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CHAPTER III
Fear the Blondes and Get Claimed While Your At It
I was a demigod.
I lived in a world of monsters.
My father/mother was a god or goddess.
I am ready to pass out.
I drop to my knees, still trying to process everything. I went over it again and again until it finally soaked in.
"Does this mean I have to fight monsters?" I ask Percy and Phaedra. Grover has gone off to somewhere else.
"Well, if you want to survive, then yes," Percy told me. "Let's take you to Chiron."
I was in no condition to walk, but I did it anyways. Percy and Phaedra helped me walk over to someplace called the "Big House." Phaedra opens the door and they lead me inside to a couch. I'm almost back to myself when the man in the wheelchair named Mr. Brunner came in.
"Chiron, Fauna needs to rest a bit. Is it okay if she rests here? He takes a look at Fauna and gives him a swift nod, then he was gone. Then it was an awkward silence.
"Who's my godish godly parent?"
"Probably Poseidon," Percy answers. "Most Poseidon children have black hair and sea green eyes-from what I learned from Chiron. You have the black hair, but your eyes aren't sea green. They seem to be every color." I sit in silence for a while.
"Is my mother Sally?" I ask. Percy looks out a window, where a girl with blonde curly hair duels with a giant brute. The giant may have the size and strength, but the girl is fast and clever. She takes him down easily.
"No. Sally is my mom and Phaedra's. My mom said she found you just outside of her apartment, when I was a year old. She took you in and started to raise you as her own, but-"
"Then you disappeared!" Phaedra put in.
"Yeah, you disappeared, and we never saw you until now." It's silence once again.
"Who's that girl out there?" I ask Percy. He shrugs his shoulders.
"Annabeth Chase."
"Grover told me that she saved Percy's and his butt a bazillion times!" Phaedra says. Percy's face turns red from embarrassment.
"Phaedra! It wasn't a bazillion times! Only once or twice . . . maybe more . . ." I giggle at Percy.
"Annabeth doesn't seem so scary."
"Well, then you are very wrong," the blonde, Annabeth, says.
"Sorry, but you just don't seem to scary."
"Why? Is it because of the blonde hair?" Annabeth asks me, her eyes a stormy gray.
"No. Why would anyone think your stupid just because of a hair color? I just don't think you look that scary." Her eyes soften. Percy pulls her aside and mumbles a few words to her. She nods her head. She turns back to me.
"Sorry about that. I just thought you weren't scared of me because I was a blonde. Some people have the curse of stupidity, who are blondes, which doesn't give them a real scary look."
"No! I've never ever thought of blonde people being stupid or not scary! It's just that you aren't that scary looking!"
"Like Percy!" Phaedra says, playing with her hair. Annabeth smiles at her.
"Your pretty smart. Are you sure you aren't a daughter of Athena? Then again, anyone could be scarier AND smarter than Percy."
"Hey! I'm right here!" Percy yells. I chuckle at their little fight.
"Anyone got any popcorn?" I ask. They choose to ignore me.
I decide to take a walk around camp. It seems nice enough. I see a group of blonde kids with Gray eyes, like Annabeth. Must be her brothers and sisters.
"Hello!" I scream out to them. "Are you guys like Annabeth, or are you worse?" I asked out of curiosity. A tall blonde guy turns to my direction.
"That depends," the guy says. "We know over thirty ways to gut you with a knife, around twenty ways to provoke you, and over a hundred ways to become your worst nightmare."
"That's it! I'm renaming Athena children the scariest people on earth! Percy! Help me! The army of Athena children are scaring me!" I scream running away. I continue screaming my head off until someone-no, TWO people-tackle me to the ground.
"Athena children?" asks one of them. He's a guy.
"Yeah." I say, The my eyes shut tight from the impact. The guy gets off me and yells something at the other guy.
"Pay up, Connor!" the guy yells.
"Fine," the guy I assume is named Connor says. I open my eyes and see two identical looking guys. Each grabs an arm and hauls me up.
"Hi. I'm Travis and this is Connor. We're the Stoll brothers," they say the last part in union.
"Fauna Jackson. You guys look like twins, so why did you say brothers instead?"
"Because, I'm like, nine months older than little Connor over here." Travis says.
"Dude, I'm taller than you," Connor says.
"Whatever you wanna think, little brother." Travis winks at me. "Just let him have his way, everyone knows I'm taller."
"I think I'm actually stronger than you too," Connor says, tapping his chin.
"Really, dude? You wanna go?" Travis asks, forgetting what he said before, sending him an evil glare.
"Bring it. I bet I'm gonna get to the firecrackers first, because I'm fast too." They both race off, leaving me there. I just shrug my shoulders.
"Not as scary as the Athena children, but a close second," I say to no one in particular. That's when I notice that I'm alone.
"Fauna! I've been looking all over for you! It's time for dinner!" Percy said, popping his head out from behind a cabin.
Percy dragged me to a line, and said for me to get my food. He would meet up with me after I got it. He went up a bit further in the line and took his spot.
Once I got my food, he dragged me over to a fireplace. He dumped some of his food into the fireplace, so I copied him. The smoke that came up smelled delicious. We in a group with some other people, and right when I was going to sit at the "Poseidon" table, I felt someone put their hand on my shoulder.
"Percy," Chiron said. "You know that Fauna cannot sit here. She must sit with the Hermes cabin."
"But she's a daughter of Poseidon! It's very obvious!" he whines.
"Percy, she has not been claimed yet. After it is done, she may sit with you. For now, though, she must sit with the Hermes cabin." Chiron led me away from my brother and sister to a crowded table. He sat me down there, where they were already eating. Some people scooted over and let me sit down. It was very crowded. What could go wrong? I thought to myself. Apparently, a lot.
About halfway through my meal, someone shove all the people on my side and I fell off the end, my food coming down with me, me breaking it's fall.
"I . . . have no idea how to react to this," I say, a smile creeping onto my lips. The Hermes table bursts out laughing, several other people falling out of their seats. I pick my half-eaten barbecue off my head and stand up. I stare coldly at the Hermes table occupants. They silence almost immediately.
"Hugs anyone?" I ask, trying not to laugh at their scared faces and spreading out my arms for a hug.
Even though I was covered in barbecue, fruit pieces, and blue Pepsi (Percy told me to try it), many people took the opportunity. Some girls from another table scowled at us, disgusted. Then I went to clean up so I would be in time for the campfire.
When I got there, I sat by Percy, Phaedra, Annabeth, and Grover.
"Do you think I will get claimed tonight?" I asked Annabeth.
"Maybe..." she answered. Chiron stomped three times, and we all were quiet.
We all sang silly songs, led by Apollo cabin, and some people were eating s'mores. Chiron talked about some stuff, and I had no idea what he was talking about. The mood campfire seemed to calm down.
Suddenly, it went out. some campers were startled by the sudden darkness. In a bright flash, a blue light was shining on everyone. A blue strident was floating over my head. Then, it seemed to flicker, as if something was wrong with it. Then another claiming sign came up. It looked like a circle with a plus sign it it, and it was shining brown brightly, but it gave off a cold chill. ⊕ was shining over me, whatever it meant. I looked at the other campers, and they looked as confused as I felt. Even the Athena children looked stumped. I looked over at Chiron, and he seemed to have aged thirty years.
"What does this symbol mean?" I ask him, my hand waving at the circle with the plus inside.
"Annabeth, Percy, and Fauna, follow me, now," he ordered. I got up with Annabeth and Percy, and we followed silently. I took a quick glance at Phaedra before continuing to follow Chiron.