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Chiron gestured toward the valley as he said the name.
"Here, us children of the gods, can train to defend ourselves from monsters or, sometimes, the defend the world" he said.
"Clover," He said turning to the unconscious satyr "Have you fig-, oh, what happened?" He changed his sentence when he noticed that Clover was unresponsive.
"I think it was something he called a minytoad or something like that." Theron replied
Minotaur Gersi corrected him
"Minotaur" Theron said aloud. The confused look dissipated from Chiron's face as he heard the proper name. He guided Gersi down the slope towards a large building at the centre of the camp. Chiron trotted inside with the siver Pegasus trailing behind him with Clover and Eva stirring on his back.
"Chiron?" Theron asked "What did you mean by 'us children of the gods'?"
"Clover! You didn't tell them!?" Chiron scolded the silent form of Clover.
"You and your sister over there," He began "Oh, wait, forgive me, I don't know your names!"
" I am Theron and that is Eva"
"OK," He restarted, "You and Eva are children of the Greek gods. You are the children of one of the many gods. We will never know which one until you are claimed. Until then you will have to go and sleep with all the other unclaimed." He pointed to an old looking cabin with nothing special about it.
"Once you are claimed, you will be able to sleep in the same cabin as the rest of the people with the same god as their parent" He continued to list off all the gods that were possible to be children of.
" Oh boy" Theron said as the list continued on and on and on and… well, you get the point.
*Time Jump*
In the great hall, as Chiron called the massive building, about an hour later, when Clover and Eva had both awoken from their coma's, a man who called himself Dionysus was talking to the crowd of people from a slightly elevated platform as they ate their dinner. He seemed to be trying to get their attention but was failing miserably. Chiron stamped his feet once and the room was plunged into attentive silence.
"Now," Dionysus said "Because two more of you snivelly children have come to enjoy my presence, we will be having a bonfire"
There were a few murmurs about who the new arrivals were and why they were here during the winter, when the camp was usually closed off to new arrivals.
"Now as you know," Dionysus continued over the din "New arrivals usually have to wait until summer but these two seem to have brought with them our good friend Clover, unconscious. Now how did they manage that?" He directed a glare towards Theron and Eva.
"And now, Clover will tell us what despicable things happened to him." Dionysus stepped aside to all the still healing satyr past him and onto the raised platform.
"W-Well," Clover said, obviously a victim of stage fright "F-first there was an Anemoi Thuellai th-then there w-were two Minotaurs and o-one-"
"Oh, hurry it up already" Dionysus butted in
Clover, his stage fright forgotten and replaced with a new fear, one of Dionysus
"One hurt me and Eva and I don't know what happened after that because I woke up here next." He said, a little hurried.
"But from my deductions, we have a pair of the children of..." He prolonged the silence for suspense
"Hecate, Goddess of Magic" He finished with a dramatic ending. The table with the other Hecate kids jumped up and welcomed Eva and Theron over to sit with them. Chiron looked over at Clover and said,
"Why Hecate?"
"Well," He began, "First they demonstrated the ability to talk to Gersi, which brings up Artemis' ability to talk to animals, Poseidon's ability to talk with horses or Hecate's Telepathy. Then they said that their father has been with them their whole life so that left Artemis and Hecate. Artemis has her maiden vow so it must be Hecate!"
"An interesting theory but weren't we not supposed to tell the campers which god is their parent until they are claimed?" Chiron said pointedly
"Oh, I guess I got could up in the moment. Sorry" Clover apologised. Meanwhile, Eva found fitting in with the Hecate children pretty hard. They all had a mischievous spark in their eyes and could do stuff like levitation and cloaking spells. She and Theron still had a sharpness in their eyes, as if they were always aware of what was happening around them, but this was different. They couldn't pull flowers from their sleeves or even trick the audience of which hand the coin was in. It just wasn't right. Theron had been thinking the same thing but the Hecate children didn't seem to mind, they just loved having new members in their little family group. Theron looked over to see the bandaged Clover deep in conversation with Chiron.
"You coming to the bonfire?" Said a blonde boy who had named himself Scott asked
"Yeah, sure" Theron replied vacantly taking one last look at Chiron and Eva before heading after Scott.
*Time Jump*
The bonfire's heat blasted Theron in the face as he sat at the front of the stands next to Eva. He watched the flames dance in the fire pit. He glanced up at Dionysus as he walked into the area between the stands and the fire. Theron was so close to him that he could smell wine on him like it was coming off him in waves. This wasn't surprising as Dionysus was the god of wine. Scott had told him that the bonfire was a place that campers were usually claimed by their parent and where they usually sang campfire songs. Tonight at the camp fire they expected to see Theron and Eva to be claimed along with some others who had been here for a while but was their first bonfire. Their names were Zoe, Max and Jacob. The five that expected to be claimed sat in the front row with Chiron and some of the wood nymphs and nature spirits. The bonfire roared as it devoured the sticks and twigs it had been fed. The sparks that flew up from the fire danced around and formed into picture of dryads dancing then a centaur trotting.
Dionysus began to speak.
"As I explained earlier, we are here because of the new arrivals, Eva and Theron." He drawled. Chiron stepped in for him.
"We have come to celebrate the fact that there are two more Hecate children and we are also here to confirm that they are Hecate children." He said in a much more lively tone.
"Now we will give the gods a moment to claim their children." He continued. He let the camp fire fall into silence. Three minutes later a glowing pink love heart appeared over Zoe's head.
"Congratulations, Zoe" Chiron said "You have been claimed by Aphrodite, Goddess of love" Zoe headed over to the Aphrodite section with a huge smile on her face. Five minutes later:
"Congratulations Max, you have been claimed by Hephaestus, God of Blacksmiths and Fire" Chiron shook his hand as he passed. This continued for Jacob who was claimed by the God of the sun, Apollo. Finally after ten minutes of silence since Jacob was claimed, Theron and Eva had to face the hard truth; their mother had ignored them. As everyone filed out of the stands, alive with chatter, the only ones in a miserable silence was Theron and Eva.
"Maybe next time" Said Scott, patting him on the back as he passed. Theron stopped in his tracks and just stared blankly after him. He turned to face Eva but found she was not looking at me but a spot of air just above his head. He recalled what had happened to Zoe and how a strange symbol had floated in the air above her head. Theron tried to look at it but found it was impossible to look at the top of your head. He looked at Eva to ask her what she could see. Theron started as a glowing image appeared above her head. A moon with a hunting bow in front of it with a pale silvery-blue aura.
He turned to Chiron and was about to speak when Chiron said;
"Congratulations Theron and Eva, you have been claimed by Artemis, Goddess of the moon and hunting"
*Time Jump*
Simon listened into the device.
"Congratulations Theron and Eva, you have been claimed by Artemis, Goddess of the moon and hunting"
He heard Chiron say over the radio. Laura-lie picked a key ring in the bright red Holden commodore.
"Boring," She said. "We need to make this exciting" She spoke into another radio.
"Yes, send in the Stymphalian birds"
I tried to get Dionysus' attitude right but it just didn't fit right. I hope it is alright for you.
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