Chapter 8: I Enjoy Camp While Luke Wants to Get Out
As Chiron lead Luke and I through the camp many of then other campers turned and stared at us. I guess they don't get new campers a lot. We came to twelve cabins in a U shape. They were all styled for each of the Olympian gods. At the head of the cabins were the Zeus and Hera cabins. On the right were the Demeter, Athena, Artemis, Aphrodite, and Dionysus cabins. On the left were the Poseidon, Ares, and Hephaestus, Apollo, and Hermes cabins. Chiron walked us to the Hermes cabin and Luke stepped in. I smiled at him and he disappeared into a pile of campers.
Chiron led me through the lines of cabins and we came to a giant 2-story cabin with no one in it.
"So, where is everyone?" I asked Chiron.
"This is the Zeus cabin and you are the only child of Zeus, Thalia Grace," he said.
I stepped inside and found my black duffle bags that I'd left back in the Viper were sitting on the floor next to a bunk. The cabin was breath taking. The walls with sky blue and there were paintings hung all over the walls. In the middle of the coffee table was a replica of Zeus's master lightning bolt. Chiron left me alone and it was getting late. I got on a bunk and instantly fell asleep.
A horn went off at seven thirty and I instantly woke up. A cabin counselor came by and handed me a schedule. Today was Friday so I looked at what I had to do today.
I had Breakfast, Ancient Greek, Cleaning Stables, Pegasus Riding, Greek Mythology, Lunch, Volleyball (something normal for once.), Firework making, Free Time, Dinner, Capture the Flag, and Campfire Sing-along. I trudged off to the dining pavilion and sat at the Zeus table.
I looked around and seen the individual tables. I guess this was mostly a summer camp because there were only about fourteen campers' total. The food was good here. You could never go wrong with eggs, pancakes, and bacon with milk and orange juice or if you could steal it from Dionysus, coffee.
I took time to look at the individual tables. First the Poseidon table. There she was, Silena Jackson. She had long, curly black hair and sea green eyes just like the boy in my dreams.
Then the Demeter table that had no one sitting there.
The Ares table, a girl and a boy. They both had brown hair and brown eyes. They were about fourteen and eight. Their nametags identified them as James White and Clarisse La Rue.
Next the Athena table, two girls with black hair and grey eyes both about twelve. Their nametags identified them as Kerri Hill and Torri-Lynn DeRace.
The Apollo table had a girl many, many years older than me, about seventeen or eighteen. She had hair as golden as the sun and piercing golden sunny eyes. Her nametag said Thaliana-Marie Chase.
The Hephaestus and Dionysus tables were empty.
The Aphrodite table had two girls and a boy all about fifteen. The girls had bleach blonde hair and eyes as blue as the sky. The boy had normal blonde hair and brown eyes. They were Maria Skye, Kara James, and Ronnie Sullivan.
Last was the Hermes table. Luke was sitting there with twin boys about eight or nine years old. Sitting across from the table from the boys was a young girl; her name was Candi-May Carter. She had red hair – not orange! Red and I mean scarlet red – and violet eyes. Luke was making fun of her earlier when I'd walked past his cabin. I looked over at Luke, he was laughing about something stupid with the twin brothers. He seen me looking at he and I smiled.