17/12/2010 22:44:00

A/N: Ok, so I took longer than I thought to write this, but I have reason. My aunt Toree came down from Spain, so I've been busy doing stuff with her and my family. Sorry for the delay. :P

Disclaimer: I am not the owner of the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series, or the Heroes of Olympus series. They are property of his greatness Rick Riordan(A.K.A: The one of whom I am jealous for creating such amazing characters) :D

When Peter from the Hermes table told Alice she was supposed to offer a portion of her meal to the gods, she had thought he was joking, but it turned out he was serious. She actually had to put part of her meal into the bronze brazier burning in the middle of the dining hall.

Not that Alice really minded, the dark haired demigod just thought it was odd. When she got to the brazier Alice was uncertain what to do, Peter had told her to just drop a bit of her pizza into the brazier and offer it to her godly parent.

But seeing as she didn't really know who her mother was, Alice just dropped in a slice of pizza and thought Mom, whoever you are. Please let my dad know I'm alright. And if it's not too much trouble, could you claim me? The pizza burned up in a flash of flame and instead of the burnt-pizza smell, a sweet odor filled the half-blood's nostrils.

Alice hadn't really expected an answer, so when everyone in the room gasped she thought some kind of monster had attacked or something. But then she saw they were pointing at her, or rather above her.

Alice noticed the weird purplish glow surrounding her, and she realized it was coming from above her head, she looked up and gasped, dropping her tray and food to the floor.

Floating about three feet above the dark haired girls head, was a glowing holographic circular image. It showed a torch burning with purple flames, and behind it was a full moon surrounded by darkness.

The centaur-guy; Chiron, called out for the excitedly chattering campers to quiet down, then said. "It is as I suspected. Alice Masen, you are a child of Hecate, one of three in fact. You may go and eat with your brother and sister at table thirteen, later you will be moved into your new cabin." Chiron motioned toward a table where a teenage boy and young girl sat. then went back to chatting with the other people at his table; mostly satyrs.

The boy at the table looked like he was sixteen or seventeen, was lean and had short black hair. And the girl looked like she was about twelve or so, was also lean, and had long blonde hair. They were both wearing the required orange Camp Half-Blood shirts with jackets, and the boy was wearing grey jeans while the girl had a purple mini-skirt with black tights. Alice was wearing a Camp Half-Blood shirt too, under her warm black jacket, and a pair of black skinny jeans.

The boy and girl at the table waved at Alice, she offered a small wave back. Then she picked up her tray and went to get more food. Alice was happy she was claimed, but she was still sort of shocked about the whole Greek mythology being real thing in general, so after the shock from that died down, she'd probably be feeling more curious.

when the dark haired half-blood was done getting her food, she went to go sit with the boy and girl at table thirteen.

When she got to the table and sat down the teenage boy introduced himself, "Hi, my name is Cale, I guess I'm your half-brother." He said with a small smile.

The girl seemed a little shy, but she still introduced herself, "I'm Veronica," she said, smiling shyly.

"I'm Alice," Alice greeted in turn, she started chatting lightly with the two over dinner, "So, our mom is goddess of magic, what's that like?"

Alice asked, wondering what her life at camp would be like.

"Well, obviously we can use magic; all types, not just the one or two minor magic's most demigods can use. And we teach some minor wards and healing spells that anyone can use to the other campers, but we can do basically anything; elemental magic, spirit magic, levitation. Pretty much, as long as you can imagine it—and it's not something impossible, or out of your power range—we can do it. Being a child of Hecate is pretty awesome," Cale answered her with a grin.

"And we can fly!" Veronica added, smiling broadly. "Well, it's really levitation and manipulating the wind. But yeah it's like flying." Cale interjected.

"So, how do I learn to do that stuff?" Alice asked, hoping it wouldn't be anything too hard.

"Well, first I'll need to explain magic in general. We'll have advanced lessons later, but for now I'll give you the basics; you can't just start off and do anything, the power of a spell you can do on your own is dependant on your own physical and mental strength, but you can achieve more powerful spells by adding components."

Cale paused in his explanation, and moved his glass of water in front of him. Then continued, "To cast a spell you use an ancient language invented by Hecate herself.

Now for example, if I were to say 'Aquelok' –which means 'water', I could then manipulate the water in that glass in any number of ways I wanted, from turning it to ice, to making a water elemental.

But only because I'm at an advanced level, for you or Veronica, you'd have to be more specific and say 'Aquelok lithir' which means 'Water freeze'.

now as you can see, me just saying the words has no effect on the water, you must imbue your words with willpower and picture what you want to happen as you say it." Cale told her.

Alice nodded her understanding, "We have lessons in learning the language used in magic, but as a child of Hecate in times of need the words sometime just come to us. So for now let's see if you can freeze the water, say 'Aquelok lithir' and as you do, imagine the water freezing." Cale instructed her.

Alice concentrated on the glass of water, "Aquelok lithir," she said, picturing the water freezing as she said it. The cup shook slightly, then the water slowly turned to ice.

"I did it!" Alice exclaimed in amazement, smiling broadly.

"Very good, now tomorrow we'll have real lessons, but for now lets just enjoy dinner." Cale told her going back to his plate of spaghetti.

"Okay, thanks." Alice said. Being a demigod was starting to look pretty awesome, Alice thought.

A/N: Okay, so, sorry for the shortness but this was more of an explaining chapter, in the next chapter we'll be meeting some of the heroes of he PJO/HoO series, so yay there! Any thanks for reading and please eview and point out flaws in my writing style so I can improve. :P