"Are you sure this is the right stop?" the cab driver gave Sofia a crazed look. He didn't understand how important this hill was, but that was only because he was a mortal. Half-Blood Hill was Sofia's ticket to freedom.

She nodded eagerly, and then waited until the cab driver drove away. Once he was out of sight, Sofia lugged her suitcase up the hill, and found herself at the door of camp. Her mother, Aphrodite, had told her how she would be safer here, and something else she couldn't remember. The point was, she had gotten here alive, and would, well, I don't know about calling it "fun" but she would have to hope for the best.

As she entered Camp Half-Blood, a centaur welcomed her with a smile that could put any city lights in shame. "Welcome, Sofia Takis. It is a pleasure to meet you. Your mother has told me much about you. If you didn't already know, I'm Chiron."

Sofia was speechless. How did he know my name? And who told him who my mother was? Once she had recovered, she spoke softly and said, "Hello…Chiron." She was still very much in shock.

Suddenly, the god known as Dionysus strode toward her. The way he walked made him look confident, but as her eyes made their way up to her face, she saw his expression. He showed boredom, like he could- and should- be someplace better. He noticed her staring at him, and demanded, "What, child? Oh, I guess I should say 'Welcome to Camp Half-Blood' but this really isn't a camp that is a ray of sunshine. Why don't you just kick me off of Mount Olympus for Zeus's sake?" The sky rumbled.

"Sorry, but no one likes being punished!" Dionysus cried up at the sky. Sofia was really freaked with how crazy everyone was here, but she dare not say anything out loud. She knew what Dionysus could do with his powers. He was not a god you would test with your powers.

With a loud yawn, she saw it was getting late, and the sun was gone for the day. She said goodbye to Mr. D, and Chiron and headed to her cabin of all Aphrodite's kids.

Immediately, she could tell which one was her mother's cabin- the one with the gorgeous roses under the windowsill. She entered the cabin, and set her stuff down on the nearest bottom bunk.

Sofia noticed a rather prissy girl glaring at her, shortly. "Um, excuse me, but that is my bunk, and no one gave you permission to put your cute little suitcases on it. Whoa! This girl was in no mood for jokes.

"Oh my gosh, I'm so sorry I didn't know. Where is a bunk that no one is using?" The girl rolled her eyes and pointed to the dullest looking bed in the whole cabin. And that meant something coming from the Aphrodite cabin. It had gray sheets, and a white comforter. Talk about ugly!

She strutted toward the bunk, with a hair flip and quickly put all her stuff away, revealing pink leopard sheets, and a matching comforter, plus pillows. She was very pleased with how well she'd done, and then looked to see that the other girls were in their pajamas. To get the heat off herself, she snatched her hot pink pajamas and toiletries and headed for the bathroom.

Sofia found an open stall, and then got changed. It was as she was brushing her teeth when she noticed she was not the only one there. "WHOA! Oh my gosh, sorry, I didn't see you there. " And who was there but the girl who yelled at her for putting her suitcases on her bed.

"My name is Christina, FYI. Who do you think you are? Just bursting in here with all your leopard sheets thinking you're all that, and acting all cool." Christina waved her hands in the air for amusement. "Blah! It's disgusting!"

"Uh, sorry…I guess…" she sped out of the bathroom feeling beaten. How could she let Christina just push her around like that? It wasn't fair! This demigod camp was feeling more and more like a dramatic arts camp as the day went on.

Before she could enter the cabin, some one caught her shoulder. "Hey!!!" she yelled. Why was it that everyone kept scaring her?

"Enough with the chit-chat. I'm Helen and I just wanted you to know that I'm on your side." Helen spoke sternly, and Sophia noticed the freckles that were sprinkled across Helen's nose.
"On my side with what?" Sophia was so confused. It was frustrating.

"Oh you know!" Helen's hazel eyes jutted out in the dark. "With Christina and all!"

I nodded my head and said, "Oh. Now I understand." But I guess Helen didn't believe my head bobbing so she just looked at me, and then went in to the cabin.

I fell in to a deep sleep, and as you probably already know, no demigod had a normal dream, or even no dream at all. At first she saw Chiron, but he was speaking to some one. It wasn't just anyone. It was Percy Jackson.