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PS. sorry I forgot the disclaimer last chapter.
Chapter 2 A New Life.
On the other side of the hill I saw a large white house next to a very large pavilion and a bunch of cabins in the shape of an omega and a few other buildings in no particular shape. Then she remembered Taylor. When she looked back she saw him running towards her with his shoes off, but where his feet should be there were hooves. But I didn't have time to think about that because that's when I noticed the hydra, it was running towards us at ultra-fast speeds.
Then it suddenly stopped, it looked like it had hit a wall that it couldn't break which was in line with the pine tree. "Protective shield, it can't get through." said Taylor making me jump. Up until that moment I didn't realize he was standing right next to me.
"Oh my gosh! You scared me." I exclaimed "well come on. You said we would be safer on the other side of this hill." so we walked down the hill.
When we got to the other side Taylor led me to the big white house. On the way there a bunch of kids, between the ages of five and twenty, gathered around them. Then a boy who had black hair, sea green eyes, and looked about seventeen, maybe eighteen came and told all the other kids to go back to their activities. Then he walked up to me and introduced himself.
"Hi, welcome to camp half-blood. I'm Percy Jackson son of Poseidon." said the boy who had told everyone else to go back to their activities.
"Hi, I'm Casey, and I don't understand any of that son of, daughter of stuff yet, so yeah" was my response.
"You will soon, I promise." after that we continued walking to the big house. When we got there I noticed an old man in a wheelchair he had shaggy brown hair with bits of white in it and a shaggy brown beard.
"My name is Chiron, what might yours be?" the old man asked.
"I'm Casey" I said, then I practically exploded. "Now, who are you, what am I doing here? Why did that hydra, and the animoi, is that what you called those storm clouds, attack me? Why does Taylor have donkey hooves for feet? What is this place? And most importantly why does any of this exist?" I rattled off at 100 mph and at the end I had some trouble catching my breath so that gave them time to answer my questions before I could rattle off some more.
"You will learn everything in time, the answer for many of your questions is because you are a half-blood." Chiron explained calmly.
"Do you literally mean half-blood? Half what? Surly I'm not half anything, I'm just a normal girl. Taylor on the other hand I can see is a half donkey, or goat, or something." I cut in.
"Yes he literally means half-blood, you are a half-god. Which one we don't know yet, hopefully we will know soon, and Taylor, he…" Percy said before he was cut off by Taylor.
"I'm half-goat. Why does everyone suspect donkey?"
Then it was my turn to cut in "wait, God? Like the all-powerful God?"
"No, we mean the Greek gods, like Zeus, Athena, and Hermes." Chiron answered. "Percy, can you show her around camp and introduce her to the Hermes cabin. And Taylor, I need to talk with you for a moment." so off we went to see the camp.
First Percy showed me the pavilion, he explained that that is where they eat breakfast, lunch and dinner. Then he showed me the arena, armory, the archery fields, and then finally the cabins. The Hermes cabin was number 11 in the omega shape cabins. There were other cabins to that weren't in the omega shape they just weren't the Olympian cabins, as Percy put it. Percy also explained that because I wasn't claimed, yet, I would be staying in the Hermes cabin because he doesn't mind who stays there.
The Hermes cabin was the only cabin that actually looked like a normal summer camp cabin, one cabin was so bright that it hurt my eyes just to glance at it. Another cabin was blood red and there was a boar's head on the door that kinda freaked me out. But the Hermes cabin was made out of non-painted wood. The only thing about it that wasn't like a normal cabin was the sign on the door, it looked a lot like a medical sign, but there was just enough difference that it was obviously not a medical sing.
When we went into the Hermes cabin I noticed several sets of bunk beds and at least a dozen kids of all ages except none of them looked my age or younger. "Oh, a new camper. Determinate or indeterminate?" asked one boy sitting on the ground.
"Indeterminate. Can you introduce yourself to the cabin?" said Percy.
"Of course I can, I have done this kinda thing many times." I snapped. I don't know why I did, I guess I was just tired of everyone treating me like I couldn't do anything. "Hello everyone, I'm Casey Morton, I'm 11 and in the 7th grade. I hope to become friends with all of you soon and I hope that I don't get kicked out of this place to." ever since I was expelled from my 3rd school I added that last part to get a little laugh out of everyone.
