"No way..." said Yena as she took in the camp below her.
"It's something, isn't it?" Yuri replied with a smile before leading Yena down to it.
Yena was simply in awe. She just couldn't imagine a place like this existing. The closer they got though, the more real it felt. At the base of the hill, there was already a little welcoming committee all wearing the same orange shirt that Yuri was.
"Yuri! Took you long enough! For a second, I thought the harpies got you," one of the girls greeted. She had a lean figure and jet black, shoulder length hair.
"Very funny, Ryujin, and they were stymphalian birds by the way. Not harpies." Yuri said back, giving the girl a hi-five.
Ryujin chuckled before turning to Yena.
"You must be the final demigod Seunggi was looking for. You and your friends were really lucky to survive this long together," she said with a tone that didn't sound like she was kidding.
"My friends?" asked Yena."So, they made it too?"
"A bit of a messier entrance, but yes. The Hades kid, Chaewon? She put on quite the show." Ryujin said. Though the comment was meant as a compliment, the mention of Chaewon seemed to bring down the atmosphere a bit.
Yuri was the one to break the silence after a couple seconds. "Hades? Are you sure?"
"You can confirm for yourself, but last I checked, a dark helmet with purple flames means the god of the underworld," Ryujin replied. This caused Yuri to look at Yena in what she could only think was concern.
"What's wrong with being a child of Hades?" Yena decided to ask.
"Oh, Yena, there's nothing wrong with her," Yuri said, though the expressions on the other campers' faces didn't exactly reassure her. "It's what it might mean that could be problematic."
That reply only opened up more questions, but Yena chose to keep them until later. "Can I go see her? Yujin too."
"Sure, you must've been really worried about them. We can meet at the Big House because Seunggi will probably want to see you all anyway," Yuri said, pointing at what Yena could only describe as a big house. It was three stories high and covered in a fresh coat of blue paint. It looked like the type of building you'd see at a ranch.
Yuri and Yena bid their goodbyes to Ryujin and headed off.
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The inside of the Big House looked even bigger than the exterior. Lining the walls were group photos of campers arranged by the year which told Yena that the camp had been around for about 10 years now.
Yuri walked Yena over past the staircase towards a room that contained a large roundtable where several voices were discussing something animatedly. She then knocked on the open door to get everyone's attention.
"Special delivery, guys," she announced as she pulled Yena into view. Now, Yena wasn't usually a person who got stage fright, but seeing the eyes of everyone in the room focus on her made her feel a bit nervous.
"Finally! I was starting to think you weren't going to make it back!" one of the girls said, running up to Yuri and ruffling her hair.
"I would've thought you'd have more faith in me, Hayoung-unnie," Yuri chuckled.
"You never know with these missions. Nako and Chaeyeon barely made it back with their demigods," Hayoung said.
"Anyway, are you done with the meeting? Seunggi-sunbae might want to use this room to meet the three newbies," Yuri replied.
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IZ*ONE and the Olympians: The Forbidden Ones
Avventura*IZ*ONE Greek Demigod AU" Yena, Chaewon, and Yujin had always thought that their friendship was a product of fate. Ever since the trio met, things just seemed to click. They were the only ones in school who ever understood each other, and there was...
