A young girl of 14 was walking around with a clipboard in hand. She peered into a cabin, inspecting it. Her blue, green eyes scanned the room and wrote down on the clipboard what she saw. "Better luck next time guys," she said before moving her light blonde out of her face, walking to the next cabin. As she reached it, she felt a hand on her shoulder and she turned around. "Oh hey Connor, what's up?" Noticing the worry in his eyes, she said, "Connor what's wrong? What happened?"
Connor ran his fingers through his shaggy brown hair before saying, "The camp director… he…. You need to see this." With that, he ran and she had no choice but to go after him, following him to what was called the Big House. They saw Chiron, their camp director, and centaur, looking really pale and clenching a scroll so tight his knuckles turned white.
"Chiron? W-what's on the scroll?" the girl asked.
He looked up at her with a pained and worried expression on his face. "Sunniva… I…" he handed her the scroll, clearly unable to speak.
She took it carefully and began to read it: "A half-blood born to a legacy, the saving grace of Olympus, will travel to the realm of the dead with one who calls the light of the sun home, and return with the skills to save Olympus..or damn it to the very pit from which its enemies shall rise." Sunniva's face paled and so did Connor who looked about ready to faint. "'Realm of the dead' has to mean the underworld, and 'light of the sun home' is my father's home right?"
But Chiron shook his head. "The first part is correct but as for the second part… it meant a child of Apollo."
Now it was her who was about to faint. 'Not my brothers and sisters, please,' she thought. "W-what about the hero who is to save Olympus?"
"Not entirely sure my dear. But I did get word that there is a recently discovered demigod with a very powerful scent at a school in Georgia. I have reinforcements getting them now. Until they get here… we won't know for sure who it is."
The sound of clashing metal was quickly heard on the border of the camp, upon rushing over Chiron and Sunniva saw a boy who looked a bit younger than Sunniva fighting off hellhounds, he slashed one across the throat before stabbing the other through the eye, both monsters quickly burst into golden dust, leaving the raven-haired boy panting and leading on the black bronze lined blade. He looked oddly at the blade before a more shocked look took its place on his face as the blade transformed into a trident-skull hybrid pendant emblemed necklace. He looked up at the hill, before slowly making his way towards it, once over he collapsed, in front of Chiron and Sunniva.
Without hesitation, she and another Apollo kid picked him up and took him to the infirmary. Once the boy was settled, she told her brother that helped to heal him and went to talk to Chiron. "Chiron," she said when she was with him, "is this him? The one who is to save Olympus?"
He didn't say anything but she felt she already knew the answer. She told the centaur to get her if he needed anything and went back to the boy, wondering and worrying about him. "Thanks, brother but I got it from here. You can check on the other patients."
He nodded and he walked away, leaving her alone with the boy. She took a canteen of ambrosia and lifted his head up a little to feed him the nectar. She allowed him to drink as much as he can handle before putting it back where it was.
He coughed and looked around, confusion in his pretty green eyes. "A-Are you okay?" she questioned, getting captivated in his eyes.
He stared at her eyes slowly focusing, "W-where am I?" He questioned.
"Camp-Half-Blood, home and training ground for demigods," she said, watching his face carefully.
He blinked multiple times in confusion, "Come again?"
She smiled. "Demigods, half human half god. You know, from Greek Mythology? The gods are real, kid."
"Lady, I don't know what kind of drugs you took with your cheerios this morning but uh...no."
Sunniva laughed before speaking. "I can assure you I'm not taking any drugs. Do you remember what happened before you passed out? What you were doing?"
"Uh...fighting some...really..strange looking dogs..with a sword..that I don't remember getting..or using ever for that matter."
"Those were hellhounds and the sword, well… Chiron, our camp director, can help you explain that one. Hey, look at this." She pulled off the charm bracelet she always wore and touched the back of one of the charms, a sun, transforming it into a bow and arrow set which was extremely bright.
He squinted looking at it, "The hell?"
She laughed again, putting away the archery set. "Daughter of Apollo, at your service," she said before giggling.
He looked at her blankly before a smirk began to form, "So...you're a lightbulb?"
"Light bulb? I mean… I guess? Now onto to figuring out who your mother or father is."
"Father, definitely father." He said quickly, sea green eyes darkening to a jade color in response to his anger.
She noticed the anger in his eyes and didn't press further. "Can you walk?"
He swung himself off the bed, stumbling slightly before looking up, "Yes."
"Good, now follow me." With that, she walked out of the infirmary to the Big House to look for Chiron. "I'll give you a tour of camp later but we need to talk to our camp director first. Then it should be time for dinner. I'm sure you're hungry."
They continued their walk, the boy having a confused expression on his face the entire time. Then she realized something. "Hey, I never got your name. I'm Sunniva Summers, daughter of Apollo and counselor of Cabin 7. And you are…?"
He muttered something under his breath, that she didn't quite catch.
"What?"
He spoke a bit louder this time "Pelagius..but just Agius..please...Pelagius makes me sound ancient."
She stopped walking causing Agius to bump into her. 'Pelagius… no, it can't be.' She shook her head and laughed quietly to herself before walking again.
Once at the Big House she led him up the small steps to Chiron who was sitting at a table reading. "Hey Chiron, I brought you a friend." He set down the book and stood up on all four hooves.
He stared, "HORSE-MAN!, holy mother of corn!"
Chiron and Sunniva looked at Agius before Sunniva burst out laughing.
"I am a centaur my boy."
Sunniva calmed herself down and sat down, motioning for Agius to sit down as well.
"Chiron, he said that his father is his godly parent but hasn't been claimed yet."
"I see. What is your name, boy?"
"Pelagius but would you mind just calling me Agius please?"
"Pelagius? that means 'of the sea,' if I'm not mistaken... Interesting…"
"Chiron, do you think-"
He put up a hand, silencing her. "I cannot say for sure quite yet. He needs to be claimed before we make any assumptions."
Sunniva looked at Agius. "But is that possible?"
"It was twenty-six years ago."
Agius looked at them confused "What are you two talking about?"
The two of them looked over at him, Sunniva almost forgetting he was here.
Chiron spoke up first though after a couple of minutes of silence. "It is nothing to concern yourself over, my boy. We'll talk once you've been claimed. Right now, I believe it's dinner time." At that moment the sound of the harpies was heard, signaling that it was indeed time for dinner.
"C'mon Agius you can sit with me at my table, is that alright Chiron?"
But Chiron shook his head. "He will have to sit at the Hermes table I'm afraid, camp rules. Show him to his cabin and the Hermes children can do the rest from there."
Sunniva nodded and took Agius by the arm. "If the Hermes kids don't give you a tour first then I'll gladly give you one."
He grinned at her, "Thanks, for the offer light bulb." He quietly walked up to cabin 11 and took a deep breath before he walked in closing the door behind him.