*Laia*

The seven of us arrived in the rec room before anyone else. I sat between Annabeth and Piper, and they gave me a crash course on life at Camp Half-Blood.

'And sometimes we play capture the flag-'

'We'll find you a weapon later-'

'The oracle gives prophecies, like predictions of the future-'

I was on serious information overload by the time the head counsellors had all taken their seats. Everyone started talking loudly, waiting for Chiron to arrive. Unfortunately, I seemed to be the main topic of conversation. I squished down in my seat, trying to make myself less noticeable. I heard Chiron clopping down the hallway. As soon as he entered the room, everyone shut up. 'Campers, we have called a meeting to discuss Laia's story, the prophecy, and how they relate. Laia?'

I took a breath, and stood up. Everyone was staring at me now. I started to explain, outlining me living with Thalia (which caused some whispering) and what happened this morning. (This morning? It felt like weeks ago!)

A girl that Piper had called Clarisse stood up and pointed at Thalia. 'She's saying she lived with you for two years? And you didn't tell her anything?'

'Clarisse-'

'And you didn't tell us anything? If she was that important, why not tell us? Did you not think we would like to know?'

'Clarisse, it wasn't my idea. I would've, but Artemis-' Thalia covered her mouth. 'Just forget I said that.'

'Thalia!'

'I'm not going against the goddess, ok! I'll wait for HER to make the move. It wasn't my choice. Di immortales, Clarisse!'

Clarisse sat down, frowning angrily. I turned to Annabeth and whispered quietly 'Why do Clarisse and Thalia hate each other so much?' Annabeth laughed. 'Last time the hunters came for capture the flag, the beat the ares cabin really badly. Clarisse still hasn't forgiven her.' Clarisse was a daughter of Ares? That made sense.

Chrion clapped his hands. 'Campers, that's enough for one meeting. We'll meet another day.'

Everyone started to leave, and Annabeth stood up and decided 'I'll give you a tour.'

We walked out the rec room. Head counsellors were slowly walking back to their cabins. Annabeth led me towards the middle of the main camp area, to the weird buildings I'd noticed earlier. 'Laia. So, these are the cabins. You'll stay in one of these. '

'Whoa..' I stepped into the centre of the cabins. In the middle was a huge fire pit, with a little girl tending the flames. I smiled at her, and she waved back. Then I turned slowly on my heel, taking in all the crazy buildings. 'We have a cabin for each God,' Annabeth explained. 'Their children stay in their parent's cabin.'

I took a breath. 'Which is my parent?'

Annabeth studied me. 'I'm not sure. You never knew either of your parents, right?' I nodded. 'Well, we will find out at the campfire tonight, won't we.' She smiled.

i turned again. There was this one cabin I felt particularly drawn to. It was so pretty - all silver and shiny. I walked towards it. 'Oh, I wouldn't go in there. That's Artemis.'

I sighed. 'The maiden goddess, right?' Annabeth nodded. I'd always liked the stories of Artemis. She would've made a cool parent. I walked by Annabeth as she headed towards one of the slightly less odd cabins.

'This is me. Athena.' I looked in. It was empty, but looked totally bigger on the inside than the outside, like the tardis. Smart boards covered the walls. I wanted to try everything out, but Annabeth was walking away already. She yelled over her shoulder at me. 'I'll take you to the armoury, ok? We can find you a weapon.' I jogged to catch up with her.

Was there no normal buildings in this place? The weapons shed was that. A shed. But with white Greek pillars? Who designs this stuff? Annabeth reached in and turned on the light. Bronze swords, knives and guns glinted in every direction. 'Ok. So, all our weapons are made out of celestial bronze, right? They will kill all monsters, but not mortals. We are twice as vulnerable cus we can be hurt by steel and bronze. The others, over in camp Jupiter, they use imperial gold.' She picked up a golden knife.

'Camp Jupiter?'

Annabeth grinned. 'Don't worry. You'll meet Frank and Reyna later. Chiron's been hinting at a surprise visit.' She rummaged around, and came out with a thick bronze sword I could barely lift. 'Nope.' She said instantly. 'Uhh..'

'What about this?' I picked up a long, thin sword. The bronze was translucent, and made patterns on the floor with the light shining on it.

Annabeth frowned. 'I've never seen a sword like that before.' It felt perfect in my hand as I lifted it up.

'It feels fine.'

'Yeah... Well, keep it if you want. I'll ask Leo if he knows what it's called.'

But she didn't need to ask Leo. I read the Greek characters along the sheath. 'Don't ask Leo. In English, you'd call it Mist.'

Annabeth looked slightly startled. She took the sheath from me. 'What? Oh. I see.' A conch horn blew loudly, making me jump as Annabeth showed me how to attach the sword to my side. 'Come on. Dinner, and then campfire. It's time to find out who you are, Laia.'