I guess I was in shock because the only thing that I could think about was the fact that Will was my half-brother, which meant he was off limits.

That's just great, I thought bitterly while all the other campers applauded. Mr. Perfect stolen away once again. On the bright side, my dad had finally claimed me! Apollo, huh? I racked my brain for information from my mythology class. I couldn't remember much, but I was fairly sure he was the God of the sun. I was so lost in my thoughts that I hadn't noticed that the cheers had died away and that Will had been talking to me.

"… to get your stuff." He was saying. "Everyone else is already at the cabin. I'll introduce you and then you can get settled in." I looked up into his brilliant blue eyes, but I didn't get the same swooping feeling in my stomach. That probably had something to do with the fact that I knew he was my brother, which made him a lot less attractive.

"That sounds great." I replied, matching his wide grin. I waved goodbye to Oliver and told him that I would see him tomorrow.

"Right this way." Will said. He led me toward the cabins and I took a completely random guess as to which cabin we were headed to. There was absolutely no way it could be the cabin with gold trim and a painting of the sun above the door. Turns out it was. Big shocker. Will led me through the white and gold door and I couldn't help but gasp when I stepped inside.

It was way nicer than the Hermes cabin. The entire cabin was filled with bright colors; shiny wooden walls, blue and gold curtains, multicolored rugs, and yellow embroidered quilts. I didn't think it was possible for there to be so much light and color in one room and for it to still look good. I don't know how they did it, but it looked amazing. There were three large windows, one facing the lake, one looking out at the other cabins, and another facing the dining hall. Warm sunlight was pouring in and lighting up the room. The room was just as big as the Hermes cabin, but there were only three bunk beds. They were in mint condition and neatly made. There was a small fountain in the corner that was creating tiny rainbows in its mist. There was a table in the corner surrounded by comfy looking chairs. My gaze wandered to the ceiling and my jaw dropped. Just like the dining hall, there was no roof.

But I could have sworn there was a roof on the outside, I thought. Will saw me gazing in awe at the ceiling and he smiled.

"It's enchanted." He explained. "It shows the sun's path across the sky and in the night it shows the moon, as a tribute to Artemis."

"Oh," I said. "So, kind of like the ceiling at Hogwarts." Will furrowed his eyebrows.

"Hogwarts?" He asked in a confused voice. "Is that another demigod camp?" Obviously he had never read the books. I was surprised that he had never even heard of them.

"Uh, it's from a book." I clarified. The confusion vanished from Will's face and his cheery smile returned. All of the sudden I realized that we were not alone. There were three other people sitting at the desk All of them were staring at me. Will led me over to them.

"Juliet, these are your half-brothers and sisters." I never thought I would hear that in my life. I stood in front of them awkwardly and mumbled out a greeting. There was another drop-dead-gorgeous boy sitting on the table next to two incredibly beautiful girls. They all had sun kissed skin and incredibly white smiles. "This is Austin," Will continue, gesturing to the other boy. Austin smiled and waved a little. His hair was curly and it stuck out at odd angles, but it still looked good. His smile was so contagious that I couldn't help but smile back. I noticed that he didn't have pure blue eyes like everyone else, but instead he had light green eyes. I felt better knowing that you didn't have to have blue eyes to fit into the Apollo cabin. "And this is Vitoria and Kayla." Both of them smiled and said hi. I was beginning to realize that there was a lot of smiling associated with the Apollo cabin.

Like Will, Victoria and Kayla had big blue eyes. Victoria had hair as blonde as a white sandy beach. It was a little shorter than mine and was styled with perfect beach waves. She looked like she belonged in the Aphrodite cabin, but, thankfully, she had a smile on her face and not a smirk. Kayla was the one stood out the most, and I admired her for it. She definitely looked like she belonged in the Apollo cabin, except was more punk than beach babe. Her hair was cut in a short, layered bob, completely different from mine or Victoria's. Unlike the rest of us she had a soft brown hair color. It was almost blonde, but not quite. She wore a little bit of eye liner that made her blue eyes look even bolder. Everyone else was wearing sandals, but she was clad in black, studded combat boots. Kayla definitely was not as punk as the Ares cabin or as emo as Nico, but she had her own half-rebellious, half-good girl style and I immediately liked her for it. Will turned to me.

