The daughter of a titan

“Sorry. You look a like you know!” the centaur said.
“Ha!” I laughed. “They have different colored eyes. Paul's are blue and Marcus' and brown. I should know, I get lost in them every time. And this is a dream so they don't know that I do!” I still blushed.
“You get lost in my eyes?” Asked dream Marcus. He looked amused.
“that is not good.” Said Paul. “I am you guardian. That is helpful and slightly annoying.”
Why not just tell them everything? I asked myself. “Yes, I have crushes on both of -Ow! That hurt!” I said as some kid came up behind me and pinched my arm.
“You don't want to say everything here. After all. That just hurt now didn't it?” he asked. He was cute if you liked the bad boy type of thing. He wore a black tee shirt that's sleeves were torn off of. His jeans were like any others except for a little bit more ripped. His hair had brown hair and green eyes like Paul. “James, son of Ares reporting for duty. You called for me Chiron?”
I thought about this all for a second. He was right. He had hurt me. James hit me and it hurt. That only meant one thing. This wasn't a dream. I looked at Marcus. Then at Paul and Chiron the horse guy. “Oh god.” I said. Then everything went black.
* * *
I woke up with warm fingers on my forehead. I groaned. I would probably wake up with a head ache and kids asking for dinner. Oh great. I opened my eyes. I saw Marcus looking down on me with a look of worry. I gasped and shoot p out of my sitting position. I looked around quickly. I was sitting on a sleeping bag on the ground. “What happened? Where am I?” I asked. A couple of kids looked at me with disgust. Others looked at me with a look of fear. What had happened?
“Well, you fainted.” Marcus said. He looked at the others with a stern look. “you guys mind leaving?” He asked them.
“Yeah we kind of do.” they said. I blushed. “She looks sick. Should we get her to Apollo's cabin?”
“Nah,” Paul said. He was standing at the door. Still not waring a shirt. But that made him look hot. “She does that when she blushes. Now you guys have archery. So beet it.” He said. I never heard him say something like that. But his voice sounded joking. Like he was enjoying it. The other guys left and Paul took a step in. “How are ya?” He asked me.
“Fine.” I said but my voice broke. “What is going on here? And did I really do that?”

“You could be a little more considerate you know.” I heard Marcus whisper. To Paul probably.
“You try spending the last few months with little kids and teenage girls drooling over you, just to see if this girl is indeed a half blood.”
“That must be so hard.” Marcus said thick with sarcasm.
“It was. More then you could possibly imagine.” I knew I should have helped out more. He sounded glad that he was out.
“What is going to happen to them?” I asked.
“Who?” Marcus asked.
“The others,”
“They are going to go to a regular orphanage.” Paul answered me.
“NO! They are family. How could you do that to them?” I yelled.
“Oh relax! I was just kidding. And you are right. They are family.” He said as Mike, Peter and Mikayla walked in.
“Rose!” They called as they ran to hug me.
“What are you guys doing here?” I asked them laughing.

“They are here because this is where they belong.” Said Sheryl. She was standing in the door way with Paul. Only she was not leaning ageist the frame.
“Ok so you made fun of me. I spilled some of my guts. Hasn't this game gone on long enough? I mean it is still a bit of a push now that you evolve the kids but still.” I said with a smirk. “Nice touch getting my 2 crushes together though.” I whispered to Sheryl.
“This is no joke,” The horse guy from before said coming in. When will this nightmare end?
“Thats it. I'm outta here.” I said getting out of the now crowded room. I was just about 7 feet out of the little hut thing when I saw it. People sward fighting in a... what looked like an arena that the greeks used. Archery, canoeing, a little girl by a camp fire. No one would go this far for a prank. No body. “Where did you say I was?”
“Camp half-blood.” Said the horse guy.
“What was I again?”
“A demi-god. One of your parents are a god or goddess.” he said. Then for the second time today. I fainted.
* * *

