Chapter 1- Dallas Jake
Dallas Jake is 15 years old, he moved from Chicago when he was 10 and has been attending Camp Half Blood full time since. He is a son of Nike, has a sturdy build, and is around 6'1. He has short brown hair, vibrant blue eyes, and olive skin.
"Hey! Dally!" Somebody called from by the Hermes cabin. Dallas ducked his head and jammed his thumbs in his pockets. He hated confrontation, which was odd since Nike's kids were supposed to love it, nether the less he slowly made his way past the bustling teens to the unidentified person who had called him.
When he reached the origin of the voice he saw Leo Valdez. Dallas immediately brightened. During the past few months Dallas and Leo had become friends, which was good for Dallas since Leo was some sort of legend around here, since his quest with the 7. But that's a different story, this is Dallas's.
"Hi Leo," Dallas said high fiving the spunky Latino guy. Leo's hair had grown out into something that resembled an afro, and even though it was only 11 in the morning Leo was already covered in grease from his workshop.
"You excited to meet your new brothers and sisters?" Leo asked. He clearly was, but Dallas not so much. Dallas had only moved into his mother's cabin last year, with about 2 or 3 other kids, now there were around 6 and that was plenty kin for Dally.
"Eh, not as much as I should be," Dallas sighed. Leo nodded, bouncing on the balls of his feet anxiously. His hair bobbed with him too. Leo snapped his suspenders and put his hand on Dallas's shoulder. Then the two began walking away from the cabins and toward the Big House.
"I'm stoked, I can't wait to have more hands to help me and my guys out," Leo laughed.
Dallas smiled; Leo was always so excited and happy, and his mood always washed off on Dallas.
As the two walked Calypso, Leo's girlfriend, walked up to them. She greeted Leo with a kiss on his cheek. "Hello, Daly-us," Calypso said, pronouncing Dallas's name with her hard to place accent.
"Hi Calypso," Dallas said, and Leo dropped his hand from Dallas's shoulder and draped his other arm around Calypso's waist.
"Are you excited to see your new kin?" Calypso asked. Dallas nodded absentmindedly.
"I would be too, but alas Atlas did not have any more children," Calypso sighed. Then the trio bounded the hill and The Big House came into view. A mob of campers crowded around the building. Dionysus and Coach Hedge shouted over the crowd into matching Neon orange megaphones.
"Let's face the music!" Leo said, and then he and Calypso took off towards the mob, leaving Dallas alone at the top of the hill. Dallas shoved his thumbs in his pockets and bowed his head, then lopped down the hill side and into the mob of teens yelling, chatting, crying, and looking around with their jaws dropped.
He made it to The Big House without making any unwanted eye contact, which gave him a sense of relief, but then a megaphone squealed making all the campers turn.
"Alright Cupcakes, let's all get into orderly lines, behind your cabin's flag, and wait to be giving bed sheets, pillows, and toiletries. Everybody else who hasn't been claimed yet get over to the unclaimed line!" Coach Hedge shouted into his megaphone. The teens stood still staring at him, Coach sighed then: "SCRAM!" He shouted and everybody turned and the buzz filled the air again.
Just as Dallas was about to go search for Leo again, he felt a tug on the back of his shirt. He turned to see his half-sister, Kendra.
"Hey Dallas, can you come help me at our table?" She asked. Her usually straight raven's black locks had frizzed up from the heat of the campers mushing together, her eyes looked stressed, and she was totally flushed.
"Sure, I'm coming," He said. He saw a wave of relief wash over Kendra as she turned and slowly walked back to their table. Dallas walked after her but stopped dead when he saw the most beautiful girl. She was tall, around 5'10 with waist length glossy blonde waves, kaleidoscope colored eyes, glimmering skin, and tiny lips. The air around her seemed to shimmer and distort everybody in a foot radius around her, so she was under a constant spotlight. She turned and saw Dallas starring. She blushed and turned back to her friends.
"Dallas! Come on! Kendra is freaking out!" Jonas, Dallas half-brother, said tugging Dallas along with him. Dallas went along, keeping his eyes on the girl.