It's been three days since the incident at the park. Aris was claimed by Hermes during the campfire the night we got back to camp. Nala is still a mystery. She seemed to have attached herself to Nico. She followed him around everywhere while Aris got with his new siblings. Nico didn't seem to mind, for some reason. Nala also refuses to tell us any more about the books. She heard about the councelors meeting that was supposed to happen tomorrow and said that it would be the perfect time to explain.

"It's better to explain all at once." She had said.

I, however, spent most of the three days working in the infirmary. Rev tried to get me to hang out with him, but that involved ditching the infirmary and my cabin mates. He might be my boyfriend, but I don't want to skip helping people just to hang out. Right now, I'm in the archery range helping Nala and Nico, even if I can't shoot to save my life (which Nico reminds me of every day). Nala is trying to be polite, Nico is just flat out complaining.

"This is stupid!" He threw the bow down. "I mean, I use a sword. I don't need to know how to shoot a bow."

"I beg to differ." Nala argued before I could even open my mouth. She was wearing a camp shirt and the same jeans that she came in. "First, don't throw the bow, you might break it. Second, what if you are in the middle of a battle and you lost your sword, and the only weapon you can find is a bow. You'll need to know how to shoot then. Like what happened to Percy in The Battle Of The Lab- never mind."

"She's right." I agreed, ignoring her slip up. "It's a useful skill."

"Whatever. I would never lose my sword." Nico grumbled.

"You could." I pressed.

"Not."

"Could."

"Not!"

"Could!"

"No-" Nico was interrupted by someone giggling. We looked at Nala.

"I'm sorry." She confessed, not looking sorry. "You guys just fight like an old married couple. It's adorable."

I say, "I have a boyfriend." At the same time Nico says, "I'm not adorable."

"What?" Nala stared at me. "You have a boyfriend?" She looked at me in disbelief. She then whispered, "But, solangelo."

"Uh, what?" Nico asked. He took the words right out of my mouth.

"Never mind. Nico, we need to talk." She started to pull Nico towards his cabin by the scruff of his shirt, ignoring his complaining. She then called over her shoulder, "Sorry Will, got to go." With one last wave, she turned around and didn't look back.

I finally decided to go meet up with Rev at the arena.

"Hey Willy." He said when I got there. I cringed ever so slightly at the nickname. "I hope you know that you're going to get crushed tonight."

He must have been referring to the game of capture the flag that we're going to play tonight.

Ever since the war, there was a new rule that not all of the cabins would play capture the flag at once. One week it would be certain cabins, the next week it would be the others. Tonight it was the Hermes, Hades, Apollo, Hecate, Athena and Poseidon, vs. Aphrodite, Demeter, Hephaestus, Zeus, Hypnos and Dionysus. That left out Ares, Nemisis and a few others. I figured my team was in pretty good shape.

After dinner, the game started. Nico wasn't playing. Doctor's orders. He still got weak from shadow traveling, even after a year. He simply sat on the sidelines watching.

Nala and Aris worked very well together. They were quick learners and picked up sword fighting fairly quick. Especially Nala.

After a long battle, I finally managed to sneak by their defenses and I got the flag. They were to busy fighting to notice me until I jumped across the creek and won for my team.

Everyone congratulated me as we went to the campfire. We sang songs and made s'mores. Then, something happened.

A loud gasp spread a hush across the crowd of demigods. Everyone stared at Nala, or really, above her head. There was a dark symbol. She was being claimed, by Hades. I glanced over at Nico. His eyes were wide. I looked back at Nala. More symbols were starting to appear around her.

Zeus, Hypnos, Apollo and more.

Soon, she was surrounded by a symbol for every god we knew, and even more we didn't recognize. It was as if all the gods were claiming her at once. She looked shell-shocked.

Chiron finally broke the silence. "It seems, that Ms. Loove is more important than we thought." He announced. "It is my honor to officially welcome you, Nala Loove, mortal, chosen one of the gods, to Camp Half-Blood."