Author's Note; Hello my lovely readers. It's summer vacation and I saw Jurassic World on my last day of school with 'Jack'. She usually comes over on Tuesdays and Thursdays, and 'Aqua' didn't wanna come. Sucker. Funny-ish story (You can skip if you want): So penultimate (second to last) day of school and my friends..'Topanga' (She chose to be reffered to in this way), 'Micayla', 'Leila', and 'Kathy' invite two other people to sit at our lunch table because of some video game tournament they were having on their phones. We all hate one of the boys. They asked him about the book he'd been reading since September (The Titan's Curse). He said he 'got bored with it.' That's on my top three most interesting and exciting PJO/HoO books and he 'got bored with it'. I was about to shout at/murder him when my other friend 'Camille' showed up. He was sitting in her seat. She started shouting at him to move and when he scooted over to where 'Jack' would've been sitting if she'd been there she said he 'irked her soul' and she refused to sit next to him. He said she should move and she replied it was our lunch table and he would move or else. He moved. I texted my friends in a group chat complaining because 'Micayla' left to go outside, leaving him to sit next to me. He should be thankful 'Camille' stopped me from murdering him. Barely.

SHOUTOUTS!:

Rubydaawesome: You're welcome for using your name! Everyone cool I know who's a part of this fandom (or who we've corrupted by telling them everything if they-shudders-hate reading) consider themselves demigods as well, so you're definitely not alone. And I always answer reviews...when I get them.

Guest: I dunno what you mean exactly...this is a Fanfiction, not a parody, but I will be mentioning quite a few.

Cherokee rememberer gamer98: Yeah, I guess. I think I'll make them all claimed quickly as long as their parents have cabins. It'll kind of show how powerful The Sapphires are, cause I don't want them to be a bunch of Mary Sues and Gary Stus. I have the book online (I sadly lost my copy a while ago DX) so I took some of it from there. Some parts are just purely sugar induced me though. And of course Percy's coming! Along with my OC, his twin sister Chryssie. I have plans. *Grins and rubs hands together while laughing evilly*

Disclaimer; I do not own Percy Jackson or any other songs, fandoms, or parodies mentioned in this fic. Or anything you recognize to be someone else's. I have some direct stuff from PJO here: they do not belong to me DX.

I'm A Demi-WHAT Now?

Chapter III: Surprise!

The next day started out strangely. For everyone. I ate breakfast at my own table. Until Ruby and Sean got up and pushed our tables together. Mr. D and Tantalus glared at us as everyone else gaped, surprised that we dared to break the seating rules.

"You have to sit at your own tables." Tantalus told us.

"We are." Ruby replied. "Our tables are just pushed together so we don't have to sit alone."

Everyone openly stared. "They do have a point. We can't technically punish them." Mr. D pointed out.

I smiled into my plate and sipped my water slowly to keep from laughing. Pearl stared at us. 'You got Mr. D on your side?' She mouthed.

The three of us simultaneously winked as Sapphire and Jack gave us thumbs ups. Monkey and Jade just rolled their eyes, but they were smiling.

Afterwards, Jade Monkey, and Pearl dragged the rest of us to what looked like a little gardening shed. You know, to keeps tools in. I think. We never really had a garden. Monkey was the only one of us that didn't doom every plant we touched. I'm not proud, but it happens.

"We've been given permission to help you with finding your weapons." Monkey grinned.

"I have a knife, Pearl has a sword." Pearl cleared her throat. "I'm sorry, machete, and Monkey has a pair of nunchucks. Don't even ask where those came from because nobody knows." Jade explained.

"Ooh!" Jack exclaimed. "I want nunchucks! I'm a ninja."

"No. You're not." Pearl answered. She started rummaging through different weapons, as if she was looking for the perfect ones for us.

Jack ran in circles and crept up behind Pearl, finally tapping her on the shoulder. "Did you see me coming?" Jack asked.

"No." Pearl replied, confused for once.

"Exactly. Ninja!" Jack hissed.

Pearl rolled her eyes and turned back around. Jack did a few somersaults behind Pearl, absotively silent.

