Chapter Eight: Settling in

Tsuni sat down behind me,his head still towering high over grinned as he poked my shoulder repeatedly for a good minute,repeating ,"Hey Naomi,Hey Nao" a couple of times in an attempt to annoy me.

"What?"I questioned,looking at my friend with a tired smile.

"Do you remember that…uh…. Blonde blind chick that came to our school for like a month and then transferred somewhere north?"

I blinked twice,blonde blind chick..? "Oh!" I gasped,"Eria! The Swedish girl,she was so nice!" I grinned.

"What ever happened to her?"

"I have no clue. Why do you ask?" I questioned,raising an eyebrow.

"Don't ask questions about what you don't want answers for." He huffed,"But to put it bluntly; Chick was a monster."

"What?"
"She wasn't human!"He explained with a grin,"Don't know what kind since I really didn't care, But, some monsters just kind of want to live their lives out all normal and stuff. Like I've met a pretty chill frost spirit who ran an ice rink."He laughed at my shocked expression.

"The old man who owned the iceplex?"

"Yeah ya figure skater!"He grinned at me as attention was fixated on me again.

"You can skate?"Percy gaped,"Its just.I can't see you being able to skate! I mean you seem klutzy! No offense."

"None taken."I waved my hand dismissively,"My mom thought it would look interesting on a scholarship application if I knew how to figure skate competitively…and help me recover from….uh…"

"Lets just say don't let her get her hands on a bow."Jack snorted,being one to have witnessed the aftermath of my bow incident.

I stuck my tongue out at him before continuing,"My dad also loves hockey so, he helped me learn how,even if he can't entirely skate himself."

"huh."Nico mused,"Maybe we can skate together in winter.I haven't skated in a while though."

I nodded with a smile in response.

"You can skate?!" Percy whirled on Nico,Jason laughing softly

"A lot of people can Perc."

"I- Still!" he protested,before shaking his head as he rested an arm on my shoulder,"Anyway!"He pulled me against his side," I'm going to take Naomi here to settle into our cabin!" He grinned at me,"You're going to love it!"

I nodded once,before looking at Tsuni as I realized something,"Tsuni?"

My peryton cocked his head to the side,"Yes?"

"What are you going to do? I mean I don't think there are many Perytons in this camp.."

"Oh! I have that covered m'lady."He bowed his head as he stood," I can cast a glamour,and shift the mist around myself to appear as a more acceptable animal for this camp."
"The mist..?" I questioned

"Its like a veil between the worlds-well the way mortals see the world- Naomi."Jason explained,smiling helpfully," The mist can make, like one of our swords look like a baseball bat."He explained further," It makes things look less threating, so they can remain ignorant to the more supernatural goings on."
I nodded,actually glad someone explained something clearly for the first time in the last hour.

"Would that work?" I questioned the boys, who nodded.

"Should." Jack shrugged,"Sometimes the mist works on Demigods as well."

"Then it is settled." Tsuni nodded,his form shrinking and shifting until a pale blonde husky was standing where the deer had been previously, its fluffy white tail wagging,"Well?"

I gaped at the dog,"Y-You turned into a dog!"

"More or less."He nodded,his golden eyes locking with mine,"My warping of the mist will change the way you perceive my weight and height as well, so technically I shape shifted instead of shifting the mist"He shook his head,regaining eye contact with me,"The benefits of being a creature of a goddess."he seemed to smile.

Leo grinned,"Dude that was awesome!"

To put it lightly, I was immediately at home in the Poseidon cabin. It was like a house I remember dreaming of owning when I was younger,seashells embedded in the walls, and a fountain made of gray rock filled the cabin with the soothing sounds of waves.

"Woah!" I gaped,smiling widely as I looked around the sheer size of the cabin.

Percy snickered, a wistful smile crossing his face ," I forgot how it can be to someone new….I have a feeling I looked the same way when I really looked at the place."

I smiled at him,sitting down on one of the bunks, Tsuni hopping onto the bed with me and laying his head on my lap," It is wonderful in here."

