So, sixty follows at the time I'm writing this. That's actually insane. Like I thought I wouldn't reach that by the end of the story, let alone 10% of the way through.

I know it's been ages since I uploaded a chapter, and I don't have any excuses other than that I just didn't do any writing over the past month. But I'm being serious this time, I've made a schedule and I'm actually sticking with it.

Anyway, I know you probably just want to read the story, so...

Chapter 6

Part two: The short, eventful life of a demigod

Chapter five: The new kid

If I had to describe the Hermes cabin one word, it would be chaos. Over one hundred people were packed into the room, and none of them seemed like the relaxed type. Barely anyone noticed when I entered, and so I just stood, a bit overwhelmed, in the doorway.

"Hey everyone!" Luke shouted, managing to get most of the kids', who looked around ten to fifteen's, attention. "We got a newcomer. His name is Percy."

Instantly I felt the full weight of one hundred stares on me. Some were friendly, most were indifferent, and a few seemed like they were sizing me up. It quickly passed however, and soon everyone went back to what they were doing.

"We get alot of new people in the Hermes Cabin, usually once or twice a week. People are pretty used to it by now." Huh. And here I was thinking things would change. "Anyway, we can probably find you a bed somewhere. I think there were some spots free over in the corner."

Bed was a bit generous. I ended up with a mattress on the floor without any pillows.

"I thought you were funded by the gods or something?" I asked.

"Yeah, well each cabin gets the same amount of funding. It's pretty annoying considering the fact that we have almost half the campers in our one cabin. Luckily Thalia gives us alot of her money as she gets the same allowance as all of us combined. Either way, it's not enough to fund all of us." Luke explained.

I dropped down onto the mattress, exhausted.

"Dinner will be in fifteen, so don't sleep too long." Luke said. I simply nodded and let him walk off. Feeling my eyes start to droop, I decided to try to at least get some rest before I was thrust back into the spotlight. But one bed behind me, right in the corner of the room, I spotted someone watching me.

I turned around and saw a small girl, who looked no older than seven, watching me in silence. She had long dark hair that made it hard to see her face, and was wearing a simple white dress.

"Hello?" I asked. The girl looked at me for a second longer before looking away.

"Hey, theres no need to be shy. I won't bite." I said soothingly. The girl looked up again, revealing large dark eyes, though she still seemed unwilling to talk.

"Are you feeling okay?" She just nodded. "Well then, my name's Percy, What's your name?"

Again, she just continued staring at me. Looks like I'm really going to have to try here.

"How would you like to be friends?" I asked, to which she slightly perked up. It wasn't much, but it was alot more than I'd got before. "Yeah, I thought you were looking kind of lonely over there. But if we're gonna be friends, it'd be nice to know your name." The girl didn't respond at al this time, and it didn't look like she would any time soon. After a brief silence, I decided to try and get some rest again.

"Chloe." A soft voice behind me said. I turned around, and looked at the girl, presumably Chloe, and smiled.

"Chloe? Well isn't that a nice name. So I guess we're really friends now?" She actually smiled this time, a brighter smile than any I'd ever seen. Without even realising it I was soon smiling too.

"I'll take that as a yes, then." A massive horn went off, and everyone shot up out of their places in a mad rush. I guess that must be dinner. As I got up to leave, Chloe jumped up and grabbed my hand with a surprisingly strong grip.

"So it's like that then." I said chuckling as she clung to my arm. "Well I guess we better get off to dinner."

Camp Half-Blood was beautiful in the day, but it was a very different type of beauty in the evening. The lake seemed to glow in the deep hues of the late sun, and the pegasi flew in to the stables after their last flight, wings glowing in all the colours of the rainbow.

The dining pavilion was already full by the time I got there, but it seemed like that was pretty normal for the Hermes lot, as they started to fill in the tables on the outside as well. Deciding to follow suit, Chloe and I sat down near the end of an empty table, but were quickly surrounded by the mass that was the Hermes cabin.

Somehow Luke ended up opposite me, and a pair of twins sat on either side of me and Chloe, who were already smirking mischievously.

"Percy, this is Connor and Travis Stoll."

"Hey" said one.

"Hi" said the other.

"Um, who's who?" I asked to nobody in particular.

"Well that's the thing, nobody really knows." They both said in perfect synchronisation. Because that's not creepy at all.

"Don't worry about them. They may be crazy, but as long as I'm still around all they can do is prank people." Luke said.

"As long as your around?" I asked suspiciouly.

"Well, technically, if anything were to happen to me, these two would end up becoming leaders of the Hermes cabin, having been a member the longest." Luke said, shuddering. "And I will feel very sorry for you lot on that day. In the mean time, we should probably get some food. Water."

I looked at him confused, until I noticed that his goblet had been filled up with water, my eyes widening.

"You guys have infinite drinks?" I asked in awe.

"Yeah, and this guy decides to use it to get water." One of the Stolls said. "Come on man, you need to live a little."

"What? Waters healthy." Luke reasoned. This broke down into a heated argument over whether it was worth even drinking water at all. Any drink on voice command?