"Did you see that?" Jack asked.

"No."

"See? Ninja!" (1)

Pearl snorted and straightened up, holding a huge broadsword. I laughed. "Who's that for?"

"Sean." She handed it to him. Sean tried to keep it steady and look all impressive, but he leaned over because it was too heavy and fell. We all laughed as he handed it back to Pearl.

"Not for me…"

Next was a spear for Sapphire. She swung it around like a bo staff and ended up burying the tip in the ground. "No." Monkey said, pulling the spear out of the ground carefully, as to not break off the tip.

They gave me a bow next. "Awesome! I'm Katniss!" I tried to shoot an arrow at the wall of the shed.

The arrow dipped down toward the ground. Jade instructed me on how to hold it. I told her I got it. I tried again. The arrow dipped toward the ground and...I don't wanna talk about it. (2)

They gave Ruby a double pair of swords. She couldn't even lift them. "I don't think these will work."

Jack saw a pair of throwing stars, like what ninjas use. "Aw, yes! Come to Jackie!" She exclaimed happily.

"NO!" We all argued, stepping in front of her.

I inched my hand ever so slowly towards them though, to ensure that they would be safe of course. "Diamond Rose Sapphire, move that hand right back to your side and away from the ninja stars before I chop it off." Sapphire threatened, holding up a knife.

I obliged. "Give me that!" Pearl said and snatched it out of her hand.

We gave it to Jack. Bad idea. Really bad idea. She almost took off Sean's head. "Oops." She giggled as Jade confiscated it and Sean glared at her.

We found a crossbow for Ruby, which made her really happy, seeing as she was first. It shrunk into a blue ring when you twisted a ruby on the handle. When you twisted the ruby on it (3) it grew into the crossbow and her never-emptying quiver grew on her back.

Sean wound up getting a sword, just one not as big. He grinned and held it up. If you pressed a button at the bottom of the hilt, it turned into a small black comb, kinda like the ones they used in Grease. If you press a button on the bottom of the comb, it turned back into a sword.

Sapphire got a wicked battle axe that could split into two, or shrink into a necklace when you flicked a flame insignia on the handle. The necklace was a simple bronze chain with a matching fire insignia to the one on the handle hanging from it. If you flicked it, it became the axe.

Jack did end up getting the throwing stars. They were boomerang throwing stars that turned into a gold wristwatch when you pushed the snowflake in the middle. If you pushed the snowflake symbol on the side of the wristwatch, the six throwing stars showed up in holders on her arms.

It took a while to find something for me. It seemed like nothing there fit. After quite a bit of searching, I pointed to a silver charm bracelet that had not been lying there a moment ago.

"What's that?" I asked, picking it up now.

"I don't know. I've never seen it before." Jade replied.

We all examined it. The charms were strange. A bow, crossed knives, a wide sword, a sword and shield, a wider shield, a spear, an axe, a trident, a pen, and a silhouette of a person's shoulders and head with lines going through it and a question mark in the middle.

Jade tried unclasping it. It wouldn't work. She gave it to Monkey who gave it to Pearl who gave it to Ruby who gave it to Sapphire who gave it to Sean who gave it to Jack who gave it back to Jade. "Doesn't work." She muttered.

I experimentally tried unclasping it as everyone else looked for anything we hadn't tried yet. It came undone. I put it on my wrist. It fit perfectly, not too tight it cuts off circulation, not too loose it hangs all the way off of my wrist and drags it down.

"Woah." I breathed feeling like a mix of Thor, Cinderella, and Goldilocks. "Just right."

Pearl turned. "No way!"

Everyone else stared at me. "How does it work?" Ruby asked.

On impulse, I tugged on the double knives charm and squeezed it. In a split second, I was holding a knife in each hand. I threw one inside the weapons shed and hit the only bare spot on the back wall. Exactly where I was aiming…

"I think we found you a weapon." Monkey said happily, clapping me on the shoulder.

"That is so cool!" Jack exclaimed

"How come Diamond gets all the cool stuff?" Sapphire whined.

"Because I'm awesome." I answered cockily.

