The sun rose over the hill. It filled the room with golden light. I could have sworn a faint voice said "S'up nephew." But I ignored it. As I waited for the breakfast conch to sound, I looked at my bow. The note was on the floor. I picked it up. I noticed something was on the back. It read "Hephaestus Brand, Extremely Collapsable Bow. To collapse place hands on both ends and apply light pressure. To expand press the grip."
I did as said, I expected it to fold over, but it started to shrink down as I pressed it's ends. It stopped when I reached the size of a silver dollar. I then pressed the grip. It sprung to normal size in a few seconds. The conch blew as I started collapsing the bow again. I pocketed the weapon and ran out for breakfast. I sat at my table alone. Leona kept glancing at me. You'd think I was an alien. Though considering... I walked up to the fire and scrape half of my waffles in the fire for Mom. I don't know why considering she knew I shouldn't have been born. The smoke smelled of flower fields. I sat back down. As i was getting my last waffle in my mouth a guy walked over. He had one of those semi-punk looks that some people have. His Dark hair was spiked. His Medium brown skin seemed to conflict his eyes. His eyes had a stormy grey irises. I could feel them bore into my soul as if they were searching me for something useful.
"Hello." He smirked "Name's Aeden, Aeden Spear."
"Quinn" I replied with a mouthful of waffles.
"Yes I know. You're the forbidden child."
"I'm getting that a lot now-a-days."
"I'd suspect that. Your Mother vowed to never have a child. But then you came in, and she claimed you. My theory is that you're not actually her son but you were Apollo's son, but he wasn't going to claim you so she did." He explained.
I looked him in the eyes.
"But," he continued "considering your eyes don't match the rest of the Apollo cabin inhabitant's, my theory has been debunked. Anyways, we need to talk strategy. Rumor is that your being placed on my team. Do you have any valuable skills?" He asked.
"Does being bad at math count?" I asked sarcastically. "I'm great at archery." I replied.
"I think you'd be best for defense."
"And that is..."
"You will stand and guard the flag. I don't want to place you in offense due to the fact that they always use swords in that close combat, and scouting for the flag would be a hassle to to carry a bow and a flag. Defense is best for you."
"Smart guy."
"Indeed. I'm a son of Athena, the Goddess of Wisdom and War Strategy." He finished.
"Wait, who all is on our team?"
"Well that would be the Hermes cabin, the Apollo cabin, and a couple of Satyrs and the Satyress." He said pointing toward Leona's group.
Something clicked in my mind. The weird stares, the fast to answer placement in the games, and the fact that Artemis likes nature as well as Satyrs and Satyresses love of nature. She was crushing on me.