14/12/2010 13:18:00

A/N: this isn't exactly a whole chapter, I was having writers block then didn't have much time to write. But I decided to release part of this chapter so enjoy :P

Disclaimer: I own nothing, well nothing except Alice ad James, and any other OC's in this story. But all other recognized characters/locations are property of RR who is owner of magical PJO/HoH-ness which makes him KING!

Riding the flying horses was unlike anything Alice had ever experienced, it was way better than flying in a plane. strong wind buffeted her as the horses moved at unbelievable speeds, below her she saw landscape flash by unrecognizably. Ahead she could see James and his Pegasus, the boy's hat had flown off somewhere over some forest so his curly blond hair was blowing all over the place like crazy.

"How much farther?" Alice called out, James turned his head to look behind him. "Only another hour or so, these Pegasi fly fast!" the satyr yelled back with a grin. Alice nodded her head to show she had heard. she was pretty excited about seeing this camp place, but she was also sort of sad about leaving behind her dad. She knew he would be worried when she called and told him she had to randomly leave for a while, and the dark haired Half-Blood still had no idea what she would tell her father.

But for the time being she decided not to worry about it and enjoy the ride; the wind buffeted her strongly, and it was cold, but her big black coat kept her warm, and it was still the most amazing experience of her lifetime. Soon she noticed her Pegasus was descending, she couldn't see below her thanks to a large fluffy cloud, which her horse flew straight through, dampening her considerably.

When they broke through the cloud she saw below her an amazing sight, there was a weird little collection of buildings below her, the majority of them being Greek style, but there was also a mini-mansion, a large strawberry field, a lake, a climbing wall which appeared to have flowing lava pouring down its sides, and a forest surrounding it all, except for one side where it was open to the ocean. The Pegasi slowed their descent about ten feet above the ground and lightly landed near the mini-mansion looking building, Alice climbed off the Pegasus and stumbled slightly, regaining her balance before she fell.

James climbed off his flying horse with more ease, apparently he'd ridden one before. The satyr came to stand beside Alice, "Well, this is it; Camp Half-Blood. Whadda'ya think?" he asked cheerfully. Alice looked around her. She noticed some strange girls with green tinted skin coming out of the forest, and a collection kids ranging from ages of no older than seven to at least twenty came from all around the camp. "It's nice." Alice absently responded to James.

Behind her she heard a man's voice, "Welcome back James, is this the Half-Blood you mentioned?" Alice turned around at the sound of the voice, standing on the porch of the big building was a middle aged guy with curly brown hair and a flannel long sleeved shirt, but from the waist down he had the body of a horse. "Yep this is her, she's packin' some serious powers too. Blasted a hole right through a Eurynomos." James told the horse-man, he looked moderately impressed.

Alice caught herself gaping, she quickly closed her mouth and looked down, she recognized the horse-man as a Centaur. "H-Hi, I'm Alice." She said nervously, trying to keep how amazed she was from showing in her voice. "Welcome to Camp Half-Blood Alice, I'm Chiron, the activities director." Said the Centaur.

Alice offered a smile and a nod to the Centaur. Chiron turned to James, "Has she been claimed yet?" he asked. "No, but I figure her mom will wait until night—judging from her powers she's either a daughter of Perse or Hecate, and since the night is sacred to both, it would make sense. Right?" James answered the Centaur somewhat nervously, he seemed eager to please Chiron. "Right, very good James. Now if you will come with me, we have business to discuss." James nodded and walked up onto the porch with the Centaur.

"Oh Nico. Since Perse, Hecate, and Hades all get along well, why don't you give Alice here a tour of camp." Chiron said to someone in the crowd, before turning and walking into the big house followed by James. A tall, lean boy with short-ish black hair stepped out of the group of Demigods. He looked like he was around Alice's age, maybe fourteen at most. He motioned Alice over to him, she walked towards the other teen. "Hi, I'm Nico di Angelo, son of Hades." He greeted. Around them the crowd started to disperse, the strange green tinted girls returning to the forest, and the others going back to various activities.

"I'm Alice," Alice greeted in turn. "So I guess I'll be giving you a tour of camp, unless you just want to go rest, I know you're probably tired." Said Nico, sounding somewhat bored. "No, I'd like to see the camp, if your okay with giving the tour that is." Alice responded politely. "Yeah sure, I'd love to. Sorry if I didn't sound enthusiastic, it comes with being son of 'The Lord of the Underworld'." The dark haired boy answered with a small grin. "Come on." He said turning and walking with his hands in his pockets, Alice followed behind him.

"So, what do you want to see first. Cabins, climbing wall, arena, archery range, lake, maybe the dining hall?" Nico casually asked, "Hmm, the cabins sound good." Alice told him, honestly Alice was sort of tired, but it was only around five o'clock, so she decided that seeing the camp would be a good idea. "So, your dad is really Hades, like god of the dead?" Alice asked, trying to make conversation. "Yeah, I know it sounds weird. But after a while you'll get used to the idea of gods and mythological monsters." The Demigod boy answered with a light chuckle.

After that the tour progressed quickly, with Nico showing her the camps various attractions and explaining facts about them.

Alice found she liked the boy, he was pretty cute, with his curly black hair, dark brown eyes, and Alice liked his somewhat emo appearance. As darkness fell a horn sounded, "That's the dinner horn, we should head to the dining hall before the line gets too big." Nico told her. Alice nodded, she was getting pretty hungry. They walked away from the archery range Nico had been showing her, and up the small hill towards the open dining hall, all the other people at camp were gathering there. There were around eighty or so Demigods and an assortment of Dryads, Nymphs, and other various nature spirits as Nico had told her they were called.

When they arrived at the dining hall Nico paused, "Since you're unclaimed right now you'll be eating with Cabin eleven, the Hermes cabin." The other Half-Blood told Alice, pointing to a table with about ten kids at it. "Okay, thanks for the tour, it was nice." Alice thanked Nico, with a smile. "You're welcome. Well, see you around Alice." The boy responded with a small smile of his own. "See you later." Alice said, turning to get herself a tray. Camp Half-Blood was looking pretty good so far, Alice thought happily.

A/N: Sorry for the relative shortness, but I've been pressed for time. Anyway the next chapter should be out by day after tomorrow. :D