The seven of them stared at me. "No…" Sean trailed off. "That's not it. That's not it at all. It must be something else."

I scowled and leveled my other knife at him. "Watch it, bruh."

I tugged on the empty hoop where the knives were on my bracelet, and the knives disappeared and reappeared there.

I went through the rest of my day in a kind of haze. I wasn't really sure what was happening until I got a little alone time before dinner.

I decided to hang up my posters and stuff. I arranged everything neatly (for once) and was proud of my work.

I sat down on my bed and started fiddling with my bracelet, deciding I liked the knives best.

The door opened and a boy walked in. He had messy black hair, tanned skin, and sea green eyes. He looked about a year or two older than me and I somehow knew that it was Percy Jackson, my brother.

He saw me and backed out of the cabin, closing the door.

A few seconds later, a girl opened it. She had messy shoulder-length black hair, tanned skin, and sea green eyes. She looked like a girl version of Percy and I knew she was Chryssie.

She also backed away and closed the door.

It opened a third time and they both stuck their heads into the cabin.

"Chryssie?" He asked nervously, his eyes not leaving me for a second.

"Yes, I see the small redhaired humanoid too, Percy." She replied, also staring at me and only me.

"Chryssie?" He asked again.

"Yeah?" She replied.

"Follow-up question; Why is the small redhaired humanoid in our cabin and holding a knife?" He asked.

"Why don't you ask her?" She answered.

"Surprise!" I exclaimed, jumping up.

They slowly opened the door a bit more and hesitantly stepped inside the cabin.

"I'm Diamond Sapphire, not small redhaired humanoid by the way. I'm your new sister!" I said happily, dropping the knives and holding a hand out to shake.

"I'm Chryssie. Chryssie Jackson." Chryssie said, shaking it.

I turned towards Percy. "And I'm her twin brother, Percy." He slowly shook my hand.

"I kinda figured. Pearl told me already." I told them.

"You know Pearl, daughter of...Athena?" Chryssie asked, surprised.

"And her twin, Jade. Also her younger half-sister, Monkey Boots. Also the new campers. Sapphire Sapphire, daughter of Hephaestus. Jack Frost, we dunno. And Ruby Sapphire and Sean, children of Zeus." I added helpfully.

"But, you're not supposed to be alive. All three of you." Percy remarked. Chryssie hit him upside the head.

"Technically speaking neither are you." I retorted.

They shrugged. "True." They replied in unison.

"So…" Chryssie trailed off. "I'm sorry, how old are you? And when did you get here again?"

"I'm twelve, my birthday's in April. And I got here yesterday. I was claimed last night at dinner with Sapphire, Sean, and Ruby." I replied.

"But...you and Annabeth told me nobody's claimed that fast!" Percy exclaimed, rounding on Chryssie.

"They don't! I mean, not normally. And did they both really break the oath? Twice?" Chryssie asked me.

"She doesn't know what the oath is." Percy said. "I barely know what the oath is, nonetheless this top secret prophecy Chiron was talking about earlier."

Chryssie facepalmed. "Neither do I. Annabeth never told me anything either, remember that."

"Mmhmm, sure. This is all so weird. Grover going missing, the tree, Chiron, Tyson, and then this girl shows up in our cabin." Percy replied.

"Someone could write a book." Chryssie grinned.

Percy grinned back. "Yes! The first one could be Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief."

"Or Chryssie Jackson and the Lightning Thief."

I had a feeling they forgot I was there. I shrugged and began doodling in my little TARDIS notebook with a random pen.

They argued back and forth until Chryssie stopped it. "I have a compromise. Chryssie and Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief."

"Okay." Percy agreed. "Wait, why is your name first?"

"Alphabetical reasons. Plus, I'm cooler."

"Nuh-uh! Percy and Chryssie Jackson and the Lightning Thief."

"Chryssie and Percy."

"Percy and Chryssie."

"Chryssie and Percy."

Oh.

"Percy and Chryssie."

My.

"Chryssie and Percy."

God. Or I guess gods now. Huh, cool.

