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Chiron and Damian neared the giant outdoor dining pavilion, that they could both see and hear, was already filled with all the campers. Damian could hear people talking, laughing, burping, and even a few playful arguments.
"So Grover mentioned I would be residing at the Hermes cabin." He said striking up conversation with veteran centaur.
"That's correct. It's where all the unclaimed demi-gods go since Lord Hermes is happy to look after those who are unclaimed which makes him a favorite and well respected member of the twelve Olympians." Chiron explained.
"Wells that's noble of him. How long do you have to wait to be claimed?"
Chiron had a somber look cross his face. "Ahh well it varies. Some get claimed straight away within a few days, some maybe a few months, some a few years but some unfortunately never get claimed. Not all demigods are recognized by their godly parent and are simply forgotten about."
"That's cruel. Why even have them if you're not going to claim them? They should show respect to their children at least?"
"Well that is a question I think many want answered but in my experience it's best not to ask. The gods can be very temperamental when they want to be."
"Fair enough." Damian sighed.
The two lapsed into a quick silence before Damian asked another question.
"Can I ask why does Hera have an honorary cabin when Lady Hestia doesn't? From what I have heard about Hestia is that she is a favourite and likable goddess? Shouldn't she have a cabin in her honour as well?" Damian asked.
Chiron sighed. "Well it is quite unfortunate really. Lady Hestia was once one of the twelve Olympians but when Dionysus came along it caused a bit of an uproar. She willingly gave up her seat to him when she saw how far things were beginning to escalate and to avoid a war happening. But slowly over time people just began to forget about her. Even some of her family rarely notice her these days."
Damian frowned at that. That must be tough, being forgotten by your own family.
They arrived at the dining pavilion but before Damian headed in, Chiron stopped him. "Mr. D will introduce you. Don't worry and relax. Act… like you usually do!" Chiron said with a smile.
Damian just smirked and headed in.
The first thing Damian noticed when he walked in was how many campers there were. There must have been around two hundred all varying from different ages. They all sat at specific stone picnic tables. One was mast with a huge number of people that was beginning to overflow with people on it.
Another made Damian blush when he saw that all the people sitting at the table were incredibly beautiful. They all had perfect skins and all wore make up, some more than others. The girls were the definition of girly girls, even the boys.
At another table he saw Annabeth sitting with a group that all had similar features to her. The blonde hair and the tanned skin with grey eyes. She spotted him looking over and gave him a small wave which he returned.
But then he noticed there was about four tables that were completely unoccupied which to Damian looked like a complete waste. He had a feeling this was like the cabins. Every child of a certain god or goddess goes to a specific table. The overcrowded one had to be the Hermes table and guessed many of them there were kids who had not been claimed yet.
He then looked around to see if he could find the raven haired girl but with all the people in the room and not exactly recognising the face properly since his vision was a little blurry, he struggled to find her.
When they walked in the commotion all seemed to stop and they all looked over towards him and began to whisper.
"Hey that's him. One of the two that beat the- you know"
"I wonder if he is a good fighter. He must be if what we heard was right, right?"
"He's so handsome! I hope he's not a child of Aphrodite."
"Hot damn!"
Damian blushed at the last two comments.
"Luke, could you come over here for a second." Chiron called out which made one of the boys from the cramped table walk over. The boy was a lot older then everyone else he had seen so far, around nineteen at most. He had sandy blonde hair with light blue eyes with very elfish like features and a pointy face. But the most notable feature was a long white scar that went down his right cheek.
"Luke, this is Damian Redgrave, one of the new campers who arrived last night. I'll leave him with you," Chiron said before he trotted over to where Mr. D was sitting.
"Well it's nice to meet you, Damian. I'm Luke, son of Hermes and the head of the Hermes cabin."
"It's a pleasure to meet you." Damian said, shaking Luke's hand.
"Make room guys." Luke said as they arrived at the table, causing the table to shift a little as Damian sat next to Luke. "Well, welcome to Camp Half-Blood. We have to admit, we were all quite impressed by your action with the other boy last night. Defeating the bull man is quite the achievement, especially from those who have not had any training."
