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Sirius was just lounging around the Hermes cabin with Chris, Travis, Connor, and Luke when Annabeth came in. She looked pissed.
"What's up, Annabeth?" Luke asked, looking slightly worried. Sirius knew the two had come to the camp together along with another demigod, Thalia daughter of Zeus. Thalia had sacrificed herself to give Luke time to bring Annabeth to safety. Ever since, the two had been extremely close.
"New camper," Annabeth grumbled, glaring at the floor. "Percy Jackson. Complete idiot, that one."
"Percy Jackson?" Sirius asked, sitting up straight from his spot on his sleeping bag. Annabeth nodded, still glaring at nothing. "Wouldn't have guessed it from the way he acted."
"You've met?" Chris asked with a raised eyebrow.
"Yeah, when I dropped off that letter from my dad to Chiron," Sirius exclaimed, a crazy grin stretching across his face. "Jackson was standing in the back with Grover."
"Wonderful," Annabeth said through gritted teeth. Sirius wondered if it was his personality that turned off smart women like Annabeth Chase and Lily Evans. "You can show him around camp, then." Without another word, Annabeth turned on her heel and exited the cabin.
"Wasn't she in a peachy mood," Travis joked. Luke threw a pillow at his younger half brother. Sirius, Chris, and Connor all burst into laughter.
After the three boys had calmed down, they began to set up a space for Percy. Sirius shoved his trunk, pillow, and sleeping bag all the way into the corner so Percy could have the spot next to his. Chris had suggested it, thinking Percy would be more comfortable next to someone he knew. Connor, being the youngest, had been sent out to go steal some toiletries from the camp store for Percy. Chris went to go find a spare pillow and sleeping bag from the back closet, leaving Sirius, Travis, and Luke to answer the door when it swung open.
All three of the boys bowed to Chiron when they saw him, but he just smiled and waved them off.
"I'll leave you to it, then," the centaur said before cantering off.
"I know you," Percy said, pointing at Sirius as soon as Chiron was gone. "You were at the museum. Sirius, right?"
"That's me," Sirius grinned. "Sirius Black son of Thanatos, at your service."
"The death god?" Percy asked, taking a small step back, and Sirius felt himself almost flinch, almost. It always hurt when someone was scared of him because of something he couldn't control, even if he didn't really know the person.
"I'm not going to kill you or anything," Sirius grumbled sadly, stepping back into the cabin. Chris had just finished setting up Percy's sleeping bag.
"You okay?" Chris asked when he looked up to see Sirius frowned. Sirius just shrugged his shoulders.
"Just thought I'd be used to the fear by now," he said sadly. "Move Jackson's sleeping bag. I don't think he wants to sleep next to the death god's son."
Chris sighed and stood up. He pulled Sirius into a hug, which the wizard did not return. Chris pulled back, but kept his hands on Sirius' shoulders.
"People are idiots," Chris said. "They judge you for something you can't control, and believe you are something you are not. You just need to work a little harder to prove who you are. One day, you will prove to them all how amazing you truly are."
"Thanks Chris," Sirius smiled. At first, he had been a little skeptical about Chris' miniature rant, but it had actually made him feel better. "That means a lot."
"No problemo, kid," Chris grinned. "Now come on, let's move Jackson's stuff out of the way.
Sirius was just sitting down with his meal after giving burnt offerings, some for his father, Hermes for housing him, and Hecate for his magic, when he next saw Percy. The younger demigod was sandwiched between Luke and Sirius. Upon seeing Sirius sit down, Luke nudged Percy with his shoulder and nodded his head in Sirius' direction. Percy quickly turned to look at Sirius.
"I can leave, if I'm making you uncomfortable," Sirius said, trying very hard to refrain from gritting his teeth.
"No, you're fine," Percy sighed. He looked Sirius in the eye, green eyes against grey. "I actually wanted to apologize for earlier. I didn't mean to upset you. I'm still trying to get used to all this god stuff."
Sirius' shoulders slumped slightly as he felt himself relax. "No problem," he said, a small smile twitching at the corners of his lips. "Most people have the same reaction."
"That doesn't make it right," Percy mumbled, turning back to his food. "I kind of know the feeling. I'm never welcomed at any of my schools."
"Really?" Sirius asked, and the two fell into an easy conversation with Luke adding in every now and then.