"Coke." I said aloud, and watched as my goblet filled up. Hmm, that's not quite right. "Blue coke." The coke immediately changed colour.

"Blue coke?" Luke asked incredulously.

"It tastes better." I explained.

"Well whatever you want to drink Luke, it's fair to say Percy here is the craziest of us all." One of the Stoll's chimed in.

"Yeah, he'll fit right in." The other one finished. The whole table laughed, and Chloe even gave a small giggle whilst changing her sprite a hundred different colours.

"So you said there would be food. I'm going to assume that this won't be like your regular school food." I asked Luke, to which he simply smiled and waved a woman over. Although she looked like a normal twenty year old girl from a distance, up close you could see her elf-like ears and slight green tint to her skin.

"Percy, this here is a dryad, or wood nymph. They usually guard trees, but at meals they act as our waitresses. So just ask her for some food, just make sure to sacrifice the best bits to a god or goddess of your choice." Luke informed me.

"Is there a menu or something?" I asked.

"A menu?" Luke said, laughing. "There are a few benefits to living in the world of a demigod, Percy."

An hour later, and my plate was piled high with the remains of ribs and wings, and I had at least six different types of potatoes. I leaned back, satisfied, and admired the view once more. I could definitely get used to this.

At some point, Chloe had fallen asleep on my lap, probably after she had eaten too many desserts. Connor and Travis had long since ran off, supposedly to finish preparations on a 'secret project', which would no doubt end well for everyone else. Luke was now the only other person on the tale as everyone else had gone off to relax before the nightly campfire.

"So, when did you meet Chloe?" Luke said.

"Just after you left. She was in the corner of the room all by herself, I didn't even notice her at first." I answered.

"Well it's good to see she finally got a friend. She's been here a few weeks now and hasn't really settled in."

"Did you not try to help her?"

"Of course, we try to help everyone who comes here. But after a while you realise that most people are pretty out of it the first couple weeks. I mean their world just got flipped on it's head. It's actually quite strange how well you've adjusted." Luke explained.

"Well I figure that it's been pretty fun so far. If this is all some elaborate prank I'm quite happy to carry on playing the fool." I said, and Luke gave a slight chuckle. One person, however, didn't find the comment so funny.

"'Pretty fun so far'." A fuming Annabeth Chase walked out of the pavilion. Here we go. "So I'm guessing you just forgot all the times you almost died, including the one where I was in the same chariot."

"Not saying I forgot, just saying that in hindsight playing the hero is kinda fun." I said defensively.

"Well I guess I'm the only one that actually values their life out of the two of us." She shot back.

"And here I was thinking we'd got along alright on our tour, and here you are-"

"And what do you mean, 'playing the hero'? Getting a bit ahead of ourselves aren't we."

"Annabeth!" A commanding, feminine voice shouted out. "Are you done hazing the new kid yet?" Out of the corner of my eye I spotted where the voice was coming from. A girl, around 5"6, with black spiky hair and electric blue yes walked over. She was wearing a leather jacket and seemed to exude and edgy goth vibe.

"Hey Thals." Luke said, kissing her on the cheek as she sat down.

"Your Thalia?" I asked, somewhat surprised. "You aren't what I... expected."

"What's that supposed to mean, new kid?" She bit back menacingly, glaring at me in full force.

"Well, I don't really know. I just didn't expect the daughter of the King of the Gods to be so uhh, alternative." I quickly explained. There was a long moment of tension, and Luke looked just about ready to get in between us.

"I like you." Thalia concluded. What! Not the response I was expecting. "Most people would collapse underneath my glare in moments, yet you actually held my eyes. Annabeth said you were a powerful child of Hectate, yes?"

"Um, not sure about the powerful part, but we're pretty sure I'm a child of Hectate." I answered quickly.

"Well I'm sure we can make use of you then." She said smiling. "Annabeth, Luke, I've got to show you something. We'll again in a couple days, Percy. See ya." And with that she got up and left. Annabeth chased after her, and Luke muttered a quick apology before following her aswell. As the sun finally fell beneath the horizon, the hearth suddenly lit up, and Campers began to fill in again.

Chloe was still fast asleep on my lap as new campers came rushing in, and I gently tapped her awake.

"Huh." she mumbled. "What's happening."

"Don't worry Chloe. It's just a bit of singing." I said laughing.

A few minutes later and everyone was singing along to some old Greek song, and the fire seemed to grow higher and higher as more voices joined in, and the atmosphere was indescribable, despite never having met any of these people before in my life.

Yep. I could definitely get used to this.

Yes I know I keep you waiting two months and I give you a filler chapter, and right after I said I'd do weekly uploads. I had a lot of writers block on this chapter. I actually had to add Chloe in to make it actually have some substance, which even though she's a late change, I think she could be really useful for Percy's growth. Anyway, next chapter (Which will hopefully be out within two weeks) will actually have some action in it, and alot of Percy experimenting with powers, so there's that to look forward to.