"Do strange things always seem to happen around you? Does your family constantly have to move? Are you dyslexic and or have ADHD?" Jacob asked as we walked past some blond archers who, from what I knew of Greek mythology, were probably children of Apollo. "All of those things, and many more, are because of your godly parentage. The ADHD comes in handy when you're in a fight. The need to constantly move and know where to move, that's what keeps you alive. The dyslexia is because you're brain is hardwired for ancient Greek not modern day English. And the reason you're family is always on the move is because monsters can smell our blood from miles away, especially if the godly blood is very powerful, and will attack."

"What do you mean monsters?" I ask worry creeping into my voice.

"All of those myths you learned in class, well they aren't myths. All of the monsters are real. Like Medusa or the Minotaur." He said pulling my hand and leading me to a clearing that seemed like the calmest place I'd seen in camp so far. There were no kids running around with dangerous weapons here.

"Wait didn't Perseus kill Medusa?" I ask trying to remember all of the myths – no, the history of my ancestors.

"Well you see when you kill a monster they don't really 'die' they just sort of disintegrate and teleport back to Tartarus until they are strong enough to come back to the mortal world.

"Tartarus is real too?" I ask in disbelief. When will I stop being shocked?

"Of course." Jacob said looking at me like I was insane for thinking any different.

"Wow. What next? Are you going to tell me that werewolves and vampires are real too?" I ask really not sure I want to know if they are.

"Don't be silly, Lizzy Bear." He says turning to flash me a smile that made my stomach feel funny.

"Don't call me that." I say blushing bright red.

"Whatever you say, Lizzy Bear." I roll my at this boy's stubborn, but cuteness.

The next hour and a half was spent with Jacob explaining the ins and outs of life at camp, and surviving life as tri-gods. If I'm being honest I think I actually like the fact that there are so few tri-gods in the world. It makes me feel special and unique. Jacob ran a hand through his already messy blonde hair making it even messier, if that was even possible.

"Have you ever met you're dad?" I ask Jacob remembering what my dad said about gods not being very involved in their children's lives.

"Yeah, I see my dad about once a year. He's able to get away with breaking that rule more than others because he's one of the Big Three. I even met my grandfather once, but I think that's just because my mom's his favorite child." The fact that Jacob has seen his godly family so few times does not deter me. Rule or no rule, I will see my mom. And grandpa Zeus too.

"You know you have siblings here –well half-siblings, but still. Other children of Athena. You kinda look like them except for you're eyes, nope those are all Zeus. And you project this feeling of leadership that none of the other children of Athena have, you're dad has it too. Like you're natural leaders. You do have all of the intelligence of Athenian children though, you can just sense it when you talk or the way you analyze everything." Jacob tells me looking at me with this strange look in his eyes. I've never noticed how intriguing his eyes are. They are green, but not like normal green eyes. No, his eyes are made up of ever swirling light greens, like my favorite mint hard candy, and darker almost teal colors, and there are specks of a lighter blue here and there. Altogether these colors made up the most intriguing eyes of the most intriguing boy. His eyes are like the sea, which I guess make sense considering his father is Poseidon.

Realizing I'd just been staring very intently into a boys eyes for who knows how long, I quickly look to the ground feeling a blush spread across my face. Three hours in this place and I'm already turning into a blushing schoolgirl.

"That's nice I guess. I have a half-brother at home too. His name is Benjamin and I practically raised him because my stepmother has never been the most maternal creature and Dad was away a lot with work. I have an older stepsister, Madeline, too, but she wants nothing to do with Ben or I. She's too obsessed with her phone and social life." Talking about home made me miss it, well mostly just Ben, even though we only left this morning.

"You're lucky. I've always wanted lots of siblings, but being a son of Poseidon basically ensures against that. Except for one other son, Percy, who's like twenty something now Poseidon doesn't have any other kids. I've never even met Percy because he left camp years ago and moved to New Rome with his girlfriend Annabeth, who also happens to be a daughter of Athena. He was something of a big shot because he saved Olympus more than once." Jacob had already explained earlier about roman demigods and New Rome. What Jacob was saying really got to me. I mean he has one brother in the entire world, someone who just from the look he got his face when he talked about him obviously idolizes him, and he's never even met they guy. The whole demi/tri-god and Greek/Roman world is messed up.

"You know what, Jacob?" I ask turning to my new friend a plan sprouting in my head.

"What?"

"You and me? We're gonna change this fantasy world we're living in. We're gonna make the gods more involved in their kids lives and make one big happy family out of them." I say with absolute confidence. Jacob smiles his smile that makes my stomach squeeze again and says,

"Elizabeth Matthews, I do believe you are now my best friend." And what do I do? Blush of course.