I don't own Percy Jackson, or any other references made or thought to be made.
Percy POV:
What in the name of the gods is wrong with these guys? I hope Chiron can help them.
Walking into the Big House, all the campers were evenly spread out. Some of them looked ready to attack, others in awe, and others talking in groups. The three were looking around, but I noticed that none of them made eye contact with a single camper. Their gaze seemed to go around their faces.
"Welcome to Camp Half-Blood." Chiron welcomed walking over to them on his horse legs. He held out his hand and they shook it one at a time.
"Nice place you got here." Steven complimented.
"You're a son of Hephaestus aren't you?" Bekendorf asked him stepping forward. I could see the resemblance. Not just the fact that they were both black and extremely tall; they both had the strong built bodies that no one could ever get and their eyes looked like they were made of the fire of the forges that they worked at.
"Yes I am brother." Steven replied. He still didn't make eye contact.
"And I am a son of Apollo." Jacob piped up, still staring at Annabeth. I kicked the back of his leg and cleared my throat. He got the message and looked away, but then began looking around at the other girls.
Who the hell does this guy think he is? Hitting on Annabeth. I'll punch him the next time he tries to make a move. But wait, I'm not exactly Annabeth's boyfriend; so I can't really do anything. I'll worry about that later, Chiron's talking.
"… and we have the Cabins for each god, the beach, the forest that we have filled with monsters, and our pegasus stables." Chiron pointed out on the map of the camp on the wall.
"Wait!" Matthew exclaimed suddenly, "You have Pegasus here?" He seemed terrified at the mention of the word. But the other two also looked a bit scared at the mentioning of it.
"No, no, no. We could not possibly hold THE Pegasus, but we do have pegasi." Chiron explained, calming them down. But they still looked nervous at the thought of pegasi. Wonder why? I looked at Annabeth and saw her confused face staring at them, obvious that she was thinking the same thing. We are like that so much. Whenever I think of something, she seems to be thinking of the same thing.
I turned back to the meeting only to have Matthew looking from me to Annabeth and then back. He had a creepy kind of smile on his face.
"Matthew is it?" Chiron asked walking towards him.
"Yes it is." Matthew said without missing a single second of hesitation.
"Well, actually I have two questions."
"Yes?" Matt waited there politely. He never moved, he stood with his feet together, hands behind his back, and looking at who he was talking to straight in the eye. And as far as I could see, it looked like he didn't blink at all.
"You never told us who your godly parent was." Chiron asked just as politely.
"No I didn't, did I? Well how rude of me." He began to sound a little sadistic at that last sentence. "I am the son of Eros. The god of love."
"I thought Aphrodite was the goddess of love?" I asked.
"Seaweed Brain." Annabeth walked up to me, but not before I saw Matt's eyes flicker at me while Annabeth approached. "Aphrodite is the goddess of love, beauty, and pleasure. Eros is the god of pure love. Eros is her son."
"Oh yeah. I forgot." I lied. She rolled her eyes, knowing that I was lying too.
"Chiron did you have a second question?"
"Hmmm...Oh…Yes I did." Chiron muttered, losing track of his place. "Is it a problem that we have pegasi stables?"
They all looked a little uncomfortable at that question.
Jacob answered first, "It's not that we have a problem with them…"
"It's that they have a problem with us." Steven told.
"We had a less than…subtle meeting when we met Pegasus on our travels." Matthew finished.
"You actually met Pegasus!? THE Pegasus!?" Silena piped up from the back.
"Yes we did. Maybe I can tell you about it sometime." Jacob said walking towards her in his walk. But Steven pulled him back as Beckendorf stood in front of Silena, just like I had done for Annabeth.
Then Matthew walked up to him and smacked him across the back of his head, "They have it too." He whispered to Jacob.
"Does everyone at this stupid camp have it?" Jacob asked annoyed.
"Nearly." Matt said back to him, "Now Chiron is there a way we can…"
"What is going on in here. Chiron are you coming back to play cards or what?" I could tell it was Mr. D coming in.
Just as the door to the den where they played cards opened, revealing Mr. D in his strange outfit, Matthew, Steven, and Jacob ran out of the room before anyone could say anything.
"Did someone just run out of here?" Mr. D asked puzzled, staring at the door.
"Yes." Chiron replied just as puzzled, "New campers."
"Great! More of these little brats." Mr. D said walking away.
"Well they actually aren't that little." I replied.
"Whatever Perry." Mr. D called, walking back into the den.
"Chiron?" Annabeth asked, only to get a still confused look, "Any idea why they ran?"
"Maybe they didn't want to be seen by Dionysus?"
"Now why would three new campers be afraid to meet the one god that resides on Earth I wonder?" Clarisse said aloud while walking forward. "Maybe they're hiding something that they know a god could figure out?"
"Now let us not begin to make accusations." Chiron replied. "All of you back to your activities! Percy, Annabeth…" He called us over to him and whispered to us, "…could you watch over those three? I have an odd feeling about them."
"So do we." We said simultaneously, and then we ran out to go find them.
