As if my day hadn't been insane enough, Damian summoned a taxi from Hell. No, I'm not kidding. He tossed a weird golden coin into the road, and said, "Come forth, chariot of Damnation."

Moments later, this creepy translucent taxi cab popped out of nowhere, surrounded by smoke. Damian opened the door and hopped inside as if there was nothing weird about the fact that a gray taxi rose from the ground.

I followed, slightly curious now as to where the hell my day was going. Three old ladies sat in the front seat of the taxi. Everything about this thing seemed dark and gloomy. Even the old ladies' skin was gray.

They called themselves the Gray Sisters. Damian told them where to go, and after handing them a few more golden coins, they sped off.

I have never had a more terrifying experience. I peered over the lady's seat in front of me and watched as the speedometer kept rising, until it reached 100 mph. On top of that, the sisters only had one eye. Yeah, to share.

They bickered the entire way to Camp Half Blood, which is where Damian told them to go. I had given up on asking Damian what was going on, and decided to keep quiet, playing with the bow that was still in my hands. It really was beautiful; it glimmered in the dim light of the car. Engraved on the side of it read φως, which I automatically translated to 'light'. I blinked, not knowing how exactly I knew what those simple characters meant. I just sort of knew. It was an instinct.

When the ride from Hell was over, Damian and I hopped out of the cab. As soon as he had payed the sisters, the cab disappeared.

We stared up at the top of a giant hill, where a tall pine tree stood. Damian smiled at me and nodded towards it, and started walking.

"So, do you mind telling me what's going on, now that we're here?"

"I'll explain when we're inside," He smiled. We got to the top of the hill and Damian sighed, looking down at the valley below.

It was incredible. In the valley, there was a giant farmhouse that towered over all the other buildings. There were kids just around my age playing volleyball in a court near the house. There was an arena, too. A blazing rock wall shot lava at its climbers. That looked awesome.

Damian and I started down the hill before I could let it all sink in. He lead me to the house, where there was a big wrap-around porch. Near the door to the house, the same card table that I had seen in that image in the zoo stood. Sitting at it was the wheelchair guy and the tracksuit guy, as if they hadn't changed. The tracksuit guy took a swig of Diet Coke.

"Damian! You're back," The wheelchair guy, Chiron, said with a smile. He looked at me, "Welcome. Your name is Juliet, correct?"

"Um, yes sir," I replied, "Can you explain to me what I'm doing here? I was sort of lost at the whole My-Old-English-Teacher-Attacking-Me-Thing."

Chiron laughed, "Damian, why don't you show her the video."

"On it," Damian said, "Come on, Jules."

I followed Damian inside, to where a TV set was set up. A few couches were placed near the fireplace, and I sat down on one of them while he turned on the TV.

While the video played, Damian watched me intently. It was a lot to take in, but eventually I got the gist of it.

"So..." I said once the video was over, "I'm a demigod?"

He nodded, "Now, we don't know exactly who your godly parent is, but Chiron and I have our guesses. No doubt he'll claim you by tonight."

"Claim me?" I asked. That wasn't mentioned in the video.

"Yeah. A little sign lights up above your head for a few seconds. You can't miss it."

"I don't know, I miss a lot of stuff." I laughed.

Damian grinned, "You'll be fine. Now come on, let me show you around."

We walked around the green, and Damian pointed out things like the Forgery, where the Hephaestus cabin spent most of their time. We passed the Arena, where you could learn to sword fight. There was a giant strawberry field, which was supposedly how the camp got funds. It was also their alias, so mortals didn't know they were training demigods or whatever.

After a long walk, Damian finally brought me to the cabins. There were twelve of them, and they formed an upside down U shape. The odd numbers were on the left, and the even numbers were on the right. Damian told me that the odd numbers were all the gods' cabins were on the left and the goddesses' were on the right.

The third cabin from the end - Cabin seven - Caught my eye. It was gold, and it was bright in the sun. Damian smiled when he saw me staring over at it.

"That's the Apollo cabin. Don't worry, I'm almost positive he'll claim you by tonight or tomorrow. He's always on top of that sort of thing.

My skin felt warm. I glanced up at the sky, wondering if my dad really was the guy that drove the sun. That would be one heck of a career day presentation. "Oh, yeah, my dad just drives the sun. You know, the norm."

Damian walked me over to a small wooden cabin, the only one that seemed normal among the group. It had brown paint peeling off of the walls, and a caduceus above the door.

"Hermes," I said quietly. I used to read up on mythology a lot when I was younger, and I was glad that I had, because it might help me now.

Damian nodded, "They take in any unclaimed demigods. You know, god of travelers and whatnot. The Hermes kids are really cool, you'll get along well."

He knocked on the door lightly, and a tall kid opened the door. He had stunning blue eyes and curly brown hair. His upturned eyebrows and mischievous smile made me like him already.

"Hey, Damian!" He grinned. Then he turned to me, "You must be new, right? I'm Travis. Welcome to the Hermes Cabin!"

I grinned, "Thanks. I'm Juliet."

"Come on in! I'll see if I can find you a bunk. It's pretty crowded in here, since there's no cabin for the minor demigods."

I stepped inside, and was surprised to see how much stuff was scattered around. Travis lead me to the back wall, where there was one empty bottom bunk against the wall. He pointed to it.

"You can have that bed, it's the only empty one we have. Someone else got claimed a few days ago. If they hadn't been, you'd be sleeping on the floor."

I nodded, "Thanks. So, um, what exactly do you do at this camp? I mean, I'm pretty new to this."

"Well, the rest of my cabin is out at the Arena. We've been training like crazy, with this war on our tails."

"What war?" I asked, and Travis looked at Damian sadly.

"The Titans," Damian said, "You remember reading about them?"

"Yeah, like Cronus and Rhea, right?" I asked.

Travis nodded, "Cronus is back, and he's planning a new attack on Olympus. We've already fought a few battles, but everyone thinks the actual attack on Olympus will happen on, what, Percy's sixteenth birthday?" Travis turned to Damian, who nodded.

"Who's Percy?"

"Percy Jackson, Son of Poseidon. He's a pretty big deal around here," Travis sighed.

"Oh," I nodded, stuffing my hands in my pockets.

"Well, I guess we should get you suited up. Might as well get you started on your training."

"Okay," I laughed, following him out of the cabin. He lead me to an armory, which was full of weapons and armor. He found me a nice bronze breastplate and a sword, even though I had started to develop an attachment to my bow and arrow. He tossed me a helmet and lead me over to the Arena, which was right next door.

We stood in the entryway of the Arena. A kid about my age with messy black hair was talking to a group of armed kids. He was demonstrating on a stuffed dummy. He was very attractive, and for a moment, I thought I couldn't take my eyes off of him.

"Percy Jackson," Travis chuckled, "Hands off, though. He and Annabeth Chase, the counselor for the Athena cabin, have a thing going. Or at least, everyone thinks they do."

I sighed, not realizing how disappointed I might have come across as. Travis grinned at me and wrapped an arm over my shoulders.

"Don't worry, there's plenty of great guys around here. All of the girls fall for Percy at first. You'll get over it."

I rolled my eyes, and Travis took his arm away. I had a gut feeling that the two of us would become great friends.

We walked over to the group, and as they started dueling each other with the new tactics they had just learned, Percy walked over to us.

"Hey Travis." He said, "And... I'm sorry, I don't think I know you. What's your name?"

"I'm Juliet Sirius. I'm new here." I smiled.

"Cool! Um, Travis, I think Connor's waiting over there for you, I'll teach Juliet the basics if you wanna go duel with him."

"Okay," Travis said, winking at me before jogging off.