Disclaimer: I don't own any part of PJO.

A/N: Here's the start to the story. It's just introducing the characters, minus the Hunters. They'll come later. Any suggestions are welcome, but please be nice. Any ideas for names or quests? Also, if you want your character to have a pet, I'm fine, as long as it's reasonable (ex. You can't have a giraffe, etc.). You can have cats, dogs, fish, reptiles, small animals (guinea pig or hamster).

Chapter 1: Beginning of Summer

Summer.

The time every kid loves, especially when they're a demigod and their vacation means spending time at Camp Half-Blood.

At Camp Half-Blood

Camp Half-Blood was a flurry of activity, due to the return of the summer campers. Schools had let out last Friday, which meant the campers would be arriving any minute now. All the year-round campers were cleaning their cabins, because with the return of summer campers meant that new campers would also be arriving.

Inside the cabins, the all year campers were straightening up, hoping to impress the new campers, as well as the new head counselors. And as always, the Apollo cabin was the last cabin to start their summer cleaning.

Inside the Aphrodite Cabin

"Alright people, now's our chance to impress the new campers," Alice Cuore tells her cabin, flipping her platinum blond hair over her shoulder. She is the recently appointed head counselor, so it's her job to make sure the cabin is clean. She smoothes out her pink and red comforter then walks over to Lanie Davis' bed. The red walls were mostly covered by posters and pictures. Armor and weapons were also hung on the walls, waiting for class or capture the flag. Yoga mats were on the floor, along with weights, so that the cabin can maintain their perfect shape.

"Really Alice, it's not like the new campers will care what the cabin looks like, and the summer campers have already seen it. You need to relax a little and loosen up," Lanie tells her head counselor. She grabs a bunch of her wavy blond hair in her hands, and lets it cascade over her shoulders. Reaching across her bed, she pushes down on her blue bed spread. Alice rolls her aqua colored eyes as she moves on to the last bed, which happens to belong to Leila Marigold.

"Leave Ally alone, Lanie. She just wants the cabin to look good." Leila stretches her purple duvet cover over her sheets and places her plushies on top, including a dove in honor of her mom. Her wavy, light brown hair stood out in the cabin, because most of them were blonds.

"Thank you, Leila. But it's not necessary. Now that our cabin is clean, you can go and do whatever you want until dinner."

In the Poseidon cabin

"Ready for the summer to start?" Jakob Ross asks his sister, as he finishes making his bed. He walks over to the wall and readjusts the surfer poster that hangs next to his bed. Wiping the sweat from his forehead, he ignores the fact that his jet black hair is plastered to his forehead. He turns and glances at his sister, Mayra DeLeon.

"Huh, yeah, I guess I'm ready," she answers as she finishes placing the picture of her mom on her night stand. She wipes away a bead of sweat from her forehead and continues to fiddle with the picture.

"Maybe we'll get some new cabin mates. It's kinda lonely." Jake reaches under his bed to where he keeps his cooler full of soda. He grabs a root beer and two plastic cups. After pouring the soda, he hands a cup to Mayra.

"Thanks Jake. I guess it is pretty lonely in here," she says as she takes a sip. "But don't get caught with the soda. You just got named head counselor. You don't want Chiron to take that away from you." Mayra reaches onto her night stand and grabs a napkin. She pushes her black wavy hair out of her face and wipes her face with it. After she's done, she crumples it up and tosses it in the trash can.

"Yeah. Well, at least our cabin's clean now. See you at dinner," he says as he walks out the door, leaving Mayra alone with her thoughts.

In the Demeter cabin

Calliope walks around her bed, putting the finishing touches to her brown and light blue theme. Pausing a minute, she sweeps her long, chocolate brown hair out of her blue eyes. Glancing around, she spots her brother, Ace's, bed area. It's already clean, since Ace is a summer camper. Ace's area is filled with pictures of the forest, while her area just had a Rupert Grint poster hanging on the wall. Satisfied, she goes out to wait and tell her summer cabin mate about them being named co-counselors.

In the Zeus cabin

Rain Glow was in her cabin, tidying up her part of the cabin. It didn't take that long, because all she had in her cabin was her clothes and a few pictures of her family. Her blond hair reached her shoulders and her blue eyes, apparent in most children of Zeus, shone dimly.

Casey Jones was cleaning his part of the cabin, but he was a summer camper, so it wasn't that much. His father was Jupiter, the Roman aspect of Zeus, so he stayed in the Zeus cabin when he visited the camp. His dark brown hair was spiked in the front and his brown eyes looked on. He was recently named head counselor, along with Nekiru. Although they weren't all-year campers, they were the oldest in the cabin.

Annabel Klatil was in her part of the cabin, making sure every part was nice and neat. The picture of her and her father, Zeus, was on her nightstand. Her brown-blond hair was long and cut emo-style. It hung in her face and hid her hazel eyes. When she was done, she said hi to her cabin mates.

Nekiru was in his cabin, cleaning up his area. It was rather plain, since he only stayed at camp while on school vacation. No one really knew what he was like, since he was mysterious. His black hair was mid length, reaching his ears, but his eyes were the most noticeable. One was scarlet red and the other was sky blue.