"And this is Cabin 11. It houses the children of Hermes." Annabeth Chase, the daughter of Athena, said.
"It looks so... old." Ysabelle Augustin, an unclaimed demigod, murmured.
"That's because it use to house all the unclaimed demigods.. before the Gods swore on the River Styx." Annabeth replied.
"So I'll be here till I claimed?" Ysabelle asked.
"Yup. And don't worry about it, you'll be claimed in a couple of days." the older girl answered with a reassuring smile on her face.
Ysabelle fixed the strap of her black duffle bag while walking inside, not knowing what she was getting herself into.
"Incoming!" a voice shouted.
She looked up just in time for a really big and hard paper ball to her right in the forehead.
"Sorry about that!" an older boy said as he walked towards her.
She looked stunned, "That was.. surprising." she said.
"Yeah? Well this is what you're gonna be running into as a child of Hermes." he replied.
"Oh, what?" she spat as she went back to reality. "No no no, I'm not a daughter of Hermes." she added with a laugh of relief.
"Gods, thank you!" he said as he went on his knees and bowed once or twice before getting up.
Ysabelle's face changed from stunned to weirded out.
"Right, so um, which is my bed?" she asked.
The boy looked behind him for a second and pointed, "There. Right between Travis and I." he grinned.
"Who's Travis?" she asked confusingly.
"My twin brother. I'm Connor Stoll." he answered mischievously.
"Isn't there any other bed I can sleep on?" she asked Connor. Even though she wasn't trying to sound whiney, she didn't wanna sleep between 'Travis' and 'Connor', based on what she's experienced.
"If you wanna go sleep out on the woods, you're welcome to as well." he replied.
She groaned and walked over to the bed, and it looked like it was the only was that was properly made and clean. She set her duffle bag down and took out a set of clothes.
"Where you going?" he asked as she was walking out of the cabin.
She turned on her heel, "I'm gonna go have a shower. I'm pretty sure demigods do that too." she said.
He grinned, "We're gonna start training soon, so if I were you, here's what I'd do." he said as he moved closer to her. He put his arm behind her neck and said, "I'd get myself some proper pants, armor, and save all the hygienic stuff for later because we're gonna get dirty."
She moved away in disgust, "We most certainly are not!" she exclaimed.
"I mean it literally virgin, relax." he laughed as he walked to his bed and sat down.
"How do you even know if I am a virgin?" she asked, sounding interested.
"Well you have a dirty mind, and you're not very keen on sexual activities." he winked.
She let out a slight laugh, "Oh, real funny." she replied and she walked back to her bed and stuffed the clothes she had brought out back into her duffle bag.
He lied down on his bed and started playing with a stress ball.
"So, now that you know my name is Connor Stoll and I have a brother, who are you?" he asked.
She turned around, "Sorry but I'm in my right mind not to mention it to you." she replied simply.
"And why not?" he asked as she took out another set of clothes from her duffle bag.
"Because," she said as she walked to the entrance of the cabin, "I won't stick around long enough for you to even find out." she winked and walked out.
He watched her walk out and watched Travis and Chris walk in one by one with their heads titled ed to the entrance of the cabin.
"I just saw a new girl walk out of our cabin." Chris said.
Travis looked at his bed and noticed the duffle bag in the bed next to his.
"OOH, LOOK CONNOR! A NEW BAG TO RAID!" he said excitingly as he ran to the bed and started raiding Ysabelle's duffle bag.
Chris sat on Connors' bed and looked at him.
"Who is she?" he asked.
Connor shrugged, "Dunno."
"Seriously Connor, do you think we're idiots? The four of us just saw her walk out of the cabin and you were inside the whole time. No use in pretending you don't know her." Chris replied.
Connor laughed, "No seriously guys, I don't know her name. All I know is that she's unclaimed and she'll be staying with us for a couple days." he said honestly.
"How could you not know her name?" Chris asked, with a confused look on his face.
He looked down and smiled, "She never told me." he answered simply.
"And why are you happy about that?" Travis asked as he held two of Ysabelle's shirts on his left and a bra over his right shoulder.
Connor shot him a look, "I never said what I felt about it." he spat.
"Then why'd you look down and smile?" he replied with a giggle.
His eyes widened. "Because.." he trailed off.
Chris and Travis studied him carefully.
"I find her attitude funny." he finished off.
"Sure you find her 'attitude'", Travis air quoted the word attitude, "funny."
Connor grabbed one of his pillows and threw it at his twin's leg.
"Shut up, Travis." he said defensively.
Travis laughed slightly and put her shirts and bra down.
"Relax, will you? Gods, you're acting so jumpy all of a sudden." he said as Chris nodded in agreement.
"I'm not being jumpy, I'm being...", Connor trailed off.
"Careful." Chris finished for him.
"Right, careful." he snapped his finger. "Thanks Chris."
Travis shook his head, "I know you bro." he said as he walked over to Connor.
"Yeah, so does Chris." Connor replied.
"Yeah well I know you better. Jumpy and defensive? That's the same exact way I act around Katie Gardner." Travis stated.
Connor shot him a confused look, "What are you trying to say...?"
"Oh nothing, nothing." Travis answered and he started running out of the cabin.
"CONNOR'SGOTACRUSHONTHENEWGIRL!" he yelled like it was one word.
Chris and Connor looked at each other awkwardly.
Connor gave him an awkward smile, "Brothers." he scoffed nervously.