GAME OVER (paused)

Today is not my day

I awoke to the warm sun on my face, and the cool breeze blowing throughout what seemed like an infirmary.

I sat up, my head pounding.
Groaning, I stretched my arms and looked around.

No one.

It was empty. Besides me, of course.
I threw the blanket off of me, and slowly starting to stand up.
When I finally gained my balance, I walked over to the window. My vision was still blurry but my surroundings looked kind of familiar... not the "I've been here before" kind of familiar but more like I've seen something about or similar to this place before.

I yawned groggily and noticed I was in an entirely different outfit than I last remember.

Instead of my Green Day T-shirt and stressed jeans, I was dressed in black skinny jeans and a royal purple shirt. The shirt read "SPQR" and underneath of that "Camp Jupiter" in big, gold letters.
My confusion only grew, but I decided to just go with it.
Besides, I liked purple anyways, I guess.

I walked around the room, barefoot, which led me to question where my shoes were. I decided to check under the bed, but of course, they aren't there.

I sighed and rubbed my head.

"Looking for these?"
I turned and saw the same blonde haired and gray eyed boy from before, standing in the door way- this time he was holding up my pair of all black and VERY worn out vans.

"Do you like lurking in doorways or something?" I asked, half jokingly.

"Nah, it's just a hobby of mine." He walked over, setting the shoes and a pair of socks down on the bed I was laying in.

"You feeling any better?" He questioned, looking at me with a soft expression.

I nodded at him, looking confused.
"So... where am I?"

"Camp Jupiter."

"And... what's this camp Jupiter"

He sighed. "A camp for demigods, who are the sons daughters and children of the Roman gods and goddesses."

I smiled at him, clearly losing it.

"Right, right. Suuure" I mocked.
"Where are we, really?"

"It's true."
The girl from before walked into the room, her arms crossed and her dark hair down to her shoulders. The sunlight made her skin shimmer and her hair flowed in the breeze.

Damn, if I swung that way-

"Your a demigod"
She sounded serious but I couldn't help but smile at the thought.

"Wait wait, me? Pff. That's one hell of a joke."
I laughed.

"You know what a demigod is?" Elias chimed in again.

I nodded. I heard and read about it a lot before. But the idea of ME being a demigod is hilarious, so I continued to laugh. That is, until I noticed the looks on their face were dead serious and I caught my breathe.

"Wait, seriously?"

They nodded at me.

"Oh sh- okay."

Their eyes widened, And Elias did a double take.

"What do you mean "okay"?"

"I mean, okay"

They looked at me confused but intrigued

"I mean, it would kinda explain  what happened today anyways. So sure. Let's go with that.
So, if I'm a demigod- who's my godly parent?"

Zo shrugged and Elias scratched his head.

"No one has claimed you yet." Zo said.

"Ah.." I felt kind of disappointed, I guess. I mean after what I went through- if this is for real- I would've expected to be "claimed" already or whatever.

I thought back to the dream I had in class, the one with the trident.
Maybe that has something to do with my godly parent.
"I had a dream about grabbing a trident and causing a massive storm and whirlpool" I blurted out, impulsively.

Zo took a step back, caught off guard, and Elias looked at me stunned.

"You wha??" Zo questioned

"A trident, you say?" Elias chimed.

I nodded at them both.
"A trident. Well, either that or an oversized fork that's missing a prong"

The room fell silent for a few moments before Elias said "maybe it's Neptune then."

Zo nudged him in the shoulder, as if that was a rude thing to say.

I cocked my head
"Would that be a bad thing?"

Elias looked like he was about to explain but Zo interrupted by saying
"A child of Neptune is considered a bad omen around here"

I shrugged, not really getting it.
"So?"

"So what?" Zo replied.

"So, why should that matter? It's still possible right?"
I said back to her.

She shrugged and turned away.

"Surely Neptune isn't that bad right?"
I said with a hopeful tone.

They BOTH looked away from me, hesitating to answer.

I sighed and crossed my arms, uncomfortable with the energy created in the studio today.

"Look, I've always felt... really connected to Neptune. If he is my godly parent I can't say I'd be surprised, especially not after what happened earlier, but seriously. If you are going to stand there and not explain why children of Neptune are considered "bad" then I'm going to assume you don't even know and walk right out." I guess I found a little bit of confidence to say that. I'm tired of people judging me and others without good reason. It's time I get some damn answers for once.

Only a few Moments later, the Elias and Zo stopped and stared. It made me uncomfortable. What were they staring at?? I mean they were looking at me in either confusion or terror. Whichever one.

Well, more like gawked at the glowing trident sign that hung over my head, which I only noticed when I caught a glimpse of myself in a mirror across the room. Why are there mirrors everywhere.
I sighed.

"Shit"

Today... is not my day.