My only disclaimer for this story: Me no own PJO. Go bother someone else

Destiny Ambrosia Nikos-Idol, better known as Dani, better known as me, whipped past a sign congratulating the class of 2012. I couldn't actually read the sign, but what else would a giant banner read? Technically, I wasn't supossed to be here, but who exactly was allowed in a high school at two in the morning? It was the first day (night?) of summer after all, but still I was technically trespassing.

The only reason I was here was because my best friend of three years, Reed York, had left me a note saying to meet him in the high school gym ASAP. Apparently ASAP meant two am for me, because my dad hadn't gone to bed until exactly one thirty am. It was torture waiting for Dad to fall asleep. Having ADD is not really the best if you need to have patience. I then had to wait until he was asleep before exiting through her bedroom window on the first floor.

I ran through the building, coming to a stop outside the doors. Opening them quietly, I heard Reed talking to someone.

"Are you sure it's safe? I mean, some campers went missing just a month ago" I muffled a shout when I heard someone answer. Reed said he'd be alone!

"Yes. They were all found. You can bring her to camp" Camp? What camp? I turned the corner around the bleachers to see Reed swipe a hand through a rainbow and turn off a flashlight. The ground near his feet was soaking wet.

"You wanted to see me?" I called out. Reed gave a sigh of relief. He pulled on a hat, his Hoosiers cap that he wore everywhere.

"There you are. I wanted to tell you something."

"And you waited until now for this? Why not at school?"

"It's not exactly something I can tell you in a couple short sentences."

"Spit it out already! I don't have a lot of time. My dad gets up in a couple hours." I said, checking the clock on the wall.

"It's better if I show you." He touched the waistband of his pants, and dropped the crutches he'd been using since I met him. He had some form of muscle dystrophy, and he could only walk with a limp. I covered my eyes.

"Geez Reed, if I wanted to see your boxers, I would've asked." I said, laughing. He uncovered my eyes. I actually let out a scream. Where his legs should've been, he had fur. Where his feet should've been, there were hooves. He covered my mouth, and started explaining.

"Sorry for not telling you, but I'm a satyr." He said calmly. I gaped. Then snapped my mouth closed.

"Guess that explains the muscle dystrophy." I said, trying to remain calm.

"I have to take you to camp. Everything will be explained there."

"Why didn't you take me there previously? And why am I going there?" I asked, curious as I was.

"A couple things. War, two of them, and dangerous prophecies. You're going because your special. Everything will be explained at camp." I didn't know what to say to that.

"Oh."

"The party from camp to pick us up is arriving tomorrow. If I were you, I'd pack my most prized possessions." I nodded mutely.

"Bye. See you tomorrow, or today I guess." He sighed and pulled up his pants, just before walking out. I stared after him for a couple seconds before sprinting back to my house.

I looked over my bag. It had a couple sets of clothes and toiletries, as well as my iPod (the music playing type, not the gaming device), five hundred dollars cash (I was loaded. Blame my dad.), earbuds, and my amulet that I owned since I was born.

Dad was snoring on the couch. Though it was a Monday, it was his day off. I quietly sneaked past him, dropping the letter. The letter just told him I was going to camp and he could send a letter if he wanted. The address Reed had given me was listed at the bottom.

I sneaked all the way to the gym, where Reed said he'd meet me.

"Ready?" Called out Reed from the outside of the gym.

"Ready as I'll ever be."

"Look to the sky." I looked, and saw large shape hurtling toward us. I looked closer and almost fainted. It was a chariot, pulled by two winged horses and led by a girl with pale skin and black hair.

She pulled to a stop in front of us.

"My name's Azure. Hop on."

Feeling slightly faint, I climbed in to the chariot. With a single word to the Pegasi, we shot of eastward, far away from my hometown of Indianapolis, Indiana.

To say we were going fast is an understatement. I dicked down to avoid my face peeling of. Reed took one look at the ground and started heaving off the back of the chariot. Azure, meanwhile had no such qualms. She stood strong, and she looked powerful, I guess like a demigod should be.

It seemed like a long time before we slowed down. We bumped into the ground. I finally stood up. We were surrounded by a ring of campers and satyrs, all of them wearing a shirt that read "Camp-Half Blood" with a picture of a peagasus below it. It looked cool, but I was more interested in the fact that I could read it.

Azure hopped off the chariot. Motioning to everyone, she spoke.

"This is Destiny Nikos-Idol. She is unclaimed. Anything to add, Destiny?" She looked my way.

"Ummm... I play basketball?" I said. A group of blonde kids to my right whooped.

"She might be an Apollo kid!" Yelled one.

"Considering I can't sing, I don't think so." I said. I was taking this all in stride, but what did it mean, be an Apollo kid? One kid, obviously the leader of the blonde kids spoke up.

"I can't sing either. I'm a healer."

"Never had an interest in being a doctor." I shrugged. Azure interrupted our conversation.

"Will, as interesting as this is, don't you have to study for college?" The blonde, Will, muttered something under his breath and walked to a dark, foreboding cabin.

"That's his boyfriend Nico's cabin. He spends all his free time in there." I nodded.A different blonde kid spoke up, but instead of having brown or blue eyes like the Apollo kids, this one had grey, searching eyes.

"Her last name is Nikos-Idol, right? Nikos is a different Greek word for Victory. What if she's Nike's kid?" A murmur of agreement swept through the crowd. Suddenly, everyone was bathed in a silver glow.

"What? What is it?" I asked. I looked up to see the fading image of wings with a shield in the middle. A centaur broke through the group before kneeling. The other kids kneeled to.

"Hail, Destiny Nikos-Idol, Daughter of Nike, Goddess of Victory." I felt a leaf crown appear on my head.

"That settles it." Said Reed. "She's blessed you with victorious Laurel Crown. That only happens to her favorite children."

"Children, plural?" I asked, before fainting from all the excitement into Reed's arms.