"Thank you Luke."
"Your welcome, ah it looks like Mr. D is about to speak."
Mr. D got up from his seat reluctantly. He cracked his knuckled before he stood in front of everyone as the whole pavilion went quiet to hear what he was about to say.
"Alright brats listen up because I will only say this once." He said in a bored tone. "As you all know, we had two new arrivals last night. One is with us tonight while the other is still unconscious and is healing. I'm sure you have all been wondering whether the rumour about them defeating the Minotaur was true. Well I'm here to clarify that it is indeed true."
That caused many to begin whispering before Mr. D gave them a look that quickly shut them all up. He clicked his finger and the shoebox containing Percy's Minotaur horn appeared in front of him. Damian opened it up, since Percy was not here, and many gasped a little when they saw the horn knowing now full well that it was true. Many on the Hermes table marveled at it while Damian could see that over at one of the other tables that was filled with big and burly kids they were looking at him with a bit of jealousy in their eyes.
"Don't worry," Luke said, whispering to him. "That's just the Ares table. They are probably just mad that they didn't get a chance to fight it." He said, getting a swift nod from Damian before Mr. D began speaking again.
"The one who joined us tonight is Damian Redgrave." He said as many began to whisper. Some were about if he really was the one who took down the bull, considering he wasn't really tall or looking tough, while some others caused Damian to blush.
The most interesting one was why did Mr. D say his real name.
Damian asked what that was about but Luke just waved it off.
"Anyways, Damian is not like normal demigods and is quite a bit different from all of you." Mr. D said causing them all to glance at him with curiosity. "He is known as a Demon Hunter."
This caused many gasps from the crowd.
"Apparently, his father and aunts hunted demons for a living and trained him to do so as well."
For the next few minutes the whole room was silent as every camper had their eyes directed towards Damian, who was once again beginning to shift uncomfortably in his seat. Many, looked gob smacked while he couldn't help but notice the table Annabeth was sitting at all looked like Christmas, Halloween, and Easter came had just come early.
"Da-Damian is that true?" Luke asked voicing the question everyone wanted answered. Damian nodded his head stiffly, confirming everything Mr. D just said was true.
Damian then showed his sword and guns. The Ares and Hephaestus cabin marveled at the weapons. The Ares because they looked like strong and powerful weapons, while the Hephaestus because of the workmanship on the guns and the sword.
When he put the weapons away, he was immediately swarmed by the other campers all wanting to ask him question about his work, how dangerous it was and what other things could he do or have. He swore he even heard some ask whether he had a girlfriend.
Luckily for him, Chiron quickly called everything back to order and everyone returned to their seats. "Well, now that the introduction is done we can all eat." Chiron then stamped his hooves and shouted out "TO THE GODS!"
"TO THE GODS!" Everyone shouted including Damian with an amused smirk before everyone began to fill their plates.
Wood nymphs then came out with more platters of food, which was filled with grapes, apples, strawberries, cheese, fresh bread, a whole variety of food.
Damian looked it over and had to admit the food all looked amazing. But there was just something missing.
"I wonder if they have Strawberry Sundaes…" He muttered which was heard by one of the passing wood nymphs. She clicked her fingers and a Strawberry Sundae appeared.
He felt like wrapping the wood nymph in a hug and asking her to marry him but he kept his cool and gave her a pleasant thank you to which she appreciated before making her rounds.
He was about to chow down before Luke got up and motioned for him to follow him.
"Before we start eating we take a portion of our food and scrape it into the pot over the fire as an offering to the gods. They love the smell of burnt food so we offer them a small bit of each of ours." Luke told him.
"Okay... strange but nothing is wrong with that," Damian said getting a small chuckle from those around him.
He waited patiently as everyone scraped a portion of their food into the pot, made a small prayer before going back to their seat. Luke, who was just in front of him, had finished his offering by sliding some apple pieces into the pot before Damian stepped up for his turn.
"If you can hear me mother then this is my offering to you. I hope you enjoy cake, " He said as he slid down two pieces of cake. 'The other is for you, Lady Hestia."
