Alyssa's PoV:
We had been in a meeting with the senior campers when the messenger ran in to inform us of the arrival of our new allies, and, surprisingly, their master as well. For some reason, we had all assumed that Chaos himself would refrain from making an appearance in the war just has he had refused to show himself in the throne room of Olympus, choosing to send his Envoy instead. Still, it was not a bad thing, Lord Chaos was the most powerful being in the history of the universe, so any help that he would offer us would be greatly appreciated. Upon receiving the message, we signalled for the campers to stay in the meeting room and walked to the door to greet our new guests.
Once they had entered, I have to say that I was more than a little surprised, I had expected them all to wear the black cloaks that Shade had when he first appeared, but it seemed that there was no co-ordination to their clothing, as though their uniform wasn't a uniform at all. In fact, the only thing that the 5 teens before me had in common was the fact they all had hoods drawn over their faces, hiding their identities. Other than that, one of them wore pale blue robes, another black jeans and a Gold/Brown hooded top. One of the girls (the shortest one of the five) was in a pure white dress but with a hooded cloak thrown over the top almost like a veil. The final one, the girl who stood arm in arm with shade, wore Robes the colour of fresh blood, it was kind of intimidating!
Deciding that it would be best to start things of as peacefully as possible, I cleared my throat and offered my hand to the only figure whose face could be seen, assuming that it was Lord Chaos as I confirmed when I noticed that the others shifted slightly around him, as though preparing to defend their master. Still, I smiled trying not to let on just how freaked out I was by the deadly Aura they were giving off.
"Hello. My name is Alyssa and I am the co-director of this camp. On the behalf of everyone here, I would like to offer you a warm welcome to Camp Half-blood. I hope that we can get along flawlessly!"
I saw the girl in red shift slightly as I spoke, almost as though she was surprised by something, but I can't see how that would be, unless they had been expecting us to be more hostile to them, but, what ever, nothing I can change without being able to read thoughts. Thankfully, even as I thought that the silence would stretch on for too long, making the whole thing seem rather awkward, the being I assumed to be Chaos gripped my hand and I felt a jolt of power come off of his pale skin, like a static shock you sometimes get from touching a door knob after walking on carpets.
"Ah yes, the recently appointed goddess of loyalty. I have heard great things about you! Yes, I am really looking forward to this truce; I think it will be beneficial for my warriors to return home after so long!"
At the first part of his words, I felt my face grow hot, after all, a compliment coming from the creator of all is quite an accomplishment, but then the second part of what he had said registered in my mind and left me feeling more confused than before. He said that is warriors would be returning home, but that would mean that they were all demigods, originally from here so they were Greek demigods as well. As I processed this new information, I saw (well, I think I did, its so hard to tell when they do not show their faces!) the teens look at each other in surprise, making me believe that this information was new to them as well, though I couldn't see how that would be. Anyway, the silence was stretching on and it would be rude to keep them standing on the door step like that, we had to introduce them to the senior campers as well, the least we could do would be to invite them inside.
"Yes, well, I hope you have a pleasant time here!" Oh, wait, there was a war on, that was really not the right thing to say, why am I such an idiot in times like these? "I-I mean … oh, why don't you come inside so that we can introduce you to the campers?"
It came out a lot blunter than I had intended, but it didn't seem to offend them, indeed, Lord Chaos even smiled as though he thought something was amusing, and as I turned to walk back down the hallway, I heard them following me. Chiorin however, decided that that precise moment would be a good time to wind me up.
"Nice to see that you are just as eloquent as always. I'm sure that you all but swept them off their feet with your amazing silver tongue Lyssa!"
I ignored her and carried on walking. I had ever really got on well with this particular daughter of Ares, I don't think she ever got over being beaten by a 10 year old girl with a knife against her sword on her first day of camp. I always liked to think that we had got over our past differences now, though that didn't mean that we stopped teasing each other, just… not so much!
When we finally reached the right door, I paused for a second before pushing it forward and striding into the room. Admittedly I was a little nervous, about the whole thing, but the campers seemed to have taken the news well last night at dinner so I don't think that this will be a problem. Sighing slightly once our guests had entered the room, I turned to the 20 or so assorted teenagers that were arranged around and ancient ping-pong table and I spoke to them.
"Senior campers, meet the warriors of Chaos, and the Lord creator of all himself!"
