Chapter 2
Nico POV
It was summer which meant that I was at Camp Half-Blood and it's safe to say that so far, it sucked. It was already August and I was planning on what to do tomorrow when the conch shell signalizing the start of dinner rang. When everyone was seated, the nymphs brought out the food so that we could all make our sacrifices to the gods. When all the campers were seated with me all alone at the Hades table, Chiron, our activities director stepped forward and started to make some announcements about stuff which I really didn't care about until I heard him mention that the weekly Capture the Flag game was cancelled due to the dryads(wood nymphs) going on strike because the Hermes cabin spray painted all the trees pink and now the dryads were attacking campers if they tried to get into the woods. Stupid Hermes I thought bitterly. Why do your children have to go and ruin everything for people? .Just as I was about to tuck into barbequed beef there was a bright flash and a storm of feathers that blinded everyone. When my eyesight returned, what I saw shocked me. Hera, the Queen of the Gods, was standing in the middle of the dining pavilion, with a girl, about my age (14) in her arms. The girl was unconscious, covered in blood, monster dust and was crying.
"Lady Hera", Chiron was the first to snap out of his shock. He bowed to the goddess and asked "Who is that child?". As if on cue, the girl stirred and seemed to wake up. Her eyes landed on Chiron's face and stayed there for a second before they strayed to his horse body and she promptly fainted.
"This child needs treatment and I expect she will be put in a cabin immediately", the goddess said while glaring at Mr D as if to make sure he got the message. "Of course my lady" Chiron answered and took the strange girl towards the Big House. She turned towards the campers and spoke "That girl is called Brooke Sutherland, she has just lost her family from a Hydra attack so if any of you campers try anything with her" cue pointed look at Hermes campers "you shall have my wrath upon you". Glaring at each table in turn everyone got the message not to mess with this strange new camper, when she got to me however, her glare disappeared and instead she gave me a knowing look which made me wonder what the gods have in store for me now.
- TIME SKIP-
It was a week after the new camper arrived and no one knew anything about her besides her name and that if anyone messed with her they would have an angry goddess chasing after them. From what I could tell, she hadn't woken up yet but her injuries were healing. As I was walking past the Big House I heard a deafening scream. Normally when a demigod hears that kind of scream it means someone is getting eaten by a monster but after the scream there was sobbing. Awful, heartbroken sobbing. I thought back to a week earlier when Hera was talking about how the girls had lost her family and I figured out why. I walked towards the sound and what I saw was so weird I did a double-take. Mr D, one of the most obnoxious and uncaring people I have ever met, was comforting the new camper by hugging her. I repeat HUGGING. I think I may be going slightly crazy.