The Fandom Hunger Games (A Novella by @voldymorte_and_valour)

4.2 - At the bottom of Half-Blood Hill-PJO:

                     The Demigods of Camp Half-Blood knew the drill, what they normally did whenever anyone was leaving on a Quest. They all met up next to the bottom of Half-Blood Hill to see the Quest-goers off. Today was no different, as it was expected that Heroes sometimes did not return from their Quests, so farewells were said as if Percy and Annabeth were already going to lose this fight. Chiron the Centaur opened his mouth to say that they were the two bravest people he knew, when a Dragon soared over the boundary between the Camp and the Mortal World. This was not an ordinary dragon, but a familiar golden one. Festus was happily carrying Leo Valdez and Calypso. Suddenly, hundreds of Eagles descended upon the camp as well, guided by a Pegasus carrying Reyna, the Praetor of Camp Jupiter, home of the Romans. Now this would have normally seemed like an act of war, but the Romans and Greeks had already made their peace a while ago. Percy and Annabeth, who were walking around giving high-fives and hugs, turned around and simultaneously broke into wide grins at seeing more friends arriving. Percy ran to fist-bump Leo, as Annabeth ran to hug Calypso. Leo and Percy were busy exchanging jokes, as usual. Percy said "Hey Leo, what did the ocean say to the beach?". Leo thought for a moment, and said "Did the ocean say: Whale hello there?". Percy snickered and said "Yeah! I SEA what you did there!" and both of them doubled over with laughter. Annabeth rolled her eyes and whispered "Boys.", and then she and Calypso cracked up as well. Reyna and Frank (the Praetors of New Rome) got off their Eagles, then walked up and waited for the laughter to subside. Reyna cleared her throat and stepped forward, as Frank said "Hey, how about a welcome for us too? We brought the whole of Camp Jupiter to wish you off!". Percy walked up to them, high-fived Frank, and hugged Reyna. Annabeth raised an eyebrow, but knew that Percy and Reyna were good friends, nothing more. She and Reyna understood each other, and the two of them hugged too. Annabeth ran to Frank and punched his arm playfully "Hey, you couldn't manage a Chinese finger trap, but they let you co-manage the Camp?". Frank looked taken aback, "Why wouldn't they?", and Annabeth laughed "No, no, I'm sure you're doing a great job." Meanwhile, Percy and Calypso's eyes met. They exchanged a quick glance, then ran to hug each other as well. Annabeth raised both eyebrows this time, and Leo knew the danger sign, so he quickly said "Hey bro, she's mine.", and everyone present laughed. Suddenly, a mound of dirt grew out of the ground, and Hazel Levesque popped out with Nico. Frank looked at Hazel and said "And SHE'S mine." "We know." came an answer, and everyone turned around to see the god Apollo and his friend Meg McCaffrey coming. Apollo was still in human form, and as Lester, said "And this little one belongs to me too", ruffling Meg's hair. Meg kicked him in the shin, and said "Wrong, YOU belong to ME". Apollo rolled his eyes and changed the subject before anyone could ask. "Oh look, there's Jason and Piper!", he waved as the pair came strolling up. Jason Grace gave everyone a fist-bump, and when he came to Percy said "Hey bro, good luck out there". Percy replied "Thanks bro." Now everyone in the vicinity rolled their eyes. Piper Mclean laughed and said "Hey guys, I know this is typical Cabin of Aphrodite stuff, but look over there", and pointed to a couple strolling hand-in-hand near the Big House. One had blond hair and was wearing a Doctor's coat. The other was smaller and black-haired, wearing all black too. Will Solace and Nico di Angelo of course! Both camps said at the same time "Awwwwww", and Nico turned around and scowled at everybody. The ground began to rumble, and skeletal hands started to poke up through the crumbling dirt. Everyone stopped their 'Aw's, and Nico smiled. The skeleton hands disappeared and a darkness stormed down on them from above, quite literally. In very rare circumstances, a storm would come to Camp Half-Blood. When it did, everybody knew it meant that something evil was about to happen. A thunderstorm began to funnel over their heads and all the demigods braced themselves, ready for a fight. The funnel cloud turned icy, and Leo, Piper, and Jason exchanged a nervous glance. When it touched down in front of them, a goddess appeared from the swirl of icy mist. The snow goddess Khione. And of course, a Canadian. Frank smiled at the thought of all the Americans being frightened by what they thought was a nice, Canadian. Boy, they were wrong, as she conjured up a snow storm and made sure everyone's visibility was reduced, like for winter drivers, ugh, annoying. Even the bravest Satyrs fidgeted nervously, as they were protectors of Nature, and snow did NOT help. The only people who were actually shocked in a good way about Khione's appearance were Percy's half-brother, the Cyclops general Tyson, and his love, the smart Harpy Ella. They both were mesmerized by the pretty snowflakes and ice crystals. Khione walked up to Chiron and addressed him "It is time for Percy Jackson and Annabeth Chase to come with me.", and waited patiently. Chiron, fighting back the rush of snow going in his eyes from being so close to her, nodded. Percy and Annabeth bid their final farewells to all of their friends, and stepped up to where Khione and Chiron were standing. They waved to everybody in the camp until Khione snapped her fingers, and in a swirl of snow, the three of them disappeared. A moment later, they appeared at a ship made entirely of ice. It was a glacial version of the Argo II. Annabeth gasped, marvelling at its beauty, when Percy tapped her on the shoulder and leaned to whisper in her ear. "Hey Wise Girl, they forgot that ice is still water!". Khione overheard and laughed "No we didn't. This is artificial ice. Good luck with controlling that!" and cackled more. 'This was going to be a long ride', thought Annabeth. 'At least I can read up on the Games'.

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