"Percy and Chryssie."

Seriously? Even my other siblings don't argue like this. Yet.

"Chryssie and Percy."

"Oh just, SHUT UP!" I finally shouted.

They looked at me, startled. "Has she been here the whole time?" Percy asked, covering the side of his mouth.

"I believe so."

"Oops."

"I can still hear you!" I exclaimed, annoyed. "And I have a name! I do recommend you use it, it'll be easier than to just say 'she' or 'this girl' all the time. Maybe people will actually know who you're talking about. And it's rude also."

"Er, yes." Chryssie said. "Name. What is it again?"

"Diamond."

"I'll try to remember that." Percy remarked.

Just then, a horn blew. "Ooh, dinner!" I exclaimed happily.

"The cabin counselors are supposed to lead their cabins up." Percy said, puffing out his chest.

"Which is why I'll be leading the way." Chryssie said, walking out of the cabin.

Percy just gaped at her, but followed. I was right behind him. I watched the other cabin counselors lead cabins up to the pavilion. The other cabins had a lot more people. Well, besides Zeus and Dionysus but...uh...oh right, food!

As soon as everyone was there, Percy led a cyclops to the middle of the pavilion. He had brown hair and a brown eye. He looked overwhelmed despite the fact he was taller than half of the people at camp. Chryssie moved to stand next to them. People stopped talking and everyone turned to look.

"Who invited that?" Someone asked. Percy turned to glare at the table. I think it was the one of the people from the glowing golden cabin...Apollo?

"Well, well, if it isn't Peter and Carrie Johnson. My millennium is complete." Mr. D said. I was so confused, but tried not to show it.

They gritted their teeth, "Percy." Percy started.

"And Chryssie Jackson." Chryssie added.

"Sir." They concluded in unison.

He just sipped his drink contently. "Yes. Well, as you young people say these days: Whatever."

Well someone's cranky, I thought. Then again, this isn't even half as bad as yesterday.

A half-man, half-goat thing was peeling the skin off of grapes and giving them to him. I felt bad, the poor thing looked absotively terrified. What gave Mr. D the right to boss hima round like that? It briefly crossed my mind to do the thing Hermione started for house elves in Harry Potter, S.P.E.W., for goatmen. The idea amused me, but I wasn't sure why.

"These two," Mr. D said to Tantalus. "You need to watch. Poseidon's children, you know."

"Ah!" Tantalus exclaimed, looking at them with new interest. It didn't look particularly good though, it looked more like he was adding them to his 'Make Lives Living Hades XD' list. "Those ones."

For once, I was really glad a sibling was getting all the attention, instead of me. (Which happens a lot.)

"I am Tantalus." Tantalus said to them. "On special assignment here until, well until my Lord Dionysus decides otherwise."

Wait. So Mr. D...was the god Dionysus. That made a lot of sense! Thanks a lot Pearl, Monkey, and Jade for telling me this beforehand. Great job.

"I do expect you two to refrain from causing any more trouble." Tantalus finished. Oops. Had he been talking that whole time?

"Trouble?" They asked, confused. They glared at eachother for talking at the same time.

Mr. D snapped his fingers and a newspaper appeared. I couldn't see anything from where I was sitting, but Percy and Chryssie looked a mix of upset and amused.

"Yes, trouble." Tantalus said smugly. "I understand the two of you caused quite a bit of it last summer."

From what Pearl told us in the car, they went on a quest and personally stopped a civil war. With two other friends, of course. Apparently they were both too Seaweed Brain to do anything on their own. Who knew what that meant, I'd just thought it was funny.

Another goatman put a plate with barbeque on it in front of Tantalus. He licked his lips hungrily and I remembered what Monkey had said his punishment in the Underworld had been. "Root beer. Barq's special stock. 1967." He said to his cup.

He slowly reached out a hand. "Go on old fellow." Mr. D said encouragingly. "Maybe it'll work this time."

Tantalus reached for the cup, only to have it scoot away from him. He tried to get a piece of brisket, but it scooted away from him and into the flames. I covered my mouth, not showing him my grin. I had to bite back a laugh. As agonizing as no food for like, ever, must be, he was a dick. And he deserved it.

