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Chapter 3: Reyna
Lupa was curled up in a corner of her cave. She wasn't asleep, but rather watching them intently as they came into the cave, as if she had been expecting them.
"Lupa." Reyna bowed to the old she-wolf, and Percy followed her example. "We found this demigod in the woods, and he says he doesn't remember anything other than that his first name is Percy."
Lupa stared at Percy. Her eyes narrowed when she saw his orange tee-shirt.
"Reyna," Lupa said, still staring at Percy, "can I talk to him alone for a few minutes? You may wait outside."
"But-" Reyna began, then stopped herself. It was not a good habit to question Lupa. "Yes, Lupa." Reyna bowed, then backed out of the cave.
What could Lupa possibly be talking to Percy about? She didn't usually take a liking to new campers. Maybe she was questioning him about his memory loss? But then the way she had reacted when she saw his orange tee-shirt... The shirt looked like it had once had black letters on it. Why would Lupa care? It was just a shirt, after all. Wasn't it?
Reyna was so lost in thought she almost didn't hear Lupa call her back into the cave.
Reyna stumbled in, (of course) embarrassing herself in front of the new camper. "Yes Lupa?" she asked, breathing hard.
"I'd like you to give Percy a tour of the camp. After that, take him to the Mercury cabin, put him in the fifth legion until he can prove himself worthy tonight at the campfire. Hopefully, that is also when he will get claimed." Lupa was still staring at Percy, who looked uncomfotable. Reyna couldn't blame him. It would be weird to have a wolf staring at you, especially if you are new and have no idea what's going on.
"Of course, Lupa." Reyna said, bowing her way out of the cave. Percy followed her.
Once they where out of the cave, he asked Reyna, "So, what is this place, exactly?" Reyna could tell that he didn't want to talk about his conversation with Lupa, so she decided to question him later.
"Legion Camp. Have you ever heard of the Roman gods? Well they're real. And we are their children. Half human, half god." Reyna rambled it off. She had given this tour so many times, and it was talking away her practice time.
Percy stared at the cabins. "I- I feel like I've heard that before, like I already know that." He looked at Reyna and said, "Is that weird?"
Reyna shrugged. "I don't know. Maybe you've read about them at some point and so now that it's real its not as big of a surprise." She didn't voice what she was really thinking, that maybe this Percy knew that he was a demigod before he got amnesia. But then, how had he survived in the mortal world? He was about seventeen, and monsters would have been swarming him. No, maybe he was just a child of one of the minor gods, then he wouldn't have as strong an aura.
"Anyways, the camp is split up into five legions. I'm in the first legion, and I'm second in command next to Jason, son of Jupiter. He's- he's been missing for three days now." Her voice broke. Jason had gone missing, and no one had heard from him since. Lupa wouldn't even let them go out and find Jason. There had never been anything serious going on between her and Jason, but she did like him, a lot, and she was pretty sure that he liked her too. Reyna cleared the thought out of her head. She didn't want to show Percy any weaknesses.
"Each god has their own cabin, and each cabin is split up into five sections, or legions. The legion you are in depends on how good you are at sword fighting, or whatever weapon you want to use. Tomorrow night, we'll find out how good you are. You can work your way up to the first legion, but no one ever starts in the first or second legions. If you're lucky, you might into the third legion on your first try. But without any training, its unlikely."
Percy listened intently as Reyna led him around the camp, showing him the colosseum, which was their sword-fighting arena and amphitheater, the archery range, and the cabins. For some reason, Percy seemed to get a little frustrated when he found out the children of the minor gods don't get into the first or second legions, and there are no separate cabins for them. Reyna didn't know where the outburst came from, but it only increased her suspicion that Percy had known life as a demigod before he got to Camp Legion.
"Hey Reys!" someone yelled. Reyna smiled to herself. She turned to see Hazel, daughter of Apollo, running towards her.
"Dakota told me about the newcomer. Hey I'm Hazel, daughter of Apollo. You must be Percy. Do you know your godly parent? How have you survived all these years without monsters killing you? Oh wait, Dakota told me you had amnesia. So what's up?" Hazel burst all this out very quickly. Reyna was laughing at Percy's expression so hard her stomach hurt. His expression was priceless, staring at her, not catching a word that Hazel said, with his mouth wide open. Priceless. This was one of the many things she liked about Hazel. She was very talkative and always very hyper. She also knew how to keep a positive attitude.
"Per- Percy, meet - meet Hazel. Ha- Hazel this is Per- Percy." Reyna was still laughing.
"Hi!" Hazel sure was very shocking when you first met her.
"Um, hi." Wow. Typical boring Percy.
That's when they heard a horn blow. "Dinner time!" said Hazel, and led the way to the pavilion.
"Well she's... interesting." Percy mumbled. Reyna laughed. All the new campers reactions when they met Hazel, well, boy were they surprised. Reyna just loved it.
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