Simon Walking up the hill, was probably the easiest thing Simon has ever done. Hitchhiking and taking cars through Virginia, with it being the end of spring, was another. He was out of money, out of energy, emotionally tired, and was nearly starving to death. Looking ahead, he saw cabins.
"Well I guess this is Camp Half Blood."
Simon continued his way, until he reached the first cabin. Looking at his surroundings, there were lots of cabins. He followed the cabins down, and he found people. Not just a few, but a lot of teens his age.
"Hey!" Simon called out, "Is this… what the?"
As soon as he said that, a flaming hammer appeared above his head.
"Oi!" One teenager yelled out, "We got a new one!"
People started to swarm him. Simon was never much of a people person, and with his hunger added to that, he wanted to just leave everyone here, and go get Mc Donald's.
"Out of the way, out of the way" said deep voice.
Simon has seen many strange things coming here, but a man who was also a stallion was something completely different.
"Who are you?" Said the horse-man
"I-Im Simon Celosia. You are half horse." Simon stuttered.
"I'm a centaur actually, my names Chiron. What symbol appeared on top of your head second ago?"
The same guy who called him out earlier said, "It was Hephaestus's symbol."
"Thanks James." Chiron replied. "Hey, will you show Simon around?"
James nodded, and waved his hand over to him. Simon complied, but was completely oblivious to anything he was saying. Half way through the tour, he realized that he was lost, so snapping out of his trance, he decided that if he was staying here, he ought to listen, or he will be lost for months.
" There were initially twelve cabins, but after the events with Gaea, there are now over twenty. You will be staying at cabin nine. You guys are the builders and engineers. In the center of camp there is a bonfire, and from there you can see the food court….."
"Do you have food?" Simon asked eagerly
"No, but dinner is in two hours" James apologize. "Where did you come from?"
"Virginia."
"Oh, cool. Anyway, here is the field. This is where others train and exercise their battle skills. Past that is the lake, in the woods on the left, is where we play capture the flag. But usually your 'brothers' don't play those games."
James finally brought Simon to his cabin. Inside, all he could hear was the sound of clashing metal.
"Ok, this is your cabin, other boys like you live in here. If you need me, I'll be at Tyche's cabin."
"Who's Tyche, and what is your full name?"
"Tyche is the goddess of luck, chance, and fortune. My name is James… James Better."
"Wait, like Better as in gambler?"
For a response, all he got was a cocky smile. James left Simon in a state of misbelief, and confusion. Immediately, Simon forgot everything James had told him. Gazing around his cabin, he regarded it as an engineers paradise. Gears lined the walls, the large stone chimney had dark black smoke coming out, and the sound of metal clashing together was everywhere. The builders in the cabin were feverishly working on completing a room addition. By the look of it, it was going to be a garage.
Opening the door, he said to himself, "Well, welcome home Simon."
Hope you enjoyed the first chapter. I had lots of fun writing it. More chapters will be coming soon, so leave a comment, and expect more of Simons story to come out.