"Blast!" He exclaimed. I looked away because I was a second away from losing it. Looking around, I saw that Jack, Sapphire, a group of Hermes kids, and two girls from the Apollo cabin were in the same condition. (A/N; To my friends: ;) You know who you are)

"Oh well." Mr. D said, obviously trying to sound sympathetic, but failing miserably. "Maybe in a few days. Believe me old chap, just being in this camp will be torture enough. You're old curse will fade eventually."

"Yeah." Tantalus muttered, looking crestfallen. (Ooh, big word. One point Diamond for listening to her audiobooks more intently than she thought! Teehee, third person...oh, right, story!) He stared at Mr. D's drink longingly. "Do you have any idea how dry one's throat gets after three thousand years?"

Jack chose that moment to slurp her drink loudly. Tantalus glared at her. I rolled my eyes and tried my hardest not to let him see my grin. Some people had gone back to their food, but most were still listening to the conversation intently.

"You're that spirit from the Fields of Punishment." Percy said, seemingly proud of himself for remembering. "The one who stands in a lake underneath a fruit tree but can't eat or drink."

"A real scholar, aren't you boy?" Tantalus sneered.

Unfazed by this comment towards her twin, Chryssie spoke up. "You must have done something pretty horrible when you were alive. What was it?"

His eyes narrowed. A few goatmen behind him shook their heads so hard and quick I thought they were going to fly off. I shuddered at that thought.

"I'll be watching over you Percy and Chryssie Jackson." Tantalus said threateningly. "I don't want any problems at my camp."

"There are problems already at your camp." Percy retorted. You could practically hear the air quotes around the word 'your'.

"Sir." Chryssie concluded venomously.

"Oh go sit down Johnsons." Mr. D sighed. "I believe your table is right there. You know, the one where most people don't want to sit because of your Barnacle Breaths."

I clenched my fists underneath the table. I slowly unclenched and re-clenched them. That...why that little...calm down. Don't get blasted into a pile of ashes just because someone who you can't really argue with insulted you and your siblings. Percy and Chryssie's facies were burning and I knew they were going through the same mental struggle that I was.

"Come on Tyson." The two of them said in unison. They glared at eachother. I noticed that whenever they say things at the same time they either glare or grin at eachother. Depended on the situation I guessed. They started walking away and gestured for the Cyclops to come with them.

"Oh, no no no." Tantalus disagreed. "The monster stays here. We must decide what to do with it."

It? I thought. That's a living, breathing being. Not an it. I felt like bashing his face in right then, right there and making a run for it. I held back as I had the slight feeling I wouldn't make it too far.

"Him." The two said in unison again, but this time they didn't seem to care. "His name is Tyson."

Tantalus raised an eyebrow, unimpressed.

"Tyson saved the camp." Chryssie insisted. "He pounded those bronze bulls. Otherwise they would've burned down this whole place!"

I'd seen that earlier. I started to rush over there, but Pearl told me they had it and the girl leading hated having help in battles.

"Yes. And what a pity that would've been." Tantalus said in mock sympathy, much like the kind Mr. D had given him earlier. Mr. D snickered. "Leave us. While we decide this creature's fate."

Tyson looked at the twins fearfully. They looked back, knowing they couldn't openly disobey the two.

"I'll be right over here big guy." Percy reassured him, pointing to our table. "Don't worry, we'll find you a good place to sleep tonight."

"You'll be okay." Chryssie promised.

"I believe you." He replied. "You are my friends."

The two slowly trudged over to the table and sat down across from me. Conversations slowly started around the pavilion. Wood nymphs gave the two of them slices of pizza, but they didn't touch it.

They still got up and put some of their food into the fire for the gods. As I had already done that as I watched their conversation, I stayed seated.

"Hey." I said. "How do you know him? Just curious."

"He went to our school." Chryssie said.

"We didn't know he was a Cyclops until earlier." Percy added.

"Earlier we were attacked during a literal killer game of dodgeball. He stopped the giants who attacked us from killing anyone." Chryssie explained.

