Chi's eyes fluttered open slowly. She was lying in bed, but not her bed. Her surroundings were different, and a blonde boy was sitting next to the bed, a thermometer in hand, the type that scans your forehead,
"Oh good, you're awake," he said, looking up as Chi sat up,
"Why am I here?" she asked sleepily, "Where's Vivianne?"
"You got knocked out from fever to stress and mild poisoning from the drakon attack," he explained, "And as for Vivianne..." he leaned sideways, revealing Vivianne either asleep or unconscious in the bed behind him. "Get some more rest; your fever is still hig
"I'm not tired," protested Chi, but even as the words left her mouth, she felt her eyelids grow heavy, and she drifted back off to sleep.
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The second time she woke up, the blonde boy was still there, along with Grover,
"Can I get up now?" she asked in a tired voice, "I'm thirsty,"
The boy ran the thermometer across her forehead, it beeped a few times, and he checked it,
"Your fever has died down, I think you'll be ok," he turned to Grover, "Bring her back if she shows any more signs of illness. I'll watch over Vivianne,
"Thanks, Will!" said Grover, Chi wondered if it was safe to leave her sister to some guy they had just met, but she shrugged it off. If they had wanted to hurt them, they could have just thrown the two to the drakon. She followed Grover out, the door. She felt a bit dizzy as she stumbled along, her movements were jerky as if she were a puppet. She kept veering sideways due to her being unable to control her Heelys at the moment.
"Where are we going?" she mumbled, almost tripping over a twig,
"Hermes Cabin," answered Grover, "You'll stay there until you get claimed,"
"Hermes? Isn't he a Greek God from those myths? Zeus? Athena? Artemis?"
"I'd be careful with those names," said Grover, looking around nervously. "They aren't only myths," he led her into the Hermes Cabin. Inside was packed with kids, most about Chi's age. They all directed their attention to Chi, but she didn't care much, they were probably judging her, and she was used to that. Instead, she looked around the cabin, it had many bunk beds and sleeping bags wherever one could fit. Unfortunately, the sleeping bags were scattered messily, so if they were organized they could fit much more. "Get some more rest," said Grover, interrupting her thoughts, "Meet some campers, we can get you a tour once your sister comes around," he waved goodbye and left. Before Chi had time to do anything else, the door flew back open, two identical boys burst in, then slammed the door back shut and bolted it shut. They both had a mop of curly hair that hung over the same blue eyes that contained the same mischievous glint as they both snickered while somebody outside pounded on the door yelling greek curses (and which, to Chi's surprise, she understood). Almost all of the Hermes Cabin crowded around the two, asking questions, getting answers, giving high-fives. Chi stayed behind, she stared at all of the messy sleeping bags, and a strange urge came over her. By the time the Hermes Cabin turned around, she had neatly arranged the sleeping bags, also clearing out a passageway to walk. Everyone stared at her, then at the sleeping bags, then back at her. Chi gave an awkward shrug as if she was saying 'oops'. The twin brothers cleared through the crowd, a smile evident on their faces.
"So, you're new?" asked one of them,
"Uh yes," said Chi,
"Names?"
Chidori Harper, but everyone calls me Chi,"
"And I'm Vivianne," said Vivianne,
"Well Chi, Vivianne," said the other one, "You can have those two sleeping bags over there." He smiled, "You'll have to earn your space on the bunks. Meanwhile, we have some planning to do,"
"Planning? What type of planning?" she thought for a moment, "Ooh do you do pranks? I love pranks. I never had any time to actually prank anybody myself, well, other than the time I loosened the screws of somebody's bicycle. When they came back to ride it the wheels popped right off. I do know many different tricks though. You could freeze a rubber spider in an ice cube, fill donuts with mayonnaise, Febreze bombs..." on and on she blabbered about her favorite practical jokes, how to set up and where to set up. People could occasionally laugh when she mentioned something that sounded particularly funny. The Stoll brothers listened for a while before interrupting,
"Seems like you're pretty enthusiastic about these," said the taller one, "How about you try them out for us?"
Vivianne's eyes sparkled with interest, but she threw a disapproving look at Chi. It was a bad idea to say yes, clearly Chi wouldn't even consider doing something like tha-
"Wouldn't I get in trouble?" Chi cautious yet excited, it didn't sound like a good idea to be throwing around pranks a camp she was new at,
"People will probably blame it on us, come on, let's get cracking,"