The fire underneath the pot suddenly got higher and flickered brightly.
He walked back over to the table and sat back next to Luke before he dug into his meal.
For the next hour he spoke and idly chatted with Luke about the camp and joked around with two of Luke's brothers, the twins, Travis and Connor Stoll.
He found the two amusing for the many pranks they pulled to the campers here.
Eventually dinner ended and everyone made their way down to the Amphitheatre where the children of Apollo were singing an acapella version of a variety of songs.
He looked around and saw everyone laughing and smiling with marshmallows on the end of a stick in front of a large fire while others were joking around or telling each other stories.
It felt like a second home to Damian.
He sensed a presence sit next to him and looked over and saw Annabeth sitting next to him with stars in her eyes and a small notebook and pencil in her hand.
"You want to know about my family's history right?" Damian asked with an amused smile.
Annabeth nodded her head vigorously, which made him chuckle.
"Alright then," Damian said as he began to explain to Annabeth the concept of Devil Hunters and why they exist. Demons started terrorizing earth for many years and so demon slayers were needed to defeat them, with the first being his grandfather, and then it passed onto Damian's father.
He then went on to describe his (fake) family history, which caused Annabeth to start writing and jotting things down like crazy.
"It's just me, my dad and my adoptive aunts who hunt demons." Damian said. "My uncle does as well but... let's just say he isn't exactly on good terms with my dad and close to the family."
An easy way to put the sibling rivalry between Dante and Vergil.
"Even women can become Devil Hunters?" Annabeth asked.
"Of course, any help is appreciated." Damian nodded.
"This is incredible," Annabeth muttered as she was scribbling away on her notepad.
"I take it you like to learn," Damian said which got Annabeth rapidly nodding her head.
"I love it. As a child of Athena, I'm pretty much expected to love to learn. Reading especially."
"Athena? As in the goddess of wisdom and battle?" He asked, getting a nod from Annabeth. "That's great."
"Thanks. You never know, she could be your Olympian parent too since your unclaimed." Annabeth said.
Damian snorted. "She sounds like a woman who could handle my dad and his carefree antics. But if she is, then that makes me your brother." He said, making Annabeth smile brightly. Before the two could continue their conversation, Chiron's voice sounded out through the amphitheatre telling everyone it was time to head back to their cabins.
As everyone got up, Damian was about to join before a thought quickly appeared in his head. He tapped Annabeth shoulder getting her attention.
"Annabeth, you were the one who found Grover, Percy and I with Chiron last night right?" He asked getting a nod from the girl. "Could you tell me who the other girl was?"
"Oh sure, the other girl was Silena Beauregard. She's a daughter of Aphrodite and the one that helped you back to camp while I helped your friend Percy. She's... ah, she's just over there." She said pointing over towards a group of girls that were just leaving the amphitheatre. They were all stunning beautiful but Annabeth pointed to the one in the middle of the group.
Damian's breathing hitched slightly when he saw her. She was by far the most stunning of the group and must have been only a year younger than him since she looked about the same age. Her raven black hair blended in with the night sky perfectly while her dazzling blue eyes seemed to sparkle in the night. Her skin was slightly tanned but a little lighter then Annabeth's tanned skin. All in all, Damian couldn't take his eyes away from her.
Said girl then looked over and spotted him looking in her direction which caused a hint of pink to appear on her face before she gave a small wave to him.
Damian waved back which caused the girls all around Silena to notice and begin to giggle at the little action before the group all left the amphitheatre.
"Come on lover boy." He heard as two pairs of arm appeared on his shoulder which belonged to Connor and Travis. "Let's head back. We don't want to be out here when those harpies are around." They said as they began leading him out with the others from the Hermes cabin.
He waved good bye to Annabeth before he set off. It only took a few minutes before he found himself standing outside the Hermes Cabin.
"It's not much but it's home." The twins said together before they led Damian inside.
When he walked in the first thing he noticed was how cramped it was. All the beds and bunk beds had been taken and there were sleeping bags littered all around the room.
