"V!" I called and raced over to her. We continued walking towards the dining pavilion.
"Hey Ami, did you hear?" Vanessa asked.
"Hear what?" My eyes widened slightly, "Don't tell me-"
"That's right, a new demi-titan!" V smiled.
"Are you serious?" Demi-titans don't pop-up everywhere. Nowadays they're scarce. There's only a few in every cabin, except the Ouranos and Thesis cabin. And there's only one in the Chaos cabin, Juliette.
"Yeah! I heard it from Vince!" V half shouted.
Vince is a child of Phoebe meaning he gets flashes of the future, all of which are true. Sometimes they take days, or sometimes weeks or even months, before they become true. They always come true, thou.
"Fine...Any idea when they're coming?" I sighed. My voice still laced with excitement.
"They're? Ha. No. It's a guy!" V seemed really excited. She's been my best friend ever since she's been at camp. We're the same age now, and she's gone boy crazy.
"Really, now? Is he hot?" I knew V better than anyone else. She has been looking for the perfect boyfriend since...forever.
"I don't know! It's killing me!" V screamed; she's also very dramatic.
"Ha ha, whatever. Hurry up or all the good food's going to be gone!" I raced her the rest of way.
"Ha Ha! Beat you!" V called. I smiled and grabbed my food. We sat down together at one of the many tables in the pavilion. Everyone can sit together, there are no designated tables.
We finished our food, like everyone else, and proceeded to do our activities. I had swordsmanship first. V had recreation.
"What's that?" V pointed to the top of the hill.
"Not a what, a who." I said. "Looks like a new demi-titan. Let's get going!" I waved towards the other cabin leaders. The cabin leaders always greet the new demi-titans while the other campers return to their activities.
"Hey, I'm Amelia, call me Ami." I extended a hand to the demi-titan. "Hey Sil," I smiled at the Sileni. She nodded and left to go back home, in the woods.
"Hi, I'm Xavier..." He looked around in awe. "Where am I?"
"Camp Titan, camp for the children of mortals and titans." V said while looking at Xavier.
"Xavier, do you know-" He interrupted me.
"Call me Xav." I rolled my eyes, so far I wasn't liking him very much. V was going crazy...
"Okay. Xav do you by any chance know who your titan parent is?" I squinted a little, his golden hair was reflecting sunlight into my eyes.
"What?" He was completely confused.
"We'll explain on the way." I gestured to follow me and we began walking towards the Themis cabin. We don't like traitors around us. A Themis kid judges whether a new demi-titan should stay. It has to be done in the Themis cabin thou...
"Oh I get it now, I don't know who my titan-parent is. I'm adopted." Xav said.
"That just makes everything harder!" I shouted with sarcasm, V was laughing. Xav didn't get the joke.
"What? Really?" Xav looked a little worried.
"It was a joke." I smiled up at him and he laughed. "Calvin, do you mind, um..." I pointed to Xav. He stopped laughing.
"What's happening now?" Xav asked. He looked scared.
"Just a ritual every demi-titan that comes to camp has to go through." I said while grabbing the things needed for the ritual.
"Okay, sit down." I pointed to one of the bunks. He sat. The ritual was preformed. Not only does the ritual tell us about traitors, it gives us a look into the camper's aura which tells us who their titan-parent is.
"Weird," Calvin squinted his eyes. "I've never seen this color...it's a swirling mix of all of our colors, but the most dominate is white..." He tilted his head. "He's good." signalling he was not a traitor.
"We'll have to look into his aura again later, Calvin. I think he's passing out." I was right. Xav's eyes rolled back into his head and he fell back onto the bed. "He can stay in our cabin," I looked for the other cabin leaders' nods of approval.
"That settles it!" Calvin called. "It's moving to the Hyperion cabin!"
We all smiled. "He's not an it," V mumbled.
"So, uh, Eric or James? Can I have some help?" I asked them. James is a son of Erebus so he can shadow travel Xav there. Eric is a son of Menotitios so he could probably easily lift and carry him there.
"I would do it, but it's better to have a first time shadow traveler travel when they're awake." James said and stepped back.
"Eric, do you mind?" I asked in unison with the other girls. Eric has a sweet spot for girls.
"Yeah fine, okay." He blushed a little bit.
Eric picked Xav gently. V gasped, when Eric picked Xav up his shirt came up and V saw his obvious hardcore abs as did everyone else. I tried hiding my blush.
"I saw that, Ami." V whispered to me. I blushed harder.
"Whatever," I lightly punched V in the arm. I looked back up and caught James' eye. I think he thought I was feeling sick, he gave me a reassuring smile. I gave him a small smile in return and looked away.
"I saw that too, Ami." V whispered again.
"What?" I was confused.
"James blushed after that little transaction between you two, he totally likes you." V smiled.
"Yeah right." James was one of my childhood friends, literally. He was one of the first campers I ever met, back when I was seven and he was eight.