"Noooo!" i heard Piper shout. I was watching her, but i couldn't move. Then i realized that i was having a dream. I had just recently learned how to wake myself out of scary dreams that i didn't want to be in, but for some reason it wasn't working. So it wasnt any ordinary dream, it was an empathy link. I woke with a start. The conch horn was blowing which meant it was time for breakfast. Before i start my story i should probably tell you who i am. My name is Mariana. I am a daughter of Aphrodite. Yes, i mean THE Aphrodite goddess of love and beauty. I am a demigod (half human, half god). The greek gods are still alive, and sometimes they have children with mortals. In fact there is an entire camp of demigods called Camp half- blood in new york. Here we train to fight monsters and become great warriors and heroes. We just recently found out that there really is a roman camp of demigods in california. We don't know much about them but we sent our best campers to meet with them, we havent heard from them in a while. Me personally, im starting to get worried, especially since i just had that dream about Piper. But no one else seems to be upset, so why should i be?
I looked around at my other brothers and sisters. they were already up and getting dressed. since we were children of Aphrodite, everyone in my cabin was..well..beautiful. I had long black wavy hair and big hazel eyes with thick lashes, even without mascara. I had a nice tan so people always complimented how my skin color looked with my eyes. Not to brag or anything but i also wasnt to bad of a fighter. Since Silena beaugard died not to long ago, in her honor i decided to take my training more seriously and i actually wasnt too bad. "Mariana, get up!" i heard my sister Angela say. " Inspection will be soon and the cabin has to look presentable." I got up and slipped my orange camp half-blood t-shirt on, and my jeans. I couldnt decide between my nine west flip flops or my american eagle ones. i chose american eagle to be more casual. I took out my compact mirrior and applied my eos lip balm. then i sprayed my favorite dior perfume. " okay is the cabin cleaned and ready to go?" i asked. "yep, spotless." lilly replied. this was her first year at camp half- blood. "Alright everyone line up!" i yelled. Since Piper was gone on the whole "california- meet the romans trip" the cabin decided i should be in charge in her absence. we all walked out to the dining pavillion with all the other cabins for breakfast.
We all sat down at our assigned table. Each cabin has to sit together, no exceptions. I looked around at some of the other campers. Each god has there own cabin to honor them at camp half blood. so there was the zues, poseidon, and hades cabins. They were known as "the big three". Those 3 cabins were empty because of the pact they all made. The only one that was occupied was poseidons cabin by Percy Jackson. He'd been missing for months but we were finally able to track him down at the roman camp. why he was there? no idea. but im sure we would find out soon enough. there was also the ares cabin, god of war. that cabin was headed by clarisse who is probably his toughest kid yet. We had recently become close mourning silenas death and defending the camp. She caught me looking at her and smiled. i waved back. she was a really nice girl, it just took alot for her to show that side of herself. I looked over at the Athena table. They all had one thing in common. They all had blonde hair and gray eyes. they were all super smart and loved reading books and stuff. I dont understand how they do it. all demigods have dyslexia and ADHD so it made it REALLY hard to read and concentrate on anything educational. I gave up on it a long time ago.
As we were about to start eating i realized how hungry i really was. I looked at my cup and told it " pink lemonade, please." the cups were enchanted to fill up as anything you wanted. Right as i said it, pink lemonade filled the cup. Before we could even pick up a fork we heard it. A distant yelling, almost a battle cry. We all looked towards the entrance of the camp. "Everyone stay here! Me and Marianna will check it out." Clarisse ordered. I looked at Chiron asking for permission, and he nodded his head. We both got up and ran toward the noise. now ofcourse no one would be able to cross the boundary line unless they were let in so im sure we would be okay..for now. As we approached the entrance we slowed down to a fast walk. Clarisse had her electric spear at the ready, but i didnt think to bring my sword. At that thought i started nervously fiddling with my camp necklace. it had 3 clay beads on it, represeting my 3 years here at camp. When we reached the entrance, i couldnt believe what i saw. a huge and i mean HUGE group of people storming towards us. They had spears and swords and really big knives that didnt look friendly at all. my stomach did a back flip."Clarisse whats happening!" i screamed. " look at the flag, the one in the front is carrying. they're romans."
Before we had time to react a girl with full roman armor, dark hair, a purple cape, and eyes as black as obsidian tried to run through the boundary line, but was thrown backwards. her "army" looked stunned. "who are you!" Clarisse shouted. " I am reyna, praetor of camp jupiter. Your people tried to attack us, so we storm on camp half- blood!" reyna yelled. "ummm just hold on for one second thanks.." i turned to clarisse, " what are they talking about, what do we do?" " Go get chiron and the rest of the campers. we are going to have to try to negotiate this first, romans against greeks is something the gods wanted to avoid." "who are you and what have you done with clarisse?" i smirked. then i turned and ran off.
I didn't realize how fast i was running until, i got to the dining pavillion and i was absolutley out of breath. Atleast 400 eyes were staring at me, waiting to hear what i had to say. "Chiron we have a big problem." i wheezed out. " what is going on, martin?'' mr. d asked. He was a plump man with bloodshot eyes and was the camp director. He always pretended to get all the campers names wrong to act like he didnt care about us. but he was also dionysus,god of wine so no one ever messed with him because he always threatens to turn you into a rodent and run you over with his SUV. nice guy right? " marianna, sir. and im a girl, not a boy." i said sounding pretty hurt. " what is it you children say now a days, uh 'whatever'." he replied. " continue my dear." chiron said. "Its the romans, theyre here. and they want to fight us." i explained. " excuse me?'' chiron looked stunned. there was a excited mumbling going around the pavillion. " Fine! if they want to fight, then lets go!" the ares table shouted. " no! we cant! we have to find out whats going on and talk to them before we resort to that. we need to make peace." i said. they all looked unconvinced. i sighed, " even clarisse agrees." That definitley shocked them. "okay lets go everyone. and no weapons, yet!" chiron calmly said. i lead them towards the romans.