Vampire Demigods

Chapter 2 – Packing and the car journey

Bella POV:

I had to admit I was pretty excited about going there. It would save us from the boredom of our summer holidays, and the stupid plans that Emmett gets us into, like the time he persuaded us to go to Wal-Mart to buy 7 tons of milk and flood the school gym with it. Or the time he brought in a kilo of ecstasy into history and persuaded everyone to get high. They were funny memories, but we sure as hell got punished for it.

Knock Knock. "Come on In Alice." I said.

"How did you know it was me, you are not physic are you?" She said surprised.

"No, but I have known you long enough to realise that you want to pick what clothes to pack for me." I said with a smile. She just grinned at me.

Around 4 hours later, we were ready to go according to Alice. I didn't see how everyone else got to pack their own clothes. "Alice, why did everyone else get to pack their own clothes"?

"Because they have all got a good sense of fashion, well apart from Emmett and Jasper but I sorted them out before I came here" She replied.

Ahh. I felt much better then knowing that I wasn't the only one put through hell.

We had agreed that we were all going to take our own cars and follow Carlisle there, as he was the only one who had directions. Carlisle wasn't staying obviously because of the hospital but he wanted to talk to Chiron first. No surprises their then.

Emmett and Rose were going in their Jeep, Alice and Jasper was going in her Porsche, and Edward and I were taking my Ferrari. Xander was taking his Bentley and Carlisle was taking his Mercedes. I didn't see why we needed to take all these cars, but I guess it was a show of strength, and wealth.

Carlisle actually surprised me. Emmett had been moaning about going to the movies for the past 3 or 4 days and after we got out of Port Angeles, we stopped in a shopping mall and went to go and see 127 hours. It was actually quite good- may get it on DVD when it comes out.

The rest of the journey took around 12 hours. It was quite eventful to say the least. Jasper got took into the police station after being over heard plotting to send bomb threats to the United Nations and tell them the monkeys did it. It cost Carlisle about $900 to bail him out and promise to send him to a mental facility centre.

Then Alice saw a London fashion show going on and demanded to watch it. Cue 3 hours of untamed boredom and trying to keep Emmett out of trouble.

Then things got more than a little crazy when all the guys including Edward and Xander the ones I deemed sensible decided to have a race around the city. I really despaired of them sometimes. So I, Alice and Rose went as far away as possible when they got pulled over by the police. This cost Carlisle around $1600.

Carlisle finally put his foot down and told everyone to behave.

We now were about an hour from arriving.

"Edward". I asked.

"Yes honey"...

"Let's play a game"

"What kind of game"

"I say a word and you have to say the first thing that comes into your mind".

"Okay".

"Fish"

"Nemo"

"Green"

"Grass"

"Shoes"

"Alice"

"Flower"

"Lily"

"Black"

"White"

"Beauty"

"You"

"Green Eggs"

"And Ham"

I laughed, and he leant over and kissed me on the cheek. I looked out of the window and saw fields full of ripe strawberries. The view was very very pretty. We had to be somewhere near long island. The view was dotted with buildings that looked ancient Greek architecture.

As we drove up the drive there was a massive sign in Greek which translated into English in my head. I found that a little weird but the whole thing was weird so I didn't say a word.

There was an allocated car spaces for us so obviously we got out and looked around.

I was right about the Greek architecture. First there was an open aired pavilion, an amphitheatre, a circular arena. In a nearby sand pit a dozen high school kids were playing volleyball. But there was movement everywhere over the camp. Some other kids were fighting with swords. Some were shooting arrows. It was absolutely crazy but stunning at the same time.

As we walked into the main part of the camp up to the big house in the centre, everyone stopped and stared at us. I felt very conscious and slipped my hand into Edwards. He gave me a little reassuring squeeze.

Scarlet POV:

I was in the middle of a sword fight with Nico when he just stopped at stared with his mouth wide open.

"What" I asked him.

"Nico, what are you staring at!"

But then I saw.

They were walking at a reasonable pace through camp. There were 8 of them. They didn't look anything alike. Of the 3 boys one was big, muscled with dark straight hair but quite short. Another was taller, leaner still quite muscle with honey blond hair. The last boy was lanky, less bulky with untidy bronze coloured hair.

But the guy who took my breath away was a one walking slightly behind the rest. He unlike the rest of them had caramel honey coloured eyes which I just melted into. He had floppy dark auburn hair. He was absolutely breathtaking.

The three girls were total opposites. There was a beautiful tall blonde girl with an amazing figure. She looked like a supermodel. There was a tiny girl pixie like, very thin. Her hair was deep black, and cropped short. The last girl was normal height, with amazing chocolate brown slightly wavy hair.

There was a man walking slightly in front of them. He was tall with blonde hair.

With all the differences they all looked exactly alike. All of them were chalk pale, with dark eyes with shadows under them. But the main reason everyone was staring was because they were devastatingly inhumanly beautiful.

Chiron came out to greet them. Even he was shocked at their appearance but covered it quickly.

"Welcome to Camp half-blood, you must be Dr. Cullen" He shook hands with the man with blonde hair.

"Please call me Carlisle". He said. He had a wonderful soft voice.

He then moved to one side and did the introductions.

The big muscular one was called Emmett and he had a big grin on his face. His arms were wrapped around Rosalie the one with long blonde hair. Alice was the little pixie like one and Jasper was the one with honey blonde hair. Bella had chocolate brown hair and the one with his arm around her shoulders with the bronze coloured hair was Edward.

