Whoa," I say, staring around the camp in amazement.
"It's pretty amazing, huh?" Percy says, smiling at me. I nod my head, looking around at all the kids around. "There's a lot more people this year than the last. But that's only because I made the Gods promise to claim all of their kids." I nod my head as Percy and Annabeth lead me over to a...centaur?
"Chiron," Annabeth says when we reach him.
"Annabeth, Percy," Chiron says, though his eyes are on me. "Who might you be?" he asks.
"I'm Luna, Luna Williams. Lovely to meet you..." I say awkwardly. Chiron goes to say something else, but is cut off by someone yelling, "She's the one that bit me!" We all turn to see a boy with messy blonde hair walking towards us.
He stops about three inches in front of me, glaring at me. "I tried to save you from some Empousia and you bit me!" he says.
"I don't remember that," I say, blushing when the words come out squeaky.
"I do," the boys replies. "I've got a little reminder, see?" He holds his hand out and I see a small mark that looks like a bite mark. I blush more.
"How about you give her some space, Hayden?" Percy says, standing by my side. Hayden takes a step back, his gaze on Percy now. "When did she bite you?" Percy asks.
Hayden sighs, "A few weeks ago I was out with Nico trying to find that demigod in South Carolina; the one we think is a child of the Big Three, aka this girl here. When we finally found her she was cornered by a few Empousia. We fought them and when we tried to get her she started fighting us. She thought we were trying to hurt her. Anyway, she bit me and ran off. She was like, off the grid after that," Hayden says.
"Percy and I found her in Las Vegas this afternoon," Annabeth says. Everyone's eyes are on me now. "So," Hayden says. "I guess the question is; what happened to you during the last few weeks?" I can do nothing but shrug. I don't remember.
"It's almost time for dinner, we should head down and meet everyone," Chiron says. Annabeth and Percy walk behind Chiron, fingers laced together again. Hayden and I walk behind them.
"I'm sorry I bit you," I say eventually. "I don't remember any of that, but thanks for saving me, too." Hayden shrugs, turning to me and smiling. He has a great smile, on that makes you want to smile too. I also notice for the first time that he has beautiful blue eyes.
"It's no big deal," he says, shrugging his shoulders. We reach a large area now with dozens of tables all around. Percy and Annabeth kiss quickly before Annabeth heads towards a table full of kids. "The tables are set up to where you sit with your siblings, every god and goddess has their own table," Hayden explains.
I nod and Percy turns to us. "You should get to your table now, we'll be starting soon. I'll get here where she needs to be," he says to Hayden. Hayden nods his head and gives me a smile before walking towards another table. "He's Apollo's kid," Percy tells me. "In case you were wondering." I nod my head again.
As Percy starts to lead me towards the Hermes table, where he tells me unclaimed demigods go until they're claimed, everyone stares at us and whispers. Percy looks at me with a surprised look suddenly. "What?" I ask, noticing literally everyone is staring at me now.
"You've been claimed," Percy says.
"Well, what? Were you right? Who is it?" I ask, fidgeting with my hands.
"My dad," Percy says, looking towards Chiron now. "Poseidon has claimed you."
"What?" I exclaim, staring at Percy in confusion.
"Holy shit," someone says, speaking what everyone is thinking.
"Should've known," Hayden says, suddenly appearing at my side. "The two of you could be twins." Annabeth walks up then, placing her hand on Percy's arm.
"We'll talk about this later, come on everyone, sit down," she says. Hayden walks back to his table as I follow behind Annabeth and Percy to an empty table. Annabeth walks back to her table once Percy and I are sitting down. Chiron launches into some speech about how this summer will be great and all about some battle last year, but no one's listening. I'm certainly not.
My father is Poseidon. I feel everyone's eyes on me and duck my head. Eventually Chiron stops talking and I mindlessly follow Percy through a few actions. He explains to me that we offer some of our food to the gods, so I do that as well, muttering Poseidon as I pass. Percy and I eat in awkward silence.
I think about what Hayden said, about how much Percy and I look alike. I suppose he's right. We've both got that dark hair and the sea green eyes, but I figured I got my looks from my mother. I have her dark hair, though hers is lighter than mine. And her eyes are a bit darker than mine, but that's what family similarities are like. After we eat Percy, Annabeth and I meet with Chiron. He tells us that he's just as surprised as we are, but there was a high possibility I could have been Poseidon's child. 50%-50% chance it was him or Hades. Afterwards, Annabeth takes me to get a change of clothes. I get an orange Camp Half-Blood t shirt and Annabeth lets me barrow some jeans.
"Don't worry about everyone staring," she tells me. "It goes away after a few years. Children of the Big Three are rare, so people like to stare. Percy just ignores it. And, speaking of Percy, he'll come around in a while. You guys have got a brother, Tyson. Well, he's your half-brother, but whatever. Anyway, Percy loves him. The point is, he'll get used to you after a while." I nod my head as we head off to find Percy.