Sea Princess

Chapter 1

I was sitting in my cabin staring at the sky. It was a clear nice day at Camp Half-Blood. I glanced over at my reflection to see my sea-blue eyes staring back at me underneath my dark brown hair. There was blue eye-shadow around my eyes with a little black eyeliner. A lot of people questioned why I had black hair when Aphrodite had blonde. I lied my way through that. I lied my way through a lot of things, actually. I might be considered a compulsive liar but I could kinda of care less because that meant I wouldn't be stuck in the crowded Hermes cabin. Aphrodite was supposed to be my mom but my real mom was gone. She had died in a car accident back when I was six in Time Square. It's the worst memory of my childhood. It still wakes me in the middle of the night with tears streaming down my face. That's when I usually run out of the cabin at night and go to the lake and wash my face to hide the fact that I've been crying. No one usually catches me. Usually. I've had a few close calls. 

I had tricked Aphrodite into claiming me. She didn't think anything of it because she was mostly busy with her goddess stuff and things. Or that's what I like to tell myself. I know in reality that she doesn't really care about us kids down here. I don't feel like none of the gods do but what I can do about that? I can't exactly walk up into Olympus and demand Zeus to do that. I actually might end up dead if I tried that. Yeah, I like being alive. 

 I sighed again and leaned against the sill of the window. I saw a shadow coming and I glanced up. A girl walked in and then checked her reflection and then walked back out after waving to me. I tucked a strand of hair behind my one ear, rolling my eyes as soon as she was out of eye sight. One of the things that really bothered me to no end were that some girls and guys in this cabin were really superficial. I hated it. Like I could be too but I really didn't just come into the cabin to check my reflection. I only did that if I felt like I had something on my face. I pushed myself up off my butt and decided to out and be social and play some volleyball with the usual group. 

After winning two games I was in the zone! I was so pumped up and I was getting ready to spike it when I saw Annabeth walk by again. She had been going by for the past two hours back and forth to the Big House. It's where Mr. D usually stayed if he wasn't up in Olympus. It was getting annoying and I was sort of curious about what was going on really. I mean I liked to in on the gossip around the camp. I got the spike and then I left the game. I heard a few groans but they could handle on their own. I wasn't the only one on that team that could carry them to a win. I ran after Annabeth. 

"So Annabeth what's going on at the big house?" I asked as I caught up with her. She turned her head to look back at me slightly and her eyes narrowed. She hasn't like me in a while and I don't exactly know why. She turned her head forward swinging her ponytail wide. I swerved my head slightly to the side to avoid being hit in the face with it. I glared at her slightly. 

"None of your business," She said as she walked further up the path. I stared at her and rolled my eyes. Bitch. I turned around , thoroughly annoyed she wanted to be acting like the little eleven year old she was and smacked straight into someone. I stumbled back slightly to catch my balance. I glared at the ground before looking up. 

"Hey watch-!" I said as I looked up. I stared at the new kid as I regained my posture. My lips parted in shock as I stared at him. We looked freakishly a like and I didn't like it. We were almost the same height and I stared into his eyes. They matched my color and his hair was the same color as mine. I took a deep breath and shut my lips and bit the inside of my cheek. 

"Uh Cassi this is Percy. Percy this is Cassi from Aphrodite's cabin." Grover said. Percy nodded and smiled. He looked like a deer caught in headlights and I knew that feeling. It was a big shock to be thrown into this world. 

"I'm Cassandra Chrysler." I said. We stood there for an awkward minute and then sighed at the same tired. Our eyes met and then looked away in different directions. I think he realized the scary similarities between him and I appearance wise. Grover was also glancing back and forth between the both of us with a slightly wide eyed appearance.