Chapter 3-Introductions and Claiming

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He took me to another cabin with a number three on it. The walls seemed to be made out of sea stones and coral. When we entered a sea breeze seemed to pass over us. There was a small fountain made out of the same material as the walls outside and six bunk beds. Percy walked over to one with stuff all over it. He picked up an orange shirt and some shorts. He handed them to me and I changed into them quickly. He grabbed a piece of metal and started to put it on. When he was done he had a breastplate on. He motioned for me to follow him. We went next to what looked like a forge. We walked in and Percy lead us over to a short elvish looking Latino. "Leo, I need some help."
"Percy? What do you need and make it quick, Festus just ran into a tree again," Leo said pointing to a giant metal dragon laying on its back.
"I just need some armor and a weapon for my brother, Draco."
Leo looked at me for the first time, "Sure, no problem. Just have one of the Aphrodite girl measure him for the armor and I'll make it, but we can take him to the shed to get a weapon. I think I know of a good one."
Percy nodded, "Lead the way."
Leo lead us the a shed and opened the door. We walked in and he immediately started shifting through the weapons laying all over the floor. He picked up a ring box and dusted it off. He walked over to us and handed to me. "Go ahead, open it," inside was a ring, "Don't worry, I'm not proposing. Put it on. When you twist it around your finger it becomes a sword. Like Percy's, it will always return to you. To change it back into a ring you simply put the loop on the handle on your finger." I put it on. It was black with six blue and black jems. (See picture above)
"Thanks Leo," I said.
"No problem bro."
He then lead me to a building with blue pealing paint. Sitting on the porch was a kind looking older man in a wheelchair, a guy who looked like he didn't want to be there in a cheetah print shirt, and a tough looking girl my age old a small baby boy with what appeared to be goat legs. The man in the wheelchair looked at Percy calmly and the other guy and the girl looked at him shocked. "Percy, my boy, I see Sally has told you," he then turned to me, "And who might you be?"
"I'm Draco, Percy's brother," I answered him.
"Well, I am Chiron, this is Clarisse La Rue, daughter of Ares. The young satyr in her arms is her godson Chuck Hedge. And this is Mr. D the camp director."
"Nice to meet you all," I said nicely. The conversation kept going but we soon left and Percy took me to the beach. We walked to the edge of the water and motioned for me to follow. He then proceeded to push me in. When fell in I noticed that I was not wet and that I could breathe perfectly normal. Percy soon dove in gracefully. "So, we have the ability to breathe underwater, stay dry, talk to fish and anything shaped like a horse, control liquids, create mini hurricanes and occasionally storms, we are resident to fire, and I believe with enough practice we could travel through water vapor."
"Wow," I said back to him, "A little warning before you push me in next time."
He then started to teach me how to do all the things he said. Next we came out of the water and he pulled out a pen. "Now you need to learn how to fight." He pulled the cap off the pen and it became a sword. I twisted the ring and it became a long sword with a blue blade and black handle. Percy taught me the correct stance and then he started to teach me a ton of different moves. He told me that later he'd let me watch him practice with a good friend of his. We kept going for hours until an conch horn blew. He smiled at me and said, "Come on, it's time for lunch." We put our weapons away and walked towards the open building that reminded me of a pavilion. In it were a ton of tables each with a different amount of tables. Some tables had twenty kids others had one or two. One table was empty. Percy walked straight towards it.
He sat down. I sat next to him. Everyone there looked at us weirdly. Chiron galloped in. Woh. "Campers, please welcome our new camper Draco!" Everyone looked up as Percy pushed me up to stand. I did and everyone gasped as a green symbol glowed over my head. When it faded another appeared, this time in purple, then another after that in gray. "All hail Draco, son of Poseidon, legacy of Hecate and Athena." Everyone in camp followed Chiron's lead. Chiron then said, "As you can tell Percy has come back early." Percy waved and suddenly and purple and then the gray symbols that appeared before appeared over his head too. "All hail Percy, legacy of Athena and Hecate." Percy looked at me shocked. I shrugged my shoulders. We both sat down. "Other news, Capture the Flag tonight. It will be campers against hunters seeing as they are going to arrive later today." Everyone groaned and began to have their plates filled.
Before I could take a bite of the food in front of me. Percy lead me over to the giant fire. He dumped a portion of food in the fire and muttered, "To Poseidon, Athena, and Hecate."
I did as he had and said the same thing. When we got back to our table I asked one thing, "Why?"
"We have to sacrifice to the gods every meal, someone once told me they like the smell."

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