Chapter 2: I Get Claimed by the God No One Guessed

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I walked towards Mr. D and found him playing pinochle with a satyr. 

"Hello", I spoke up. "I would like my schedule please sir". Mr. D looked at me. 

"Whaddya want again?", he asked me.

I took a deep breath and thought, Zen. Find your zen. Grab your schedule and run away. I looked at him dead in the eye and said, 

"I want my schedule". 

"The Stoll brothers know your schedule, go ask them", he said, waving me away.

 I turned and ran to the limo that brought me here. I grabbed my suitcase and speed walked to the Hermes cabin. Because of the gods' promise to claim their children when they turned 13, the cabin was less crowded than it should've been. I saw the brothers collecting spiders in a jar, no doubt using them to prank the Athena cabin. 

"Hello Future Prankee", one of them said, looking up at me. 

"Gimme my schedule", I said, sticking out my hand. 

"Who are you to tell us what to do?", the other brother asked me. I rolled my eyes at him with a frown. He backed away and pulled a paper from a display next to him before handing it to me. 

"Campfire's soon", he said. "You might be claimed there"

I nodded to him and started to unpack, keeping most of my stuff in a drawer. I finished and looked at my schedule. Now was free time so I decided to go to archery. I saw Chiron and a couple of Hecate's kids. 

"Can I try Chiron?", I asked him. 

"Sure, do you know how to shoot?" he asked. 

"Sort of.." I answered. Until dinner Chiron taught me how to shoot, with a REAL bow and arrow. I was able to get all the arrows on the target and once in the bullseye. The dinner horn blew and I went to my cabin. 

The pavilion was really loud. I nearly got trampled on when it was time for the campfire. When it came to the campfire song, I sang along with everyone else. But at some point I was the only one singing and everyone was looking at something above my head. I looked up and saw a gold harp over my head. 

I can't let them know I know how this works, I thought. 

So I did what every new camper would do. I swatted at it. When it disappeared, everyone was looking at me. "Hail Arya Keyashira, Daughter of Phoebus Apollo, God of Music and Healing". Chiron said.

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