I looked out into the darkness. It was beautiful. The darkness. I knew I couldn't sleep anymore so I went out onto the porch. I looked around. There was a girl sitting by the camp fire. She was pretty but should be asleep. I walked over to her. “You should be in bed with the others. You know?” She was in the auditorium. The second I took a step in there the fire turned a deep blue. “Why is it blue?”
“Because you don't belong here.” She gave one look at me then returned her attention to the fire. “It turns this color when someone doesn't feel like they belong. But in this case you are right. You are no god or goddess' daughter. Who are you?”
I groaned. “That seems to be the question everyone is asking me. And the answer is I don't know. I wish I knew but I don't. Why do you say I don't belong here? Is that why? I am no demigod,” I was by her side now.
“Yes you are no demigod. Those you don't belong here.” She said. “I like the fire. Don't you? It is warm and quite and grants wishes. What is your wish?”
This question took me by surprise. “I don't know. Maybe... To know who I am. Who are you? I am Rose. What is your name?” I asked.
“I am known by many names. My favorite is Hestia,” she said.
“The goddess of the hearth. Are you here to claim, you children?” I asked.
She looked surprised. “How did you know? Hermes only told Chi-”
“I was there. They thought I was asleep while they were talking.” I said. “Are you?”
She sighed. “Yes, the others should be here by dawn.” As she was speaking the sun was beginning to rise over head. The air was filled with magic and music was beginning to play. “The muses are here.”
“The muses are coming?”
“Well of course. All the gods must attend and claim all their children by the end of the month. That is a rule that Zeus is going to enforce now the Jackson is haunting him. Hermes cabin has never been this full.” She said.
“Wow!” I said. I looked over head and saw that some people were up. “I must go and look for my friends now. If you don't mind I would like to pray for you tonight. Or at least until my parents have been found out. Is that alright?” I asked.
She looked shocked. “Yes! That would be alright.” She looked happy. Very happy. “No one has prayed for me since the rule of the Romans.”
I was also shocked by her words. “No one? Not a one?”
“Yes, but I get some of the offerings from every sacrifice.” she said. She looked like if she could cry she would.
“WE NEED ALL CAMPERS TO REPORT TO THE DINNING HALL.” A voice said. It was coming from every where.
“Magic,” I whispered.
“Yes,” she said. “It is magic. All the minor gods and goddess are coming so you should get going.” She waved her hands for me to get going.
“Ok good bye.” I said waving as I hurried off to the dinning hall. I stopped outside the auditorium. I turned around. “Uhh... This is my first day here. Do you know where the dinning hall is?”
She laughed. “It is the open area. Just about a 2 minute walk from here. You'll get there in a second if you run.”
“Thanks!” I said. I was off now. She said to run. Hmm... How did she know I could run? Oh well. I ran now. I almost passed the dinning hall. The thing that made me stop Marcus. “Hey,” I said.
“GAH!” He yelled. Then he saw it was me. “Oh. It's you. Gosh. Don't sneak up on me like that. Oh well. You know what this is about?” He asked.
“It's about how the gods are coming to visit.” Said Paul. He came up from behind me. “I'm sure you didn't know that.”

I smiled at him fighting back a laugh. “Actually I did. I heard their talk with Hermes. Did you know why?” I asked. He shook his 'no'. “Well apparently there are to many kids in the Hermes cabin. And Zeus had a dream about a guy name Percy. And he said something about not making good on his promise and that if all the kids of the gods are named by the end of the month the gods will fall. And I got that all from 2 gods.” I said.
“Who was the other god?” He asked.
“Uhh... I don't want to get the god in trouble.” I said. I wasn't sure if I was supposed to know this yet or not. “Oh well. Where do we sit?”
“Sit? We stand for mow.” Marcus said.
“I am going over to the Ares table. He is my dad you know?” Paul said.
“Should have known.” Marcus mumbled. I giggled at that. Ares was known for is rage, anger, and war. I never would have guessed.
“Settle down now.” said Chiron. “I have an announcement to make.” He took a deep breath. “Hermes cabin. Your parents are coming. Zeus has told all the gods and goddess that they must claim their children by the end of the month. This means that until all the children who were unclaimed are finally claimed, god will be staying here. At camp half blood.” There was an out rage. People were yelling and calling and stamping their feet.
“SILENCE!” Yelled a man. He was not young, nor was he old. He wore a tiger patterned shirt and shorts. “The gods are coming and there is nothing we can do about it. They will be coming in pairs. Not all at once. The only exception is the minor gods. They are all here right now.” People seemed to be calming down at this. “They are on their way right now.”
As if it were a Que some new people were coming in. They sat down at the high board that Chiron and the others were talking from. There were just about 30 people here! Each looked different. Three of them caught my eye epically.
“The kindly ones,” Marcus murmured. “They have never had children before. Why are they here?”
“Because Marcus Zeus told us we must come today. Even though I would much rather be back in Tarturus hitting your great uncle with a torch of fire.” Said one of the ladies from the table. She looked like Ms. Jason. No, she was Ms. Jason! All 3 of them looked the same. They were Ms. Jason cubed!
To what the kindly one said Marcus's hands were balling into fists. I put my hand on his. “Stop that or else they will do worse to you.” I told him. He started to calm down at this. More so then I expected.
“Thanks,” I heard him murmur.
“No problem.” I said.

