IV| Daphne gets demoted to border control

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Over the next few days, Camp didn't change much.

Daphne continued with her usual routine: breakfast, training, lunch, gossiping with her friends, dinner and then whatever else.

Ellis, Theodore and Daphne were sat around in the Dionysus cabin, where it was almost always quiet.

Castor and Pollux basically only slept in the cabin, otherwise they were out in the strawberry fields.

"I want to know who this Jackson kid is." Oliver announced, walking into the room with Valentina at his side, closing the door behind them.

Upon hearing Percy's name, Theodore slammed his book shut. "I swear to the Olympians if Annabeth goes on about Jackson one more time im going to cry."

Valentina laughed, plopping herself down next to Daphne. "Well he definitely isn't a son of Aphrodite."

"Nor Dionysus, I don't think my dad likes him very much." Ellis spoke up.

Daphne turned to him. "Your dad doesn't like anyone."

"Well, he definitely isn't a son of Ares," Theodore said, "or Athena or Apollo."

Oliver cracked a smile. "If he was to be claimed by Ares, it would be Clarisse nightmare."

"Luke keeps telling him he could be a son of Hermes." Daphne said, picking at her nails.

The girl didn't think he was. Don't get it wrong, over the past few days Daphne had grown somewhat close to the boy.

It was nice to have somebody around her age that wasn't necessarily out to prank her all the time in Cabin Eleven.

Even if she wished he was Hermes child, she just didn't see it. Most of Cabin Eleven had sharp noses and mischievous smiles.

Percy Jackson didn't have that.

Ellis eyebrows furrowed. "Definitely not, he doesn't have the smile you lot have."

"That's what I said." Daphne shrugged, "I still think he's a child of the Big Three, Poseidon maybe."

"Why?" Oliver asked, "because he drenched you with water in the bathroom? It doesn't necessarily mean it's Poseidon-"

"Annabeth thinks so too." Theodore said, interrupting the son of Ares.

Valentina leaned back. "Well whatever he is, he's pretty cute. Daph, don't you think he and Annabeth would make a cute couple?"

Daphne thought about it for a moment, weighing the couple out in her head.

"They already act like a married couple, gods imagine going on a quest with them two." She laughed. "Theo what time is it?"

Cabin Eleven was having yet another sword training session, lead by Luke which meant Daphne was forced to go unless she wanted Luke to give her another lecture.

Theo checked his watch, that he had destroyed and re made about a million times. "Time for you to go."

The girl groaned, standing up.

"Another sword training session?" Valentina asked, making Daphne nod.

Suddenly, Oliver whipped out a piece of paper and a pen and began writing a note. When he was finished he handed it to her.

"Here," he said as Daphne took it, "gets you out of it."

Daphne smirked reading it.

Luke,

Please excuse Daphne and her ability to be a klutz. Somehow, she has fallen over a lot and sprained her ankle.

- Michael Yew

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