-Chapter One-

I woke up to a boy with tousled brown hair staring at me. I sat up so quickly I slammed my head against his.
"Aw crap! What was that for?" He said rubbing his forehead.
"Oh my gosh I'm so sorry! Are you ok?" I asked. We were in an old fashioned infirmary where I was laying on a cot.
"Yeah," the boy said. "So, what's your name? I'm Jack!"
"I'm Sam… What is this place?"
"This is Camp Half-blood! Right now we're in the infirmary. You woke up screaming bloody murder yesterday and hurt yourself when we tried to calm you down. You broke Landon's arm, though."
"What! Oh my God is he ok?"
"Yeah, he's better now." The kid reading a book across from us did a little wave. "You feeling all right to walk around?"
"Umm, I guess," I was bewildered in the complexity of this place. As Jack led me out side I saw a bunch of cabins, each with a different symbol above the door.
"These are the cabins. There's my dad's, Dionysus. You'll meet him in a while. That's the Nemesis cabin, Apollo, Athena, Hades…" All the cabin names blended together until they reached a red bunker with barbed wire strung along the roof.
"What's that cabin?" I asked.
"Oh, that's Ares. Don't mess with them. Come on you need to meet Chiron." Reluctantly I walked away, following Jack. He was leading me towards a huge house at the top of a hill. We passed a bunch of kids that seemed to be fighting with real swords. As we reached the top of the hill a girl with wavy blond hair ran towards us.
"Hi Jack! Who's the new recruit? Is she a fighter?" She bounced up and down on her feet, constantly moving.
"You know, she has a name!" I was getting tired of people not addressing me when they talked about me. "And my name is Sam. You?"
"Oh! My name's Madelyn! How funny! What cabin are you in? I'm in Demeter!"
"She hasn't been claimed yet," Jack interrupted. He leaned in to whisper something in Madelyn's ear. She blushed and giggled. I grabbed Jack's wrist and dragged him towards the house. "Let's go mister."
"Well, bye! I'll see you later!" Madelyn called.

"Madelyn's pretty great, isn't she?" Jack sighed. At we reached the porch I saw to men sitting at a table playing cards. One man was in a wheelchair, and the other was a pudgy guy wearing a Hawaiian shirt drinking diet Coke. "Mr. D?" Jack said. "This is Sam."
"Who?" The man spoke with an incredulous tone.
"Sam, the one that broke Landon's arm?" Jack backed up a few steps.
"How are you feeling?" The man in the wheelchair asked. "I'm Chiron."
He stuck out an arm. Reluctantly, I shook it. "Umm, I'm good, I guess." "Jack!" Mr. D exclaimed. Jack jumped. "Y-yes sir?"
"Any idea where this girl belongs?"
"Well, by the was she hit Landon, we were thinking Ares, but at the same time Connor and Travis said she told them she lived by stealing, so maybe Hermes."
Mr. D explained to me what this place was and who he was. "Who was your mortal parent?" He seemed fairly suspicious.
"M-my dad?"
"Well," Chiron interrupted, "I assume she wants to rest. She can sleep in the Big House if she isn't claimed tonight. Capture the flag tonight could give us a hint. You might want to get her some armor too. Show her around until dinner."

"So? What do you want to see?" Jack asked as we walked back down the hill. "The stables, arena, mess hall, climbing wall, Oh, the armory! Chiron wanted you to get some armor for the game."
"Uhh, okay…" I was still pretty confused with the whole half-blood thing. As we reached the armory a tall guy, about 17 years old, walked out. He seemed pretty normal until I saw his face. He had one eye in the center of his face.
"Hey!" Jack high-fived the guy as we passed him. Inside the armory were a ton of buff, tough looking kids making swords and other weapons.
"Hey Harley!" Jack was talking to a boy, maybe 13, making a bronze helmet.
"Hey!" Harley turned towards us. "You must be the new recruit. Nice to meet you. While you were still out, Chiron told me what size you are so I took the liberty of making you at least a helmet for the game tonight." He handed me the helmet he had been working on. "When you find out what team you are on you'll slide the feathering in the top." He showed me how it worked then handed me a red one and a blue one. "Now each camper doesn't need two helmets!"
"Thanks, I guess." I took the featherings and turned to Jack. "Anything else I'll need? Weapons?"
Jack laughed. "Weapons will be supplied if you don't have your own."