"You're a daughter of Zeus," Chiron said, in deep shock. "Everyone, back to your cabins!" He yelled to the camp. As they made their way to bed, Chiron led Adelphie to the Big House.

"I'm a daughter of Zeus?" Adelphie said once they were inside.

"Oh, goodie, a child of the Big Three," Mr. D said sarcastically. "Like we don't have enough of those around here."

"I thought you said that Zeus, Poseidon, and Hades had made an agreement not to have any more children," Adelphie said to Chiron. "If that's true, why am I alive?"

"The gods often go back on promises," Chiron said disdainfully. He had certainly not expected the girl to be a daughter of Zeus. "Poseidon had Percy Jackson, Hades had Nico and Bianca di Angelo, and Zeus had Thalia and Jason Grace. Thalia, your half-sister, is now a Huntress of Artemis. Jason, your half-brother, is the son of Zeus as his Roman persona. You, child, are a very special demigod."

"I have a sister and brother?" Adelphie asked. The thought of just two new siblings was much better compared to the whole Hermes cabin.

Chiron nodded. "And two cousins as well. Percy and Nico should be back from their quest soon. They'd be delighted to meet you."

"I have a family," Adelphie muttered to herself. Her stomach began doing flips again. The thought of being Hermes's daughter had been so definite in the few hours she had been at camp. Now, she was learning her father was much more important, and she had half-siblings and half-cousins.

"I know everything has been so sudden," Chiron said. "Highly unexpected, right? I suggest you get a good night's sleep, Adelphie, and forget this for the night. You can think of it in the morning, when you're more alert."

"I'll get my stuff and move, then," Adelphie said. "Thanks for explaining this all to me." She ran to the Hermes cabin, where everyone was shockingly asleep. Obviously, Connor and Travis had told them to go asleep and leave her alone.

To her surprise, Travis was sitting on her (former) bunk, her things in a neat pile next to him. "I thought you'd come get your stuff and move to your new cabin. Figured I'd just make it a little easier for you to go."

"Will you walk with me?" Adelphie asked. "It's dark, and I don't remember which cabin is Zeus's." She couldn't bring herself to say "mine".

Travis handed her her things and soundlessly jumped off the bunk. Together, they walked out of the cabin.

"Guess we're not siblings after all," she said.

"Guess not," he said. "But hey, that's pretty cool, you're Zeus's daughter. You get a cabin all to yourself."

"And two half-siblings and two half-cousins," she said.

"Better than everyone in the Hermes cabin, right?" he said, trying to make her laugh. "A small family is easier to get used to. And besides, Percy and Nico are really cool. Legends here at camp."

"Chiron told me when I got here," she said. "I guess you're right. I'm just trying to put this all off till the morning. Get a good night's sleep, as Chiron told me."

"That's probably best," he said. By now, they had arrived outside the cabin. "Here's your new home."

"Thanks for walking with me," she said. "I just got here today and you've been so nice to me."

"I've got my sister's back," he said. "Even though we're not siblings, just know you can talk to me and stuff if you want to."

"I will," she said. "What time is breakfast again? I don't want to be late."

"8:00," he answered. "Want me to meet you?"

"If you wouldn't mind."

"I'll see you in the morning, then, Adelphie. Sleep well."

"You, too," she said. "And thank you for everything."

"Anytime," he replied. He watched her walk into her cabin and close the door. Despite having just met that day, both of them knew they were already, and would be, close friends.

"Oh la la, someone's got a date with Adelphie!" Connor teased the next morning as Travis prepared to meet her for breakfast.

"Good thing she's not our sister!" Hailey, a twelve-year-old, added.

"Shut it!" Travis said. "It's not a date. She is new and confused and wants a friend."

"A boyfriend!" Connor added.

"Is it wrong to want to take care of a new camper?" Travis sighed.

"No, not at all," Connor said. "But when have you ever been so helpful to our new siblings? And this girl happens to be rather pretty, does she not? I mean, she showed up in a skirt. All the dirt on her face brought out the brightness of her eyes, her hair was still in perfect ringlets, she opened up to you. . . nothing like a helpless little girl to pull on your heartstrings, bro."

"Give it up," Travis said. "I don't like her. I just want to be her friend. And I'm glad you took notice of her eyes and clothes, because all I saw was a girl that needed a friend."

He walked out of the cabin towards Zeus's cabin. Sometimes he wondered how he was the prankster of his cabin. So he was being nice to a girl that just so happened to be pretty. That didn't mean he's into her.

Travis knocked on the door. "Come in!" A voice said from inside. He opened the door to see Adelphie putting a necklace on. "Morning, Travis," she said.

"Morning, Adelphie," he replied. "How are you?"

"Can't complain," she said. "I've been thinking a lot."

The two walked out of the cabin and headed for breakfast. "How's the whole 'I have a Greek god for a dad and siblings and cousins' thing going?"

"It's okay," she said. "I'm kind of looking forward to meeting them. Spending the night alone gave me a lot of time to think. I decided if I'm going to be here, I might as well get used to it and find ways to enjoy it. And it is pretty cool being a daughter of the Big Three."

"That's a nice outlook. It's your second day here and you've got such an open mind."

"My mother always said, 'If you can't beat 'em, join 'em.'"

"Thanks for joining!"

Adelphie laughed. "You're welcome!"

Chiron watched her from the Big House, her two cousins behind him. "So, that girl with Travis is Zeus's newest daughter?" Percy asked. "She seems much nicer than Thalia." He smirked. He and Thalia were on great terms nowadays.

"She's pretty," Nico added. "She fits the family well."

