After the camp fire, Dean's older brother, James, ran over to help Dean up after the new girl punched him with an arrow from thirty feet away. "Jay, cool it. I'm fine." James had been talking to Dean all the way from the fire to the Hermes cabin where James had to go in to bed. He may have been Dean's older brother, but only a half brother. Dean's father was Apollo.
Dean would have instantaneously crashed, but he was thinking about the girl who he stood up for. Karma had turned from a fierce looking girl in a cute way to a mean girl who was truly heartless and cold, but she was beautiful. That was why Dean had stood in the first place, so he could get a better look at this cold beauty. But she shot him with a deadly accurate foam fist to the arm. Dean's arm still was soar from the hit, but he'd get over it. When she had first walked in to the stage area, Dean's birthmark of a crescent had glown the same color that Karma had glown when she was claimed. But he had no idea why that had happened.
Dean had been pondering these thoughts for a few moments when his eyes grew too heavy to stay open and he fell into a deep sleep. His first dream was ne where his was floating in the sky on a cloud. Across from him was Karma. They were drinking something out of a cloud cup and Dean didn't know what it was that he was drinking. Then all of a sudden, Karma begins steaming and her skin begins boiling. While Dean starts coughing and coking like he was drowning in the sky. They scrambled to help each other, but ended up hurting themselves more instead. Then the two dying heroes began slipping through the cloud. They fell toward the earth at alarming rates. The dream changed and Dean floated gently down to Earth. He landed in what looked to be an older version of the forest at Camp Half-Blood. The sun was high in the sky and shown all around the small clearing were Dean was standing. A twig snapped behind his and he spun around to see his visitor and was facing a somewhat handsome looking man in his mid-to-late twenty or his early thirties. The man was dressed in a loose fitting, opened caller suit and had a satchel at his side. "Hermes, why are you here?"
"I'm just a messenger tonight, and only for a few minutes. Your father can't come to see you himself because he has been forbidden by our father, Zeus. But he wishes to tell you that your destiny is about to be revealed to you very soon. You will finally find out why your birthmark is so different from your brothers and sisters' marks. Your father does love you, and you are lucky for that. Not many children get even the love of their parents" he trailed off looking away in regret. Then he faced Dean again and continued. "Any way, I have to be going. After all, you aren't my only stop tonight. Tell my boy that I love him, won't you?" Dean nodded and the god turned on his heels and disappeared. Dean drifted off in to a dream less drifted off in to a dream less sleep.
When Dean woke in the morning, he had an odd feeling to bring a packed bag. On his way out the door, someone tripped him to the ground. Dean's bag went flying two feet in front of Dean. He turned around and found that Karma had been the one to trip him, so he just sat there on the ground staring. "Where are you going off to in such a hurry this morning? Huh? Where's the fire?"
"What's the big idea? Didn't frog me hard enough last night, Moon light Princess? You got to come here and make your point even more?" Dean was trying his best not to stutter as he spoke. Karma was so intimidating and Dean had issues keeping eye contact with her and not looking at the ground. "I'm going to breakfast, where you should be already." Dean thought about it for a second before he spoke again. "Or, maybe not, since you're all alone. Do you want to sit with me, maybe?" Karma's eyes lit up as she said thanks. "You aren't exactly so mean, are you, Karma?"
"I am, your just being nice, so I am just returning the somewhat kindness. And if you tell anyone, I'll hurt you." Karma didn't look so mean, until she threatened to hurt Dean. But she smiled after that and that made Dean smile, for whatever reason. Then they silently walked to the dining hall.
great re-ending to the chapter, right? yeah sorry, but you guys can cool it, i'm working on getting the next chapter up soon.