Burning Embers Never Die: Chapter 2
Alice POV: (still)
I woke up to a white ceiling. Oh man. I wasn't in the hospital was I? Just then, I noticed that I was on a cot and a golden goblet was placed on the bed-side table next to me. The boy I saw before that made my heart skip a beat entered the room and sped over to my cot.
He took the goblet and gave it to me.
"Drink." he ordered. I was parched, and even though I don't take orders from anyone but myself, I drank the beverage. It tasted like nothing I thought it would. The drink tasted like the macaroni and cheese that my step-mom would always make homemade for me when I was sick. I smiled at the memory as I finished it, and realized, I felt completely replenished. "Do you feel better now?" The boy inquired.
"Yes." I replied, feeling like I could jump over a million hurdles at the next track meet. He nodded in approval.
"Follow me." he ordered yet again, turning to leave.
"Whoa, Whoa, Whoa." I exclaimed, "Don't I at least get a name first?" The boy smiled his breath-taking smile and replied,
"Scipio, Scipio Ferrari."
Scipio's POV:
"Scipio, Scipio Ferrari," I replied, "and your's may be?"
"Alice Rodriguez." the gorgeous girl in front of me replied.
"Nice name." I muttered as I walked out of the room. She followed.
"So..." she prompted, trying to start up a conversation, "Where are you taking me?" Her brown eyes looked into my eyes, as if searching for an answer.
"The Big House where Chiron and Mr. D will probably be waiting for us." I replied. She nodded, her thin, dirty blonde, hair bouncing up and down with her head. Man was she pretty. I think I may be in love! Yep. I said it. Love!
Alice's POV:
I kept asking him more and more questions as we made our way to the Big House. He answered most of them. In the end, I learned the crucial information, my mother is a greek god from ancient mythology. I was so excited! I was special! I wasn't just a loser with ADHD and dyslexia, I was a hero! I couldn't wait to try out all the amazing activities that this "training camp" had to offer, and Scip, my new nickname for Scipio, seemed surprised by my enthusiasm. I hope I was making a good impression on him.
After a long walk, we reached the Big House, and let me tell you, the Big House has its name for a reason. It was a four story farm house with a wrap around porch! It was painted a nice shade of baby blue with white trim.
Scip and I walked up the white, wooden steps to come face-to-face with a pudgy man with black, curly, hair and purple eyes and another man in a motorized wheelchair with a well kept beard and thinning brown hair.
"Well, well, well," the pudgy man said with little enthusiasm, "Look what the cat dragged in." Scip rolled his eyes at this comment, while I kept silent and didn't say a word, the obedient part of me taking over for now, which I, for one, was okay with. This guy seemed to be more powerful than he looked, and I didn't feel like having a bad first impression with this guy.
"Um... I'm Alice Rodriguez." I decided to say, holding my hand out for him to shake.
"Whatever Ally Ronald." he replied, deeply absorbed into his cards. Wow. Not even close. Thankfully, a much more polite man turned around to face me.
"Welcome Miss. Rodriguez. We're all pleased to have a new camper. Well, except for the select few..." he mumbled, glaring at the pudgy guy, "Anyway, I am Chiron, camp activities director and this is Mr. D. By chance, would you happen to know who the greek gods are?"
"Yes Chiron, Scip told me that they were real and all that." I replied.
Chiron nodded. "Then I guess you'd know I'm a centaur?"
"Oh, yes!" i exclaimed, getting excited, "I love all those greek stories!"
"Alright then, Mr. Ferrari, please escort Alice to Cabin Eleven. She'll be staying there until her godly parent claims her." Scip nodded and urged me to follow down to the cabins.
When we got there, he led me to a cabin that had brown, chipping, paint and a caduceus on the door. Above the door, a metal 11 was nailed to the top. Apparently, out of the 25 cabins that were here at this camp, I got the most boring one. Scip opened the door and what I saw inside that cabin was something that would scar me for life. A mess! A mess so big that I would probably hyperventilate if it wasn't for Scip who pushed me out of my trance and into the room.
Two, twin-like brothers emerged from the sea of pillow fights, sleeping bags, and other belongings that were piled everywhere. They both had curly, brown, hair, sparkling, blue, eyes, and elfish features.
"Hello." they said at the exact same time.
"I'm Travis." said the shorter one,
"And I'm Connor." said the other one,
"Welcome to Cabin 11!" they finished together as if they rehearsed it.
"This is Alice." said Scipio as he greeted the to brothers, "she will be staying here."
"Regular, or undetermined?" asked Travis.
"Undetermined." he replied, and then turned to me. "Well, I have to get back to training." he said almost reluctantly which sent tingles down my spine, "Have fun with your new councilors!" and with that, he ran off in the direction that I would later learn to be the sword fighting arena. I turned back to the two, mischievous, twins, who were both smiling crookedly.
All of the sudden, I felt a little, scared!
So... That's chapter 2! I made it as long as I could for you but my mom is threatening to take the computer away for a week if I don't finish my homework before the buzzer that's going to go off in about 5 minutes. I better rig it to go slower so I can get it done in the time-frame mama allotted me! I'll update as soon as possible! See ya!
- brav ;)
