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Chapter 5

Camp Half-Blood

I couldn't believe my eyes. Most of things I see… I've only heard of them in fairy tales. I must've been on the other side of the house, because everything was different that from what I had seen through the window upstairs. Way different.

The land scape was dotted with buildings that looked like ancient Greek architecture you'd find in a history book. They looked like they had just been built, the marble glittering in the sun. There was an open-air pavilion, an amphitheater, a circular arena, stables, and so much more that my mind couldn't process it. There was a volleyball pit where some other kids played a game. I think some of them were satyrs, those half human, half goat people. They were all wearing bright orange t-shirts. I turned to look at Jacen and sure enough, he was wearing one too. It said "Camp Half-Blood" and there was a picture of the silhouette of a Pegasus. I turned around because I wanted to see more, for I wasn't even close to finished.

There were canoes gliding across a sparkling lake, and some kids were swimming too. More kids in the orange t-shirts were running around by some cabins nestled in the woods. Some shot arrows at archery rang a little bit deeper in the woods. They were so deep that all I saw were little flames shooting in different directions. The arrows must've been on fire. Then there were even more kids riding on horses down a path that wound through the camp. If I am correct, some of them had wings.

I walked down the steps of the porch and looked at the house. It actually had four flours and had a porch that wound around it. I walked over to the right to see what was behind the house, and sure enough, there were tons of strawberry fields. I saw some kids and satyrs with flutes walking up and down the rows of strawberries. It looked like the plants were dancing almost. I walked back on the porch and looked at Jacen. He had a look on his face like he was enjoying himself by watching my amazement of everything.

"So…. Do you like it?" he asked.

"What do you think?" I said, almost laughing.

"Pretty cool, isn't it?"

"Ugh, yeah!"

"We need to find Chiron, he must know you have awoken. But after that, I'll show you the rest of the camp."

"Okay, then." Jacen walked in front of me and started heading down the steps while I followed him.

"Well then, let's go!" he said enthusiastically as he made a big gesture over his head with his arm. It reminded me of Dora the Explorer….don't ask. I stared at him with a wierded out look on my face. Jacen looked at me with a slightly embarrassed expression. "That was really strange, wasn't it?" he asked quietly. "Just a bit, just a bit," I replied awkwardly. We walked towards the stables while I looked at astonishment at everything. It was all so big! Meanwhile Jacen talked about different buildings as we passed them, although he couldn't resist but to crack about twenty jokes along the way.

Finally we reached the stables and it smelled like horse manure and molding hay…. I loved it. It reminded me so much of Berea, Kentucky that I felt like I was back at home. We walked down a long line of horse stalls and I loved it so much. Jacen ran up to that centaur guy, um, his name was Chiron I think. He talked to him, pointing to me while I was petting one of the horses. It was a bay Arabian and he was beautiful. I looked at the name tag on the door of the stall. Engraved in a name tag, it said his name was Ricky. "Dahlia," said a husky voice. I turned to the voice and saw the centaur towering over me. He stared at me with piercing eyes.

I was a bit startled but I stared back with confidence. "Welcome to camp half-blood, child!" he exclaimed with a smile on his face. "Here at camp half-blood, you'll be safe and never in danger… well, much danger anyway."

"Sir, may I show Dahlia around camp?" Jacen asked. "I will get her supplies at the camp store and make sure she finds her way to her cabin."

"Sure, Jacen. Just make sure none of the other kids interrogate her too much. Especially Percy, he's been extremely antsy ever since he heard of Poseidon bringing miss Dahlia here. I think he's upset he didn't get to talk to his father….. anyway, off you go you two!" Chiron then turned and walked to one of the other horses in a stall. He started talking to the other horse like it they were having a conversation. I then was startled when I felt something nudge my head. I turned to see Ricky right in front of my face. I stroked his neck, and we stared into each other's eyes. "You're a nice horse Ricky," I whispered, not wanting Jacen to hear me. He'd probably thing I was a weirdo. "You ready to go?" Jacen asked. I turned to him and he must've seen the brief worry on my face. "Oh, we can stay, that's no problem!"

"Oh, no, it's okay. We can leave. Just… are campers allowed to come here whenever they want?" I asked timidly. A broad grin came onto Jacen's face. "Of course Dahlia, if you want to come back, you can come back."

