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I am claimed

Gaia's POV

I've been at Camp Half-Blood for a few years now but I'm still unclaimed. Ever since Percy Jackson made the gods promise to claim all the children they've never had this problem, but the rules apparently don't apply to me. You'd think I'd forget about not knowing my godly parent with all the amazing things to do at camp, but in all it's not all that fun when you don't have any friends to spend the time with.

I am currently living in the Hermes cabin, but I don't get along with any of the kids in there. Most of the time I hide in the forest until someone finds me and orders me to my cabin.

As I walked down the path that led to the archery range my heart lifted slightly, I've always had a special love for archery. I know you may think I'm a daughter of Apollo, but in all honesty I don't resemble any of them. Artemis is Apollo's twin sister and another archer but she has refused to have any children. She asked me once to join the hunt, and when I refused she nodded and the hunters were gone the next day.

I strung my bow, notched an arrow, pulled back, and released. The arrow soared through the air and hit the bull's eye. I gave a small smile and repeated the process over and over again until I was forced to collect my arrows.

As I was walking I noticed Percy Jackson with his girlfriend Annabeth Chase running towards the lake as some Aphrodite girls chased them. Even I knew they were falling into a trap, Percy is a son of Poseidon and he was running towards the lake. It is entertaining to watch twenty Aphrodite girls being drenched and seeing their mascara run. I let out a small laugh and they turned towards me and gave a wicked smile.

I already knew what they were going to try to do so I started to run towards the lake as well. I might not be a great swimmer, but I knew they wouldn't go near the water now. Once I reached the lake I was panting, I ran towards Percy and Annabeth to see them kissing behind a rock. I stifled a laugh and ran towards the dock. The Aphrodite girls were just arriving at the edge of the lake and looking around for me.

I dove into the water and waited them out. The second I get out of the water I'd have to run to my cabin and hide for a little while in order to avoid an unwanted makeover. I slowly looked over the dock to see that the girls were gone and it was safe to come out.

As I began to swim I felt a change, the water was moving on its own. Oh happy day. Percy was up on shore with Annabeth watching the water intently as it bended to his will. He obviously didn't know I was here, or he just didn't care.

The water went into a massive wave and I was swept under the surface. The water was still moving and I couldn't breathe under water! I tried to move up to the surface but the water was moving so much that I couldn't figure out which was up. The water began to slow and I took a chance, I began to swim in a random direction and to my greatest pleasure I broke through the surface of the water and breathed in as much air as my lungs would allow.

The son of Poseidon was still sitting on the beach looking at the water with a confused expression. I swam as fast as I could to the beach and lay down on the warm sand trying to get all the water out of my lungs. That's when I saw a very confused Percy walking towards me.

"Were you in the water?" he asked me. I glared at him with all my might but it didn't seem to bother him.

"What do you think?" I asked when my throat was clear of water. He looked at my soaking wet clothes and nodded.

"Sorry." He said simply, I glared at him again. He almost drowned me and all he can say is sorry?

"Whatever." I said while hoisting myself up and beginning to walk off the beach.

"Wait!" he called running after me, this was a first.

"Yes?" I asked with venom. He looked surprised but continued,

"Who's your parent?" he asked me with a small smile, I felt tears come to my eyes. This was always a touchy subject.

"I haven't been claimed yet." I stated quietly. His face fell,

"How long have you been here?" he asked me, this time I could hear the disappointment in his voice.

"What's up with all the questions?" I asked him, he rolled his eyes.

"Just answer the question." I sighed.

"I have been at Camp Half-Blood for almost four years." I finished, if there was any happiness on his face before it was gone now.

"That doesn't make any sense." He mumbled quietly, I nodded and began walking off again when he yelled.

"How old are you?" he asked, I rolled my eyes,

"Fourteen!" I yelled in response as I walked off towards the forest. If only we had 'wander around the forest' time during the day. I think I'm supposed to be with the Hermes cabin at the Lava Wall right now, oh well they won't even notice I'm gone.

I walked around for a while until I found a tall enough tree. I climbed to one of the higher branches and sat down. The birds were singing but there was a different sound. I slowly looked around, there are monsters in this forest that wouldn't mind a snack. The sound was closer now, I looked down and saw a….peacock looking up at me. I could have sworn it nodded its head towards my left.

I slowly looked over to see a woman with beautiful brown hair that matched my own in a braid going down her back smile at me. I thought I was seeing things until a camper came rushing through the forest. His dark brown hair was a mess around his head and his black eyes looked menacing. He stopped when he saw me looking at the woman.

"Lady Hera." He spoke quietly as he bowed before the queen of the gods.

"Do you need something, son of Hades?" Hera asked the boy. He stood up and nodded, he looked directly at me as he spoke.

"Chiron told me to come find her. She's not supposed to be in the forest alone." He stated simply, but I could see that he didn't enjoy being sent to find me, no one ever does. Hera smiled kindly at me.

"Yes, she does seem to be capable of defending herself, but she does not have a weapon of her own." She stated in a motherly tone. The boy looked between the two of us, and then I remembered who he was, Nico Di' Angelo, son of Hades! He fought in the second Titan War, he was the one who convinced Hades to help fight in the battle.

She instructed me to climb down the tree, I did as I was told and walked towards the goddess.

Hera moved her hands in a slow circle and a silver light formed in her hands. Once the light disappeared there was a silver bow with pictures of deer, rabbits, and other animals found in the forest along the arms.

"A gift from Artemis." She said quietly as she handed me the beautiful weapon. "The quiver," as she said that a silver quiver filled with arrows appeared on my shoulder, "will always replenish its self." I gave her a large smile and she returned it gracefully.

"My you've grown." Was all she said, I nodded in return and she tried to take a step towards me but thunder boomed as she did so. Her face fell and she looked at the ground, the sky, the trees, anywhere but at me.

"I must go now Gaia." She spoke softly though her voice sounded close to tears. I nodded,

"Goodbye Lady Hera." I said, she looked at me with a face filled with sorrow and gave a slight nod.

"Don't ever give up hope. Remember who you are." She said quietly, "Now close your eyes." She instructed, I did as she said to. Silver light filled the forest and then faded. I opened my eyes to see only an empty clearing. I turned towards Nico, he looked confused and slightly annoyed. I pulled out my bow, notched an arrow and aimed it at him. He looked shocked but unsheathed his sword. I lowered my bow and cracked up laughing. He slowly walked towards me,

"Can't you take a joke?" I asked him, he looked pretty mad now.

"That wasn't funny." He informed me with a dark glare,

"Maybe not to you but it was hilarious to me." I said with a smile. He rolled his eyes and walked out of the forest. "That wasn't funny." I mimicked his voice. I stood up and looked around. The sun was in the center of the sky indicating that it was around noon. Just than the lunch bell rang, I walked slowly out of the forest to the Dining Pavilion. My entire cabin was sitting at the Hermes table and there wasn't any room left for me.

As the nymphs gave me my food I gave them a silent thank you. I looked around and decided to sacrifice before I tried to find a seat. I was at the end of the line but the sacrifices only took about a minute each. When it was my turn I pushed my juiciest piece of steak as well as a large potato into the flames,

"To Hera and Artemis." I turned around to walk away but everyone was staring at me. I looked around, even Nico and Percy looked surprised. I slowly kept walking towards a random table, just than Mr. D stopped me by taping my shoulder lightly and pointing above my head. I looked up to see a peacock feather above my head, the symbol of my mother.

"Hail Gaia, daughter of Hera queen of the gods."

Ok, this is my first chapter, I hope you enjoyed it! Please review, constructive criticism is appreciated but no flames.