"Yeah...but we did blow up the gym...and get put in the news for it…" Percy muttered.

"I couldn't keep my mouth shut when school ended on the last day and got held back after class...my teacher turned out to be a monster and tried to kill me so...fun! I was the perfect student, too. In an alternate universe." I told them. They laughed.

"Been there, done that." Chryssie said nonchalantly and waved her hand to the side. "Got the t-shirt."

"Yeah, our killer teacher was a monster sent from our dear old uncle that lives downstairs himself." Percy snorted.

Tantalus blew a conch horn. "Oh, what does he want now?" I muttered, annoyed.

"Yes, well." He started. "Another fine meal! Or so I'm told."

His hand slowly moved toward his dinner plate that now had food on it as if the food wouldn't realize. It did. The food shot away before his hand even got six inches near it.

"And here on my first official day of authority, " He continued. "I'd like to say what a pleasant form of punishment it is to be here. Over the course of the summer, I hope to torture, er, interact with each and every one of you children. You all look good enough to eat. "

Mr. D clapped at this statement and the goatmen followed suit. I slowly inched away from Tantalus. Tyson was still standing by the table, and every time he tried to move, Tantalus pulled him back forward where everyone could see him.

"And now some changes!" Tantalus gave us all a crooked smile. "We are re-instituting the chariot races!"

Murmuring broke out at all the tables-excitement, fear, disbelief. "I heard from some of the older cabins that people died last time!" Chryssie whispered angrily.

"Now I know, " Tantalus continued, raising his voice, "that these races were discontinued some years ago due to, ah, 'technical problems'."

"Three deaths and twenty-six mutilations, " Someone at the Apollo table called nervously.

"Yes, yes!" Tantalus said. "But I know that you will all join me in welcoming the return of this camp tradition. Golden laurels will go to the winning charioteers each month. Teams may register in the morning! The first race will be held in three days time. We will release you from most of your regular activities to prepare your chariots and choose your horses. Oh, and did I mention, the victorious team's cabins will have no chores for the month in which they win?"

An explosion of excited conversation-no KP for a whole month? No stable cleaning? Was he serious? I had an uneasy feeling in the pit of my stomach. This camp was supposed to protect us from the dangers that were outside and teach us to fight them. Not cause more dangers from the inside.

"But, sir!" A girl with string brown hair tied back with a bandana said. She looked a bit nervous, but she stood up to speak from the Ares table.

I saw that she had a YOU MOO, GIRL! sign on her back. A few campers snickered meanly.

"What about patrol duty? I mean, if we drop everything to ready our chariots-" She argued.

"Ah, the hero of the day, " Tantalus exclaimed. "Brave Clarisse, who single-handedly bested the bronze bulls!"

The girl (Apparently named Clarisse) blinked, then blushed. "Um, I didn't-"

"And modest, too. " Tantalus grinned. "Not to worry, my dear! This is a summer camp. We are here to enjoy our-selves, yes?"

"But the tree-" Clarisse started to argue.

"And now, " Tantalus said, as several of her siblings pulled her back into her seat. "Before we proceed to the campfire and sing-along, one slight housekeeping issue. The Jacksons and Annabeth Chase have seen fit, for some reason, to bring this here. " Tantalus waved a hand toward Tyson.

People started murmuring uneasily and cast glances at the three of them. I wanted to ash his head in again. Tyson was a living, breathing, creature. Just because he wasn't half-human like the rest of us shouldn't have mattered. He saved the camp and obviously meant no harm!

"Now, of course, " He said. "Cyclopes have a reputation for being bloodthirsty monsters with a very small brain capacity. Under normal circumstances, I would release this beast into the woods and have you hunt it down with torches and pointed sticks. But who knows? Perhaps this Cyclops is not as horrible as most of its brethren. Until it proves worthy of destruction, we need a place to keep it! I've thought about the stables, but that will make the horses nervous. Hermes's cabin, possibly?"

