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Night, Laughter, and a Sword Chapter 2

Summary: Tallulah makes her way to the mysterious Camp Half-Blood with Penelope. With a surprisingly less amount of monsters then she expected. As well as just her being introduced to the camp.

Pre-TLT

Word Count: 1,872

Warnings: N/A

*Several characters in here are from the real Percy Jackson universe. I did not create them but you will recognize them.*

*Also will be using show descriptions*

Random: I'll mainly be posting these on Fridays and Wednesdays but because I already had this prepared I decided to post it :) Hope you guys enjoy!

Tallulah traced over her new scars. They stretched up her right arm and shoulder like white lighting strikes. It reached all the way up to her neck. Which kind of surprised her, injuries to the neck were never good. But she had healed just fine. As she brushed through her dark, wavy hair she could hear her dad making breakfast downstairs. So she pulled her new bright orange shirt over her head and made her way downstairs. Pel was sitting at the table, nervously tapping her hooves. Which was another thing Tallulah found out about her friend. Satyrs were quite strange. Her dad snapped her out of her thoughts and gave a side hug to her, sliding a bowl of cereal across the table. She smiled at him and took her seat.

“I asked the guys if I could take the morning off since you needed to head to a summer camp. And… you know I wanted to be there!”

“Thanks, Dad. I really appreciate it.”

For a last breakfast, it moved much quicker than she wanted. Soon enough, they were all out the door and hopped onto her dad’s four wheeler. It felt so natural to feel the wind whipping through her hair and seeing the world zoom by. It was definitely something she was going to miss. But Penelope assured her that she would have lots of fun at camp. Her dad also comforted her, even though he was holding back tears. Eventually, they made it to a train station. Tallulah gave her dad the tightest squeeze ever, refusing to let go till he did. Then he cupped her face and promised he would send letters or whatever he needed to do to see her. But she had to get on the train. Pel promised him she would do everything for her and hopped on too. As they sat down in their car, the train began moving. Tallulah watched as her dad disappeared from view, forests taking the place of the train station. As Tallulah stared out the window, she realized she had a lot of questions to fill up the ride. Luckily Pel was happy to answer them.

“Why didn’t you bring me to camp at the “right” age?”

“Because I-I um… thought you could handle yourself. And you were never suspicious. But it wasn’t right for me to not bring you.”

“How about my mom?”

“We will hopefully find out soon.”

“Do I get to go home?”

“Most go home after the summer. But some stay year-round. Your decision really.”

“Why didn’t monsters come after me more?”

“I don’t know, maybe they just don’t like to trample through the forests of Maine.”

The question session could have lasted forever, but they needed to rest. So Pel went to bed and Tallulah stared out the window. This world seemed so new and scary. Would she truly fit in? Constellations seemed to light up the sky, Tallulah picking out each one. It calmed her nerves and soon enough she drifted off to sleep.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ As morning broke over the field, they finally made it to the location. It seemed they were right outside NYC on an island. Tallulah didn’t exactly know where they were but Pel definitely did. She led Tallulah down the roads and through forests with ease. Tallulah was used to long hikes from her life in Maine, but this seemed to last forever. After several hours of walking (and water breaks) they reached a seemingly important forest. The sun was near the edge of the sky, highlighting each tree.

“This is Half-Blood hill, our last part of the journey. Then we’ll be at the camp”

A large archway appeared as they climbed up a hill. Ancient Greek engraved into it.

“Here we are!” Penelope declared.

“Oh.” Tallulah said with disappointment.

But as they walked through the doorway, it quickly turned to a gasp of awe. It was beautiful. Penelope walked down the road and looked at her expectantly.

“C’mon!”

She held onto her hand as they strided through the paths, passing several kids with the neon CHB shirts. Tallulah started to feel her nerves, her anxious thoughts bouncing through her brain. “Hey, now that I have my normal legs back I can actually keep up with you!” Pel joked and distracted her.

“Wow! SOoOo impressive!” Tallulah shot back sarcastically.

Pel seemed to always make her feel better. Eventually they made it to a large house. A centaur came up to her and shook her hand. It was kind of freaky how much he towered over her.

“My name is Chiron, I'm in charge of Camp activities.” He introduced, “And that is Mr. D. Head of the camp.”

The man in a patterned shirt and scruffy beard gave a small wave.

Tallulah returned the wave, “Nice to meet you, uh when do I meet my godly parent?”

Chiron began to explain but was quickly cut-off by Mr.D.

“I’m your father, pleased to meet you. Now if you could-”

Tallulah rolled her eyes, “Sure, I’ll let my mortal father know he is no longer my father.”

Chiron shook his head, “He’s just messing with you. As soon as they claim you, you’ll know. Here, let’s go to the cabins.”

