Chapter One
It was a nice sunny day in Long Island, New York. It is the type of day where most people would be outside, enjoying themselves by getting ice-cream, walking the dog, or even just walking outside and taking in the sun light.
The day was being enjoyed however, by a camp on Long Island. It wasn't an ordinary Camp however, it was a training camp, protected by borders; magical borders, and is home to demigods, Greek demigods. A demigod is an individual who is half mortal. The other half is god. The Greek Gods of Olympus would come down to the mortal world and have children with mortals, resulting in the demigod. The Camp they were at was called Camp Half-Blood, and the training they did was learning how to fight, and protect themselves from monsters.
Troy Grant swung down from a platform, having been doing a new obstacle course that the Campers had installed. He was a Caucasian male, at 17 years old. He stood 5'10, had brown hair, and blue eyes. He wiped his forehead, and laughed. "Chiron, can we make this a bit more difficult? That was too easy." he asked the activities director. Chiron smiled. Chiron was a centaur, half man, and half horse, and was the one who had brought Troy to Camp-Half Blood when he was 8 years old.
"If only I could Troy. But the others seem to think that this is difficult enough. I'm pretty sure the Ares, and Athena Cabins believe the same thing you do." Chiron told Troy.
"I'm pretty sure one of those two is my Godly parent. One of these days Chiron, I'm going to be claimed." Troy said, trying to convince himself of what he said. Chiron put his hand on Troy's shoulder.
"You know as well as I that had your parent had been Athena, you would have been claimed at birth." he said kindly. It was a sad fact that even though Troy was one of the best, and strongest Campers, he had not been claimed by his Godly parent. Troy still followed the same tradition that was in effect before a request had been made by Percy Jackson that the Gods claim their children by age 13; he stayed in the Hermes cabin.
"I thought Jackson made that deal with the Gods was to claim all their children at 13? If that is the case, why is it at 17, I'm still not claimed?" he asked for the millionth time. He had been 14 when when Percy Jackson made that request with the Gods after fighting in the Second Titan War.
It was. However, I am not sure why you haven't been claimed yet. It will come sometime eventually. Chiron assured him. Troy nodded and went off to grab his water bottle.
Watching him was Amy Sphere, a 16 year old slender, Caucasian girl, who stood 5'7, had long red hair, and green eyes, and was a daughter of Apollo. She also had a very weird sense in fashion; she wore dangling gold earring in the shape of the sun, and two thick gold armbands on her biceps. She also wore shorts, and had her camp t-shirt sleeves rolled up. The Aphrodite Cabin had told her she had the beauty to be in their Cabin, but definitely not the fashion. She was supposed to be practicing her archery, but was one of the better archers in all of the Camp. She adjusted one of her gold armbands, and sighed.
She and Troy had been friends since the Second Titan War, however, she was madly in love with him. She had hoped he had felt the same feelings, but it was a long shot.
"Troy, I wish you would see me as more than a friend." she said to herself sadly. She then turned and fired an arrow from her bow, getting her tenth bulls-eye in a row.
Troy got his water bottle, just has his best friend Matt Debunker walked up to him. Matt was a 17 year old Latino Male. He was 5'9, had black hair, and brown eyes. He was a son of Hermes, and had some of the Hermes children traits; an impish look, pointed hears, and could be very sneaky. He also had a good skill in theft, like all the other Hermes children, but tried not to steal due to his mortal mother being a Cop. Matt put his sword down and laughed.
"So tell me, must you show us all up on that new obstacle course? It's been up for three days, and you've already mastered it. I don't even think the Athena Cabin has figured out a strategy for it yet!" Matt said. The last part of his sentence earned him a glare from a son of Athena who was passing by.
Troy chuckled. "Chiron wanted me to try it out. Have to say, it's really not difficult." he replied. The two walked back to their Cabin, The Hermes Cabin, Cabin # 11. There were twenty cabins at Camp Half Blood. One for each God. Only Cabins that had no Camper inside of it was the Hera Cabin, mostly the Zeus Cabin, and the Artemis Cabin, which held the Hunters of Artemis when they came to Camp.
The two passed the Hades Cabin, and received a glare from the cabins only current Camper, Marcus Gaunt. Marcus was a 16 year old African American male, who looked sullen, depressed, or angry most of the time. No one really bothered with him most of the time, and he showed no interest in talking, or being friends with anyone. They reached their Cabin, which had peeling brown paint, and had a caduceus on the front.
"By the way, Amy was staring at you again. Dude, I really think she likes you." Matt said to Troy.
"I know she does, and I really like her too. However, I think she could do better than some demigod who hasn't been claimed yet." Troy said.
The duo got changed, and grabbed their weapons; Troy had a celestial bronze sword that changed from a tactical folding knife when a button on the hilt was pressed. Matt had a celestial bronze sword that changed from a flash light when the button was pressed. Troy also put on a pair of fingerless weight lifting gloves, which he said gave him more grip on his sword.
They joined a crowd now gathered over at the obstacle course. Chiron, and the camp's director Mr. D were standing near. Mr. D was actually the Greek God Dionysus. He had been sent there by Zeus to serve as the camps director after chasing an off limits nymph for 100 years. However, after the events of the Second Titan War, his punishment got cut down to 50 years (or 47 now).
Chiron cleared his voice. "Alright heroes. This obstacle course will be in place instead of Capture the Flag tonight. First to finish the course in the fastest time, and that persons Cabin will not have to do chores for a week." Chiron told the group. "However, it must be done fairly. Any use of cheating will disqualify that person, and their Cabin immediately." he added. "First up, Troy Grant, and Marcus Gaunt." Both Troy and Marcus walked up to where Chiron and Mr. D were standing.
"Good luck to you both." Chiron said.
Yeah, good luck Terry and Mark. Mr. D said, rolling his eyes. He had a habit of calling campers by wrong names. Marcus glared at Mr. D.
"My name is NOT Mark. Get it right." Marcus said to Mr. D. Mr. D turned around.
"Remember you are addressing a God." Mr. D warned Marcus. Troy laughed a bit, and got ready to start the Obstacle course.
"Ready? Begin!" Chiron yelled. The two then raced towards the beginning of the obstacle.
