Six hours on a train, two hours waiting at the airport and eight hours on a plane was hell to any normal human being. To a demigod with ADHD it was worse.

After the long journey, Phoebe couldn't have been happier to see the strawberry farm signs that indicated they were getting close to camp. Argus had picked her up in the camp's strawberry delivery van, which had gained some strange looks at the airport, and after a twenty minute drive they were there.

Getting out of the van, Phoebe thanked Argus, who gave her closed-mouth smile in return. She began the trek up the hill, her heart racing in excitement, she almost ran but decided that wouldn't be the best entrance to make after not seeing anyone in four months.

As she neared the pine tree that represented the camp's borders, she saw people waiting on the other side. The unmistakable messy hair of her best friend and the slender figure of her sister could be seen stood next to the tall tree.

From what Phoebe could tell, Leo was edging closer and closer to the dragon that guarded the golden fleece while Piper urged him to back away.

Forgetting about her aims to make a good entrance, Phoebe sprinted towards them, which was a little hard to do while dragging her heavy trunk across the floor, but she managed. Her sudden movement grabbed the two's attention, making them forget about the dragon and focus on her incoming form.

"Phoebe!" They exclaimed, running forward to meet her.

Piper reached her first, throwing her arms around Phoebe's shoulders and trapping her in a bone crushing hug.

"I missed you so much!" Her sister exclaimed, "I have a lot to catch you up on! And you have a lot to catch me up on, apparently, what was with that last letter? Where you super vaguely said that you're in a relationship?" Piper said all in one breath, pulling away from their hug to look at Phoebe questioningly.

"I'll explain later, first I need to get rid of my bags-" Phoebe pointed to the trunk that she'd dropped when Piper flung herself at her "- and I need food  that doesn't taste like cardboard."

"I'll tell the butler to get that right now," Leo quipped, reminding the two girls of his presence.

"It's a little bit strange to tell yourself to do things," Piper sent Leo a weird look, then jokingly shoved his shoulder when he sent her an offended one back.

"I hate that it's true that I'm the designated butler of this group," he  grumbled, crossing his arms over his chest.

"The butler is arguably the most important role in any group," Phoebe comforted. 

"And they get the coolest suits!" Leo grinned, perking up in a way that resembled a puppy, "Ha, I beat all of you at life!" He cheered, fist pumping the air.

"Come here you dork," Phoebe laughed, opening her arms and gesturing for Leo to hug her.

The boy obliged, walking straight into her arms and embracing her, spinning her in a circle at the same time. She laughed and pressed her face into his neck, bending down a little seeing as she was slightly taller than him.

"I missed you, Spock" she murmured quietly, tightening her arms around him. Phoebe felt like if she didn't hold on tight enough, he would disappear from her hold and she would wake up back at Hogwarts.

"I missed you too, Glamour Girl," Leo said, the joking tone that always painted his voice gone for a second.

Phoebe tightened her arms again, causing Leo to do the same, and then they were locked in a battle of who could squeeze the other hardest. After a few moments they both pulled away, doubled over in a mixture of laughter and pain.

"Have you two finished with your reunion now?" Piper asked, watching them with a smile.

"For now, but we might need a part two in a couple hours," Phoebe replied.

Piper shook her head fondly and picked up Phoebe's discarded bag, beginning to walk down the hill towards camp.

"Aw thanks Pipes, if I knew all I had to do to get treated like a queen was go away for a while, I would have done it sooner," Phoebe joked, following her sister down the hill.

"Now who's the butler, huh?" Leo smirked.

"If you don't wipe that smug look off your face, I'll throw this heavy ass trunk at you," Piper threatened.

"Piper! I thought you were against animal cruelty," Phoebe gasped.

"Hey!" Leo exclaimed, "I did not wait four months to see you, only to receive this abuse," he stated indignantly.

"Sorry Leonardo, you know I love you really," Phoebe apologised.

"No, you clearly don't appreciate my friendship," Leo shook his head and turned to look stubbornly in the other direction.

Phoebe held back a laugh as he tripped over a tree root.

"You two confuse me," Piper commented, lugging the trunk over the same root Leo had just stumbled over.

"That's how we like it," They said at the time, smirking at each other when they realised they'd said the same thing.

