Author's notes: Chapter 7 is out and some of the main characters from the book series start to make their debut.

The camp looked just as beautiful as when we left it, maybe even better. The strawberry fields were full and random satyrs were playing music to help them grow. It was probably in April, because there wasn't any snow on the ground outside of the magical boarder, but there was still a chill in the air.

There was now over 20 cabins at camp due to the new rules Chiron had told us about over the Iris message. Campers were shooting arrows in the archery pit, sword practicing in the arena, or even racing in the chariot stadium.

"Man, camp looks even better than the last time. I wonder where Chiron is?" I looked around and saw a centaur teaching some demigods how to shoot an arrow down in the archery pit. "Hey, Chiron!" Chiron looked up at all of us on the hill and ran up to greet us.

"Ryan, Cathleen, welcome back." He turned to all of our new friends and smiled. "And welcome all new demigods to camp." He turned back to us. "Do they know who their Olympian parents are?"

"Yes Chiron, they do." Cathleen smiled and hugged him.

"Alright guys, I want you to tell Chiron who your Olympian parent is, ok."

"Ok." They all said in unison.

Jeremy wearily stepped forward and spoke, "My name is Jeremy Hagid and my father is Hades."

"My name is Landon Blaner and my father is Zeus."

"My name is Amber Fancher and my mother is Demeter."

"My name is Shane Manny and my father is Dionysius."

"My name is Stephanie Carter and my mother is Athena."

"Our names are Ashley and Arista Eloquis and we are twins of Apollo."

"And you already know Cathleen and I Chiron. So, may we go to our cabins and put whatever we have left away please?"

Chiron looked at me skeptically, "The last time you said please, you and Cathleen ran away, remember?" He smiled at us and allowed us to head down to the cabins. "I want all of you to come over to the big house so we can introduce you to your cabin mates."

"All right Chiron, we'll be there in about 20 minutes." We ran down the side of the hill towards our cabins, smiling happily to be home.

* * *

My cabin was almost exactly like I remembered it, almost. There was a minotaur horn hanging above one of the bunk beds and a salt water fountain was in the corner of the room. My bunk was still there. It looked as if it had not been touched since I left and the swordfish still hung above it. There were some new hippocampi like machines swimming in the air, but that didn't bother me at all. "Ah, it feels so good to be home." I put the rest of the clothes I had in the drawer and decided to take a nap. I was just about to get into my sleep clothes when I heard the conch horn go off from the big house and remembered that I was supposed to meet Chiron and the rest of the campers right now. I ran out the door and headed to the house.

* * *

I ran up to Chiron before everybody in camp could arrive to make sure I was were I was supposed to be. "Hello Ryan, we are just about to start." He turned to the full crowd of demigods, "Alright everyone, settle down." Chiron was talking to the crowd of demigods that had gathered near the big house. "There is nothing wrong but I do have an announcement. We have just gotten nine new campers to camp this morning." He gestured for everybody to look behind him at my group. I smiled and they followed my example. "I shall have them sound off and they shall be put into the appropriate cabins.

I stepped forward and spoke, "Hello everybody, my name is Ryan Pavid and I am a son of Poseidon."

There were whispers and mumbles from some of the campers. Some girl said, "Another one?" There were laughs and that same girl from I think the Ares cabin said again, "Great, just what we needed, another water boy." She laughed and here lackeys followed her example.

"Hello, my name is Cathleen Vander and I am a daughter of Zeus." The talking stopped when they heard Cathleen speak.

The same girl spoke out louder, "So now we have children of two of the Big Three. Anybody else up there want to come clean about being a child of the Big Three?"

Jeremy stepped forward and smiled at the girl, "My name is Jeremy Hagid and I am a son of Hades." The girl's eyes widened and Jeremy just smiled winningly at her.

"My name is Landon Blaner and I am a son of Zeus."

"Hello, I'm Amber Fancher and I am a daughter of Demeter."

The twins stepped forward and spoke together, "Hello, we're Ashley and Arista Eloquis and we are twin daughters of Apollo."

"Hey, I'm Shane Manny, son of Dionysius.

"And I'm Stephanie Carter, daughter of Athena."

"Great, no new Ares children. If you don't mind Chiron, we'll be leaving."

