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The Nobody of Camp Half-Blood: Alexis Newman
-A Percy Jackson Story-

Chapter 1 (Edited)

The sounds of laughter filled my ears and groggily, I got up. No doubt the Stoll brothers were causing mayhem in the cabin again. Slowly and begrudgingly, I got out of the sleeping bag that was laid out on the floor in a small corner. Cabin Eleven, the cabin for Hermes' children and the unclaimed demigods. It has been a week since the day I stumbled into Camp Half-Blood.

No, I was not chased by Kindly Ones (yes, we can't use the word 'monsters' around here. Don't ask me why though, I think it's stupid.), instead I was brought here by my satyr. And still, the day that I came to Camp Half-Blood remains vividly in my mind. I'm still unclaimed after all.

Carefully, I made my way to the toilets to get myself ready to face the day. I did not want to step on anyone on my way out after all, I am not that evil. I quickly made my way to the dining pavilion after getting over my morning zombie state. As I plopped down onto my chair ungracefully, I took note that I had to take the seat towards the end because I'm still the newest member for now.

So I rose from my sit and took a seat towards the end of Cabin Eleven's table. Just as I put my butt down, I realised something and resisted the urge to scream. Instead, I took a more polite approach.

"Travis. Connor. Stop putting goo on my seat!" I hissed at them angrily as they started laughing as soon as I sat down. Of course, they just put their innocent pouts on and smiled innocently. Frowning, I decided to let it go, I'll just beat them in Archery lessons later like I did last time.

Then, someone with the trademark crooked smile that all Hermes' children shared, approached me. The person looked tall, which is saying a lot since the person is a head taller than I am, had muscles from the constant training and activities we had at camp and the familiar thick white scar that runs from beneath his right eye to his jaw.

Instantly, I returned his smile. "Good morning, Luke." Luke's smile widened. Luke Castellan, son of Hermes and head of the Hermes Cabin. He's the friendliest person in camp and practically all the girls had a crush on him including me, unfortunately, I doubt that he will return the favour.

" Morning, Alex. Having a good day so far?" He asked kindly. Immediately, my smile vanished. As my mouth turned downwards into a frown, Luke caught on and started chuckling. " No one can escape the pranks of the Stoll brothers. Anyway, just don't take it too badly, they just want to have fun."

Reluctantly, I nodded my head. I knew that I could not hold a grudge on anyone even if I wanted to.
"Alright, I know, I know. Besides, those two are just too cute for me to hold a grudge." I purposely emphasised on the words 'too cute' since I knew they did not like being called cute. The two brothers frowned at me and I grinned back at them cheekily. Luke just continued chuckling as he made his way to his seat on the bench.

Cabin Five, the cabin for Ares' children were talking loudly as usual. Athena's children were eating silently with their nose in books. Demeter's children were picking their food, only wanting to eat oatmeal since their mother is the Goddess of Agriculture. The daughters of Aphrodite were busy checking their reflection with pocket mirrors while the sons (which is rare, by the way.) were picking food with minimal calorie content. From afar, I could still recognise the children of Hephaestus meddling with mechanical objects from here.

Dionysus's children, only two of them which are Castor and Pollux are twins. They must really enjoy having a whole cabin to themselves. I constantly wonder which one of them would be the head of the cabin. Lastly, Apollo's, God of the sun, music, archery and prophecies, children with their trademark bright white teeth ate and talked among themselves.

I pondered again, would I really belong to any of those cabins? I'm good at archery but not as good as Apollo's children. I'm definitely not as pretty as the daughters of Aphrodite, at least not with my plain, straight black hair and amethyst eyes. And not as big as those in Ares' Cabin. I wouldn't be too sure about being a daughter of Demeter since they're so... flowery, I guess. And I don't have the talents to be a mechanic like the Hesphaestus' kids. There's no way I would want to be related to Dionysus, I mean, he can't even remember my name because last I checked, my name is Alexis Newman, not Alana Newbie.

" Camp Half-Blood to Alex... come in Alex!" I snapped out of my thoughts and immediately glared at the person. Figures the person who would disturb my train of thoughts would be,

"What do you want, Connor?" I demanded, a little upset that he distracted my train of thoughts. He frowned at me before suddenly grinning happily.

"I'm not Connor, Alex! I'm Travis, get with the names. Anyway, you're going to stay here? We'll gladly leave you here alone." That was when I realised everyone else was gone already. I didn't know I zoned out for so long. I jumped to my feet and followed them to our first lesson, Ancient Greek with Chiron, the only serious centaur around or so I've heard. The time I was waiting for would be the lesson after lunch which is Archery.

It felt exhilarating the first time I held the bow which was just last week and I couldn't wait for the next lesson. The feel of holding the bow and hitting bulls eye made me feel as though there might be things in this world that I could do. Sword fighting with Luke the last time was embarrassing since I lost just 10 seconds after it began. At least in archery, no one's gonna pummel me into the ground.

Chiron looked at us, frowning slightly at the Stoll brothers and their playfulness. He raised his voice to get our attention. " Alright, take aim, steady your bows, don't shake. Raise your arm and make sure that the height of your elbow is same as your eye level. Now...Fire!" All of us shot and beamed happily as my arrow hit the target. A hand rested itself on my shoulder and instantly, heat rushed up my cheeks.

"Great job, Alex. You're sure you're not a daughter of Apollo?" Luke asked, jokingly. I smiled at him.

" Well, if I were, I do hope he would acknowledge me." I admitted. Then I realised that I sounded quite rude. " I mean, I love being in Cabin Eleven, that much is very true but I do want to know who is my parent. " Luke nodded his head and smiled at me. Both of us turned to the Stoll brothers as they approached us with Danny, one of my friends in Cabin Eleven but he was unclaimed as well, trailing behind.

