Chapter II
Calliope and Reyna sat side by side on the exam table.
"So...who's your godly parent?" Reyna asked to break the silence.
"Do I have one?" Caliliope asked, sounding surprised.
"Well, if you joined the Legion, you must at least be a legacy of a god or goddess."
"I don't think I officially joined the legion," Calliope answered. "Octavian found me on the way here when I was being chased by a lady with fire hair. They said I couldn't join yet because Lupa hadn't brought me in."
"I see," Reyna nodded. "Well, you do have to face the trials of Lupa before you can join. Then, you have to go through the probatio period. When you have completed a worthy deed, you can fully join the Legion. You receive the mark of your devine parent and a stripe for your first year of service."
"Wow," Calliope said lowly. "I have to go through all that just to find out if I have a divine parent or not?"
"Trust me, if your were chased by an empousa, you have at least a little Olympian blood in you."
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Melody turned to be alot like her brother, Will. She spoke in a soothing gentle tone and had a very friendly, easy-going attitude. Her blonde hair was piled up in a messy bun on the top of her head, and had a nice tan. She wore light pink scrubbs and white tennis shoes.
Melody was very gentle with Calliope but was silently fuming over the bruising, cuts and angry red welts littering the younger girl's body. Reyna clenched her fists, muttering how she would have killed Octavian herself if he was not already dead. After Melody treated Calliope with nectar and a little ambrosia, she gave her a set of white scrubs to wear. She and Reyna left so she could change.
Calliope cautiously came out, to find Reyna waiting for her. "Follow me; they have bed all ready for you."
"A bed?"
Reyna nodded. "They want to keep you close so they can monitor your healing. Besides, since you are unclaimed as of yet, they would put you in the Mercu-I mean-Hermes cabin. It's very crowded in there. You'd never get any rest." Calliope nodded in understanding and followed Reyna to the general ward. The older girl led her to the bed across from Nico's, and Calliope climbed in. "Why don't you get some sleep?" Reyna told her. "You've been through alot lately."
Calliope nodded and closed her eyes, drifting off almost immediately.
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Jason knocked on the door the Barbie house Aphrodite cabin, praying Piper there. Somebody must have been listening, because it was Piper who opened the door.
"Hey, Piper. Reyna told me to come ask you about clothes."
Piper gave him a look that said she was wondering if his had lost his marbles. "Clothes? What's wrong with what you're wearing?" she asked. "Why does Reyna care about what you have on?
"Not for me!" Jason shook his head vigorously. "For a girl she found hurt in Octavian's tent."
"Octavian's...Is she okay?" Piper asked with concern.
Jason shrugged. "She was walking, but she looked pretty beat up."
"And I'm guessing whatever she was wearing wasn't worth saving."
Jason grimaced. "Something like that."
Piper opened the door wider. "Come in, then. Better brace yourself, though."
Jason stepped in and was immediately overwhelmed by the amount of pink in the room. Piper walked over to a small closet at the back of the cabin. When she opened it, he saw it was full of random clothes. "Okay, so what size would you say she is?" She asked, rummaging through the clothes.
"Um...tiny?"
"Ooo, who are picking out clothes for?" A blonde girl named Lacy asked.
"Girl Reyna found at the Roman camp."
With a huge grin, Lacy bounced off her bunk and joined Piper at the closet. "How tall is she? How about her waist size?
"Uh,...kinda small, I guess. I'd say she's an inch or so shorter than Hazel."
"What's her complexion?"
"Well, she looked sort of pale, but she's hurt so it's kind of hard to say."
"Eye and hair color?" Lacy continued to grill him, pulling out different items to look at them.
"I don't know and light. What it got to do with finding clothes for her?" As soon as he said it, Jason had a feeling that was not a question he should have asked a budding daughter of Aphrodite. Lacy opened her mouth to respond, Piper quickly cut her off.
"Clothes do look better on you if they complement your color and body type. However, since we don't know what this person likes, let's stick to the basics." Piper pulled out a couple of pairs of jeans the looked about Hazel's size and a four tee-shirts to go with them. She dug around in the bottom and found a small, slightly used purple backpack into which she stuffed the clothes, a pair of sneakers, and a few pairs of socks and underwear. "Here, you go. That should hold her over until she can get her own stuff back."
He took the bag from her, and kissed her cheek. "Thanks, Pipes; you're the best."
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