moonlight || heroes of olympus (discontinued)

|| chapter four ||

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[04|| chapter four]
the claiming

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       DESPITE THE DREAD IN HER STOMACH, LUNA FOUND HERSELF SMILING AT THE CAMPFIRE.

Most of that was due to Will dragging her off to sit with his cabin as campers began to strum lyres and sing their usual campfire songs. Though she'd heard them all a million times Will forced her to sing and dance with him like it was her first. She didn't completely understand why he was trying his best to include her this time, but she had a feeling it had a lot to do with the embarrassing things Drew said earlier. No doubt word spread around camp about it, but as mortifying as it was, Will didn't give her the chance to let it bother her.

Halfway through the last song Luna caught sight of Rachel and Piper, who looked like she'd just come from a photoshoot despite previously being knocked out cold.

The smile wiped clean from Luna's face, the laughter dying out in her chest. The campfire, which had been glowing a brilliant gold, flickered momentarily, but her churning mix of emotions wasn't enough to cause it to dim.

Will didn't notice that she pulled away, too caught up in dancing ridiculously with one of his sisters, so thankfully she was able to take a seat again, though this time she sat towards the very end of the amphitheater stands, leaving a clear path if the need to run off arose.

Annabeth spotted her from across the amphitheater and waved, beginning to move in her direction, but when the last song ended Chiron took to standing in front of the fire, marshmallows impaled on his spear. Annabeth stopped, returning to her spot beside Jason, mouthing an apology.

"Very nice! And a special welcome to our new arrivals. I am Chiron, camp activities director, and I'm happy you all have arrived here alive and with most of your limbs attached. In a moment, I promise we'll get to the s'mores, but first—"

The centaur was interrupted by one of the Ares kids. "What about capture the flag?"

The rest of their cabin grumbled in agreement. If her heart was in it, Luna would've been agreeing with them, seeing as it was the closest she got to feeling like she was on a quest. But with Beckendorf's old dragon on the loose, no part of the woods were safe.

"Yes," Chiron said. "I know the Ares cabin is anxious to return to the woods for our regular games."

"And kill people!"