The Sons of Light and Dark

We Bust In

Michael POV

The streets were noisy as we walked towards Camp Half-Blood, though my new little sister remained asleep for most of it, even when we switched off on who was holding her. I remember the day I crossed over the city, just to get where my gut was telling me to. And when I was finally there, I found two boys, on the hill. I had walked up to them, my guitar on my hip, and saw that one, who I now knew was Percy, was unconscious, blood pooling from underneath his head. Alex, the other one, jumped up and rushed up the hill, yelling for help. I didn't care as I had grabbed Percy and hauled him over. That was when I had first seen the camp. It was beautiful. But that was before I had to drop before and almost break someone's nose. It took off from there.

None of us spoke on the walk there. No one exactly knew what to say. I certainly didn't. I mean, I had just gotten to see the one person who never rejected me during my time in California. Granted, she did know me for little under an hour, but still. And now I knew who she truly was. And that she has a brother who is known for scaring people. And disappearing off the radar completely, but let's not dwell on that.

After a very long walk that had my legs aching afterward, we had reached the ridge of Half-Blood Hill. A couple of weapons were at the base of the hill, glinting in the sun. A black bow, a black sword, a golden sword, and a silver sword. The swords were exact replicas as the ones we had before the reset, as I am calling it. The silver sword, which I claimed as mine, had black markings, exactly like the one I had when I came to camp. It had a single sharp edge, like my last one, with a sharp tip.

Percy claimed the golden one. It was double sided and leaf-shaped, like Riptide. The gold gleamed in the sunlight, making it look like it was on fire. Nico claimed black one, obviously. It was also double sided but looked more like a knight's sword. The tip was a triangle, and the edges were sharp and straight, unlike him. The bow had silver decals on it, resembling the moon and skeletons. There wasn't a quiver, so that might prove to be a problem, but I still couldn't complain. I liked my sword.

The moment we picked them up the ground rumbled. Percy and I were instantly on guard, while Nico and Bianca took a second or two longer. Out of nowhere, a minitour, three hellhounds, and two empousai.  "Up the hill!" Percy yelled. We turned and ran up the hill. I went faster than the others, don't know why. I always thought I was half satyr from my ability to climb up faster than others. When I was at the peak, I turned around and helped Bianca climb up the rest of the way. Once there, I heard the horn sound, signaling the camp that we were here.

The monsters charged us still, coming up the hill much faster than we did. We backed up until we were on flatter ground, and we braced ourselves. The second a monster was in sight, I saw Bianca pull back on her bowstring, and an arrow appeared. She quickly aimed and fired, hitting a hellhound in the head. It fell and started to turn to dust. Percy hid Estelle in a spot I'm sure he was monitoring, and charged the minotaur, so I took that as my signal to fight the vampire ladies. I dodged to the side of one's claws and slashed at her, cutting off her hand. She screamed before the other came up and tried to bite into my neck. I ducked under her and she went over my back. I used her momentum to my advantage and threw her off me and into the minotaur's swinging ax, which killed her. I made quick work of the last one, and turned to see Nico finishing off the last hellhound and Percy stabbing the Minotaur in the neck from behind. The monsters turned to dust.

"Not fainting this time, Percy?" A voice snickered. We turned to see a blonde boy with blue eyes standing at the camp entrance. He was holding a bow with an arrow notched. Several campers in armor were behind him, all at ease.

"Not this time, Lee," Percy smiled. He walked up to the blond boy, Lee, and hugged him.

"You have a lot of explaining," the other boy murmured. Percy nodded. When they parted, he waved the rest of us up before getting Estelle.