There was complete and utter silence at the Hermes table. Travis and Connor Stoll developed a sudden interest in the tablecloth. I couldn't blame them. From what I'd seen, the Hermes cabin was already more than full. There was no way they could take in a Cyclops taller than most of them.

"Come now, " Tantalus chided. "The monster may be able to do some menial chores. Any suggestions as to where such a beast should be kenneled?"

Everybody gasped, me with them. Floating above Tyson's head was a holographic image, the same one that had appeared over my head the night before.

Tantalus scooted away from Tyson in surprise. Last night, when the four of us had been claimed, everybody got up from their tables and knelt, announcing our names. But now, they followed Tantalus's lead, and Tantalus roared with laughter.

"Well! I think we know where to put the beast now. By the gods, I can see the family resemblance!" He exclaimed happily. I didn't find it funny.

Everybody laughed except my siblings and a few others. Tyson didn't seem to notice. He was too mystified, trying to swat the glowing trident that was now fading over his head. He was too innocent to understand how much they were making fun of him, how cruel people were.

But I knew. And so did Chryssie and Percy. We had another cabinmate. A supposed 'monster' as a half-brother.

At Tantalus' order, he got up and walked over here with his food, sitting next to me. I smiled warmly and welcomingly at him. Percy and Chryssie wore matching looks of sickening horror. I tried to recall what I knew about Cyclopes. They were children of gods, obviously, and...nature spirits I thought. So instead of being demigods like us, they were Cyclopes. My Mum had always made us pay attention to Greek myths. Now I knew why, to prepare us.

"Percy? Chryssie?" Tyson asked. "What does that mean? Why do I have to sit here now? Am I in trouble?"

They didn't answer and instead just stared at their plates.

I felt bad for Tyson, so I answered his question. "It means you're one of us, that you're our brother. I'm Diamond by the way."

"I'm Tyson." He smiled happily. "I have two new sisters! And a new brother!"

He reminded me of a toddler, and I realized he might be. Just because he was big didn't necessarily mean he was old. "Siblings." I told him. "That's what you call it when you have a brother and a sister, it can mean either one."

"Sib-lings?" He asked.

I grinned at him. "Uh-huh. Great job!"

I know, you're expecting me (like most people *Cough*Chryssie and Percy*Cough*) to be ashamed to have a so-called 'monster' as a brother and be so embarrassed I wouldn't even talk to him. But what's the point? You can't choose your siblings. I'd learned that a long time ago, and had gotten used to it.

Monkey, Sean, Jack, and Lightning had always been more than welcome in our home, and vice versa. Our parents practically said, "Be friends and act like good brothers and sisters. Become a family." And we did. When you have a family as crazy as mine, you realized that family's family, no matter how weird or embarrassing they may be.

So, Tyson was family. He was my baby brother, and I was going to treat him as such, even if Percy and Chryssie weren't. I mean, from what I heard and saw, he'd saved the camp. Didn't that count for something? Apparently not. Percy and Chryssie were his 'friends' apparently. No, they weren't. At all. 'Friends' don't act the way they were acting.

Every few seconds, Tyson would giggle and say, "Percy, Chryssie, and Diamond are my siblings?" He would sound so excited.

I would nod and he would squeal happily.

That first night, I fell asleep easily, and so did Tyson. But I knew the next morning that Percy and Chryssie hadn't, due to the bags under their eyes.

That whole night, ever since Tyson had been claimed, they hadn't spoken a word.

And it sickened me.

Another chapter down! Sorry if Diamond's reaction was unrealistic to you guys, but that's how I would react. You can't choose your family, so you need to stop wishing otherwise. Anyways, review please! Even those friends I mentioned earlier. They'll be featured more in the next chapter, I promise. And introduced.

Footnotes:

(1) Actually happened again. Except this took place in my living room, with my Dad, who was watching TV. It was very amusing, to say the least.

(2) Also happened. The instructors were two hot guys at a camp I went to for a school trip. Even though I genuinely tried, I wasn't too upset when I had to be helped. And I still...you know what? I still don't wanna talk about it.

(3) Ha, see what I did there? Ruby with the ruby ring. I feel like none of you find that quite as funny.