Chapter Two:
My brother is too happy for my personal preferences
After dinner, Emma and I were greeted by an older boy about four years older than me. "Hey, I'm Matt." He said, beaming "You guys can get your stuff and bring it to cabin seven, it's been a long time since I've had siblings!" He walked off, still smiling. How can he be related to Mr.D….or, dad? I thought, annoyed at how much he smiled. Emma and I ran to the Hermes cabin and packed what little things we had.
Emma and I ran to the Hermes cabin and packed what little things we had, then we finally found cabin seven in a little corner closest to the gardens, it was painted deep purple, and had grape vines engulfing the walls and door. Inside were three bunk beds in a row, we noticed Matt's stuff on the bunk on the right corner, so Emma took the one in the middle and I obtained the bunk on the left. On the door was a manila folder with our schedules in it, after observing them carefully and hoping they weren't like the classes I had at my old school. I had dyslexia and ADHD, so reading and writing was not my high point. Matt walked in as Emma and I were comparing schedules, smiling, of course " How do you like your new home?" He asked us.
"I love it!" Emma said, obviously excited to be in a cabin that is not stuffed with dirty, smelly kids.
The next day, I had canoeing first. I thought it was fun, but the water nymphs scared Emma, so I had to paddle while she huddled in the middle of our canoe. My favorite activity was next, the Rockwall. It had a lava mode, so you could test yourself with more pressure and intensity. Of course my arms were so sore from canoeing that I never made it to the top, but I was determined. Third, after lunch, I had sword fighting with the Hecate cabin because our cabin only have three people. Emma turned out to be an amazing swordfighter, and Matt could fit in perfectly with the Apollo cabin if he had a bow in his hand. After the last activity, we had break, so Matt showed us the armory and found Emma a suitable sword that was small enough for her. I was testing a celestial bronze dagger when my dad walked in holding a bracelet, "I need to talk to you alone, Vanna."
"Okay" I answered him, walking over to where he was standing.
"This," he said, holding up the bracelet "is a sword that I had made especially for one of my children, that I knew would succeed as a demigod. To open it say Thikyli, or tigress."
"Tigress" I said, the bracelet morphed into a sword. The hilt was made of regular celestial bronze, but the sharp edges were lined with emerald all the way up to the tip. The sword's hilt was made of deep purple leather, and when I moved it in my hands it felt light and glinted. "Thank you!" I told my dad, smiling.
"Well, I best be leaving now, goodbye Vanna." My dad said, walking out the armory door with a swish! I watched him leave, then turned back to Emma and Matt, who were looking at me in awe. All three of us walked to the dining hall together, listening to the chatting voices of nervous campers, eager to play capture the flag tonight.
"What's so special about this particular game anyway? I mean, can't you play this every week?" I asked Matt.
"Well, the there are two teams, the blue team and the red team. Annabeth is captain of our team, since she has been at the camp the longest. So I bet she will put you and Emma at defense, since you guys are awesome swordfighters!"
"You think we are good swordfighters?" Emma asked smiling, but I noticed she put her hand over her heart like in one of those cheesy soap operas. We got to the door of the dining hall laughing like, well, laughing like crazy people. While eating dinner, Chiron stood up and cleared his throat,
"Attention campers! Tonight is capture the flag, the red team will get the East side, and the blue team gets the West side." All the campers clapped and cheered as we all gobbled down our dinner and practically slurped up our soda and chicken legs (salad for the Demeter cabin). I ran outside to the gathering of the blue team, and Malcolm waved at me and motioned for me to come over. Annabeth cleared her throat and all the campers on our team looked up at her.
"The Poseidon, Hecate, and Dionysus cabins will be defense. The Aphrodite, Athena, Apollo, and Demeter cabin will be offense." We all cheered as Emma ran off towards the woods and hid our flag in a crevice in Zeus's thumb. The Poseidon and Hecate cabins stayed spread out on the border while Matt, Emma, and I stayed back, surrounding the flag on all sides. We heard the echoing of shouts and yells. The game had begun.