Previously: "Well Jack, let's see what you can do!" Hephaestus had no warning when he was suddenly pulled into the cabin. He tripped and was held up by his uh, well, son but to them brother. When he looked up everyone was staring at him.

"Hi."

Hephaestus shifted awkwardly as many pairs of eyes peered at him. He was able to name every kid in the cabin. Which, he guess, not all the Olympians can claim. Well, the Big Three, and a few others could.

One girl stepped forward and stuck out her hand. Her brown eyes were bright and her hair was pulled back in a pony tail. She wore black sweatpants that weren't too baggy and a gray t-shirt. Hephaestus knew she was about fourteen. "I'm Alexa but call me Alex. If you don't." She rested her other hand innocently on her weapon. A very scary looking machete.

"H-hi, I'm Jack F-forge." He didn't know his kids could be so scary.

"Alex be nice." Jake laughed. Frankly Hephaestus found none of this to be amusing.

She smiled. "I will, I will. But you know I don't like Alexa." It was true. Besides threatening people about her name she was really nice.

After a few more introductions he was shoved into a seat and handed a pencil.

"Let's see what you can do." Jake smiled. Hephaestus gulped, this was it. Time to see if they truly accepted him.

Hour later...

A conch shell made Hephaestus jump, thinking Poseidon was around. At the lack of bowing from the other occupants he decided that, no, his uncle was not there.

"What was that?" He asked when everyone started to get up.

"Lunch bell." Alex smiled. Over the course of the hour she had gained stains and smudges on her shirt and along her arms and face.

"Alright! Everyone changed any dirty clothes and wash your hands as well as you can!" Jake yelled.

"What?"

"Well, we need to look somewhat presentable, though the others have gotten used to us. Washing our hands is just hygiene." Jake answered as he wiped off a thick layer of oil from his hands. Hephaestus looked down at his hands, just a few gray marks from the pencil he had been using to draw up a plan. From across the room Alex threw a damp towel at him, hitting him in the face.

"Graphite is easy to get out. Hurry up! We're gonna be late!" She yelled. Her hair had been brushed up into a messy bun.

"I thought you were in charge?" Hephaestus asked Jake.

"I am. But she's a close second, she's been here for five years. Longer than most in thins cabin. You see, most of our siblings don't come until twelve or older. Even though our dad is an Olympian our powers are a talent. Creating. Not controlling water or shadows or air. We can stay hidden longer. Though I have always wondered how Percy was able to stay hidden so long." Jake patted him on the back and walked towards the door. The rest of his siblings falling in line. Alex was second in line while he was told to go to the end. The walked through the cabins until they made it to the Dinning Pavilion. There they got there food and Hephaestus was left wondering if he should just sacrifice for himself when he suddenly thought about Hebe.

'Thanks Hebe and Hecate. So far so good. I think.' He scraped some salad and potatoes into the fire, seeing as those were the goddesses' favorites.

'Thank you. You're doing fine. Just wait until Friday.' He heard Hebe respond.

'What's happening on Friday? Hebe? What's happening!?' He heard a giggle then silence.

"So, uh, Jake? What's the schedule like?"

"After lunch we have endurance training with Annabeth. You met her when you first came here. Then, since it's Tuesday, our cabin has free time until dinner."

"Endurance training?" Hephaestus squeaked. He was never one for running. He had strong arms from the forge.

"Don't worry, our cabin takes it slow. Most of the new classes are a precaution. As you probably know we just had a war. Percy and a few others wants us to be prepared. Of course no one told the gods because, honestly? They'd probably shoot the idea down. They'd say we were too powerful."

Hephaestus was ready to jump to the defense but paused. He would defiantly support this but what about the others? Zeus? What about Athena? She always wanted to be the best and would probably be worried about demigods taking over. In the end he just nodded.

After lunch his cabin and what he could guess was Aphrodite's kids all went to a field. It was a little ways away from the cabins but pretty close to Apollo's cabin. Probably for quick response in case of injury. Most of the Aphrodite kids were wearing designer sports wear. His guess was it was more for looks than for actual training. But one girl stood out.

It wasn't her hair which was a scarlet color. No some of her sibling hand brightly dyed hair. No, it was the fact that she was wearing actual work out clothes. Her hair was pulled back but still managed to be a few inches higher than her waist. She wore yoga pants and the camp t-shirt. Plus, she wore real running shoes.

