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Chapter Five: Camp Half-Blood

I have to admit that Camp Half-Blood looked amazing. Thalia, Percy and I went straight to a large blue house, which was apparently called the Big House, to see the camp activities director Chiron.

When we got there the whole place smelled of hot chocolate. We went into a parlour and found a small black-haired man playing cards with an older man in a wheelchair.

The older man looked up and smiled. He said, "Thalia, Percy thank the gods. Ah, and who do we have here?"

Before I could introduce myself Percy said, "Nico di Angelo. He and his sister are half-bloods."

I felt a little annoyed at Percy for not letting me introduce myself but I shrugged it off.

The man looked relieved and said, "So you succeeded then?"

"Well..." Percy faltered.

"What's wrong and where is Annabeth?"

"Oh dear," said the man with the black hair in a bored voice "Not another one lost."

At that moment Grover burst in with a black eye and a slap mark on his cheek.

"The Hunters are all moved in." he announced and the man in the wheelchair sighed.

"The Hunters eh? It seems that we have a lot to talk about. Grover take our young friend to the den and show him our orientation film."

He nodded towards me. I wondered what the film would be about and whether it would be G or PG so I decided to ask.

"Orientation film?" I asked "Is it G or PG because Bianca is kind of strict"

"It's PG 13." Grover told me so I said,

"Cool!" and followed him out of the room.

From the orientation film I learned that the man in the wheelchair is Chiron and he doesn't really need the wheelchair but he uses it when he's greeting new-comers because he's actually a centaur but he doesn't want to scare anyone on a first meeting. The film went on to talk about all the Gods and I was shocked to realize that the little man with the curly black hair whom I'd seen earlier was actually the wine god, Dionysis.

When the film was finished, I ran back into the parlour followed by Grover. I looked at Chiron and said, "So cool! You're a centaur?"

"Yes, Mr di Angelo if you please." he said "But I prefer to stay in this wheelchair for um first 'encounters."

Then I turned to Dionysis and said, "And you're the wine dude?" I realized quickly that I'd made a mistake because Dionysis glared at me.

"The wine dude," he said coldly.

"Dionysis, right?" I asked, "I've got your figurine."

"My figurine?" Dionysis asked confused and I started to explain about Mythomagic.

I noticed that Thalia and Percy had left the room as I was talking to Dionysis.

At last Chiron interrupted me and said, "We should get you a place in Cabin Eleven."

"What's Cabin Eleven?" I asked him.

"Come along and I will show you," said Chiron.

For the next few hours I got a tour of the camp and my eyes got wider and wider as Chiron told me about all the activities the camp offered. Finally we reached a simple building with a Caduceus over the door. Chiron told me that it was the cabin of Hermes God of travellers, messengers, thieves and anyone else who uses the roads.

Chiron waved me inside the cabin and I stepped in. Two boys who looked like twins came up to me and one of them said,

"Hi I'm Travis and this is Connor. We're your senior counsellors for now." I smiled at them and said,

"Hello, I'm Nico di Angelo. Pleased to meet you." we shook hands and Connor said,

"You can have that bunk over there, Nico." he pointed to a nearby empty bunk and I walked over and put my bag down on it.

Just then a conch horn blew and we had to go for dinner.

Dinner was amazing. I scraped part of my food into the flames like everyone else and then I sat down to eat the rest.

The food was great. I had brisket and some bread and cheese and a glass of lemonade.

Travis and Connor tried to convince me that Poker was better than Mythomagic but I wasn't convinced at all.

At the end of the meal Chiron stood up and said, "I am pleased to welcome the Hunters of Artemis who will be staying with us for a few days while lady Artemis is gone."

There was a slight round of polite applause.

"I would also like to announce," Chiron continued "That there will be a good will capture the flag game on tomorrow night."

There was a lot more clapping at this news and after it died down Chiron told everyone to go to their cabins for an early winter lights out. When I got to my cabin I collapsed on my bunk and fell asleep.