Sitting under a cherry blossom tree listening to Ariana Grande. I look around a river in front of me and a bike trail behind. Summer time was better than Olaf said it would be. People Kayaking and Tubing on the river and many passed me on the trail. It would be the best summer, thats what I thought until I found out I was a demigod. It happened like this.

Eli sat there under a cherry blossom tree listening to music and playing her guitar. Watching people move across the water on boats. Standing up and slinging her guitar across her back she headed home, walking on the riverfront walk. She stops at an open parking lot of a for sale building. Then out of nowhere the wind picked up speed and it started to trickle. She got up to run home and she was stopped by a monster that looked like a human but was a mini tornado and was kinda see through.

"Eli Fray", the monster spoke, "My patron wants you".

"What?", Eli asked, "What/who the hell are you, Why me?"

"Your one of the seven demigods", then it's "eyes" narrowed, "Wait you have more than half god blood, what are you?"

"DEMIGOD?", Eli screamed, "Are you crazy, what do you mean more than half god blood?"

Before either could speak again the monster dissipated and there stood a boy who had blond hair and a orange shirt that said Camp Half-Blood, he held a gold sword in his hand.

"Who are you?", he asked

"Eli", I said, "Eli Fray and who are you?"

He looked at his sword flipped it and turned it in the air and it turned into a gold coin that he put in his pocket.

"My name is Jason Grace", he told her,"I'm a son of Jup-I mean Zeus and my friend over there his name is Leo Valdez and he is a son of Hephaestus".

Eli turned around and saw a huge metal dragon with a boy climbing down.

"Also know as bad boy supreme and hot stuff", Leo pitched in leaning against the dragon.

"Ok WHAT was that thing?", Eli asked.

"That, was a Venti, a storm spirit", Jason explained, "They're "patron" is Gaea the Earth goddess".

"We have to get her back to camp", Leo said walking over to them.

"Yeah", Jason told her, "We have to get you a change of clothes and show you around".

Eli looked down at herself she was wearing a long red skirt and a black/white shirt with and open back. She was wearing sandals with jewels. Her hair was a rich chocolate brown which was in a braid that ran along her right shoulder and to just below her waist. Her skin was a tan peach color.

"How old are you?", Leo asked, "You look about our age".

"Um", Eli thought thrown off her stride, "15, I'm 15". She let Jason push her over to the dragon.

"Is this thing safe to be on or around?", Eli asked.

"Yeah", Leo said, "No problem just sleep we'll be back at camp in no time".

The boys helped her up, Leo in front of her and Jason behind her. Sure enough leaning against Leo with her arms around him and Jason's arms around her Eli fell asleep just like that.

I woke up and realized I was being carried, by Jason. He stopped and set me on my feet. I looked around to see multiple differently designed houses. Dozens of kids milling about, talking and some even playing games. Some were staring, I was a new comer. I step closer to Jason.

"Where are we?", I asked, "At that camp you were talking about?"

"Yeah", Jason said smiling, "You catch on quick".

"Yeah, I guess you could say that", I laugh and look down at the ground.

"Come on", he said, "I'll show you around".

Jason showed me all the houses, which turned out to be cabins, that the other demigods lived in. There were so many kids at Camp Half-Blood. In all there were twenty cabins. I passed the three great's cabins and Aphrodite's -Which she felt kinda drawn to- and Hephestaus's. I saw Nike's, Hecate's, Iris's and Hypnos's cabins. When we stopped to look at Apollo's I felt drawn to, more so than with Aphrodite's Cabin.

"Hey, Can we go in there?", I asked walking toward the door.

"Yeah sure", Jason said following after me.

I stepped inside and then took a few more steps. I grabbed my guitar off my back and started to sing along.

"I heard that you're settled down, that you found a girl and you're married now, I heard that your dreams came true, guess she gave you things I didn't give to you, old friend, why are you so shy, ain't like you to hold back or hide from the light, I hate to turn up out of the blue uninvited, but I couldn't stay away, I couldn't fight it, I had hoped you'd see my face and that you'd be reminded, that for me it isn't over, never mind, I'll find someone like you, I wish nothing but the best for you too, don't forget me, I beg, I'll remember you said, "sometimes it lasts in love but sometimes it hurts instead, sometimes it lasts in love but sometimes it hurts instead".

I opened my eyes and everyone in the cabin was staring at me. One by one they started to clapping and whistling. They pushed me outside and motioned for me to continue. I was stunned but I started again. My the end of the song everyone in the camp was in front of the Apollo cabin listening to me sing and play the guitar. All at once everyone stopped and stared at me. I looked down at myself and then looked up I saw a harp floating above me head and I was glowing gold-blue.

"She's an Apollo!", Someone from the crowd yelled.

Then they all gasped, I started to glow pink and my hair unraveled, it started to wave and braids were in my hair with purple ribbons wound in them. A girl stepped forward and handed me a mirror. I looked at my reflection stunned, My makeup was done. All of a sudden my heart started to throb. I fell to my knees and put my head on the ground my head over my ears. I screamed and heard feet pounding against the ground and then there was someone beside me their arms around me and their hands on mine. I look up and it's Jason trying to comfort me. Memories flashed before my eyes.

