Sophi

I'd heard about camp before, of course I had, being the daughter of the two most famous heroes since Odysseus himself, but I didn't expect it to be so... grand? Is that the word? Humongous, I guess is what I'm trying to say. I don't know the reason: if after the war the gods just got it with humans more, or now they were more likely to except their own children, but there were, no joke, hundreds of kids; demigods, saytrs, dryads, and others, practicing archery, playing dodgeball, swimming, canoeing, rock climbing, and rushing in and out of cabins. It even looked as though the big three had made up and decide to have kids again, because even Poseidon's, Hades's and Zeus's cabins were bustling with kids. There were so many kids that it looked as if every cabin had in addition to it, or some sort of major renovation to expand upon it to fit more demigods. In fact, the only houses that looked untouched and in pristine order were Hera's and Artemis's, which would make sense. The big house had the look of being given a new coat of paint recently, red this time, but it was already chipping.

I looked at all my companions one at a time. Riley had my favourite reaction, though everyone was mind blown. Her eyes were as big as a new born baby's and just as curious. She was as excited as I'd ever seen anyone and I wanted to laugh because I knew her excitement would die once she knew what was expected of her, though I didn't even know what that was.

My mother just looked nostalgic, and I knew she was thinking about her girl years. I wondered how many of these people she knew, and how much has changed. She must be glad to be back, but also must remember all the people who died here, sacrificed for the greater good.

Riley may have been the mysterious but beautiful girl, but Ethan was the one I didn't think I'd ever understand. He just looked confused. He kept pinching himself to see if it was real, but I didn't see any reason it wouldn't be. Then again, I had grown up hearing stories of my parents past, all the impossible things that happened to them, and Riley had grown up reading those same stories, however this was all new to Ethan, I suppose he just couldn't wrap his head around any of it.

I adjusted where I was so I was walking next to Ethan and said to him, "It's just easier if you believe it now, try don't try and make too much sense of it, your brain will hurt."

"But, but how? I mean, that girl just turned into a tree," he said pointing out a dryad running away from a son of Apollo.

I couldn't help but be a little condescending. "Honey, that's hardly the weirdest of it."

I turned it to Riley, grabbing her hand, shaking it excitedly. Neither of us said anything, we both just laughed excitedly, and she squeezed my hand.

"All right girls," my mother said. "Time to settle down, we have work to do."

The inside of the big house was much larger than it looks from the outside. I briefly wondered if it was bigger on the inside, but then quickly cast that thought away. I figured we would be met by Chiron, the centaur, but instead a beautiful brown haired woman met us at the door. I had never seen her before, but I had a guess on who she was. My mother looked surprised to see her.

"Piper?"