With that, everyone rose and bowed before returning to their seat at a wave of Chaos' hand, I was a bit surprised that even Mahja Skeet, the leader of the Hypnos cabin, though I am guessing someone woke him up when we entered the room. After a moment of silence while no one quite knew what to do with themselves, Chaos stepped forward.
"Ah, it is a pleasure to meet you all young ones, and now I believe that, to make everything seem more comfortable, we should get down to the introductions, so, who would like to go first?"
After that, one by one the campers stood and introduced themselves before returning to their seats until everyone had been up. I guess we had all been expecting things to end there, but to our surprise the teens with Chaos also stepped forwards. First was the boy in the pale blue cloaks.
"Ice." He mumbled the name before hastily stepping back into line as though he was afraid to stand out too much, he was followed by the girl in the hoodie beside him who laughed before she spoke.
"Karma." She was then replaced by the girl in the white dress and her voice shocked me, even though I had noticed her height before, it was still a shock to hear the voice of a young girl come from one of the most potentially dangerous people in the universe.
"My name is Gypsy and it is a pleasure meeting you, I hope we can have fun together!"
Okay, she seemed a little different, no, hyperactive may be the better word for it, but she seemed likeable none the less. After her came the girl in the red with a curt nod of her head she spat out one word before sloughing back into line, unlike the others, this girl, Rogue, seemed to give out an openly hostile vibe as though she hated each and every one of us, but something in her voice was vaguely familiar. However, before I had had much time to ponder this, the figure in Black, Shade stepped forward and introduced himself to everyone who had not been in the throne room.
"My name is Shade and I am the leader of the Chaos Corpse, though I fear that we may have a hard time ahead of us, it is my sincere wish that we can all work well together."
Okay, the way he talked was weird, while the others seemed even slightly up to date with their speech, he seemed like he had stepped straight out of the 16th century. However, as I looked around the assembled demigods, I couldn't help but notice the fact that several of the girls, including Pamela Seers from the Aphrodite cabin, blushed bright red and began to play with their hair nervously. Oh great, it looks like we got ourselves a new camp idol. Like we need one after the last fiasco with the poor Gleeson boy… I was cut off from my thoughts when Chiorin began barking orders at the kids.
"Right guys, now that's over and done with, you're all excused for now, free time until dinner, but do not say a word about what has happened here until we meet again in the pavilion. Hopefully by that time the Romans will have arrived and then we can do the introductions properly! Now, all of you, scram!"
I sighed at the last bit, she had been doing so well up until that part as well, still, even after 2000 years, becoming an immortal goddess, having to change her name and becoming the co-director of camp Half-Blood, it looked like it was still the same old Clarisse I had met all those years ago. Suddenly, a single thought dragged me back to the present as I turned, once again, to face the new arrivals.
"Um… I don't exactly know what you are going to do, especially for lodgings, we haven't had time to make you a cabin, though I guess we could bunk you in with the Hermes lot. Lord Chaos, you, of course, would have a room in here if you wished?"
I am rather ashamed to admit that there was quite a bit of pleading in my eyes as I turned to him at this point, after all, I really had no idea what we were going to do with these new visitors, for that matter, I had even less of an idea of what to do with the Romans when they arrived sometime in the next few hours, so long as Nenyo didn't get them lost while shadow travelling again and they don't end up back in Scotland (long story which lead to the discovery of a camp for Norse demigods)… but thankfully, Lord Chaos seemed to take pity on me, though the first part of his news was a little disappointing, given the current situation.
"Ah, no, I am not staying, I am merely here to make sure that the introductions go smoothly. Anyway, for the accommodation, you do not have to worry about that, I dare say that these five are good enough at manipulating their powers to create somewhere for them to stay, after all, I have spent several long, long, long years training them!"
At this all the warriors laughed and Ice punched Shade's shoulder good naturedly.
"Yeah, I guess we did take quite a while to pick up the whole creation thing, some of us more than others might I add!"
At this, they all started laughing for real and making jokes in languages that I'm pretty sure are not from earth. They carried on like this for a few more minutes before a smirking Chaos decided to pull apart Shade and Ice who were now play wrestling on the floor.
"Now now, behave yourselves, we are guests here so I expect you to behave like civilized human beings. Even if you have to act like it!"
He said this last part while staring at the little girl Gypsy, causing her to giggle even more before he put the two boys back on their feet and led the group out of the door. For a few moments, I just stood there in a stunned silence. I had never expected the warriors of Chaos to be so… normal.