"That's fine Clarisse." The girl took her cabin mate and left along with a lot of other campers who I assumed to be of cabin not mentioned either.

From the group that remained, a boy that looked like Stephanie stepped forward and spoke, "Hello Stephanie, I'm Evan Jambrook. Would you please come with me to your cabin."

"Ok." Stephanie walked away with the boy.

Another boy stepped forward, "Shane, please come with me to our cabin."

"Sure dude." Shane walked with his half-brother over to his cabin.

This time, a girl stepped forward and spoke, "Amber, my name is Rachel Dansion. Please follow me to the Demeter cabin." Amber went over and walked with Rachel down to a very flowery cabin. A boy younger than most of the other campers walked up and spoke to Jeremy. "Jeremy, my name is Nico DiAngelo. Please come with me to the Hades Cabin."

Jeremy turned to us and smiled. "See you later, I think." He walked with his half-brother Nico over to his black cabin almost exactly opposite of mine and Cathleen's.

Ashley, Arista, Landon, Cathleen, and myself were all that stood up there. Another boy stepped forward from the crowd with a bow and arrow container on his back, so I assumed he was there to escort the twins. "Ashley and Arista, hello. My name is Brian Pranster. Follow me back to your cabin please." The twins walked off with him back to their cabin.

"Chiron, can the rest of us be excused. There are no other campers left to claim us and we already know where our cabins are." I looked at Chiron and hoped we were done with this troublesome experience.

"You may leave if you wish, but do not leave the camp this time." He smiled and the three of us walked over to the fire pit where a little girl who I remember from my first time back at camp was poking the flames with a stick. "Hello again Lady Hestia."

The girl looked over to me and smiled, "Hello again, Ryan and Cathleen. So how was your stay at the Casino?"

I smiled, "It was good, we didn't expect to stay there for over 66 years but that's not a big deal."

She smiled again, "I'm glad you're both safe. I shall see you again soon then?"

"Yes you will. Ok, we're off to go do something, see you later." I smiled and walked away with Cathleen and Landon behind me.

"So, who was that again?" Landon came up behind me. He slung his arms around my neck and hung on while I dragged him around.

"That was Lady Hestia, goddess of the hearth and home."

Landon looked back at the little girl and his jaw dropped. "That little girl is a goddess? Wow, that's really cool."

"Yeah, Cathleen and I both said hello to her when we first arrived and now she like us. It's always good to stay on the good side of a god."

"Yeah, I can see why."

Cathleen was laughing at us while we were talking, "Hey guys, I'm going to leave you two alone so you can have your date."

Landon looked at me and smiled, "Ok then sis, I'll see you later."

I looked over at Cathleen and smiled at her, "If you want to Cat."

"Oh, I think you both want me to, but it's ok, you to have fun." She turned around and walked back to her cabin with a smile on her face.

"So Ryan, what do you want to do the for our date?"

I thought about it and I came up with a really good idea, "Are you hungry Landon?" I smiled while I said that.

"Yes I am."

"Then let's get some food and watch the sunset on the beach together and just talk."

"That sounds like a really good idea Ryan." We walked over to the snack shop, bought some sandwiches and soda, and headed down to the beach.

* * *

The beach was just how I expected it to be. The sand was still the perfect shade of beige and the water was blue-green with the sun almost touching the horizon. "I love to watch the sunset on the beach. It always reminds me of how beautiful nature really is." I looked over at Landon and smiled again.

He looked over and smiled his smile that I loved, "Yeah, I know what you mean. The horizon is one place that no matter what's going on in the world, it always stays perfectly serene." Landon leaned in and kissed me on the lips. It was the best thing that had happened to me all day, just sitting there with Landon kissing me. I kissed him back and time stood still. For a minute, nothing else in the world made a difference. I was in perfect bliss until we heard the conch again, signaling us to come and eat dinner. "I guess our date got cut short. Do you want to meet up again tomorrow Ryan?"

"Yes I do, but tomorrow we start our activities. I'll talk to Chiron about putting yours, mine, and Jeremy's cabin together for tomorrow."

"That sounds like a date."

"I'd hope so, that's what I was planning for." We laughed and headed back to the dining pavilion to eat our dinner.