Hola! Friends! So, it's finally summer! Woo-hoo! I'll posting WAY more frequently now, so new chapters! Which means REVIEW! I COMMAND YOU AS QUEEN! Annnyyyywaayyys yes Ulysses Lee I'll be updating more. As for the part with Chloe suddenly becoming competitive, I decided that she isn't that way because of her background, which you will all find out about soon enough. And I know you follow this so what is going on with the new story replacing the Emissary? Also, so you all should go read Stitches and Snitches by Opposite-of-Khione. It has an extremely interesting plot… so go read that and review and like and follow and ya know. Anyways, I keep forgetting to put disclaimers on my chapters, so here's my disclaimer: Don't sue me these characters except all my OCs are Rick Riordan's. All rights to him (and props for creating my favorite series). Sorry super long A/N -
Isla's POV-
I walked into the Apollo cabin, and was met by Will Solace. I was extremely thankful that I had payed attention in 's class, or I wouldn't know what the heck I was doing. Not that I did anyways, but at least I had some idea. I followed him to a bunk 5th down to my left. The top was free, so I tossed my new bag full of everything Chloe and I had gotten at the store yesterday, up on the bunk. On the bottom bunk was a boy with messy green hair, and papers all over his bed. He was still sleeping, despite the fact that breakfast had already passed. By the looks of it, he stayed up late. I didn't blame him for sleeping in, if I stay up too late I sleep like the dead the next day.
"C'mon, Ace! You missed breakfast!" Will scolded the sleeping boy. He sat bolt upright, looking extremely shocked, and shouted: "Sir, yes sir!" An odd way to wake up, I'll say. He looked at me, and stood up. If you've ever had younger brothers, you would know rarely do they sleep with anything but boxers on.
"So, new sis, what's your name?" He stuck his hand out for me to shake.
"I'll tell you once you put a pair of pants on," I said, snickering. Honestly, how could one guy be so shameless? This was going to be quite interesting.
"Oh, um, right," He said, looking around for a pair of pants. Will high fived me and moved on to explaining the usual protocols of the cabin, introduced me to a couple more of my new siblings, and left me to get settled. My bed was actually quite nice. It had a bright yellow comforter with little white flowers all over it. The sheets and pillow cases were white too. Most of the upholstery in the cabin was yellow and white. Will and a few other of the kids left to work their shifts at the Infirmary. I found an empty drawer in the closet and stuffed all my clothes and new pair of flip flops in it. The closet was huge, it was walk-in with several drawers and shelves, some filled with musical instruments I couldn't even name. Sure, I could sing, and play the ukelele (My mom and I used to live in Hawaii.) But all of these were not so nearly as simple. The door was engraved with flowers. I walked out of the closet, and the cabin was now nearly empty. The only person left was Ace, who was tying his shoes.
"So, what is your name?" He asked, not looking up.
"I'm Isla Lou Cole," I said.
"Nice name. I'm Ace Christopher McCoy," he said, standing up to shake my hand. I took it.
"So, what do you guys even do during the day when your not on a quest of some type?" I asked. I had a feeling this half-brother of mine would end up being very important to me. I don't know why. I didn't ever have brothers. I was an only child. The only thing I did know about siblings was from Chloe, and she had one little brother.
"Well, since we're kids of Apollo, most go to the archery range or work at the Infirmary. I like to go to this place in the woods… you know, I'll just show you." He said. He finished tying his shoes and we started walking towards the woods.
"So, where do you come from?" He asked.
"Well, I was born in Hawaii but I came to New York when I was 8," I said. "What about you?"
"Oh, me, I've lived in New York my entire life."
"Huh. Why'd you dye your hair green?" I asked. I didn't mean to, I kind of just blurted it out.
"Oh, that. Well, I like the color green, so why not?" I wasn't expecting him to be so gentle and layed-back. I guess the saying 'never judge a book by it's cover' was true.
"Oh. Nice," I said. We walked deeper into the woods. I was wondering when we would get to wherever we were going.
"So, where are we going?" I asked.
"Well, I guess you could call it 'The Shed.' It's where all the Apollo kids go when they want to practice music. Of course, it's a cabin secret, so no telling anybody else, got it?" He said.
"Yup." I winked. We arrived at a medium sized building that kind of looked like a house. It was painted all sorts of colors. You could hear all sorts of instruments coming from inside. I heard violins, guitars, saxophones, ect. We walked inside,and it was the most interesting place I've ever seen. There was a recording room, and a small kitchen, where one kid was making snacks.
"This is it," Ace said. I picked up a ukulele that was hanging on the wall and started playing. For some reason, I didn't feel nervous around all these new people, so I started to sing. Everyone stood there nodding at each other and giving looks of awe. I blushed and put the ukulele back on it's hook on the bright yellow wall.
"Wow, your good," said one girl sitting on the couch, holding her violin.
"Thanks," I said, feeling the blush turn into an idiotic grin. I went over to the kitchen and picked up a muffin, feeling hungry from the short breakfast I ate.
Chloe's POV
The people in the Nike cabin were nice, but quite competitive. There was a T.V. set up in the back and two boys were playing Mario Kart. Casey took me to a bed with a white comforter and gold wings drawn all over it. The standard white sheets were made of a sort of Jersey material. There was a small cubby sort of thing in the wall, which I assumed was to place things that were important to me. The cabin was quite nice,and everyone here seemed to be in a good mood.
"What year is this?" I asked. If the second Titan War was in 2009, and the Giant war was in 2014, then this has to be some time afterwards, but before Jason's death.
"This is 2015," Casey said.
"Oh," I said. 2015 had been a good year for Camp Half-Blood. Percy and Annabeth were going to be married in just one year. I layed on my bed, already tired from what had happened today, and let my eyes close.
