Sam here. Ok, I will give you some time to pelt me with rocks because I haven't posted recently while I shout out excuses like my laptop was being stupid, my mom's a teacher so she has to hog the other computer for her work, and I have classes *coughAPbiologycough* that have an eternity of homework! But the story is back, so please read on (it's longer than my last one :D).
"Silence!" Mr. D boomed to the camp. Mara, along with the other Anubis' tensed up at his voice, and the rest of the camp looked at him, shock apparent in their eyes. Mr. D was still frowning however, because Alfie was still hugging him, only he was using vines to help him cling onto Mr. D when he had shouted.
"Alfred. Get off." Mr. D demanded menacingly, but Alfie wouldn't let to, so Mr. D waved his hand, taking away Alfie's vines and making Alfie fall hard on his butt with a yelp. Mara had to stifle a giggle as Alfie stood up, complaining about how he wouldn't be able to sit for a week.
"Alfie." Chiron said, and Mara and the others turned their attention toward the centaur. "You will be sitting over there with Pollux." Chiron pointed to a table at the end. Sitting at the table was a single round faced boy with dark eyes like Mr. D's and curly blond hair. He had an athletic look to him even though he was a little plump.
Alfie grinned and walked over to the boy, Pollux, ad began talking to him. Dinner resumed as normal. Mara and Mick talked about his time in Australia. Amber had returned to her seat at the Aphrodite table after getting stern looks from Mr. D. Fabian and Nina were talking with some of the Hermes kids. Jerome and Poppy continued to argue, getting annoyed looks from anyone within earshot but ignoring them. Eddie and Patricia were laughing about earlier.
After dinner, Mara learned, the campers gather around the campfire and sung tunes led by the Apollo cabin. Mara was enchanted by how the flames changed height and color depending on the general mood of the campers. She and the others tried to learn the songs but got lost many times.
Finally, it was time for bed, so Mara watched as Alfie went with Pollux to Cabin 12, Amber went to Cabin 10 giggling with a group of girls, and Mara and the others went to their bunks in Cabin 11.
"I can't believe all of this happened in one day." Nina said, sitting down on her bunk. "I know. One minute we're at a boarding school in England that has everything to do with Egyptian mythology, and the next, we're at a camp in New York that's all about Greek mythology!" Patricia exclaimed, lifting her arms up for emphasis.
"And we find out we're all part God." Mick stated. Eddie rolled his eyes and said, "Right. Who can forget that little detail."
"And Mick, you just got back." Mara said, getting up to hug him. He smiled and pecked her lips lightly. Jerome made a face saying, "Do you really have to do that now? For all you know, you two could be related." Jerome finished with a smirk.
Mara blushed lightly, looking at the floor, embarrassed. "You know, now that I think about it, we're all cousins here." Eddie stated through the silence. Everything was quiet as Mara thought about what he'd just said. It was technically true according to biology. Then a slow, mocking clap pierced through Mara's thoughts."Eddie actually said something remotely intelligent?" Patricia asked with a mock gasp.
They started laughing as Eddie frowned. "But wait. If we are cousins, then." Fabian trailed off, looking at Nina.
Nina looked back at him, and the two stared at each other with so much love and pain in their eyes, that Mara felt like she was about to burst out crying for them. Then she began thinking about her and Mick. How will they be able to coup with them finally being together and now this.
"It doesn't work that way." A voice said from the doorway. She and the others looked toward that direction to see two boys leaning against the door frame.
One of the boys was tall and skinny with a mop of curly brown hair that was hanging in his blue eyes. He had upturned eyebrows, a sarcastic smile, a gleam in his eyes, and freckles. He had a crooked smile and was a little bit taller than the other boy.
The other boy looked exactly the same, except he was a bit shorter, which was the only way Mara would be able to tell them apart. It was clear, though, that the two were brothers.
"What do you mean?" Mick asked, looking at them suspiciously. "Just what I said. It doesn't work that way." The taller boy said.
"And you are?" Patricia asked with a sneer. "Whoa there. Watch the sass." The same boy said putting his hands up with a smirk.
"I'll show you sass!" Patricia exclaimed, marching towards him as Joy yelled, "Don't Patricia!" Fabian and Mick each grabbed an arm to hold her back.
"I believe you were just introducing yourselves." Jerome sneered, standing up and folding his arms. "Right, right. Of course." The boy said in a fake British accent. Mara frowned, and Patricia now looked like she was going to kill him.
"Travis." The taller boy said.
"Connor." The shorter boy said.
"The Stoll brothers, sons of Hermes." Both said in unison.
"Great! So we'll be bunking with you two for the time being." Patricia said with a huff.
"You bet sweetness." Connor said with a smirk. "Call me 'sweetness' one more time." Patricia threatened with a dark gleam in her eyes.
Connor's eyes widened a little as he took a step back, and Mara saw Patricia smile in satisfaction. "Can you please explain from earlier?" Mara asked the Stoll brothers.
"Ok, you know how all of the Greek Gods are children of Zeus which makes them siblings, right?" Travis asked, watching them nod their heads in agreement.
"Well, to put things as short as possible, Aphrodite is married to Hephaestus even though everybody knows about her affair with Ares." Connor said as Travis slowly nodded his head and tsk tsked, while the Anubis' just looked grossed out.
"In other words." Joy started, motioning them to continue.
"In other words, you can date if your Olympian parent is different. I just don't suggest it if they're the same." Travis finished.
"Well night." Both said before hopping onto their bunks. Soon the room was filled with the snoring of the many campers in Cabin 11.
"Hail Mara Jaffray and Fabian Rutter, son and daughter of Athena." Mara woke up to Chiron standing over her.
She yawned. What time was it anyway? Mara looked outside and realized that it must be almost midnight.
"Chiron. Why'd you wake us up?" Annabeth asked as Mara realized she was with him. "I'd like you to show Miss Jaffray and Mr. Rutter to their cabin.
"Wow mom. Great timing." Mara heard Annabeth mutter as she and Fabian were led to the Cabin 6.
"Oh wait, I need to get my bag." Mara said as she ran back to Cabin 11. Waiting for her at the cabin was a frantic Nina.
"Oh no! If Fabian's a son of Athena than I probably am too! Now I'll lose him for sure!" Nina was rapidly saying. Patricia and Poppy were trying to calm her down.
"Nina, I'm sure that if you were a daughter of Athena you would've been claimed at the same time as Fabian and I." Mara told her reassuringly.
"You're right. Thanks Mara." Nina sighed looking relieved.
"And hey, if you are a daughter of Athena, then half siblings is the next best thing. Huh." Eddie said with his usual sarcastic smile. Nina glared at him.
"Allow me." Patricia said walking up to Eddie and slapping him hard on the back of his head.
"I swear Yacker, your punches are getting a lot more painful." Eddie said while wincing and rubbing the back of his head, Patricia smiling with satisfaction.
Once again, I apologize for taking so long. And sorry if it seems rushed at the end. But you don't want to hear me blab. You want to press that button down there that says 'review' because with it comes a free pair of flying shoes! Courtesy of my dad, Hermes. *flashing arrows pointing at me* daughter of Hermes here, right here :D.