Disclaimer: I only own the plotline of this. And the made-up characters.
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Earth, August 1st.
Camp Half-Blood was going insane. 30 days ago, Percy Jackson had gone missing. 15 days later, another camper, Travis Stoll, went missing as well. The two most affected by the disappearance were Annabeth Chase and Connor Stoll. People were really worried. They all missed their hero and their pranker.
Connor Stoll, at the time being, was sitting in the grass near the Big House, watching as the Hunters came in. They had been searching for Percy and his brother, and Connor had been eavesdropping on every status report.
He listened in dismay as the Hunters confirmed with Chiron that they hadn't gotten any sign of either of them. He stood up and started to wander around. Katie soon joined him.
"Any sign?" She asked, her eyes slightly red, indicating she was crying earlier. A lot.
He sighed. "None. I hope they find them soon. For all we know, they're traveling around together."
Now that he thought about it, it made no sense, but he hoped Percy and Travis were together. They both had a better chance of surviving that way.
Why had he left? All Travis had told him before he had disappeared was, "I need to leave the camp tonight. Official business, and stuff."
Connor had thought he was joking, but when he woke up the next day without his brother around, he knew something was wrong. You do everything in the dead of night. Start to finish. You don't raise suspicion by not turning up.
He never turned up.
He and Katie walked by Thalia and Annabeth, who was seemingly receiving the bad news.
Then he heard something else.
"Yeah, actually. The gods are coming here to deliver news, not Percy," Thalia was saying. "Something else."
"Yes, definitely something else."
There was a really bright yet dark light, that caused everyone to shield their eyes.
"What the...!" Connor yelled.
True to Thalia's word, the gods of Olympus were there. With them was a teenager with black hair and eyes with the night sky for irises...
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Travis's PoV (1st):
When we got through the portal, we were at Olympus. It hadn't aged a day. I glanced over at Percy and was surprised to find that he had sunglasses.
"Who goes there!" I heard someone yell loudly. The voice was familiar.
Without warning --other than the loud yell, I guess -- all the gods flashed in.
Zeus looked outraged, then shocked and apologetic. "Lord Chaos. I apologize. What brings you here."
"War. My sister, Order, is threatening Earth. Her being my annoying little sister, I have taken matters into my own hands. But surely you know all this. I did warn you in advance. I remember Hermes giving you my letter."
"And I'm sorry," another voice said. Percy. That boy needs to learn to shut up. "But were you the one who just called out 'Who goes there?' I mean, really, Zeus?"
He was struggling to contain his laughter. I was struggling too. Even Chaos was chuckling a bit.
"Please excuse my soldier. He is the leader of Section One and just doesn't know when to shut up in front of all-powerful and immortal beings. He even talks back to me." That I didn't know. "You should have seen his first meeting with me." What happened there?
Zeus sighed and looked grumpy. For a few minutes, he and Chaos discussed matters.
A hand pulled me out of my thoughts.
I was in a circle with Alex, Chris, Noah, and Percy. "Listen, guys. While here, don't call me by my name. Call me Ryan. Got it? All the other soldiers have the same command. Chaos sent it telepathically. He wanted me to tell you all on my own." He told us quickly.
"An alias? I like it!" I replied. The others nodded. We all knew what this meant though.
He wouldn't be sharing his identity. We would have to wait to find out more. At least, they would. I already knew.
Then, a flash of dark and light. Another portal opened. Chaos said, "Yes, definitely something else."
I had no clue which happened first. All I knew was, we were going back to Camp Half-Blood.
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Alex's PoV (1st):
Let me get something straight. By "portal", we mean us being transported there almost instantaneously while having the choice to go or not. We all chose "yes".
Before my eyes was one of the most beautiful things I had ever seen. I was also the saddest.
The scenery in itself was amazing. The architecture around the camp was genius. The woods went on for miles on end. The lake glittered in the distance. But everyone there was sad. You didn't need to be an emotion reader to know that.
I glanced at Noah. Like I expected, he looked shocked that so much sadness could fit in a place so beautiful.
I also took the time to look at Chris. She looked beautiful. The sun was right in the correct position, shining down elegantly on her face. I think she caught me staring so I looked away.
I ended up looking at Per- I mean Ryan and Travis. Screw it, nobody here can read minds. I ended up looking at Percy and Travis. Percy had pulled on a mask of calm. Travis was scanning the crowd eagerly. I decided to join him.
When I looked over the crowd, I was shocked to find someone who looked almost exactly like Travis.
His brother. That's what Percy meant by 'twin of a brother'.
He was standing next to a girl with brown hair. They were both staring at Travis.
I saw his lips move, but no sound came out. Travis. he kept on repeating that. I wondered if their voices sounded alike.
"Campers..." And then Zeus went into things that I'd already heard. I zoned out until after the speech. All the campers looked shocked.
The boy found his voice. "Travis?"
"Why hello, Connor. Pull any good pranks lately?"
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Perseus's PoV (1st):
I watched as Connor ran up to Travis and hugged what could have been the life out of him. Travis was basically limp. I was so amused, I didn't realize Katie had joined their party until she smacked Travis on the back of the head.
"Ryan! S.O.S!" He called out, and I knew he was talking to me.
"Sorry man! He's not a soldier! I have no jurisdiction."
"Screw you, man! Being hugged to death here! And what do you mean 'This isn't your jurisdiction'?!?! I'm pretty sure you can save my freaking life!"
Eventually, Connor let go. "Why did you leave?" I heard him whisper.
"I told you. Official business." Travis replied.
"Travis Stoll!" Katie yelled. "You are a complete idiot! How could you just up and leave like that? What's wrong with you?! Did you think it was acceptable to all of us to just leave and join this- this army?! What exactly is this army anyway?"
"Wow, I forgot how annoying that was. I mean, long, long time no see and all, but you're making a bad first impression." Travis said.
"No, no. Go on," Chris said. "This is amazing to see someone finally yell at him without him retaliating with smoke bombs. I've only caught him a couple times while he was going through Ryan's drawers."
I frowned, "He did what, exactly?"
"Hehe. Sorry. You know I'm curious."
Another voice interrupted it all. "This is all very touching, but I think Hermes is about to cry."
"Shut up, Ares," I said, only because I couldn't stand him. At all. Like, ever. Never in a million years. Feelings for him still haven't changed. Nope. Not one bit.
"What did you say, punk?" he growled at me.
"I said, shut up. Are you half deaf?"
"No, but you will b-"
"Stop! We don't need another immortal being super pissed at you, Ryan."
"Alex is right, Ryan." This time it was Chaos. He looked at me and I couldn't help but grin.
"I could take him down."
"We all know you could. This is a god we're talking about. And not even Big Three. But, as Travis has said, first impressions."
But, it's not first. Not for me.
A/N: Are there any spelling mistakes? Probably. How about grammar? Probably not. I apologize anyway. I've been writing this all rather quickly, and I may not have delved deep enough into the minds of some characters to get accurate portrayals of them. But hey, nobody's perfect.
I know I said I would be working on other stuff like the Percy Jackson and Vladimir Tod crossover, which I had promised a while ago. I am, I wrote this chapter a long time ago, though, so here it is.
GTG.
Yours in demigodishness and all that, and as always, until next time! *cheesy salute*