Val's POV

I woke up the next morning to the horn that signals for everyone to get up and the rustling of the campers in the Hermes Cabin. I almost forgot that I was here. I hadn't had a dream, so it was almost easy to forget, but alas here I am. The thought of it makes me angry again as I realize that I will never get away now. I know I'll get used to it after a while, but still.

"Wakie Wakie Val we've got to get to breakfast!" Said one of the Stoll twins I still can't tell the difference between them yet.

"Ugh, I'm coming you guys go ahead I'll get there when I do." With this they took off towards the dining pavilion not needing any more convincing. Finally getting up I looked around for clothes realizing I didn't bring any with me. I grumbled to myself while searching around for clothes that weren't obnoxiously orange or had some sort of trademark for CHB.

"You looking for something to wear?" I turned around to see one of the daughters of Hermes behind me.

"Please tell, how did you know that?" I said sarcastically. She smirked.

"Well I happen to have a stash of clothes that aren't orange, and you seem to be my size, so I was thinking maybe you could borrow some until you get some of your own." I widened my eyes shocked by her generosity, and then shocked by how she didn't leave me alone after I was sort of rude to her. I nodded my head, and followed her to a chest full of clothes.

"This is soooo much better thank you." She laughed at me while I happily grabbed a pair of skinny jeans and a Pink Floyd band t-shirt.

"Glad to see you've got taste. The name's Alaska." She said holding out her hand.

"Nice to meet you Alaska I'm Valerian. I liked to be called Val though."

"Well hurry up and get changed before all my brothers and sisters take up all the room at the table." I smiled and quickly got ready. We walked to the pavilion together.

"I'm not going to lie to you Alaska I really don't want to be here. I'm not trying to be mean or anything, but I'm probably going to say or do things that most people aren't going to like and you seem like a nice person. So, don't take anything too personal." I said honestly. I may have only known her for about an hour, but I could tell she wasn't a bad person and I didn't want her to feel bad because of something ridiculous I did or said.

"Oh please, you don't think I know that. I heard you yesterday and let me tell you this you weren't so shy about how you feel." She smiled at me.

"You know people like you are one of the reasons I didn't want to be here right?" She looked at me hurt and confused. I smiled.

"It's 'cause I happen to get to like people like you and I tend to get attached." She smiled back at me.

"Well too bad 'cause you've got yourself a new friend. Also don't piss off the Ares kids. Some of them heard you the other day, and they are none to happy to know you're here to stay. Just a bit of friendly advice."

"Oh look at that it's another reason I didn't want to be here." We laughed some more until we finally reached the dining pavilion. We got our food then sat down to eat after giving an offering to the gods. After breakfast was over I told Alaska I would catch up with her later, so I could do some exploring. She told me to be safe and keep out of people's way. Once I had done a ring around the whole camp I decided to finally have that talk with Chiron. When I was walking to the Big House though I had run into a dilemma. Outside on the porch was Nico and Percy. I would have to get past them if I was going to talk to Chiron. As tempting as it was to just walk away and completely forget about talking to Chiron I knew I had to do it eventually, and that I was going to have to get over Nico. So I did exactly what I didn't want to do; I walked right up those porch steps and stopped in front of the aforementioned duo.

"Hello Percy." I said. They both looked a little shocked to see me, but I wasn't in the mood for any long conversations. I held up my hand to stop whatever they were about to say.

"Percy I had thought about what you had said yesterday, and I have come to a compromise of sorts." Nico glanced at Percy nervously then back to me with a steely gaze. Such emotion for a son of Hades. I guess I really did shake him up a bit...

"Well Nico I suppose you can feel 'better' about yourself because I'm not going to be harsh on you anymore unless you deserve it. Any way I guess you could say I'm beginning to forgive you because I understand that it must have been hard for you, but you are loyal to your friends and as much as it bothers me I can respect that. Although don't ever expect me to forget what you did 'cause I never will. Ever. Anyway have a nice day I'll see you later Percy." I nodded to Percy and then continued into the Big House.

"Well look who decided to show up." His godliness decided to say as I entered the main room where he was playing cards with Chiron. I sat down with them and Chiron dealed out the next game of cards.

"What do I owe for this visit Valerian?" The centaur asked.

"Well I thought that it seemed it would be a good time to discuss my origins. I could be wrong of course." Dionysus looked slightly interested by this.

"Well then who is your mother?" Chiron asked while placing his cards down to give me his full attention. I nonchalantly shrugged my shoulders, and played the cards to win the match.

