AN: I hope your house rings with the sound of laughter, as you enjoy this latest chapter.
"What?" I was flabbergasted. Ward was the son of a Titan? The most evil Titan of all time? And he killed innocent, defenseless people for no reason?
"Yep. Oh, were you under the impression that he was a good guy? Well, hate to burst your bubble, but he's not. He's nothing but a monster." Mr. D spat, standing up and walking over to glare at Ward. "Now, should I turn him into a tulip or a daisy? Both are equally girly. Hmmm.."
"Ward couldn't have done that! He's a good guy!" I protested, looking at Willow for support. When she looked at the ground instead of speaking up, I knew it was true. Ward is a monster.
Without further ado, I stormed out of the house, too confused to talk it out anymore. The bright sunlight hurt my eyes and I was temporarily blinded. Which wasn't a whole lot of fun because I had forgotten about the steps. Nothing says "I'm normal!" like plummeting down 5 stairs onto a startled young man.
"I'm so so sorry!" I apologized as I helped him up. "I couldn't see where I was going and I forgot the stairs and-"
He cut me off, chuckling. "That's fine. I'm Adonis, son of Aphrodite. And you are?" he inquired with a charming grin. Man, he was yummalicious. He had light blond hair and the deepest blue eyes I had ever seen. But there was something… off about him. Like he knew just how hot he was and wasn't afraid of flaunting it.
"Emily Wolf, daughter of ummm Richard Wolf." I noticed his confused look. "I don't know who my Olympian parent is."
His friendly grin quickly turned to a grimace of disgust. "Oh. An undecided. Like we don't have enough of those. Hermes cabin. It's the dark brown shack at the end. Look for the people no one wants," he said as he walked away, probably going to count his money or spit on poor people or something.
"Some people need to be wiped off the face of the planet," I muttered as I walked down the rows, amazed at the detail that had gone into every inch of them. The first one had a dark cloud hovering over it, with lightening raining down every couple seconds. The entire building had an electric current running through it, like it was just waiting for someone to accidentally bump against it and get tasered. The second one was just as ostentatious. It was light blue, surrounded by a white picket fence. Contained in said fence were about a dozen peacocks. From a distance they looked beautiful, with all of their plumage and bright colors. However, as I walked nearer, I noticed that they were hissing and sending venomous glares at any student who happened to pass by. Those two cabins must be the head cabins or whatever. They were at the top of what looked like a football field. There were 6 cabins on one side and 4 on the other. Strange numbering system. The ones on the left had a more masculine feel to them, while the ones on the right had a distinctive feminine touch. Noticing that the "dark brown shack" was on the left, I followed it, going my merry way. Looking at the intricate designs helped distract me from the fact that my whole world had been turned upside down. My dad was a traveling speaker at various universities, so he wasn't home much. But when he was, he never talked about my mother. I always just assumed that she had left him, but now I wondered if there was a more sinister reason. If my mother was like Adonis's, then I wouldn't want to know.
Cabin number 3 was cool, in an ocean kind of way. The cabin was a dark blue and it had animations of sea creatures swimming across the front. At least, I thought they were sea creatures.
"They don't show us stuff like this in our Science books," I muttered to myself. One of the animations was sort of like a giant squid, with a beak-like object instead of a mouth. I stood fascinated for about ten minutes before I tore my eyes away from the cabin and looked at the others. Cabin 4 was on the other side of the field, so I skipped it and went onto cabin 5.
This cabin was painted a bright red, with a stuffed dragon's head, complete with fangs, guarding the door. Suddenly, I noticed something weird. There weren't any campers around. Not a single one. Maybe they were at dinner or something.
Thump. Thump. Thump. I heard a strange noise coming toward me.
"Who's there?" I asked, spinning around. Coming towards me was a redheaded girl on crutches.
"I'm Amanda. Who are you?" she asked, trying to be friendly. After talking to Adonis, I was kind of surprised to hear anyone being polite.
"I'm Emily. I'm new." I said, extending my arm to shake it and then feeling like an idiot. How was she supposed to shake hands with crutches? I withdrew my arm. She must have noticed, but other than a small grin she didn't show it. Immediately, I took a liking to her.
"Everyone is out in the woods playing Capture the Flag. I had an incident with a Ares kid, as you can tell by my ankle. So, I have to sit this one out. I noticed that you really seemed to like the cabins."
"Oh yeah! These are the coolest cabins ever!" I exclaimed as we walked toward cabin 7. This one seemed like one huge mirror, reflected the sun right into my eyes. I didn't stare at it too long, not exactly wanting to lose my eyesight.
Amanda explained a little bit about each of the cabins, using the Greek Gods in present tense, which was pretty weird.
"These aren't the original cabins. About 19 years ago, monsters invaded this camp and burned it to the ground. So the designs have become much more impressive," she laughed, looking around.
"What cabin do you belong to?" I asked, wondering if it was rude or not. If Adonis had done it so casually, at least I knew it wasn't a deadly insult.
"Cabin four, Demeter." for some reason she sounded bummed about it. Before I could ask why, she pointed out cabin 9. This one looked like one huge furnace. Instead of windows, it had flames. Instead of a roof, it had flames. Instead of a door, it had (you've probably guessed it) flames. I was a good 30 feet away but I could still feel the burning heat.
Finally we got to cabin 11. It was rundown-looking, with a door that was barely hanging on its hinges. Hanging above the door was a symbol I recognized from my old track shirt. It was a pole with two snakes wrapped around it.
"Home sweet home," I muttered.
AN2: So, yeah. I took a brief five-month break from this story, but I'm back. It was actually thanks to my latest review that I even restarted typing. I know this chapter isn't very exciting, but it should pick up pretty quickly. Thanks for reading!