First it was a scene, my mom and me as a little girl.

"Your special honey, and so am I, but your extra special", my mother explained, "I'm a demigod honey, My mother was Aphrodite, She is the greek goddess of love".

"What you mean mommy?", I asked confused, I was only 7 years old I wouldn't have understood.

"Were special and things will come after you", mom said, "You have to be ready for anything, Your dad is Apollo".

"Promise me you'll be careful", she told me, "Promise me you'll trust in your friends".

My mom sounded compelling and I wanted to agree with everything she said. I wanted to do anything for her if she asked me to do so.

"I promise", I told her proudly, looking into her eyes that started to get wet with tears.

Tears dripped from her eyes and slipped down her face. She hugged me and then lifted me up spinning me around.

"I love you so much", she told me, "You know that don't you?", she asked pulling back and looking me in the eye.

"I know that", I told her, "I love you too", leaned farther in and hugged her tight.

The dream faded and my eyes snapped open. Cold sweat running down my back and my hair stuck to my neck and forehead by it. I was still kneeling and now there were three people by me. I stood up so abruptly that Jason and the other two people fell over. I turned around and saw Leo and a girl with blond hair and gray eyes. She looked at me like an enemy and then at Jason. Jason got up first and walked over to me.

"I just remembered something", I told him, "My mom told me when I was really young, she told me that she is an aphrodite demigod and that my dad is Apoll, Not that we didn't know that already".

I sighed and looked down at my feet. I sandals were scuffed. My favorite skirt covered in dirt dust. Dirt crowded under my fingernails.

The girl that had been kneeling by me walked over, "Well that's not the craziest thing I've heard, or seen".

"Ok you should choose what cabin you want to stay in, so we can get you situated, get you a change of clothes and make sure you eat some food", the girl laughed, "Oh! And I'm Annabeth by the way".

"Nice to meet you Annabeth", I said and nodded towards her, "I'm Eli and I think I'll stay with the Aphrodite kids".

"Ok", a girl said coming forward, "I'm Drew, the head counselor for all Aphrodite's let me show you the way and get you some clothes".

"Here are some clothes for you", Drew said handing me a shirt and a pair of skinny jeans,"and here is a bunch of makeup for you".

I walked into the bathroom, changed and touched up my makeup.

"Here is your bunk", Drew pointed to a bunk with one long side against a wall.

I put my backpack full of makeup and my old clothes on my bunk. I sat on my bed and re-did my hair, taking out the ribbons, braiding it and then putting it in a ballet bun, using the ribbons to make a bow around my bun.

"Drew, I don't know how to thank you", I looked at her and smiled.

"Don't", Drew said flatly, "Just me my underling, she grinned at me but it was an evil grin one I wished I could smack off her face.

I didn't know what to say, I just grabbed my guitar and left to find Jason. I walked around for a couple minutes but then I saw him leaning against what looked like a tool shed.

"Hey", I said going towards him.

"Hey", he replied, "You should pick a weapon, since you're going to stay you need to defend yourself".

"What's that", I ask pointing to a dagger hidden in the corner of the shed.

Jason grabbed it and dusted it off. He handed it to be.

"That, it Katoptris", Jason told me, "It belonged to Helen of Troy, It was agit to her form her husband, but she only ever used it as a looking glass".

"Interesting", I said intrigued in the little dagger that gleaned copper, "I'll take it, I'm gonna use it".

"Ok", he looked at me and smiled, "Suit yourself".

We stared at eachother for what seemed like forever, until Leo came up to us and clapped us on the shoulder's. I wanted to punch him in the gut and continue staring at Jason until the sun went down but, Leo might have something important to say so…

"Just the people I was looking for", Leo said, "We have to pack let's go!"

"We better follow", I told Jason and tore my gaze away from his face.

After packing the only stuff I had, makeup and extra clothes, Katoptris hanging from her belt. I entrusted my guitar with the Apollo kids and they wished me good luck. I met up with the boys and we climbed aboard Festus and we set off heading north. I fell asleep but, only after Jason told me it was ok. Hearing about this Boreas uy just made my nerves freeze, pun intended. Jason wrapped his arms around me and I leaned against him letting the wind and the lulling motion of Festus slip me into sleep.

I saw my mother sitting at our dining room table her head in her hands and her dark hair spilling over the surface of the table.

"Failed her", she said, "I never should have let you take her memories".

You did the right thing, I mean I'm the mother of all earth and I'm powerful you had no choice, a voice spoke, it was a women's.

"Yeah, I know that", my mom said I could hear her sobbing, "and now she's gone, you hurt her didn't you, you're terrible I never should have let you take control of my actions, I don't care if it would have killed me, I would have preferred to die", she spat the last words.

The my mom's head flung back like someone had grabbed her hair.

I can help you with that and you should learn to mind your manners, the woman's voice said.

My mother gasped and then her hands flung to her throat grasping at them like she had something tied around it. Then she collapsed to the floor. Her body lay motionless.

"MOM!", I screeched, waking up in a cold sweat, "Mom", I sobbed again, tears running down my face.

You will need learn to mind your manners to, please don't disappoint me, and the voice laughed.