Sorry i havent updated in a while, i was too busy playing barbies with my little sister. hahahahaaha jk... but i am really sorry =( maybe if i get more reviews i will update faster... *que gasp* ya i know you probably think im a big fat meanie for asking this of you, but thats the way it is. if you don't like it then LEAVE and NEVER come back! Actually dont go cause i need reviews! alright i will stop babbling: SO HERE IS THE STORY!
On the way back to the Hermes cabin, Chiron approached me with a piece of paper. "Hello Layla," he said as he approached, " I have your schedule for you, make sure you be there on time and if you don't know the way ask Travis and Conner for help." After that he left to go talk with some other campers.
" Hey Conner!" I yelled. Conner turned around and walked towards me.
"What can I do for thy lady?" He said as he wrapped his arm around me.
I pointed to my schedule and said, " Well I'm gonna need your help with my schedule tomorrow." he just nodded and led me forward. Once we got to the cabin everyone started to get ready for capture the flag, we have capture the flag every Friday.
Travis came up to me and said, " Well, do you have a weapon? Cause if you don't then I have to take you to the armory."
" I have a weapon, but do you think I could check out the armory? I think I need... something else."
Travis led me to the armory, which was a huge gardener like shed. Once he opened the doors I gasped, there were so many weapons. Looking around I found something that caught my eye, I walked over to the dagger and read the inscription: σκοτεινό, which meant skotino, which meant dark. The blade was made out of a black stone with pieces of bronze. " Why do all the weapons have bronze or gold in them? And how can I understand this?" I asked, when I turned to Travis, " And this is the one I want."
" That old one? Well okay. Oh and the celestial bronze destroys the monsters, the bronze turns them into dust and they disappear down into Tartarus until they are recreated. The reason why you can read ancient Greek is because you have dyslexia." Suddenly a conch horn sounded, " We have to go, Capture the flag is starting soon," And with that we left the armory and headed to the Hermes cabin to get ready. Once we got there I realized that my hair clip had an inscription on it too. I grabbed my clip out of the drawer under my bed, I unclasped it and turned it over to read the inscription. It translated into Black as Night. I clipped Black as Night into my hair and got changed for capture the flag.
Once the two teams were created we all gathered around our leader, Chance- he is the counselor for the Athena cabin. Our team was made of Athena, Hermes, Demeter, Dionysus, Nemesis, and Hebe. The other team was made of Ares, Apollo, Hephaestus, Iris, Nike, Tyche, and Hecate. Since we have a lot of campers in the Hermes cabin, the other team has one more cabin to make the game fair. The Aphrodite kids sat out of the game, Zeus, Poseidon, and Hera don't have any occupants, and Hades' cabin is empty because Nico travels a lot. The reason the other three are unoccupied because: Zeus' daughter is apart of the Hunters and his son moved back to the Roman camp, Poseidon's cabin is empty because Percy now lives in Olympus with Annabeth, and Hera's cabin is empty because she has no demigod children.
The conch horn sounded and the game began. I was told to wait and guard the flag with some other campers, while others went to get the flag and prevent anyone else from getting closer. I was waiting for at least something to happen but all was calm... too calm. All of a sudden there was a noise to my right, I looked over towards the sound and saw two glowing eyes. I was paralyzed, the eyes were so enchanting. Soon the other guards couldn't move either. "Ha! I told you it would work," said a voice from the bushes, as soon as I heard the voice I broke out of the enchantment. After a couple of seconds of pretending to be under a spell two people walked out of the bushes (obviously one of them from the Hecate cabin because she was the source of the glowing eyes).
In one swift movement I took my hair clip out of my hair and stroked the top, soon it was fully transformed and the two people from the other team looked surprised. I pointed my staff at them and they froze, " Go near that flag and you will get zapped," I said. Soon the spell was over and the rest of the guards were able to move freely again, two of them helping me gag and tie the two trespassers to a tree. After that we proceeded guarding and nothing happened until Chance and two other people ran back carrying the red flag of the other team. Everyone cheered signifying the end of the game and the new winners.
