The Big House was definitely...big. I heard Elliot gasp.

"What is it, Elliot?" I asked.

"N..nothing. I just...a dream...and…" Elliot's speech wavered off. I shrugged my shoulders.

Will walked up the stairs. The others followed. I sprinted up the stairs, nervous about what I would find inside. I crashed through the door, and startled the people inside. Solace yipped, and Elliot slipped off the arm rest.

The room was large, big enough to fit 20 people or more. As soon as I walked in, my head was filled with a weird sounds and gibberish. Almost like ancient Greek.

"And here's Ava." Will said with his arms folded across his chest. A woman with her brown hair in a braid looked at me with a hint of kindness.

"Hey, Ava. I'm Piper. And this is Jason," she said, gesturing to a tall, blonde man in the corner. "My boyfriend." she added. They grinned at each other.

Solace rolled his eyes.

Lauren walked in, accompanied by another blonde kid.

"And we are all here," Chiron rolled to the center of the room. I looked over at Ewen. She caught my eye and tilted her head. I raised my eyebrows. She just stared at me.

"-and Solace," I just noticed Chiron was talking, "We need to know their godly parents as soon as possible. We can't wait for them to be claimed. Do you have anys predictions?"

Solace straightened up. "Well, we know Lauren is Athena. Elliott, we just might to put him in the Hermes cabin until we find out for certain. The other two...I'm not quite sure."

Ewen cleared her throat. "Um, Ava is Apollo. She has a gift that proves it. She can hear music people are listening to in her head. So, yeah. Apollo."

Everyone glanced at me curiously. Solace's face fell. Will kicked his shin, and Solace slowly placed a golden coin in his hand. "Damn." he mumbled.

"And what about you?" Jason asked skeptically.

"Oh, I know who I am. Now, if you'll excuse me, I've got a cabin to enjoy." and she walked out of the Big House.

Everyone was silent, wide-eyed.

"Well then," Chiron said, "that about concludes it. Please be at dinner in five. Oh, and Will, please go remind Ewen of dinner." And with that, we left the Big House.

"This is the Apollo cabin." Solace said glumly. "I'm the cabin leader, so you do what I say."

Solace had been acting weird ever since he found out I was Apollo. Well, we weren't completely sure, but whatever.

When we opened the door, it got silent in the cabin. It was full of kids of all ages. The cabin was huge, and countless bunks lined the walls.

"Newbie?" someone whispered.

"Yes," Solace said, "and dinner is in five." Solace shoved me into the crowd. One girl, who I think was named Jane, showed me my bunk. I lay there for the remaining five minutes, and then we were hustled to dinner.

Dinner was in a big pavilion. It was full of demigods of all ages. I was supposed to sit with the other Apollo kids, but I went and sat with Ewen. She was sitting with two boys; Fernando and Greg, who I was introduced to earlier.

"Hey." I said as I sat down.

"Hey," Greg said. He was fiddling with a stack of cards. "Is this your card?" he held up a queen of hearts for Ewen to see.

"Uh, no. Try harder." Ewen said without looking up.

"UGH." Greg threw the cards down.

Ewen sniffed. "Don't worry. The first time I shadow-traveled, I landed in Iceland. Which was 2,000 miles off my desired destination."

Greg laughed, "Did you pass out? Cause that would have been awkward."

"Yes, and I didn't know the language, to make it worse." Ewen grinned.

"Well, I accidentaly set off a fireball in Vegas." Greg said.

I lauged at how the two were trying to outdo each other.

At the front end of the long table, someone called for attention.

"Good evening! We would like to welcome our newest demigods, Elliott , Lauren, Ewen, and Ava, to Camp Half-Blood!" Chiron boomed. There was a round of applause.

A demigod stood up and shouted, "And three cheers for Will and Solace for not screwing up this time!" There were whoops and hollers and slaps on the back.

"Oh, and there is no bonfire tonight." Chiron said. Complains and groans filled the air.

Dinner was pretty uneventful. At the end, the demigods stood up and put part of their meal in altars.

Fernando looked at me. "Yeah, we give an offering to our godly parents. You don't have to since you just showed up." I nodded and followed him and Ewen towards the cabin.

"Hey, Ewen," I spoke up, "You mentioned something about "shadow-travel"? What is that? Is that part if your demigod powers, or something? What are you any way?"

Ewen turned around and looked at me. "Hmm...you do ask a lot of questions." she raised her eyebrows. "You aren't an Athena child, but you seem to have enough brain to know a little something. What type of demigod do you think could shadow-travel?"

"Um..I…" I sputtered.

"Oh, and you can ask the Greggles for help." Ewen glanced at Greg.

I looked at him. He just scoffed and rolled his eyes.

"Hades, Ava, she's a child of Hades."

Ewen laughed, "And fantastic, aren't I?"

Fernando chuckled.

"Who do you guys know each other?" I asked.

"We uh-" Greg started.

"We were friends in the past." Ewen cut him off. I began to wonder if she was keeping things from me.

It was the middle of the night. I was tossing and turning in my bunk in the Apollo cabin. Snors filled the air, which kept me up. Suddenly, Solace jolted up from his bunk across the room with a gasp.

"Lauren MacArthur, Avalon Peters, Elliott Moore, William Simms, Gabriel Noviak, and Ewen." he said in a low voice. I shot up. He said my real name. In his sleep.

" Shall go and infiltrate Camp Jupiter, and make peace." and he collapsed back on his bed.