Hey guys! Sorry I haven't updated in a while! I had dance recitals and competitions, and my school play is tomorrow. I don't own Coldplay, Lorde, Of Monsters And Men, or any of their songs. I hope you enjoy this chapter!
6 more hours of various TV shows left us all bleary eyed when we landed, this time near a lake. A bunch of enraged naiads started shouting at us, which woke a bunch of teenagers, and a centaur.
"Hazel, Frank! I take it these are our newest campers," the centaur said.
"Hello Chiron, they are," Hazel replied politely. Just then, a gaggle of people ran over us and started talking to Hazel and Frank. They seemed very excited to see them. A girl with blonde hair sprinted over and leaped over to Hazel. I couldn't hear their conversation because they were talking in rushed whispers. Something about a prophecy.
"Everybody go back to bed," Chiron the centaur said. He sounded mad, and everybody hurried back to their bunks. He turned around and said to Sam, Tristan, Tegan , and I, "Grab a sleeping bag and go to the Hermes cabin. We'll have orientation tomorrow. Get some rest, you'll need it."
"Excuse me," Tegan said, "where is the Hermes cabin?"
"Follow Travis and Connor. You'll know it when you see it."
We did as he asked and followed the two boys who he introduced as Travis and Connor. They strongly reminded me of Sam and Tristan, they had the same aura of class-clown-news about them.
When we walked into the cabin, everyone fell silent.
"Everyone, these are the newbies," one of them said," be nice or I kick your ass."
We tossed our stuff down and rolled out our sleeping bags on the floor. One of the twins called lights out, and everyone promptly shut up. I couldn't sleep though, so I dug through my backpack and found my iPod. I had even remembered my earbuds that morning on the way to school, which felt like a million lifetimes ago. I picked my playlist that was full of Coldplay, Of Monsters and Men, and all of my favorite artists. Silhouettes ran through my head as I went outside and sat on the steps of the cabin. The stars were a lot bigger here than they were in Boston. The constellations are much clearer, and you can tell what they are, and looked like to the people who named them.
"Couldn't sleep?" I jumped around and saw Tristan looking at me.
"Yeah," I replied.
"Me too. It's just so different here."
"Definitely." He scooted closer to me and put his arm around me. I gave him one one of my earbuds and he stuck it in his ear. A World Alone by Lorde was playing, and we just sat there. Eventually, we went inside, and I finally fell asleep as the song Fix You came through my ears.