Chapter 4

I realise I hate the sun ALOT

Hello again! Finally on Chapter 4- YIPPEE! Although the last one was extremely short *guilty face*. Back to normal though! The chapters of longness and stuff like that. Haha XD

Enjoy anyway

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"Well," I thought, dumping my bag next to my new bed and shrugging off my jacket. "That could've gone better."

After I had been claimed, my school uniform (yes, I was still wearing that hideous thing) got changed into a black gothic jacket, a pair of black, skinny, ripped jeans, black boots, a black t-shirt with a pretty realistic skull on it and I also got a black choker. Not to mention the mega awesome black make-up and gothic jewellery. Much preferable to my school uniform. It was my favourite kind of outfit.

Everyone was a bit freaked out though. The girl who fell asleep (called Neisha- Daughter of Morpheus, the god of dreams) jumped about ten feet away from me, looking wider awake than I'd seen her. Chiron looked alarmed but didn't say anything. Mr D just snorted and muttered something about father being pleased. My friends were happy for me, I think. Whop-tee-freakin'-doo, I found out who my dad is. To be honest I wasn't as excited as I'd always imagined. Anyway, after my 'claiming' Neisha gave us our pre-planned tour. As that was happening, I saw Katy talking to Chiron intently but Neisha wouldn't let me look for long. I have to admit, she was pretty violent for a daughter of the god of sleep, or whatever it was. Anyway, she took us around the place and told us about the cabins. Apparently each one represents a god. All the sons and daughters of that god sleep in their parent's cabin. It sounded pretty awesome until the tour was over and we were told to go and unpack before dinner (Michael had already pre-packed our bags. Turns out he was actually a centaur in disguise sent to befriend and protect us. Didn't do a very good job). I had started to follow my friends to the Hermes cabin when Neisha grabbed my arm.

"No, they're going to the Hermes cabin because they haven't been claimed yet. You have. That's your cabin over there."

I threw her hand off my arm as hard as possible and looked to where she was pointing. It was another cabin. It had solid obsidian walls with skulls over the door and torches that burned with green fire.

So, I bid my friends good bye and headed towards my new home.

It was quite lonely in here since it turned out I was the only Hades kid. I was okay with that but I wondered what my friends were doing. There were a few bunk beds but the sides and head boards were made out of what looked to be bones instead of wood. In replacement of shelves there were caves in the stone wall. The wall itself looked like a cave. It was bumpy and hard. It had gems scattered all over it, lodged in-between the rocks. In the middle of the room there were a few chairs and desks et cetera. The room had green flames hanging around the room as a source of light which produced an eerie glow.

I sat down and leaned against the bed, hands curled against my legs. I was just now wondering what to do. I couldn't be bothered to unpack my bag just yet. Capture the flag was after dinner, whatever the hell that was. Apparently my friends and I could head down to the Armoury before the game and chose our weapons. I'd let that statement slide by without comment as I've never actually handled a sword of any sorts before. It made me kind of nervous just thinking about it. Just then there was a loud knocking on my door. I walked over slowly, unsure of what to expect. I threw open the entrance to see Kerry standing on my doorstep looking around nervously. She glanced around the cabin, obviously a bit surprised by how... depressing it looked? Then out of the blue she muttered,

"I can see why they stuck you here."

I laughed loudly. It was good to be laughing with my friend. The incident at the school had left me feeling a bit bleak.

I welcomed Kerry in.

"So, what's wrong?"

"Oh, nothing's wrong, just Mr D wanted to see you before dinner. Don't know why. She shrugged.

"Oh okay." I paused. "How's cabin 11?"

"Busy." She answered. "But I'm glad Johanna and Alanna's there. Do you think I'll get claimed soon?"

"Maybe." I replied, putting my jacket back on. "See you at dinner then?"

She nodded and we both walked out, she heading to the other cabin and me, to Mr D's office.

I stood outside the door and knocked, wondering what on earth I was doing here.

"Oh, do come in Rebecca Black." Drawled Mr D.

Okay, that was more than just a bit insulting. I'd been warned about Mr D getting our names wrong but seriously? Rebecca Black? I may be daughter of Lord of the dead but even I can sing better than that freak.

"Rhianna Betts." I growled, glaring at him. God or not this guy was REALLY annoying.

"Yes, well. I called you here because your father-" he twisted the word, making it sound like an insult. "Has sent you something."

"Me?" I asked, surprised. My dad had actually cared enough about me that I receive a welcoming gift?

He nodded impatiently, holding out a long box. I opened it carefully.

Inside was a black sword- blacker than night. I pulled it out, feeling that even though I've never handled a sword before; I could do anything with this one.

"That's Stygian Iron." Said Mr D. I looked up; surprised at the fact his voice sounded...Admirable? Of course he had to ruin it though by going back to his horrible drawl and saying,

"Obviously it's perfect for a death child seeing as it sucks the life force out of enemies and can summon or ward off dead people."

I decided to not give him the satisfaction of my annoyance by jumping off the chair I'd been sitting on and saying "Cool."

I left to the sound of his cackling.

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I was going to head back to my cabin but just as I left the big house a horn sounded, telling the campers it was time for dinner. I decided to just carry my sword or something, I don't know really. Maybe I could've hidden it under my coat? I didn't have to worry though because as soon as I thought about what I was going to do with the sword it vanished for a moment and then reappeared as a bracelet on my wrist. The bracelet was red with spikes going around it, apart from the front where a large metal skull was with red rubies as eyes.

"Nice" I thought.

I walked off towards the mess hall which was actually an outdoor pavilion framed in white Grecian columns on a hill over-looking the sea. Alanna like the view alot. Thinking about Alanna made me want to talk to my friends as soon as possible so I began to speed walk, over-taking other cabins. I didn't have to worry about cabin-mates which was good in situations like this.

Each cabin had its own table. I walked over to mine, just realizing how hungry I was. I was hoping there was couscous (one of my favourites!) when I noticed everyone was heading towards the fire with their plates. I decided to follow and when there I saw Johanna, Alanna and Kerry all dropping a piece of food into the fire.

I walked up next to them and whispered,

"Hey!"

"Rhianna!" called Alanna, jumping suddenly, "Don't do that! Woah, you just appeared out of the shadows!"

I frowned. Really? Huh. Well that was kinda cool.

"What's going on?" I asked, scraping my own food into the fire. "Why are we doing this?"

"Our head camper said something about a sacrifice to the gods. They like the smell." Replied Johanna.

I breathed in deeply. The smell of that fire was amazing. It was like all my favourite foods, mixed into one.

"Well- see ya." I said, walking back down to my lonely little table.

"Bye!" called my friends.

I sat down, ready to start my delicious looking meal when all of a sudden I realised a bright light was coming from the next table. I looked up, annoyed, only to see Johanna's surprised face under a hologram showing a blindingly bright sun.

"Behold Johanna Devlin, Daughter of Apollo, God of Light, medicine, music, poetry, prophecy and the sciences." Said Chiron. Man, that was the SECOND time today he had announced someone's parent. "We're really on a roll." I thought smugly.

Then I realised that I really, REALLY hated sunlight.

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1,457 word this time! Does that make up for my teeny chapter from last time? It better! JKJK!

So...what do you think? Mr D was really fun to write- He's just so irritatingly awesome!

You know what to do now! R&R please! Even the silent readers who just get the story alerts- although those are greatly appreciated! I want to know what YOU think!

Rhianna x