He nodded with a grin, " Yeah," he looked over his shoulder,suddenly starting to laugh, his sea green eyes fixated on the metal sea horses moving by themselves over the window ," Wait 'till Tyson hears he has a sister, the kid will be so happy."

"Tyson..?"I murmured,standing."Who's Tyson?"

"Our half brother, he's a cyclops so…just a heads up." He nodded,motioning for me to look at the bunk closest to the window, where the seahorses were," Usually he's in dad's palace with the other cyclopses,but he's the one who made these things."
I smiled softly as I looked at the intricately designed metal pieces,"Woah."
"Yeah." He laughed," We can call him later if you want."

"sure!" I beamed,before jumping nearly a foot in the air at the sound of a loud-and I mean loud- horn blowing,"WHAT IN THE NAME OF-"
"It's the dinner horn." Percy explained,putting a hand on my shoulder," You okay?"

"Yeah. Just peachy," I laughed to ease my embarrassment.

"Lets go then, I can't wait for you to meet everyone!"

"Everyone…?"I whispered,pausing in the doorway and casting a pleading look back at the husky lounging across what I guess was my bunk,"Yo- You coming Tsuni?"

"I'm afraid this is something you must do on your own mistress." He chuckled at the whimper that escaped my now shaking form.

"U-UH… right…"I mumbled,turning to walk back out,"A-And hey, Tsuni?"
"Mm?" the dog-peryton hummed,one of his ears cocking forwards,showing he was listening to me.

"Just call me Naomi…Okay?"

"As you wish small one."
"….It's an improvement…" I murmured, walking out of the cabin that had so quickly become a safe spot for me and closing the door behind me, freezing when I saw Percy was talking to a very pretty blonde girl and laughing.

Do I just walk up to them? I questioned myself as I moved off the porch, only to jump again when I felt a cold hand touch my arm.

I whirled around, only to breathe out a sigh of relief when I saw it was Nico, who was smiling in an understanding way at me,Jack behind him with his usual mad grin.

"That's Annabeth." Nico murmured, his hand on my elbow in a guiding manner as Jack moved to my other side," She's Percy's girlfriend."

"More like he's her bi-"

"Don't even say it Jack Axel Garner." I threatened,"There is a child present." I sent a teasing glance at Nico, who I had learned was only 14.

"Aaand the age jokes begin."Nico cracked a wry smile," You know I was born in the forties right?"

"….What?"

"Yep."

"Ho-" I cut myself off and shook my head," Naomi stop asking how, Greek Gods and magic is real, so pretty much anything can go down…."I murmured to myself, only to be clapped roughly on the back by my best friend,"Now she's got it!"

"Its odd to not see you so gloomy Ghost king!" Percy called over as he pulled the blonde girl-Annabeth- over to my odd trio.

Nico scowled slightly,his grip tightening on my elbow for a moment," Hah hah, very funny Percy."

" I think so." He grinned, before turning to his girlfriend," Annabeth, this is my little sister, Naomi. Naomi, this is my girlfriend, Annabeth."

"Nice to meet you." I smiled nervously at her, something Jack noticed immediately and threw his arm around my shoulder," Little flamin' red head here is a bit shy, so you've got to excuse her." He grinned," You guys can bond over books, that's what we did."

I glared up at him," After you saw what I was reading you kind of tackled me out of my seat, that is after you weirded me out with the whole," What are you" bit Jack." I intersected with a slight smile.

"OH yeaahh that teacher was so mad at me."

"You wouldn't give me back my book."I protested,crossing my arms.

Annabeth laughed softly,"Its nice to meet you too. If I may ask though, what is your favorite book?"

I winced visibly," Please don't make me choose! They're all so good and I love them all- aside from Twilight that can just rot."

(A/N: Naomi's point of view is the shared opinion of both authors so if it harmed your feelings, I would say we are sorry, but we really aren't.)

The blonde grinned," I like her."

I laughed softly,nodding,before realizing that we had reached this pavilion where a ton of people were sitting at different tables.

"We're over here Nao." Percy motioned to one of the few completely empty tables.

"Nico mind if I crash your table?" Jack questioned,grinning.

"Sure." Nico nodded before walking to the other empty one.