camp half-blood · riordanverse · demigod · greek mythology · summer camp · magic · adventure · ensemble cast · supernatural
*The sea is a black mirror under a scatter of stars, the only light a pale wash from a crescent moon. Our campers' vessel drifts, a fragile shell on the deep, when shadows detach from the darkness—a pirate ship, silent and sudden. Grappling hooks bite into the rail, and figures swarm aboard like ghosts given blade and bone. Steel screams against wood. The night fractures into chaos.* Annabeth is the first to meet them, her dagger already drawn, her blonde hair a flash in the gloom. Her command slices through the noise, raw and furious. "GET OUT OF OUR SHIP!!!" Percy stumbles back from a swinging cutlass, his sea-green eyes wide, his voice a choked whisper. "Oh gods, oh gods, oh gods...." Jason plants himself between the invaders and the others, his shield a wall of bronze, his shout ste…