"I forgot how big this bloody hill was," Phoebe sighed, just wanting to get to her cabin.

Phoebe and Leo stopped in their tracks.

"What?" She asked hesitantly as they stared at her.

"Did you just say 'bloody'?" Piper asked incredulously.

Phoebe blinked, thinking back to her sentence, she had. She had never said it before, she didn't think, but the curse had come off her tongue naturally. She'd spent too much time with British people.

"They've turned you British!" Leo exclaimed in horror, "What have they done to you Phoebe?"

"Now that I think about it, you have a bit of an English accent as well," Piper mused.

"I do?" Phoebe asked, not quite believing it, "Well shit, I need to get rid of that."

"Yeah you do, you've betrayed your country, the good ol' US of A," Leo shook his head in disappointment, "More importantly, you've betrayed me, how could you do that Pheebs?"

"I'm so sorry Leo, I don't think I can ever make up for my sins now, I've gone too far this time," Phoebe shook her head in the same way her best friend had, mimicking his disapproval.

"You'd think after spending so much time with them, they'd have taught you how to make your luggage lighter," Piper huffed, still struggling with the trunk. Phoebe, taking pity on the girl, picked up the other end of the trunk and helped her sister haul it the rest of the way to the cabins.

"There is a spell to do it, I just couldn't get it right, I gave up after I accidentally shrank it to the size of a thumbnail."

"Oh right, I forgot you were all witchy now," Leo said, "Does that mean you can use magic to help me get back at the Stolls?" He asked eagerly.

"Technically I'm not allowed, but sure," Phoebe nodded.

"Technicalities are for losers anyway," Leo grinned, most likely thinking about all the ways he could use magic to his advantage.

"They should be right up your street then Leo," Piper quipped.

"I think you're confusing me with Jason," Leo shot back.

"Insulting Jason is a risky move around Piper, she'll probably charm speak you to do the funky chicken into the lake," Phoebe warned.

Leo groaned loudly, "Well she will now that you've given her the idea."

However, before Piper could convince him to do anything embarrassing, a voice called Phoebe's name. The three of them turned to where the voice had come from, Phoebe already knowing who it was.

She smiled at the sight of Percy and Annabeth approaching hand in hand, the Stoll brothers striding a few paces behind them.

"Phoebe, it's been a while," Connor said when they were closer.

"We almost thought that you'd decided to stay with the Brits forever," Travis continued.

"She did say 'bloody' a minute ago," Piper commented, "and she has a British boyfriend now."

"Honestly Phoebe, you may as well fly back right now, you clearly want to be one of them," Connor spat, disgust laced in his voice.

"Shut up, you missed me really," Phoebe sent them a 'charming' smile, to put across her point.

"Ugh, you can stay as long as you never make that face again," Travis said, covering her eyes.

"I'm really feeling the love right now," She rolled her eyes, but wasn't really offended.

"We're glad you're back Pheebs," Percy smiled, gesturing at himself and Annabeth.

"Yeah," Annabeth agreed, "So when can I come to Hogwarts with you?" She asked eagerly.

Phoebe laughed, unsurprised by the blonde's first question.

"Soon, hopefully," she promised.

"Can we come too?" The Stolls asked, their eyes alight with excitement, Phoebe was almost scared to know what they had planned for if they went.

"I don't know if that's a good idea," she winced, thinking about the chaos they and the Weasley twins would cause together.

"Besides, it's up to Chiron," She put in quickly, before either Annabeth or the Stolls could start complaining.

"Speaking of Chiron, he's going to want to talk to you now that you're back," Piper said.

"You're right, can you take the trunk back to our cabin while I see him, please?" She asked.

"Yeah sure, as long as you promise to fill me in on everything later," Piper negotiated.

"I will, I'll talk to all of you properly in a bit," she promised, before heading towards the Big House, where Chiron should be.

She could hardly keep the smile off her face as she took in the camp. It was much warmer here than in Scotland, which Phoebe was grateful for, and the sound of swords clashing as people duelled made her feel oddly happy, perhaps because it was a sound she could only hear at her home.

word count: 1668

two chapters within 24 hours? idk how i did that, but i loved writing this so much! even though i feel like piper is a little (or a lot) out of character.