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I was back in my room, looking at the gobs of clothes in my closet. A curtecy from my Dad I presumed. The closet was a huge walk in and it was filled with clothes, shoes, jackets, scarfs and anything else the heart could desire. All my size and all my style. Best dad ever award goes to….drummroll…. EREBOS!

So what to wear to dinner and my official introduction to camp?

After about an hour of looking through my stuff, my room was littered in clothing and I was dressed. I took one last glance at my reflection and smiled. I looked good, if I may say so myself. I was wearing black leggings and a dark green dress that reached mid thigh. Black army boots and a leather jacket and voila! Now I just needed to do something with my hair.

My sense of fashin may have been impecible, but my skills with hair definitely weren't. After several failed attempts of trying to braid my hair elaborately I walked out the door with a simple high pony tail. I told myself that I looked good enough anyways.

Now don't think me arrogant, or do, whatever, but I'd never gone through the whole: I'm ugly, fase. I may have been short, but I had a wickedly good figure, long silky black hair and green eyes that seemed to glow from within. Yes if there was something good that had resulted from my weirdo parents, then it was my genes.

So I was confident in my good looks as I walked to the dinning pavillon, only to stop abruptly when I realized that I was lost. Great…. My negative sense of orientation was striking once again! I was standing amongst a couple of cabins, looking around for a hint of where I needed to go when I heard someone clear their throat behind me. Quickly I spun around and came face to… well chest with Nico.

He looked down at me with a small smile. "Are you lost?"

I felt my cheeks redden and shook my head. "Nope… just admiring the.. uhm cabins."

It was very obvious that he didn't believe me. He chuckled. "Come on. I'll show you to the tables." I sighed and followed. Apparently he wasn't fooled.

As I walked next to him, or actually almost behind him, his legs were so long, I began to notice just how handsome Nico was. I hadn't at first, because of his guarded expression, but now that he was smiling and joking it was pretty clear. Nico was pretty darn hot. I sighed, too bad that he was gay.

He looked at me questioningly and I blushed again. Twice in a couple of minutes, must've been a new record. "What?" I snapped a little harsher than I'd intended. He smiled again, gods he had a gorgeous smile. "Nothing. We're here."

And indead we were. The pavillon was right before us, bustling with noise. There were so many campers! Suddenly I didn't feel confident at all anymore, but small and unimportant. I didn't belong here.

There were a lot of different tables, some crowded and some nearly empty. So that hadn't changed… I'd always hated sitting at the overfilled Hermes table, but now, as I looked at the campers sitting alone, I felt lonely. I was one of them too. No one here would share my table, no one would joke around with me.

"Come sit with me Kyra." I looked up at Nico questioningly.

"Is that even allowed?"

He smiled and nodded, so I followed him to his table and sat down opposite of him. I didn't get to sit for long though, because suddenly Chrion spoke.

"Good evening! We have a new camper here today. Kyra, would you come here please?" I slowly stood up and walked over to stand next to Chiron and some fat dude in a really really ugly hawaien shirt. Seriously that thing hurt my eyes…

"Mr. D will say some words now."

Mr.D or , as I preferred to call him, cleared his throat.

"Yeah this is Kelly Mift. She's new. A child of Erebos. Blablabla."

Ok… Not exactly the welcome I'd expected, but I wasn't gonna complain. I actually preferred this to a real introduction.

"What Mr.D meant is that Kyra Mist is now a new camper here and that you should make her feel welcome."Chiron said and I hid a smile. Always proper, always correct.

Suddenly a voice called out from one of the tables. "A child of Erebos? Who is that supposed to be? Has she even been claimed yet?"

The girl who had spoken was incredibly pretty and she knew it from the way she spoke.

"No she hasn't." Chiron said and looked at me with a weird expression. I suddenly feared the worst. Were they gonna stick me back into that blasted Hermes cabin?

All of a sudden all the lights around us went out and the world turned pitch black, so black that even I couldn't see anything anymore. For a second I freaked out, thinking that I had gone blind and then the world was back to normal, everyone staring at me. No one said a word.

