Chapter 2

The serene beauty of Half-Blood Hill was always a pleasant sight to see. Lady Chaos' and Zade leisurely walked up the slope, discussing their backup story while Peleus the dragon slept peacefully around Thalia's infamous pine tree, small tendrils of smoke coming out of his huge, metal nostrils.

"I feel as if we should keep our backstory plain and simple, Lady Chaos. Both of us are orphans that were together ever since we were little. Eventually we were chased out by monsters and we arrived here. It's how most of their stories go anyway."

They eventually arrived over the hill, "Yes, yes. That will do."

Both Chaos and Zade sucked in a breath as they looked at Camp Half-Blood in all its beauty. The hill gave them a perfect view of the vast land. On their right, a vast forest kept going off into the distance. The lush green was sort of blinding to the eye as each leaf reflected the rays from the sun. In front of the forest was what seemed like a worn-down battlefield. Scorch marks and various dry patches were littered throughout the space. In the far back there was an archery range that stretched all the way to a part of the Atlantic ocean. The arena for sword fighting was an open-roofed dome shaped building next to the archery range with the armory attached to it.

On the far left from the hill was a strawberry field. A large marble slab was polished and shined with cement tables and benches on top of it. That seemed to be the eating area. Next to it was a plethora of cabins set in an omega formation with other cabins surrounding the main formation. The Atlantic ocean gleamed right behind them. In the center of it all was a large pale blue farmhouse that stood a proud three stories with white trim and a wrap-around porch. Campers were running back and forth pretending to stab each other with their dangerously sharp weapons, laughing and in general, having fun.

Chaos started jumping up and down, "Come on Za-Nate!" She ran down the hill. Zade shook his head and sighed at her childish antics but he followed at a leisurely pace behind her.

A camper turned his head to look at the pair. They weren't familiar faces. He approached the two, observing their appearances. They didn't look like they came from wealth, like many kids here, their cloths slightly too big and ripped in too many places. The looked to be about the same age as each other, slightly younger than him. Still, they were older than the usual newcomers.

"Hello," He tried to be nice, "My name is Frank, who are you? Are you new here? I just can't remember everyone. It got worse since we almost doubled the amount of campers by residing with the Greeks."

Lady Chaos' face contorted into one of confusion, she internally prided herself in her acting skills, "Hi! My name is Aliya and this here is my best friend Nate. We're new. All I know was we were chased by this huge monster-like thing that resembled the minotaur. It was so weird! No one else could see him!"

Something about Frank's demigod sensed that there was more to the story but he couldn't fathom why this sweet girl would ever deceive him, "Let's get you two registered. I'll take you to Chiron. So tell me, do you know anything about Greek or Roman mythology?"

After the meeting with Chiron and Mr.D, Lady Chaos and Zade settled in. Chiron provided them with a few spare changes of clothes seeing as though they had none and their current ones were way beyond repair. Chaos giggled at Zade's face as he eyed the bright orange 'Camp Half-Blood" shirt with distaste.

"Who in their right mind would wear this fucking bright of a color? It's hideous."

Chiron glared at them, while Chaos nudged him hard with her elbow, "Thank you Chiron. We appreciate the kind gesture. Don't we, Nate?" She glared at him with her dark blue eyes.

He stammered, "Ye-yes. We appreciate it beyond words can describe."

Chiron looked at them, surprised at the interaction. Regardless he offered them a tour of the camp. They both politely declined, saying they wanted to go around themselves. Something about these children disturbed him, but he couldn't fathom why.

Right before they left he felt a need to assure the two, "Don't worry, your parents will probably claim you at tonight's campfire."

Frank didn't fail to notice when both children grinned widely and shared a look. How peculiar, he thought, maybe they're just happy at the concept of discovering who their parent is.

The campfire roared a happy blue color as the Apollo campers led the campfire songs. Most people had met the bubbly Aliya and the more mysterious Zade. Mostly everyone liked them, but there were few who were sceptical, like Drew, the head counselor of the Aphrodite cabin. Drew couldn't understand why the new girl was so disturbing to her, maybe it was because she was ugly.

The songs soon came to an a end and Chiron opened his mouth to order everyone back to their cabins for the night but quickly shut it again when two halo-like symbols glowed over the two new demigods.

"Aliya, daughter of Poseidon, the wielder of the seas and the all-powerful earthshaker; and Zade, son of Athena, goddess of wisdom and battle strategy."

Perseus Jackson, a fellow amicable son of Poseidon, greeted Aliya with a grin. Zade stiffened as he saw Perseus move to hug her, everything inside of him screaming to gut this kid through for touching Lady Chaos, but she took it with an even larger smile and hugged him back. Both started on their way to the Poseidon cabin, laughing and talking on the way. Zade made a move to follow but he was soon swept up into the arms of the welcoming Athena children. He spared one last glance at his mistress before slowly socializing with his 'siblings'.