Sorry That Chapter was so boring, but this one should be better. Hope you guys like it!

Chapter 2: A Pretty Girl Tries to Slash Me in Half

After a couple of minutes driving, we arrived at Camp Half-Blood. At first, I thought it was just a strawberry field, so when Mr. B told us to get out, I was surprised.

We walked up the hill past the fields. When we walked past the biggest tree, the whole camp came into view.

To the left was the Big House (as Mr. B called it) and to the right was a big pavilion with a bunch of picnic tables. Also, I could make out basketball courts (more my style), volleyball courts, and an archery range. As we walked a little further, I saw a bunch of dummies with no heads and some with no bodies. I'd love to hear that story I thought to myself, but said nothing.

Mr. Brunner left to go play some game (pea-knuckle?) with the other camp director, so I was alone with Jessica and Grover.

After a bit of walking in awkward silence, Jessica asked Grover "Should we show him the cabins?"

"Alright," Grover set and we turned right. "Cabins" wasn't the right word for it. It was a bunch of giant structures in a "U" shape. The first couple seemed to be deserted but after that, there were a lot of kids outside of the rest of them. As we walked by each cabin, Jessica told me which God or Goddess it portrayed. The first two were Zeus and Hera. Apparently, neither of them had children. Then was Poseidon who also had no children. "Why do you have cabins for all the gods?" I asked

"It's honorary," Grover said sternly.

"You talk about them like they're real," I said jokingly

"That's because they are," Jessica said. When I turned to her, I expected to see a smirk on her face, but her expression was completely blank.

"You're kidding, right," I gestured

"Jessica doesn't kid," Grover said

"Well alrighty, then," And, with that we checked out some more cabins.

A few cabins (and long-winded speeches) later, we arrived at a name I found strangely familiar. "Athena," Jessica started, "Goddess of knowledge and battle strategy."

"I heard that name," I blurted before I could stop myself, "In a dream," I reluctantly finished. I figured they would look at me like I was crazy, but they seemed genuinely concerned.

"We need to talk to Chiron," Jessica said to Grover.

I racked my brain for a Chiron "Isn't he the centaur dude that trained the heroes?"

They ignored me but Grover asked "What happened in the dream?"

"A guy in Bermuda shorts and a Hawaiian shirt he called me a son of Athena, but I'm no son of a god," I told them.

"Yes you are," Jessica put in

I ignored her "The fisherman dude accused me of taking something," I tried to remember, "A trident, I think. Then he showed me pictures of Manhattan under attack."

They looked concerned. "I'll go talk to Chiron, you finish the tour," Grover put in. He ran (or trotted?) back to the Volleyball courts.

I heard a girl's voice from an ugly red cabin not too far away, "Hey King, who's the new kid? I hope he's not as stupid as you." The girl that was talking looked kind of like Chuck Norris and Jillian Michaels had a baby. She had short black hair and an XXL army jacket covering an orange "Camp Half-Blood" T-Shirt. She had a look that said "If you look at me funny, I'll hurt you in ways that haven't been invented yet."

"Shut up, Clarisse" Jessica retorted, and we walked past the rest of the cabins.

"So, should we go to the sword arena?" Jessica asked me

I was about to say "what camp has a sword arena?" but I stopped myself. What camp has cabins for all the Greek gods? What camp acts as if the gods are real? What camp talks as if you are related to one of them? "Umm, alright"

We turned and headed towards the place of the headless dummies. "Why are you guys acting like I'm a son of Athena," I inquired

"We're all offspring of the Greek gods," She replied

"Then what God are you a daughter of?" I asked her

"I'm a daughter of Nemesis, goddess of revenge"

"Remind me not to get on your bad side," I said and she laughed. She's so cute when she laughs I thought, as we got to the arena.

"Some of these swords might feel too heavy or too light, but just bear with me," she said

I picked up the first sword. Immediately, it was way too heavy. "Nope, definitely not that one" I said

I picked up another sword. This one felt okay at first, but after I swung it for a while, it started hurting my hand.

It kept going on like that. I picked up a sword. I was reminded of how weak I was. 13 swords and two slash marks later, (long story) I finally found a sword that felt right. I swung it a few times and I was sure this was the one. "This is it," I told Jessica, "This is the one."

"Alright, do you want to fight, then?" She asked

"You guys hit each other with these things?"

"Well duh, you don't?"

"Not normally, no," I replied.

"Well, you're in for a treat, then," She said

We went and grabbed some armor and put it on. She grabbed a sword from the pile. "En garde!" she yelled. She struck first. She swung her sword near my thigh. I easily parried it. Then, I tried to jab her stomach. I realized it was a mistake when she sidestepped and slashed me in the side. I want to say it was inspirational and that it inspired me to keep going, but it wasn't. All I really thought was "That hurt."

I put my hand to my side and when I pulled it back, it was bloody. "First stab wound?" Jessica asked

I looked at her like she was crazy, "Yeah, is it not yours?"

"Of course not" she said, "Don't worry; the camp's infirmary will fix you up."

Then, we continued to spar. I jabbed but she was ready for it. She knocked my sword out of my hands, leaving me defenseless, and held her sword up to my neck.

"Alright, you win," I reluctantly agreed.

"You know it," she replied, "Now, let's got to the infirmary to get you fixed up."

Then, we walked to the infirmary

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