It was close to seven in the morning when Todd woke up. He was lying on white sheets, with concerned looking faces sitting around the bed. He recognized Gregory, Heather, and Harry, but there were two other people he didn't know. One was a girl about his age with blonde hair. The other was somebody who resembled Gregory with his goat legs, only taller.
"Where-where am I?" Todd asked groggily.
"You're at Camp Half-Blood," said the girl with blonde hair. "In the infirmary. That bite on your leg was pretty bad."
Todd hopped out of the bed and started limping around the room, trying to work through his confusion. "What happened? Why am I here?"
"Well," Gregory started to say, "If you can remember, you were attacked by Ms. Straughn, and then we got in the van, and then the tree-". He was interrupted by the other Gregory-like-creature.
"Gregory, he knows what happened." The kid turned his attention back to Todd, who has sat down on the bed again. "Todd, when we made it here, you and your friends carried you to the infirmary while you were asleep. We gave you some nectar and ambrosia, which helped you heal. Now come on and we will give you the tour. Oh, and by the way, I'm Grover and this is Annabeth." Grover pointed to the blonde girl.
"Hi," Annabeth said. "Let's start the tour."
Annabeth was a good tour guide. She showed the three new kids the Big House, the volleyball courts, the arts and crafts building, the amphitheater, the climbing wall, the lake, the beach, the woods, the stables, the armory, the arena, and last but not least, the cabins.
"Wow, what are those?" Heather asked in amazement when she saw them.
"Those are the cabins," Annabeth explained. "Each one represents an Olympian."
"Which is which?" Harry asked.
"Well," Annabeth started out, "Cabin one is Zeus, two is Hera, three is Poseidon, then Demeter, Ares, Athena, Apollo, Artemis, Hephaestus, Aphrodite, Hermes, and, finally, Dionysus. But during World War II, Zeus, Poseidon, and Hades made an oath to not have any children since there was a prophecy that one of their children will either destroy or save Olympus. Zeus was the fist to break the oath. His daughter, Thalia, was turned into that pine tree you saw on the way here. Then Poseidon had Percy Jackson, who is still alive. Also, Hera and Artemis are maidens, so they don't have any children. Now," Annabeth said, taking a large breath, "Let's go meet Mr. D and Chiron."
The four walked over to the Big House, where the saw a man and a guy who was part-human and part-horse playing cards. "Mr. D, Chiron, this is Heather Brightly, Harry Sammerson, and Todd Greenback. They are our new campers."
"Meriwether Slightly, Barry Patterson, Troy Greenbriar, welcome to Camp Half-Blood," Mr. D said unenthusiastically.
"Dionysus, will you ever get the name of a camper correctly?" asked Chiron before turning back to the campers. "Heather, Harry, and Todd, we are very happy to have you here at Camp Half-Blood. Annabeth, will you please take our new campers to cabin eleven? And make sure Conner and Travis fill them in on the war."
"Ok," Annabeth agreed. "C'mon lets go to your new cabin. I promise you that you'll have lots of fun here." After exiting the Big House, Annabeth led the three other campers to one of the cabins which was seemingly the oddest of the bunch, and took them inside.
"Everyone, we have three new campers, Heather, Harry, and Todd. And Shane, they're undetermined."
A kid in the back groaned.
"Conner, Travis, come over here!" Annabeth yelled as she closed the door, leaving the three in the cabin.
Soon two kids who looked like fraternal twins walked up. "I'm Conner Stoll.""And I'm Travis Stoll," the other one said.
"And we're the cabin leaders of the Hermes cabin. And no, we are not twins," said Conner. "We'll show you to your bunks."
The kids placed their stuff on some random beds.
"You'll stay here until your Olympian parent claims you. Then you'll move to their respective cabin. Get comfortable. Tomorrow you'll get your daily schedules," Travis stated.
But before tomorrow, the three new campers had a long day ahead of them.
