I Am Wind (Will Solace)

Capture the Flag

It took Annabeth and I another two hours for her to show me the rest of the camp. She brought me from cabin to cabin explaining each god and goddess.

"This is Hera's cabin, but it's purely honorary considering she doesn't have any demigod kids. You know being married to Zeus and all." Annabeth said showing me a smaller matching marble cabin next to Zeus'.

"So what does Hera think of Zeus' kids?" I asked scared to hear the answer.

"Oh, she despises them. She pretty much tires to hunt them down and make their lives miserable." A sinking feeling filled the pit of my stomach. Maybe that's who I was listening to in my dream, Zeus and Hera. Oh gods, she wanted me dead. "Anyway moving on."

I admired the different cabins from the beachy looking Posiedon one, to the earthy flower covered one of Demeter. Athena's looked like a gray columned library, Ares' looked almost like a prison, Apollo's was pure gold and hurt my eyes looking at it, Artemis' glowed like the moon, Hephaestus' was smoking like it had a forge in it, Aphrodite's looked like a cute little cottage, the wine dude's cabin was covered in vines, and the Hermes cabin looked like a traditional summer camp cabin.

Annabeth then moved us one to the arts and crafts cabin where a bunch of Apollo's kids were painting and making music. We then went to the forge where the Hephaestus' kids were making weapons and other stuff.

We kinda got caught up there because the leader of the Hephaestus cabin wanted to look at the weapons Apollo and Artemis gave to me.

"This dagger is beautifully made. Silver is a rare material, it's also the only thing that can kill wolves and other creatures, but I'm not surprised Artemis gave it to you, all her weapons are made of silver. But the real genius is the whip Apollo gave you. It's made from celestial bronze, but it seems to glow more brightly then others, and the way it retracts is totally inspiring. Not many demigods use whips, considering how hard they are to master." Said Charlie the leader.

Once we left the forges Annabeth showed me rocking climbing wall, and just like Tamar told me, lava was pouring down. "How are you supposed to climb up that with lava gushing down on you, I mean hasn't anyone gotten really bad burns?" I asked.

"We have, but nothing a little Nectar can't heal, and it's not as hard as you would think to climb it. You want to try?"

"Not right now." I mumbled.

We moved on to see the dinning hall, and then the ampitheater, the training stadium, the archery range, the obstcle course, the strawberry fields, and of course the lake.

Soon the tour ended with us stopping at the edge of the forest. "So what do you think?" Annabeth said smiling at me.

"It sure is something." I said, "As far as camps go I think I'll enjoy this one the best. It seems to way more interesting things other then just singing around a campfire, and paddling in canoes."

"Oh, we do that too."

"Oh yea," I said sarcastically.

*****

I sat at the Hermes table at dinner because that's where I was assigned to until Zeus claimed me, but I knew that he wouldn't do that soon, if ever. When we got our food and gave an offering to the gods, all I could say as I tipped some of my brisket into the fire was 'Dad, if you hear me, then know that I'm am not afraid.'

When I sat down I was shoved up against some tall kid with brown hair and mischievious eyes, and on my other side was Luke winking at me every time I looked at him.

"So Jamie, what do you think of camp?" Luke asked stabbing a grape tomato.

"It will take a while to get used to." I said truthfully. "I'm not used to being around so many people."