"Now that you've been introduced to everyone I can help you pick your lessons, if you want." I was about to nod when Victoria suddenly jumped up, full of enthusiasm.

"I can take her!" she shouted. I was shocked by her excitement. I didn't realize that people were so fond to hang out with me. Kayla stood up, too.

"Yeah, I'll come, too. It can be a girl's night out." Austin folded his arms.

"Except that it's not night time and you'll only be gone for half an hour and-" but he never finished his sentence because Kayla pushed him off the desk. I tried to hold my giggle in, but when Victoria burst out laughing I joined her.

"Come along sisters." Kayla said in a fake haughty voice. "We mustn't surround ourselves with such scum." Victoria could hardly contain another giggle as Kayla swaggered out of the room. Will was shaking his head, but he was smiling and so was Austin. Victoria and I followed Kayla out of the cabin and I realized we were heading towards the Big House.

"So," Victoria began. "What do you think about Camp Half-Blood so far?" I didn't respond at first. I thought about the satyrs, about shadow traveling, about spending the night in the Hermes cabin, about Nico's laugh, about Oliver's nerdy spiels, about my new weapon, and about the canoe race. Then I smiled.

"It's incredible!" Kayla and Victoria laughed.

"Yeah, it is." Kayla agreed. We walked a few more steps in silence, but I was eager to know more about my new sisters.

Sisters. The word felt weird to say, even if it was only in my head.

"So how long have you guys been coming here?" I asked. Kayla was the one who responded.

"Well, I've been here since I was twelve and I'm seventeen now." Kayla nodded towards Victoria. "Vic came a few months after me and she's turning sixteen in a couple weeks. Austin came later than usual. He came last year when he was fourteen." I raised my eyebrows. Austin was only fifteen? He looked older than me. "He's the baby of the bunch."

"Both physically and mentally." Victoria added. This caused another round of laugher.

"What about Will?" I asked after catching my breath.

"He's been here a loooong time." Kayla replied. "He came when he was twelve, just like me, but now he's in his second year of college. He's always calling us 'kids'. Like he's so old…" As Kayla said this, Victoria hunched her back over and pretended to wave an invisible cane at us. Even with a grumpy old man expression on her face she was still super pretty.

"Now, now, youngsters" She scolded us. "You should respect your elders! Kids these days…" We laughed the rest of the way to the Big House. I was so glad that these girls had personalities, unlike the snooty Aphrodite cabin. The two daughters of Apollo were just as pretty, if not prettier, but they were actually fun to be around. When we finally arrived we were wiping tears from our eyes and rubbing our sore stomachs. When we walked inside I was surprised to see that it looked like a normal house. Well, other than the mounted tiger head that roared at us as we entered.

"Chiron?" Kayla yelled. "Are you here?" When there was no reply she turned back to me. "I know where he keeps his files so I'll go get you an activities sheet."

"Okay, great." I replied. Kayla walked into another room, but I could still hear the muffled sound of her heavy boots hitting the floor.

"So," Victoria said casually. "Which satyr brought you here?"

"Actually, a satyr didn't bring me. Nico di Angelo did." Victoria looked surprised.

"Really?" She asked leaning towards me. "Was it romantic?" I took a step back.

"What?"

"Practically everyone girl in camp has a crush on him." She explained nonchalantly. "Sure, he's not the most attractive boy out there, but there's something about his dark, mysterious eyes that make girls go crazy." I almost nodded. Almost.

No. You don't even know him! You do not have a crush on him. I was so busy internally scolding myself that I didn't notice Kayla enter the room with a vanilla colored folder in her hands. She waved it around in triumph and I broke out of my daze.

"Found it!" she sang. I sat between Victoria and Kayla on the blue sofa and we shuffled through the papers. Kayla pulled out a pen and a piece of paper and handed it to me. "I'll read off the lessons and you write down the ones that you want. Then Chiron will organize your schedule, okay?" I nodded. "Since you're the daughter of Apollo you're required to try archery, biokinesis, and photokinesis."

"I have to learn photosynthesis?" I asked, thoroughly confused. "Isn't that for plants?" Kayla laughed and shook her head.

"No. It's called photokinesis. It's a class where you learn to control light. You can blind people, shoot rays of light, and create hallucinations. It's pretty cool, but it takes some practice to get it right."

"Oh, okay. And what about the other one, what was it called? Bio-something-or-other?"

"Biokinesis. It basically means healing." I wrote down the three lessons that were required and Kayla pulled out a sheet full of other options. "You don't have to take any normal classes, like math and Latin." She continued. "It's not required in the summer."

Halleluiah! I thought to myself.

"Okay, here we go." Kayla began reading off all the options and I quickly wrote down the ones that I thought were interesting. Every now and then Victoria would interrupt and give her input.

"Ooh! I'm taking Pegasus flying lessons! You should take them with me!" or "Oh, don't pick that one. It's super boring." After a half-hour of looking over the classes, I had chosen sword fighting, study of the gods (I figured I needed to brush up on my mythology), battle planning, and camp clean up, along with my required lessons. Kayla was putting the file on Chiron's desk when the dinner bell rang.

"Chow time!" she shouted and the three of us headed towards the dining pavilion. We arrived before anyone else and sat at our designated table. I saw large groups of campers making their way towards us, and one person walking alone. As they came closer I realized it was Nico. I smiled and waved at him as he walked towards his table, but he ignored me and sat with his back towards me. My smile faded and I dropped my hand. Maybe I shouldn't have forced him to be in the canoe race.

I just hope he doesn't hate me forever. I thought sadly. I was pulled out of my thoughts when Austin sat down next to me.

"So how was your 'girl's night out'" He asked, putting air quotations around 'girls night out'. I smiled.

"It was fun." I replied. Austin leaned towards and pretended to whisper, but it was loud enough for the rest of the table to hear.

"Don't worry," He whisper-shouted. "I know it was horrible. You can give me the details later." I laughed and Kayla rolled her eyes. Once Will sat down at the table we all summoned our food. I had a turkey sandwich, an orange, and some potato chips. I slid some of my chips into the fire and mumbled a 'thank you' to my dad for claiming me. ON my way back to my table I glanced at Nico, but he avoided my eye and hunched his shoulders over the pomegranate he was eating. I sighed and sat back down. I didn't see him stand up and storm back into forest.

I didn't think about Nico for the rest of the evening. I was too busy laughing at Austin as he imitated Mr. D and droned on about "stupid little runts who never leave me alone!" I was too engaged in a conversation with Will about my home in L.A. and I couldn't stop laughing at the jokes Victoria and Kayla told. I couldn't remember the last time I had so much fun. By the time we were done eating the sun was setting and the sky was stained pink. Will led us towards the lake where someone had built a huge bonfire. I watched in amazement as it turned from a flaming orange to a vibrant purple. I was still buzzing from the excitement of the day and I joined in as people started singing campfire songs. I was so full of happiness that I wasn't embarrassed to belt out the lyrics with the rest of the campers. The fire burned higher as we sang. I was so caught up in the flames and laughter that I didn't notice a dark figure limp out of the forest. I didn't notice that they were covered in blood. I didn't notice that they had collapsed into the grass, too weak to move forward.

I didn't notice that it was Nico.

Cliff hanger! Hey, at least it's not as bad as MoA. I decided to post this chapter a day early, just for the sake of it. What did you guys think? Was it too slow paced? Do you want more details? Review and let me know what you think! I've was super busy this week and I probably will be next week, too, so if the next chapter is late then I am apologize in advance.