Mostly Normal: Our Path

Chapter Two: Cherry Tree

Annabeth nodded and then explained, "It was like it happened overnight. We would always disappear in groups of three. One night we would have three more campers or even visiting mages, and then they would be gone in the morning." Fred nodded as he listened to his sister.

They began to walk down the hill, though the other Romans went to the posts that they had been assigned to the night before. Percy followed behind his girlfriend as did Jason with Piper. Madeline sat on the grass with her siblings on the top of the hill.

When they finally got to where they were going, was when Fred took any notice of where they were. They had arrived at the Big House. Probably to sort out this issue once and for all.

Fred let his breath escape as they entered and he saw how many demigods were sitting around the table. There were only ten when there should have been quite a few more. The demigods included, Clarisse la Rue from the Ares cabin, Piper from the Aphrodite cabin, Annabeth from the Athena cabin, Percy from the Poseidon cabin, Jason from the Zeus cabin, Harley from the Hephaestus cabin, Nico di Angelo from the Hades cabin, Richie from the Iris cabin, and Nicholas Merrill from the Hypnos cabin, though he was asleep.

Having only the children of the Big Three as well as several of the more durable, harder to impress demigods was a bit nerve wracking. Fred took another deep breath and then began to talk, "So there has been a problem with campers disappearing, I got some information upon my arrival but if any of you have any more information that I have not heard, please speak up."

Jason and Percy promptly ignored the other male and began to poke each other with sharpened pencils. Fred rolled his eyes and looked around, when no one raised their hand or even said anything, he carried on, "All we know is that campers are disappearing the trios. Does anyone have paper?"

Annabeth smirked at her brother and brought out a notepad as well as a pencil and pen, which explained where Percy and Jason have gotten the pencils from. Fred nodded in thanks to his sister and then turned back to the group, "Clarisse, who disappeared from your cabin?"

"David, Cecil, and Marco," Clarisse said as she counted them off on her fingers. Fred nodded and then looked at Annabeth.

"The others that have disappeared include Elliot, Quinn, and Sara, on the first night. Hanna, Will, and Coraline, the second night. And Chiron the third night. The campers that Clarisse listed off happened last night. There are also quite a few Valkyries and Einherjar that were staying over that have disappeared." Annabeth said, smacking her boyfriend as he attempted to stick his pencil up Jason's nose.

Fred nodded and then tucked away his note pad, "The demigods are disappearing in couplets of three, someone or something must be sending them on a quest that they never come back from." At the word 'quest,' everyone that had been on the last big quest's shoulders raised. Fred sighed and then sat down again, "But what is it? And where are they going?"

No one answered, making the silence in the room thick before someone came barging into the room. It was a small girl with light brown hair and a wicked grin. "You must come quick! We have found a nest of baby Griffins!" The campers were all out of their seats faster than was imaginable, the only one that remained was the sleeping child of Hypnos.

When they reached the nest of tiny babies, Fred couldn't help but smile. His fiance was standing over the nest with a wide grin on her face, she had placed one of her hands over the smallest baby's head. Fred walked over to the nest and began to look around for signs of predators.

The only signs that he found were some week-old bear tracks. He sighed, knowing that these poor babies had been abandoned. He moved over to Maddie and then placed a hand on her shoulder, "We should bring them back to the big house."