Tallulah followed quickly behind the clip-clopping of Chiron’s hooves. She was only half-listening as Chiron explained everything going on and how it all worked. That was until they reached the cabins. 12 glittering cabins surrounded a small area, and a small 13th one was off the path. It was the most fancy thing she had seen, in a forest at least. As Chiron continued to ramble, Tallulah’s eyes wandered to each camper. She took in each small characteristic of them, noticing little constellations of freckles on each face. Until she reached a taller, dark and curly haired boy. He had chestnut brown eyes that just so happened to be staring back at her. She gave a soft smile, making him quickly look away.

Kind of creepy. After Chiron left she was led to the Hermes Cabin. That was where the unclaimed stayed. Penelope immediately decided to embarrass her by announcing her presence to the entire cabin. Her face turned hot and she avoided eye contact as Pel told everyone who she was. She could have at least done that for herself! After that, her friend disappeared to do her own stuff. So Tallulah took to unpacking stuff. She didn’t have too much, a star map, a picture of her dad and her on a fourwheeler, and her sword.

“That’s a pretty cool sword.”

Tallulah nearly screamed as the voice sounded right behind her. It was the guy who was staring at her earlier!

“Thanks, I guess. It’s from my apparent goddess of a mother.”

“I see.You know, you’re a bit older than most new kids here.” He pointed out like she was stupid.

“Yeah, and you could give a proper introduction after staring at me.” She answered with a bite in her tone.

She knew she should be nice but she didn’t appreciate the obvious fact. He was about a head taller than her, but that didn’t matter to her.

He turned a shade of pink, “Sorry, wasn’t trying to sound rude. My name is Luke. Luke Castellan.”

“Tallulah LaFlamme.”

He nodded and stuck his hand out, “Great to meet ya.”

She nodded back with an awkward smile, “Uhhh, just going to stand there or?”

He quickly moved out of the way and dramatically waved her off. She had barely stepped out of the cabin before she was stopped again. But this time, the girl really appeared out of nowhere. She jumped and quickly turned into a defensive stance. She could hear a laugh from Luke, but the girl in front of her just rolled her eyes.

“Knock it off, Luke!” she scolded, “Sorry, my name is Alexandria!”

The girl had brown hair and dark green eyes. She was also around the same height as Tallulah

“Um, my name is Tallulah?”

“Nice to meet you! I know the first days can be pretty scary. But don’t worry, you seem cool!”

Tallulah smiled, “Thanks, do you know where food is?”

Alex nodded with a grin and led her off. Tallulah was quite eager to eat, but she wasn’t happy about more walking. That’s when one of the taller girls spotted her. She approached Tallulah with her group and looked her up and down. She snickered and rolled her eyes when Tallulah side-eyed her. The girl attempted to shove Tallulah but it didn’t work. She easily widened her stance, making it so she couldn’t be knocked over. Just a trick Tallulah had learned.

“Clarisse! Stop bullying the new campers!”

Clarisse looked back and groaned, “Ugh! She seems like she can hold her own without your defense anyways!”

Luke caught up with them.

“You ok?”

“Yeah? I’ve been through worse. Like being thrown through a window.”

Tallulah walked off with Alexandria before anyone could react.

Alexandria snickered, “Wow, what’s with the attitude towards Luke?”

Tallulah shrugged, “I’m glad he’s trying to be nice but I also don’t need him following me around. Though I probably could have been kinder”

“Don’t worry, he won’t take it personally.”

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Since most of her day was spent walking, Tallulah was very happy to finally eat dinner. Her and Alexandria sat down at an empty table soon joined by Luke.

“Dude! I want to meet the new girl without you ruining it!”

“I don’t see how I’ll ruin it. I just want to make she’s comfortable!”

“Hey!” Tallulah interrupted, “It’s ok, he can join us.”

Luke waved some of his Hermes Cabin buddies over and took a seat. Smirking at Alexandria while he did it.

“So, who’s the newbie?” one of the guys asked, pointing a fork at her.

“Never point a possible weapon at someone!” Tallulah answered, pointing her spoon back.

Alexandria grinned, “This is Tallulah! She’s from Maine and arrived an hour ago. She’s a pretty cool person in my opinion!”

Tallulah was glad that at least someone here liked her, that was all she really needed. But the rest of the group liked her sass. So they were warming up too.

“Where did you get those scars?” Luke questioned.

It took Tallulah a solid 5 seconds to realize what he was talking about. The reminder made her flashback for a second, remembering the pain.

“It was from being thrown through a window. The Chimera did it.”

The group’s eyes widened. Several of them glanced at each other.

Luke broke the silence, “The Chimera?”

She nodded slowly. Was something wrong with her first monster?

“That’s a pretty fierce beast, how did you defeat it?”

Tallulah went into the story of the fierce, but short, battle. Alexandria seemed pretty impressed with her fighting skills. Luke as well, surprised she had such little training. For once, she felt as much pride as the day she killed her first deer. Maybe it was a weird analogy, but hey she was a pretty weird person. A bell rang out to signal the end of dinner.

“I’ll save you a seat at the bonfire, Talls!” Alexandria assured, patting her on the shoulder.

Tallulah gave a grin. What a warm welcome.

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