The boy I had deemed an angel, was called Xander. This did not surprise me; he needed a name just suited for him.

The teens all seemed to be together apart from Xander, I wonder?

Xander POV:

I was in shock. Not just at the place, it seemed awesome. But for the fact that the girl from my drawing was here! I blinked twice just to make sure that I was not hallucinating but no, she was definitely here. And she was a damn site more beautiful in real life then she was on my drawing.

I couldn't stop staring at her. She was an angel and I was a demon. How on earth was I going to be able to talk with her let alone kiss her?

Alice POV:

My vision suddenly went blurry. Then I saw a vision.

It was Xander, with a beautiful girl with red hair. They were sitting on a balcony, he was playing a song to her and she was singing. They looked so happy and in love.

When the vision ended I just smiled to myself. Xander was going to be in for a shock because out of the corner of my eye I saw that girl. She was staring at us.

Emmett POV:

Oh my god! This place is too cool. They have real swords, with bows and arrows. I have to try them out. Everyone was just staring at us. I really wanted to shout out, HEY LOOK, MY NAME IS EMMETT AND I AM EPICALLY COOL!, but I didn't because Edward just gave me a death stare and I realised that it wouldn't have been the best thing to do, but it would break the tension.

So on an impulse I shouted out "Can everyone stop staring at me, I have got clothes on, wait have I got clothes on, I don't want to be naked.

"Shut the hell up Emmett" Rosie hissed.

Scarlet POV:

The one called Emmet just shouted out "Can everyone stop staring at me, I have got clothes on, wait have I got clothes on, I don't want to be naked.

"Shut the hell up Emmett" Rosalie hissed.

Maybe they were not going to be as bad as I thought.

Xander POV:

Trust Emmett to come out with something completely stupid. I hoped that my angel hadn't heard but she had. She had a wide smile on her face. Well okay for one well done Emmett.

Bella POV:

After Emmett's little unexpected outburst, everyone slowly got back to doing what they were before we came. Chiron gave us a tour of the place which was amazing.

We soon came up to the 14 cabins. He explained that all the main gods had a place here. They were: Zeus, Hera, Poseidon, Hades, Nyx Demeter, Athena, Dionysus, Apollo, Artemis, Ares, Aphrodite, Hephaestus and Hermes.

The cabins all reflected the gods. Poseidon's was blue with coral shells, and Aphrodite's was bright pink.

I was confused as to where we were going to be staying.

"Um Chiron, sir where will be staying?" I asked politely.

"Well you will be staying in Nyx's cabin as you are children of the night. She is the goddess of Night, and was there at the beginning of creation, and is as powerful as Zeus. Carlisle has informed me that you do not sleep so you are all free to walk around the camp as you please whenever you choose, but please be careful". He explained.

"Ahh yes, you are allowed to go out of camp to hunt when you please as well". He added.

Carlisle made a quiet comment about wanting to talk to him in private.

Xander POV:

So we were staying in Nyx's cabin. It was made of gorgeous black stone which had diamonds in. It looked absolutely amazing. So dark and eerie and at the same time light and breathless, it was so perfect for us, being vampires.

I had to admit the camp looked absolutely amazing so old and Greek and at the same time so modern and up to date. The idea was so strange and set seemed totally graspable. There are 14 cabins; I wonder which one my red headed angel is in? I would say Aphrodite just for her beauty but she doesn't seem pompous and vain.

Emmett POV:

The cabin is so totally awesome! I wonder why Carlisle needs to have a quiet word with the guy in the wheel chair? I hope it's not to tell him about our pranks.

Chiron POV: I was amazed when I saw the Cullen's so inhumanly beautiful, so vampire. I showed them around the camp and when we got to Nyx's. Carlisle the leader of the clan, said he needed to have a quiet word with me, hmm I wonder why? We walked a few metres out, and i waited patiently.

"Do you mind if we go a little more further out, my children have good hearing and I would prefer if they didn't hear this". He said softly. Ahh so vampires have good hearing, of course they do, they would need it to hunt.

"Of course, just tell me when you think we are out of range" I replied. We walked quite a way out I have to admit.

"I think this will be far enough for them to not hear this conversation, well apart from Edward, but I hope he knows better". He said starting the conversation.

Huh, Edward? I was confused, and it obviously showed on my face, so he explained.

"Well when we turn into vampires, we acquire powers some quality we had in our old lives. Edward can read minds. He doesn't like to as he thinks it breaks people's privacy. Alice, can see the future of vampires and humans, and Jasper can control people's emotions".

Wow. Speechless.

"They have these powers, and sometimes they use them for ways which aren't polite. Emmett and Jasper often pull pranks on Bella and Xander". He continued.

"But, you are vampires, aren't you supposed to be all polite, stiff and imposing?" I said. He laughed loudly.

"Oh, how I wish. My children are polite and respectable, but between them they can be mischievous devils". "Watch out for Emmett and Jasper's scheming and Alice shopping – do not tell her where the nearest mall is, for the sake of your sanity". He said sighing.

"Errm, so watch out for Emmett and Jasper's scheming, and pranks, Alice and shopping, is that all? I asked/.

"Yes, and oh, watch out for all of them with massive grins – they do on rare occasions plan a massive prank together, if they do anything stupid, or illegal call me on my cell please? He asked.

"Sure, I don't think I will need to though, they behaved impeccably this morning". I said. He gave me a look which said just you wait.