"Okay, then! I'm good now!" I felt another nudge on my face. I turned again to see Ricky and he was a little restless. "It's okay, Ricky, I'll come back later. I promise," I whispered again as I gave him one last pat on the head and started to walk away, out of the stables while Jacen walked beside me. I stopped walking and Jacen stopped too, giving me a puzzled look. A grin crept across my face and I took a couple steps and stood directly in front of Jacen. "What is it?" he asked smiling now too.

"Guess who I am?" I said enthusiastically. I turned around and put my hand in the air. "Leeeeeeeeetsssss goooooooooooo!" I yelled while beckoning my hand forward just like he did earlier. I then began walking.

"Wow Dahlia, and you say I'm idiotic!" Jacen laughed hysterically coming up behind me.

"I wouldn't be talking, you're the one who did it in the first place!" I laughed alongside him. We walked down the grass and talked a little bit. I only knew Jacen for about an hour, and he was really fun! I couldn't believe I might've actually made a friend. Maybe this wouldn't be so bad after all.

"-so that's why you never leave your cabin after eight, unless there's an event happening," Jacen said.

"Are you serious?" I asked in astonishment.

"Yep, unless you want to be ki- Aaaaaahhh!" I turned to Jacen and saw a blond girl his back, knocking him down to the ground. Please don't be his girlfriend….

"Annabeth! Why'd you do that?" Jacen yelled.

"Sorry bro!" she exclaimed. Thank god. Or… gods I guess. "But you're probably annoying the heck out of this girl! I just have to help a fellow camper in need!"

"I wasn't annoying her!" Then he looked up from the ground and gave me a worried look. "Was I annoying you?" he asked, and I could tell he was a little scared of what my answer might be.

"No," I laughed. This Annabeth girl was pretty funny. She got up and looked at me. "Welcome to camp half-blood!" she said putting her hand out. "Are you feeling better? I was worried about you, you were screaming in your sleep!" So she's the blondie I saw last night!

"Yes, I feel much better now, thank you for asking," I replied putting my hand out and we both shook hands. "I remember seeing you last night, and you were with Chiron and that girl with the spiky black hair!"

"Yep, that was me! And…did you hear her little comment…..?"

"Yes, and I believe it or not, but I can clean up quite nicely."

"I can tell! You look very nice!" she exclaimed.

"Oh, why thank you!" I said in a proper voice. Just then, a boy with black hair and sea-green eyes came bolting down the hill. He ran up behind Annabeth and hugged her around the waist. "Aaah! Percy!" she giggled. "Why'd you leave me?" he whined, burying his face in her shoulder. "Sorry, I just had to save our new camper here. Jacen must've been boring her to death." Percy looked up at me from Annabeth's shoulder and looked at me. He untangled himself from her. "Percy, this is Dahlia, Dahlia this is Percy, my boyfriend!" Annabeth announced. "Nice to meet you Percy!" I said, putting my hand out so that we could shake hands. But Percy just stared at me. "You're the girl who was brought here a couple days ago…" Percy whispered. "Did he say anything to you? Did my father say anything to you? When did he leave the camp?"

"I apologize Percy, but I don't remember a thing."

"What? You have to! Just try to remember! Anything!"

"I'm really sorry but I don't remember anything at all. I was totally knocked out!"

"She was Percy," Jacen said. "She was out cold for three days; she's not going to remember anything!"

"No!" Percy yelled, tears streaming from his eyes. "He had to say something! A message or anything! Why wouldn't he come and see me!" Percy started walking towards me, yelling in my face.

"Percy, calm down, it's okay!" Annabeth said, placing a hand on Percy's shoulder. "You need to settle down, you can't blame her! Remember when you first came here Percy? When you couldn't remember much? Just give her some time!"

Percy stormed off towards the hill and disappeared, still sobbing. Annabeth turned to me, with concern in her eyes. "I'm really sorry about that, he's never like that I promise! I've never seen him like this before… He's not mad at you or anything, he's just upset with his father!"

"It's okay, I understand." I said quietly. I actually felt really scared, I was shaking. Jacen put a hand on my shoulder. "It's okay Dahlia, normally Percy is fun and cool, I don't know what's up with him," he said.

"I'm gonna go talk to him," Annabeth informed us.

"Okay, just be careful," Jacen warned.

"Got it!" Annabeth was already halfway up the hill when, just like Percy, she disappeared out of sight. Jacen turned and smiled weakly at me. "Well it's not even lunchtime and you've already had an interesting day, haven't you?"

"You bet." We then turned and walked to the camp store. Hopefully we won't encounter stranger situations on the way there. But I have a feeling that at camp half-blood, everything moment will be a surprise.