Magic upon Magic: The quest begins

We arrive at the Big House as we trail around my cabin to tell Lou and get my stuff. I also brought a checklist:

1. Spare change of clothes
2. Water
3. Food
4. Ambrosia for emergencies
5. Nectar for emergencies
6. First aid kit
7. Map
8. Most trusty weapon
9. Drachmas for Iris messages 
10. Money for food and transportation

Everyone nods as I go through the list. I brought a sword with me. Yes, I know that's like a boy thing, but I brought it anyway. I was about to get a dagger or bow and arrow, but dagger is close combat  and bow and arrow, I thought it might be cool, but I am horrible with them, so I brought a sword and pocketknife to help me. We walk up the steps, seeing Chiron playing Poker with Mr. D. Mr. D. is just barely losing. I never knew Chiron was good at playing Poker. A satyr comes along and pokes Chiron and motions us, who were watching the game. "Yes?" Chiron says, looking at us. I take a breath and start. "Well, I had dream last night with my mother and she told me that the Hogwarts quest was going to be put on hold and we are going to Camp Jupiter to prevent those sources of magic from colliding." Chiron nods, considering my words. "You may go, but why is there Hecate's polecat on your shoulder?" I look at her and say, "Hecate is keeping watch of me thought the polecat." Chiron nods once more. "Argus will give you a small part of assistance to San Francisco but he can't help you too much. Remember, beware of monsters and try not to use cell phones." Chiron tells us darkly. We nod and Argus leads us to the van. We pile inside and Argus starts driving as we talk about our mission. I notice that Jackson is quieter than Elaina and me. I tap his shoulder. "What?" He asks. "Um... You're quiet today." I tell him uncertainly. I he turns to me. "Well, as you were checking on Elaina, I learned that my mother had died." 

I bit my lip and it started bleeding. "I'm sorry, Jackson," I say as Elaina comes in to listen. Jackson talks as he looks down. "She was a person who could see through the Mist, and just yesterday, she was attacked by poison from a monster. Apollo came with Hermes to help her, but they came too late. They watched her die, and Hermes sent the message just today." I look down now. I felt bad for Jackson. "I'm sure we can visit her in," I gulp, "in the Underworld. I'm sure she was a fine person." A tear trickled down Jackson's cheek. "She cared for me the most, and-and," he finally burst into huge tears. Wow. I have never seen a boy cry. We try to comfort him as Argus drives us along. It was hard to comfort him just as we met him. I put my curly hair on the side as Jackson twirls some around. Elaina tries to make us think of other things, but the mourning is too great for us. Argus even tries to help, but Jackson keeps on crying. I saw that he really liked me. I put an arm around his neck and hugged him. He shudders and stops crying. "Thank you, Lo'Reena, that really helped me." He forces a small smile as I smile back. "No problem." I say as he sniffs. We drive along as Jackson starts to recover. It must have been hard. Now I felt thankful to have both parents alive. Argus stops the car with a large jerk as we jerk forward. I bump into Elaina. "Whoa!" Jackson says, speaking for once after he had cried. A couple more jerks, and I do one of the following,

• Get brain damage 
• Bump into Jackson
• Bump into Elaina
• Bash my head 
• Hurt my jaw when Jackson bumped into me. Ouch.

My jaw was throbbing as I bumped into Jackson. He grabs hold of me as I try to hoist myself up. "Thanks." I say to him as he says, "Your welcome." The jerking stops as Argus opens the door as if we had just come out of an amusement park ride. He leads us to a hotel for us to spend the night; it was getting dark. We signed in. Ah... Good thing we collected a lot of money. Though it wasn't expensive, the hotel counted what we were carrying. A 2 pound backpack or something or whatever. I lay on a bed with Elaina and Jackson gets a twin as we share the queen. "Aw." Jackson says. "Why can't I get a queen bed?" I raise an eyebrow at him, saying "Because then you're going to have to share this bed with Elaina or me." Jackson shuts up. We get ready to go to bed. I get a drachma out as the fountain in the park gives a rainbow as the sun slowly sets. "Oh goddess, except my offering." I tell Iris. "Camp Half-Blood!" I yell to the rainbow. Chiron's face appears. It was dark. "You called in the middle of capture the flag. Hurry." I tell him everything so far, with Chiron's only actions were nods. The rainbow flickers. "We can't say anything more. Iris has given us our time limit. Good luck, Lo'Reena." I go back to my room. Jackson is there, waiting for me. "Ah!" I scream at him as he grabs hold of my shoulders. "What were you doing?!" I say to him, throwing up my hands. "I didn't mean to surprise you." He says, hurt. He leads me to the room where Elaina is already sleeping and he tells me.