Disclaimer: I, unfortunately, do not own Percy Jackson. Cue boos and sobs.
A/N: So I decided that it would be better if I gave a little insight into what was going on before I decide whether to continue this or not. Enjoy!
CHAPTER ONE
Pollux led Maura and the mysterious boy down through the camp. He showed them the common areas, the Big House, the training areas, and he finally came to a shroud.
"What's that?" Mystery boy asked. Pollux shook his head.
"We don't like to talk about it. It was for Percy Jackson. He was the hero that saved Olympus, but…damn Ethan Nakamura didn't save him in time." Pollux turned from the pair, emotion filling his voice. "I can't finish it here. Not even now. Maybe another day." With that, he touched the sea blue shroud one last time, then left.
As soon as they were out of that secluded area, it seemed like the grip of sadness washed over Pollux as his happy mood returned.
"This is where you will be sleeping for now." He said. He led them to an overcrowded room with sleeping bags and Doritos all over the floor. "Pardon the mess, it's the Hermes cabin. You'll be here until you're claimed."
"Whoa, back up." Maura said. "Isn't Hermes a Greek god? And claimed? Sassy boy, back me up." She turned to mystery man.
"Do you not know my name?" He asked. She blinked, clueless, at him in response. He rolled his eyes. "It's Aidan, and yes she's right. Care to explain Pollux?" Pollux's perfect smile seemed to falter.
"O...Okay…but Hermes is a god. Everyone here is a child of a god. It's called Camp Halfblood, not Camp Human. You'll be claimed soon enough, and by your godly parent." Maura and Aidan stared blankly at him. He grinned encouragingly, like it was just a normal thing for him to do. You know, Greek gods are real and one of them is your parent, wanna get some coffee? Or wine, or whatever the drink of the gods is.
Maura shook her head. "I need some food." Pollux smiled, and pointed to a long row of tables outside.
"There's the dining pavilion, and dinner's almost ready. Let's go!" He led the kids through to the tables. Maura went to sit down with a blonde girl that looked nice when Pollux yelled,
"Maura!" She held her hands up in defense. The blonde looked up at her, grey eyes smoldering with judgment. Maura winced, and Pollux said,
"That's the Athena table. Unless your mother is Athena, you cannot sit there." Maura rolled her eyes. That was a stupid rule. Back at home you could sit anywhere you wanted. Back at home, the Dutch breeze would be there to comfort her. She sighed, and went to move to another table.
"Pollux, you know what it's like to be a newcomer. Surely it won't be too much of a problem if she sits here just this once." Pollux looked perplexed, but he quickly nodded. Maura didn't know if she felt much more accepted, but she was shocked to see the blonde pat she seat next to her with a smile. She did, and said to the girl,
"Well, as you know by now, I'm Maura. Unclaimed, pretty new to this whole the gods are real thing." The blonde nodded.
"I'm Annabeth, I've been here a while. I am also a daughter of Athena, which you know already. And Maura, there's something Pollux hasn't told you yet. It's not just the gods that are real, but the monsters are too. The Furies, hellhounds, Cerberus, the centaurs…they're all real too." Maura felt her heart drop, and her fear build.
"So it's dangerous here?" Mother had known! Annabeth nodded. "And when do we get claimed?" She asked.
"Whenever your godly parent feels like it. Though it should be soon, because of the pact my boyfriend—" Annabeth shook her head. "But anyway, it will be soon."
"I sure hope so…" Maura murmured. She pushed away the food that had somehow appeared on her plate. Her appetite just seemed to have disappeared. This whole place was weird. The kids were, and the leaders were. She had yet to meet Chiron, whom Pollux had only mentioned. She got up, and looked for Aidan, wondering where he was sitting. There he was, sitting at a crowded table, elbows smacking a bunch of other kids as he was trying to eat.
"Aidan! C'mere, I gotta talk to you." She said. He nodded and got up and stood next to her.
"Actually, Maura, I have to talk to you two first." A white horse, well, half of him was a horse, walked up to them.
"Chiron?" Aidan gasped.
"Yes. Come with me now." He then turned to all of the campers. "A quest has come."
A/N: Well, there you go. That's just some insight into what is going on. Hopefully you like it? I don't know. Give me some feedback, but NO FLAMES. Also, I know that Annabeth was a little out of character, but she has to be for the story to go on. Thanks for reading (: