After Chiron had shown me everything, from the stables to the canoeing lake, he turned and said:

" Hailey, you will be staying in cabin eleven. Percy will show you, "

as he is saying this, Percy shows up riding a black Pegasus. I goggle at it. Then I pinch myself, to make sure I'm not dreaming. I'm not. Suddenly, the Pegasus neighs and says,Watcher starin at? Not like you've never seen a flying horse.

" Actually, I HAVEN'T ever seen a flying horse, thank you very much. " I tell it. Then I become aware of Chiron and Percy staring at me. They make me uncomfortable.

" What? Didn't you hear it? "

I ask nervously. Chiron shakes his head, but Percy is looking at me in an entirely new way. He turns to Chiron.

" Do you think-? "

" No, it can't be... And anyway, we have to wait till the ceremony to find out for sure. "

" Ceremony? "

I interrupt.

" When they determine your parents; or rather, one of your parents. "

Chiron says kindly.

" My mums dead and I never met my dad. Probably dead, too. "

I huff at him. It true, though. I'd never met my father, and even if I had met him sometime, I couldn't remember. So much for the ceremony.

" Your father's not dead, "

Percy says slowly. I stare at him.

" How do you know? Do you know him? "

" No, I know you. You wouldn't be here if you weren't what you are. "

" Well, what am I then? An alien or something? "

" No... You're half human. And half... Hi, Mr D. "

breaks off Percy. I turn, frustrated at the man who interrupted our conversation. He's on the chubby side of fat and his nose is red. His tiger-skin T-shirt doesn't match his jeans.

" Hello. "

he says lazily.

" Hailey, this is the camp director, Mr D. "

says Percy. I stare. Im suddenly planning the best way to stick a pin to a chair I know Percy will sit in, because he must be kidding. Camp director? Him? No way, hozay. I'm not listening to some drunk, fat dude just because I attend this camp. I listen to myself and myself only.

" Does... Er... The D stand for something? "

I ask. Maybe I sounded a bit rude, because he gives me the 'evil stare' I usually get from teachers, because I'm pegged as a trouble-maker the moment I walk in the classroom door.

" Rowan, I would advise you to keep your mouth shut. Although your stupidity impresses me, I'd have thought you have figured that out yourself. "

he says silkily. I gawp at him. No one, and I mean, NO ONE has ever spoken to me like that before and not gotten a black eye and several bruises in some other areas. But I know I can't punch the camp director, or I'll get in serious trouble.

" Stop looking like a goldfish and close your mouth. Also, have you told this dunderhead about... OUR world? "

Mr D turns to Percy. Percy shakes his head and Mr D sighs.

" Well, hurry up then. Her ignorance is annoying me. "

he turns and walks as swiftly as possible away, considering he was fat and had probably just had a whole bottle of wine.

" Mr Fat Dude said that you had this... WORLD or something. What world? "

I turn on him, after I'd finished doing some rude hand gestures in the direction of the camp director . I'm still fuming and maybe red in the face, so I want to direct the conversation to a less touchy subject, and not Mr Fat Dude.

" Number one, his name is Mr D. And second, you know the Greek gods and stuff like that? "

" Yeah... The Minotaur, Sphinx, Furies, the Fate-"

I say. I know all of those. The ex-Mr Lapiz taught about them in class. But suddenly, Percy interrupted me:

" Shh! I get it, I get it. Just don't say those words... They have... POWER I guess you could say. Just don't say them. Especially outside camp. "

he tells me.

" Fine. Where's my cabin? "

I say. Percy seems surprised that I let the subject drop so quickly, but leads me over to the cabins and shows me Cabin 11.

The cabin is the most ordinary cabin at this camp. It's old and rickety, and nothing out of the ordinary. Or so I think. Because the moment I walk in the door, I jump out of the way as a bucket full of water crashes down onto the floor. Thats just another weird thing about me. I can sense water, where ever it is. I glare at the entire cabin, daring them to laugh.

" Um, Hailey? They do this all the time. Please don't... ATTACK them or anything, ok? "

murmurs Percy. Then he shuts the door and I can hear him walking away. With a creepy feeling, I begin to notice that the campers' smiles are getting bigger with every step that we can hear Percy take. Finally, when his footsteps die out completely, they are grinning in a maniac way that tells me:Uh oh.