Chapter 3
Orientation
Caspia Kelly
When they walked out of the dark cabin, I felt blinded by the hot summers day. There was a big blue manor, which I think is probably the Big house they were talking about.
Then a girl popped up. "Hi" She was very pretty with purple eyes, milky pale skin, and glossy black curls.
"Hey, Sapphire!" Nico hugged her. "This is my sister, Sapphire Banks." Her eyes lit up. She seemed crazy, but fun. Someone I would want to be friends with.
She looked a Blade. "Ooooh,oooh I like your sword! Can I hold it?" Blade smiled "Sure." He handedit to her. "It's pretty. Really sharp. Hmmm, have you ever killed anyone with it?"
Annabeth looked at her. "How much sugar have you had today?" Seemed like a fair question. She looked like she was concentrating. "Leo keeps buying me candy. I've had 3 bags of jelly beans and 2 chocolate bars. Leo's so awesome. I love him!"
Annabeth nodded. "That explains a lot." She started bouncing up and down. "Let's all go to the big house together!"
Annabeth started talking to Percy "We're going to have to talk to Leo." Percy nodded "Defiantly."
Sapphire squealed. "We're here!"
Now that they were closer, I could see the house better. It was a big blue manor with a long wraparound porch, with couches and a big poker table. There was a guy in his fifties with a long scraggly beard and hair seated in a wheelchair.
Seated next to him was a rather fat man with jet black hair and a loud outfit: a silk leopard skin track outfit with an I 3 wine t-shirt and purple running shoes. Beside him was a hitchhiker-like kid with acne and... were those goat legs? 'a satyr' I remembered. 'they're the half-goat, half man who worshipped the god Pan and Artemis and really liked nature.
The wheelchair dude looked up from his card game. "Good, you made it back alive." 'what, did he expect we wouldn't? This must be a very unsafe life' Though I was somehow relieved, like maybe we'd finally be safe here.
"Barely," Blade said.
The fat guy snorted. "Why couldn't you have died? The last thing we need around here is more godling brats."
The guy in the wheelchair laughed nervously." Uh, Mr. D is just kidding." Mr. D looked confused. "I was?" He cleared his throat. " At any rate, welcome to Camp Half-Blood. I am Chiron, the centataur." I was amazed. "The Chiron? The one who trained Jason?"
"Why aren't you a horse?" Blade asked.
He chuckled. "My form is compacted into this wheelchair. I like to keep it hidden when I first meet new demigods. I can show you if you like." He rose with effort, revealing the white body of a horse from the waist down.
"I assume you will want to get acquainted with the other campers and see the camp and where you will be staying, but first I would like for you to go inside and watch the orientation film. It shouldn't take very long. Grover, please go with them." He jumped up and said "Follow me. I'll take you to the room."
Blade grasped my hand. "So, where's this going with us? Are we going out now or what?" I smiled. "Well I did just save your life, and I really like you so I guess yes."
"Cool."
We were entering a big and dark room that looked like a home theater. Grover popped in a disk and told us to sit down. There was a narrated tour of the camp, and it talked about what it was like to be a demigod, some of the history of the gods (which included Percy Jackson for some reason, it said that he had saved the world TWICE. I wouldn't have expected that from him when we had first met, he seemed kind of stupid=]) finally it was over and Grover said "So what did you think? Anything you're still confused about, any questions I can answer for you?"
"Yeah, when do we get claimed?" Blade asked.
"Well, after Percy won the war with the Titans, he made them promise to claim their kids by the time they're thirteen. You two are what? 15, 16? You'll defiantly get claimed today, probably at the campfire or at dinner. Don't worry," he pointed at me. "Caspia, you look like the daughter of Hecate. Blade, I wanna say Ares, but you seem a little too nice for that. But I don't know. Good luck. I gotta go." He clopped away on his hooves.
Snow walked in. "Would you like me to show you around the camp?"
"Yeah, that'd be great." I said.