I'm Zaidia. Do you remember me? Well anyway, I hope you do. It's been like what, EIGHT MONTHS?! Yeah. Well, we all had a good time at camp. I still haven't gone back to camp yet... but, well frankly, after what happened this morning, I'm starting to wonder if I'll EVER go to camp.
I was sitting on the steps of my house. Today... just maybe today I'll be able to go back to camp. See all my friends, swim in the lake... Oh boy I felt like screaming. So darn excited.
"Come on Zaidi, swimming." My mom said from somewhere in the house. The pools had just opened, so there's another reason for me to be excited... hours and hours to spend underwater!
I got up and piled into the car. I had my flippers with me, which is all the I needed to swim now, considering I could breath underwater and open my eyes in the water.
We finally got the pool and I just jumped in.It's an absolutely MASSIVE pool with a deep end that goes to 12ft, a diving board, hot tub, AND a snack bar. I felt at home in the pool more than my actual home or (believe it or not) Camp Half-Blood. I began to swim around in the water, just happy.
Then, the unexpected happened.
When I was in the back corner of the pool, a faint image (kinda like a hologram) was suddenly in my face.
"What the heck?!" I tried to scream. Only bubbles appeared.
"Zaidia Black?" The image said clearly. I suddenly realized the image was Chiron.
"Chiron! How--? Oh well, when am I coming back to camp?" More bubbles.
"What? It's not safe for you to come to camp now. Too many--" His voice died off, along with the image. Then It flickered back.
"--you're being sent to your aunts house, it's to dangerous for you in Indiana. Your aunt has been contacted and will pick you up within an thirty minutes."
I allowed myself to flout to the top of the pool to look around. Everything was normal here, just a few people playing catch in the water, and a few doing laps. Why would Indiana (of all places) be dangerous? I shook my head and sunk back down the bottom of the pool in a pout, remembering the other thing he said. I don't get to go to camp yet.
"This sucks..." I thought. I slowing began to think of other things I could complain an about about, until something long and scaly tickled my leg. I quickly scanned the area. Nothing. I went up to the top of the water, looked around and went back into the water. Something didn't seem right.
I turn around to see three very long, very scary, snake like creatures swimming towards me. Terrifeid, I took of swimming as fast as I could towards the ladder. They were gaining on me. I felt my flippers being eaten away. Chuck by chuck by chuck.
I reached the ladder and climbed out. When I looked back in the pool, I saw there were at least ten of the snake like creatures with short stubby legs and very sharp thorn like things sticking out of there backs. And nobody else in the pool had seemed to notice them.
Monsters. Sea Monsters.
And they were slowly figuring there way out of the pool.
First thought: Oh my gods.
Second thought: HOW THE HECK DID THEY GET IN A POOL IN INDIANA?!
Third thought: I have no sort of weapon, shield, or armor.
Not good.
I took off in a run towards the pool office/changing rooms There had to be some sort of weapon like thing in the office. A letter opener, maybe an axe or something. Where this sudden boost if bravery came from, i do not know. The life guards all around me were blowing there whistles at me, but I kept on running. In the office I didn't see anything. I mean, I dought a thumbtack could kill monster. Well, you never know until you try...
After some more searching, I did find a letter opener. I was never good a close combat, but there's a first for everything, right?
I was about to run out of the office when the window shattered. The sea monsters all at once coming threw the window, hiss wildly.
This is the part of the sort where I freak out.
In some sort of mad rage I jumped forward and stabbed the rearing sea monster. It was gone in a puff of black smoke.
Within thirty seconds, I was covered in sweat, my blood and monster blood. There were no more sea monsters.
shaking, I stepped into the girls changing room and quickly turned the shower nob. The warm water felt good on my shoulders, washing away all the grime. I realized that none of the life guards had even bother to come after me. The mist. Thank gods.
But... Now what?
I turned around to see my Aunt Danisa right behind me.
"Girl, you have some explaining to do," She said tapping her foot in a puddle of blood/water. "Why is there blood everywhere?"
That's what, I guess.
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