“Yes, well. Now that, that is settled how long are you all staying?” Asked the man that wore a tiger shirt.
“We're not sure. All of us must talk to all the children from the Hermes cabin that have been undecided. We must chose our children and then we may do as we wish.” Said a man. He was tall and had brown hair. He wore jeans and a t-shirt. He reminded me of Paul. Only because they both held a 'bad boy' hotness with them.
“That is true Erebus. But we must leave after seeing all the children.” Said a woman. She was beautiful. But you can't describe her. She was... dark. Like... the night.
“After we see them, Nyx. Then we leave. Zeus's orders.” He whispered to her. I stuck out my tongue and made gawking noises.
“What?” Marcus asked. It seemed he didn't hear them. Or even see them.
“That guy named Erebus and Nyx. They are so... Together. It screams from their very nature.” I said.
“Rose, Erebus and Nxy have been together since the dawn of time. Or rather the night fall of time. She is the night. And he protects her.” He said.
“Well I think they have a thing together.” I said. She seemed to draw near him. And he her.
“Well,” Said Chiron. “Now that, that is settled let us eat and mingle.” He said it hopefully. But I knew the truth. Something was coming. Something big.
Then some people started coming from the trees. I mean literally from inside the trees! They were all holding a plater of food. There were about a dozen or so. Most of them came by the cabin 11's table. Some of them went to the other tables.
Some of the kids from my cabin started pulling the benches away from the table. I didn't understand what they were foing until they put the other benches together to forum another small table.
“Ok so you can stand while eating or you can sit on the grass.” Marcus said.
I looked at him. “I'll take the grass.” I said. He handed me a plate. I grabbed a small bowl of cereal and some milk. I was about to go sit down when I remembered what Hesia said. “...I get some of the offerings from every sacrifice.” Did she mean she got the dead? No, that can't be right. She must mean that... I'm not sure.
I saw people were getting in line behind a fire. I got in line with them. “To my mom.” I heard a guy say. “To the vistiors.” Said another. They were throwing their foods into the fire. That is what she meant by sacraifice! We sacraficed our foods to the gods! I was up next. “To Hestia and may your fire burn bright.” I said as I poored most of my cereal into the fire. The fire almost exploded! It was burning higher and brighter then before. People were starring not only at the fire but at me. What did I do? I asked myself. I got out of line as quickly as posible.
As soon as I got to the place where marcus was all of the gods were looking at me. “You were right.” I herad someone murmur. “She can't be a demigod.” Another one said. “She must be... immortal.” One wispered so low that I had a hard time hearing it. Immortal? But wouldn't that make me a god? No, that can't be right.

“It's... Nothing. Absolutly nothing.” I said. I shock my head. “Now what were we talking about?”
“Uh... Right I was say that we have archery next.” Marcus said. He seemed to be looking at me like he still wasn't sure I was there.
“All right achery. Can't wait!” I said enthosusiastcily.
* * *
Archery started with the head of the Apollo cabin. Since me and Marcus were new he wanted us each to use the bow and hit the target. Or try as close as we could get. Marcus fired the 5 arrows first. Unfortunitly only 1 hit. And the others were so far off the instrustor said, “You are never going to be able to pull up the rank of Apollo. You are definitly not his son.”
“Hey!” I said.
“Well hello there.” He said with a voice that I think was supposed to be sudductive. “My name is Heylo. Your's my beautiful flower?” He took my hand and kissed it. Some of the girls behind me soothed a sigh of envy.
“Rose. And if you touch me again you perv I will take your arm and make a stew out of it!” I said. He took his hand away instantly. “And don't you dare talk tomy friends like that!”
“Well then my little flower if you can hit the target 5 times with a blind fold I will take back what I said.”
“And if I don't?” I asked.
“You have to go out on a date with me.” He said. I smiled.
“Deal.” I said. I would shake his hand but I didn't want to touch him. He gave me the bow and a blind fold.