The Daughter of Poseidon

Chapter 15: A New Camper, Yay!

It was going as usual after that one day which was out of the blue. Then, about 2 days after the floating parkour course, Chiron asked me to come to the Big House.

The whole way, I was so anxious. Oh, no, am I in trouble???

When I arrived, Chiron was in the meeting room with the ping pong table. He asked, "How would you like to come and escort a new camper to Camp Half-Blood?"

I nodded excitedly. "Ok, sure!"

We drove to her house in a limo. How Chiron got a limo, I will never know.

Soon, we arrived. Chiron used the mist to look like a man in a wheelchair, then he went up to her door and rang the doorbell. I stood behind him. A girl with black hair that slightly brushed her shoulders, glasses, golden eyes and light brown skin answered the door. She and Chiron talked for a bit and then the girl stiffened, ran inside and after a couple of minutes, she came back down with a suitcase. Chiron had turned back into a centaur, so I guessed she was coming with us.

I went over and raised out my hand to shake. "I'm Astra, daughter of Poseidon."

She looked at me in disbelief, like NO WAY. THE SISTER OF PERCY?? I didn't know if she knew Percy, but that was how her face looked like at that moment.

"I know what you're thinking." I said. "That this dumb girl can't possibly be related to Percy 'I'm so hot' Jackson. He's way cooler." I rolled my eyes. He was my brother, but he could be real annoying at times.

The girl - Arya - said, "I think you're pretty cool."

I looked at her like what?  Then, I helped her put her suitcase in the back of the limo and we got into the car. She asked, "Do you know whose child I am?"

I answered, "How old are you?" Typical me, answering questions with questions. Arya said, "11." 

"Then it's WAY too early to tell. But I don't think you're a child of Apollo." I said. I wasn't trying to say it in a racist way, it was just that the children of Apollo could be-well, ANNOYING. Arya wasn't like that.

"How come?" she asked.

"Well, usually the children of Apollo are tanned, blond, have blue eyes and are show-offs. Mostly, they're show-offs. But, there's also the rare cases."

"Do you know any rare cases?" she wondered.

"No, but I know people who knew the rare cases. Either they died, or disappeared."

After I said that, we rode the rest of the way in silence. When we reached Camp Half-Blood, she got out of the limo and said, "I'll find the Hermes cabin. Don't worry."

I looked at her, surprised. "How do you know where you're supposed to go?"

She didn't answer, and headed towards the direction of the Big House.

Well, that was suspicious. I suspected that she was a monster in disguise, so I kept an eye on her when she was heading around. 

Little did I know what was going to happen next.