Lost Dreams; A Percy Jackson Fan Fiction (Never Gonna Finish)

Chapter Four 🏛

The sun was setting over the strawberry fields at camp and all of the campers were heading to the campfire.
"Come on Kayla. Everyone else is already at the fire pit." Connor flashed his mischievous grin and grabbed my hand. He pulled me out the door and we ran hand in hand to the little amphitheater.
I was so flustered when Connor grabbed my hand I almost fell over. Once we reached the fire pit I sat down and Connor sat next me. Does he like me too? But, he is two years older than me and I am brand new to camp. Even though I'm fifteen I've never had a boyfriend, I'd have no idea what to do.
"Hey, you okay Kayla?" Connor asked, playfully nudging my shoulder.
"Oh, yeah. I was just, uh... looking at those kids asleep over there." I stammered. I can't tell him I like him even if he likes me back.
"Oh those are the Hypnos kids. They pretty much just sleep all day and night. The head counselor is Clovis, the kid laying on the bench." Connor explained.
Now she really was thinking about those kids. How do they just sleep all the time? They're missing out on all the joys of life, like Connor. Okay, that sounded stupid.
Something about the Hypnos kids held her attention, and she watched out of the corner of her eye as all the other campers around them whispered and mocked them..
After songs and S'mores Chiron dismissed everyone for the night, as everyone was shuffling back to their cabins for the night a lavender light shown throughout the clearing.
     "Ha, her dad's Hypnos! We don't need any more lazy lumps!" A kid called out from the group.
     I look up and I see a lavender colored poppy symbol spinning slowly above my head.
     Most of the campers snickered, Connor looked down and scooted to the end of the bench, away from me, and Chiron looked at me sympathetically. My eyes teared up but I angrily wiped my eyes and stormed off, ahead of the group back towards the cabins.
     "Kayla wait!" Someone yelled.
     I turned, hoping it was Connor coming to apologize but it was Brody.
     "What do you want!?" I yelled.
     "I just wanted to say Clovis and the others aren't all bad, I mean sometimes they can be, well... active." Brody said kindly.
     "Everyome here including me knows that if you are a kid of Hypnos you are going to be mocked and thought lowly of. Can you just go away!" I spat back.
     "Kayla come on, it will be al-" Brody tried to say.
     "JUST QUIET! Why don't you just go crawl back into whatever tree you sleep in and just go to SLEEP!" I said, cutting Brody off.
     Then Brody crumpled to the ground limply.
     "Brody, Brody!" I yelled, trying to wake him up.
     I bend down and grab his arm and that is when everything went black.