Hephaestus wasn't too surprised though. Every once in a while one of Aphrodite's kids would care more on 'inner beauty' than outer. Usually she would only have one at a time. Her theory is that it's the same kid but they're being reborn. Hades says that's complete bull. He would have noticed if a soul went for rebirth so many times.

"That's Salcilia Angelica Evander, Evan if you don't want to be decapitated, and she is the weirdest child of Aphrodite. She's pretty tom boyish. She's been here three years and totally kicks butt." Alex whispered in his ear.

"Alex." Annabeth said.

"Sorry."

Then the afternoon from the Underworld. One of the many tortures was running. First a jog then sprinting for nearly a minute before jogging again. Annabeth was in the lead while many of the newer Aphrodite kids were left laying on the ground for the following Apollo campers to find. Hephaestus was proud to say he did not pass out. They took a few laps and ended up in the forest.

"Annabeth!" Hephaestus looked around until he saw an Iris message. Hades' boy was there. "Mr. D wanted me to remind you of the meeting in an hour."

"Thanks Nico." Annabeth said.

"Death Breath! Where are you? Come out and fight!" They heard Percy yell.

"What did you do?" Annabeth asked.

"I may or may not have had some Stoll help." Nico was glancing over his shoulder. "Let's just say Percy was not happy about being kidnapped by skeletons." Nico squeaked. "I may not be reachable for a while-aghhh!" Last they saw was a hand grabbing Nico's shoulder before the message cut out.

Hephaestus was worried. Maybe hanging out around demigods wasn't the best idea. They all seemed so violent. He started to worry about his life expectancy.

"Okay! While Percy kills Nico we should be heading back." Annabeth then started to jog away. The remaining Aphrodite campers and Hephaestus campers (a few did faint) groaned then got up and started after her. Once they got back Annabeth released them and they went to their own cabins.

They all took turns taking a shower. No one was worried about a cold shower though. Apparently his kids had made a system to heat up water for everyone.

"We're the only cabin to have instant hot water and keep it for everyone. Well except maybe Poseidon's cabin, possibly Apollo's as well." Alex said walking past him and into the bathroom. There were two bathrooms. A girl's and a guy's. The doors to both were in the middle of the back wall. The girls' then went right while the guys' went left. They both had two toilets and three showers. There weren't many kids here. Including Hephaestus himself there were only seven guys and five girls.

After his shower he went back to work on his design. Usually he didn't plan things out this extensively but he didn't want to be to good. He didn't want to be godly good.

After a lively dinner where the Hermes' twins started a food fight with the Ares cabin and a tiring day Jake decided to call lights out. Hephaestus learned that tomorrow there was going to be sword fighting again with Percy and then archery with Will Solace. One of Apollo's sons. Falling asleep he had a dream.

Dream...

"Hebe?" Hephaestus asked. The form was slightly blurry but cleared up to show his sister.

"I needed to explain some things. You rushed out of my palace so quickly I didn't have the chance. First, you have all of your godly powers but they are hidden. You can unleash them in case of an emergency. Two, if you get hurt you will bleed red. This is because of the high concentration of mist and magic surrounding you. Hecate has already told her kids."

"Why would she-"

"If she didn't then her children would know you were a god. Lastly, if you get wounded, like, enough to kill a demigod. It would send you to reform."

"What?" Hephaestus breathed.

"Your body is basically weakened to the state of a demigod. Your soul however is still that of a god. Your body would die. You bleed red because the magic makes your body human. The mist changes your appearance. Be careful Brother. The lives of demigods are dangerous. At first it seems like a walk in a park for a busy god such as yourself but spend a week as a demigod and you'll see." His sister look uncharacteristically serious.

"I'll be careful. I promise." With that she started to fade and he woke up to a light shining in his eyes and he swore Apollo was doing it on purpose.

"Get ready. Breakfast is in ten." Jake said as he walked by while whacking him in the head with a pillow. Hephaestus then took the extra pillow and covered his face to block out the sun. "Now, now, none of that. We wouldn't want out newest brother to be sent to great uncle Hades a day after he arrives now would we?" Alex sing songed. She then proceeded to jump onto his bed and on top of him.

