After explaining to him what demigods are, Percy got the pleasure of meeting Clarisse. Being the smart kid like Percy is, he pissed her off. The daughter of Ares dragged Percy to the bathroom and tried to shove his head into a toilet bowl... tried. Water shot out of the toilet bowl and sprayed Clarisse, making her soaking wet. When the other Ares tried to help her, the other toilets exploded and the showers and sent water onto them.
They ran out of the bathroom and I stood outside in the doorway, laughing. Annabeth was in front of me, totally soaked. Luckily, she protected me from getting splashed.
"How did you..." Annabeth began.
"I don't know." Percy answered.
"That was awesome!" I smiled at him.
"You are dead, new boy. Totally dead!" Clarisse threatened.
"You want to gargle with toilet water again, Clarisse? Close your mouth." Percy retorted.
Before Clarisse could get to him, the other Ares kids dragged her back to Cabin Five.
"What? What are you thinking?" Percy asked Annabeth.
"I'm thinking that I want you on my team for capture the flag." Annabeth answered.
"That would be an awesome fight. Ares' kids against Athena's with Hermes." I commented as I hooked my arm through Annabeth's and Percy's.
We continued to show Percy around, and clearly the toilet incident traveled quickly, because kids were pointing at us and talking quietly, but we ignored them. After showing him around camp, we stopped at the lake.
"I've got training to do. Dinner's at seven-thirty. I'm sure Em can show you where the Mess Hall is." Annabeth said.
"Annabeth, I'm sorry about the toilets." Percy said.
"Whatever."
"It wasn't my fault." Percy replied.
"You need to talk to the Oracle." Annabeth stated.
"I was thinking the same thing." I replied.
"Who?"
"Not who. What. The Oracle." I corrected him.
"I can ask Chiron." Annabeth said.
I noticed that Percy was distracted and waved at someone. Or something. Naiads.
"Don't encourage them." I told him, "Naiads are terrible flirts."
"Naiads." Percy stated, "That's it. I want to go home now."
Annabeth frowned at him, "Don't you get it, Percy? You are home. This is the only place here on Earth for kids like us."
"You mean mentally disturbed kids?"
"Okay, I'm offended." I commented.
"Sorry." He smiled at me.
"No, not mentally disturbed. Not human. Not totally human, anyway. Half-human." Annabeth informed him.
"Half-human and half-what?" Percy questioned.
"I think you know." She replied.
"God." Percy said after a few moments, "Half-god."
I nodded, "Your father isn't dead, Percy. He's one of the Olympians."
"That's... crazy."
"Is it?" I asked my friend, "What's the most common thing gods did in the old stories? They ran around falling in love with humans and having kids with them. Do you think they've changed their habits in the last few millennia?"
"But those are just... But if all the kids here are half-gods..."
"Demi-gods." Annabeth corrected him. "That's the official term. Or half-bloods."
"Then who's your dad?" Percy asked her.
I saw Annabeth's hands curl into fists. She hates talking about her dad, "My dad is a professor at West Point. I haven't seen him since I was very small. He teaches American History."
"He's human." Percy stated.
"What? You assume it has to be a male god who finds a human female attractive? How sexist is that?" Annabeth questioned.
"Who's your mom, then?"
"Cabin Six." She answered.
"Meaning?"
"Athena. Goddess of wisdom and battle." Annabeth said.
Percy looked at me, "You have a mom. So that means your godly parent is your dad, then?"
I nodded, "Yep."
"Hermes?"
I shook my head, "Like a lot of kids at this camp, I'm undetermined.
"And you are, too." Annabeth told Percy. "Nobody knows who your father is."
"Except my mother. She knew." He replied.
"Maybe not, Percy. Gods don't always reveal their identities." Annabeth retorted.
"My dad would have. He loved her." Percy responded.
"Maybe you're right. Maybe he'll send you a sign claiming you as his son. Sometimes it happens." I said.
"You mean sometimes is doesn't?"
"It's been almost a year since I found out I was a demi-god. For some kids, it's been longer."