This is my first lost hero story so tell me what you think! And I do not own the Lost Hero, because if I did, I would probably be Rick Riordon. Just saying.

Chapter 1: First Night

Here I am, sitting all alone in a tree late at night at Camp Half-Blood, listening to crickets and gazing at the silver moon. I should probably introduce myself. Hi, my name's Chelsea Citz, 13 years of age. I have long black hair and believe it or not, silver eyes. That's right, they're silver and even though everybody thinks they're contacts, they are not. I usually wear jeans, a T-shirt, and Converse and I rarely dress up. I just recently found out I am a demi-god, which means my dad, whom I never knew, is a god. This whole god/goddess thing really does sound far-fetched but seeing all I have (and I've seen quite a lot of monsters and stuff)—I'm starting to believe it.

My godly parent still hasn't claimed me yet, but this is only my first night so Chiron, the head counselor, is predicting I will be claimed by tomorrow evening at this big campfire event. Currently, I'm supposed to be in the Hermes cabin, where all the unclaimed campers stay. Everybody seems nice enough and this girl with blonde hair and gray eyes, Annabeth, daughter of Athena, gave me a tour of the camp. All of this stuff is still sinking in, I mean what would you say if on the tour you heard, "Oh, and there's the rock climbing wall to your right, and if you're not careful enough, you'll burn to death, falling in the lava." Lava? What kind of camp is this?

Anyway, the sounds of the night and cool air relaxes me. Back in Athens, Georgia, where I last stayed with my mom and little sister, there was this huge oak tree outside my window, so whenever I was stressed or had a lot of pressure, I would climb out my window and onto my favorite branch, overlooking the beautiful stars and moon.

I heard something stir and straightened up immediately, but just decided it was a leaf or something. Who else would be up at this hour? Hearing the strange rustling again, I eyed the premise carefully but still couldn't detect anything. Shaking my head, I thought I was just imagining things.

Until a random boy pulled himself up to a branch across from me. "Whoa!" I shouted, so startled that I almost fell down the tree, which was pretty far down, when a hand grabbed my arm.

My first instinct was the jerk away but my mind told me if I did, that might be a problem.

"It's ok, I got you," a deep voice told me.

When I got into a sitting position, facing this stranger with dark curly hair, a rather nice tan, and chocolate brown eyes, I must have looked pretty surprised since he chuckled and said calmly, "My name's Leo. Sorry, I guess I might have startled you a little."

"Uh, yeah, just a little. I'm Chelsea." At least I've already made a friend.

"You're the new camper, right? Everyone's been talking about it since there's barely any new people. So what do you think so far?"

"Well, it certainly isn't girl scout camp," I laughed. "Not that I ever did it, but I have this annoying little sister who made me go with her to drop her off."

"Haha. What are you doing out here? Ya know, in the dark, in the night, in a tree?" Leo continued.

"What are you doing out here?" I returned his question, a small smile tugging at the corners of my mouth.

Leo raised an eyebrow and cracked a smile. "Answering a question with a question, that's smart."

"Yeah, it was in a detective book. I love detective/spy stuff and I have this curiosity for knowing things."

Leo nodded and responded, "Like if someone says 'I absolutely forbid you to look in the closet,' you totally have to look in the closet."

We laughed and I replied, "If someone says the words 'I forbid,' then it's absolutely worth doing," I confirmed. "So are you a . . . Hephaestus kid?" I inquired.

"Guilty. How'd you know?" I smiled on the inside. I love it when people ask me that. Well, I love telling them how I come to a conclusion and them thinking I'm really smart.

"You have grease smudges on your shirt," I stated nonchalantly.

"So you do know about the Greek gods and goddesses?" He questioned and I gotta admit, I was impressed. Most people would not have caught that.

"Yep. I was at a library back in Georgia when I accidently knocked over a book and I started reading it and turns out, I really liked it, so I did more research on them and now I know all about them."

Suddenly, we heard heavy footsteps and looked spotted Chiron in full horse form glancing around, trying to see where the voices were coming from. "Uh-oh," I whispered and put one finger up to my lip, signaling for us to be quiet.

"Hmm . . . I could have sworn I heard something," he shook his head and started galloping back.

"We'd better get back in bed," Leo advised. I nodded my head.

"Good idea," I agreed.

Once we climbed out of the tree, Leo said, "Well, it was nice meeting you. See you around?"

"Yeah, see you around. Nite."

"Nite."

So people of fan fiction, tell me if I should continue. Also, I'm going to put a reviewer as a special character in my story if they guess the correct number from 1 to 1000. Good luck everybody!