There were hordes of, well, somethings, patrolling a pine tree on the crest of a hill that Ron had pointed out to her as Half-Blood Hill.
"Ron, what are those?" I asked. Tsunami and Hailstorm slowed down a little so that Ron and I could survey the strange scene.
"Weird, that's never happened before, they've never gathered here to stop kids from coming to camp," Ron said thoughtfully."Well, whatever those are, can't we just fly over the hill?" I wondered aloud.
"We could, but the monsters would still be there, wouldn't they?" Ron snapped. "Well, OK, it was just an idea," I said, annoyed. "Wait, Alexa are you good with bows and arrows?" Ron asked her eagerly.
"Um, yeah," was my reply. "Here, take these, then, and shoot as many of the monsters as you can," Ron told her. I took the bow and arrows from Ron and pulled my first arrow out of her quiver.
I pulled it back and fired. It hit the monster closest to the pine tree. Ron was staring at her, open-mouthed. "What?" I asked. The guy was kinda starting to creep me out.
I was sure that it was a minor problem- wait- it was a MAJOR problem. Anyway, there was this weird flash of green light and all the weird monster creatures, whatever they were, disappeared.
I raised my hand up to my eyes to shield them from the bright green light. The light was gone and all that remained was a little bit of sprinkling golden dust in the monsters' place.
"Let's go Alexa, just tell your pegasus to go over the barrier, it'll understand what you're trying to say to it," Ron instructed.
"Okay. Tsunami, up and over the barrier. Come on, now," I coaxed. Tsunami seemed to understand me and did as I asked.
Tsunami and Hailstorm soared over the barrier and slowed into a graceful landing.
"These are the stables for the pegasi," Ron stated.
"Wow...," I said, as I looked at all the beautiful winged horses. There was a white one with flecks of light pink staring at me like she was my best friend. I
smiled at her and the pegasus reared, her wings beating the summery air.
Just then, another camper walked into the stables. "Hi, Ron," the other camper said. "Hi, Silena. Whatcha doing?" Ron replied cheerfully.
"Oh, I'm getting ready to teach the pegasi flying class now," Silena replied. "Great, I might see you there, if I'm not too busy," Ron stated, with a superior tone. "Great," Silena said, stifling a chuckle.
"Oh, who's this?" Silena looked at me and smiled. "Silena, this is Alexa. Alexa, this is Silena," Ron introduced them in a cheery tone. Silena held out her hand.
"Welcome to Camp Half-Blood." I took her hand and shook it. "Thanks," I said, grateful that I had at least one possible friend in this camp.
"Well, see ya around," Silena called over her shoulder as she was leaving the stables. "Okay, Ron, spill it. I know that those were monsters back there, but they looked like hydras and empousai," I commanded.
"Ok, Alexa, which of your parents lives with you, your mom or dad?" Ron asked, closing his eyes and letting out a deep breath. "I live with my mom," I replied, thinking that this had better be a good explanation or she was going to leave this weird camp and just go home.
"Well, then, your dad has never come to live with you guys because he is actually a Greek god. You're a half-blood, which means that you are half Greek god and half human. The proper term is demigod," Ron explained. "Wow...," I said, my voice trailing off. "Yeah pretty much," Ron replied.
We started walking around to look at the cabins. After we had made about three rounds of the cabins and were making our way to the campfire to relax a bit, everyone just started staring at me.
At first, I thought it was just because I was new, but it turned out that I was wrong. It was because of a glowing sign right above my head.
It was shaped like a bow and arrow and was glowing gold. "All hail Alexa, daughter of Apollo,God of the sun and music," this weird man-horse thing said as he cantered over.
All of a sudden, everyone started bowing to me. It was so strange until the man-horse thing spoke again. "All right, Apollo's cabin, take her with you to get cleaned up for dinner. The rest of you do the same," he boomed.
Turning to me he introduced himself. "My name is Chiron and I will be your camp activities director. Now move along to your cabin with Lee, here," Chiron said to me, smiling. Me and Lee ran to the Apollo cabin.
"Better get cleaned up for dinner, Alexa," Lee said. I went to the bathroom and looked at my appearance in the mirror. I was horror-struck by what I saw. I was dirty and my whole body was coated in monster dust.
I took a shower, and the clothes that had been laid out for me were an orange Camp Half-Blood T-shirt and a pair of blue jeans.
After I was dressed,I put my hair in a braid down my right shoulder and followed my cabinmates out to the dining pavilion.