Leo looked like he was holding back hysterical laughter. Mei looked like she could kill someone.

'Alright, you guys are going to the Big House? I'm bored, so I'll tag along,'

'Cool!'

At the front of the house, both Mr. D and Chiron were outside on the porch, playing cards. Mr. D, also known as Dionysus, was our camp director, as a punishment from Zeus, his father, for chasing some off-limits nymph.  Chiron was just our average fun activities director. That was a centaur.

'Ah, welcome Percy. How have you been so far?'

'It's been good, thanks. '

'And who are these?' Mr. D asked lazily

'This is Ao Mei, and this is MK.'

Mr. D looked over at Mei

'Oh, a descent of the dragon family. Interesting,'

Chiron looked as surprised as I was

Mr. D then looked over eerily at MK and said nothing, but he smirked. That scared me. If Mr. D

found something that he even kind of found funny, it usually means trouble for us.

'Why don't you take them around the camp, Leo?' Chiron suggested

'Oh.. um... sure!' Leo said 'Come on guys! I'll show you our climbing challenge!'

'Cool!' Mei said

The three of them exited the building.

Chiron pinched his eyes and slowly shook his head.

'Percy, where did you find them?'

'They fell on me in the back of an alleyway, why?'

Mr. D chuckled 'You mean you don't realize who they are? What they are?'

'Demigods?'

'Percy,' Mr Chiron  sighed 'They're monsters,'

'What?? '

' Monsters. The most dangerous kind.'

'What are they?'

Chiron looked like he aged forty years even thinking about the answer.

'Have you heard the legend of The Monkey King,'

The sky darkened for a moment, as if even Zeus was paying attention.

'The Monkey King, Sun Wukong?'

'I thought I'd heard all the Greek stories by now,'

'It's not Greek, it's Chinese,'

'Oh. Why is it so important?'

'Sun Wukong was--'

Screams and yells pierced the quiet morning.

I looked over at where the screams were coming from. Chiron also got out of his wheelchair to reveal his full white centaur form. We both ran towards the continuous sounds of screams and... cheering? It came from the climbing challenge.

There was a crowd  around the walls. Leo came  up to us practically dancing in excitement.

'What kind of demigods did you bring here Percy?'

' What happened?'

'A new record! She cleared the Climbing Wall in seconds!'

'What??'

'I know, are all Chinese demigods like this??'

I looked at the Dragon girl standing on the top of the Wall amidst cheers from every side. The sky had once again darkened.

I might have just single-handedly brought trouble to the camp again.