"So, you are good at something, Alex." Travis, or is it Connor, stated. I rolled my eyes. " Hey, at least thank us for such kind compliments." He said, jokingly. I scoffed.

" Yes, thanks Connor." I replied sarcastically. Both the brothers frowned and instantly, I knew I got the name wrongly again.

" How many times do we need to tell you, Alex?" One of the brothers asked with a sigh. The other one proceeded to continue.

"I'm Connor, the younger twin. Travis is the older one so he's a little taller than I am." Luke decided to cut in.

"Enough now ,all three of you. We wouldn't want to scare everyone else off, now would we?" Luke said jokingly. Immediately, the three of us mentioned broke into laughter. We were just playing around, the way we tease and argue is just the way we communicate.

Stifling his laughter, Travis said that I started the fight in which Luke just chuckled and told us to get to dinner. The sons of Hermes walked on ahead while Danny and myself just strolled on behind them. Instinctively, I knew that Danny was still pondering about his godly parent as well. We were the same in that sense.

At dinner, I took my seat, gathered the food as it appeared. As I watched the line of students giving offerings to their godly parent, I felt hurt. Who was I supposed to give the offering to? Who was I supposed to honour? I stared at the bonfire until it was my turn to make an offering. Suddenly, I didn't feel so hungry. I threw all of my food into it. Please, please. Whoever my parent is, please claim me.

I sat back down on my seat. Danny looked at me and knew that I was troubled but he just kept silent. "I'm ...I'm going back to the cabin first, guys." I announced before I got up and left quickly and silently.

I noticed the full moon that shone brightly above. I could go down to the cabin or I could go to the beach instead. Coming to a decision, I allowed my legs to take me to the beach. I smiled softly at the calming waves of water from the ocean. I took off my shoes and felt the pale yellow sand beneath my feet. The sand even got stuck in between my toes.

I did a twirl on the sand, feeling like a kid and a chuckle escaped my lips. I sat on the sand, not caring if the sand would be stuck on my pants later and hugged my knees near me. It's definitely cold at night and I regretted not bringing a jacket or something. It was silly of me to have come here in the spur of a moment without even thinking about how cold it would be at night.

Frowning to myself, I just hugged my knees closer to keep myself warm. I did not want to go back yet. Five minutes later, or at least I think it was five minutes later, someone tapped me on my shoulder.

"Excuse me?" I turned around and saw a handsome young man with stunning sandy brown hair and amazing copper eyes. In his eyes, unlike Luke's which I saw kindness mixed with anger sometimes, I saw kindness and sincerity in them.

Without even thinking, I asked him 'what?'. I was being rude, that much is obvious. "Oh, um, I was wondering if you would mind sharing this spot. But I guess you would so I'll just be-" Immediately, I felt bad, I didn't mean to be well, mean.

"No, I don't mind." I cut him off, with a sincere smile, I patted the spot next to me. He returned the smile and took a seat. "Sorry about that, I just got too lost in my thoughts."

He chuckled before he took off his jacket and placed it on me. I looked at him, bewildered. Before I could protest, he cut me off.

"Use it, you're cold, aren't you? I would feel much better if you're wearing it and if you don't, I just might force it on you." He said jokingly. I chuckled and wrapped the jacket around me. Wow, a gentleman and good looking. That's when I realised we were now experiencing awkward silence.

"So...you're that guy from Apollo cabin, right?" I asked, hoping to end the awkward silence. He smiled at me.

"And you're the girl from Hermes Cabin." I laughed with him. Stifling his laughter, he held out his hand to shake mine. " I'm Lee Fletcher, counsellor of Apollo Cabin. " I took his hand into mine and it just felt right.

"I'm Alexis Newman but call me Alex. Anyway, I'm the nobody and unclaimed member of Hermes' Cabin." I tried to smile but every time I think about being unclaimed, it made me sad.

Lee gave me a small smile. " Sorry, I don't know what's it like not being claimed. But really, sorry for being insensitive." I smiled at him.

" Thank you, I mean it, really thanks. For the jacket and well for not being quick to judge. You're really nice to talk to, did anyone told you that yet?" I asked, grinning at him.

"No, no one said anything about that but thanks, I'll take it as a compliment. So, what are you doing out here? It's the first time I've seen someone out here. I've always come out here to think. It's a routine for me." I suddenly felt guilty and looked at him. He caught me staring at him and just smiled.

" I hope I didn't ruin your routine but I came out here to think as well. Besides, the full moon is lovely tonight." I replied him honestly. He nodded his head in agreement and we just sat there silently, staring at the vast blue ocean and enjoying each other's company. I heard the other campers leaving and heading towards the cabins. Campfire sing-along must be over by now. " I think it's about time that I head off to bed. I enjoyed spending time talking to you, Lee."

I reluctantly handed him his jacket back but he pushed it back into my arms, gently. " Keep it, I want an excuse to see you again tomorrow." I grinned at him. "After all, you are a nice person, Alex. " To be honest, I wanted to be more than a nice person but it must be just wishful thinking. I can't possibly be having a crush on two guys, right?

" Alright, good night, Lee. I'll be seeing you tomo..." I suddenly felt dizzy, I felt myself leaning against Lee.

" Alex? Are you ok, Alex?" I heard him shout before succumbing to the pain and everything turned black.

A.N: Well, I have been away for a very long time so I have to apologize. Besides that, I don't really remember my plot for this story but I just felt like continuing it and reediting it so I'm somewhat back, hopefully. Anyway, hope you guys enjoyed it and please review.

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