Chapter 1
It was around 3:30 pm when the meeting was called and all the cabin leaders had to be in the big house. My twin brother and I headed in from the beach. Being the only other children of Poseidon, when Percy went off to college in New Rome we became co-leaders of our cabin.
When we got there the other cabin leaders were already there, including our sister, Jasmin, who was the leader of the Apollo cabin.
Now I know what you're probably thinking: how are we all siblings but have two different godly parents? The answer is simple: we have the same mother. See our mother was a famous Broadway actress and had caught the eye of Apollo during one of her plays. Our mother claims that he told her that her voice was that of a siren and lured the god of music in from the heavens. Nine months later Jasmin came along. Then about a year later, while she was vacationing on an island just south of Florida, our father happened across her at a beach party and a few short months she was blessed with me and my brother. At least that's how she claims it happened we don't really believe her.
Anyway, by the time we got there I noticed we weren't the first ones there, the Ares cabin leader, Chad, was already there talking to Ayanna, daughter of Demeter.
Ayanna is a tall, 5'8 to be exact, with long curly black hair that she kept back and out of her face with a red headband. She has a dark complexion, made even darker from all the time she spends in the garden. Today she decided to wear a brown vest over a green cotton button down shirt and a brown skirt with a garden landscape sewn on the bottom. She always wore little makeup, just some silver eyeshadow that made her green eyes pop.
Chad is tall and skinny, but in a muscular way. He had short, military cut hair and deep brown eyes. He also had a tattoo sleeve depicting a catholic hell wrapping all the way around his arm to just where a long sleeve shirt would end. Currently he was wearing a muscle shirt and jeans so that when you looked at him the first thing you would see was Lucifer sitting on a golden throne starting on the shoulder going down to mid bicep. It was a beautiful piece of work.
I didn't even realize I was staring till I heard two voices laughing. When I turned to look I was met with two different sets of eyes. The first pair were a mirrored image of mine: deep sea green that one could easily get lost in, that moved like the ocean: peaceful at times but could turn deadly in an instant. These always looked at me with a soft expression, protective. The second set were the color of the sky, but somehow seemed brighter, more intense; flaked with gold and green, framed by bright blond hair that looked almost gold. My twin brother, Garrick and our sister, Jazz, were both standing there trying not to laugh at the distaste look on my face.
"You were staring at him, again sister dearest," Garrick said with a snicker.
"It seems our little sister was staring at his arms again," Jazz said, with a laugh playing in her voice, amusement written all over her tan face.
"You two are so annoying! Gods why was I cursed with you two insufferable siblings!" I couldn't help the annoyance that sept into my voice. "And technically, I'm older than Garrick is!" I said matter-of-factly. Garrick always did hate when I brought that up.
"Yeah by all of five minutes," Garrick all but roared at me at the same time Jazz said, "Just lucky I guess," with a light twinkle in her eyes
"Plus," Jazz said, still laughing a bit, "those five minutes did put you two with two different birthdays." Ever the instigator, she enjoyed watching us get into a heated argument that always seemed to follow whenever anyone brought up Garrick and mines birthday.
I made to hit her, but, being the annoying sibling she is, she dodged. I fell to the floor with a very loud thump and landed face first. This, in turn, prompted them to laugh harder while trying, and failing, to help me up. Me being the stubborn thing I am swatted them both away, mumbling at how they should go fuck themselves, while getting up. I dusted myself off and when I looked up Chad was staring with a frown on his face. Of course I returned the look with a frown of my own.
Jazz must have noticed his look too because before I knew it Garrick's hand was wrapped around my arm, pulling me away and Jazz was said, "Take a picture, it'll last a lot longer," and we all three of us were walking away. They lead me to the table where all the meeting were held in the dining room.
"Hey! You're hurting me!"
Although we all are very well built, Garrick was always stronger than Jazz and myself, from the extra sports he did. While I just focused on swim team, he was in swim, lacrosse, and baseball. Jazz isn't much into swim team, though she was still a good swimmer.
"I didn't like how he was looking at you," was all Garrick said.
Before I could respond the meeting was called to order.
We'll finish this later, I thought to myself taking my seat between my twin and my sister.