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I woke up with a start, having had a nightmare about my family's death. I looked at the closest clock and it said 5:43 AM. I got up, threw on my black running hoodie, put in my PowerBeats, and walked out of the cabin. I just walked around aimlessly, not paying too much attention to where I was going. After about half an hour of just exploring, I went back to my cabin and grabbed my new laptop.
I went to the dining pavilion and started going through what was on it, what I needed, and what I wanted. I was still listening to music, Linkin Park blaring in my head, so I didn't notice when a couple of Ares kids walked up, looking furious at me. As soon as I spotted them, I gave them a blank look, took out my earbuds, and asked simply, "Yes?"
"Are you an idiot! Why the Hades would you have electronics here! They attract monsters you dumbass!" one of them yelled at me. I just stared blankly at him for a moment before answering in an icy cold tone.
"I am sorry, but did you just call my father a dumbass? He gave me that laptop, and it's made of Olympian Silver, so it doesn't attract monsters. Now, I could kick your ass myself, or I can call my father down here and he can... ah... dispose of your insolent existence." I stated with obvious venom in my tone. They both paled and walked away. I turned off my laptop and put it back in my cabin.
I saw one of the clocks and it said 7:31 AM. I decided to go eat breakfast, so I walked out of the cabin. I saw most of the other campers waking up too, so I looked around to see if any of them seemed nice. I was looking towards the Hermes cabin and saw the most beautiful thing in my life. She was somewhat tall, about 5'5", had brown hair, perfect brown eyes, and the most gorgeous face you had ever seen. She made Aphrodite look like Hephaestus, no offense to him of course.
I was about to go talk to her, but some son of Ares came up and grabbed her hand, smiling widely. She smiled back and I felt like a part of my heart was just thrown to the wolves. Shook it off and continued to the dining hall while listening to music. I took out one ear bud while I got my food and sacrificed some to Artemis, Hermes, Zeus, and Father.
I ate quickly, not wanting to stay around for trouble. I, of course, had no intention of doing the same activities as my cabin mates. I had my own agenda that I planned to stick to. I walked to the Archery Range, taking my bow off of my back and notching an arrow. I shot it nearly straight up, knowing exactly where it would land.
The arrow came back down, and landed almost dead center of the target in front of me. I grinned and started finding the hardest shots that I could, attempting and succeeding in all of them. I noticed that my cabin mates and some other cabins had shown up somewhere along the way and they were looking at me in awe. I blushed a little and started walking away.
My cabin leader, Will, decided that he wanted to get to know me a bit better. He called out to me as I walked away, and I stopped dead in my tracks. I turned slowly to face him, not putting a lot of interest into whatever it was that he had to say.
"Where the Hades did you learn to shoot like that?!" he asked flabbergast. I just grinned at him and started walking away again, calling over my shoulder, "Traveling with the hunt has its advantages." I told him simply.
I walked away and went to the sword fighting arena. I took out my twin pins and clicked them. They elongated into my extravagant Olympian Steal swords, gold markings covering them with battle scenes. Fantasma Koraki and Siopilos Koraki in ready position, I started slicing through dummies like they were no more than butter for my hot knives.
The ground was littered with straw and wood, not a single dummy escaping my wrath. I realized after a while, that I had gained a crowed, from what I could tell, it was dead silent, but I couldn't actually tell if it was or not, because my ear buds were currently blaring "Groundhog Day", by Eminem. I blushed a little at all of the stares of awe that I was receiving. I turned my Fantasma Koraki and Siopilos Koraki back into pin forms and walked out of the Arena.
I walked toward the beach that was at the edge of the camp. I arrived there quickly and looked for a good place to sit. I headed towards a large pile of boulders that I saw, wanting to relax on them. When I arrived there, I saw a site that tore yet another piece of my heart out and threw it to the Ravens, my favorites birds. There she was, making out with her boyfriend, right on top of the rocks.
They hadn't heard me yet, so I just walked away silently. I headed to the other side of the beach, right in the corner of the camp, trying to get as far away from the daughter of Hermes as possible. I took off my hoodie and shoes and lied down in the sand. I was lying there for a while, dosing off ever so slightly. I heard a rustle in the bushes behind me, so I turned around, and saw almost all of the girls in the camp that were around my age spying on me. I could tell that some of them had ducked down, but I didn't really pay them much attention.
I sighed, put my hoodie back on, and walked back to camp. I passed by the Poseidon cabin, so I decided to have a little man to man chat with a certain son of the sea god. With a knock on the cabin door, I called out, "Hey Percy, it's David, the new guy, can we talk?" I heard some shuffling and then I heard him walking towards the door.
When he opened it, he was only wearing a pair of Nike gym shorts, no shirt, he looked like he just woke up. "Hey man, can we talk? Like, 'Guy' talk?" I asked him quickly, looking around to see if anyone could hear me.
"Yea man, come in. what do ya need to talk about, Oh Mighty Champion of Olympus?" he asked sarcastically, to which I chuckled a little.
After I stepped into the cabin and he closed the door, I responded while looking around the cabin. "Uh, I don't really know how to put this, but I'm having a bit of a relationship problem, and I've heard every Aphrodite girl that is older than fifteen, talking about how perfect you and your girlfriend are, what's her name... ah! Annabeth. So I was wandering if you could give me some advice." I explained, kinda embarrassed about having to ask the older guy about this.
"Ok, that's nice, but what's wrong with your relationship? And how the Hades did you already get a girlfriend after spending one day here!" he asked exasperated.
"Actually, that's more or less the problem. This morning when I was walking to breakfast, I saw the most gorgeous girl I have ever laid my eyes on... but she has a boyfriend." a look of realization crossed his face, and then he got a 'split emotions' look.
"And what, pray tell, do you feel towards this girl?" he asked me warily. I gave him a confused look before I answered.
"I think I'm already falling in love with her. I know that I like her a lot already, and she's one of the few girls that I have ever actually 'liked' liked. I mean, I have, of course, had crushes, but I didn't really 'like' those girls." I told him, really embarrassed, having not really spoken to anybody about it.
He gained a look of understanding and then smiled at me. "What is the girl's name? I might know one of her siblings or something." he asked giddily. I smiled at him, then answered.
"Laura, Daughter of Hermes. She's dating some son of Ares, Adam, I think his name is. He's a pretty big guy for a fourteen year old, though I think I am bigger." I told him excitedly.
"Oh, I know her. I brought her to camp! And that son of Ares is a pretty popular guy, dude. You sure you wanna go for her? It took Adam about six months to get her to even like him. I'm not sure how you are going to fare with her, even if you do have every girl your age wrapped around your finger." he told me uncertainly. I was slightly downcast at the revelation, but I wasn't gonna give up.
"I don't care how long it takes, I will do whatever I can to be with her." I told him confidently. He smiled at me and replied.
"Alright, let's get to work! I know enough about her to know what she likes and doesn't, you just have to put in the work." he told me excitedly. I grinned at him, ready for anything.
Maybe, just maybe, this will work out in my favor. After all, Aphrodite does owe me for seducing me like that! I just have to bide my time and make the right moves, and I can finally be happy, I thought to myself.
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