(Name: Alto
Age: 13
Son of: Unclaimed)
Today, Alto was dressed as an emo kid, he sighed. Soon the campers would start arriving, joy. The Hermes cabin would be way too crowded. At least, not for long since the gods agreed to claim campers once they got here if they weren't calmed already. Alto kept thinking, Does it not apply to me? He still, after 3 years, had not been calmed. A few minuets later, the campers started rolling in.
(Razzmatazz:
age: 15
daughter of: Aphrodite)
Razzmatazz appeared behind Alto with a basket full of cookies. "Want some?"
"No." Alto said dully.
"You non-appreciative little..." Razzmatazz stomped her foot on the ground and went off on a series of insults. Alto ignored her and started walking away, until one particular phrase caught her attention ...unclaimed piece of... He turned around, his eyes narrowing into pointed dagger-like glances.
(Name: Kyoko
Age: 16
Daughter of: Hera)
Before Razzmatazz could be murdered though, Kyoko came to her rescue. Taking her by the arm, she led her away to drop her off at Aphrodite.
(Name: Xylia a.k.a Lia
Age: 12
Daughter of: Unclaimed)
"You alright, Alto?" Lia walked up to her friend. It's not everyday she saw him this unhappy.
"...unclaimed piece of..."
"What?"
"She called me an unclaimed piece of..." Alto trailed off.
"It's alright, Alto. You've got me. We don't need to be claimed by some weird godly parent to be happy." See, Lia was still in denial. She still wasn't 100% sure that the Greek Gods actually existed. All she knew was that she actually had a place to stay for once, and a few friends that actually cared about her.
"You want to go get something to eat?" Alto asked, hearing the call for lunch.
"Will there be cookies?"
"Yes."
"Then what are we waiting for?" They headed off to join the arriving campers in the Pavilion.
...
...unclaimed piece of... That played over and over in Alto's head. He was sensitive about not being claimed. He got over it a wile ago, but it still kinda bugged him. Where Lia and him unwanted? Not even minor gods would claim them. They were the ONLY campers unclaimed.
They got to the pavilion and sat down next to each other. Mr. D "welcomed" the campers to camp. Alto had a salad with OJ, because he was a vegetarian. As lunch progressed, 3 of the 4 new campers where claimed, that made Alto feel worse.
"Everyone just has to get claimed, don't they!" Alto took an aggressive bite of salad.
"Don't worry, Alto. It's fine." Lia smiled.
"That's just the denial talking." Alto pouted.
He knew it bothered her just as much as him. By the end of lunch, all of the kids were claimed. Every single demigod was claimed but Alto and Lia.
How fun. Lia thought. She had to agree with Alto, this WAS getting annoying. Half way through lunch Lia snuck away from the Pavilion, the claiming was getting too much for her. No one saw the tears that slid down her face by the lake. No one saw her angrily stab the dummies in the arena to mush. Eventually, it got dark and Lia had to leave the arena. Besides, Capture the Flag was tonight. She had something to prove to the newbies. She didn't care that they had a godly parent, she never did. She could live her whole life without parents, she'd already done it for ten years of her life, why not add another summer?
...
(Name: Destiny
Age: 15
God Parent: Unclaimed)
Destiny walked into camp half-blood with her usual bland face. What kind of a stupid place is this, she wondered.
"Hey," Alto said walking up to her, slightly interested.
"Whatever," Destiny replied, "What kinda stupid place is this?"
"I don't know?" Alto said, "Pretty stupid. How did you get here?"
"None of you business," Destiny said coldly as she walked away. She was frightened though; she didn't know how she got there.
...
"There's a new girl." Kyoko spied from her binoculars and sighed. "Another scene girl. Just what we need."
(Jubby:
age: 16
son of: Aphrodite)
"What does that mean Kyoko?" Jubby asked, staring intently at a world map. He turned to an Athena camper and opened his mouth to ask a question. The Athena camper grabbed the map and ran before Jubby had the chance to speak.
"Oh what hideous shoes she wore. I'm glad she has departed." Razzmatazz snickered, nose in air.
