Flashback
Then I promptly kick him in the shin with my iron-toed shoes. I storm off, leaving the group thoroughly confused at my reaction, except for Odein. He's seen my outbursts before at school when the teachers weren't looking.
I'm violent in two situations. When I'm protecting myself or others, and when people bully my friends. Tori has seen a fair share of my foot in her face. She finally learned she could mess with me and I wouldn't attack her. Odein isn't a good enough friend for me to get violent over, just make an excuse for him to get away.
I make it about twenty feet when I'm stopped by a girl with curly, blonde hair and gray eyes. "Hey, what was that about?" She asks.
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"The twat was insulting my friends back home, so I kicked him. My name's Haley." I explain.
"I can respect that. My name's Annabeth. You must be new. I'll give you a tour." Annabeth nods in approval. "First, we need to stop by the infirmary. I'm looking after a boy that stumbled here half dead yesterday night."
"Oh, ok. He was attacked, right?" I ask. "What attacked him?"
"Yeah, he was. It was a minotaur." Annabeth tells me.
"That's weird. I was attacked by minotaur on the way here, but we managed to escape it." I tell her. I decided that telling her that we escaped into a cave would be a bad idea. It might give her the wrong idea about me.
We arrive at the infirmary, and laying on the bed is a skinny, twelve year old boy with black hair and pale skin. "He's cute, I guess. Better looking than the twat." I tell her as I inspect the boy's face. "You know who's kid he is?"
"No, he's undetermined from what I've been told. You?" She asks as she starts to feed the boy pudding.
"Undetermined, I guess. Though I know that it's one of the gods, not a goddess. My mom's a normal human." I tell her. "What about you?"
"My mom's Athena. I hope our parents can get along, you seem nice." Annabeth says to me.
"Me, too. Even if they can't, maybe we can still be friends." I say hopefully. Annabeth seems like she would be a good friend. Maybe a bit bossy, but still, she seems fun.
"So your mom is the goddess of battle strategy and wisdom. Does that mean you win fights a lot?" I ask her excitedly.
"Often, but not all the time. I wouldn't win without the help of other cabins. Especially during capture the flag. Which reminds me, is this Friday." Annabeth tells me as we walk out the door.
"Really. I love capture the flag. Do you do anything special for it?" I ask excitedly.
"It's not your normal capture the flag. We use weapons to fight each other. It's part of our training. If you have a magic item, you can use it." Annabeth explains to me.
"So we have to fight? What if someone get seriously injured!?" I ask her worriedly.
"You don't need to worry, there are rules against maiming and killing. Everyone will be perfectly safe." Annabeth tries to calm me.
"I can't fight other people! I'm not normally a violent person!" I freak out.
"Hey, hey. If you're not claimed by Friday, you'll be on my team. I'll find a good place for you." Annabeth pats my arm.
"Promise?" I ask hopefully.
"Promise." Annabeth smiles. "Let's move on, there's still a lot to see."
"Ok." I say as we move on. There's strawberry fields, a fighting arena, a large forest, a pavilion with a large fire pit and no roof that I was told is where we eat, an amphitheater, a beach and ocean, the big house from earlier, stables with pegasi, a volleyball court with campers and satyrs playing together, a forgery for Hephaestus's kids, a large lake, a climbing wall that lava randomly spilling down it when you don't climb fast enough, an arts and crafts room with a lot of kid that look similar in it, an armory, and strange cabins set up in a u shape and have a tall fire in the the middle of them.
The cabins are all different. Cabin one is a marble-looking building with thick columns and big, bronze double doors that are look like there's lightning flashing across them. The lightning makes me think it's the Zeus cabin.
Cabin two is a marble, formal-looking building, graceful with slim columns garlanded with pomegranates and flowers. Peacocks are engraved on the walls and doors.
Cabin three is made of rough sea stone with sea shells and pieces of coral embedded in the walls. There's also a trident with a big, bronze three over the door. I looks like the ocean, so I assume that it's the Poseidon cabin.
Cabin five is painted a crude red and has a large boar's head over the door. There's rock music blaring from it, and it's giving me a headache. I hold my ear closest to it and turn away.
Annabeth leads me to Cabin eleven, a cabin with brown, peeling paint; and a caduceus over the door. "This must be the Hermes cabin, right?" I ask as I inspect the caduceus.
"Yes, it is. You'll be staying here until you're claimed, if you're claimed." Annabeth mumbles the last part.
"I have faith I will be." I smile at her.
"I just don't want you to get your hopes up." Annabeth tells me.
"Thanks for worrying about it, but I'll be fine." I disappear through the door. A blonde boy with short-cropped sandy blonde hair, blue eyes, an athletic and muscular build, and a sneaky look walks up to me. His look is ruined by a deep, thick, pale scar that runs down from his eye to his chin.
"Hey, you must be one of the new kids. My name's Luke, son of Hermes. I'm the cabin counselor." Luke reaches his hand out for a handshake.
I accept it hesitantly, "Hi, I'm Haley Stake, daughter of who knows." I smile.
"So you're an undetermined? Well, no matter. Now we just need to find a place for you." Luke's eyes scan around the room, trying to find an empty spot. I help him, and spot a space in the corner.
"Over there's open." I point.
"Then take there. Get settled and I'll try to get my hands on a sleeping bag for you." Luke tells me.
Nah, save it for someone else. I'll just need a blanket and pillow." I insist.
"If you say so, but don't say I didn't warn you." Luke walks off to help a kid get untied from his bed. Wait, what!? I'm not gonna sleep well if that's what happens all the time.
I head out of the cabin to explore the camp more. Archery lessons are going on, so I steer clear of them. I eventually make my way to the stables, where I see a bunch of pegasi.
I walk up to a deep, brown one, and hold out my hand so it will see I'm not a threat. It sniffs my hand, and nuzzles its muzzle against my palm. I pet it's head and coo at it, "Hi, baby."
The pegasi whinnies and shakes its head. There's satyr behind me observing what was happening. "She thinks it's typical of people to say baby or sweetheart to her." He tells me.
"Well, I don't know her name, so I can't very well call her that." I say as I continue rubbing the pegasus's head.
"Her name's Lolly. I'm Jean, by the way." He introduces himself.
"I'm Haley. Lolly is very sweet. I wish I could ride her." I say wistfully.
"You could get one of the campers to give you a lesson. I heard Silena is giving lessons to those who as her. You can find her in the Aphrodite cabin. Just follow the scent of designer perfume." He tells me.
"Really!? Thanks for telling me, I'll go ask now!" I bolt off in that direction before he can respond.
