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3

"Well, you didn't drown!" Calista grabbed you a towel. "Maybe there's nothing I'm good at here, maybe I'll be left unclaimed!" you shouted. 

"Oh don't be ridiculous, maybe you will be one of my sisters!" Calista grabbed her things and gave Luke his towel. 

"I think that's enough for today lets grab lunch." Luke put his camp shirt back on as the towel rested on his shoulders. 

"Good idea, maybe they will have strawberries today!" Calista grabbed your hand. "Shouldn't I change first..? you asked. 

"It's fine you're not the only one, many of our swimmers come to lunch like that." Calista smiled. 

Something about her smile was so welcoming. "Are they Poseidon kids?" "Gods no, Poseidon doesn't have half-blood children we know of." Calista shook her head.

You smiled and kept walking focusing on what they were saying. That was until a certain curly head bumped into you. "Watch where you're going unclaimed." She said. Her attitude was not it. 

"And who are you?" you asked. This made her eyebrow twitch. "Clarisse of course, daughter of Ares. You, stranger, look lost."

"Clarisse just leave it, you can get your fun at the campfire." Luke stood in front of you. 

"Fine, I'll be waiting unclaimed." The way she said unclaimed was almost like she didn't like you one bit. 

She most definitely didn't. "Don't mind her, they're Ares kids they don't like anyone." Luke turned to you. "I can tell." you smiled at him. "Come on guys they have strawberries!" 

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"Tonight they're gonna have a bonfire, we mostly do games and spar for fun." Calista said grabbing another strawberry. "Clarisse always spars so just don't make eye contact or she will challenge you." Luke says. 

"Right, that will be embarrassing for you." "Calista not helping." You said grabbing a strawberry. 

"Annabeth rarely participates, she mostly observes the fighters, especially the new kids." Luke pointed at Annabeth who was in the corner eating an apple.

"For some reason, she hasn't been watching you. Strange." Calista said. "Who's her parent?" you asked.

"Her mother is Athena, making Annabeth pretty wise. She's like a sister to me." Luke smiled.

"We should get going. Y/n, come to my cabin so I can prepare you for the bonfire." Calista said grabbing a handful of strawberries. 

"Right, I'll see you both there." Luke smiled at you. You returned the smile and followed Calista who at this point just took the strawberry bowl. 

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"Now I took note of your favorite color so I had one of my sisters sew something up for you." Calista took you to her closet. "Now this is a black tank top and black shorts with white shoes, so you can move around in incase someone does challenge you." Calista said grabbing the shoes.

"Isn't there armor?" you asked getting a bit frightened. "Yes but limited at the moment so...first come first serve." 

"Right." you said. Your shoulders had gotten tense once again at the mention of the challenge. You weren't good at fighting. You found that out today. 

"Go change while I get the hair stuff." Calista pointed at a changing room. 

"Quickly!"

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"High ponytail with strands out front ugh I'm in love!" Calista shouted. You heard a horn go off and everyone in the Aphrodite cabin ran out. 

"Come on we're gonna be late." Calista grabbed your hand and took you to the bonfire. 

"I have to go with my cabin, you have to go with the Hermes cabin but don't worry, Luke is there." That made you less tense. At least you knew someone from there. 

As you were walking to where Luke was sitting you noticed the Ares cabin eyeing you down. 'Weird' you thought. 

You finally got to Luke and sat down he smiled at you and looked at Chiron. 

"Welcome campers, today we welcome Y/n Rogers who arrived at camp last night. Please make her feel welcome." Chiron pointed at you. 

There it was. The attention you didn't like. It felt like the moment that Reyna was pushed. All you could do was smile. 

"Now, we will have our games I assume that the Ares cabin will be participating?" Chiron asked. In response was a war cry from the Ares kids. 

"Let us begin." Chiron clapped his hands together as the Ares cabin grabbed armor leaving none left for anyone else. This was their way of winning. Unfair.

Luke grabbed your hand making you look at him. "You don't have to worry, they're just entertaining the camp." He smiled. 

You smiled back now calm knowing you wouldn't get picked. You noticed Clarisse was sitting observing her siblings. 

She stood up making her way to you. For some the fighters stopped and watched. Was this their plan?

Was it a trap? "Unclaimed, I challenge you." Clarisse pointed her sword at you. You gulped, something took over you. 

"I have a name you know." you crossed your arms looking at her dead in the eye. The cabins began to whisper among themselves. "Whatever y/n, I challenge you so get up." she rolled her eyes. 

"You don't have to do this y/n." Luke looked at you. "No, I don't, but I will keep her entertained." This made Clarisse angry. She looked like she wanted to genuinely hurt you.

Ares kids these days. 

You stood up and went down to the center. Clarisse followed smirking knowing she was gonna win. You looked at the weapons left. You grabbed a scythe.

 All of the fighters made space. The Ares kids looked smug knowing Clarisse was gonna kick your ass.

Clarisse ran towards you swinging her sword but you moved out of the way. She barely gave you time to process her next steps. 

She swung her sword at you and you barely got out of the way. She gave you a scratch which was now bleeding of course. But it wasn't deep luckily.

You swung your scythe at her. She didn't like that. 

She made it seem like she was gonna strike but instead, she kicked your shin and pushed you down to the ground. You looked up at the sky which was now decorated with stars and the moon as tiny flakes from the fire went up. 

You don't know what took over you now. But you got up looking at her dead in the eye as she laughed and laughed at you. Much like Reyna did. 

Luke stood up and was about to go get you but instead, something happened. 

While Clarisse laughed you dropped your scythe and went for her with your arms pushing her back with the force once again.

Something was controlling you, and you liked it. The power. You tripped Clarisse knocking her down and you grabbed her sword and pointed it at her in between her eyes. 

She was vulnerable. You didn't know but your eyes were white and a crescent moon hovered above you.

Your mother claimed you. Chiron couldn't believe his eyes. 

"Y/n Rogers, daughter of Nyx..." He looked scared and shocked. You had been the first of Nyx. 

It was difficult to believe. A powerful goddess was your mother. Luke smiled and Calista was shocked like the rest of the camp.

Daughter of Nyx.