Later that night everyone was at the singalong, and the Apollo kids were leading everyone. I sat down next to a couple of girls named Shauna and Riley, Shauna had blonde hair and light blue eyes and with elfish features, and Riley had light brown hair with deep green eyes and like her other siblings she also had elfish features. The singalong was very fun, it wasn't like those stupid camp songs, it was actually very modern and well not... stupid. After the singalong all of the campers went to bed , and when I was laying in bed later that night I realized that I do believe in the gods and now I actually have a family.
The next day was like any other day at Camp Half-Blood, we had breakfast then cabin inspection. Of course we had the worst cabin because there are so many occupants, so our punishment was picking extra strawberries during our regular free time on the weekends. While I was picking strawberries Sean Parker came to help me, Sean is a son of Apollo. We were making small talk when everything went black. I didn't pass out, its just as if the sun vanished and there was no light, but all of a sudden a breeze picked up throwing my hair all over the place. Then I felt this tingling sensation all over my body and everyone gasped. Then an eerie light was shining all around me, I looked down at my body and found that I was wearing a dress. It has a cross silver pressed v-neck on the bodice. And the dress is made of composite silk and Malay satin, there are also transparent nets outside the dress ( There is a link to the dress on my profile). The light dimmed down and the sun was out again, but the dress didn't disappear like I wanted it too it stayed, but that wasn't it my long black hair was pulled up into a bun with curly wisps hanging down ( There is a link in my profile). When I looked back up at the other campers they were all looking at something above my head. Wondering what they were looking at I looked up, and when I saw what was above my head I gasped. It was the three stars and the moon and they were black, but they were glowing really brightly. I mean I shouldn't have been surprised because I see this symbol all the time, on my clip, on the staff, and now that I think about it, its also on my dagger. But I was surprised, I mean how many times do you see a glowing symbol over your head. Oh wait I guess a lot, being that we are in a magical camp with children of the powerful gods and all, but hey it was still surprising.
Soon the symbol disappeared but before it could completely vanish Sean drew a picture of it so he could show Chiron. " I will go get Chiron," Sean said and with one last glance at me he ran off.
" What just happened?" I turned towards everyone else. Everyone was staring open mouthed at me, and I had no idea why.
Shauna spoke, " You were just claimed by your mother."
" Well then who is my mother?"
" Uh we don't know, that's why Sean drew it. We will show it to Chiron to see if he knows- oh here he comes," Shauna finished, pointing at the galloping figure of Chiron with Sean running behind him. Chiron arrived right before Sean did, and when Chiron did arrive he looked at me up and down.
" Well you could be a child of Aphrodite, right Sean?" At the end of his sentence he turned towards Sean.
Sean blushed and looked down at his feet, " Uh ya, she could cause you know..."
" No I don't know, why don't you tell us Sean? Oh and I finally found your punishment for that prank you pulled with the Hermes cabin," Chiron muttered the last part but everyone could hear.
Sean blushed even harder and looked into my eyes, " I meant she was...uh... beautiful," and at the last part he looked down again. Everyone tried to stifle their laughter, but it was a failed attempt, and soon everyone was laughing but no one was as loud as the Stoll brothers. They were laughing so hard that tears were coming out of their eyes, but all of a sudden Conner stopped laughing and stood up. He walked over to where I was and wrapped his arm around me. " You better watch it Sean, I got dibs," he leaned closer to Sean and whispered, " Its not like you had a chance in the first place cause its obvious that she likes me." And at this I rolled my eyes and shrugged out of his grip.
" No one gets dibs on me," I said matter of factually. Chiron cleared his throat which brought us all back to reality.
" Now that the matter of Layla's love life is settled, lets get back to business," Chiron continued, " Layla, your mother is Nyx, the goddess of the night. She is one of the more ancient goddesses, but she is also one of the maiden goddesses. She never has affairs so this is strange, so this means you are her first demigod child. Which also means that you are really powerful because you are her only demigod child. You were meant for something, and not just anything. Something amazing and powerful, and now I know its you."
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