Chapter 3
Chapter 3
I'm Claimed!
We stopped at the foot of a hill. The driver said, "There ain't nothin' here. You sure you wanna git out?" Annabeth said yes and paid for the ride. We all got out, and I followed Percy and Annabeth to the top of the hill. When I got past the tree that was being protected by a dragon with a golden thing hanging on a branch, all I saw were ancient Greek buildings that still shined. I also saw a house that looked like it had maybe 4 or 5 floors.
We walked towards the house and were greeted by an old dude. But this was no ordinary old man, he was part horse. He trotted over to where I stood, amazed that such a thing could really exist.
He said, "Hello there. My name is Chiron, and I'll be your camp activities director. What's your name?"
"Derek."
"Well, nice to meet you Derek, you'll be staying at the Hermes cabin for now. Oh, here comes Julie. Julie, would you be a dear and show Derek around the camp?"
I gazed past the horse-man and saw Julie. You know, the same Julie I talked about at the beginning? That Julie.
"WHAT THE!? What are you doing here? Are you a demi-god to?"
"Yeah. Come on, I'll show you around."
I shrugged and then started to follow her. She showed me the arena, dining pavilion, beach, forest, and the campfire area. Finally we got to the cabins. The cabins were in the formation of a "U" with 2 in the middle and 5 lining each side, a total of 12.
She first showed me the Dionysus cabin, then the Aphrodite cabin, the Artemis cabin (which had no people in it), the Athena cabin (home of the girl Annabeth), the Demeter cabin, the cabin of Hera and Zeus (which also had no people in them), the Poseidon cabin (Percy's cabin, he was currently the only one staying in it because his half-brother was in the forges of the Cyclops), Ares, Apollo (which was Julie's cabin), Hepheastus cabin, and finally my cabin, the Hermes cabin. She said that I'd be staying there until I was determined. I then asked, "How long does it take to be determined?"
"Until your Olympian parent claims you."
"Alright, well thanks." Then a conch horn sounded.
"Dinner time. Get in line in the Hermes cabin, only because Hermes is the god of travelers. They do the lines by seniority, so you're dead last. Haha! :P"
I got in line, and of course, as Julie said, I was dead last.
We got to the Dining Pavilion and I sat down at the end of the table, my butt nearly hanging off the end of the table. Food then appeared in front of us. Then the kids got up and started to walk towards the brazier. I got up and followed, only because I felt like I'd be doing that until I got the hang of things.
At the brazier I saw kids wiping off the best parts of their dinner into the fire. I asked the guy who was in front of me, "What are we doing now?"
"We're offering our food to the gods. Oh, my name is Rob, son of Hermes. What's yours?"
"Derek, son of someone-sitting-on-a-throne-somewhere."
"Your still unclaimed huh?"
"Well, yeah. It's still my first day here."
"Well hopefully you do get claimed soon. It's sorta nice to know who your parents are."
"Well I was adopted when I was six."
"Better than still being in the orphanage."
"Eh, well everything is better than that."
The next thing I knew was that we were at the brazier. I threw in the juiciest part of my barbeque chicken. In the brazier I said, "To my Olympian parent, whoever you are. Please tell me soon."
Then I went back to my seat and was about to start eating, when Chiron started the announcements.
"Welcome everybody. I hope you'll all like the dinner. Capture the flag will be tomorrow as always, and we also have a new camper, Derek Del Rio."
I stood up and announced myself. The Chiron called me up. I went up to stand next to him. As soon as I stood next to him a symbol stood over me. It was a black hole with a little skull and crossbones sitting near the edge. The skull and crossbones also had a dragon, that had silver outlinings to make it distinguisable coiled around it. Chiron took a few horse steps back, and said, "My boy, you've been claimed, by someone I did not expect, Nyx."
I'll try to maybe have a fourth chapter up by tomorrow. Man, I'm on a roll!!