"Here you go," Luke said, appearing in front of him, handing over a sleeping back and some toiletries. "Take this spot, no one's using it yet so you're welcome to it." He said pointing over to a spot next to the bunk beds that Connor and Travis slept on.
Just as Damian was about to head over, Luke tapped his shoulder. "Don't forget these. Since your part of this camp now you're pretty much required to have these." He said as he handed over a bright orange shirt with the words Camp Half Blood written in black along with a bare leather necklace.
"…Can I get this in black?"
"Sorry there is none?"
"Shit."
"Anyway, we all have the necklace," Luke said, showing his that had five multi colored beads on it. "Each bead represents one summer that we have been at camp. The little mark or picture on the bead shows what all the head councilors have agreed was the biggest event of that summer."
Damian nodded in understanding and looked at Luke's necklace. "So since you have five beads on yours I guess you have been here for five summers right?" He said getting a nod from Luke.
"That's right. Though a few stay here all year around due to their scent being strong enough that attracts monster or they simply don't have anywhere to go. Annabeth and I are year rounder's so we have stayed here all round for the past five years."
"I guess you and Annabeth know each other pretty well then." He mentioned getting a nod from Luke.
"Yeah, we arrived here together. Guess she is kind of like a little sister to me in a way and we have been through a lot. Especially with Thalia," he said whispering out the last part.
"Thalia..." Damian said to himself. He remembered that name from the bus ride from Yancy Academy. He and Percy heard Grover mention that name before.
"Who is this Thalia if you don't mind me asking? I heard Grover mention that name before."
When Damian asked, he noticed a dark look come over Luke's face as his hair slightly covered his eyes and his hand shake slightly next to his sides. "It's nothing. It's not a story many like to talk about especially myself, Grover and Annabeth. Let's just say there should have been another that arrived with me an Annabeth but that didn't happen." He said as Damian caught him looking out the window and out at the big tree on top of the hill.
When Damian turned around Luke was across the room. Since both Grover and Luke knew that name and Grover got sad over it while Luke was angry, he guessed this Thalia person must have been a friend of theirs. Since they were talking in past tense he guessed something bad must have happened to her.
Damian shook his head of the negative thoughts and went to wash. After he brushed his teeth and washed his face, he changed into a pair of shorts and t-shirt and got in his sleeping back. He made sure Connor or Travis hadn't done anything to his sleeping back before he lay down and just looked up at the ceiling.
"Lights out everyone!" Luke voice said ringing out before the light went off. There were a lot of good nights while others grumble before Damian shut his eyes. It defiantly was the greatest place to sleep but he made do before he quickly succumbed to sleep.
Next day...
Damian had woken up fairly early since everyone else in the cabin was still sleeping so he went to bathroom, washed up, got changed with his new half-blood t-shirt on before he exited the cabin.
The sun had barely just come up so the morning mist around the camp was still there. He saw a few of the wood nymphs heading over towards the dining pavilion, no doubt they were preparing for the morning breakfast. Some of them looked over a little surprised to see him up already but he gave them a smile and wave, which they happily gave back.
Damian stretched his arms, getting several pops in response. he then did some warm-up stretches before he went for a morning run around the camp and put his iPod in his ears.
As he ran around the camp, he looked at his surroundings and marvelled at how beautiful it looked under the first rays of the sun. Everything seemed to glimmer and shine especially the big golden cabin. He quickly looked away when he feared he would go blind from looking at it for too long.
The run around camp didn't take long for him to finish before he wound up in front of the big house. He doubted anyone else was up but was surprised when he saw Chiron trotting up toward the big house with a surprised look on his face.
"My, it's a bit early for you to be up, Damian. Couldn't sleep well?" He asked but Damian shook his head.
"I'm an early riser." He said. "Thought I'd get some morning exercise in."
Chiron nodded pleased to see how quickly Damian had adapted to camp.
"Well then I will leave you to it. Remember when the conch horn calls out breakfast will be ready." He said before he disappeared inside.
Damian watched the centaur go before he made his way around camp and entered the big arena that he was told most went to so they could train.
It was pretty small and harmless compared to the arena back at home. That place was hell with all the spikes, traps, and demons in there.
