The Undead Heroes (The first part of The Reiteration of Olympus)

CHAPTER 10, I scare some Hermes kids

DYLAN

When I woke up I was disoriented. I thought that I had been kidnapped for a second before I remembered that I was at 'Camp Half-Blood' and that I fell asleep in the Hermes cabin. Also, I had had some strange dream which I couldn't make any sense of. There wasn't any sort of coherency at all. I guess that's what comes with being a demigod though.

I slowly made my way up from the bed and looked around the cabin. Jake and Des were still sleeping but it seemed like they were the only ones. Aside from Jake, Des and I, there were two other girls in the cabin. They were on the ground whispering and it seemed like they hadn't noticed me waking up. They were messing around with something and seeing as I couldn't find my backpack I could guess what it was.

I quietly made my way over to them and proceeded to loom over them. Did I do it to scare them? Yes. Do I regret it? Not really.

"What are you doing?" I asked and the girls jumped. They looked up at me and tried to come up with something to say. They looked completely terrified and I would be lying if I said that I didn't enjoy it a little bit. I was right about them messing with my bag so I say my actions were justified.

"Uh- h-hi yeah we weren't any- weren't doing anything," one of them said. I tried really hard not to laugh at her expression.

"Could I have my bag back?"

They scrambled away from the bag and I picked it up.

"Thank you," I said and walked back to my bed. I put the bag down and pulled off my sweater. It was incredibly warm here and I couldn't wear it for a second longer. I tied it around my hips, put on my backpack and walked out of the cabin.

There were a bit more people outside now than last night. I guess because they were sleeping when we got there. I was going to say goodbye to Silena and the others before leaving and maybe manage to get some breakfast. I hadn't eaten since I had that yogurt at Des' place and I was starving.

I made my way through the field of cabins with a lot of staring. Some boys sat and gossiped on the porch of a cabin that looked like a dollhouse. As soon as I walked by they got quiet and stared me up and down as if they couldn't believe their eyes. It was annoying.

I walked past them and made my way over to some Greek columns on top of a hill. I had heard a lot of voices coming from there so it would probably be the best place to find someone who knew where Silena was. The columns formed a sort of a room but it didn't have any roof or walls, which seemed kind of stupid. What do they do if it starts raining? What happens if it starts storming? I guess they hadn't had any good architects working on this structure.

Inside the columns were a lot of tables with white cloth over them. There were a lot of kids of different ages sitting by the tables; eating breakfast and talking. At first, no one paid me any mind, which was nice, but then Beckendorf spotted me. He tapped Silena's shoulder and pointed towards me. Silena saw me and broke into a smile.

"Dylan!" she called out and walked over to me. Great, now everyone's staring.

She looked even prettier than she did yesterday. Her long dark was pulled up into a bun with a pink ribbon around it and she wore a nice pink dress. Beckendorf looked better today too.

"Did you sleep well?" Silena asked and pulled me into a hug. I'm not the biggest fan of getting hugs from strangers and I think Silena could tell. She let go of me and stood beside Beckendorf.

"Yeah, I did. Thanks for letting me stay for the night."

Silena waved her hand in a 'Don't worry about it' gesture. I fiddled slightly with the straps of my bag. People were still staring. I think Silena could sense my unease because she stared down the crowd that had gathered. They quickly turned away and continued eating.

I scratched my neck slightly. It should be easy to say goodbye and leave but it wasn't.

"Anyhow, thank you for helping me get Des so a safe place. I just came here to say goodbye. So, uh, goodbye."

Silena's smile fell and she and Beckendorf looked at each other.

"About that," he said. "You can't leave just yet. We, uh, sort of need to tell you, Des and Jake something."

I quickly got defensive. What could they possibly want to tell us? Was it something about that last night?

"Tell us what?" a voice said behind me. I looked behind me and saw a very sleepy Des and Jake. Jake's hair was a curly mess and he looked like he would fall asleep right there. Des didn't look much better. Her hair was just as much of a mess as Jake's and her glasses hung crookedly on her face.

That wasn't the first thing I saw when I looked at them though. What first caught my eye was two glowing symbols above their heads. Over Des' head, there was a golden hologram of sheaths of wheat and a sickle whilst over Jake, there was a glowing caduceus.

Mercury and ce- I mean Hermes and Demeter.

They had been claimed.