DISCLAIMER: I own nothing but my character and some of the plot, the rest belong to Rick Riordan and the people who have submitted their OCs.

See detailed Author's Note at the end of the chapter.


Cheyenne POV:

'Στρατόπεδο Ημίαιμος'- Camp Half-Blood

I had actually managed to read the words on the huge sign without having to really focus.

"Liam, I'm nervous"

Nervous was an understatement to be honest. I usually am a very optimistic person but for once I allowed myself to be cautious. My companion and I continued to walk through a forest in Montauk at the end of Long Island. He mentioned a camp that helps people like me, a demigod. As we continued to walk, we had passed by a huge pine tree, it was both taller and had more needles than the rest of them. As I observed the tree, I had noticed that the one half of the roots were in the shape of the girl. I looked to my companion in curiousness.

"This is Thalia's Pine Tree, she gives off a magical border that allows for demigods to safely reside here at camp with no worries of monsters attacking within. Any monster you see inside the border is either used for training or was summoned from within" The satyr responded.

"What happened?"

"Thalia, a daughter of Zeus, had sacrificed herself for her friends. Her father transformed her into the tree as she lay dying, allowing for her sacrifice to help all demigods. There is more to the story but that is for another day"

"Back to me being nervous. I know no one here, and also what if I end up being claimed by a god who has so many children that the cabin will be full or by a god who has no other children and I will be the only one?" I returned to my statement as we reached the top of the hill.

"All demigods go through this moment. Some share your feelings, are excited for something new, or are just ready to train their new found powers. Now your other concern. You will have to wait until your claimed to even begin on how you're going to have come to accept your situation". As we reached the other side of the hill that the tree stood on, I could see a huge house a few kilometers from the bottom, some strawberry fields to the west and the Long Island Sound just on the other side of the huge were many other demigods as well as satyrs, walking around. Some were in an arena training or shooting what looked like bow and arrows in an archery range. It truly did look like a summer camp or I guess possibly a boot camp.

"Great that makes me feel so much better...Please understand that was sarcasm because you just made me even more nervous"

In truth I had no reason to be really nervous. Sure I was claimed by Persephone, who had no other demigod children at the time, like seriously I was all alone in my cabin until roughly 3 years later when my little brother Cam showed up. I had the amount of privacy any girl would kill for and I can counted my lucky stars that I was not in Ares or Apollo. Or for Gods' sake Aphrodite or Hermes. Good thing my optimistic personality won out which helped me survive the loneliness in my cabin for those few years. At least it forced me to get out there and make new friends; they were a nice mixture of different godly parents. To this day I still find it hilarious that the first friend I made embodied my main true fear: the ocean.

"Welcome to Camp Half-Blood where children of the Greek Gods and Goddesses come for not only protection but also for guidance, to improve themselves to one day survive on their own" I heard a man bellow, but when I got a better look I discovered that he was a centaur, a creature with the torso of a man and the legs or bottom half of a horse; I learned about them in history but I could never clearly understand the textbook except for a few words.

Only the first time campers were receiving this speech from Chiron. I began to notice the supreme lack of minor god or goddess children. The majority of them were child of the Olympians, save for the Big Three and maiden goddesses. However I did notice that there were children of Athena, which struck me surprised.

"Then I really don't belong here" I hear someone whisper next to me. I look to where the voice came from and found a boy who looks about my age looking bored out of his mind, but me being a perfectionist, and having a tendency to look for flaws in everything that I set my sights on, I notice that he has a huge pimple on his nose. So with as much composure as I could possibly muster, I joke…

"You look like Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer." The boy in question looks over at me with confusion.

"What?" He asked like I was insane.

"You have a huge, bright red zit on your nose," I manage to respond before I busted out laughing because I can't help but imagine him with antlers, bells strapped him, while pulling Santa and his sleigh.

"Is it glowing? Because if so my mother is going to have a lot of explaining to do" He replied with a smirk beginning to perform on his face, "but seriously is it really that bad?"

