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The day went by quickly. Or well, horribly. Right after Sword and Shield, I had archery with Chiron. He was the activities director and one heck of a centaur. A white stallion body and a great personality.
Anyways, even though I was a child of Apollo, I sucked at archery. Auden kept giving me thumbs-up even though I just barely hit the white ring. Maybe archery took some skill too. Being my dad's child wasn't going to give me benefits.
After archery, I had Winged Horseback Riding with Demeter's cabin. Honestly, I think those Pegasus' had something against me. My horse, Twinkle, wouldn't let me get on and kept on snorting after I made several failed attempts to get on. After slowing everyone down, one of Demeter's kids told me to give up and just head on over to Monster Assault Techniques with Hermes cabin.
That did not go so well either. At first, I thought I was lucky because I didn't have to ride, fight, or shot anything. In fact I decided to lay low and take a seat in the far back. Sadly, the Stoll brothers, counselors of the Hermes cabin, caught me and asked me 'What should one do when facing an Empousai?'
I quickly thought back to my encounter with one and thought of how they resembled vampires—with hairy legs of course. So my answer was to splash on holy water and smell like garlic. That sure got everyone laughing.
I was relieved when free choice came. Honestly, I didn't want to go to Arts and Crafts, Canoe Races with Naiads, or Wall Climbing. I'd just end up messing up and make myself even more of a fool. I decided to head back to the cabin and catch up on some snooze. Apparently, news spread fast. Rachel, Auden and Julian came over to cheer me up and tell me that it was normal for a newbie to suck at everything.
"Trust me, those Pegasus' are just stubborn. Percy's the only one who can calm them."
Rachel nodded at Auden's way of cheering me up. It didn't work, in fact, it made me feel worse. Even farther from becoming someone as cool and skilled as Percy. "Archery takes concentration. You were probably just so self-conscious about the fight from earlier. No biggie though, you'll be a natural!"
I sulked even more, "But aren't naturals good from the start?"
Julian and Auden coughed awkwardly making Rachel send them a death glare. "Hey, cheer up will ya? Next up is Swim and Beach Time with the Nereids! You'll love it!" Then from out of nowhere, Rachel muttered something about those stupid Nereids pulling down her swim suit because they thought she had such a flat chest.
Julian coughed then ruffled my hair, "Dude, you aren't a guy or anything but those Nereids are such babes. You'll definitely have fun." He gave a secret wink to Auden who rolled his eyes.
Auden shook his head and pushed Julian away, "Stay away from them. They're annoying and nagging! How about we play some volleyball?"
I nodded and plopped down on my bunk with a groan. And as if that wasn't bad enough, Amanda came skipping into the cabin and took an awfully comfy seat next to Auden. I watched him shift away uncomfortably, making Amanda crawl closer.
"Hey buddy~! Has my snookie-wookie been good to you?" I raised my eyebrows in shock as Amanda pulled Auden's cheeks. Julian quickly retreated to his upper bunk and glared at Amanda. Rachel groaned with annoyance and hid herself behind a book.
"Buddy? Chrys, please tell me you aren't friends with this whacko!" Auden hung from his upper bunk and stared at me with bugged-out eyes.
I nodded in with a sense of regret and watched him pry Amanda away from his waist.
"I'm guessing you two aren't dating."
"Of course not!"
"Of course~!"
Amanda cuddled up to Auden and tried to peck at his cheek. From my point of view, it looked as if she was attacking his tanned face. I watched as his brown eyes begged for help but no one seemed to bother. I wondered why Auden didn't like Amanda. I mean she was pretty….Okay that was about it. Maybe Auden's—
"Amanda will you quit attacking the poor boy's face. Scram! Get back to your pink cabin." Auden practically squealed with joy when the boy in the doorway arrived.
"Will~~~ You aren't any fun!" Amanda pouted and walked out of our cabin with loud stomps.
"Thanks Will. My face is all ruined now." Auden frowned as he felt the place where Amanda had attacked him with her lips.
"Hi Will," I gave him a wave as he made his way to his bunk. He looked over me for a while then smiled.
"You must be the new girl right? Sorry I couldn't greet you yesterday, I was knocked out."
I nodded and stared at his leg, "Why are you walking around with the condition of your leg? Doesn't it hurt?"
Everyone in the room laughed, "Will's a tough guy. He can never stay put so you'll be seeing him vanish from time to time." Rachel nodded and tossed something over to Will.
He caught it and thanked Rachel before taking a comfortable position on his bed. "Man, I'm starved. Been walking around and you would not believe what everyone's talking about. In fact, it's quite hilarious." Will took a large bite of the sandwich Rachel gave him.
"Bit stale, Rache"
"Oh just eat it and keep on talking you whine-baby!"
Will pointed at Rachel as if he was going to get her later and she rolled her eyes in reply. "Anyways, there's this girl who's been failing at basically everything! Poor sucker can't even get old Twinkle to let 'em on!"
In replace of the laughter Will wanted to hear, everyone groaned and threw random pieces of trash at him. He looked confused. "Anyone want to tell me what's wrong?"
I raised my hand in a shy way and sunk even deeper into my bunk. "Will, that 'poor sucker' is me…" I straightened my back and contorted my expression, "But that horse was out to get me! It was laughing—no snorting—at me! It was doing it on purpose!"
Everyone laughed, "Oh, Chrys, Twinkle's the sweetest Pegasus at camp." I glared at Auden and made him zip it. Maybe Rachel's assertiveness was rubbing off on me.
"I don't know Auden, Twinkle did buck me that one time." Julian shrugged and fiddled with a tiny dagger in his hand.
Rachel snorted, "That's 'cause you were slapping her rear and telling her to 'Giddy up'. What kind of idiot does that?"
Will's face looked disgusted as he glanced up at Julian, "Yeah, what kind of idiot does that? Honestly, I think you were born defected or something. Did your mom ever drop you when you were a kid?"
Julian puffed out his cheeks, his sign of being mad, "Leave my mom out of this! What about your mom huh? Did she teach you to be an asswipe or did it come with you?"
Rachel threw a pillow in Julian's direction, "Hey! Julian knock it off!" Will snickered and seemed smug. Rachel threw a spare sneaker at him, "You too!"
Man did I love my cabin.
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