Charmspeak

The arriveal was fantastic, apparently being a demigod wasn't that bad. Sure, you had monsters chasing you around most of the time and impudent gods trying to pawn you around like you're a chess peice, but their had to be some good parts right?

Taking Aneseus to the stables, Piper informed me about everything at Camp Half-Blood. The gods seemed like regular people, although a bit more moody than the people I knew.

"So, how old are you?" I asked a bit curious.

"twenty-three." Piper replied calmly. "You've been unnoticed for quite sometime, considering you're seventeen. A junior in high school, practically had a normal life."

"Yea." I gazed down disappointed. "But now what am I supposed to do? I'm a demigod? Right?"

Piper nodded. "No worries, it'll get better, trust me. You'll become confident in yourself, just watch."

"Why'd you name you're pegasus, Aneseus?" I asked.

"He's one of the Ancient Demigods. A son of Aphrodite." Piper smiled. I didn't doubt her knowledge about demigods and Ancient gods, but the name didn't sound to be an Aphrodite kid's name. It sounded more like a latin name. More likea child of Venus.

"Don't read too much into things. Perseus was a child of Zeus, but then you have Herakles."

"Who?"

"Hercules, his Greek name is Herakles, he's more Romanized then other heroes." Piper replied. "Come on, let's get you initiated by meeting with Chiron."

The walk across camp was something. Various heroes walked around in armor and padding. Some held bronze swords and others held spears and daggers. One even had a gavalin.

When we reached a big blue house we stopped. It eetained old washed out paint which wasn't complimentary with all the lush fields. Outside there were two grown men, one ina wheel chair with long brown hair and another with a hawaiian shirt and bermuda shorts. Unusual fashion sense.

"Chiron, I have a new demigod here for you." Piper announced.

Annoyed Mr Bermuda shorts rose to his feet. "Pepper can't you see we're playing a game here. Why don't you show the new kid around, start at the cabins and end with the rubble outside of Zeus' fist."

"Mr. D, it's Piper." She advocated feeling into her voice aand with that the man relaxed.

"Yes. It is. My appologizes Piper. I'll make sure to never forget that." With that Mr D sat down and continued with his roll.

Walking away, I glanced at Piper. "What did you just do to him?" I asked.

"Charmspeak, it works well, when I have a direct feeling. But some gods are hard to charmspeak. I've gotten good at it over the years. I'm also great with a sword, now."

"Interesting, can you teach me? I mean to charmspeak."

"I've never heard of anyone learning this ability. It's exclusive to the children of Aphrodite, and even then it's rare. The only other person that has it is Drew, and she's far too busy going off on vacations to give me details on it."

"Siblings must be tough. Luckily, I'm an only child."

"Not anymore, you'll be claimed by tonight and with that, you'll have tons of siblings." Piper advised. "Come on, let's get a move on, you could, speak with Chiron later."

The cabins were amazing. They were like small museums arranged in an Omega, the last Greek letter in the alphabet. Most of the cabins weree designed specifically for the patron god or goddess, but there were three cabins that had no designs.

"What's up with those three cabins?" I asked pointing at the two in the center and the last cabin to the far left. "They seem to be empty and plain. Almost like no one is living inside."

"Well, the Hera cabin is always empty, since she never has demigod children. That's her husband's job." She smiled. "The cabin of Hades is rarely occupyed because Nico barely comes around, he's often in the Underworld or turning up a new lead. But the Poseidon cabin also shares the same fate."

"So there is never a child of the three brothers or Hera in camp?"

"I wouldn't say never, but it is rare." Piper applied. "Sometimes the god come down but you'd hold your breath waiting for that day. I'd say it's a five percent chance of them coming."

"Nice, what about your friends, do you know of a boy with blonde hair and bue eyes that talks with wolf goddesses? Or a girl with blonde hair and stormy gray eyes?"

"Jason Grace, a son of Zeus. He died a few years back. Annabeth Chase has been missing in action since she went off to London. So has Percy Jackson, but he just went to speak with his dad at the sea."

"Son of Poseidon?" I figured.

"Yea." Piper grinned a reflexive smile. "It's just me and Leo now. But I mean things could be worse."

"True, but my question to you now is, when does everything start. I'm sure you guys have a feast right. I mean, according to legend Greeks are about feasts."

"Dinner is at nine. We host the camp capture the flag game at seven and it ends at eight forty-five."

"Nice, then, can we find me a place to crash until then?"

"Hermes, will be your place to stay. Logan will take care of ya while I meet my quota until Chiron is ready to see you." Piper conveyed.

Walking me into the Hermes cabin, I smiled as I met with Logan.

"Logan can you keep an eye on him until Chiron calls for him?" Piper asked.

Logan nodded. "Sure thing, I was just gonna make some popcorn and watch a movie."

"Cool, which movie?" I asked.

"300: The rise of sparta. I've only watched like seventy-nine times." Logan smirked.

"No spoilers then. Besides, I've gotta get a good look into Greek warfare."

Logan laughed. "You'll have to get a weapon first. Come on, let's go get cha a sword and then after I teach ya the basic, we can watch the movie, it's only 9:00 AM."

"Sure thing then." With that, we left the cabin and walked towards an old building that radiated of smoke and fire.

Notes

NOTES.

Dylan has arrived a camp Half-Blood and is learning more about the people within his dream. Who is his godly parent?