"It's big, but not too noticeable. I saw only because I am a perfectionist and pays attention to the smallest details. Anyways, I am Cheyenne, daughter of Persephone"

"A daughter of Persephone? She has kids? And here I thought I would be the only outsider"

"Yes and apparently yes. How are you an outsider? Are you the son of a minor god too?" I asked somewhat excited to not be the only loner so to speak.

"My father is Pontus, personification of the Sea. Not technically a minor god, but still makes me an outsider. A lot of people here so far are think I am untrustworthy. I don't see why, I have never met my father"

"Wow. I'm guessing you can control water and stuff?" I asked curiously.

"Yeah and breather underwater. I can control shadows to as well as travel through them even though it tires me out immensely"

"Control shadows? How?"

"My grandmother is Nyx, personification of Night. Yeah, I have a lot of different powers that I still don't know about. Hopefully this place can teach me"

"Me too. Anyways, I didn't catch your name?"

"Nathaniel Reyes. You can call me Nate though"

"Well Nate, you can call me Chey"

Of course he ended up giving me his own nickname, Cece. He only ever called me that when it was just us, it made me feel just a little bit special. He always found ways to make everyone he met and bonded with feel comfortable and welcomed by him even when he wasn't giving them his full undivided attention. Of course it was rare that he was seen outside of our little friend group that we had created, which meant that we actually didn't get to witness much of the conversations he had with other campers.

I was walking back to my cabin from lunch to get the bow and quiver of arrows that i had borrowed from the range when I saw Nate talking to a girl around my height with straight shoulder length black hair. I couldn't get a good look at her eyes so I had no way of even guessing who her divine parent was. As I walk past them I hear that ridiculous nickname being called.

"Hey Cece! Come her for a sec?"

"Not when you call me by that nickname"

"Fine Chey can you come meet my friend here? Pretty please with a cherry on top?" I'm pretty sure he pronounced that 'r' with a 'w' sound which is the only reason I entertained him, it was funny.

"So you resort to baby talk in order to get your way? Can you be anymore childish?" I hear the girl Nate was talking to ask as I get closer.

"Oh you don't even know the half the whining he does to get me to listen to him" I respond with a smirk on my face as I notice Nate pout.

"Nope nevermind, I see this a match made by Hades himself so I am aborting this mission"

"Well too late" The unnamed girl says as she turns to me "Hi, I'm Morgan, daughter of Hecate, and you are my new partner in crime"

"Well partner, my name is Cheyenne, daughter of Persephone"

"You're a kid of a minor god too? You're wrong Nate, this is a match made in heaven" Morgan then begins walking with me to my cabin when she calls back.

"Come now peasant we have things to do"

"I've made a horrible mistake" Nate groans as we snicker behind our hands.

Of course with Morgan came her favorite child of Athena, Annabeth Chase and with Annabeth came Luke Castellan, son of Hermes, and Grover, a satyr. The downsides to this was mixing a smart daughter of Hecate and a child of Athena together;hey ran circles around the rest of us when it came to intellectual topics and book smarts.

The other downside is that I have a fear of the ocean and don't know how to swim and when the rest of my friends all did and Nate's cabin was literally on the Long Island sound with a dock, well swimming was definitely a must do activity.

"Chey come on the water is perfect right now" I hear Luke shout from about five feet from the end of the dock.

"How many times do I have to tell you? I hate the ocean and I have a fear of drowning. Plus I don't know how to swim." I yell back as I continue to rest on the lounge chair Nate manage to bring in from unknown places. As I continue to sunbathe and secretly pray to Apollo not to let me burn, I hear the sound of wet feet walking on the wooden planks of the dock. I feel droplets hit my face and open my eyes to see Nate standing over my lounge chair.

"Can I help you sir? You are blocking my sun."

"You think I would let you drown?" He asks as he sits on the side of the lounge as I sit up.

