'How can a magical hotel with nothing but dead people in it catch fire?' Someone in the camp Half-blood crowd yelled. Chiron just shook his head. He didn't have a single idea. Hotel Valhalla was property of the Norse gods, by all means that should make it impossible for the hotel to catch fire. But it had, and every resident of Hotel Valhalla had to be placed somewhere else while the hotel was being rebuild.
A few of them had gone to Freya's realm for a little while, but vanirheim was the place for Freya's dead people and she didn't want the entirety of Odin's einherjar to run around there. So, because there was literally nothing else they could do (besides from sending all their residents to the Streets), the hotel manager had made a deal with Chiron and Reyna. A bunch of Hotel Valhalla children went to Camp Jupiter, and a smaller chunk camp to Half-blood. The city of New Rome just had more room than the already crowded camp.
Alex was happy to go back to camp. She already knew Will, Nico and Lou Ellen there, because of the adventure with the resurrected dinosaur. The other children around her seemed to be worried. Alex had heard at least five people say 'What if they notice we are dead?' When they got close to the camp, Magnus leaned closer to her (The bracelet on Alex arm was pink, so Magnus knew she was feminine right now). 'Alex, I don't think they know we are dead.' Alex shrugged. 'Oh, Magnus, they do,' she said, so hard that everyone heard her.
'How do you know?' Mallory had jumped from her chair and ran to Alex seat in a record time of 0,7 seconds. Alex smiled evilly. 'I went there before. I might have resurrected a dinosaur with one a few of their residents.' Magnus stared at her. 'You never told me that.' 'I thought it wasn't necessary. Magnus tilted his head slightly, while Mallory sat down in her seat again.
They bus stopped at the border of the camp. The einherjar got out. One of them spotted Argus, who held a letter in his hand, signed by chiron. Argus gestured the dead people to come with him. Most of the people looked scared of the man with a hundred eyes. 'He looks like a monster. He is not some kind of giant, right?' Someone whispered. Alex grabbed Magnus hand and walked over to Argus. 'Hey Argus, me and my special friend are going to say greet everyone I already know, alright?' Argus nodded.
Alex pulled Magnus along. 'Alex, I am sure you have lots of friends here, but maybe we have to listen to what that one-hundred eyed person has to say? Unless he is a giant, had taken over the camp and you are not telling me?' Alex looked at him. 'He is a Greek Giant, but a nice one. I know him, just listen to me.' Magnus groaned. 'If you say so.' 'Hey, Magnus, are you going to listen to me, or not?' Magnus rolled his eyes. 'Alright. I will.'
Alex walked into the pavilion, dragging Magnus along by his hand. A few heads turned. They seemed to find the Non-binary person with Green hair a normal sight, while the dude she was dragging along was a weird thing to them. To Magnus, everything was weird. He was used to an entire hotel, with people everywhere and a lot of things to the dead, ranging from martial arts to Yoga, from Gardening to Kahoot. Here, there were a lot of people, but they seemed to not want to kill each other.
After being dragged through camp for what felt like way to long, some girl came running at full speed to Alex. 'ALEX! Where is the dinosaur? We would make a plan to resurrect a new one!' She screamed. Alex smiled. 'I don't have a dinosaur this time, Lou. Also, that was Nico's plan, not mine.' Some kid behind them moaned. 'So, what if it is my idea?' What followed was an argument between the boy, the girl called Lou and Alex. Magnus slowly backed away. He didn't want to get involved in that. He looked at what he supposed was the entrance to the camp. What is taking so long? The rules on strawberry picking?' He thought (he had already spotted the fields in the distance). Also, where are Sam and Blitzen and Hearth? They promised they would show up!
Magnus inner monologue ended abruptly when a boy tapped on his shoulder. 'Are you Alex' boyfriend? I am Nico's. They always bicker like this, don't worry, it is normal.' The boy smiled. It was a very sunny smile. Magnus smiled back. 'Jep. I am Magnus.' The boy gave him his hand. 'I am Will.' They shook their hands, which to Magnus seemed very professional for two teenagers. It was then that he felt the ground rumble.
The campers looked around. It was clear they had never heard or seen anything like the rumbling before. From the corner of his eyes, Magnus saw Argus walk to the main field with the other residents of hotel Valhalla. Out of a really big house, a man in a wheelchair came bursting through the door with a velocity Magnus didn't usually equate with wheelchairs. After him, some dude with black hair came walking outside as well. Suddenly, one of the trees grew to a ridiculous proportion. The campers screamed, while the hotel Valhalla kids all relaxed. Someone was just trying to navigate the world tree, probably while being chased by the giant squirrel that lived in it.
The part of the world tree that had been in Camp Half-blood without anyone knowing shrunk down to its normal size again. Chiron looked at the Norse demigods. One of them ran up to him to explain what just happened. The Greek Demigods realised that apparently everything was fine and went further with their usual activities. After five minutes, Samirah, Blitzen and Hearth came walking out of the forest, with twigs in their hair (and in Samirah's case stuck in her hijab).
Magnus smiled like a full sun, while Chiron left Dionysus to explain how the camp works to the rest of the Norse demigods and galloped over to Magnus friends. Magnus wanted to join him, but suddenly felt someone tap his shoulder. 'Hey Cousin, hope everything is alright, because I would hate to hear otherwise!' Someone said behind him. 'Good to see you too, Annabeth,' Magnus replied. He twirled around on his toes and looked at his cousin. Her boyfriend was standing next to her. He had his arm wrapped around Annabeth's waist.
'You and Alex can sleep in my cabin,' he said. 'It is less cramped than the Athena cabin is going to be, you know.' Magnus shrugged. 'Alright, then, I'll sleep in your cabin. Yet, I think Alex sleeps in the same cabin as her... friends.' He had taken a break because he had seen a girl darteling through camp. She had been a ghost, but clearly not an einherjar. Magnus decided not to worry about it; the life of a demigod gets way weirder than just seeing a ghost.
After dinner and singing at the campfire, it was time to go to sleep. It was then that most people realised they were going to have to split up over cabins (because Norse demigods also have an attention span of zero, and a lot hadn't heard it when Dionysus had very clearly told them all were they should sleep). Magnus threw his stuff on one of the beds in the Poseidon cabin. He hoped that the sea god would look the other way, and not vaporize him for sleeping in his cabin or because the Greek god had spoken with Ran and Aesir. Magnus didn't really have a good relationship with those gods.
Blitzen and Hearth slept in the same cabin, Samirah had been given her own room in the Big House (as a valkyrie, she needed that). Alex was in the Hades cabin, together with Nico, Will and Lou Ellen - the later two had sneaked out of their own cabins to join the rest of team. 'Alright, but what if we round up all of the skeletons of dinosaurs in New York?' Nico asked. 'Neeks, maybe you should turn it down a little,' Will stated. Lou and Alex rolled their eyes. 'Sunnyboy, we need to take over this camp, not work on a funfair!' Alex said, acting annoyed. Yet, if he had to be honest, he just wanted to see more dinosaurs.