"My mother is Hecate. I'm sure you're familiar with her are you not?" As soon as I said this 3 black lambs appeared above my head; the symbol for Hecate. Waiting for them to respond I began tapping my foot impatiently as the symbol above my head began to fade once more.

"Well you definitely seemed like a witch when you came here." The wine god said to me returning his gaze to his cards and frowning. I glared at him.

"I'm sure you would think that Dionysus." I said rolling my eyes.

"Well I suppose we should get you moved into the Hecate cabin."

"Sounds good to me."

"Is there anything you need? I remember you didn't bring anything with you." Chiron asked.

"Oh I'm sure my cabin will have any and all things I will need." I said reassuringly.

'If that's the case I will have someone help you get settled in, and figure out a schedule for you."

"Whatever you say Chiron." I said getting up from my seat.

"Percy is outside still, so you can ask him to help you I remember you took a liking to him. You can come back after lunch for your schedule."

"Alright I'll have him help me. I better get on it then I'll be back later to kick your ass at cards again Dionysus so get better because I don't have eternity to wait for you." I said while walking out of the big house back onto the porch where Nico and Percy were still discussing something.

"Hey Percy!" I called to him.

"Hey Val. Did everything go well in there?" He asked me while I ignored Nico. It's not being harsh if I'm not being directly insulting right?

"Yeah it went fine Chiron wanted you to help me move into my cabin." I said. He raised his brows at me.

"You got claimed?" I shrugged.

"It was more like me telling them who my mom was and then her claiming me. I don't really have to actually move in, but Chiron wanted you to show me my cabin and help if necessary." He glanced briefly at Nico the back at me.

"Uh, sure. Who's your mom?"

"Hecate." His eyes widened.

"Really?"

"Why would I lie?"

"Um, yeah that's right." He smiled sheepishly.

"Well let's get a move on I've got places to be and asses to kick." I said dragging him off the porch.

"Asses to kick?" He asked as I let go of his wrist when we were half way to the cabin area. I scoffed, "Of course it's what I do." He laughed at this then his face turned serious.

"So you are forgiving Nico?" I sighed.

"Listen, I understand why he did it, and I can honestly say that I might have made the same decision if I were in his place. I haven't forgiven him yet and don't expect me to soon, but you could say I'm on the road to forgiveness with him." Percy scrunched his brows together contemplating what I had said.

"I guess that's a good thing?"

"Do you want me to hate him forever?" I looked over to him.

"No."

"Then yes it's a good thing Perce." He relaxed his shoulders clearly relieved by this response. The rest of the walk was a comfortable silence until we reached my cabin. I ran up the steps and into it as fast as I could. After ripping open the front door I took a big wiff of my new cabin. It smelled like the woods it was a great smell with a hint of honey suckle. The cabin itself was deep mahogany wood with sapphire blues and gold accents. There were paintings of the woods on the wall along with flowers and trees like great willows and black thorns. There was a great big window lining the wall at the back of the cabin which turned out to be a sliding glass door that led to a garden area. In the garden area were those black thorns, a willow, a patch of pumpkins, some dark yews, and a hammock spot for me to lie on. Inside, on one wall was a couple of beds with that sapphire blue covers with golden sheets. Opposite of that was a study with a little area to watch television. It had a library of sorts with ancient spells and potions, a love seat to read them on, and a nice big plasma to watch what I wanted on it. Underneath had a dvd player with a selection of movies and television series mostly consisting of magical ones like Bewitched and Harry Potter. In one of the drawers next to the bed I had chosen possessed the clothes that I would like to wear. All in all my mom did an amazing job making me feel comfortable.

"This is really nice." Percy said after I had done my run down of the cabin.

"Yes it is! Thank you mom!"

"You seem pretty excited for someone who doesn't want to be here." Percy said as he plopped down on one of the beds.

"Just because I don't want to be here doesn't mean I can't enjoy what I have. You sir are a downer." He laughed at this.

"Oh 'cause I'm the downer." I glared at him.

"Well as of right now, yes, yes you are." Percy and I spent the rest of our time in my cabin until lunch came when we went to the dining pavilion where I ran into Alaska again.

Sorry this is late, I had a Birthday yesterday blah blah you don't care anyway I hope this is good for now I kept up with my 2000 word thing I hope you enjoy don't forget to review because I don't know about you but I'm pretty sure I can't read any of your minds... Plus I don't think you guys were expecting that one with the whole Hecate thing. It doesn't directly correlate with the title but she is in a way much like a Demeter child because she works with potions and stuff which require herbs and other plant like substances so she has a green thumb of sorts. You'll see more of that later.