"Well… I guess I've just been claimed." I said and gave that stupid Drew girl a nasty grin. She shudered and sat back down and I went back to sit next to Nico without waiting for Chiron to give me permission. Nico gave me an approving tap on the shoulder.

"Welcome to freak world", he grinned and I couldn't help but smile too. Maybe this wasn't so bad after all.

That night I had the first of many dreams about the Lost City.

I was alone in the middle of a huge square, surrounded by towering buildings made of white marble and silver. It was beautiful, breathtaking even. The square I was standing on had a giant fountain in the middle. There was a satue of a beautiful woman in its middle and the water was flowing from her outheld hands. She was tall and regal looking, her eyes closed and a kind smile on her lips.

My feet started walking over the white ground and my eyes looked around. The buildings were master pieces of architecture, with beautiful carvings on the walls and high and winding spires on top. The windows were all layed out in beautiful mosaics and colours dance in the sun.

As I kept walking I noticed that there were flowers and plants growing everywhere, decorating the streets, the houses, the towers. Ivy growing up along the spires, roses blooming on the side of the street. It could've been chaotic, but all seemed orderly, clean and beautiful. I found that I was smiling.

This was the most beautiful place I had ever seen, everything seemed to radiate with a kind, warm ligtht. It felt like home.

I awoke with tears on my face and a longing in my chest that I knew would never go away.

The next couple of days went by in a blurr and most of them were spent with Nico. We had bonded over the fact that we were both creepy, both wore black and both liked making fun of the Aphrodite cabin. I finally had my gay best friend, although he didn't act gay at all and I began to wonder if I'd only imagined it after all.

I was surprised to find that Nico could be talkative after all, if he wanted to, but only when we were alone. Maybe it was the fact that I too was a child of the Underworld, the Dark, that made him open up to me, or maybe he just liked my company, but I didn't care. Never before in my life had I gotten along with someone so well so quickly.

"I still need a weapon", I said one day as we were sitting at the beach, looking out over the water. We'd been having one of our quiet thoughtful moments and he smirked at my comment. It wasn't the first time I'd brought this up. "You could always ask Chiron to show you the weaponry." It also wasn't the first time that he'd given me this answer and I sighed.

"I know I know,but I don't like talking to Chiron. He always gives me this sad look."

He laughed, but I didn't think it was particularly funny. I hated the look Chiron got when he looked at me. As if I were about to explode and take everything around me with me. But Nico was right. I couldn't avoid Chiron forever. Why not get it over with now?

I jumped up and brushed the sand from my dark jeans. He looked at me in surprise and then smiled. "Are we being brave?" I stuck my toung out at him. "You coming or not?"

As always when I came to the Big House it felt as if Chiron had been expecting me. He was standing on the porch, looking at us as we came up the hill, a frown on his face. Great. I almost turned back around, but Nico firmly gently put his hand on my shoulder, guessing my intent and I kept walking.

"Kyra. Nico. What a surprise." Oh yeah? Why didn't he look surprised then?

"I need a weapon." There. No point beating around the bush.

He raised and eyebrow. "Do you now? Well I guess you do. Lets see if we can find something suitable for you shall we?"

He started walking towards the armory and I looked at Nico who shrugged and we followed.

I had never been in the armory before and was surprised to find that it was pretty big and pretty messy. That could not be a safe combination…. "Take a pick." Chiron said and I looked at him questioningly. There was something odd about his voice.

I strolled through the armory, picking up bows, knives and swords and putting them all back down again. Nothing felt right to me. Then I felt a pull from a dark corner and looked over to see a pair of twin blades, carelessly lying on the ground in the corner. I'd never fought with twin blades before but I instantly knew that those two were meant for me. Carefully I picked them up and admired them.

One of the blades was deep black, made of the same material as Nico's blade, the other was pure silver. Marvo and Argentium. Black and Silver. My blades.

The were of marvellous craftsmanship, delicate yet sturdy, with a beautiful pattern on the blades and the hilts. I smiled and spun around. "These. I pick these."