"I know you wouldn't but that still doesn't get rid of the fact that I can't swim"

"Why are you afraid of the ocean?" The question I've been dreading was obviously going to come up eventually. I obviously trusted Nathaniel enough to not make fun of me, as well as the rest of our friends, but it still is a traumatic event for me.

"You can tell me anything Chey"

"You called me Chey"

"I can tell this is a serious moment, I know when to not be as immature as you claim me to be"

"When I was little, I would say about 5, my parents took me to Lake Michigan. Obviously they gave me those little floaties and every thing but I decided to go in and take them off...I drowned. One of my older brothers performed CPR to get the water out of lungs. I am here today so I obviously survived but ever since then I have been afraid of big bodies of water" I took a breath and continued, " I don't mind pools and hot tubs though"

"At least come to the end of the dock and put your feet in?" He compromised.

"You aren't going to convince me to give it a shot?"

"Why would I force you to do something you are uncomfortable with and is obviously related to a traumatic event you have experienced? Plus if I even tried you, Morgan and Annabeth would all have my head."

"I appreciate that Nate"

"I always be there to support you Cheyenne. Now come on, I can see Luke and Morg planning something and those two shouldn't be left alone" He then got up and offered me a hand.

"Yeah who would've thought that it would be a good idea to mix a son of Hermes and a daughter of Hecate together?" I question as we walk down the dock.

"Well not me. They were friends before I got here so it must have been Annabeth? No sh would have saw it. It was definitely Grover" We snicker has we reach the end.

He dives in on top aforementioned satyr who then begins wrestling in the water. I sat at the end of the dock and put my feet in. It wasn't so bad.

Of course those precious three months of summer couldn't last forever. While all of us were year round campers which was unfortunate for Annabeth, Luke and I but a benefit for Morgan, Nate was a summer camper. He still wanted to go to school for as long as he can before monsters became too much. Despite his mom still being able to visit as she is a demi-primordial herself, she prefers to continue living in Manhattan and working a mortal job instead of as an instructor which I heard was offered to her. Therefore Nate left along with all the other summer campers. Unfortunately it was the last time we ever saw him.

The five of us, sans Nate who was making sure he didn't forget anything, were all sitting outside the Big House while Liliana was talking to Chiron about how Nate was settling in for being such an outsider. We all ended up eavesdropping on their conversation.

"Are you suggesting I leave him here to be a year round camper Chiron?" The daughter of Nyx questioned the centaur.

"I'm merely suggesting you take into account that he will be turning 14 soon and therefore his sent will get stronger and stronger as time passes on. You're scent alone is stronger than any demigod here, what do you think his will be like?"

"I respect your suggestion, but I'll rarely get to see him except for maybe holidays."

"You could always take up that instructor position with the hand to hand combat? You were always my brightest pupil" The centaur offered with clear hope in his voice.

"I love that you would consider me for that position but you and I both know that I have had enough of his place for one lifetime. Plus I do manage to see my mother every once in a while and I feel that would stop if I took that opportunity"

"I understand and whatever you wish to decide on Nathaniel I will respect that"

"How about this? This year I will talk to Nathaniel on how he feels about being an all year round camper? And if he says yes I need to know that if my mother decides she wants to visit her grandson I won't be called because the gods feel attacked"

"You and I both know the gods don't have as much of an issue with Lady Nyx as everyone else thinks they do" The centaur and Liliana began to walk outside the big house when Annie and I ran up to her.

"Please let Nate stay!" I begged.

"Yeah we won't let him cause you any trouble or make him feel alone!" Annie continued as the daughter of Nyx kneeled before us. She put one of her hands on each of our cheeks.

"Ah mijas, thank you for making my son feel so welcomed here, as well as for being his friend. I promise that if he decides to be a year round camper next year, you little ones will be the first to know. Deal?"

"Deal!" Annie and I parroted at the same time. Liliana then kissed both our cheeks and continued with Chiron as Nate ran up with his bag and swords clinging to his back.

"I'm all ready to go Mamá!"