The training ground was a large oval shape with wooden dummies planted all over the place. There were wooden stand wrapped around it where people could most likely watch. He guessed it was used for other events due to how many could be seated in the stands.
The morning from then on went pretty smoothly. When he got back to the Hermes cabin he took a quick shower getting rid of the sweat and smell he attained from training. He also rinsed his orange shirt before leaving it to try, putting on his gray tanktop.
Breakfast went smoothly. After breakfast, where Damian ate enough for four people, he went with the Hermes cabin for a Greek lesson. He was surprised when he found Annabeth was the teacher but Connor and Travis told him she was the best at speaking and talking Greek since she was a daughter of Athena.
When the lesson got underway, Damian was amazed that he could understand everything in the Greek textbook and marvelled at finally being able to read properly which caused many in the room to chuckle.
After an interesting lesson to which Annabeth told him he did well for his first time as two exited the classroom. But before they could both leave Grover came running up to them.
"Damian, Chiron wanted me to let you know Percy is awake and is at the big house."
Damian's eyes widened slightly before he grinned and made his way towards the big house. Grover and Annabeth followed too.
When he arrived he saw Percy was sitting in the same seat he was the day before with Chiron now back in his wheelchair. However Mr. D didn't look too happy since his eyes looked like they were on fire with purple wisps coming out from them. The camp director saw Damian coming over and gave him a quick nod which Damian did back.
"Jeez Percy what did you do to piss Mr. D off?" He asked coming up behind the black haired boy and getting a jump of surprise from Percy who's eyes widened when he saw his friend.
"Damian!" He said leaping of the chair to give his friend a quick hug. "Thank god you're okay. What is going on? I'm so confused and-"
"Calm down Percy." Damian said patting Percy on the shoulder." I know it's a lot to take in but everything that Chiron and Mr D have said is the truth."
"You mean the gods being real and my mom being..."
"Yeah it's all real. I'm sorry about your mom, Percy." He said. Percy looked down obviously trying to keep his tears at bay. The others had a look of sympathy especially Grover since he felt like it was his fault and that he should have protected them better while Mr. D looked like he didn't really care.
Damian saw Annabeth and decided to quickly change the topic.
"Ahh, Percy, this is Annabeth. She's the one who found us and brought you to camp."
Percy looked up and Damian could see a small shade of pink appear on Percy's face causing Damian to inwardly smirk. It was silent for a few second as Damian saw Annabeth grey eyes scanning Percy over as if she was trying to figure out the best way to take him down.
"You drool when you sleep." She said, ending the silence. Damian snickered at the look on Percy's face.
Chiron, who now leapt out of the wheel chair causing Percy's eyes to go all bug eyed.
"Come Percy, I'll take you on a tour of the camp," he said as Annabeth then sprinted off along with Grover. However Damian decided he would go with Percy just to make the boy feel better and so he had another familiar face with him.
Chiron took them on the same route Grover had taken them the day before. Damian had already seen it all and was either day dreaming away or watching the other campers go about their day.
He listened in when Percy claimed to have seen something move the curtain from the attic window but Chiron quickly shot it down to it being nothing, which Damian found a little suspicious but let it go… for now.
After about half an hour of Percy asking question after question they eventually got to the cabins.
When they got there Damian looked around and saw that a tall well-built girl about his age was staring at Percy as if he was fresh meat. She wore a red bandana on her head and had straggly brown hair. Over her orange shirt she wore a cameo flack jacket.
She was standing outside the red cabin with barbed wire on the roof. If Damian could remember what Grover told him the other day that was the Ares cabin therefore making that girl a daughter of Ares.
"Ahh, and this is where you will be staying until you are claimed," Chiron said as he led Percy towards the Hermes cabin.
Damian was about to follow until saw the stables. He was interested to see other beast instead of the ones he is used too.
"Percy, I'll catch up with you later. I'm going to the stables," he said getting a timid nod from Percy. Percy knew he couldn't expect Damian to stay with him all the time and was grateful for sticking with him this far.
