The next day, Saturday there was no training as I was let out of the hospital cabin. I had heard there was one other Hades kid but he wasn't around often. I stepped into the dimly lit cabin and flicked on the lights, I really hadn't expected the kid to be there. But he was asleep in a bed. I chose a top bunk a couple of beds down.
I was putting away some stuff when he woke up. "Who are you?" he asked as I put a tooth brush on the sink.
"I'm Casey your new half sister" I said. "Did that sound as awkward as it did to me?" I asked.
"Yes" he said cracking a smile. "I'm Nico" he said. Nico was about 13. He had shaggy black hair and olive-ish skin with dark black-ish eyes.
I heard an odd gurgling sound and Nico gave me a sheepish smile, I made him a fluffer nutter and made on for myself.
"So, do we have any special powers or anything?" I asked.
"Yeah, we can shadow travel and make things appear by shadow" he said.
"What do you mean by appear by shadow?" I ask.
He snapped his finger and my tooth brush appeared in his hand. "Like that"
"Can you teach me that?" I asked.
"I guess, but it took me a whole week to learn it" he said.
"Great" I said.
"You have to want whatever you're thinking of, start with something simple like a picture in your room or something" he said. I thought of two tickets that I had put on my mirror. There were from this ice-cream place in phoenix Arizona. I pictured the pink tickets still connected and dots almost punched all the way through creating a line. A red rounded square outlining the inner design. The inside was cut into two section a section for the number, B963003 on one and on the other B963002. There were diamond designs on the top and bottom of the inside of the square. One coupon printed on them. And a giant 1 with another 1 and the word one printed inside. On the bottom underneath the red box was the words Indiana ticket co. I felt something appear in my palm, but when I looked there was nothing there. "Almost, I saw it start to appear" he said.
"Maybe we should start with something easier" I said.
"Maybe" he said, "how about putting people to sleep" he said.
"Ok" I said excitedly.
"Let's go try it on campers" he said. I followed him. We sat on the railing of the hade's cabin, putting people to sleep. To say the least putting people to sleep was the easiest thing you could do. But it took allot of concentration. It made me laugh just to see people walking and then suddenly fall over asleep. Nico could just do it with a snap of my fingers but I had to blink, I figured one day I could do it with my fingers, but now that I look on it we all have to be different even if we are from the same dad.
We were having a lot of fun until the Stoll brothers came over. "That's a neat trick" Connor said.
"Maybe you'd like to be on our team for capture ht flag" Travis said.
"I have a feeling your thinking of a different capture the flag then I am" I said.
"They are, their kind is brutal no rules with swords and shields" NICO said.
"Hey, Cass" Clarisse said walking over, "want to be on the Ares' team for capture the flag?" she asked. "We'll put you by the flag; you just have to make sure no one steals it"
"Deal" I said.
"And that boys is how you get the hade's cabin on your side" Clarisse said.
"I've been meaning to ask" Travis said, "How old are you? I mean you've lived allot of your life without being attacked I know that but most of us were wondering"
"Sarelle and I are 23, well actually she'll be 24 in a month or so, but nothing ever happens where I used to live, I was actually first attacked when I went to college when I was 19, in California" I said.
"Your 23?" Connor asked.
"Yeah" I said.
"You look 17" he said.
"The bouncer at every club I go to says the same thing" I said.
"You lived 19 years of your life without being attacked? When both you and Sarelle lived in the same city?" Connor asked.
"Yeah" I said. "Are the characteristics of Athena's kid's blonde hair and blue eyes?" I asked.
"Yeah" the brothers said in unison.
"Then I think I have a few friends who are Athena's kids" I said thinking aloud.
"That's impossible, where do you live?" Travis asked.
"I'm not telling you" I said.
"Where did you live?" Nico asked.
"Albuquerque, new Mexico" I said, Travis gave me a look, "has family it's a completely different story"
"Sure, single us out of the group, you could have told Clarisse, if she asked" Travis said pointing at Clarisse who was talking to Sarelle.
"Well duh, she's a girl, not a guy" I said.
"Clarisse is a girl?" Connor shouted. I took off my shoe and chucked it at his head; he took it and ran away with his brother.
"You going to get that?" Nico asked.
"Nope" I said. I took off my other and tossed it inside the open door to our cabin. "Can we use our phones here?" I asked.
"Yeah, but not many kids have phones giant monster attracters you know" he said. I wasn't listening I already pulled out my phone and turned it on. I had a bunch of text messages and my voice mail was full.
Luke's POV
I was lying on my bed pretending to be asleep. When Travis and Connor came talking loudly about something.
"I can't believe she's 23, 23 and she's lived this long" Connor said.
"I can't believe she didn't come after her shoe" Travis said.
"Do you think I have a shot with her friend?" Connor asked.
"No way, girls don't date 17 years old especially not ones who are 22, I bet I have a chance with her though, she's too nice to say no" Travis said.
"No way, I bet even she can be a real bitch when she wants to be" Connor said. I figured I would figure out who they were talking about, the girl with one shoe. I bit my cheek so I wouldn't laugh.
A/n: I'm getting these out fast, boom boom boom. I forgot songs for the last two so chapter twos song is pretty girl by sugar cult and chapter 3 is don't ask me by Ok Go. I listen to some really random music. Anyway song for this one is la ballade des losers by Crila, it's a French song, I don't really know what it means but I like the tune… tell me your thoughts, oh wait I know them already. JK (nervous laugh) that would be creepy. (nervous laugh)