Lightning Thief End

After the duel with Luke finished I headed off into the forest to look for a tree to sleep in, having had to sleep in all sorts of places over the past month trees I found could be rather comfortable especially if you have enough room to put a hammock up which was my current plan.

After walking for a couple of minutes I noticed someone sitting on the forest floor surrounded by animals, slipping into the shadows I just watched quietly wondering what was going to happen.

After observing the woman for a couple of minutes I slipped back into the trees doing my best to avoid disrupting the animals that were calmly sleeping around the woman before heading off on an angle to find a decent-sized tree to sleep in.

Finally, after another three minutes of searching, I found a tree that was large enough to sleep in, stepping closer to the tree I gently rested my hand on it before asking "if this tree has a Dryad would it be okay for me to reside on this tree when I stay a Camp Half-Blood?"

Not long after I finished asking for permission a Dryad stepped out of the tree and looked at me before replying "why would you choose to reside here rather than inside the camp where you demigods are safe?"

Hearing her I smile softly before responding "because of two reasons one I am no demigod at least as far as I know, though I have no knowledge of who my parents are, and second I prefer living in places that aren't buildings I prefer to live in trees and other high places where I can see anything that may be coming."

Hearing my reply the Dryad smiles before nodding "very well it is rare to find humans who prefer the wilderness over cities nowadays it is also rare to see a mortal residing at Camp Half-Blood you intrigue me, you may reside here in my branches so long as you clean up and don't make a mess."

Hearing this I smile and bow "thank you kind Dryad for allowing me to reside in your branches during my time at Camp I will keep the area clean of my things as I tend to carry my belongings with me at all times."

Hearing this the Dryad smiles and nods before fading back into the tree she came from and that was now my new home.

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It has now been about a week since I started living at Camp Red the Dryad of the tree I live in and I have gotten along quite well now the same as you would be friends with your neighbor and we sometimes catch up with one another about how our day has been.

I have also been training with the other campers I enjoy sparing and training with the Ares and Athena cabins and enjoy spending time trolling people and playing pranks with the Hermes cabin though recently I have been spending most of my time with the Hephaistus cabin learning how to use a forge and make my own equipment.

So far I have learnt how to forge properly I had some prior knowledge but compared to the Hephaistus cabin it was like I was from the stone age in regards to my technique. I can now properly use the tools in the forge to a passing grade though I am still the worst in the cabin and tend to give the others a good laugh when I screw up though they also help by pointing out what I did wrong and how to improve though I am pretty sure it will be at least a month before I can forge equipment to a passing grade for myself and the cabin.

On the combat side, my skill with most weapons surprised most of the camp with the spear and unarmed combat being my worst. Unarmed because I don't use it all that often unless it is kicks, leg sweeps or elbow strikes while I'm using my daggers or another weapon and spears because I just can't quite get the feel for them I find their kill range too limiting and if someone gets inside that range I have to move back or the spear gets in the way.

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It has been close to a month now and other than the year-rounders everyone is preparing to leave and return to 'normal' lives Percy and I are going back to Sally who apparently found him another school he can attend and I'm going to wander for a bit I'm thinking Egypt might be fun to visit.

In other news, I finished with one of my swords I am planning on making a second and also a shield that can retract into a bracelet, my sword though is simple celestial bronze for the moment though that may change in the future if I get better materials like Stygian Iron. The shieth is the special part though it has different coatings I can apply to my sword when I draw it for different situations though some of them like the greek fire are expensive to replace the others not so much.

Before we were departing Percy decided to head down to the training arena for a bit and I was saying farewell to some of my friends who were leaving before heading back to Red to say goodby and pick up my bag I left with her.

On my back to camp with my bag, I saw Percy and Luke sitting down sharing a drink and decided to head over to them and say farewell to Luke when I heard him talk to Percy who was sitting rather still looking at something on his arm.

"Farewell Percy oh and also pit scorpion venom is incredibly deadly try not to move hey and maybe I'll see you around." as Luke said that he disappeared and the scorpion on Percy's arm jumped at him.

As my dagger cut it in half Percy unfortunately hit its stinger and collapsed almost instantly. Running up to him I grabbed some ambrosia from my bag while shouting "Red can you please go grab Chiron now!"

After about 30 seconds of trying to keep Percy stable and move him closer to Camp Chiron came galloping up to me "Night what happened my girl?"

Hearing this I instantly reply "Percy got stung by a pit scorpion I have tried to keep him stable and gave him some ambrosia but something seems to be slowing its effect."

Chiron then picks Percy up and places him on his back "I'll take him to the Big House and see to him can you still go to his mother and inform her that he will be slightly delayed but should still make it for the new school year."

Hearing Chiron I nod "sure I can do that I'll probably be heading to Egypt for a bit then wandering around so I may be out of cellphone contact for a bit but IM me if anything comes up and you need me to do something"

Getting confirmation from Chiron I then head to the hill where Argus was waiting to drive me to New York. looking back I thumb the clay bead I had been given to commemorate the year at Camp while hoping I would see Luke as both Lily and I wanted to rip him a new one for what he did to our brother.