Something's been up with Dipper. Well, he's still himself, just more of a nerd and serious. I think he's avoiding me. Well, I'm sorry if I got caught up with the Aphrodite Cabin. It's AWESOME! There are no other people here right now, but I'm not arguing. I think that my siblings will congratulate me when they see the total glitter makeover I just gave the cabin. Speaking of siblings, why hasn't Aphrodite claimed him? I wouldn't blame her- there are many reasons why Dipper is embarrassing. But he's still cool and fun, I guess.
When I wake up, Waddles is snoring on my bed. Ohmygod! I can tell it's him. The adorable cheeks, the cute little snout, it's Waddles! He opens his eyes and oinks, Mabel!
I hug him over and over again. I'll admit, I was getting lonely being all by myself. Dipper and I always had to share a room, so I was thrilled when I walked into an empty cabin. But after one night, it was terrific to have a new roommate.
"I found him up in the hill, so I called me of the satyrs over. They told me that it said, 'I'm Waddles. Mabel is my BFF. I went first class In someone's luggage. They probably were not expecting a pig to jump out during security, but here I am!' I allowed it to come and stay with you." I tackled Chiron in a hug, but that's hard to do when he's half pony. I don't think any if the campers hug him because he trips over his back feet. Oops.
Chiron tells me to get ready for breakfast and leaves to check up on everyone else. I put on a sweater that appeared on my bed this morning. The card on it said, "To my stylish daughter, Mabel. Love, Aphrodite." It was soooo cute with sparkles and the cutest pony with wings ever! A Pegasus, I think that's what Dipper calls it. I pose in the pink sweater for Waddles, and he oinks in approval. I skip with him to breakfast.
I'm skipping past the rest of the cabins. Luke and Dipper wave and join me to walk to the nice smell of bacon. Waddles oinks uncomfortably and I apologize. Dipper still looks a little upset about not being claimed, but he should be glad and enjoy the freedom of not knowing what god was your parent. "Just don't accidentally insult them," I warn. Dipper just nods and stares, probably thinking of random lists he could make later. As I said, Dipper has an annoying obsession over lists.
Luke asks me how I like having the cabin to myself. "OOOOH! I bedazzled the bathroom and unrolled the toilet paper so I could draw pictures and then rerolled it!" Luke and Dipper both look at me kind of funny. I think that they're impressed, but they just pretend to be weirded out. Dipper does a weak laugh and I skip ahead of them, spotting Annabeth.
As I walk up to her, I can tell that she was eyeing Luke. Or Dipper. No, it was Luke. "Does someone have a crush?" I try to wiggle my eyebrows but it just doesn't seem to work out for me. She first looks like she wants to hurt me, but she just sighs. "He's been my only real family since Thalia left me." I just nod, but I'm totally lost. "When I was seven, I ran away from home. Luke and Thalia found me and promised I would always be family. When we were at Half-Blood Hill, Thalia was changed into a tree by her father as she protected Luke and me." Tears form at the corners of her eyes. Wow, I bet you'd have to be good friends with Annabeth before she could tell you that. I open my arms for a hug, and she hugs me as a friend, not an awkward sibling. I can tell she does have feelings for him, but like a big brother that is seven years older than her. I never had someone to look up to. Just my brother, and because we're twins, we even ourselves out with his nerdness and my awesomeness.
Annabeth tells me that because it's winter and there are barely any camprs, Chiron convinced Mr. D to allow everyone to sit at the same table. Who the heck is Mr. D? Does that stand for Mr. Doodlekinz? That would be an awesome name. Mabel Doodlekinz. Yep, that's the best name ever. Waddles joins Chiron at another table. Aw, animals mingling. So adorable.
A boy sittng across from us says hi to me. "I'm Kyle Kim, one of Annabeth's half-brothers." Apart from his gray eyes, he looked nothing like her. He was probably thirteen with dark hair, pale skin, and he looked like he hasn't eating in days. His tee shirt just shows bone underneath: no muscle, no fat. Weird. He reminds me of Dipper, who has noodle arms, but Kyle just gathers up every single plate, which is twenty, and brings them into the kitchen. I meet other people, a funny girl named Clarisse who said sparkles were for baby unicorns (I LOVE baby unicorns!), Travis and Connor Stoll, both sons of Hermes (they had to sleep in the Big House so Chiron could surveillance them last night after Chiron woke up with shaving cream all over his face the previous night), and a few others. This place was awesome. Unfortunately, Dipper wasn't looking on the bright side of things a lot of the time.