"A mijo, say goodbye to your friends and then we will be off. We still have to go buy your school supplies" Nate then turned to us.

"Don't go and get killed now you hear? You still owe me that rematch at the archery range" Luke commented as he gave the younger boy a hug.

"You know that I won that bet fair and square. Grover even said so"

"He's right you know?" Grover then followed and gave Nate a hug.

"Remember you can always Iris Message Morgan or I if you need any help with homework and knowing you, you will definitely need it"

"You know Annie, just because he's a procrastinator doesn't mean he's stupid"

"Wow Morg. You were actually defending me? I'm so touched" Nate then proceeded to hug the life out of Morgan before she punched him in the gut.

"Don't get used to it Merboy" Morgan retorted with just a hint of a smile on her face. Nate smiled and turned to me. Before I started crying I crushed him in a hug.

"Come on Cece. Don't cry now, I will only be gone for like 9 months. The time will fly before you know it" He petted my hair has he tried to comfort me.

"I know but it still won't be the same"

"Hey I actually have something for you!" He hands me a pouch full of what looks like seeds.

"These are seeds?" I was confused as why he would give me seeds.

"Well you know how Nyx is my grandmother?" I nod "Well since she lives in Tartarus and it's the deepest [part of the Underworld, I asked her if she could get pomegranate seeds from Lady Persephone, during the fall or winter when she was down there and well she gave them to my mother who then gave them to me"

"These are pomegranate seeds?...From my mother?" I was in awe by the gift.

"Yeah my grandmother told her about our friendship so she knew these were for you" I could tell by his voice that he was unsure of my reaction "I mean you can plant them and they would be an even deeper connection to her for you then they already would be?"

"Thank you so much! I love them" I close the satchel back up and hold it close to my chest, very protective of the priceless gift, "Please thank Lady Nyx for me"

"I'll do that! Well it's time to go! I'll see you next year Cece" Nate then ran to catch up to his mother who was waiting at the bottom of the hill for him. As they reached the top they both turned around and waved before disappearing down the other side.

I didn't even have the heart to reprimand him on the nickname.

I come back to my senses as I continue to harvest the ripe pomegranates from my tree. Thanking both my mother and Lady Nyx for the gift that continues to bear perfect fruit and stands as a reminder of my friend.

"Hey Chey! You coming to lunch?" I hear my little brother Cam ask as he exits our cabin.

"Yeah I'll meet you there in a minute" I continue picking the fruit as the basket get full. When it does I rise to my feet and kiss the top branch, praying for Nathaniel's soul to rest peacefully in the Underworld before turning around and following my brother to the Pavillion where I share the bounty of fruit with my fellow campers, especially my family in the Demeter cabin. As I hear everyone's complaints on the perfect fruit, I think back to my friend's last words to me. I'll see you next year Cece. And then to the fateful day where my heart forever shattered.

Fall is starting to turn into winter when we get a announcement during our afternoon activities to meet in the center of the cabin formation. Luke and I just started the climbing wall course when Annie came below us.

"Hey guys! Chiron just called all the campers to the cabin circle"
"What for?" Luke questioned as we began to descend mindful of the lava.

"Don't know. But for him to interrupt camp activities? It must be at least semi-important or he finally cracked and is actually just messing with us" Both Luke and Annabeth glance at me as we make our way to the cabins when Annie speaks up.

"Nate and Morgan corrupted you within the span of three months"

"Yeah the old Chey would have never suggested our dear activities director would do such a thing"

"Both of you shut up" I mumble as I spot Grover and Morgan up in the front. As we make our way to our friends I notice the somber atmosphere that all the campers adapted, Hades even the Ares children aren't causing a ruckus.

"Chiron? Mr. D?" I ask in a week voice as I notice what is clearly a body laid over an unlit funeral pyre. What catches my eye is the shroud laid over the body. The shroud seemed to be made of pitch black silk and it has what looks like stars spread out on it.