When he walked in, he looked in amazement when he saw a long line of horse pens which house the most beautiful creature he had seen to date. The pegasi varied in color from white, brown and gray. Their wing folded up on their sides just like that of a bird but they look magnificent.
He walked down the line and stopped in front of a beautiful Pegasus with snow white fur and wings and had an almost silver looking mane along its neck.
When he got close to the pen it was in, it moved it's head and looked right at him, it's brown eyes staring deeply into his silver ones.
Damian wasn't sure how but he felt like the horse was studying him. Making sure he was not a threat to it and that it wouldn't hurt it.
A little shakily, Damian extended his arm out towards the Pegasus and outstretched his fingers. The Pegasus didn't move for about half a minute as it looked at his fingers before slowly it trotted towards him. Damian held in his breath when it got close until the Pegasus's head now grazed the tips of his fingers. Light and carefully he put his palm onto the Pegasus's head and gently stroked the animal.
The Pegasus obviously liked the feeling since it whinnied a little and had an almost peaceful looked cross its face and eyes. Damian was amazed at how comfortable the animal felt around him, it was like the animal just had an automatic trust in him.
"Beautiful, isn't she?" A voice called out, causing Damian's head to whip around and eyes widen slightly when none other than the girl he had been trying to talk to all day yesterday was standing there looking towards him and the Pegasus with a small smile on her face. She walked over and patted the Pegasus on the neck.
"Yeah she is. She is quite possible the most amazing animal I have ever seen." Damian said, getting a nod in agreement from Silena.
"I'm surprised she has taken to you so quickly. It took me a few weeks before she felt comfortable to be around me. Guess you have a way with animals." She said as she gazed at Damian, who blushed slightly at her stare.
"Maybe. I guess she just recognizes I am no threat to her." He said getting a satisfied nod from Silena. "I'm Damian, by the way."
Silena giggled. "Oh I know who you are. You have been quite the talk of the camp. I'm Silena Beauregard, daughter of Aphrodite."
"It's nice to meet you." He said, sticking his hand out to which Silena quickly shook along with a little giggle escaping from her mouth.
"You were the one who found me on the hill that night, weren't you?" He asked getting a confirming nod from Silena. "I just want to thank you for helping me. I was pretty out of it with Mr. Beefcake slamming me into the ground."
"Your welcome." She said politely getting a small hint of pink appear on her cheeks from the thanks.
Damian looked her over and saw she was wearing almost the same clothes as the day before except she wore black short shorts instead of a skirt.
At the same time Silena was looking him over from the corner of her eyes. She saw that the Camp Half-Blood shirt fitted him perfectly and framed his lean but muscular frame perfectly and was impressed with the black long shorts he was wearing and the black converses.
'I can see why so many of my sisters are falling for him already.' She thought. 'I do hope he isn't a son of Aphrodite. That would break a lot of hearts.'
Both then caught each other staring sat one another before they quickly turned their heads, hiding the blushes on their faces before they both let out a little laugh. Damian saw the necklace on around her neck and saw the one bead on it that was coloured blue.
"You have been here one year, I guess, from the bead." He said motioning to her necklace.
"Yeah, I came here last summer when I was twelve. I spent about a week in the Hermes cabin before my mom claimed me. When most people look at me they just see this pretty girl who is a daughter of Aphrodite and that all I do is look in the mirror and talk about clothes and love and stuff. So I tried to branch myself out from that. I took up Pegasus riding lesson which I found I excelled out. I'm pretty confident in saying I'm one of the best Pegasus riders in the camp."
"If you like I could teach you how to ride one." She said tucking a strand of hair behind her ear a little nervously.
"S-Sure I'd really like that." Damian said, stuttering a little at first and causing a big smile to cross Silena's face. The Pegasus was looking between the two and if Damian didn't know any better he could have sworn she was smirking.
However before the two could talk anymore a blast that sounded like a small explosion sounded out through the air. Both Damian and Silena looked at each other before they headed out of the stables to see what the commotion was...
Now, Damian isn't getting with Silena in the first story, this is just to set up the friendship then the crush, then the growing feelings into love. They'll get together in the second book though.
And Silena won't be Luke's inside spy.