The Jupiter Spy
Chapter 4 I Why do you have Ferrari keys in your pocket?
Seven hours later I pull up at the foot of Half-Blood hill. We had talked the whole way about the camp, monsters and gods. I jogged up the hill past the sleeping dragon and I got my first view of Camp Half Blood.
I looked past the Big House, beyond the lake, and behind the rock climbing wall and the sword fighting arena I saw my favorite part of camp, the wrestling mats.
For the record I am not talking about the WWE or UFC I am talking normal wrestling without the punching and chair smashing. I had been wrestling ever since third grade, and I had always loved it. It was the only sport where being tall and scrawny was actually an advantage.
Dan took me to the Big House where I met Chiron "So this is the new demigod you found? Well done Dan this may be enough to convince the Counsel of Cloven Elders to promote you to a full protecter. How much does he know?" I speak for Dan, "he has told me enough about the monsters and gods for now. "Dan take him to The Hermes cabin and get him situated before dinner" Chiron orders.
I walk into the cabin knowing exactly what to expect. When I walk in I see the mischievous grin of thieves and pranksters everywhere. One of the older campers introduces himself saying, "Hi I am Conner and the guy picking your pockets is my brother. I shove Travis away and say, "Nice to meet you my name is Ryan and... Travis stop trying to pick my pocket I say as he pulls out the car keys." "I will." he taunts. "Right after you explain why you have Ferrari keys in your pocket." "I stole my dads car after Dan and I got attacked by monsters." I state. I hear someone say, "I call dibs on driving" "Oh no you don't," Travis yells. "Remember what happened when you took the van on a joyride? We just got it out of the lake..." His rant is derailed by the loud mournful sound of a conch shell. "Dinner time everyone follow me." The other brother yells over the hubbub.
I was just about to start pigging out on my pizza when I see everyone start walking over to the fire. Someone whispers to me, "Sacrifice some food and say a prayer when you get to the fire." I turn around to see a guy with dark brown hair and sea green eyes holding hands with a blond girl with calculating stormy gray eyes. I sit down unable to shake the feeling I had seen them before. It hits me like a bus possible because that was the first place I saw him.
I approach him after dinner, "Hey Percy it's nice to finally meet you. My name is Ryan and I am a huge fan of your work." He stares at me in in confusion while he responds. "What exactly is my work?" "Blowing up greyhound busses and sword fighting with a shotgun. I respond keeping a strait face. Well I am glad to be known for something...even if it is being a public menace."So who is your godly parent?" I ask "Poseidon. Who do you want your parent to be."
"Dan says I am one of the sons of the three goddesses who can have kids, Aphrodite, Dementer or Athena. I am not Aphrodite I hate gossip makeup and everything about them. I share no qualities with Dementer, but I guess she would be ok, but she sounds a little crazy. Athena would be a cool mom and I love strategy games, and I watch lots of science videos. I hope if I do something demonstrating my battle knowledge she will claim me." "Tell you what you seem like a cool kid," Percy says. How about I try to get you in the strategy meeting in Tuesday." "The strategy for what?" "Capture the flag." Percy says with a grin.