"YOU'RE SO SMART RAZZ!" Jubby exclaimed throwing his arms around her. She pushed him off and ran away.
...
"Hey, I'm Kyoko. You must be Destiny." Kyoko squeazed the newcomer's arm. Scene girl or not, Kyoko's philosophy in life was to always be nice. Unless they pushed the wrong button. Then you obliterate them from the face of the earth.
"I must be." Destiny shrugged, plugging in her ipod speakers. Kyoko smiled at her genuinely and gave handed her a gift wrapped present.
"Open it later and tell me what you think." She winked and ran off.
...
Kyoko sensed too many depressed campers around. As daughter of Hera, she knew it was her duty to keep the peace and make sure this happy family of her sustained. She couldn't bare seeing her fellow campers in any pickles. Especially not her four best friends, Daedalus, Fenoglio, Razzmatazz, and Jubby.
(Fenoglio
age: 15
son of: Dionysus
Deadalus {twin brother of Fenoglio}
age: 15
son of: Dionysus)
"AAAAAAAAHHHHH!"
"Shut up Deadalus!"
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH IT'S SCARY!"
"What did I tell you? SHUT UP!"
"B-but... Your pimple's scary, Fenoglio. I'm getting a phobia of it."
"KYOKO MAKE HIM SHUT UP!"
Kyoko smiled. Yep, she loved them all.
...
There sat Alto on the side of a riverbank, the wind caressing his hair. His form bugged Kyoko. There was too much anguish. She sat behind a tree, fixing up the wrapping for his present. Slowly walking out, she handed it to him, smiling the sunniest smile she could manage.
"Don't open it yet, Alto. Wait kay?" She whispered. He nodded, transfixed. Kyoko had that affect on people. It was like being in the presence of your mother. Not the bad side of your mother, the sweet, gentle side that made you want to start crying and hug her. She gave his hand a squeaze and descended, watching him open the present from afar. As she saw him smile a pleasant, pleased smile, she couldn't help but feel all warm. It was all she could to keep from skipping back to Hera. Instead though, she found herself outside of Hermes.
"I should go have a chat with Lia." She yawned. "It could wait until tommorow."
...
The next morning Lia awoke to a bright ray of sunshine. She opened her eyes to the form of Kyoko standing in front of her bed.
"Rise and shine sweetie!" Kyoko squeazed Lia's shoulders and helped her to a sitting position. Lia rubbed her eyes and sat up, wondering what Kyoko was doing there. Being the camp's personal mom, Kyoko scarcily had much time. Not that Lia didn't like her. You couldn't not like her. Plus, being raised an orphan, Kyoko's maternal-ness made Lia feel all warm and fuzzy inside.
"Hey, Kyoko. What brings you here?" Lia asked, running a hand through her hair.
"How good are you at playing match-maker?" Kyoko asked. Before Lia could reply though, a symbol appeared above her head. A red rose. She gasped and looked back at Kyoko.
"Very good apparently..."
Meanwhile...
Destiny sulked around camp wondering what to do. Then, she saw Alto again.
"You gonna say anthing now?" Alto asked.
"Like what?" Destiny coldly said.
"Like what?" Alto immated angerly, "Like why you are here. How you are here. Who your god parent is, and what is up with the attitude."
"Look, I don't know, and I don't care, so you can leave me alone until I find out," Destiny snapped.
"Hey," Alto said, he anger disapearing, "If you don't know who you are, it's cool, because I don't know who I am. We could be the unknown threesome. Let's go find Lia." Destiny and Alto walked into the Hermes cabin and saw the rose above Lia's head.
"Very good apparently, because I'm are daughter of Aphrodite," Lia said with a look of shock on her face.
"WHAT?" Alto said jokingly, "Does that mean you are going to look like Britney Spears and bully others because they aren't as pretty as you?"
"No way," Lia said, "Just because I'm daughter of Aphrodite doesn't mean I have to be some stereotypical popular cheerleader."
"Good," Alto sighed, "Because I don't think I could live with that."
"Ha. Ha. Ha.," Lia said as she rolled her eyes, "By the way, who is you little friend? She is kinda creaping me out..."