Chapter Two (Niall POV)
We arrive at the Big House, and I notice Chiron and another man sitting at table on the porch, playing a card game.
"Hi Chiron." Cedar says. He glances nervously at the man playing cards with Chiron.
"Hello Mr D, sir." Rue says in a small voice. The pudgy man looks up. He has purple eyes and black hair and is wearing a leopard print t-shirt.
"Hello Rue. I assume these are new campers you found?" the man, Mr D, questions. He looks across us all, and his eyes settle on me. He smiles softly at me.
"Cedar found three of them." Rue says. Mr D doesn't seem to be listening. He continues to smile at me. Cedar gasps. Rue sees what surprised Cedar and smiles brightly at me.
"What?" I ask. As usual, I'm seriously confused.
"Your godly parent has just claimed you." Chiron says. "Hail, Niall O'Donnell, son of Dionysus."
"Who? I can't even say that!" I say. Mr D rises out of his chair and places his hand on my shoulder.
"I am Dionysus. God of wine and parties." he calmly says to me. Wine. I'm vaguely aware of Nate laughing. I know why. My family's track record of alcoholics, as well as the racial stereotypes of the Irish.
"Should I take him to Cabin Twelve?" Rue asks. Mr D (I don't think I'll ever think of him as my dad) nods, before sitting down and resuming his card game.
Rue and I walk towards the rows of cabins, passing several of various colours and styles before we reach a purple one with various vine plants growing in the painted stones.
"Welcome to Cabin Twelve." Rue says, before knocking on the door. A boy of about 18 with curly blonde hair and blue eyes comes out.
"Hey Rue." he says, grinning. He turns to me. "New camper?"
"Yeah. This is Niall." Rue replies. "Niall, this is Pollux. He's the senior counsellor for Cabin Twelve."
"Hi." I say.
"How old are you?" Pollux asks "Most people under 13 don't get claimed straight away."
"I'm 14." I answer shortly. I'm used to people calling me short, but thinking I'm under 13 is new and annoying.
"Oh, sorry. I didn't realize." Pollux says, and, unlike most people when they apologize for stuff, he sounds like he means it.
"I'll leave you guys to get acquainted, then. See you later!" Rue says, before taking her shoes off to reveal her hooves (I'd almost forgotten she was a satyr, because, apart from when Cedar told us that she's his cousin, there had been no mention of it), turning, and trotting off. Pollux gestures for me to enter the cabin, and, when I go in, there is a strong smell of grapes and four boys and two girls aged between about 11 and 16 are sitting on bunks chatting to each other. Pollux claps to get their attention.
"Guys, this is Niall, he's 14 and he's the newest addition to Cabin Twelve." Pollux says, and everyone waves at me. Pollux then points at everyone in turn and tells me their names. I have the worst memory ever, so I don't know how I'll be able to remember who everyone is. The names blur together, and I know I'll struggle to remember which girl is which, as their names are Alyssa and Alesha.
"Which bed do I get?" I ask, and one of the boys, Callum, points to the top bunk of the bed he's sitting on.
"Warning: Callum often tries to play guitar in his sleep. His mom's a daughter of Apollo, so he's real musical." Alyssa says, and Alesha giggles. Callum throws a pillow at Alyssa, and she quickly gets her revenge by making grapevines grow out of Callum's blonde afro. Callum gets up and starts to make his way towards Alyssa, but Pollux quickly intercepts.
"Break it up, guys. If one of you kills the other, I'll get the blame." he says good-naturedly, putting his hands between the two of them to keep them separate. He smiles while he's speaking, but as he says the word kills, his eyes fill with pain and sadness. I don't ask him about it, in case I upset him, but I make a mental note to ask someone later. I glance at my watch and see that I've been here for almost two hours. There's a knock on the door, and Alesha leaps up to get it. Cedar is standing awkwardly by the door. He smiles at Alesha, who giggles and blushes. Callum smirks, while Alyssa bursts out laughing.
"Can I kidnap Niall for a bit?" Cedar asks, glaring at Alyssa. Pollux nods.
"He's all yours." Alyssa, who had calmed down, goes into another fit of manic laughter at that. She must have an extremely weird sense of humour (weirder than Nate's, probably) to find that funny.
"How is that funny?" I ask Alyssa, who just shakes her head, unable to speak because she's laughing so hard. Pollux rolls his eyes as I follow Cedar out of the cabin.
"Krista's been claimed. So has Angélique." Cedar informs me.
"Who are their godly parents?" I ask, mostly interested in who Krista is a daughter of.
"Krista's a daughter of Athena, goddess of wisdom and battle strategy, and Angélique's a daughter of Aphrodite, goddess of slu…" Cedar trails off before thinking for a second. "Love and beauty. Aphrodite's the goddess of love and beauty." I nod, and, for once, something makes sense. Krista is the smartest person I know, and her mom's the wisdom goddess. Angélique is self-obsessed and obviously tries to look her best, and her mom's the beauty goddess. If there's a god or goddess of annoying show-offs, that'll be Nate's godly parent.
A/N: Sorry it took me so long to update. I'm probably not going to update this as often as my other stories, because I only have two people reading it and only nine people have viewed it so far, and four of those were my mum. That's really quite disheartening. It's quite a short chapter, I know, but the next one will (probably) be longer. Thank you to KFRkitkatKFR for reviewing, and I would like to demand that everyone who reads this checks out POOH GOT SHOT by SasuNarufan4ever. It's a Winnie the Pooh crackfic and it's absolutely hilarious!