"Do we have to abide by table rules?" Percy asked. "I mean, it's pretty stupid. Me alone at my table, Nico alone at his, and Adelphie alone at hers. We're a happy family, Chiron. Let us sit together?"

"Go ahead," Chiron said. Percy and Nico went outside to meet their new cousin.

"Oh, Adelphie, we can't sit together," Travis said as they arrived at the tables. "We have to sit according to cabin, and Mr. D's really strict about it. . ."

"So I have to eat by myself?" Adelphie sighed.

"And your activities are by cabin, too, so. . ."

"Maybe a lot of siblings aren't such a bad thing."

"You'll be fine. It's better that way for some things, like archery and swords practice. I'm sure Percy and Nico would have activities with you. Chiron would let them. Three kids of the Big Three having activities together. Isn't that cool?"

"Yeah, I guess," Adelphie sighed. "Good times for family bonding."

"You won't be alone for long," Travis promised. "I'll see you around, and I'm sure you'll make plenty of friends soon enough."

"Adelphie?" A voice said. The girl turned to see two boys, one nineteen, the other fourteen, walk towards her. Travis greeted them with, "Hey, Percy, Nico. I guess you know about Adelphie?"

"Yeah," Percy said. "Adelphie, I am Percy, and this here is Nico. We are your new cousins."

"Nice to meet you," Adelphie said, unsure of what exactly to say.

"Do you want to have breakfast with us?" Nico asked. "Chiron said we could, since the three of us would end up eating alone."

Adelphie turned to Travis and mouthed, "That was fast." He nodded at her to tell her, "Go on!" Adelphie turned back to her cousins and said, "Yeah, sure."

"We'll sit at your table," Percy said. The three got breakfast and sat down. "So, how do you like Camp Half-Blood?"

"It's okay," Adelphie said. "Travis tells me I got used to everything much faster than most demigods. This is my second day here."

"Chiron told us," Nico said. "He said the same thing, you adjusted well. By the looks of it, you did. Boyfriend already?"

"Travis isn't my boyfriend!" Adelphie said. "He's just a very nice friend."

"It's good to make a friend early on. My first friend here was from the Hermes cabin, too," Percy said, though he looked sad. Luke had been both a friend and enemy to him.

"So, what are we doing today?" Nico asked, quick to change the subject. "We can do all our activities together, you know. Cabin heads pick their activities and all that."

"Well, what's there to do?" Adelphie asked. Percy and Nico looked at her.

"A lot," Percy said. "There's all sorts of training for you to do. We should go to the armory and get you a sword and shield, first. Then, I'll teach you how to sword fight. We can take it from there, okay?"

"Sounds good to me," Adelphie said. "Just so you know, I probably won't be very good."

"We have the whole day to train you," Nico said. "Percy's a great teacher; you'll catch on fast."

"I hope," Adelphie said.

After breakfast, Adelphie followed her cousins to the armory, where they found her a sword to use for training and a shield she could just manage to hold up. "You'll get used to it all," Nico assured her. "It's all necessary."

Percy was eager to get to the arena, where all swords fighting was held. To her relief, Adelphie found the arena empty. She didn't want people watching her make a fool out of herself.

"Um, Percy, do we have to do this?" she asked.

"If you want to be able to go home and survive, you need to be able to fight. Every demigod, especially a child of the Big Three, has to know how to take down a monster," Percy said. "You and me and Nico, we're all at greater risk than others because of our dads. I'm sure you were attacked a lot on your way here."

"One monster every two miles," Adelphie confirmed. "It was so hard getting away; I had nothing to fight with."

"Zeus must really have been watching over you, then," Nico said. "If he didn't give you some sort of weapon. . . No wonder everyone thought you were Hermes's kid. Stealthy little girl, aren't you?"

"Not really," Adelphie said. "Can we just get this over with? If I'm going to make an idiot of myself, might as well start now."

"You'll do fine, Adelphie," Percy promised. He began teaching her the basics, parries and thrusts. Adelphie could tell he was going easy on her, and she knew he wanted to go all out. She simply wasn't ready.

After an hour, the two of them were drenched in sweat. Percy was working Adelphie hard.

Adelphie sat down on one of the many seats. "How am I doing?" she asked.

"For your first time, pretty well," Nico said. "Hey, Percy, didn't you start off pretty well yourself?"

"You, too," Percy reminded him. "Must be a family thing, then. Don't be discouraged, Adelphie. The sword wasn't made for you; it's not balanced properly. We'll get you a good one eventually. Maybe your dad will send you some sort of weapon."

"I won't get my hopes up," Adelphie said. "Let's go on, okay? Maybe a little while longer, and we can do something else."

Nico stepped up to teach Adelphie now. He was hesitant to hurt her, but he did get a few strikes in. Adelphie mostly dodged and parried the swipes; she was having a hard time striking Nico.

They gave it another hour before moving on to archery, which Adelphie found much better than sword fighting. While she wasn't brilliant, each arrow she shot made a mark. Percy and Nico, on the other hand, sent arrows flying in all directions. After that, the boys took their cousin to the obstacle course, which included real lava. With a few burns each, they decided to relax canoeing on the lake. By the time they finished, it was an hour till dinner.

"I'm exhausted," Adelphie said as they walked to Percy's cabin. She was quite sore as well. She hadn't used her muscles this much in a very long time. "Do we just get to hang around now?"

"Well, I think your friend wants to hang around with you now," Nico said, nodding his head in the direction of the Hermes cabin, where Travis stood watching. "We'll see you at dinner, okay, Adelphie?"

"Later, you guys," Adelphie said.