What’s a better way to start the summer than to find a kid unconscious near Thalia’s tree? First it was a small commotion, nothing but a barely there rumble on the ground beneath Percy’s feet as he was training. Though it quickly turned into an even bigger rumble, spread out in intervals that mimicked footsteps. Percy wasn’t one to shy away from checking it out. Simply following the opposite direction of where the birds frantically flew away, he saw a minotaur not too far away. Just what he needed coming back to Camp Half-Blood.

Uncapping Riptide, he sprinted forward, only to be stopped by the sight of the beast dropping dead on the ground. Okay that was weird. Certainly Minotaurs don’t just… Die out of no where. Unless he was just completely out of the loop nowadays.

Keeping Riptide out, Percy cautiously stepped out of the borders of camp with his eyes darting all over the place. The sight in front of him was plain and simple, a pile of gold dust from the minotaur being slaughtered, and a kid on the ground. Yeah that makes total sense. “Please be okay...” Percy worriedly mumbled, capping back Riptide and walking over towards the kid. His fingers brushed away the strands of their hair to get a better look at them, the back of his hand moving down to their nose to feel their huffs of breath. Still alive.

After carrying them to the infirmary, he couldn’t help but shake off this nagging feeling. It was Deja Vu of course. Seeing them wake up and being handed their first spoil of war, much like he was when he was younger, and then being explained what Camp Half-Blood was trippy. Sure many other younger demigods experience the bandaid of reality being ripped off, exposing the demigod world… But something about this kid, he just couldn’t shake off that feeling.

Now here he was, walking them around camp, acting as their guide and giving them a few tips and pointers. “And finally, over there is the Amphitheater, there are some pretty cool performances by the Apollo cabin sometimes.” Percy pointed over towards the structure.

“Any questions?” He smiled warmly, looking back down at the demigod.