tonight is the summer solstice, one of the biggest festivals at camp half-blood. tonight, teenagers would do what they do best: party and break rules. this was percy's sixth summer solstice; he was eighteen now. he would be attending new rome university this fall to study marine biology. he wanted to enjoy tonight, the start of his last summer of childhood, but you weren't anywhere to be seen.

"what are you doing out here all alone?" his voice cut through the silence you were sitting in.