Hephaestus was not used to this kind of morning. He usually woke up alone and ate a quiet breakfast while looking over a design he might have stolen from Athena's library. He was not used to a fourteen year old girl jumping on him to wake him up. She then stood up on his bed and jumped up and down. This made his bed rock and for it impossible to fall asleep again.

"I'm up! I'm up!" He groaned as he took away the pillow from his face. He was relieved to see that he wasn't the only one still in bed. Four others were still laying in bed. Leaving the other five (not including Alex, Jake or Hephaestus) to wake them up.

"Good. I though Hypnos might have kidnapped you!" Alex laughed.

Hephaestus grumbled as he sat up and she hopped off his bed. Going through his morning routine he was ready for breakfast. They got into a line like before and headed out. He saw a lot of other campers stumbling out their doors. Nico was a zombie, while Apollo campers were smiling and generally too energetic for the rest of camp. Even Hermes' kids were sluggish. They sat down and waited, seeing as they were actually one of the earlier cabins. Another awake looking cabin was Aphrodite's but Hephaestus guess that the cabin looked like that all the time.

After nearly everyone was there Chiron and Mr. D walked in. Both looking normal. After another minute Annabeth got up and walked out.

"Where is she going?" Hephaestus asked Alex.

"To get Percy. Sometimes he oversleeps for one reason or another and she goes to get him." Wow he was learning more and more about demigods than he thought possible.

They seemed more...real? Before they were merely strangers that shared their blood. After spending time with them though, they were more than that. After less than a minute Percy came sprinting in, his untamable hair was even more wild and his shoes weren't tied. Hephaestus nor the rest of camp could hold in laughter at seeing their unofficial leader so frazzled. Annabeth calmly walked in with a devilish smirk and everyone shivered.

"Let's eat." She said and food was brought to them. After sacrificing to his sister and Hecate once again he dug into his eggs and hash browns. After breakfast they went to the arena where a much more composed Percy stood. His hair was back to normal, for him, and his shoes were tied. He stood there lazily with his sword on his shoulder. This class was shared with the Hermes' cabin who also looked more awake.

"First off, Connor, Travis."

Hephaestus then turned to stare at the two who handed a girl a necklace and another guy a wallet. He guessed the guy was undetermined. He had black hair, which was not something Hermes' kids had. He was under thirteen so no promises were being broken. The girl was Hermes' daughter though. Instead of looking shocked, she handed the brothers watches. They laughed and put them on.

"Nice one Sarah!" They high fived her.

"Now, we will continue from last class. New campers come with me to find you a weapon." The other campers paired up and began to spar while Percy led the rest to get weapons. Once in the armory everyone fanned out. Sarah was there too so he went up to her.

"Hi. I'm Jack."

"I'm Sarah." She had dark brown hair and eyes and looked to be fifteen. "I've been here two months and we still can't find a good weapon. I have tried swords, daggers and other things and the only thing I have't tried is the bow and arrow."

"Why haven't you tried it yet?"

"There weren't any left after the war and the first one's made were given to the Apollo cabin." She said. She looked around and her eyes lit up. In the back were newly made bows with quivers sitting by them. She squealed and darted over while Hephaestus followed. She picked up a bow and pulled back the string. Aiming an imaginary arrow. Hephaestus picked one up. He put in an arrow, just to see what it felt like. He pulled it back but his hand slipped on the unfamiliar weapon and the arrow flew forwards. Even though he didn't pull it back too far it still had enough power to fly across the tent. And right towards the silhouette in the opening in the tent.

AN: Okay so, OCs.

Alexa "Alex" belongs to NavalToast.

Sarah belongs to shadow queen daughter of hades

Salcilia Angelica Evander belongs to Awesome as annabeth.

I have others and don't worry they will come later in the story. And Salcilia will come in more and yes I will use her nickname later. What do you guys think of this? Do you think the main charcters (Percy, Nico, Annabeth, Thalia, etc.) should come in more? I want to keep the main focus on Hephaestus and his experience but was thinking that in order to do that he needs to see the lives of demigods. And can some of you send in OCs for Hephaestus' cabin. I can't only have Jake (who by the way is canon. He was made temporary head counselor after Beckendorf died but before Leo.) and Alex be the only ones talking to him.

I was wondering what made the second chapter so good that I got a lot more Follows, Favorites and reviews than the first chapter? Let me know? Review please!

~Dawnmoon