I woke up to chatter about a game of Capture the Flag. I caught phrases like "We'll show those Ares kids." and "Make sure you get the Athena cabin on our team. Okay. No comment.

I got out of bed and saw an outfit already laid out for me. It was orange. Gross.

"Hey! Brooklyn right?" A tall, skinny boy, with curly brown hair and blue eyes came sauntering over to me with a mischievous smirk on his face.

"Yeah." I say awkwardly, unsure of what to say. The call with my mom was still replaying in my head, and it was messing me up. I seriously needed to snap out of it. "I came in yesterday."

"Yeah I know. I saw you last night. What was your first monster?"

"A hydra."

"Oh my gods are you serious." I let out a laugh. Got to get my personality going.

"Yeah. Pretty intense huh."

"Oh, I'm Conner by the way. And over there is my older brother Travis." He pointed to another boy who looked exactly like him, only a little taller. "You should probably get dressed. Your first day at Camp-Half Blood awaits!"

"So excited! But...umm…" Conner looked at me questioningly. "Well… am I allowed to wear anything but this T-Shirt? It's kind of, well…"

"Ugly?" He laughed. "Don't worry City Girl, we have a camp store. You can do your shopping a little later. Think you could hold out the embarrassment for a day?" I give him this "If I have to" look. He laughed.

"That's the spirit!"

After getting dressed into that (you know what,I don't care anymore. It's and ugly shirt. Period.) shirt, I walked with Connor to the mess hall. On the way, Connor explained to me the Capture the Flag talk. Apparently everyone gets all hyped up about the game I knew as Capture the Flag, but it's different here. Here, it's Capture the Flag on steroids. Swords, magical items, they even trade chores to win this thing. Maybe I'll get into the game when I actually play.

"Sounds great! I can't wait!"

"Yeah," He said enthusiastically. "It's tomorrow night, so we'll have enough time to prepare you." He elbowed me enthusiastically.

"Yeah. The Ares kids better watch out, cause I'm going to kick their butts!"

"Oh yeah. Take that Ares!" Connor shouted. A group of kids turned and glared at him.

"I'm guessing those are the Ares kids." I mutter under my breath.

"Look who's talking." A big (and when I say big I mean big) girl with a sneer on her face came walking towards us; her group of friends following close behind her.

"Clarisse!" Connor greeted her as if she was his best friend.

"What were you saying Connor?" She gave him a forced, fake sweet, smile.

"Only that I'm so excited to play against you tomorrow. Oh, and did I mention we're going to cream your butts?" He fake smiled back at her.

"Who are you?" She turned to me. Obviously, she knew she couldn't intimidate Connor.

"Brooklyn. Oh, and did I mention we're going to cream your butts?" I mimic her fake smile. Clarisse checked me out, obviously looking to see whether she could beat me in a fight. Connor was laughing.

"Atta girl!" He put his arm around me. "See you around Clarisse!" And with that, we brushed past them. Clarisse and her stupid friends looked mad. Connor was the opposite. "That was awesome! Did you see her face?!"

"Oh yeah," I gave him a sly grin. We fistbumped.

"We are definitely going to be partners in crime."

"Hell yes. And did I mention we're going to cream the Ares kids butts?"

A/N: Hey demigods! So Connor and Brooklyn are friends. And the Ares kids and Brooklyn are enemies. Wonder what would happen if she was claimed by Ares?! LOL just kidding. :)

PLEASE REVIEW! Who do you think is going to be Brooklyn's dad?

Look forward to your favorite characters from the series poping up throughout the story!

Oh, and did I mention please review? ;)