Everyone welcomed me in. after one kid asked me a question everyone else thought it was a good time to pile all of them on me. One of the questions was "who is your godly parent?" I didn't know who to answer that one so I just pretended that I didn't hear that one. Another one was "who would be your first choice for your godly parent?" I had no idea what they were talking about but this one could be answered using logic so that is what I did.
"Well I live with my mom, so I guess it would be my dad. I don't know much about all this yet, but if I had to choose from my small arsenal of information I would choose Apollo because I like music and he is the god of music."
"You sound like you could be an Athena kid to!" someone yelled in the background as a boy of about 16 walked forward.
"Hi, I'm Francis Maxwell. I heard you say you would like to be an Apollo kid." Francis had salty blond hair and mischievous light brown eyes. "You don't look like an Apollo kid. They almost always have blond hair. Anyway do you like to play an instrument or do you just like to listen to music?"
"Well I play a little piano." I said bashfully. I really didn't want to play for them anytime soon, partially because I haven't played in a couple months.
"I think we have enough time before supper so why don't you play something for us? There is a piano in the big house." said Francis.
"I don't know. I haven't played in forever and I'm really not that good."
With that statement everyone started chanting "play, play, play"
"Ok, ok. I'll play a song, just one though." so we all went to the big house.
The piano was in the first room you walked into which I guessed was the living room. So I sat down thought for a moment, then started playing Set Fire to the Rain by Adele.
"Wow Casey, that was definitely Apollo worthy." exclaimed someone I didn't recognize after I finished playing. Then I turned around and saw that a bunch of kids had been gathering around while I was playing. Including Chiron and another man who she hadn't seen before.
"Ok, everyone, it is time for supper so clear out. Except you, on the piano." said the man that I don't recognize. "Chiron who is this young new camper?"
"Her name is Casey and she is currently placed in cabin 11." said Chiron.
"Humph" the man said, with a knowing look. "Ok, then run along then, go get some supper."
Even though the day was almost over, I was still learning a lot. I learned that the cups were magical and all you have to do was tell it what you want and it appeared. I also learned that you had to burn some of your food for the gods because they liked the smell, weird.
At the table everyone talked about anything and everything. A, who sat next to me, and whose name is Kari, kept jumping from conversation to conversation. "Hey Casey, did you hear that? They are talking about Maribel over… oh my!"
Everyone was staring at me now. No, not at me, but they were staring right above my head. When I looked up I saw a green trident floating right above my head.
"Well well well, apparently there is another one of Poseidon's offspring in the house." exclaimed the man I met earlier. Everyone called him Mr. D.
When the sign disappeared Mr. D said "ok, nothing to see here. Finish your meals and get to the campfire for singing and s'mores. Everyone except Peter and Pasey. Move it!" I couldn't help but think 'did he really just call me Pasey?!' but I shoved that thought aside.
For the rest of the meal no one talked to me or even met my eyes. It was very annoying, and what did Mr. D say she was? Poseidon's offspring? But how could she be, she didn't feel powerful.
The rest of the meal went way too fast, and just as Mr. D said everyone except for Percy and I left to go sing and eat s'mores around a campfire after they were done.
After the last few campers had left Mr. D called them up to the table where they sat. "Peter and Pasey," he is calling me Pasey again I thought. "Apparently y'all are siblings so Pasey you need to get your things from the Hermes cabin and Peter here will show you to your new cabin." said Mr. D like it wasn't obvious.
"Ok, well come on Casey" said Percy practically gritting his teeth. Casey wondered if he was gritting his teeth because he didn't like having a sister or just because he didn't like Mr. D, I could already see Mr. D was so annoying and incredibly dense.
After I grabbed the few items I owned from cabin 11 Percy led me to a cabin with blue bricks and it smelled of the ocean. I loved that smell, before my mom became depressed with loneliness we went to the beach twice a year. Always the first and last days of summer.
"Welcome to cabin 2" said Percy when they entered the cabin. Unlike the Hermes cabin there were only 2 sets of bunk beds in here. "Tyson, our Cyclops brother sleeps there when he visits so I guess you can choose from one of the other beds over there."
"So" I said trying to break the awkward silence that set in. "at the table Kari told me most half-bloods have special powers depending on what your godly parent is. What are yours?"
"I can control water, make earthquakes, and talk to horses. The usual powers of the Poseidon's kids I guess." he said. "Well I have to go now, I made arrangements and she will probably use me as a punching bag if I am late." and just like that he was gone.
A/N
Thank your so much for reading my story. Let me know if you like it please.