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-Calypso C.

My dad looked kind of surprised and was just about to open his mouth when my mom nudged him. "Well, I- omph! I mean, maybe later. We want to get Olivia settled first."

The kid looked slightly disappointed, but didn't say anything else. Lance guided me over to a bottom bunk near the back wall. "Well, here you go." I set my stuff on the bed and turned around.

They were still all staring at me, until Dylan broke the ice by saying, "Hey! I know what that means! I'm learning to read Greek!" He was pointing to a poster on the wall.

Mackenzie raised her hand. "Me too! I'm learning too!" They all smiled and contained awww's, and I had to grin along too. A few kids came up to me and started talking and introducing themselves, while I tried to keep track of names.

They showed me the trunk under the bed to keep my stuff, and the kid who had asked about my dad offered to give me a tour of the camp. Of course, I knew all about the stuff that we did here- for instance, I already knew about Friday night capture the flag. But I said yes, because I didn't know exactly where everything was.

I went over to my mom. "Mom, can...uh," I turned to the kid. "What's your name?"

He chuckled. "Brandon."

I turned back toward my mom. "Can Brandon give me a tour of camp?"

"Sure honey. But take Mackie and Dyl with you." She patted me on the back. Meanwhile, my dad had started to tell a story about going on a quest and taking the titian's curse for my mom, and all the girls were jumping with glee. Wait till the Aphrodite cabin heard.

So Dylan, Mackenzie, Brandon and I walked out the door and stopped next to Rachel and Grover. "Brandon's gonna show me around camp." I told them.

They smiled and waved and as soon as we were out of hearing range Brandon asked, "You guys know The Oracle?"

Dylan responded. "Oh yeah!" He brushed his hair out of his eyes. "She comes over a lot. There was this one Christmas where we were all sitting around the table and-"

I perked up. "-Dylan asked her if she could pass the turkey and she passed out!"

"Green smoke came out of her mouth-"

"It got all over the food and our dining room still smells like dead snakes-"

"-And then she started to sprout a prophecy!"

I laughed at the memory while Brandon looked incredulous. "Did that really happen?"

Mackenzie piped up. "Mmm hmm. It did." She wrinkled her nose. "I don't like snake smell."

Brandon still looked amazed but he stopped to point out the mess hall, the climbing wall and the amphitheater.

Dylan looked like he wanted to sprint for the climbing wall as fast as he could, and Mackenzie was definitely eyeing the canoe lake. I put my hand on shoulder. "Come on, we can swim another time!"

Brandon asked another question. "So have you guys always know that you were half bloods?"

I shrugged. "I didn't find out until I was almost seven. Our parents didn't want to tell me because it makes my scent stronger. But there were so many monsters attacking anyway, and I was getting freaked out, so they went ahead and told me."

Dylan cut in. "I've always known, as long as I can remember."

I nodded thoughtfully. "I started to learn how to use weapons when I was six, but I didn't really know what they were for for about a year."

Brandon just stared at us. "Do they always find you guys?"

Mackenzie took my hand and swung it back and forth. "Not since Christmas a few years ago. Most monster's went bye-bye!"

I grinned at the thought. "Yeah, we call that the Christmas diabolical of my tenth birthday. Actually, it was the same one where Rachel went all oracle-y."

Dylan laughed. "You should have seen Grover, it was hilarious."

Brandon looked at us with awe. Then he shook his head. "Man, being a legacy and growing up around all of this- it must be great!"

Dylan and I looked at each other, because we'd never really thought about it before. "Yeah, I guess."

Brandon then pointed out the Sword Arena, the Forge and the Armory. We walked a little farther and we could just see the stables. "Do you think Blackjack is in there?" I wondered out loud.

Brandon shrugged. "Maybe. And there's the woods where we play capture the flag."

I nodded excitedly. "I can't wait!"

Dylan looked on and sighed. "Me neither! I have to wait three more years!"

Mackenzie just looked excited. "I wanna come too!"

I grinned lopsidedly. "Aw, you guys I'll get your turn." I looked at Brandon. "Anything else?"

He looked up at the sky with a thoughtful expression. "Yeah, there is. Let's go back over to the Cabins."

As we were walking back over, he asked me what kind of weapons I liked to use. I told him I like duel blades, and that got Dylan to start ranting about how were not allowed to use lethal weapons inside anymore, unless there's a monster attack.

"Technically, it wasn't Livvie's and mine's fault that the couch got cut in half, it could happen to anyone!"

I tapped Dylan's shoulder. "But remember the time when you almost cut off Mackenzie's arm?"

He glared at the ground. "Hey, I was swinging Riptide and she turned on music and started dancing!"

"You got in trouble!" The little girl in question sang.

We reached the circle of cabins again, and passed the Athena cabin, until we got a cabin on the far side. It was covered in runes, and what looked like spells, and the door way had what looked like a purple sheet hanging over it. Except it shimmered and moved like liquid.

"What's the purple sheet for?" Dylan asked.

Brandon looked at in surprise for a moment and then just looked sheepish. "Oh yeah, well, the Hecate cabin has this privacy thing- and well, just don't touch the purple stuff."

"Why?"

Brandon coughed. "Well, ah, the last kid who did kind of was cursed. Do you know who hard it is to sword fight with marsh mellows for legs?"

"Oh. Right."

Off to one side was an arch way that glimmered with the same substance that was over the door. We turned curiously to Brandon.

"What is that?" I asked.

"It looks like a...doorway, almost." Dylan said.

"Can I touch it?" Asked Mackenzie. Suddenly the surface rippled and boy walked out from the arch, even though we hadn't seen him on the other side.

"That," The boy said, "Is Cabin Twenty's pride and joy." He gave us a mischievous smile. "It's a portal to the Roman Camp. Camp Jupiter."

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