"Oh Gods...That is the symbol for Nyx" I hear Morgan mutter under her breath and it sent my heart down to my stomach. Before I can question her Chiro speaks up.

"Demigods, Satyrs, and Nymphs. It is with deep sorrow and heartbreak, that I inform you of the death of Liliana Reyes, daughter of Nyx. For those of you unaware or unfamiliar with the name of this woman. She was the mother of one of our campers, Nathaniel Reyes-" I look to my friends and see that they have come to the same conclusion...Nathaniel is dead too. Chiron is informing us of the death of one of his greatest students and doesn't look like he is going to be giving any good news anytime soon. Mr. D then continues as Chiron has stopped.

"Just two days ago, we were informed of a monster attack in lower Manhattan. A group of demigods were tasked to investigate. They unfortunately arrived to the destroyed apartment of Liliana and Nathaniel Reyes. However only Liliana's body, surrounded by the dust remains of the monsters, was recovered. It is currently unknown what the status of Nathaniel is or his whereabouts. We have demigods and contacts across the world looking for any sign of him...or his body" Mr. D continued with an uncharacteristically stoic voice of his. "So for the time being no demigods will be allowed outside the campgrounds unless escorted by a satyr, even for quests". Before he even finished that sentence I see Morgan fall to her knees as she stares out into space while I turn my tear stricken face into Luke's chest as I begin to sob uncontrollably, even in my state I feel little teardrops it my hair before Luke buries his face in my hair silently sobbing. I can hear Grover try to soothe the statuesque daughter of Hecate with a wobbly voice while I hear Annabeth run up to who I assume Chiron and ask the question all five of us desperately want to ask but are too afraid of the answer.

"Please tell me he's not dead! Please! Please!"

"I don't know Annabeth. I hope he is not but we must prepare for the worst"

"We should continue with Liliana" The god of wine stated with no room for argument. As if our hearts aren't breaking for the potential and very much likely the death of our friend.

We then watched as the daughter of Nyx's body is engulfed in flames. All of us praying that if Nathaniel was killed that both he and his mother reunite in the Underworld.

To this day I hope that Nyx is watching over their souls or even my mother, if she knew how important he was to me.


So obviously it has been awhile (like years I'm pretty sure).

But hey life happens, computers die, data is erased and not so easily recovered. Relatives die, work gets crazy and life gets flipped upside down.

Now for those of you who submitted OCs I apologized for my lengthy absence and honestly overall unintentional abandonment of this story. Now once again as technology and life hates me I lost everything except what was on google drive and therefor accessible. Now I highly recommend you fill out the new OC form that is thankfully still on my profile.

These were the OC's that I had:

Cheyenne Thomas - Daughter of Persephone (RosemaryAlysse)

Morgan Theiren - Daughter of Hecate (CFaDr105)

Becca Ryn - Daughter of Nike (booksanddisney)

Clara Nicole Boyce - Daughter of Tyche (enmfaming4)

Lana Vargas - Daughter of Aphrodite (MrsLeoValdez15)

Ellie Wrider - Daughter of Themis (xxbookwormmockingjayxx)

Cassie Myers - Daughter of Oceanus (shadoweater22)

Brynn Smock - Daughter of Apollo** (breezybee223)

Trent Wright - Son of Ares (Bass the Enchida)

Jace Hunters - Son of Eris (Princess of Flames)

Bradley Moretti - Son of Kronos (Gen the DJ)

Jackson Maxwell Levi - Son of Hermes (Wapomeo Huntress)

Matisse Beaulieu - Son of Eros (SayHiToNeverland)

Please fill out the new OC form! It gives me greater depth and information on your character so I don't' have to make something up that you may not exactly approve of with the back story. Like explain why they have a certain fear or what are their mortal parents/guardians doing.

If you do fill it out and send it please put your OCs name in the submission box so I know who take precedence. I am also still taking new OCs both boys and girls. If you send me both I will only choose one, you will also get a greater chance of acceptance based on the ratio to boys and girls that I have.